Mac Gregor - In AbidjanRare 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 April 2004 at CHU of Abidjan, Trechville Hospital. A visionary composer, poet and singer, mixing Creole, French and Nouchi, she made a brilliant musical bridge

unfaltering stabs and robust low-end tones

Hannah McKittrick

Enjoy the ride

His jazzy style and complex grooves have defined a uniquely deep and musical take on the genre over the last 25+ years

The groove was hot and the band stayed in the moment during the recording

Recorded between Brooklyn and Detroit and mastered in Stockholm and Istanbul

through Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam Recordings

First Word Records is very proud to welcome the return of the inimitable Kaidi Tatham

LP in original picture sleeve

from Terry Callier-type folk-soul (Danish-Swedish singer & guitarist Mikael Neumann

each complimented by a superlative remix

" London also played an important role for Hamid as a musical epicenter