They’re available now – Now-Again and Shadoks are proud to present WITCH’s masterpiece Lazy Bones!! and Amanaz’s holy grail Africa. You can cop the CDs – which comes with Egon’s liner notes and photos of the bands – or buy the digital albums over at Rappcats webstore.
Buy: WITCH’s Lazy Bones!!
Buy: Amanaz’s Africa
Don’t forget to download: WITCH: “Strange Dream.”
And: Amanaz: “Khala My Friend.”
More info on our Zambian Reissues here.
Yup, here’s the second Zambian psych gem we’re releasing in conjunction with Shadoks on February 16th: WITCH’s masterpiece Lazy Bones!!
This official reissue was licensed by the band’s sole survivor, vocalist Emanyeo Jagari Chanda. As with the Amanaz reissue, this CD comes with Egon’s liner notes detailing Zambia’s 70s scene. After we issue Rikki Ililonga’s anthology, Now-Again will present an anthology of WITCH’s music which, in the band’s original incarnation, spread over five albums.
Bide your time with this, our favorite song from Lazy Bones!! – Chanda’s hallucinatory “Strange Dream,” offered straight from the master tapes.
Link: WITCH: Lazy Bones!!
More info on our Zambian Reissues (and a picture of Rikki Ililonga) here.
On February 16th Now-Again, in association with Germany’s Shadoks Records (and with thanks to Rikki Ililonga and collector Richard Leckie), presents the first entries in a series of reissues from Zambia’s 70s unsung (until now!) psych-rock heroes. Amanaz’s Africa and WITCH’s Lazy Bones are both masterpieces. More on Rikki and WITCH later. For now, we’ll focus on Amanaz.
This official reissue was licensed by the band’s two surviving members, vocalist Keith Kabwe and fuzz guitarist Issac Mpofu, after Rikki tracked down Keith in a remote portion of Zambia’s north on a recent trip back to his homeland. This CD comes with Egon’s liner notes detailing Zambia’s 70s scene.
In anticipation of this reissue, we’re giving you a taste now: the band’s beautiful ballad “Khala My Friend.” If we ever do a Forge Your Own Chains Vol. 2, this song is definitely going on!
Link: Amanaz: Africa
Download: Amanaz: “Khala My Friend.”
More info on our Zambian Reissues (and a picture of Rikki Ililonga) here.
Buy here.
Read more about our Zambian Psych reissues here.
Tracklist:
1. Amanaz
2. I Am Very Far
3. Sunday Morning
4. Khala My Friend
5. History Of Man
6. Nsunka Lwendo
7. Africa
8. Green Apple
9. Making The Scene
10. Easy Street
11. Big Enough
12. Kale
Amanaz are Keith Kabwe, Issac Mpofu, John Kanyepa, Jerry Mausala and Watson Lungu.
Original session produced by Edward Khuzayawo.
This reissue annotated and researched by: Egon
Additional coordination by Rikki Ililonga with thanks to Richard Leckie.
Liner notes by: Egon.
No NA Catalog Number. CD released in conjunction with Shadoks. 2010. Reissued in an expanded package by Now-Again in 2015.
Buy here.
Read more about our Zambian Psych reissues here.
Tracklist:
Side A
A1. Black Tears
A2. Motherless Child
A3. Tooth Factory
A4. Strange Dream
A5. Look Out
Side B
B1. Havoc
B2. October Night
B3. Off Ma Boots
B4. Lazy Bones
B5. Little Clown
WITCH are Chris Mbewe, John Muma, Gedeon Mulenga, Boidi Sinkala and Emanyeo Jagari Chanda
Original session produced by Teal Record Company.
This reissue annotated and researched by: Egon
Additional coordination by Rikki Ililonga with thanks to Jagari Chanda
Liner notes by: Egon.
No NA Catalog Number. CD released in conjunction with Shadoks. 2010.