Maria Rita
Brasileira (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 15/Mar/2024 ] Maria Rita is a musical pioneer that was ahead of her time. On first hearing her song, 'Cântico Brasileiro No.3 (Kamaiurá)', we thought it sounded like a contemporary remix that an artist such as Carl Craig could have produced. In fact, it came out... |
O'Donel Levy
Simba (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 15/Mar/2024 ] Baltimore-born, Levy was already well regarded as one of the best up-and-coming jazz guitarists at the time of Simba's release. Having toured with George Benson and Jimmy McGriff, as well as featuring on McGriff's Black Pearl album on Blue Note, he... |
Daniel Ögren
Fastingen_-_92 (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 3/Nov/2023 ] Daniel Ögren is one of the key artists in Sweden's contemporary, underground music scene. He has already accrued quite the back catalogue, both as a member of the sensational quartet Dina Ögon and also as a solo artist with eight albums already under... |
Don Blackman
Say You'll Be Mine / Your Love Makes Me Crazy (7") [ Mr Bongo / 7in - released 3/Nov/2023 ] Don Blackman is a truly iconic, cult artist. A pianist, songwriter, producer, and vocalist from New York he is a mystical figure for record collectors, one of those artists where if you found an old dusty record with Don's name on it, you'd buy it on... |
Various Artists
Luke Una Presents É Soul Cultura Vol 2 (Double LP) [ Mr Bongo / 2 LP - released 3/Nov/2023 ] Mr Bongo presents a much anticipated second volume of 'É Soul Cultura', curated by the charismatic Manchester based DJ Luke Una. In May 2022, 'É Soul Cultura' Vol.1 seemed to land at exactly the right moment. Post-lockdown, optimism was back on the... |
Various Artists
Mr Bongo Record Club Volume Six (Limited Red Vinyl LP) [ Mr Bongo / 2 LP - released 3/Nov/2023 ] Curating and ordering the tracks for a Mr Bongo Record Club is always special. You're reminded of the feelings you had when sitting at home with a cassette player on pause trying to compile the perfect mixtape to impress the latest object of your... |
Various Artists
Mr Bongo Record Club Volume Six (LP) [ Mr Bongo / 2 LP - released 3/Nov/2023 ] Here, for volume six, we present recent finds and treasured classics from Brazil, Sweden, the USA, South Africa, Portugal, Japan, Trinidad and Tobago, and Canada. |
Bala Desejo
Sim Sim Sim (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 23/Jun/2023 ] 'Sim Sim Sim' is the Latin Grammy award-winning debut album from Bala Desejo. A band who are at the forefront of Rio de Janeiro's artistic renaissance, they channel influences of Brazilian 60s Tropicália, 70s psychedelia and MPB to create a... |
Various Artists
Hidden Waters: Strange And Sublime Sounds Of Rio De Janeiro (LP) [ Mr Bongo / 2 LP - released 23/Jun/2023 ] 'Hidden Waters: Strange and Sublime Sounds of Rio de Janeiro' is compiled by Joe Osborne (founder of specialist Brazilian music platform Brazilian Wax) and Russ Slater (editor at large of Sounds and Colours). Focusing solely on the 'Rio Scene',... |
Daniel Salinas
Atlantis (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 31/Mar/2023 ] 'Atlantis' is a smouldering jazz-funk, cinematic excursion courtesy of the Brazilian maestro, Daniel Salinas. A conductor, pianist, arranger, and producer, he has worked across several genres within Brazil's rich musical tapestry, including the... |
Mr Bongo Edits
Volume 1: Danny Krivit (12") [ Mr Bongo / 12in - released 31/Mar/2023 ] Who better to inaugurate our Mr Bongo Edit Series than one of the bosses of the art of the edit. More than just simple re-touches or loops to make the track easier to mix, Danny works his magic by employing all those years of studying and working... |
Various Artists
Tudo Ben (Jorge Ben Covered) (LP) [ Mr Bongo / 2 LP - released 31/Mar/2023 ] Jorge Ben is surely one of the world's greatest all-round musical artists. He is internationally renowned and vastly influential as a vocalist, musician, performer and phenomenal songwriter. Famed for penning 'Taj Mahal', which was the source for Rod... |
Waltel Branco
Meu Balanço (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 31/Mar/2023 ] This one takes us back! We originally reissued Waltel Branco's 'Meu Balanço' in 1995, it was one of the first releases to come out on Mr Bongo. It is a much-requested title with original copies becoming ever more-scarce and the price tag increasingly... |
Glenn Fallows & Mark Treffel
The Globeflower Masters Vol.2 (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 9/Dec/2022 ] Glenn Fallows and Mark Treffel released their first album, 'The Globeflower Master Vol. 1', on Mr Bongo in September 2021. With its lush, warm, and timeless productions paying homage to classic 60s and 70s soundtrack composers, it was very well... |
Homero França / Silvinha
Quero Ver Você Sambar / Mas Não Deixe De Ir (7") [ Mr Bongo / 7in - released 9/Dec/2022 ] A floaty, smouldering underground bubbler, 'Quero Ver Você Sambar' is, to our knowledge, the only record by Homero França. Released on a 7" compacto on Chantecler Records in 1976; the song was co-written by Aloisio Silva, who was the composer behind... |
Lester Robertson
Akirfa / Untitled Ballad (7") [ Mr Bongo / 7in - released 9/Dec/2022 ] On this 7", two lost jazz tracks by the trombonist and Horace Tapscott-collaborator, Lester Robertson. Lester has worked with some of the greats of jazz including Gerald Wilson, Anita O'Day, Lionel Hampton and Roy Porter Sound Machine on the classic... |
Soyuz
Force Of The Wind (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 9/Dec/2022 ] SOYUZ (which translates as 'union') is a creative collective from Minsk, Belarus, led by composer, arranger, and singer, Alex Chumak, multi-instrumentalist, Mikita Arlou, and drummer, Anton Nemahai. SOYUZ's previous albums explored and reimagined the... |
Main Source
Breaking Atoms (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 26/Aug/2022 ] Thirty years after its original release, Main Source's debut album Breaking Atoms has lost none of its capacity to surprise or delight. It remains a prime example of a classically styled hip-hop LP - two DJs, one MC, 11 tracks, no flab or filler. It... |
Ryo Kawasaki
Juice (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 26/Aug/2022 ] Classic jazz-funk fusion from the late, great Japanese guitarist Ryo Kawasaki. Recorded in New York, and originally released in 1976, 'Juice' presents Ryo at the height of his powers. Born in Japan in 1947, Ryo had a long and stellar career... |
Various Artists
Brazilian Beats Brooklyn (LP) [ Mr Bongo / 2 LP - released 26/Aug/2022 ] Compiled by Sean Marquand and Greg Caz, 2 DJs well-known for their epic parties at Williamsburg's legendary Black Betty club, that sadly closed in 2009. The duo played a deep variety of strictly vintage samba, samba-rock, Tropicalia, and Brazilian... |