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May 2017 Mix List

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)

In an ever-expanding musical universe, Azymuth have long existed as a celestial giant, drawing countless artists, musicians and followers into their orbit. Marking fifty years since their 1975 debut album Azimuth, their new album Marca Passo proves that the band’s alchemic brew of Brazilian jazz-funk and cosmic samba soul remains as vital as ever, as the group honours the profound legacy of their departed founders.

Recorded in Rio de Janeiro, Marca Passo is the first full-length release since the passing of founding drummer Ivan "Mamão" Conti in 2023, following the earlier loss of keyboardist José Roberto Bertrami in 2012. Alex Malheiros, the sole remaining original member, sees his stewardship of the band’s musical legacy as his spiritual duty. He is joined by the equally devoted Kiko Continentino (Milton Nascimento, Djavan) on keyboards, who has been with the group since 2016, and new recruit Renato Massa (Marcos Valle, Ed Motta) on drums.

Yet since their earliest recorded music, Azymuth have always been far greater than the sum of their parts. The "three-man orchestra’s" unmistakable sound is rooted in Brazil's MPB studio scene of the 1970s and early 1980s—a time when artists blended traditional Brazilian rhythms with global jazz, rock, and emerging psychedelic and progressive elements. Marca Passo continues this legacy, seamlessly fusing Brazilian musical traditions with global influences while showcasing the exceptional musicianship that powers Azymuth's distinctive, multi-dimensional sound.

The album is produced by studio mastermind Daniel Maunick, responsible for Azymuth’s two previous studio albums, Fênix in 2016 and Aurora in 2011. Daniel’s credits also include albums by Marcos Valle, Sabrina Malheiros and Terry Callier. Azymuth also invited Daniel’s father, British jazz-funk royalty Jean Paul “Bluey” Maunick, of Incognito, to play guitar on a new version of Azymuth’s eighties classic “Last Summer In Rio”, in tribute to the song’s composer, José Roberto Bertrami. Equally, “Samba Pro Mamao” is a new composition dedicated to Azymuth’s beloved original drummer, Ivan “Mamão” Conti.

Marca Passo releases on limited edition blue, red & black vinyl LP editions, CD and digitally on the 6th June 2025, via Far Out Recordings, supported by European and North American tours.

Azymuth - Fantasy '82

Azymuth - Last Summer In Rio (Featuring Jean Paul "Bluey" Maunick of Incognito)

Qwalia is the experimental, improvisational home for a quartet of some of London’s most prolific and inspiring musicians. 

Led by drummer Yusuf Ahmed (Joy Crookes, Anoushka Shankar, Unknown to Known), much of the band’s music to date surfaced in a single two-day session at the Fish Factory in Willesden, West London. 

Although improvisational at its core, the band’s fluency and innate musicality makes it hard at times to believe these pieces weren’t written and developed over weeks, rather than conjured in the moment, with no prior rehearsal. Qwalia’s music is an instinctive aural expression of how things seemed in the moment of creation.

Featuring Ben Reed on bass (Frank Ocean, David Byrne, Richard Russell’s Everything Is Recorded), Tal Janes on Guitar (Jordan Rakei, Cherise, Waaju) and Joseph Costi on keys and synths (Cat Stevens, Tom Herbert, Heidi Vogel), the band’s debut album ‘Sound And Reason’ was released by Alberts Favourites in March 2023.

This beautiful version of Elevator Company was recorded in Yusuf's living room last spring for a live video promoting the 2nd album Abbreviations. The band rarely, if ever, replay music they've already recorded, so this is a unique moment and one we're incredibly happy to be able to share. 

Elevator Company (Live)

Qwalia - Elevator Company (Live)

https://brintex-collective.bandcamp.com/track/3454-thoughts

Brintex Collective - '3454 (thoughts) feat. Ranie Ribeiro)'

Stream 'Changin Me' now : https://bfan.link/changin-me

Changin Me is an atmospheric surf rock trip, carried by waves and sunlight, the track captures the essence of the Swiss project Worries And Other Plants : a DIY blend of psychedelic indie, raw emotion, and visual art. Born in a living room among friends, this project led by Dio grows songs like plants, nurtured by emotion and artistic experimentation.

Changin Me

Worries And Other Plants - Changin Me

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Buy the 45 on Bandcamp: https://sholto2.bandcamp.com/album/sholto-a-ba-se-david-bardon-metropolis-the-right-orchid
Listen to the DeepMatter Catalogue: https://tinyurl.com/dm-catalogue


The Right Orchid

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Pedro Mizutani & Skinshape - Sozin (Instrumental)

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All Good Radio, Ep. 09 --> @Funk-Bast-rd

Special guest mix from Singapore based label, @DarkerThanWax!! 

The "DTW" crew is heading to Europe for a solid 8-date run.  
Check out all the info and get tickets at  --> darkerthanwax.com/events

Artwork by Moon Suk Lee

Tracklist Below:

GRiZ  --  Intro
RKM Library  --  Moody Disco
Moo Latte x Roux Spana  --  James in Heaven
Stimulator Jones  --  Soon Never Comes
Lido Pimienta  --  Camellando (Kraut edit)
Bahamadia  --  Uknowhowwedu (Ben Hedibit remix)
Astronauts  --  Shake it loose
Nicholas Payton  --  Junie’s boogie
Kaazi  --  Air
TOUCHSOUL  --  TRACK ID
Issa Bagayogo  --  Ciew Mawele (Kraut edit)
Latrelle  --  House party (Kaytra edit)
Yung Bae & Flamingosis  --  Get up! 
Tux --  Lost lover
DUDLEY WATTS  --  TRACK ID
Steely D. --  Jack of speed (Air ZaÏre edit)
RGL  --  S U G A
Neguim.  --  Reason
Tokyo Megaplex  --  fyutch psychic
Moon Boots  --  Tear my heart ft. Lulu James
Sonia Calico  --  Sawa Dee Ka
FZPZ - TRACK ID

All Good Radio

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All Good Radio, Ep. 09 --> Funk Bast*rd | Darker Than Wax

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Rinse FM Podcast - Jyoty w/ Funk Bast*rd (Darker Than Wax) - 22nd April 2017

▶ Riding solo, because…well our guests @rejjiesnow & @mallgrab failed to show lol — maybe next time ay
▶ Broadcasted live on NTS Radio - 19/04/2017
▶ Tracklist www.nts.live/shows/bone-soda/episodes/bone-soda-w-skinny-macho-rejjie-snow-and-mall-grab-19th-april-2017

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BONE SODA ノノ APR 17

Get those African incense sticks and essential oils ready again folks, it's Side Piece V2 (Keith Sweat voice included).  This episode is full of rnb and trapsoul bangers that'll have you and your side piece deep in the sauce, as the Netflix rolls in the background.  But keep it raw/wrap it up, light dat incense stick of your choice (I'm a Coco Mango type nigga myself) and grab that aux and slap Side Piece V2. And as you get lost in it, don't forget you're listening to the best shit you never heard on Thunderstone Radio.

Tracklist:
1. Playdoh ft. Tadafi - Nilas
2. Down For You - Majilla
3. Now Its Just Me And U - Pedro.
4. Hurt You First - Niia
5. The Distance - Gavin Turek
6. Rendezvous - Mulherin
7. 2AM (Kamari Lundon c&s) - Che Ecru
8. Hello - Mya Shimizu
9. Amy Winehouse (prod. Shea Singh) - ILLYMINIACHI
10. Love - @LU.REI
11. Wrong Impression - Ré Lxuise
12. Red Wine (prod. Apollo Hill) - Apollo Hill
13. 3am in Vancouver - Mr Surf
14. Space Blue (prod Nico Segal x THEMpeople) - Michael Anthony
15. Strangers - BVRGER
16. Salsa ft. The Bangangte Voices (prod Yonkwi) - Yonkwi
17. Camera ft. Ye Ali - Tdot illdude
18. Ashamed Of Me ft. Eski Göten - J.O.Y
19. Crutch - HERO

SIDE PIECE VOL. 2 (TRAPSOUL & R&B) | MIXED BY K-$ADILLA & CURATED BY BLR, MEKA & K-$ADILLA (4/27/17)

Featuring a special guest mix from the mysterious music mastermind Andy Wilkins aka Wyndham Earl. Mr Earl is a producer, musician, DJ and obsessive record collector feeding the habit by dealing records; specialising in obscure Library, Funk, Psych and other 60s and 70s music. He cut his teeth working at Brighton record shop Rarekind Records and is an avid digger with a penchant for foreign exotic funky oddities and a keen ear for uncovering obscure grooves.

As a musician and producer he has played with a bands covering a wide spectrum of music from Hip Hop, Funk and Jazz to Electronica, Rock and Folk. His past musical collaborations include Bonobo, Alice Russell, Rough Fields, My Little Problem, Dr Syntax, TM Juke and others.

Hosted by Graham Luckhurst and Gareth Stephens.

TRACKLIST

Mr Bongo Record Club episode 26 with Wyndham Earl guest mix

First Ear Radio with @jackson-waites coming to you live from The Bay Area CA.

This week we are in good company as @yunghiram (@InGoodComp) joins us with a guest mix

@Kulv-Reyatt's mini mix also comes to you all the way from the UK, holla him for track IDs

Tracklist: www.firstearmusic.com/radio/128

Artwork by @roevicious

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FE Radio 128 + Hiram

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Mr Bongo Record Club episode 26 with Wyndham Earl guest mix

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