A brand new Roy Ayers album? Check out the first single from the LP and get excited (in a chilled way of course)…read / listen more…
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Music That Speaks To...Three Body (Running Circle)
Three Body are a trio of musicians, producers and cosmic explorers who also guide the Running Circle collective. On the back of their eponymously titled release on the label, we asked them to contribute to our ‘Music That Speaks to..’ series and they’ve given us some suitably healing selections for these inner times….read / listen more…
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Recondite Caribbean Gems: Rhythms of the Dominican Republic
An illuminating look and listen at the wondrous yet often overlooked rhythms of the Dominican Republic from Santo Domingo native and creative wunderkind Mauro Ferreiro. Read / listen here….
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Alex Attias presents Lillygood Party Vol 2 - a review
The second instalment of Alex Attias faves from his Lillygood parties that he runs and DJs at in Lausanne…Sophisticated dance music for ‘grown ups’….read / listen more….
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BBE In-store: Tabansi Studio Band - Album Launch
Our own Ex-Friendly joins legendary compiler John Armstrong at The BBE Store in East London for the launch of two albums by the brilliant Tabansi Studio Band…Afrobeat but not as we know it!
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Gentlemen's Dub Club at the Rescue Rooms 19/02/20 - a review
Gentlemen’s Dub Club bring the skank and sweat to the Rescue Rooms…read more….
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Xoliso 'Shingwanyana' (SHARP-FLAT / BBE) - a review
A killer 1974 album of pump-action grooves and outsider psyche sounds out of Pretoria, South Africa given the top shelf reissue treatment from SHARP-FLAT and BBE….listen / read more….
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Siduku Buari 'Disco Soccer' (BBE) - a review
If you love your disco, this 11 track album from 1979 is a must…the real sound of NYC nightlife seen through the eyes of an unconventional artist…read/listen here…
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Mario Swagga and DJ Silila ‘Mapenzi Digital’ (Digital Love) - a review
Pure madness! 300bpm Tanzanian Singeli mayhem out now on emerging UK label Sign….read/listen more..
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Simbad Presents Collections Vol One (BBE) - a review
A favourite DJ and producer of Gilles Peterson amongst many, Simbad has been a prolific remixer for BBE over the years but here is his first album for them and it’s a backdated journey through his unique prism of electronic soul….read/listen more…
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'Rhythm Rhyme Revolution #3' - a review
In the third of his ‘Rhythm Rhyme Revolution’ series, Barrie Sharpe has created a record that looks back at the smoke-filled basements of early 90s London but carries his soulful rare groove vibes into 2019 as cool as it ever was…read/listen more here…
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Ebo Taylor 'Palaver' (BBE) - a review
A ‘lost’ album from the undisputed heavyweight champion of Ghanaian funky-highlife, Ebo Taylor you say? Finally released by BBE after nearly 40 years on the shelf, this is a wonder…read/listen here…
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Bro David: Modern Music From Belize (Cultures Of Soul) - a review
Bredda David Obi wanted to create a modern tropical sound for his homeland Belize and he did just that. It was called Kungo (or Cungo) and the excellent Cultures Of Soul label have put together a superb compilation of Bro David’s works….read/listen here…
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Maria Chiara Argirò 'Hidden Seas' album - a review
‘Hidden Seas’ is the second album from Italian pianist and composer Maria Chiara Argirò and it is a lovely collection of songs exploring the theme of water with a finely balanced blending of jazz, electronica, classical and folk forms….read/listen more…
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Space Cats 'Something New' (Cultures Of Soul Records) - a review
Check this barely heard album from South Africa’s super-fine Space Cats thankfully given the reissue treatment by Boston, MA’s excellent Cultures Of Soul Records…read/listen more here…
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IF Music presents You Need This - A Journey Into Deep Jazz Vol 3 - a review
Jean-Claude from IF Music brings us another insanely good collection of killer jazz cuts from planet jazz…read/listen more here….
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Ojo Balingo – Afrotunes – Best of Juju Vol. II – Oba Mimo Olorun Ayo (BBE/Tabansi) - a review
A totally bad ass album of rare Nigerian Juju music from Ojo Balingo…if you know ‘Synchro System’ by King Sunny Ade, then here is the source…read/listen here…
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The Young Ones Of Guyana - On Tour / Reunion (BBE) - a review
The Young Ones Of Guyana have their only two albums released together for the first time by BBE - read/listen on here…
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Kinkajous 'Hidden Lines (Running Circle) - a review
Kinkajous are a London based outfit blending live instrumentation and electronics into a hypnotic sound of their own and they have a spanking new album released on Running Circle…read/listen more here…
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Trumpet King Zeal Onyia Returns (BBE/Tabansi) - a review
A true wonder of West African highlife, this ultra-rare LP is the first in the Tabansi Gold Series and it’s a beauty! Read/Listen more here…
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