Dig This Way Records

17/10/2024

https://youtu.be/KMx9NLhhx2c

BRAND NEW MIXTAPE ALERT!!! Check Youtube

Voodoo Moon - 50s 60s Spiritual Mambo & Calypso [Dig This Way Archive]

In the last months we have been trying to put together a selection of deep Mambo and Calypso shallac 78rpm and 45rpm from Africa and various Caribbean islands from the mid 50s till the early 60s.
It took us a long time to gather those records , expecially in Africa ,Mambo and calypso were generally happy songs and what can be considered deep and spiritual is such a little % that over thousands of shallacs and 45rpm we have been able to gather only an handful that reflected whah we were looking for.
Mixing this hour of music we were surprised to hear how similar some of those tracks are even if they were made thousands km one from the other , Ghana , Nigeria , Congo , Trinidad , Jamaica , Antilles and Mexico , it all sounds like it was done to play nicely together.
We hope you can enjoy it

Here is the Tracklist :
Et Mensah - Moochoo Mambo (Decca 78rpm)
Red Spot Band - Red Spot Mambo (Decca 78rpm)
HJ Edet - Mambo Gambo (Decca 78rpm)
Jibril Issa - Fura Da Nono (Hmv 78rpm)
Fitz Vaughan Bryan Orch. - Mamagui (Kay 78rpm)
Chris Ajilo - New Lagos (Decca 78rpm)
Pat Kelly - Papia Mambo (Decca 78rpm)
Ok Jazz - Biguina El Mambo (Hmv 78rpm)
African Fiesta Orch. - Biguine W***y (Decca 45rpm)
Honoré Coppet - Prends Courage (Odeon 45rpm)
Jibril Issa - Kariya Sai Hotel (Columbia 45rpm)
Et Mensah - Kwame Nkumah (Decca 45rpm)
Bobby Benson - Niger Mambo (Philips 45rpm)
The Soul Brothers - Voodoo Moon (Coxson Blank 45rpm)
Casimir Letang - Blo in Blo (Karukeradisque 45rpm)
Innocentay - Voodoo Shango (Monogram 45rpm)
Lord Bryner - African Safari (RCA 45rpm)
Cyril Diaz - Tabu (Cook 45rpm)
Alfonso Morquecho - Tabu (Vik 45rpm)

Jacopo Rimoldi Carlotta Fiorio

In the last months we have been trying to put together a selection of deep Mambo and Calypso shallac 78rpm and 45rpm from Africa and various Caribbean island...

03/10/2024

Nice & Easy vibes at
Every Thursday in this beautifull spot in Milan , spinning the best "World Music" alternating myself with

If you want sip a drink and eat good food with good music in a beautifull greenhouse in the center of the town...see you here!

25/09/2024

We are happy with this new signed contract for another incredible nigerian reissue on Dig This Way Records! As you know it's not easy to find artists or family members or producers to make an official release and we, from our side, are working hard to make all this possibile. We hope it will be out before the end of the year : it's going to be a super heavy release 🚀🧨❤️🇳🇬

We are a bit slow in this period but we can ensure you that we are full of boiling projects that are waiting to take form.



Carlotta Fiorio Jacopo Rimoldi

21/07/2024

Happy 70th Birthday to the one and only Steve Black ❤️
Legendary artist responsabile of some of the best music done in the African Continent 💎

04/06/2024

Our latest release "The Hygrades" is featured in the latest episode of the Bandcamp Weekly show!!! Check it out 💥

http://bandcamp.com/?show=748

Featuring new music from The Zawose Queens, Emanative, Forest Law, Beak>, gglum, Ghost Poet, Arnheim, Arjuna Oakes, and more.

22/05/2024

Next Party is AFRODELIK: a tribute to the rich african music heritage organized by our friends . Special guest 💥💥💥

Come and join us at (Milano) on 2nd June 2024. Sunday afternoon from h16 - to h24.

Special thanks to for the art cover!

16/05/2024

Every Thursday from 10am to 12pm is Africanism' s Time. Two hours of music from all over the continent taken from our collection of Lps, 45 rom & 78rpm. We will delight you with unknown, classic & evergreen, hypnotic music and different style! Enjoy!!! 😊

Check out the app 💥 24h music non stop! Only the best!

Carlotta Fiorio Jacopo Rimoldi

03/05/2024

BRAND NEW RELEASE!!!!
DEEP INSTRUMENTAL ROOTS💥💥💥
Years ago we were lucky enough to get an incredible and uncredited Acetate with a deep instrumental cut of Satta Massagana , long story short after few weeks we got it the plate totally cracked and became unplayable. We managed to send the plate to Rome at Vinyl restoration who made a little miracle and somehow fixed it well enough for us to export a digital crackling recording of it to keep in our archives.
Few years later , we played the noisy recording to the great musicians from Dig This Way All Stars and we decided it was absolutely the case to attempt a modern remake of it. Thats how Abeng , Sere and Monz made the structire of the Riddim , than Rootikal Horns handled the Trombone and Sax version , Nicola Gallo did the Organ part and Jonny De Ambassador played the percussions!
The final touch is done by Yakka who mixed a couple wicked dubwises of it and Pressure Mastering that made it sounds proper!
The 45rpm is pressed in 250 black copies and 50 coloured wax limited editions that will be sold only thru our bandcamp page.
• RELEASE DATE 28/05/2024
• PREORDER ⬇️
https://digthiswayrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dig-this-way-records-all-stars-sata

Jacopo Chiari Abeng Musicalbox Pressure Mastering Luca Monza Nicola Gallo serenelli Jacopo Rimoldi Carlotta Fiorio

27/03/2024

Da domani inizia una nuova avventura , una collaborazione tra Dig This Way Records e che per qualche settimana/mese , tutti i Giovedí porterà il meglio della "World" music nella bellissima Serra presente negli spazi di Combo Milano ♥️
Un aperitivo musicale dove cercheremo di viaggiare nelle svariate selezioni che abbiamo creato in questi anni , dall'Africa ai Caraibi passando per il Sud America , dagli anni 50 ad oggi attraverso decine di stili e culture differenti. Disco é Cultura e noi cercheremo di portare la nostra cultura musicale a Combo! In futuro lo spazio si aprirà ad alti selectors di musica World...noi intanto facciamo da warm up per questa bellissima iniziativa!

22/02/2024

Dig This Way Records ready to shake Mexico City with 2 sessions organised by Heavy Roots Crew!

This Friday will be the 10th anniversary of the Crew , strictly 70s and 80s Jamaican Roots and Culture session , powered by

Sunday is gonna be special , a full set of Deep Afro Reggae Roots , it's the 1st time we've been requested this and we have been preparing this selection for years , it gotta be Reddd Hotttt!

Mexican friends , see you Tomorrow and Sunday , Much Love and thanks for the invitation and Buena Ospitalidad ♥️🙏

16/01/2024

Questo Week End a Torino con

Montagne di dischi pazzi ago flow!

💎♥️🪩🪩🪩🪩

23/12/2023

Few days ago we revived a project from 1 year ago , AFRICAN LIBRARY, a YouTube channel focused on "Traditional" African records from the 40's to 90's , we will slowly add our archive online , it's huge and still expanding so will take probably years of work. We are progressing totally randomly. We will probably add some LP's too but now we want focus on 78rpm and 45rpm as those are less shared. Thanks to the friends who encouraged us to proceed in this huge work and to Michael and Matteo for the Logo , we love it!

If you want give a little support subscribe , we do not monetize from this , just to spread music that otherwise will probably disappear. If any of our African friends want to add infos , translate or add whatever content to all this , get in touch!