Africa

VINYL FORMAT. Second pressing on transparent yellow vinyl, edition of 300 copies. From Zambia, Africa, 1975. Amanaz was formed in 1973. Three songs are in the native language Bemba, and nine songs in English, recorded in Kitwe, the third biggest city in Zambia up north. Musically, it goes in the same direction as Blo, The Witch and Question Mark, but this album is way cooler and stoned with an amazing fuzz guitar all over which sounds like an African version of early Cream. The cover makes it look very traditional but after a few spins, you are aware that this one is very special. It's so cool, so tightly-produced and easily compares with UK underground albums with a touch of African beats. Still completely unknown, so this album has not been scored yet by the collectors' scene. A real surprise.