This legendary band, formed in 1973 by young Algerians from France, was an unrivalled laboratory for blending rock influences with Kabyle and North African traditions. The Swiss label Bongo Joe has dedicated a compilation to the group: Amazigh Freedom Rock.

Reissues always remind us that the ocean of music is much deeper than the surface of new releases. From Ghana to Colombia, passing by Somalia, Zimbabwe or Mali, PAM has selected 30 reissues from 2022 that bring back from oblivion the great archives of African music.

Brussel-born Congolese artist Nyati Mayi and Belgian based producer DJ soFa, aka the Astral Synth Transmitter, joined forces to record their debut album Lulanga Tales. They had known each other for a longtime, but the […]

Bongo Joe Records hosts Afro-colombian outfit Pixvae and creole group Ti’Kaniki to team up as An’Pagay to produce their first album, Somin Tegor. Fusing festive Afro-Colombian currulao with the warm Creole tunes of maloya allowed […]

The Malawian folk music duo is about to release their third album entitled Musakayike via Bongo Joe Records Having met twenty years ago in Lilongwe, Malawi, the duo formed by musicians Yobu Maligwa and Yosefe […]

The flagship group of the island, started in the 70s, has gone through wind and tide. The label Bongo Joe is working to reissue its greatest hits in the first volume of an anthology. While […]

In the new visual for “Ndalakwanji,” the duo use their own hand-made instruments to set the mood in Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi. Having been playing together for 10 years, Yobu Maligwa and Yosefe Kalekeni […]

Recorded in 1985, the album Maguidala is reissued for the first time on Bongo Joe Records After the release of the very first compilation dedicated to the golden age of sound made in São Tomé […]