Various – Roots Rocking Zimbabwe (The Modern Sound of Harare Townships 1975-1980) (2xLP) Natural Information Society follows the script of a

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

anchored by headbobbing basslines and then is washed over in weird left turns

New York Passage 12" (1982)

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

Various – Roots Rocking Zimbabwe (The Modern Sound of Harare Townships 1975-1980) (2xLP) Natural Information Society follows the script of aAnalog 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