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Horse Meat Disco’s Brazilian boogie comp’ from more than a decade of deep digging by UK collective and Rio-based record collector Tee Cardaci
It’s been 13 years in the making – and now Horse Meat Disco’s deep-disco digging across Brazil is upon us. Mr Bongo proudly presents this new compilation of beloved Brazilian finds from the legendary London disco connoisseurs. “It showcases a tantalising cross-section of disco, funk, boogie, samba and MPB, from past to present – unearthing…
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Supreme gospel archive and box-set is a peerless benchmark for musical & cultural preservation, The Louisville Story Program will inspire
HIGHEST praise for one of the most beautifully documented gospel box-sets that has surely been created – I’m Glad About It: The Legacy of Gospel Music in Louisville, 1958-1981. The hyperbole is most certainly to be believed when you delve into the music, but in addition, the online archival resource is something to behold. This is…
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Brazilian hip hop and pan-African extravaganza on ‘Ela Partiu’ by Laiz & The New Love Experience – it’s outernational excellence
This is a multi-genre inspired hip-hop album – with socially conscious inspirations – fused with musical reference points from around the world, meet Laiz & The New Love Experience. Their new single is out today entitled Mena. This final single and video features Jembaa Groove’s Eric Owusu – bridging topics around love, sexuality – and is about someone…
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Marc Teare of the Hive Mind label delivers a fantastic Moroccan mix and is a recent highlight for the must-hear station Radio Is A Foreign Country
It was this epic 2-hour selection of music from the Souss Valley, southern Morocco, curated by Marco Teare at Brighton’s Hive Mind Records, that introduced World Treasures Music to the fantastic Radio Is A Foreign Country. It’s been on repeat for the last month. Check out the station also – regular shows include output from…
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Dance fusion from Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita & Gareth Whitehead on ‘Na Bori’ – remixed by Jon Dixon, Werner Niedermeier and Renwartherger
Forthcoming in August, some beautiful music being released on Bulletdodge Records. Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita’s collaboration with Gareth Whitehead, on Na Bori, is complemented by some varied remixes from Jon Dixon, Werner Niedermeier and Renwartherger. Na Bori is out 19th August. Check out more on the label’s Soundcloud:
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‘Kampire Presents: A Dancefloor in Ndola’ is an exhilarating listen and is the latest compilation by Strut – taking on a new strategy for the label
World Treasures Music alert! One listen and you’re blown away by this – DJ Kampire selects a treasure trove of African dance music from the 1980s and 1990s for masters of compilations, Strut. A Dancefloor In Ndola – being curated by the revered East African DJ is a new direction for Strut – with the…
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Danish jazz heaven via Luaka Bop – Bremer/McCoy announce ‘Kosmos’ album, as single ‘Alting Løser Sig’ leaves listeners eager for more
The Danish duo of bassist Jonathan Bremer and pianist Morten McCoy have announced their sixth album Kosmos and a beautiful taster sustains fans for now. The LP is out on September 6th via Luaka Bop, leading fans in another new direction, as this diverse and taste defining label writes another new musical chapter. Lead single…
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A front runner for compilation of the year: ‘Tangent’ captures rare and secret weapons by expert selectors John Gomez and Nick The Record
Tangent is out now and is one of the front runners for best compilation of 2024 – with rarities galore selected by renowned diggers and DJs, John Gomez and Nick The Record, who run the aforementioned parties. To celebrate ten years of one of London’s most loved underground club nights, Mr Bongo have launched what…
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Mieke Miami produces third album ‘Birdland’ from Brandenberg – she’s touring the jazz music at home in Germany first with new single ‘The Light’
Mieke Miami was a student of the jazz saxophone in Berlin and started her song-writing journey in 2014. Those talents have continued to evolve over the last decade. Her new single The Light is guided by producer Benjamin Spitzmüller and he has brought his influence from playing in Afrobeat and highlife bands – the track…
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The Zawose Queens’ long-awaited album ‘Maisha’ – it’s a fantastic fusion of traditional Tanzanian roots, acoustic bliss and modular synth-jams
The Zawose Queens are Leah and Pendo Zawose of the Tanzanian Wagogo people and they sound awesome – using drums, thumb pianos, a chizeze fiddle mirror, the sounds of nature, polyrhythms, captured jams and perhaps most importantly – their enchanting vocals. The grand-daughter and daughter of the late, great musician and singer Hukwe Zawose, were…
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