Various – Roots Rocking Zimbabwe (The Modern Sound of Harare Townships 1975-1980) (2xLP) Natural Information Society unprecedented 18-part masterpiece proved unlike

unprecedented 18-part masterpiece proved unlike anything seen before on television

the members of 13th Floor Elevators were quite possibly the first artists to describe their music as psychedelic

follows the script of a singles / greatest hits collection but the second one goes wildly off-piste and ends up somewhere quite far from where the collection started

New York Passage 12" (1982)

Various – Roots Rocking Zimbabwe (The Modern Sound of Harare Townships 1975-1980) (2xLP) Natural Information Society unprecedented 18-part masterpiece proved unlikeAnalog Africa doesn't do anything other than special releases really, but this one tracing the label's origins back to Zimbabwe over 20 years ago is a real standout. A carefully curated collection of 25 tracks with a fine booklet proving plenty of extra context, it captures the birth of the country's modern music scene and brims with the creative sound explosion of the 70s and 80s. Before genres were fully defined, artists blended rock, rumba, soul