Vinyl records

Via Afrika vinyl records

1 album with 10 vinyl pressings between them. Open an album to see all its pressings and how to spot the first one.

Via Afrika exploded onto a jaded and unsuspecting public in 1983. Fusing dance beats, whistles, chants, nu-wave synths, dub bass and ethnic rhythms, their eponymous debut album was an instant hit with both (white) pop and (black) African radio, a rarity in those musically segregated times. Says vocalist/bassist René Veldsman, "Via Afrika was a living force that encapsulated sex, politics, magic and imagination - a freedom of expression that was us. We didn't make Via Afrika happen. It happened to us." "We were banned on radio - something to do with the lyrics of Hey Boy.