brooklyn sounds legendary 1971 debut album, full of heavy nuyorican underground salsa dura propelled by raw trombones and in-your-face percussion, born of the barrio streets and the band s caribbean heritage.
this 7” single features two outstanding cumbias published on mag in the 60s that have never been available on a 45 release before. dance floor oriented tropical music at its best!
taking inspiration from afrobeat father fela kuti as well as artists including ebo taylor, parliament, funkadelic and havana dprimera, london afrobeat collectives music has won them admirers across the uk europe and beyond
(180gr) a mix of post-tropicalia brazilian rock and some of the more soulful elements filtering through the countrys music in the early 70s Í and one of the most enigmatic albums by this unique singer!
ltd blue vinyl pressing - following on from their seminal light as a feather lp, outubro (october) was originally released in 1980 and began azymuth’s run of prolific output for milestone records throughout the decade.
coltrane, shorter, hubbard, davis & perkins from a latin perspective! the mantecas represent one of the finest concentrations of experience and talent in latin and jazz music ever to be based in the uk.
la camita is an incredible latin funk nugget -recorded in peru by traffic sound and later on by funk pioneers black sugar, comprising all the right ingredients to shake dance floors worldwide.
25th anniversary of this criminally under-appreciated compilation of brazilian pop music (new! more! better!), so we’re putting it on vinyl for the first time. compiled by david byrne, pressed on blue & orange double vinyl.
soundway presents the debut ep from the mauskovic dance band - a potent, modern blend of afro-caribbean rhythms and space-disco. afro-colombian styles such as champeta and cumbia are integrated with 80s no-wave drum machines and synths: shaking and pulsing direct from amsterdam.
2017 re-issue. on his sophomore album, chancha melds local south american rhythms with contemporary production techniques, and borrows from global dance music sounds, then applies his own delicate senibilities with gentle good humor. rio arriba bubbles up from the andes like percussive lava, seething as it is soothing.
the in-demand 1983 album from brazilian singer, songwriter and producer marcos valle is back! limited pressing on blue splatter coloured 180 gram vinyl.
finally there! first time reissue of one of the essential and most sought-after venezuelan rock albums, originally released in 1970, along the lines of what other artists such as santana or el chicano were doing from the united states in those same years.
die bereits mehrfach für die grammys nominierte brasilianische sängerin bebel gilberto veröffentlicht ihr mittlerweile achtes studioalbum joão . das album ist eine sammlung von liedern ihres vaters joão gilberto, der weithin als erfinder und wegbereiter des bossa novas gilt und 2019 nach einer 70-jährigen musikkarriere verstarb. bebel begann schon als kleines kind mit ihm zu singen und die lieder, die sie nun in neuem gewand präsentiert, begleiten sie schon ihr ganzes leben - joão ist ihr ganz persönlicher liebesbrief an joão gilberto und seine musik