KUTU – MARDA (NAÏVE / BELIEVE) // ETHIOPIA/FRANCE

V.A. – AKASAKA SOUL FUNK 1969-1977 (WAMONO SERIES) // JAPAN

DOWDELIN – TCHENBÉ! (UNDERDOG REC) // FRANCE/CARIBBEAN

TCHEKA – SPERA MUNDO // CAPE VERDE

BLACK FLOWER – KINETIC (SDBAN RECORDS) // BELGIUM

VAUDOU GAME – FINTOU (HOT CASA RECORDS) // TOGO/FRANCE

ANTHONY JOSEPH – ROWING UP RIVER TO GET OUR NAMES BACK (HEAVENLY SWEETNESS) // UK/CARIBBEAN

JUPITER & OKWESS – EKOYA (AIRFONO) // CONGO

TRINKA – TRINKA (AGOGO) // PORTUGAL/BRAZIL/AFRICA

V.A. – NIGERIA SPECIAL VOLUME 3 (SOUNDWAY RECORDS) // NIGERIA

NOVALIMA –  LA DANZA (SIX DEGREES RECORDS) // PERU

SANTROFI – MAKING MOVES (OUTHERE RECORDS) // GHANA

MIRAMAR – ENTRE TUS FLORES (ANSONIA RECORDS) // US/LATIN

OKWY OSADEBE AND HIGHLIFE SOUNDMAKERS – MUSIC FOR IGBO MASQUERADE (PALENQUE RECORDS) // NIGERIA

ALBARIKA STORE – THE ALBARIKA STORY (SELF-RELEASE) // BENIN

DRUMSPYDER – OAK AND ASH (SELF-RELEASE) // US

OZFERTI – SUDANITHIOPIA (NUBIA NOVA RECORDS) // FRANCE/SUDAN/ETHIOPIA

DAMILY & TOLIARA TSAPIKI BAND – FIHISA (L’AUTRE DISTRIBUTION) // MADAGASCAR 

LAURENT BARDAINNE & TIGRE D’EAU DOUCE – EDEN BEACH CLUB (HEAVENLY SWEETNESS) // FRANCE

SAMBA TOURÉ – BAARAKELAW (GLITTERBEAT) // MALI