Sean O'Hagan | West African funk | Colombian street systems

Two beautiful compilations from Soundway revive the spaced-out funk of 70s west Africa and the psychedelic beat of Colombia's sound systemsNext month, Soundway Records, a small, independent British label, releases its latest compilation, a two-CD (or two triple vinyl albums) package called The World Ends: Afro-rock and Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria. It is an extraordinary artefact: track after track of Afro-rock and spaced-out funk from groups including the Hygrades, the Funkees, the Hykkers and ...

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