Here's Les Disques Bongo Joe and Sofa Records's new teamwork !
As the result of another collaboration with our long-time bros Les Disques Bongo Joe, we're happy to announce our next release.

This 12 inch is the first of a series and features four nuggets from some of Algeria's most respected figures: the legendary producer Rachid Baba Ahmed, the raï singer Cheb Tahar and the pop sraoui musician Cheb Wahid. Instrumental disco banger, funky sraoui tunes, digi-reggae raï hits – all killer, no filler!

Produced between the end of the 80s and the early 90s and issued back then on tapes, they appear on vinyl for the very first time!
Limited edition of 500 ex – don’t sleep, this is a one-press shot.

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Issu d'une nouvelle collaboration avec nos camarades de Sofa Records, ce disque est le premier volume d'une série, et présente quatre titres de certaines des figures les plus respectées d'Algérie : le légendaire Rachid Baba Ahmed, le chanteur raï Cheb Tahar et le musicien pop sraoui Cheb Wahid. Disco instrumentale, funk lascive, funky sraoui et digi reggae – rien a jeter dans ce maxi !

Produits entre la fin des années 80 et le début des années 90 et publiés à l'époque sur cassettes, ils sortent en vinyle pour la toute première fois. Édition limitée à 500 exemplaires !

Sortie officielle le 2 Décembre 2022 – les précommandes sont ouvertes sur notre page Bandcamp (voir bio).

Sélection par Sofa Records, numérisé et masterisé par Frank Merrit/The Carvery, graphisme par la Brigade Cynophile, pochette sérigraphiée par Legno, produit par Sofa Records & Les Disques Bongo Joe.

Reconnaissance éternelle à notre cher ami Ouassini Bouarfa, sans qui rien de tout cela n'aurait été possible.

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About how we came to it: we had the chance, throughout our exploration of North African tape music, to find a deadstock from Bouarfa/SEDICAV's catalog. Ouassini Bouarfa was amongst the most important North-African music editor from the 80's. Based between Lyon, Paris and Oran, his catalog features thousands of tapes – some of which are from the greatest names of Algeria music: Cheb Hasni, Rachid Baba Ahmed, Cheb Khaled, Cheikha Rimitti, etc..
Digging into this cellar overflowed with tapes and boxes full of tapes was a crazy experience. back then (~2015), Youtube provided a lot of tracks from that era; but it was much less than today.
We had to stay over several days and listen hundreds of tape in order to excavate the best of it. And that's what brought us to this single serie.

Includes digital pre-order of Maghreb K7 Club - Disco Singles. The moment the album is released you’ll get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.