two insanely funky dancefloor bangers recorded in the late 60s in peru by the long time coco lagos associate and top percussionist mario allison.

1967 descargas album by peruvian percussionist coco lagos y sus orates, featuring alfredo linares, charlie palomares, otto de rojas, mario allison.

featuring replica artwork, the vinyl release is presented with an obi strip.

lp limited to 300 copies

rare 1969 peruvian boogaloo album back on vinyl.

first vinyl reissue of this album from peruvian pianist, composer and orchestra leader alfredo linares.

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salsa meets jazz

super heavy mix of descarga, salsa and boogaloo by accordion virtuoso aníbal velásquez, done in the -salsa con acordeón- style, featuring hot piano and timbales, yet played with a uniquely colombian flavor.

first time reissue of a legendary and undeservedly obscure salsa collector’s album from 1969.

reissue

double lp pressed on 140g virgin vinyl comes with a full color 12-pages booklet

first time vinyl reissue of the 1970 album that marked a milestone in the history of peruvian tropical music.

third part of z records’ jazz dance fusion series, compiled by colin curtis. part 1 of 2, as the vinyl edition is split into two double vinyl releases.

ten years of butter sessions, vol. 1

180 g virgin vinyl pressing, limited gatefold edition, the wonderful rhythms of lation and jazz in the hands of ray barretto, herbie hancock, sergio mandes, tito uente, mongo santamaria, bebo valdes.. and many more

back in print by popular demand, strut bring back the debut compilation by sofrito aka djs hugo mendez and frankie francis
- limited reissue of debut sofrito compilation lp from 2011
- mighty shadow ‘dat soca boat’ subsequently used on malibu tv ad in 2012
- includes exclusive edits of tracks by victor uwaifo and safohene djeni
- cover and package artwork by lewis heriz
for fans of:
fela kuti, orlando julius, quantic, mighty sparrow, lord kitchener, nyboma, franco, nemours jean-baptiste, analog africa, soundway, fania records, invisible city, gilles peterson

hotmood (guillermo) gets his own label. the mexican wonderman is no doubt the king of this scene since the summer of 2016. and with a slew of sold out releases, this guy seems unstoppable. this ep is his funkiest work yet with 2 slamming upbeat jams plus a couple global funk heaters. hand-stamped.

la despedida spanish for the farewell is a breakup album. a psychedelic, post-apocalyptic meta-breakup album by a band that has broken up more than once. for over a decade, san lazaro have been playing and writing original latin music in melbourne. a tribe of lost latinos, cobbled together from all over the spanish speaking world. from chile to cuba to catalonia, they ve come together at the southern end of australia to sing the songs they needed to sing and tell the stories they needed to tell.

for rionegro cómeme all-stars (sano, matias aguayo and gladkazuka) join forces for modern nocturnal

strut records, in association with fania, are proud to announce the 40th anniversary edition of the landmark feature film that captured new yorks legendary early 70s latin music scene at its zenith,our latin thing (nuestra cosa).filmed around a live all-star concert by the fania all-stars at one of promoter ralph mercados fantastically popular thursday night jams at the cheetah, the film transports the viewer right back to a heady night on august 26, 1971. at the time, there had been little documentation of the burgeoning salsa scene in new york, despite its massive popularity. video was still crude and film was expensive to shoot. however, fania founder jerry masucci had a vision of taking new york latin music from the barrio to the world, and put the money up to make the movie.

soundway records presents panama! 2, latin sounds, cumbia tropical & calypso funk on the isthmus, 1967-77 - showcasing the unique tropical music created in panama during the fertile decades of the 1960s and 70s, whilst producing one of the surefire summer soundtracks of the year!

cd comes with a full color 28-pages booklet

third part of z recordsÕ jazz dance fusion series, compiled by colin curtis.

the sound of the peruvian andes. huayno, carnaval & cumbia - 1968 to 1978