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Melodica

Nairobi record shop, label and informal publisher preserving East and Central African recordings from the 1950s to the 1990s.

Based in
Nairobi, Kenya
Founded
1971
Founder
Daudia Pravinlal (also recorded as Mzee Daudia)
Website
melodica.ae

Melodica is a Nairobi record shop, label and informal publisher whose catalogue spans East and Central African recordings from the 1950s to the 1990s, including Congolese-influenced Lingala and Benga music that circulated across Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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