Obaa Sima
Who else but the Awesome Tapes From Africa is now re-distributing this funkified, lo-fi production, an amazing find made by AFTA label founder Brian Shimkovitz back in 2002. Originally released in Ghana in 1994, the tape and its unique Afrodisco aesthetic went more or less unheard of for a rough 21 years.
Rebels On Tape
“Tapes, tapes we love dem tapes! I remember, before the downloading days, we used to go get the CD, dub it on cassette, return it, do it again and again and again and it don’t stop. Tapes, tapes we love dem tapes! Listenin’ to undergroud tapes, whether they be four-track the 16 or the 8.”...