Afrika Don't Waste Your Time / In My Arms

In 1979 Kevin Stone got a phone call asking if his PA could be hired. The customer was a local lad called Nick Kane. A love affair of music soon blossomed and Essex two became good friends. Their mutual love of Soul and Jazz funk made them form a 10 piece band called Afrika. Kevin played keyboards, with Nick playing bass and vocals. But with the local public house music licence's being strict and stating that only a 3 piece bands could play in a pub without a licence the pair decided to down size so they could get regular gigs. They had a lot of local success and was asked to perform on a regional talent show called City Sounds. Here they made the grand final, and came in as runners. They cut one single independently under the name of Afrika and entitled "i want you tonight"
On the discovery of this single a few months ago Dj Sigher of Super Disco Edits found the group and arranged a meeting. Both men still remaining good friends attended the meeting. We spent hours chatting about good times and listening to lots and lots of old tapes. Both Kevin and Nick discussing past members, songs and recording sessions in studios, using the graveyard shift like so many musicians trying to record on a budget. We got tons of songs to go through but our first double sider we introduce the amazing "Dont waste your time". A brilliant feel good modern brit funk track that heralds back to the sound of Freeze/Level 42 etc.. On the b-side is the song they reach the grand final of City Sounds talent show with, called "In my arms". Both songs are of course in keeping with Super Disco Edits catalogue and are UN-ISSUED before. We hope you enjoy them as much as we are!