Rare and in High demand Afro digital soul Ep , recorded in Abidjan ( Ivory Coast ) in 1981. Originally from Martinique, Clem marise Voltine Aka Mac Gregor moved to Abidjan in 1979 searching for, what she called, her « negritude quest ». She sang about her love for her adoptive city until her death in...

Mindblowing Afro Soul music from Ivory Coast served up by an obscure artist who only recorded two albums in 1979 and 1981 but who created an original funky fusion with Bété langage. A Selection of Four amazing tracks recorded in Abidjan on two different records label called War records and As records. The music...

The Afro Funk side of the Latin Soul maestro ! Born in Gao ( Mali), Boncana Maïga is one of the most talented and popular producer of west african music since the 60’s. He studied flute and latin arrangements in Cuba during the 60’s and founded the famous « Les Maravillas du Mali » in 1968. He...

Afro funk and Political Soul from Togo. Recorded in the beginning of the 80’s and self-produced by Itadi in 1983 , this obscure album contained deep soul and controversial rare grooves backed by the 5 band members called the “Afro Funk Band de Lomé”. Itadi’s music is unique, in his second album, he kept...

A 12 inch single from the incredible french Afro Funk band included remixes by the one and only Osunlade under the collective name of Yoruba Soul ! Since their first acclaimed album « Apiafo » and it’s irresistible single « Pas contente » , these Lyon ( France) natives never turned down the heat...

A fantastic afro-beat album from a Fela Anikulapo Kuti disciple and Kalakuta Republic member. A sublime spiritual and political session recorded in 1979 at the Emi studio in Lagos ( Nigeria). Arranged and self produced , this second Kingsley Buckor ‘s album , hopelessly obscure and impossible to find ranks alongside the best afro-beat...

Official reissue of one of the hardest to find albums by the Afro Soul maestro, a pure Afro Funk spiritual grail from 1978! Born in 1943 in Ikole-Ekiti in Ondo State, Nigeria, Orlando Julius Ekemode (“Orlando was really a nickname, taken from the Nigerian actor, Orlando Martins“) had started in music from an early...

A Fantastic and rare Soul Jazz album recorded in Adelaide ( Australia) in 1976 . Originally pressed on Crest records and fully licensed by the Hot Casa team to reissue it on a deluxe 180g vinyl . Sue Barker is jazz singer from the 70s – and one who isn’t afraid of picking up...

Hot Casa Records present Togo Soul 70: Selected Rare Togolese Recordings from 1971 to 1981 . A treasure-trove of rare and unusual recordings mostly recorded in Lomé during the 70’s , a fusion of traditional voodoo chants , raw soul and Afro jazz. Finding these tracks and their rights holders hasn’t become any easier...

Vaudou Game When it came to recording ‘Kidayu’, the new album from Vaudou Game, released 7th October on Hot Casa Records, Peter Solo did not need to consult the oracle, instead relying on the voodoo rhythms and raw afro-funk and soul that has served him so well. Solo immersed his Lyon companions in the...