VARIOUS - The Albarika Story (Vol. 1) Jazz-Funk even the singer’s acquired-taste voice

even the singer’s acquired-taste voice comes across smooth and beautiful – the smash Heart of Gold

leaning into heavy drones and sonic distortion that imparts new intensity and beauty into each track

Johnny Mandel

joy and togetherness on "You Loved Me"

CD - Deluxe Edition with an additional 3 songs

VARIOUS - The Albarika Story (Vol. 1) Jazz-Funk even the singer’s acquired-taste voice2LP Black Vinyl in wide spine jacket with printed inner, extended sleeve notes and photographs. Founded in the late 1960s by record store owner Seidou Adissa, Albarika Store is one of the most important independent record labels on the African continent. That it was founded in the relatively small ex French colony of Benin (then still called Dahomey), is a testament to its founders musical taste and vision for what the local musical scene had to