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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... |
Luke Una
É Soul Edits (12") [ Mr Bongo / 12in - released 16/May/2025 ] Kicking off a new edit series on É Soul Cultura, head honcho Luke Una hands over the keys to three secret weapon edits of transcendental dancefloor tackle. Having spent a lifetime getting his hands dirty digging in crates, Luke's collection of... |
Lula Cortes
Rosa de Sanque (Vinyl) [ Mr. Bongo / 2 LP - released 20/Apr/2012 ] Limited edition vinyl issue. |
Magalhães / Os Panteras
Xangô / Lambada Pauleira (7") [ Mr Bongo / 7in - released 1/Nov/2024 ] For number 84 in the Brazil 45 Series, we headed to the North of Brazil with these dancefloor monsters by Magalhães and Os Panteras. 'Xangô' by Magalhães is taken from his 'E Sua Guitarra' album, from 1986, and originally released on Gravasom... |
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... |
Mamacita Ft. Persona Rs
Tu Amor (12") [ Mr Bongo / 12in - released 21/Mar/2025 ] When it comes to musical discovery, sometimes the stars just align. DJ and record collector, Steve KIW, put Mr Bongo onto this amazing Chilean cover version of Jamie Principle & Frankie Knuckles' all-time classic 'Your Love'. Despite being originally... |
Manteca
Ritmo Y Sabor [ Mr Bongo / CD - 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... |
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... |
Marc Davis
Chi Talo Ep Volume 2 (12") [ Mr Bongo / 12in - released 10/May/2024 ] Record label boss, producer / DJ, and revered collector Marc Davis returns to his Chi-Talo series with the much-anticipated second volume. A concept of a split EP, taking one ultra-rare Chicago gem and the other a scarce Italian disco record and... |
Marvin Gaye & Studio Rio
Sexual Healing (7") [ Mr Bongo / 7in - released 31/Oct/2025 ] Following Mr Bongo's reissue of Studio Rio's exquisite Brazilian-infused take on Bill Withers' Lovely Day, which was one of the standout hits from last summer, we shine a light on another of their superb remakes. Masterminded and produced by the... |
Minoru Muraoka
Bamboo [ Mr Bongo / CD - 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. |
Os Novos Baianos
É Ferro Na Boneca! [ Mr Bongo / CD - released 5/Jul/2019 ] The debut album from the legendary Brazilian group Os Novos Bahianos. Originally released by RGE in 1970 in Brazil, 'É Ferro Na Boneca!' features 13-songs composed by Luiz Galvão and Moraes Moreira. This record shows the roots of the group, moving... |
Positive K
I Got A Man (7") [ Mr Bongo / 7in - released 16/Oct/2020 ] Positive K was no stranger to unrequited love. A few years before this, his biggest hit, dropped, he'd tried to ply his labelmate MC Lyte with chat-up lines on the First Priority gem 'I'm Not Havin' It' - with little luck. Fast forward to the... |
Prince Fatty
Survival of the Fattest [ Mr. Bongo / CD - released 29/Nov/2010 ] Prince Fatty - champion in the Dub Arena - was put together by producer and engineer Mike Pelanconi. This album features many special guests on the dub/reggae/afro-beat scene... |
Project Gemini
After The Dawn (Large Plants Remix) / Darkness Rising (7") [ Mr Bongo / 7in - released 7/Mar/2025 ] Jack Sharp's (Wolf People/Large Plants) distinctive, distortion-heavy remix of 'After The Dawn', and the previously unreleased 'Darkness Rising', receive a special 7" pressing. |
Project Gemini & Wendy Martinez
Time Stands Still / Le Temps S'arrete (12") [ Mr Bongo / 12in - released 26/Sep/2025 ] Having worked together on his 2024 album Colours & Light, Project Gemini aka Paul Osborne joins forces once again with Wendy Martinez, French singer and composer, and also part of renowned psych-girl group Gloria on a new collaborative EP. Landing on... |
The Pro-Teens
I Flip My Life Every Time I Fly (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 3/Dec/2021 ] Within Melbourne's burgeoning cinematic-soul scene, which includes breakout acts Surprise Chef and Karate Boogaloo, mysteriously sit The Pro-Teens. Helmed by prolific drummer and percussionist Hudson Whitlock, who also plays in both bands, this... |
Rammellzee & K-Rob
Beat-Bop (12") [ Mr Bongo / 12in - released 12/Mar/2021 ] Much about 'Beat Bop' is shrouded in mystery. Who really produced it? Why was Jean-Michel Basquiat relegated from rapper on the track to drawing the cover and labels? What are they actually rapping about for most of the ten-minute length? |
Reality
Disco Party [ Mr Bongo / CD - released 26/Jun/2026 ] Mr Bongo presents a reissue of one of the rarest releases on the illustrious and now ultra-rare tax scam label TSG Records. A label with a checkered past, operated by Lloyd Price and with alleged ties to boxing promoter Don King. The album in... |
Ricardo Eddy Martinez
Expreso Ritmico (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 20/Feb/2026 ] Whilst maintaining its distinctive Cuban identity, Expreso Ritmico is one of the more American / Western-influenced Cuban titles of the time drawing inspiration from jazz funk, disco, and library music. The album was directed, written, and... |
