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Hollie Cook
Shy Girl (Indie Exclusive Orange Vinyl LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 10/Oct/2025 ] Almost fifteen years since the release of her self-titled debut LP on Mr Bongo, reggae's orator of love Hollie Cook is returning to the label for Shy Girl, her fifth studio album and her most authentic yet. Woven with tight grooves, beautiful vocals... |
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Hollie Cook
Twice [ Mr Bongo / CD - released 16/May/2014 ] Hollie Cook returns with her second album proper - the ethereal and toe-tappingly catchy Twice - produced by Prince Fatty. Twice sees Hollie's obvious love of reggae joined by other influences including Bond-like strings, Brazilian percussion,... |
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Hollie Cook
Twice (Limited Green Vinyl LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 21/Nov/2025 ] Hollie Cook's sensational second album Twice, originally released in 2014, gets a 2025 repress on transparent green vinyl. Produced by Prince Fatty, Twice is a natural progression from Hollie's self-titled debut. It's an absorbing blend of her... |
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Hollie Cook Ft. Horseman
Night Night (7") [ Mr Bongo / 7in - released 30/May/2025 ] Hollie Cook, one of reggae's most exciting voices, makes a return to the label that released her cherished debut album in 2011. Landing back on Mr Bongo, 'Night Night' is a stand-alone aperitif and taster of what to expect from the next era in... |
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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... |
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John Gómez & Nick The Record
Tangent Edits Vol. 1 (12") [ Mr Bongo / 12in - released 11/Oct/2024 ] One of London's most loved underground parties, Tangent, celebrates its 10th birthday this year with a new compilation on Mr Bongo. Its residents, John Gómez and Nick the Record, have curated a selection of prized, rare and dancefloor-ready tracks... |
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Jorge Ben / Miriam Makeba
Xica Da Silva (7") [ Mr Bongo / 7in - released 30/Aug/2024 ] Two classic cuts from Jorge Ben and Miriam Makeba take either side of this Mr Bongo Brazil 45 reissue. 'Xica Da Silva' is one of Jorge Ben's most well-known and well-loved cuts, housed on the legendary Africa Brazil LP that deserves a place in... |
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Jorge Ben & Toquinho / João Donato
Carolina, Carol Bela / A Rã (7") [ Mr Bongo / 7in - released 30/Aug/2024 ] Jorge Ben is a name that any lover of Brazilian music will be very familiar with. He is widely regarded as the James Brown of Brazilian music and is famed for writing the Brazilian anthem 'Mas Que Nada'. For the duet 'Carolina, Carol Bela' he teamed... |
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Joyce / Rosinha Da Valencia
Aldeia De Ogum / Summertime (7") [ Mr Bongo / 7in - released 30/Aug/2024 ] Rio-born, Joyce Moreno, is one of the greatest Brazilian artists of all time. The voice, the playing, the writing, they all combine to make her a true allrounder. She possesses the ability to transport, captivate and transcend listeners. With a... |
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Julia Mestre
Maravilhosamente Bem (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 23/May/2025 ] Proudly presenting Maravilhosamente Bem the powerful, female-centred third album by Brazilian singer, songwriter, actress, and creative director, Julia Mestre. Alongside being a member of the Latin Grammy-winning Brazilian supergroup, Bala Desejo,... |
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Jungle Brown
Full Circle [ Mr Bongo / CD - released 27/Sep/2019 ] Full Circle, the second full-length from Jungle Brown, features collaborations with Sampa The Great, Fliptrix (High Focus) and Terri Walker. The trio - Ric Flo, MAEAR & Tony Bones - have spent the last two years redefining soulful hip-hop - the... |
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Kit Sebastian
Mantra Moderne [ Mr Bongo / CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] 'Mantra Moderne' is a stunning, contemporary masterpiece that fuses Anatolian Psychedelia, Brazilian Tropicalia, 60's European pop and American jazz. A must for fans of Khruangbin, Portishead, Arthur Verocai, Goat, Caetano Veloso, Tom Zé, Os... |
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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... |
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Los Reyes 73
Los Reyes 73 (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 2/Aug/2024 ] Continuing the Mr Bongo Cuban Classics Series, we shine a light on Los Reyes 73 and their sensational debut LP from 1975. The album had multiple different pressings under various titles and artworks, but the music stayed the same and speaks for... |
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Manteca
Ritmo Y Sabor (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 2/May/2025 ] Reissue of the sought-after 1978 album 'Ritmo Y Sabor' from Cuban, master bongo player, Manteca. A deep, hypnotic, sonic excursion of Afro-Cuban/mambo rhythms to get lost within. Released in 1978, there are a number of different pressings of the... |
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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... |
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Marumo
Modiehi (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 27/Mar/2020 ] 'Modish' was originally released on Spades Record in 1982 and was recorded by producer West Nkosi, who was a member of supergroup 'Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens'. He worked with the big hitters in South African music such as Ladysmith Black... |
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Minoru Muraoka
Bamboo (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 24/May/2019 ] Japanese jazz/breakbeat, folkloric mega-rarity as hallowed by the likes of DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist, Egon and co. Uniquely combines traditional Japanese instrumentation with Western jazz influences. Official Mr Bongo reissue. Gatefold single LP. |
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New Regency Orchestra
New Regency Orchestra (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 14/Jun/2024 ] Announcing the debut album from one of London's most electrifying acts, New Regency Orchestra. An 18-piece Afro-Cuban jazz big band, inspired by the musical melting pot of NYC in the 1950s, but with the punch and power of a whole host of London's... |
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Nina Maia
Inteira (Deluxe Edition) [ Mr Bongo / CD - released 22/Aug/2025 ] It began with a cassette tape entitled 'Pleased To Meet You' gifted to us at Sessa's Fasching, Stockholm show by Yann Dardenne, the multi-tasking tour manager/sound engineer/producer/merch stall worker and co-owner of Seloki Records. On first listen,... |