Songlines - "a captivating blend of jazz and Latin rhythms”

FarOut Magazine - “A beautiful menagerie of sounds and influences, awash with distinctive Latin funk and the spirit of 1950s NYC big band jazz. These songs are backed up by a roster of London’s most skilled and passionate jazz musicians, to create something utterly timeless and innately funky."

Patrick Forge - "Unashamedly retro, but done so well, High calibre rhythms and playing, some hot jams!”

Paul Bradshaw (Straight No Chaser) - "The delivers that 70's NYC bario vibe perfectly.... Kickin'!!!”

Francois K - "All great cuts, very well put together”

Announcing the debut album from one of London’s most electrifying acts, New Regency Orchestra. An 18-piece Afro-Cuban big band, inspired by the musical melting pot of NYC in the 1950s, but with the punch and power of a whole host of London’s best Latin and jazz musicians. Blowing new life into these compositions, the album is a reimagining of some of the finest music from that golden era. From early 1950s René Hernandez and Tito Puente, through to the 1970s salsa of Rafael Labasta and Orlando Marin, produced and performed with fresh fire.

NRO is the brainchild of its artistic director, and the man behind Total Refreshment Centre and Church of Sound, Lex Blondin. Through a long-held passion for jazz, Lex discovered the explosive Afro-Cuban rhythms of mid-1940s NYC via the godfather of Afro-Cuban jazz, Mario Bauzá. A time when two musical worlds collided in a fusion of creativity and energy, jazz luminaries like Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker joining forces with Cuban greats like Machito and Chano Pozo. This vibrant sound was music to dance to and found a home at The New York Palladium, a formative space of freedom and expression that was key to the scene’s development.

Although dance-focussed in their makeup, those early recordings are not often heard in modern club environments and Lex dreamt of retelling their story with a contemporary dynamism. A slice of serendipity followed, as a slot at a new festival opened up and Lex jumped at the chance to make this idea a reality, an 18-piece big band breathing new life into these beloved songs.

Enlisting the expertise of some of the capital’s finest talent, Lex and co-captain Andy Wood, of Como No fame, put together a world-class line-up of talent. Bringing in Eliane Correa as musical director and bandleader, a fluid and interchanging 18-piece band was formed.

The album itself is a hand-picked selection of timeless Afro-Cuban jazz classics, reimagined with NRO’s unbridled energy. It contains ten incredible instrumental tracks including 'Pregon' with its anthemic horn stabs and the addictive head nod bounce of 'Mambo Rama', alongside two scorching vocal numbers in 'Papa Boco' and 'Labasta Llego'. Coupling a heavyweight rhythm section with a wall of horns, they provide a fresh spin on songs from Tito Puente and Chico O'Farrill, René Hernandez through to Rafael Labasta.

“Some of the tunes like Tito Puente’s ‘Mambo Rama’ and ‘Scarlet Mambo’ might sound like they went to a gym as extra drums and bass synth were added to them whilst the tune ‘Sahib & Tito’ is a mix of Tito’s ‘Mambo Buda’ and Sahib Shihab’s ‘Nus’. Our intention is to be both respectful to the innovators and inventors of this incredible music and to pay our dues, but also to add something special from London where the city’s new jazz scene connects with its Latin American musicians and the musical influences around us.”

This pure collective joy, shared experience and music you can’t help but move to.

New Regency Orchestra - New Regency Orchestra

~ Serving up some of the best dance cuts from around the globe ~

Mera Bhai's Global Boogie Patrol

multi verse

Somewhere Soul

#IamWorkin

Latinaaaaa

Gracias A La Vida

Black Pepper

Makom Ma Bobe

Cosmic Sounds (Hi Track - Self Destruction)

Cosmic Sounds

Best of Gipsy Kings

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Gipsy Kings - Bamboleo, from Gipsy Kings (1988)

Buena Vista Social Club - Chan Chan, from Buena Vista Social Club (1997)

camp lo killin em softly remix

Composed by J.Herman
Produced, mixed and arranged by ProleteR
Taken from "Tribute to the Masters Vol.1" available in free download http://proleter.bandcamp.com/album/tribute-to-the-masters-vol-1
Mastering by Christophe Chapelle (http://www.sinetracks.com/)
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Louis Armstrong - Hello, Dolly ! (ProleteR tribute)

New Regency Orchestra - Mambo Rama (Lex Blondin Rework)

New Regency Orchestra - Para Los Papines

New Regency Orchestra - Fiesta Time

New Regency Orchestra - Mambo Herd

New Regency Orchestra - Sambaroco

New Regency Orchestra - Pregon

Volare - Gipsy Kings

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This is the school. Discomusic is the real house﻿!!!
Sunny groove & Rare disco


02 Letta Mbulu - Kilimanjaro

The Lijadu Sisters, Taiwo and Kehinde Lijadu, are identical twin sisters from Nigeria who were an important music duet from the mid-1960s to the 1980s. They achieved success in Nigeria[5] and had modest influence in the United States and Europe. They were notable for being a West African version of the Pointer Sisters who mixed Afrobeat sounds with jazz and disco, according to one source. Since the late 1980s, they retired from the music scene.

Lijadu Sisters - Come On Home

Taken from the new Soundway compilation 'Doing It In Lagos' out now: http://smarturl.it/LagosDirect

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Toby Foyeh - Ore Mi

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Sibu & JoeNagall edit

Renata Rosa - Brilhantina (Sibu & Joe Nagall edit)

Change - hold tight

Illexxandra blesses us with her own party vibe - tropical versions of carefully selected tunes; An ideal addition to any global bass collection or DJ set.

About the artist:
Brooklyn-based DJ/producer ILLEXXANDRA (illexxandra.com) brings a consistently fun party vibe, drawing from the worlds of global bass, soundsystem culture, future sounds, funk, electro swing, and classic club styles. Her sets draw you in with innocent joy, smack you around with raw ferocity, and then set you down gently with deep musical knowledge. She’ll kill it with an hour of bangers, or take you on a five-hour journey into sound.

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03 Grupo Buscajá - Paz Para Colombia (Illexxandra Remix)

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Caleñas De Cali (Dj Neber)

We are proud to present the unique and critically acclaimed album from the legendary Buena Vista Social Club bassist Orlando 'Cachaito' Lopez, recorded in EGREM Studios in Havana, 2001. Available for the first time on 180gm heavyweight vinyl, presented alongside a 12-page colour booklet: https://bvsc.lnk.to/Cachaito

Orlando 'Cachaito' Lopez - 'Wahira'

OUT 30 NOVEMBER 2018.
https://soundwayrecords.bandcamp.com/album/jon-k-pat-thomas-asafo-enye-woa
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Soundway presents the first in a new series of 12” releases aimed at making available hard-to-find and in-demand dancefloor tracks on loud DJ-friendly pressings.
These two late 1980s Ghanaian highlife cuts are taken from the catalogue of Nakasi Records. Nakasi was run by the late producer Nana Asiedu (Big Joe) - a well-known figure in the Ghanaian and African music community of 1980s London. 

The A-side showcases a track from Jon K's second solo album, which was a re-working of a traditional Fanti language Asafo company song Asafo Beesuon. Made famous by C.K.Mann on his seminal album ‘Funky Highlife’, this version very much reflects the more westernised late 1980s sound of highlife music recorded in the UK, Holland, Canada and Germany for both ex-pat Ghanaian audiences and those back home in West Africa. 

The album features the stalwart session musician Alfred Bannerman, the go-to Ghanaian guitarist known for the classic cut of ‘Let Me Love You’ by Bunny Mack, among many other tracks over the last 40 years, including his work on contemporary releases for Soundway such as Konkoma and Ibibio Sound Machine.

On the B-side, Pat Thomas (the brother in-law of Big Joe) needs little introduction having been touring the world extensively in recent years with the Kwashibu Area Band. Somehow this dancefloor-heavy cut has eluded recent compilations and reissues. With horns arranged by long time friend and collaborator Ebo Taylor, it's an instantly recognisable sound that also features Rex Gyamfi - himself a well-known purveyor of 1980s 'burger-highlife'.

Asafo / Enye Woa

Jon K / Pat Thomas - Asafo / Enye Woa (Preview)

05 - No Biggie

02 - Set The Tone

Taken from US rapper Logic's third Mix-Tape "Young Sinatra: Undeniable"

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Logic - Do Ya Like

Devendra Banhart performs "Mi Negrita," from "Mala," his eighth studio album and his Nonesuch debut, due out March 12, 2013. The album took shape in Los Angeles, where he and longtime cohort Noah Georgeson produced the album together, playing most of the instruments themselves, using borrowed equipment and a recorder they’d found in a pawn shop.

Pre-order "Mala" now at www.nonesuch.com/albums/mala

Mala

Devendra Banhart: "Mi Negrita"

"Soul2thePeople" is a summer-ready slice of atmospheric & soulful jazz and hip hop by multi-instrumentalist and producer Simon Jefferis, featuring and co-written by rising producer, rapper and singer Shunaji. Taken from Jefferis' debut album, 'Vibrations', released Friday 12 June on DeepMatter.

Also featuring the likes of vocalist Rosie Lowe, members of PYJÆN and Blue Lab Beats'  David Mrakpor on vibraphone, ‘Vibrations’ is an expertly crafted production masterclass from start to finish. With ease, Jefferis demonstrates the breadth of his musical capabilities, turning his hand to guitar, keys, drums and bass (with a little help from his friends along the way) with incredible results. Head nod inducing beats, jazz infused keys and interweaving textures make this a stand out record amongst the already sonically rich London jazz scene.

"Soul2thePeople was written with an amazing rapper (amongst other things) called Shunaji," says Simon. "I wanted to work with her after hearing some of her songs, which you should definitely check out. It was actually the first track written for the album after I finished the single "High Grade". I wanted to make something with constant drum and percussion movement, like a freight train going past. Dylan Jones and Ben Vize from PYJÆN came over to record some horns, sounds like they’re arguing during the solo. Shunaji, after spending some time out in California then wrote the verses, which really lifted it and turned it into "Soul2thePeople"."

Vibrations

Soul2thePeople

Exclusive Premiere: Simon Jefferis "Soul2ThePeople" (ft. Shunaji, Dylan Jones & Ben Vize)

Record label. Record shop. Film label. Since 1989.

New Regency Orchestra - Mambo Rama (Lex Blondin Rework)

Mr Bongo