Радио Африка

Trying to figure out why it reads "wireless non-state" on the cover art. Wireless because it's the radio, sure. Non-state... maybe a non-sanctioned pirate signal defying the Soviet state?

Orpheus Listening Challenge 2025: #3. An album from the Soviet Union before its fall. (30th Album)

This album has it all. Radio Afrika is a surreal frequency-searching odyssey that mixes loads of styles including some laid back reggae, psychedelic folk, new wave and pure rock, all underneath a veil of great poetic energy by BG. The sound is unified by a feeling of melancholy, perfectly intact with the surrounding of living in a state controlled environment.

Past the midway mark it gets a bit stale, mostly due to the experimental nature of song of the songs, but at the end, those final two tracks return it back on track.