In a fashion similar to one of Africa's 218 volcanoes, the Zambian ‘garage-psych-prog-funk-afro-rock ensemble’ WITCH erupted in activity in 2012 after lying dormant for nearly 30 years, and later set off on their first world tour. Led by remaining founding members singer-frontman Emmanuel ‘Jagari’ Chanda and keyboardist Patrick Mwondela, the reformation of the ‘70s group led to a resurgence in popularity for the genre of zamrock.
Albums released between 1972-1977 started to gain the attention of American and European crate diggers and bootleggers shortly after 2010. For WITCH to regain ownership of their songs, Los Angeles label Now-Again Records contacted and the fuzzy psychedelia of have now gained a renewed popularity, alongside three other albums from their rock period and two albums from their later disco-styled era (1980-1984).
