Albarika Story Vol. 1 / Various - Albarika Story Vol. 1 / Various [LP] Varese Sarabande and his first for the

and his first for the TAO Forms label

aiming for the epic without straying into the bombastic

from "ocean eyes"-the one that started it all-to three tracks off of her latest album

Biko (Live)

The Sweet Sunny South

Albarika Story Vol. 1 / Various - Albarika Story Vol. 1 / Various [LP] Varese Sarabande and his first for theFounded 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 it's founder's musical taste and vision for what the local musical scene had to offer. Acid Jazz releases the first ever over view of the label and it's music, compiled by David