Int'L & World Music

Vampisoul present a reissue of Per· Negro's self-titled album, sub-titled Gran Premio Del Festival Hispanoamericano de la Danza y La Cancion, originally released in 1973. Afro-Peruvian music, also known as "m·sica criolla", finds it's roots in West...

Vampisoul present a reissue of Marcos Valle's 1983 self-titled album. Valle is one of the few artists one cannot miss if one has the slightest interest in Brazilian music. Whether one's taste is focused on bossa jazz, samba, psych folk or soul, Valle has...

Urubu is the tenth album by bossa nova master Ant?nio Carlos Jobim, released in 1976.1. Boto (Porpoise) 2. Ligia 3. Correnteza 4. Angela 5. Saudade Do Brazil 6. Valse 7. Arquitetura de Morar (Architecture to Live) 8. O Homem (The Man)

Uptempo funk-soul 'Vou Morar No Teu Sorriso' is a real favourite of ours and a regular spin in DJ sets. Tough drums, breaks and percussion, big vocals, horns and bass. Taken from their self-titled LP from 1971. Dancefloor Samba-funk-MPB business on...

Until Now, Jilala has been a much sought-after phantom in relation to their better-known musical and spiritual contemporaries, The Master Musicians of Jajouka. Culled from three and a half hours of 1965 recordings by writers/artists/poets Brion Gysin and...

Ukerewe is the largest inland island in Africa and can only be reached by an overpacked four-hour ferry ride. It is a place so remote that historically people often traveled there to abandon their albino children. Eighteen members of the Standing Voice...

UK vinyl LP pressing. 2009 debut album from the British Alt-Pop band, a beautifully literate and ambitious release. From the dizzying MBV/M83 swoops and morning-after ruefulness of the LP's opening song to the open-tuned, Appalachian folk feel of the...

Two songs: 'Farewell Dress' and 'Foods Who' are from Tomoko Kuwae's rare album 'Tomoko I' (1983), known for the hit 'My Heart is Stop Motion', are a project Tokyo Condition supervised by DJ Notoya. Under the curation of, the first 7 inches! From her...

Two giants of Brazilian music back-to-back. Jorge Ben can do it all - vocalist, songwriter, musician, producer and to many their 'all-round' favourite Brazilian artist. Jorge has had an amazing career, involved in music from the early 60s through to...

Twelve inch vinyl pressing.1. Durma (Baris K Dub) 2. Senden Baska (Natureboy Flako Remix) 3. Kit Sebastian Vs Halal Cool J

Twelve inch vinyl pressing. Discovered in 2006 thanks to Jupiter's Dance, a documentary about the new music scene in Kinshasa, and still one of it's iconic even heroic members, Jupiter Bonkodji makes a welcome return with Troposphere 13, three years...

Twelve inch vinyl pressing. "Beginning" is, appropriately enough, the world-wide solo debut by Japanese percussionist Mari Sekine. She has been active since 2000 with numerous groups and artists, as well as providing music for the theatre. This latter...