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Quantic - So Long Feat. Alice Russell

From the liner notes of our 2-disc Ebo Taylor retrospective, Life Stories:

Ebo acknowledges the influence of US jazz rockers Blood Sweat & Tears and
– less obviously, perhaps – Deep Purple on this easy going mid-tempo
piece, written a few years before it was recorded, when Osibisa and
various ‘blaxploitation’ themes were hip. “I was trying to fuse rock and jazz together with highlife,” Ebo recalls. “This kind of music was ahead of its time – not very popular when we recorded it!”

Life Stories

Peace On Earth

Ebo Taylor- Peace On Earth

Dodo (Ruben Valdez remix)

From the first album, "This is Marijata", Ghana 1976. With hints of its Highlife origins to the evolution of Afro-funk, by way of James Brown, this is one of the greatest funk albums to come out of West Africa.

No Condition Is Permanent - Marijata

From the upcoming album 'Jaiyede Afro' by Orlando Julius and The Heliocentrics, out September 8th on Strut. 
Pre-order now via iTunes and receive "Buje Buje" instantly: http://geni.us/JaiyedeAfro

Jake Ferguson of The Heliocentrics on "In The Middle:"
"We’ve all been big fans of James Brown since we’ve been involved in music and have played ‘In The Middle’ regularly on our live tours. It felt like a natural fit for the Orlando project, particularly as we have added an Afro swing to the track. We first played the track with Orlando at a London gig last year and he got into it in the studio straight away – his sax solo here was the very first take. James Brown and his band loved Orlando when they saw him play in Ibadan back in the ‘60s and the two of them met up and talked at J.B.’s hotel. So, for lots of reasons, this felt like a natural one to include.”

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Jaiyede Afro

In The Middle

Orlando Julius & The Heliocentrics - "In The Middle"

Mother Africa - MARIJATA

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Kenya Special : Volume Two is available to pre order on Soundway Records now. 

Direct: http://smarturl.it/KenyaSpecial2Direct
Digital: http://smarturl.it/KenyaSpecial2

Lulus Band - I Can Feel It

Revolutionary Woman (Of The Windmill) (La Bandora Del Molino)

Revolutionary Woman of The Windmill (Part Primera La Bandolera Del Molino)

The Olympians

Sirens of Jupiter

Invisible Joy

Sad Nile (feat. Hailu Mergia)

Jungle Fever

Dirty Money

A musician since the age of six, Ebo Taylor is one of the most achingly honest voices in African music.  His songs have a timeless quality to them, and continue to reach new audiences worldwide.  His album Love And Death on Strut will be his first internationally distributed solo album.  Backed by Berlin's Afrobeat Academy, the album is packed with pure fire from a true original.  Enjoy the title track.  More info at http://www.ebotaylor-loveanddeath.com

Love & Death

Love and Death

Ebo Taylor- Love And Death

Gabo Brown & Orchestre Poly-Rythmo - It's a Vanity

Happy New Year!

Grab yourself 10 free tracks. Some of our favourites, things to look forward to in 2013, and a final track tribute to the late great Terry Callier.

Get it from http://vibedeck.com/mrbongo

1. Ebo Taylor - Heaven
2. Hollie Cook - Crying Dub
3. Tom Ze - Sao Paulo
4. Incredible Bongo Band - Last Bongo In Belgium
5. Novalima - Machete
6. Salvador Trio - Tristeza
7. Prince Fatty - Kung Fu Battle Ina Brixton ft. Horseman
8. Joyce - Aldeia De Ogum
9. C.K. Mann & His Carousel 7 - Asafo Beesuon
10. Terry Callier - Lazarus Man (Live)

Ebo Taylor - Heaven

In their 6 years of existence, Akalé Wubé have never stopped widening the canvas onto which they lay their music, which keeps becoming richer and deeper just like the their primary source of inspiration: the popular Ethiopian repertoire of the 60s and 70s. The band started off covering music from the “Ethiopiques” series, after which they immersed themselves deeper into Ethiopian music, all the while multiplying their collaborations with musicians and dancers from Ethiopia, Africa and Europe. Slowly but surely, clocking in at around 200 concerts in Europe, Asia and Africa, the band has become one of the world’s leading ambassadors of Ethiopian groove.

Band members are :

Etienne de la Sayette: tenor & baritone saxophone, bansuri flute, washint
Paul Bouclier: trumpet, percussions, krar
Loïc Réchard: guitar
Oliver Degabriele: electric bass
David Georgelet: drums
Pierre Dachery: sound

Dodo (Ruben Valdez remix)

Akalé Wubé

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