Peter Gordon & Love Of Life Orchestra - Still You

Additional Production and Remix by Justin Strauss and Bryan Mette for Whatever/Whatever productions. Luaka Bop Records. 2013.

William Onyeabor - "Body and Soul" - Whatever/Whatever remix

A driving, 70s jazz-rock-disco inspired work-out from the Marxist Love Disco Ensemble. ‘Material’ is the second single to be taken from their forthcoming album, ‘MLDE’. Building from the bass-guitar intro, it introduces a Moog, a haunting Arp Solina string machine, live percussion, and layered glazed vocal arrangements, invoking elements of Gino Soccio as it escalates. The song explores aspects of dialectical materialism and revolution, all shrouded in the format of a bonafide club dancer.

Marxist Love Disco Ensemble - Material

Ibibio Sound Machine are set to release their debut LP through Soundway Records. Fronted by British / Nigerian vocalist Eno Williams, they combine elements of West African highlife, disco, post-punk & psychedelic electro soul. Preceded by the pulsating first single 'Let's Dance', ‘Ibibio Sound Machine’ will be released 17th March.

Folk stories, recounted to Eno by her family as a child in her mother's South-Eastern Nigerian Ibibio language form the creative lyrical fabric of the album. A large dose of electronic elements and an approach as influenced by London as much as by West Africa, give the vocals and guitar lines space to breath without being overwhelmed.

From the banging sub-bass of 'Lets Dance' to the spiritual, gospel-tinged notes of the album's opening track 'Voice of the Bird', the band have turned in a dynamic and, at times, beautiful take on modern afro-soul music.

The 8-piece live band made their official live debut at this year's Transmusicales in France and will be a name to look out for in 2014

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Ibibio Sound Machine - The Talking Fish (Asem Usem Iyak)

A salacious boogie number, cooked up with quick-fingered bass work, female harmonising and guitar solos. Taken from a new @rushhourrecords compilation on Surinam funk & disco from the 70s and 80s. 

Listen on Youtube: bit.ly/jam-band-80

Jam Band 80 - Jammin' (Worldwide Premiere)

Available on vinyl LP, CD and download https://www.mrbongo.com/products/mr-bongo-record-club-volume-one-vinyl-2-lp-cd-1

The first instalment in our new ‘Mr Bongo Record Club’ compilation series – a selection of favourites, recent discoveries and sought after obscurities, which form the basis of our DJ sets and our radio show of the same name. Including cuts by Claudia, Cortex, Dave Pike Set, Fruko, Neno Exporta Som, Connie Laverne, Barbosa and more.

Mr Bongo Record Club Volume One

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11 Mavis John - Use My Body

South London beat maker @Tenderlonious is back with his finest work to date, fusing wild flutes and global grooves into dance floor fillers. Off his forthcoming EP via @22a.

Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2016/11/14/premiere-tenderlonious-song-for-my-father
Listen on Youtube: bit.ly/Tenderlonious-Father

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Tenderlonious - Song For My Father (STW Premiere)

Taken from the Crown Ruler Sound album compiled by Jeremy Spellacey. 

Released July 14th

Our first compilation, Beauty, offered listeners the chance to take a trip through the record collection of noted Parisian crate-digger and DJ Jeremy Underground. It was well received so we've decided to repeat the exercise. This time, though, we’ve turned to a lesser-known hunter of rare and obscure records, namely Crown Ruler Records co-founder Jeremy Spellacey.

Don’t be fooled by Spellacey’s lower profile: amongst those who know, the Melbourne-based New Zealander is widely regarded as a seriously dusty-fingered digger, capable of unearthing and championing ridiculously good records from all four corners of the globe. He sells some of these exceptional finds through his Crown Ruler online store, though there are many more that he keeps hidden from the public.

Spellacey has previously shied away from sharing the secrets of his extensive record collection. Crown Ruler Sound, then, is a rare treat: a gloriously colourful, sun-baked compilation of tropical treats from Africa, the Caribbean and beyond, hand-picked by the man who helped license this year’s most essential reissue, the South African boogie brilliance that is Focus’s Zulu. 

From synth-laden Zambian reggae and sumptuous orchestral Afro-soul, to humid Trinidadian boogie and horizontal Italian jazz-funk, Spellacey offers a whirlwind trip through the most kaleidoscopic and exotic parts of his epic collection.

As you’d expect from a man who has traveled the world hunting down records, the majority of the 15 tracks will be unknown to all but a handful of similarly minded crate diggers. In fact, some are so obscure that you’ll struggle to find any mention of them at all online. 

This could be your only chance to own some of these records and we don’t want to spoil the surprise but suffice to say, Crown Ruler Sound will surprise and entertain you in equal measure.

Crown Ruler Sound compiled by Jeremy Spellacey

Ezy & Isaac - Let Your Body Move (Oba Balu Balu)CLIP

For fans of Chaos in the CBD and Masters at Work. Afro-influenced spiritual house from two graduates of the Bari school of jazz Nicola Conte and Gianluca Petrella. Out on Milan label Schema.

Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2017/11/09/premiere-nicola-conte-gianluca-petrella-new-world-shuffle/
Listen on Youtube: http://bit.ly/-yt-new-world-shuffle

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Nicola Conte & Gianluca Petrella feat. Bridgette Amofah - New World Shuffle (STW Premiere)

London spiritual jazz outfit Emanative drop their first release of the year. Planet B is an epic nine minute funk bomb with a heady mix of post-punk, afrobeat, disco and jazz underscored by some entrancing vocals from singer Liz Elensky. With distinct traces of the likes of Sun Ra, no wave band ESG and Arthur Russell's disco project Dinosaur L, it's a track that has been handcrafted for the leftfield dancefloor.

More info here: https://goo.gl/MneLZd

Ezy & Isaac - Let Your Body Move (Oba Balu Balu)CLIP

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