Name: Imran Mwangi - Uhiki Ft. Hardstone (Lo-Fi House Remix) by Imran Mwangi
Duration: 6 min 1 s
Description: The original classic track by Hardstone released in 1997 had a major impact on the music industry in Kenya and listening to it as a kid it was a pretty inspiring work of art. Please enjoy this house remix I put together. :)

Peter Matson's "White Noise" featuring Kendra Morris (Colemine) takes listeners on a vibrant journey, blending a punchy disco vibe with late-night haziness. The track features kinetic percussion, synths, and guitars by Matson, layered with Sly5thAve’s string arrangements, all anchored by Vito Roccoforte's (The Rapture) drums and Mattie Safer's (Poolside)  bass. This collaboration captures both fresh and classic elements, making "White Noise" a dance floor essential.

Peter Matson - White Noise feat. Kendra Morris

What originally started in a pub between Charlie Tate & Matt ‘DJ Shuff’ Harris in 1994 has come full circle 30 years later! King Kooba return with a new House EP, Constante. The lead single, ‘The Ridge,’ is a classic long building deep house tune featuring a driving synth line and a steady jazz rhythm. Other featured songs include ‘Navias,’ ‘Denik’ and ‘Radio Faber’ all in the dubbed out ambient house territory. Stay tuned for the final EP in the series coming in 2026 celebrating their downtempo excursions.

Constante

Radio Faber

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King Kooba - Radio Faber

Rosettes are finally here with their debut album on Timmion Records, Lifestyles, a compelling journey into psychedelic soul, jazzy funk, and introspective grooves. For the listener, it creates an experience that manages to be both sophisticated and raw to the bone. Expanding on the sound they refined with their previous singles, this 10-track album captures the group in top form while crafting intoxicating sonic potions that pull you in.

Featuring standout tracks like the soulful opener “The Call,” the Isaac Hayes-inspired title track “Lifestyles,” and the introspective groover “Spirals,” the album weaves together cinematic instrumentals, intricate horn arrangements, and deeply personal storytelling, courtesy of lead singer Tytti Roto. Drawing inspiration from a range of vintage and contemporary masters—Cymande, SAULT, and Sade, to name a few—the rest of the eight-piece group doesn’t linger in the shadows. Instead, they make it their mission to position the groove front and center.

The album closes with “The Queen,” the sole instrumental track, which evokes the spirit of 1970s blaxploitation soundtracks with its wah-wah and fuzz guitars and jazzy changes. Every track on Lifestyles is a testament to the Rosettes’ ability to craft genre-blending masterpieces that are as emotionally gripping as they are musically intricate. For fans of adventurous soul and funk, this album offers a rich and rewarding journey.

Lifestyles

Spirals

Stream 'Yemanjá (Tar Blanche Remix)' now : https://idol-io.ffm.to/yemanja-tar-blanche-remix

Listen to “Yemanjá (Tar Blanche Remix)”. London-based house producer Charlie Ryder, known for his background in the dreampop band Yumi Zouma, offers his unique take on the enchanting, sunny bossa nova of the Swiss duo Sreya and Cilon. Embracing the positive energy of this ode to the goddess of the sea, the new rhythm brought by Tar Blanche beautifully complements Sreya's heady vocals, creating a mesmerizing blend of tropical vibes and modern house grooves.

Atenção com Coração Remixes

Yemanjá (Tar Blanche Remix)

Sreya & Cilon & Tar Blanche - Yemanjá (Tar Blanche Remix)

Sabrina Malheiros - Estação Verão

Mr Bongo proudly announces the first single from Don Glori’s forthcoming third album ‘Paper Can’t Wrap Fire’. The cornerstone of the LP, 'Brown Eyes' is a joyous soul-jazz groover featuring the captivating lead male vocals of fellow Melbourne/Naarm local, ML Hall. On first listen you’d be mistaken for thinking this is a straight-up love song. Yet underneath its uplifting soulful flavours and sultry vocals, lies a deeper topic at play.

‘Brown Eyes’ discusses the comfort of seeking and finding your community when you had previously felt like an outsider. As Don mentions, “This song is about feeling 'othered' in a predominantly white society like Australia. The first verse is about being tokenised/tolerated and having to stake your claim to a place at the table. The second verse and hook are about finding people who have a shared history with you and feeling at ease around them. When you meet another person like that, and you don’t have to explain all the above, it’s a comforting feeling.” 

“It was the first song I wrote start to finish for the record, starting with the opening riff on the piano. I was taking a lot of cues from Jordan Rakei’s cover of Donald Byrd’s ‘Wind Parade’, as well as throwing in a nod to The Doobie Brothers inserting hooks where they shouldn’t be.”

The result is an empowering hit of jazz-injected soul, nourished by a funk flavour. A track that ebbs and flows between sections of sweeping tenderness and head-nodding, bassline-heavy grooves. Crisp swung drums, masterful keys and those honeyed vocals from Hall, backed with lush harmonies from Ruby Dargaville, Isadora Lauritz, and Bianca Kyriacou, combine to send you cruising out across the horizon.


Don Glori - Brown Eyes (Ft. ML Hall)

When UK producer Tesfa Williams and South African singer-songwriter Sio were first introduced, the symbiotic nature of their relationship was evident from the start. Born out of meaningful conversations across just four days in the studio in London, they laid the foundations to create records rich in personal connection and creative trust. Following the release of ‘Peace’ on The Remedy Project, they now reveal the first single ‘Fortnite’ from their forthcoming album project on STY TRU BTS. Explaining the thoughts behind her trademark poeticism on ‘Fortnite’ Sio explains, “I took back my power from my elders and society by defining my own path and identity as a woman of colour in the world so the “game” would favour me.” Paired with Tesfa’s thoughtful production, ‘Fortnite’ makes for a spellbinding preview of what is to come from these two influential artists. 


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Sio X Tesfa Williams - Fortnite

Presenting the second single taken from Melbourne/Naarm multi-instrumentalist Don Glori’s forthcoming third album ‘Paper Can’t Wrap Fire’. ‘Power’ is a spiritual, choir-led, Brazilian-infused beauty. 

It was a song that Don wrote after being fed up with dealing with bad promoters and agents. It’s a simple mantra - protect your power and energy and do what feels free and good. A playful composition, musically it's divided into two parts. The first was inspired by Kendrick Lamar's 'To Pimp a Butterfly' and the West Coast sonic world, delicately balancing the spiritual choir, ghostly horns, and jazz break intro. The song then morphs as it progresses, with the gravity that the choir once provided, ripped away by the next section.

From sombre to cheeky, the group chant turns to a satirical hook from the opposite view of the cynical promoter.
 
‘Take your fee, take your seat, come on man keep it up,
Take your fee, take your seat, come on man just shut up’

The song then breaks into a segment that nods to the Brazilian legends Azymuth and their 1977 track 'Tamborim, Cuíca, Ganzá, Berimbau’. Alcides Neto, Robyn Cummins and Al Kennedy provide the shimmering pandeiro, conga and drum percussion rhythms, as Joel Trigg lets rip with a swelling Rhodes solo that crescendos to the finale.


Don Glori - Power

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The original classic track by Hardstone released in 1997 had a major impact on the music industry in Kenya and listening to it as a kid it was a pretty inspiring work of art. Please enjoy this house remix I put together. :)

Imran Mwangi - Uhiki Ft. Hardstone (Lo-Fi House Remix)

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