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Mr Bongo
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Played by: Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz
Review: The Brighton-based duo of Glenn Fallows and Mark Treffel follow up 2021's 'The Globeflower Masters, Vol 1', which they described as a tribute to the great soundtrack and library composers of the 60s and 70s: think Ennio Morricone, Serge Gainsbourg, David Axelrod et al. Unsurprisingly, Volume 2 treads a similar path, though exactly what that path is, is hard to pin down: there are influences here from jazz, sci-fi film scores, lounge, psychedelia, various forms of world music and more besides - sometimes all in the same track! The tempo never really gets beyond walking pace so these cuts seeing any dancefloor action is unlikely, but if melancholy piano pieces, floaty Balearic excursions and moody film noir-esque sketches are your bag, this is a very pleasant way of whiling away an hour on the sofa.
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MRB 261X
22 Sep 23
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
22 Sep 23
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Played by: Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz
Review: Mr Bongo reissue an album that first landed a full 50 years ago. Daniel Salinas is a Brazilian composer, conductor and pianist whose career dates back to the 1950s, and this 1973 long player is comprised mostly (bar 'Bai?o') of Latin jazz-flavoured cover versions, with the standout by far being 'Straussmania', a Deodato-inspired jazz-funk take on 'Also Sprach Zarathustra'. Elsewhere, you'll find more very fine jazz bizniss on opener 'Like A Rainy Night' and 'Bai?o', both of which showcase some truly phenomenal keys work, not to mention a string-led instrumental cover of 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' and, to close, a version of Donovan's 'Atlantis' that starts out as flute-y folk whimsy and somehow ends up in a smoky jazz club.
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MRB 257
27 Jan 23
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
27 Jan 23
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
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MRB 262
28 Oct 22
Balearic/Downtempo
28 Oct 22
Balearic/Downtempo
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco
Review: Marxist Love Disco Ensemble may have chosen their name playfully, but the inspirations behind this debut album - primarily disco's rapid journey from being a musical form created by and for oppressed minorities, into a major-label backed symbol of rampant dancefloor capitalism - are surprisingly thoughtful. It's the music that matters, though, and on that score MLDE scores highly. Composed and performed by a collective of musicians who love obscure Mediterranean and Balkan disco of the late '70s and early '80s, it's gorgeous grooves, life-affirming musical movements and glassy-eyed vocals manage to bring something fresh to the table despite their vintage inspirations and presence of spacey 1970s synths. The plentiful highlights include, but are not limited to, the saucer-eyed sunshine of 'Brumaire', the piano-sporting cheeriness of 'Manifesto', the Cerrone-influenced '1905' and the energetic 'Hide & Seek'.
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MRB 248
16 Sep 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
16 Sep 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Flash Atkins, Juno Recommends Funky House, Fred Everything, Stephane Attias, The Magic Track
Review: Straight outta Melbourne's deeper northern suburbs comes Surprise Chef, a typically aussie band clad in earthly tones, sporting the odd longer mane and a touch of facial hair. And seemingly out of nowhere the band's take on 'instrumental cinematic soul and funk' has connected with listeners across multiple scenes and genres - none less than legendary cross-genre pioneers themselves Masters At Work - and - Harvey Sutherland! Thanks to Mr Bongo's connection with MAW, get some true-school New Yorkian rhythms from a hornsy, jazz flecked and broken mix, next to a straight up club beat in the main mix. Sexier still is the undeniable Master's At Work dub, with Sutherland himself dropping in with a burning cosmic soul mix of "New Ferrari" in his attributed 'Weird Flex'. Summer has arrived people.
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MRB 12054
05 Nov 21
Funky/Club House
05 Nov 21
Funky/Club House
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MRB 227BTI06
17 Sep 21
Soul
17 Sep 21
Soul
Played by: Juno Recommends Funk
Review: Australian band Surprise Chef are all flatmates and have formed a close camaraderie, in addition to running their own label called College Of Knowledge Records. 'Daylight Savings' is the follow-up to the group's debut album which earned the band a much deserved following across the world, and comes courtesy of London's Mr Bongo label. The result is a sound recorded in their Melbourne-based studio that incorporates the influences of late '60s Capitol Records, '70's jazz funk and soul (particularly legends such as David Axelrod and Isaac Hayes) plus a stronger focus on the rhythm section. Highly recommended.
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MRB 208
16 Oct 20
Funk
16 Oct 20
Funk
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MRB 208BTI02
18 Sep 20
Funk
18 Sep 20
Funk
Played by: Juno Recommends Funk
Review: Straight outta the Northern suburbs of Melbourne comes Surprise Chef! Eschewing their normal College Of Knowledge Records for an expanded release on Mr Bongo, the band delivers a unique sound of instrumental post-rock while channeling the earthly tones of 1970s synthopia and new skool Australiana through instrumental jazz, funk and post rock leanings. Inspired by a DIY mentality, summer heatwaves and healthy doses of antipodean irony, Surprise Chef turns in something between Four Tet's early sample material to the more analogue and live sounds of Throbbing Gristle inspirations in "Blyth Street Nocturne". Recorded live to tape, All News Is Good News brings to the surface a fresh session of unconventional jazz-funk for a new audience.
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MRB 202
10 Jul 20
Funk
10 Jul 20
Funk
Played by: Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz
Review: Kit Sebastian are English multi-instrumentalist Kit Martin and Turkish vocalist Merve Erdem. Their 2019 debut album 'Mondo Moderne' (also on Mr Bongo) fused psychedelia, jazz, 6Ts pop, Middle Eastern music and hip-hop/funk beats, and now here comes the remix package, with the Natureboy Flako Remix of 'Senden Baska' coming on like 60s lounge music with a breakbeat while - by way of a complete contrast - the Baris K Dub of 'Durma' takes us into experimental techno/minimal territory. Completing the EP is 'Kit Sebastian Vs Halal Cool J', a lazy, dusty groove that finds the pair teaming up with UK hip-hop producer Aly Jamal.
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711969 1262574
07 Feb 20
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
07 Feb 20
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
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MRBCD 194
27 Sep 19
Hip Hop/R&B
27 Sep 19
Hip Hop/R&B
Review: Now aged 82 and still recording, Ebo Taylor is a true giant of the Ghanaian music scene whose career goes all the way back to the 1950s. Along the way he's worked with Fela Kuti and been widely sampled by hip-hop producers, and here Mr Bongo bring us four new mixes of three cuts from his 'Yen Ara' album, which was released earlier this year. Ron Trent's take on 'Krumandey' and Nick The Record's rub of 'Mumudey Mumudey' will go down well on house floors, while the Nature Flako remix of the latter and the Black Fan mix of 'Mind Your Own Business' are more geared towards specialist Afro jocks.
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MRB 12050
30 Nov 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
30 Nov 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Juno Recommends Funk
Review: Spaceark spent considerable time and money recording their eponymous 1975 debut album at Sunset Sound Studio in Los Angeles, yet released it as a self-distributed, private-press LP. Because of that, this brilliant West Coast soul set has become an in-demand item amongst collectors, with original copies changing hands for vast sums online. Here, it finally gets the reissue treatment courtesy of Mr Bongo. Undeniably dreamy, poignant, warm and musically expansive, the album's ten tracks sit somewhere between Steely Dan style jazz-rock, up-tempo soul, all-action jazz-fusion, Curtis Mayfield and Al Green. It's genuinely a forgotten and overlooked gem, with the album sounding as timeless and evocative now as it did back in 1975.
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MRBCD 181
19 Oct 18
Funk
19 Oct 18
Funk
Played by: Craig Charles Funk And Soul
Review: Vocally-led by child sensation, Foster Sylvers, The Sylvers family grew into their own throughout the 70s, and 1973's The Sylvers II really instilled their sound as the gold standard fo funk music. We're talking about a family of kids who were all incredible musicians, truly offering the world a heartfelt performance, whichever aesthetic they were going for. Mr Bongo has delivered the goods once again with this reissue, and we are totally stoked about the fact that we are receiving the sort of funk and soul which still has not been experienced by everyone. It is about the mystique, it is about the charm, and it's most certainly high time for some soothing soul direct from the source - oh, and check that bassline on the magnetic "Handle It". Recommended.
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MRBCD 162
01 Jun 18
Funk
01 Jun 18
Funk
Review: Foster Emerson Sylvers was a member of the Sylvers when he was just a kid, and his debut LP form 1973 preceded what the Jackson Five achieved towards the end of the decade. At the time of his self-titled debut, Sylvers was only 11 years old, and the kid from Philly already had enough elegance and panache to perform on any stage across the globe. This magnificent album, reissued by the trusted Mr Bongo, is a pleasure in every single way...for the artist's voice, for the diversity of these soul ballads, and for their irreplaceable charm. There is so much love, so much passion, and so much (true) soul across these 11 tracks - not to mention the fact that tey have been near impossible to find until now! What a corker - do not let this one slide!
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MRBCD 167
01 Jun 18
Funk
01 Jun 18
Funk
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361593 0852147
20 Apr 18
International
20 Apr 18
International
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361497 8339313
20 Oct 17
Roots/Lovers Rock
20 Oct 17
Roots/Lovers Rock
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MRBCD 147
23 Jun 17
Balearic/Downtempo
23 Jun 17
Balearic/Downtempo
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361459 9910144
13 Jul 16
Roots/Lovers Rock
13 Jul 16
Roots/Lovers Rock
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MRBCD 112
10 Jun 14
Roots/Lovers Rock
10 Jun 14
Roots/Lovers Rock
Various
Palimpsest - "I Bet You Thought I'd Never Find You" (feat DJ Chikashi - Pacifica remix) - (9:09) 89 BPM
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MRBCD 058
15 Jan 14
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
15 Jan 14
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
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MRBCD 044
15 Jan 14
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
15 Jan 14
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
