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... |
Spaceark
Spaceark Is (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 1/Mar/2019 ] The second album from SpaceArk. More brilliant self-released, private-press jazz/soul from 1976 Los Angeles. 'SpaceArk Is' came out on Color World records in 1976, on a limited run of about 5,000 copies. It followed their self-titled debut (also... |
Spaceark
Spaceark (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 2/Nov/2018 ] Brilliant self-released, private-press jazz/soul LP from 1975, recorded at Sunset Sound studios in LA. This is the super-rare debut album from SpaceArk, a band of brothers on an interstellar voyage to discover "electrifying new sounds". It's... |
Super Elcados
Togetherness Is Always A Good Venture (Tambourine Party Vol. 2) (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 29/Jun/2018 ] Official Mr Bongo reissue of the ultra-rare album by 'Super Elcados'. A fusion of heavyweight Nigerian funk, soul & disco, this album was originally released by EMI Nigeria in 1976. The 'Super Elcados' (and 'Elcados' on other recordings) recorded... |
Surprise Chef
All News Is Good News (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 16/Oct/2020 ] There is something simultaneously both brand-new and retro about 'All News Is Good News' - the debut album from Melbourne's instrumental soul group Surprise Chef. It sounds like something dreamt up by lo-fi cousins of David Axelrod and Janko... |
Surprise Chef
Daylight Savings (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 16/Oct/2020 ] 'Daylight Savings' is the follow-up to Surprise Chef's debut album 'All News Is Good News'. That album earned the band a much-deserved following across the world and triumphantly marked their arrival onto the international stage. Their new album was... |
Teaspoon And The Waves
Teaspoon And The Waves (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 11/Jun/2021 ] Official replica re-issue of a South African jazz-funk rarity from Teaspoon & The Waves. Released in 1977 on Soul Jazz Pop, a subsidiary label of Mavuthela Music Company / Gallo, Teaspoon & The Waves' self-titled album is an absolute masterpiece.... |
Tim Maia
Disco Club [ Mr Bongo / CD - released 6/Apr/2018 ] Recorded in 1978, this is a latter-period gem from the larger than life legend, combining the glitz and glamour of disco's heyday with Maia's raw funk and soul roots. For 'Disco Club', Maia left his usual band and went into the legendary Estudios... |
Tim Maia
Tim Maia (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 2/Nov/2018 ] Reissue of the 1977 album from legendary Brazilian artist Tim Maia. Maia released over 30 albums during his extensive and well-publicised career, touching on funk, bossa nova, disco, MPB, rock, soul and jazz. He was a driving force behind the... |
Tom Ze
Estudando O Samba (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 15/Mar/2019 ] Incredibly unique concept album from the one and only Tom Zé. As featured in Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Brazilian Albums of all-time list (2007). One of Ze's finest, Estudando do Samba, originally released by Continental Brazil in 1976... |
Trio Mocoto
Trio Mocotó (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 1/Mar/2019 ] Essential and sought-after Brazilian samba-jazz classic. |
Ultramagnetic MCs
Ego Tripping / Funky Potion (7") [ Mr Bongo / 7in - released 16/Oct/2020 ] Melvin Bliss' iconic 'Synthetic Substitution' (1973) has been sampled hundreds of times. Gracing records from Naughty by Nature's 'O.P.P' to Public Enemy's 'Don't Believe the Hype', it's one of the foundations of hip-hop. However, there's a school of... |
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',... |
Various Artists
Luke Una Presents E Soul Cultura 2(LP) [ Mr Bongo / 2 LP - released 17/Jun/2022 ] With some of the best DJs and selectors there is a certain mysterious sound or underlying feeling which unites the music they play, regardless of genre, year, or tempo. Luke Una is a master of telling a story through music and this compilation is a... |
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 Vol 2 (LP) [ Mr Bongo / 2 LP - released 15/Dec/2017 ] Compiled by David 'Mr Bongo' Buttle and Gareth Stephens, plus a few personal favourites from Gary Johnson, Ville Marttila and Graham Luckhurst. Volume Two' picks up where the last one left off - with a touch more soul and disco - records we've... |
Various Artists
Mr Bongo Record Club Vol 3 (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 7/Jun/2019 ] Volume Three in the Mr Bongo Record club series. Another showcase of recent vinyl finds and favourites from our DJ sets and radio shows. This is an extra special one however, as it lands in 2019, the year that we celebrate 30 years since it all began... |
Various Artists
Mr Bongo Record Club Vol 4 (Limited Edition Pink Vinyl LP) [ Mr Bongo / 2 LP - released 20/Nov/2020 ] Curating the tracks for a Mr Bongo Record Club compilation is always such a pleasure. At a time when the expression "Music is My Sanctuary" has an even greater cathartic impact for many people, Mr Bongo set out to make this volume an extra special... |
Various Artists
Mr Bongo Record Club Vol 4 (LP) [ Mr Bongo / 2 LP - released 20/Nov/2020 ] Curating the tracks for a Mr Bongo Record Club compilation is always such a pleasure. At a time when the expression "Music is My Sanctuary" has an even greater cathartic impact for many people, Mr Bongo set out to make this volume an extra special... |
Various Artists
Mr Bongo Record Club Vol. 5 (LP) [ Mr Bongo / 2 LP - released 17/Jun/2022 ] It's hard to believe we are now up to Volume 5 of our renowned Record Club series. Curating these compilations, where we share our latest musical discoveries and old favourites from the global stage, is always a labour of love. This selection is... |