Int'L & World Music

Idrissa Soumaoro, L'Eclipse de L'I.J.A.'s sought-after album 'Le Tioko-Tioko' was originally released in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in 1978 and has been a long-time favourite at Mr Bongo. Two tracks from the album were featured on our 2017...

I imagine this record to be just like a flea market, an ensemble of nostalgia, a collage of memories, of dreams, ideas, sounds, words, feelings, places, eras and styles. A unique sonic sound space that I've been trying to create for my own music. This is...

Hugh Masekela -"66-76" One of the world's finest and most distinctive horn players, a musical celebrity who built up a dedicated global following thanks to his unique blend of jazz and South African styles. It may seem extraordinary that these tracks...

How do you follow up a stone-cold Afro Funk classic like Village Boogie? Simple. Gather together some of the hottest players in Nigeria, take them down to the Phonodisk studios in Ijebu Igbo and let them loose on a bunch dancefloor fillers you spent the...

Hot on the heels of Guinu's modern Brazilian jazz-funk opus 'Palago' LP, comes an exceptional remix 12' of four standout album tracks. For the A1, Jose Marquez flips the title track into a percussion-heavy and hypnotic Afro-Latin house burner, a...

Hiroshi Sato, a keyboardist/producer who left a masterpiece in his solo activities and masterpieces of numerous artists such as Eiichi Ohtaki, Tatsuro Yamashita, Minako Yoshida, etc. After working on hackleback, Tin Pan Array, etc. 'Orient', the only...

Hiroshi Fujiwara, a leading figure in the Tokyo culture scene, and K.U.D.O., formerly of Melon, have carefully selected and remixed a number of Michael's greatest songs, including those from his Jackson 5 days.1. We've Got a Good Thing Going (HF ; K.U.D...

HIP HOP unit Yurufuwa Gang collaborates with hentai camera and YOU THE ROCK. A new era of HIP HOP that incorporates elements of rave, trance and techno.

Highland Cathedral by the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards is Scotland's top selling Pipe band recording, also featuring military band accompanimen1. Highland Cathedral 2. 2/4 Marches the Barren Rocks of Aden

'Hidden Waters: Strange and Sublime Sounds of Rio de Janeiro' is compiled by Joe Osborne (founder of specialist Brazilian music platform Brazilian Wax) and Russ Slater (editor at large of Sounds and Colours). Focusing solely on the 'Rio Scene', rather...

Here's a compilation of tracks, pulled from 78rpms and 33rpms, from the great Jamaican mento band The Wrigglers, also known -at times- as The Wigglers, Denzil Laing Trio, and The Wigglers Trio. Top class archetypical rural Jamaican mento from the '50s!1...

Here is the debut album by Burkinabe songwriter Massa Dembele. ?His music features the ethereal sound of the?kamele n'goni harp combined with melodic vocals and indigenous percussion. ?Massa's powerful lyrics, which were fully translated for this...