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Jantra - Synthesized Sudan: Astro-Nubian Electronic Jaglara Dance Sounds from the Fashaga Underground

east-africa

Noori & His Dorpa Band - Beja Power! Electric Soul & Brass from Sudan's Red Sea Coast

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Various Artists - Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes from the Horn of Africa

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Recordiana - Afrika Muye Muye! Tanzanian Rumba & Muziki Wa Dansi 1968 - 1970

#			Released	Sales	Earnings	Tags	Action
1	<a href="https://ostinatorecords.bandcamp.com/album/djibouti-archives-vol-1-super-somali-sounds-from-the-gulf-of-tadjoura">4 Mars - (Djibouti Archives Vol. 1) Super Somali Sounds from the Gulf of Tadjoura</a>	4 Mars → (Djibouti Archives Vol. 1) Super Somali Sounds from the Gulf of Tadjoura	19 February 2021	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	afrobeat east-africa soul world africa afro bollywood jazz reggae somali new-york
2		Alsarah & the Nubatones → Manara Remixed	22 September 201	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	-afrobeat world east-african-music retro-pop soul brooklyn

#			Released	Sales	Earnings	Tags
1	<a href="https://ostinatorecords.bandcamp.com/album/beja-power-electric-soul-brass-from-sudans-red-sea-coast">Noori & His Dorpa Band - Beja Power! Electric Soul & Brass from Sudan's Red Sea Coast</a>	Noori & His Dorpa Band → Beja Power! Electric Soul & Brass from Sudan's Red Sea Coast	03 June 2022	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	east-africa world blues chicha desert-rock ethiojazz jazz molam sudan surf tuareg-rock new-york
2	<a href="https://ostinatorecords.bandcamp.com/album/djibouti-archives-vol-1-super-somali-sounds-from-the-gulf-of-tadjoura">4 Mars - (Djibouti Archives Vol. 1) Super Somali Sounds from the Gulf of Tadjoura</a>	4 Mars → (Djibouti Archives Vol. 1) Super Somali Sounds from the Gulf of Tadjoura	19 February 2021	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	afrobeat east-africa soul world africa afro bollywood jazz reggae somali new-york
3	<a href="https://switchstancerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/cypher-kabaka">Ancient Astronauts - Cypher Kabaka</a>	Ancient Astronauts → Cypher Kabaka	27 June 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african-hip-hop downtempo east-africa electronic funk hip-hop hip-hop rap reggae uganda african-music indigenous indigenous-hip-hop reggae k%C3%B6ln
4	<a href="https://alsarahthenubatones.bandcamp.com/album/manara">Alsarah & the Nubatones - Manara</a>	Alsarah & the Nubatones → Manara	30 September 201	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	-afrobeat world east-african-music retro-pop soul brooklyn
5		Alsarah & the Nubatones → Manara Remixed	22 September 201	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	-afrobeat world east-african-music retro-pop soul brooklyn
6	<a href="https://beatingheart.bandcamp.com/album/beating-heart-afro-bass-vol-2">Various Artists - Beating Heart - Afro Bass Vol. 2</a>	Various Artists → Beating Heart - Afro Bass Vol. 2	14 December 2018	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	afro-deep-house east-african-music african-music afro-bass afrobass afrodeep afrohouse afrotech london

#			Released	Sales	Earnings	Tags
1	<a href="https://ostinatorecords.bandcamp.com/album/beja-power-electric-soul-brass-from-sudans-red-sea-coast">Noori & His Dorpa Band - Beja Power! Electric Soul & Brass from Sudan's Red Sea Coast</a>	Noori & His Dorpa Band → Beja Power! Electric Soul & Brass from Sudan's Red Sea Coast	03 June 2022	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	east-africa world blues chicha desert-rock ethiojazz jazz molam sudan surf tuareg-rock new-york
2	<a href="https://switchstancerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/cypher-kabaka">Ancient Astronauts - Cypher Kabaka</a>	Ancient Astronauts → Cypher Kabaka	27 June 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african-hip-hop downtempo east-africa electronic funk hip-hop hip-hop rap reggae uganda african-music indigenous indigenous-hip-hop reggae k%C3%B6ln
3	<a href="https://ostinatorecords.bandcamp.com/album/synthesized-sudan-astro-nubian-electronic-jaglara-dance-sounds-from-the-fashaga-underground">Jantra - Synthesized Sudan: Astro-Nubian Electronic Jaglara Dance Sounds from the Fashaga Underground</a>	Jantra → Synthesized Sudan: Astro-Nubian Electronic Jaglara Dance Sounds from the Fashaga Underground	16 June 2023	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african-electronic dance disco-house east-africa electronica world afro-house dance-music sudan synth synthesizer new-york
4	<a href="https://ostinatorecords.bandcamp.com/album/djibouti-archives-vol-1-super-somali-sounds-from-the-gulf-of-tadjoura">4 Mars - (Djibouti Archives Vol. 1) Super Somali Sounds from the Gulf of Tadjoura</a>	4 Mars → (Djibouti Archives Vol. 1) Super Somali Sounds from the Gulf of Tadjoura	19 February 2021	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	afrobeat east-africa soul world africa afro bollywood jazz reggae somali new-york
5		Alsarah & the Nubatones → Manara Remixed	22 September 201	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	-afrobeat world east-african-music retro-pop soul brooklyn
6	<a href="https://beatingheart.bandcamp.com/album/beating-heart-afro-bass-vol-2">Various Artists - Beating Heart - Afro Bass Vol. 2</a>	Various Artists → Beating Heart - Afro Bass Vol. 2	14 December 2018	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	afro-deep-house east-african-music african-music afro-bass afrobass afrodeep afrohouse afrotech london
7	<a href="https://recordiana.bandcamp.com/album/afrika-muye-muye-tanzanian-rumba-muziki-wa-dansi-1968-1970">Recordiana - Afrika Muye Muye! Tanzanian Rumba & Muziki Wa Dansi 1968 - 1970</a>	Recordiana → Afrika Muye Muye! Tanzanian Rumba & Muziki Wa Dansi 1968 - 1970	15 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	60s 70s african east-african-music rumba johannesburg
8	<a href="https://alsarahthenubatones.bandcamp.com/album/manara">Alsarah & the Nubatones - Manara</a>	Alsarah & the Nubatones → Manara	30 September 201	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	-afrobeat world east-african-music retro-pop soul brooklyn
9		various artists → The Very Best Of Hugh Tracey	04 October 2008	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	africa african-groove african-music east-african-music hugh-tracey traditional-african afro-trance central-african-music southern-african-music utrecht
10	<a href="https://ostinatorecords.bandcamp.com/album/sweet-as-broken-dates-lost-somali-tapes-from-the-horn-of-africa">Various Artists - Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes from the Horn of Africa</a>	Various Artists → Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes from the Horn of Africa	25 August 2017	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	afrobeat east-africa somalia soul world blues cosmic dance-music funk reggae synth new-york
11	<a href="https://ostinatorecords.bandcamp.com/album/two-niles-to-sing-a-melody-the-violins-synths-of-sudan">Various Artists - Two Niles to Sing a Melody: The Violins & Synths of Sudan</a>	Various Artists → Two Niles to Sing a Melody: The Violins & Synths of Sudan	14 September 201	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african afrofunk east-african nubian world afro arabic synth synthpop violin new-york
12	<a href="https://ostinatorecords.bandcamp.com/album/mogadishus-finest-the-al-uruba-sessions">Iftin Band (Kooxda Iftin) - Mogadishu's Finest: The Al-Uruba Sessions</a>	Iftin Band (Kooxda Iftin) → Mogadishu's Finest: The Al-Uruba Sessions	18 November 2022	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	afrobeat east-africa somalia world african-funk afro arab bollywood jazz reggae new-york
13		Makadem & Behr → Nyako	15 May 2017	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	broken-beat house world balearic benga east-african electro nairobi

#			Released	Sales	Earnings	Tags
1	<a href="https://ostinatorecords.bandcamp.com/album/synthesized-sudan-astro-nubian-electronic-jaglara-dance-sounds-from-the-fashaga-underground">Jantra - Synthesized Sudan: Astro-Nubian Electronic Jaglara Dance Sounds from the Fashaga Underground</a>	Jantra → Synthesized Sudan: Astro-Nubian Electronic Jaglara Dance Sounds from the Fashaga Underground	16 June 2023	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african-electronic dance disco-house east-africa electronica world afro-house dance-music sudan synth synthesizer new-york
2	<a href="https://ostinatorecords.bandcamp.com/album/beja-power-electric-soul-brass-from-sudans-red-sea-coast">Noori & His Dorpa Band - Beja Power! Electric Soul & Brass from Sudan's Red Sea Coast</a>	Noori & His Dorpa Band → Beja Power! Electric Soul & Brass from Sudan's Red Sea Coast	03 June 2022	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	east-africa world blues chicha desert-rock ethiojazz jazz molam sudan surf tuareg-rock new-york
3	<a href="https://ostinatorecords.bandcamp.com/album/sweet-as-broken-dates-lost-somali-tapes-from-the-horn-of-africa">Various Artists - Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes from the Horn of Africa</a>	Various Artists → Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes from the Horn of Africa	25 August 2017	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	afrobeat east-africa somalia soul world blues cosmic dance-music funk reggae synth new-york
4	<a href="https://recordiana.bandcamp.com/album/afrika-muye-muye-tanzanian-rumba-muziki-wa-dansi-1968-1970">Recordiana - Afrika Muye Muye! Tanzanian Rumba & Muziki Wa Dansi 1968 - 1970</a>	Recordiana → Afrika Muye Muye! Tanzanian Rumba & Muziki Wa Dansi 1968 - 1970	15 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	60s 70s african east-african-music rumba johannesburg
5	<a href="https://rocafortrecords.bandcamp.com/album/piconema-east-african-hits-on-the-colombian-coast">Rocafort Records - Piconema: East African Hits On The Colombian Coast</a>	Rocafort Records → Piconema: East African Hits On The Colombian Coast	20 July 2023	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	benga boogaloo colombia east-african-music funk jazz kenya latin picos picoteros r-b soul barcelona
6	<a href="https://ostinatorecords.bandcamp.com/album/djibouti-archives-vol-1-super-somali-sounds-from-the-gulf-of-tadjoura">4 Mars - (Djibouti Archives Vol. 1) Super Somali Sounds from the Gulf of Tadjoura</a>	4 Mars → (Djibouti Archives Vol. 1) Super Somali Sounds from the Gulf of Tadjoura	19 February 2021	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	afrobeat east-africa soul world africa afro bollywood jazz reggae somali new-york
7	<a href="https://ostinatorecords.bandcamp.com/album/mogadishus-finest-the-al-uruba-sessions">Iftin Band (Kooxda Iftin) - Mogadishu's Finest: The Al-Uruba Sessions</a>	Iftin Band (Kooxda Iftin) → Mogadishu's Finest: The Al-Uruba Sessions	18 November 2022	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	afrobeat east-africa somalia world african-funk afro arab bollywood jazz reggae new-york
8	<a href="https://ostinatorecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-dancing-devils-of-djibouti">Groupe RTD - The Dancing Devils of Djibouti</a>	Groupe RTD → The Dancing Devils of Djibouti	05 June 2020	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	afrobeat east-africa somalia world bollywood funk jazz reggae sax synth new-york
9	<a href="https://alsarahthenubatones.bandcamp.com/album/manara">Alsarah & the Nubatones - Manara</a>	Alsarah & the Nubatones → Manara	30 September 201	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	-afrobeat world east-african-music retro-pop soul brooklyn
10	<a href="https://switchstancerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/cypher-kabaka">Ancient Astronauts - Cypher Kabaka</a>	Ancient Astronauts → Cypher Kabaka	27 June 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african-hip-hop downtempo east-africa electronic funk hip-hop hip-hop rap reggae uganda african-music indigenous indigenous-hip-hop reggae k%C3%B6ln
11	<a href="https://ostinatorecords.bandcamp.com/album/two-niles-to-sing-a-melody-the-violins-synths-of-sudan">Various Artists - Two Niles to Sing a Melody: The Violins & Synths of Sudan</a>	Various Artists → Two Niles to Sing a Melody: The Violins & Synths of Sudan	14 September 201	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african afrofunk east-african nubian world afro arabic synth synthpop violin new-york
12	<a href="https://rapasanyatrapasa.bandcamp.com/album/jopango">Rapasa Nyatrapasa Otieno - JOPANGO</a>	Rapasa Nyatrapasa Otieno → JOPANGO	29 November 2023	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	east-african-music world benga east-african nyatiti world-fusion world-music kisumu
13		Abu Obaida Hassan → Abu Obaida Hassan & His Tambour: The Shaigiya Sound of Sudan	25 May 2018	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	east-african nubian world africa rhythm sudan sudanese tambour new-york
14	<a href="https://beatingheart.bandcamp.com/album/beating-heart-malawi">Various Artists - Beating Heart - Malawi</a>	Various Artists → Beating Heart - Malawi	13 June 2016	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	afro-deep-house east-african-music african-music afro-bass afrobass afrodeep afrohouse afrotech london
15	<a href="https://beatingheart.bandcamp.com/album/beating-heart-afro-bass-vol-1">Various Artists - Beating Heart - Afro Bass Vol. 1</a>	Various Artists → Beating Heart - Afro Bass Vol. 1	26 October 2018	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	afro-deep-house east-african-music african-music afro-bass afrobass afrodeep afrohouse afrotech london
16	<a href="https://msafirizawose.bandcamp.com/album/mbotela">Msafiri Zawose - Mbotela</a>	Msafiri Zawose → Mbotela	23 May 2013	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	tmg world african bagamoyo chibite dodoma east-africa fusion gogo hukwe limba msafiri-zawose swahili tanzania traditional zeze bagamoyo
17		Alsarah & the Nubatones → Manara Remixed	22 September 201	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	-afrobeat world east-african-music retro-pop soul brooklyn
18		Alsarah & the Nubatones → Silt	11 March 2014	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	-afrobeat world east-african-music retro-pop soul brooklyn
19	<a href="https://beatingheart.bandcamp.com/album/beating-heart-afro-bass-vol-2">Various Artists - Beating Heart - Afro Bass Vol. 2</a>	Various Artists → Beating Heart - Afro Bass Vol. 2	14 December 2018	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	afro-deep-house east-african-music african-music afro-bass afrobass afrodeep afrohouse afrotech london
20		Saronde → Moyo Mama + Jimpster Remixes	05 April 2019	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	-afro-bass afro-deep-house east-african-music world african-music afro-bass afro-fusion afro-house afrobass afrodeep afrofusion afrohouse afrotech jazzy united-kingdom
21	<a href="https://rootsnatty.bandcamp.com/album/livity">Roots Natty - Livity</a>	Roots Natty → Livity	27 April 2024	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	east-african-music reggae ugandan-music africa dancehall dub kampala
22	<a href="https://sunburstmusic.bandcamp.com/album/ave-africa-the-complete-recordings-1973-1976">Sunburst - Ave Africa: The Complete Recordings 1973-1976</a>	Sunburst → Ave Africa: The Complete Recordings 1973-1976	24 June 2016	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	east-african-afro-rock funk sunburst soul tanzania
23		FlexFab & Ziller Bas → MUGOGO! part 1	12 June 2020	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	beat east-africa electronic flexfab kenya mugogo ziller-bas bass-music global global-bass global-club instrumentals kilifi swahili trap-hop switzerland
24		various artists → The Very Best Of Hugh Tracey	04 October 2008	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	africa african-groove african-music east-african-music hugh-tracey traditional-african afro-trance central-african-music southern-african-music utrecht
25		Ross Alexander → Memorias Vol.1 - Bugandan Sacred Places	29 September 201	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	africa east-africa new-age soundtrack uganda distopic sci-fi
26		Makadem & Behr → Nyako	15 May 2017	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	broken-beat house world balearic benga east-african electro nairobi
27		Budalagi → editzz vol.1	23 April 2022	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	amapiano east-africa electronic breakbeat techno nairobi
28	<a href="https://beatingheart.bandcamp.com/album/beating-heart-afro-deep-vol-2">Various Artists - Beating Heart - Afro Deep Vol. 2</a>	Various Artists → Beating Heart - Afro Deep Vol. 2	03 May 2019	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	afro-deep-house deep-house east-african-music african-music afro-bass afro-house afrobass afrodeep afrohouse afrotech london
29		Rapasa Nyatrapasa Otieno → Tipona	13 March 2020	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	world benga east-african nyatiti world-fusion kisumu
30	<a href="https://africancream.bandcamp.com/album/the-great-east-african-trip">Various Artists - The Great East African Trip</a>	Various Artists → The Great East African Trip	09 September 200	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african afropop burundi tanzania uganda world african-cream african-music children%27s-music east-africa jazz kenya rwanda world-music south-africa
31		George Mukabi → Furaha Wenye Gita	07 December 2020	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african-acoustic dry-guitar east-africa guitar kenya omutibo african-guitar new-york
32		EA Wave & Wanja Wohoro → Honey	01 May 2020	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	ea-wave east-african-music electronica nairobi
33		MC Yallah → EMCEES	07 August 2020	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	dj-moocha east-african-records hip-hop hip-hop-rap uganda kampala
34		Muluu Baqqalaa → Akkana Dubbiin	21 April 2023	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	world afrobeat afropop east-africa ethio ethiopia melbourne
35		Kingdom of Kaffa → Yejoro Tili/Way to Amiyo (Yejoro Tili Part 2)	01 July 2020	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	afrobeat afrofunk east-african-music electronic ethiopian funk winterthur
36		Kingdom of Kaffa → K'ut'iri/Yeduri Tikusati	10 January 2018	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	afrobeat afrofunk east-african-music ethiopian funk winterthur
37		Kamlak Bmbo → The wise mn (ብልጡ መን)	12 September 202	UPGRADE	UPGRADE	african east-african-music electronic experimental idm world electronica ethiojazz experiential idm.-experemental ethiopia