Int'L & World Music

For number 84 in the Brazil 45 Series, we head to the North of Brazil with this dancefloor monster, double-sider by Magalh?es & Os Panteras. 'Xang?' by Magalh?es is taken from his 'E Sua Guitarra' album, from 1986, and originally released on Gravasom...

For number 83 in the Brazil 45 series we have a real treat. Di Melo's self-titled debut album has long been collectible for it's irresistible Brazilian-funk sound, pleasing the Brazilian, B-Boy breaks, funk collectors, and sample hunters alike. With...

For Midonet, pushing musical boundaries was less a choice than an extension of his spirit. A self-taught guitarist and composer, drawing on his childhood memories of b?l? and beguine rhythms, Midonet's musical life developed in parallel to his academic...

For BRZ45087 we present a split release comprised of two tried-and-tested favourites from the Mr Bongo record bag. Rio-born pianist and organist Lafayette's career started in the mid-60s and saw him become a prominent member of the Brazilian musical...

For a big part of the last 25 years, the British band Coldplay has consistently delivered hit after hit, even while the music landscape has changed enormously. From "Shiver" and "yellow" in 2000 all the way to their most recent collaborations with the...

Fool Metal Jack is the tenth studio album by the Brazilian rock band Os Mutantes. This experimental art rock album was originally released on April 30, 2013 by the US-based label Krian Music Group, it is the follow-up to Haih Or Amortecedor, Os Mutantes'...

Fonseca is the son of a Senegalese mother and a father from Cape Verde. Hence the Portuguese sounding name: Louis Vera Da Fonseca. In the 1950s, he founded the group Les Anges Noirs (The Black Angels) in Brussels, named after the Brussels club in the...

Following their soundtrack work and tributes to the past, the Italian super band Calibro 35 resume their journey with "Nouvelles Aventures". Enrico Gabrielli, Fabio Rondanini, Massimo Martellotta and Tommaso Colliva are ready to set sail, bringing us...

Following the Retro Zouk mixtapes series (soundcloud. Com/secousse/sets/retro-zouk-mixtapes), Secousse proudly presents it's first official vinyl re release of a long lost Zouk banger. Originally released in 1993-1994, those two tracks have been...

Following the highly acclaimed Volume I, dig further into the Wamono sound - the cream of the Japanese jazz, funk, soul, rare groove and disco music developed throughout the years since the end of the sixties in Japan! Active as a professional DJ in...

Following the debut solo album 'Wait and see', a classic acid-folk record, this is an authentic reissue of a single album released after returning to the US. A funky groove 'Bye Bye Baby' with a motif of southern American roots music is performed by...

Following the acclaimed 2017 vinyl reissue of the Noir et Blanc album, Crammed presents a special edition of Zazou Bikaye's second record, Mr. Manager, which only ever came out on vinyl. In 1984, after the Afro-experimental adventures of Noir et Blanc,...