A short film about Wake Up You! The Rise and Fall of Nigerian Rock, 1972-1977. Produced by Uchenna Ikonne and Eothen Alapatt with narration by Uchenna Ikonne. This video was shot and edited by Bennett Piscitelli. Wake Up You Vol. 1 is out now. Wake Up You Vol. 2 comes out May 20, 2016.
ON SALE: WAKE UP YOU – VOL. 2 – THE RISE AND FALL OF NIGERIAN ROCK, 1972-1977
Vol. 2 to be released WW May 20, 1026. Exclusive pre-sale for vinyl, CD, digital at our webstore at Rappcats NOW
Wake Up You! is presented in two 100+ page books full of never-seen photos and the story of the best Nigerian rock bands told in vivid detail by musicologist and researcher Uchenna Ikonne (Who Is William Onyeabor?).
Each volume is presented as both a hardbound book with CD in a resealable plastic sleeve, and as a double LP with a soft-cover book included in a custom-made 12″x 12″ book holder.
Read: ‘Wake Up You!’ Explores The Transitional, Post-War Rock ‘N’ Roll Of Nigeria – NPR’s All Things Considered.
Joel Stones is bringing back his record store Tropicalia in Furs from NYC to Los Angeles for a 2-day popup shop at Rappcats!
Sat & Sun, May 21-22
Noon-6PM
5636 York Blvd,
Los Angeles CA 90042
“I will bring tons of Brazilian records, 45s, LPs, some jazz, funk, soul, prog, psych, garage, boxes of 45s with good French, Turkish, African, Northern Soul, tons of crazy stuff.”
Tropicalia in Furs, housed in a small storefront in the LES, NYC, was a record store like no other: a spot to buy rarities, hear psychedelic sounds and engage in unparalleled chit chat with owner Joel Stones, a cadre of open minded individuals and celebrities from the Beastie Boys to Elijah Wood. The shop closed in 2013. We worked with Rappcats to host a popup event with Tropicalia in Furs last summer and sold out of every record. Now Joel is bringing back the store for a second helping – and promises to fly to Brasil to bring fresh stock the week before the event.
Produced and Recorded by Maker at West Of The Flag, Chicago, IL.
Tracklist:
1. A New Breed
2. King Fortune
3. Stones
4. Aquatic
5. Good Woman
6. Savage Fuzz
7. Kush
8. Love Is Moving
9. Gangster World
10. Life Lesson
11. Burning On
12. Dead or Alive
13. Survivor
14. Mercy
15. Circle of Success
16. Hot Box
CD, Digital. 2016. NAML008.
Do you pay attention to current pop music? We don’t, really, but every once in a while we clear a sample for this star or that – and, in the realm of mega stars that might be caught singing over a deep sample, there are few that go deeper than Beyonce (and, to be fair, her stable of producers).
So, if you caught her Just Blaze-produced “Freedom” off of her latest album Lemonade and thought that the track sounded familiar, that’s because it came from one of our favorite garage-psych records of all times – the self titled, and only, record by the Puerto Rican band Kaleidoscope, who recorded their album in the Dominican Republic and saw it issued in a promotional run of two-hundred copies on Mexico’s Orfeon label. It’s gone on to become one of the sought after artifacts of the late 60s world-rock scene, with clean copies – when the surface – selling for upwards of $8,000.
The German reissue label Shadoks – with whom we’ve issued a number of Zamrock titles – licensed the album through the band’s leader, guitarist and vocalist Frank Tirado, and issued it on CD and LP. We approached Frank and got the rights to license Kaleidoscope’s impossible to imitate music on both master and publishing sides – and, at the urging of Shadoks Thomas Hartlage, have made it available for digital purchase for the first time ever. Download a sample song below and if you like what you hear – and we’re almost certain you will – support the release of global wonders by purchasing the entire album.
Download: Kaleidoscope – Let Me Try
Buy: Kaleidoscope: Kaleidoscope on Itunes.
