{"title":"label : Soundway Records","description":"Since its inception in 2002, independent label Soundway Records has unearthed coveted musical gems from far-flung corners of the world, with foundations that are rooted in meticulously-sourced reissues. Seeking out glittering tracks and albums from the 1950s to the modern day has led the label to criss-cross the globe – from Africa and Latin America to the Caribbean, Asia, and beyond.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSoundway’s critically-acclaimed compilations include: the Spanish Balearic synth-breeze of Ritmo Fantasía (2021); the birth of Indonesia’s modern music industry of Padang Moonrise (2022); the eighties Nigerian dancefloor dive of Doing It In Lagos (2016), and the highlife-heyday of Ghana Special (2008). Alongside its celebrated collections, the label has also reissued beloved albums from artists such as Afro-boogie king Steve Monite and synth-doting disco don Kiki Gyan. Branching out from reissues in 2012, Soundway expanded its repertoire into new releases, nurturing contemporary artists such as Lord Echo, Pigeon, The Circling Sun, and Felbm.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn recent years, label founder Miles Cleret has handed over the reins to a dynamic and forward-thinking team based in London and Canada. The spirit is carried on with a fastidious attention to audio recording quality and remastering, alongside a zeal for sonic discovery. No matter where each Soundway release touches down, the imprint’s passion for carefully shining a light on culturally significant genres and scenes remains unwavering.","products":[{"product_id":"ritmo-fantasia-balearic-spanish-synth-pop-boogie-and-house-1982-1992-compiled-by-dj-trujillo","title":"Ritmo Fantasía: Balearic Spanish Synth-Pop, Boogie and House (1982-1992) [Compiled by DJ Trujillo]","description":"\u003cp\u003eRitmo Fantasía, la nouvelle compilation du label anglais est un voyage dans les contrées de l'underground espagnol piloté par DJ Trujillo, producteur vénézuélien, DJ et collectionneur de disques basé à Berlin. 21 titres présentant des titres oubliés de la scène musicale espagnole des années 1980 et du début des années 1990 en passant par les débuts de la bleep et de la hip house, de l'électro, le boogie, la pop ibérique... Par un heureux hasard, la couverture de la compilation est une œuvre originale d'Yves Uro, une figure de proue de la scène festive d'Ibiza dans les années 70 et 80 et dont les affiches visionnaires sont devenues représentatives de l'île blanche.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlors que certains des artistes ou producteurs de la compilation ont poursuivi des carrières remarquables, la plupart des morceaux sélectionnés ici représentent des \"one-offs\" pour les artistes, et parfois aussi pour les labels également. Ces productions, parfois auto-éditées, pressées de manière privée, sur des labels éphémères tels que Cantos et Prismatic. , sont souvent considérées comme des \"pièces uniques\". Ritmo Fantasía est le résultat de plus d'une décennie de recherches discographiques par DJ Trujillo chez les disquaires espagnols les plus obscurs, marchés, bourses aux disques et autres revendeurs. Pour la toute première\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efois, il met en lumière et regroupe quelques joyaux cachés d'une époque qui, sans lui sans lui, resteraient probablement tapis dans l’ombre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SOUNDWAY RECORDS LIMITED","offers":[{"title":"3LP","offer_id":40180857995349,"sku":"SNDWLP137","price":29.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/4099\/1797\/products\/1640258027_a2185755300_10.jpg?v=1640258296"},{"product_id":"tape-3-tape-4","title":"Tape 3\/Tape 4","description":"Après le succès de son premier album \"Tape 1\/Tape 2\" sur Soundway, Felbm livre “Tape 3\/Tape 4” - un projet solo intime, émotionnel, léché et mélodique. Ces 14 esquisses lo-fi, instrumentales et jazzées ont été écrites à la guitare, avec des claviers en cascade, un vibraphone et une boîte à rythmes. D'une qualité réparatrice et apaisante, elles contribuent à équilibrer une année chaotique pour le monde en général. Tape 3\/Tape 4 navigue entre des airs calmes, ouverts et méditatifs et des œuvres instrumentales plus solides, reflétant sa recherche constante d'un équilibre optimal entre immobilité et mouvement.","brand":"SOUNDWAY RECORDS LIMITED","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":40292870094933,"sku":"SNDWLP139","price":21.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/4099\/1797\/products\/felbm.jpg?v=1664271956"},{"product_id":"padang-moonrise-the-birth-of-the-modern-indonesian-recording-industry-1955-69","title":"Padang Moonrise: The Birth Of The Modern Indonesian Recording Industry (1955-69)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFormidable travail réalisé par le globe-trotter \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMiles Cleret alias Mr Soundway Records\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e. Un territoire atypique, encore  peu “exploité musicalement” par ce type de label, une compilation de morceaux très rares, des recherches  ethnographiques développées dans un livret de 8 pages, un vinyle 7 pouces en bonus, un très bel artwork…  Tous les critères d’une excellente compilation semblent être réunis sur ce nouveau projet de Soundway.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePadang Moonrise \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eest l'histoire de la musique indonésienne moderne qui a émergé sous les volcans de Java, l'île la plus  peuplée de l’archipel. Plus de 17 000 îles et 1 300 groupes ethniques distincts, sa capitale, Jakarta, était le centre de la  plupart de l'identité nationale postcoloniale, de la politique, de l'administration et de la production musicale. Les  chansons traditionnelles de Java, Sumatra, Bali et au-delà ont été réinventées par un petit groupe de musiciens parrainés  par l'État qui ont également composé et arrangé de nouvelles musiques. Ces chansons visaient à consolider un pays  géographiquement disparate avec une nouvelle langue et de nouvelles idées du caractère national.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCette compilation rassemble une poignée de ces enregistrements qui combinent des éléments de musique populaire  régionale, Gambus islamique, Gamelan et Kroncong javanais et balinais, avec du jazz, de la musique et de  l'instrumentation afro-latine, et des harmonies vocales influencées par le doo-wop américain interdit et le rock \u0026amp; roll. Les  résultats sont un mélange unique de styles qui sont restés pour la plupart isolés du monde extérieur à l'Indonésie jusqu'à  ce qu'une récente résurgence mondiale de l'intérêt pour la musique enregistrée de toutes formes ait jeté un nouvel  éclairage sur ces enregistrements presque oubliés. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SOUNDWAY RECORDS LIMITED","offers":[{"title":"2LP + 7inch","offer_id":40387332866133,"sku":"SNDWLP151","price":31.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/4099\/1797\/products\/SNDWLP151.jpg?v=1666949813"},{"product_id":"only-you-180g","title":"Only You","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAprès la superbe compilation de \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDoing It In Lagos : Boogie, Pop \u0026amp; Disco in 1980s Nigeria\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e en 2016, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSoundway Records\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e présente \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ela première et unique réédition sous licence officielle du très convoité premier album de Steve Monite\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, avec le single 'Only You' que l’on ne présente plus et qui a été repris par \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrank Ocean,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTheophilus London \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eou encore \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTame Impala\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eRestauré et remasterisé sur vinyle de 180 grammes. Une très bonne nouvelle pour les collectionneurs puisque les versions originales peuvent aujourd’hui atteindre des sommes faramineuses sur les marchés spécialisés.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSteve Monite (prononcé mo-na-tè) est un artiste nigérian né en 1961 à Benin City, la capitale de l’État d’Edo dans le sud du Nigéria. C’est dans un contexte de grands bouleversements politiques et de forte croissance économique au Nigeria que le musicien signe un contrat avec EMI records où il travaille en étroite collaboration avec le producteur Nkono Teles. « Après la guerre civile au Nigeria, tout le monde était à la recherche de quelque chose de neuf », affirme l’artiste. En effet, après des années de dictature militaire, le retour du pays à la démocratie a engendré un boom de jeunes artistes ultra-productifs ayant pour modèle le funk et le disco. Cinq ans après la sortie de la géniale compilation Doing it in Lagos, Soundway revisite à nouveau ce moment clé de la scène nigériane des années 70 et 80.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SOUNDWAY RECORDS LIMITED","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":40387332898901,"sku":"SNDWLP146","price":25.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/4099\/1797\/products\/a0595869833_10.jpg?v=1666953939"},{"product_id":"group-label-s-t","title":"Group Label S-T","description":"","brand":"Bigwax","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40419570712661,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/4099\/1797\/products\/group-label-s-t.png?v=1668434530"},{"product_id":"kenya-special","title":"Kenya Special","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eKenya Special\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e comme les autres compilations Soundway est accompagné d'un livret débordant de textes et d'images documentant l'époque, la région, la musique. Dans la lignée de la collection African Special qui a déjà apporté la lumière sur le Nigéria et le Ghana, KENYA SPECIAL propose 32 titres (la plupart issus de 45 Tours à faible pressages) remarquables par leur originalité ou leur relatif succès (certains devenus des classiques du genre). Il aura fallu 2 ans à une équipe de 5 chercheurs musicaux pour assembler ces pépites oubliées, entre la « Liquid Soul » en langue Kikuyu, l'Afrobeat en Swahili ou encore des morceaux venus de Tanzanie ou du Congo dont les structures et les arrangements défient tous les genres musicaux.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SOUNDWAY RECORDS LIMITED","offers":[{"title":"3LP","offer_id":40448607420501,"sku":"SNDWLP046","price":29.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/4099\/1797\/products\/a4242864470_10.jpg?v=1670947537"},{"product_id":"doing-it-lagos-boogie-pop-and-disco-from-1980-s-nigeria","title":"Doing It In Lagos (Boogie, Pop \u0026 Disco In 1980s Nigeria)","description":"\u003cspan\u003eSoundway Records present a new compilation of twenty rare and mostly unavailable tracks from the slick and sassy world of Nigerian pop music and club culture of the early 1980s. Buoyed by an explosive oil boom and a return to democracy after a series of military dictatorships, Nigeria’s economy in the years of the early ‘80’s was mirrored by its recording industry as countless young artists and groups hit the airwaves and dancefloors of the capital and beyond. It was a glossy, brash new form of pop music born out of ashes of late 1970s disco and funk and, just as in America, was the soundtrack to a new generation for whom money, style and flirtation trumped the overblown psychedelia of the previous decade. Eager to sound as American as possible with no hint of the fervour for afro-beat, afro-rock and afrocentric thinking that the 1970s had thrown up, a new generation of young artists and performers turned their backs on their cultural roots in music and sought a new kind of stardom and fame firmly connected to the glossy, snazzy world of the 1980s that was erupting in the USA and Europe. The 1970s flares and cuban heels began to disappear, in their place came sleek suits, rolled-up sleeves, bow-ties, jumpsuits, leather jackets, greased hair and a firm nod in the stylistic direction of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMichael Jackson.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"SOUNDWAY RECORDS LIMITED","offers":[{"title":"3LP","offer_id":40448607551573,"sku":"SNDWLP087","price":29.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/4099\/1797\/products\/jpegDoinItInLagos_Front-WEB.jpg?v=1670944302"},{"product_id":"soprem-bons-ventos","title":"Soprem Bons Ventos","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLe multi-instrumentiste, DJ et producteur portugais \u003c\/span\u003ePedro Ricardo\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e sort son premier album, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSoprem Bons Ventos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, sur Soundway Records.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eActuellement basé à Berlin, \u003c\/span\u003ePedro Ricardo\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e publie de la musique depuis huit ans sous différents pseudonymes via des labels tels que Wolf Music et sa propre marque Hear, Sense and Feel. DJ et sélecteur éclectique, il anime une émission de radio sur la radio Balamii du sud de Londres, invité à l'émission NTS de Mafalda et peut être trouvé en train de jouer dans des clubs à travers toute l’Europe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eStylistiquement, Ricardo est devenu fasciné par le jazz dès son plus jeune âge, tout en devenant également amoureux de la musique folklorique - enracinée dans son enfance au Portugal, englobant désormais des sons du Cap-Vert, du Brésil et de l'Espagne en cours de route. Il entremêle ces influences instrumentales avec des enregistrements de terrain, et de l'électronique, sur \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSoprem Bons Ventos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SOUNDWAY RECORDS LIMITED","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":40492253904981,"sku":"SNDWLP159","price":22.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/4099\/1797\/products\/a2710861692_10.jpg?v=1674568527"},{"product_id":"love-vibration","title":"Love Vibration","description":"Soundway publie une compilation impressionnante du travail solo du super producteur Nkono Teles, né au Cameroun et basé au Nigéria. Le pionnier de la musique électronique ouest-africaine est connu pour avoir été sollicité par plus de 100 autres musiciens pour produire ou arranger leur musique, de King Sunny Adé à Guy Lobe, en passant par l'album \"Only You\" de Steve Monite et bien d'autres encore.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDéjà présente sur la compilation best-seller de Soundway \"Doing It In Lagos\", l'œuvre solo limitée de Nkono est ici soigneusement remastérisée et rééditée en vinyle pour la première fois.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eL'un des rares pionniers de la scène électronique nigériane des années 1980 (aux côtés de Jake Sollo et William Onyeabor), Teles était connu pour avoir été sollicité par plus de 100 musiciens pour jouer, produire ou arranger leur musique.","brand":"SOUNDWAY RECORDS LIMITED","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":46367193366853,"sku":"SNDWLP164","price":22.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/4099\/1797\/products\/a3175835701_16.jpg?v=1679410809"},{"product_id":"munif","title":"Munif","description":"Après la compilation 2022 de Soundway, Padang Moonrise, sont deux titres de la fin des années 1960 de Java, en Indonésie. 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Munif était un chanteur basé à Jakarta qui chantait principalement en arabe et en anglais. Jakarta a une petite population d'arabes, d'ethnie moyen-orientale, qui se sont installés en Indonésie via des liens avec l'islam et la culture islamique, la religion dominante à Java, Sumatra et de nombreuses autres îles principales de l'archipel indonésien.","brand":"SOUNDWAY RECORDS LIMITED","offers":[{"title":"7inch","offer_id":46449399398725,"sku":"SNDW7024","price":14.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/4099\/1797\/products\/a1083232786_16.jpg?v=1680178286"},{"product_id":"live-for-love","title":"Live For Love","description":"Soundway réédite les versions vocale et instrumentale de \"If I Love You\", de G.C.Cameron, le chanteur du légendaire groupe de soul The Spinners. 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