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A plywood shipping crate on a pallet base with steel corner brackets, the packing standard heavy vintage studio gear needs for international freight

What It Actually Costs to Land a Vintage Synth in Johannesburg, Lagos, Nairobi or Accra

South Africa charges no customs duty on a synthesizer, a microphone, a desk or a tape machine. The money is...

What It Actually Costs to Land a Vintage Synth in Johannesburg, Lagos, Nairobi or Accra

South Africa charges no customs duty on a synthesizer, a microphone, a desk or a tape machine. The money is...

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A highlife band on stage, the bandleader holding a guitar and pointing off-mic, singers beside him with a shaker and a gong-gong

Two EQ Knobs and a Fader: How the Golden Age of Highlife Was Actually Recorded

Francis Kwakye cut the records that define 1970s highlife with, in the Cambridge paper's own words, nothing but the console's...

Two EQ Knobs and a Fader: How the Golden Age of Highlife Was Actually Recorded

Francis Kwakye cut the records that define 1970s highlife with, in the Cambridge paper's own words, nothing but the console's...

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