Amanaz - Africa country an intimate slice of Japanese

an intimate slice of Japanese Americana recorded at home with a back-to-basics approach akin to Music from Big Pink or McCartney

Music from Hell is an unholy grail for fans of the strangest underbellies of post-punk

Recorded over the winter of 1985-86 at Yoshimura’s home studio

wall-of-amps fuzz bass and one hundred feet drums

Amanaz - Africa country an intimate slice of JapaneseLabel: Now Again Records Issued in 1975, this is the articulation of Zambia's Zamrock ethos. While other albums Rikki Ililonga's Zambia, Witch's Lazy Bones!! are competitors, it's hard to best this album as it covers each major quadrant of the Zamrock whole: it came from the mines; its musicians were anti colonial freedom fighters, it envelops Zambian folk music traditions, and it rocks hard. Amanaz were serious, and they made a serious stab at an