Label: Mr Bongo
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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... |
Main Source
Peace Is Not The Word To Play (7") [ Mr Bongo / 7in - released 12/Mar/2021 ] We'll get to the vocal content in a second, but first it's time to acknowledge what a patchwork tapestry of genius 'Peace is not the word to play' is in terms of production. Large Professor being a prodigy on the SP-1200 is well established, but the... |
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... |
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... |
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... |
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. |
Neno Exporta Som
Diexa A Tristeza (7") [ Mr Bongo / 7in - released 14/Feb/2020 ] Neno Exporta Som's super-rare compacto 'Deixa A Tristeza' from 1971 has been high on the want-lists of Brazilian record collectors and DJs for years. This was intensified, along with a wider cult-following, following Floating Points dropping the gem... |
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... |
Os Canibais
Os Canibais (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 29/Jun/2018 ] An incredibly original album of 'Brazilian Nuggets' from the Mocambo/Rozenblit catalogue. Os Canibais had a meteoric rise to fame starting in 1964 in Rio de Janeiro. The group was originally made up of Aramis (guitar/vocals), Serginho and Max... |
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... |
Os Novos Baianos
É Ferro Na Boneca! (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - 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... |
Pearly Queen
Quit Jive' In / Jungle Walk (7") [ Mr Bongo / 7in - released 15/Nov/2024 ] Proudly presenting a 7-inch reissue of this mythical, raw funk rarity by the Miami-based, Cuban rock band, Pearly Queen. Featuring the hugely sought after, infectious cut 'Quit Jive' In' and a fantastic cover of The Rascals 'Jungle Walk', this is... |
Pedro Santos
Krishnanda (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 29/Jun/2018 ] Krishnanda is an album in the truest sense of the word - a spiritual, psychedelic Brazilian masterpiece from start to finish - celebrated by everyone from Seu Jorge and Kassin to Floating Points, Madlib, Quantic, Gilles Peterson and DJ Nuts. These... |
Prince Fatty
Super Size Me [ Mr. Bongo / CD - released 29/Nov/2010 ] |
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... |
Prince Fatty
Versus Mungo's Hi-Fi [ Mr Bongo / CD - released 21/Mar/2014 ] The much-anticipated release of the next installment from the legendary Prince Fatty. This time Prince Fatty faces off against the mighty Mungo's Hi Fi Soundsystem. Mungo's Hi Fi champion the evolution reggae, dub and dancehall music and are... |
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
Colours & Light (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 5/Apr/2024 ] If 2022's The Children Of Scorpio was the debut album that turned people onto the world of Project Gemini aka Paul Osborne, Colours & Light is the body of work that will be buried deep into their hearts. It is a majestic album, bringing together the... |
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? |
