"The Globeflower Masters Vol. 1 takes its inspiration from classic soundtrack and cinematic composers such as Axelrod, Morricone, Gainsbourg, Jean-Claude Vannier and Piero Umiliani. Created during Summer 2020, this album is the product of a fruitful collaboration between Brighton-based musicians Glenn Fallows (The Impellers / Andres y Xavi) and Mark Treffel (Blue States / The Soul Steppers). These seasoned performing and recording artists have put their abundance of experience and skilful musicianship into effect with aplomb on this album. This is as accomplished a debut release as you will ever hear, and dare we say, a future classic in the making." - Mr. Bongo

Vinyl Crisis spent time on the airwaves with Mr. Bongo. Mr. Bongo started life in 1989 as a small record shop underneath Daddy Kool’s Reggae Store on Berwick Street in London. They were the first shop to sell vinyl releases from independent hip hop labels such as Def Jam, Rawkus, Nervous and Big Beat outside of the USA. Now, Mr. Bongo has became an established bearer for hard-to-find, classic Latin music, particularly Brazilian, outside of the Americas.

Enjoy the show and check out the extensive Brazilian music catalog of Mr. Bongo below on sale at Juno Records.

Get the fever of energetic Latin grooves which UK label Mr. Bongo offers in a 2015 reissue series of classic music to 7" vinyl. Preview the high-paced organ-driven Funk of Dave Cortez & The The Moon People's "Happy Soul (With A Hook)" b/w a Latin cover of the Soul classic "Fever" and check out more releases from Mr. Bongo's 2015 Latin reissue series here at Mr. Bongo.

DJ Gazfunk is "Trippin' The Latin-Fania-tastic" with a mix from the Gazfunk vaults. Enjoy a set of60s/70s latin music in all it's forms - boogaloo, salsa, latin funk etc.

Trippin' The Latin Fania-tastic by Gazfunk on Mixcloud

Enjoy the upbeat summer vibe of this single on Mr. Bongo Records as Brazilian and American culture merge for a joyful tone of Funk music which carries a unique touch of Latin sound and rhythm.

A) Miguel de Deus - Black Soul Brothers B/W AA) Boogaloo Combo - Hot Pants Road

Side A features the title track from Miguel de Deus sought after 'Black Soul Brothers' album, an important record in the 'Black Rio' movement, originally released in 1977 on Copacabana. De Deus was the founding member of the legendary Os Brazões. This track has never before been released on 7".

The AA side features a cover of James Brown's 'Hot Pants Road' taken from their 1972 LP 'Com Muito Ritmo' on Epic Brazil, again previously unreleased on 7".

You can order a copy of this single here at Juno Records.

"Paris DJs and Elvis Martinez Smith team up for 'Rise Of The Troubadour Warriors - Tropical Grooves & Afrofunk International Vol.3' - taking up where the second volume left off with another a fully-licensed compilation of Afrofunk, Afrobeat, Latin or Brazilian Funk & Ethio-Jazz from the 21st century.

The music abounds with psychedelic influences and a heavy dose of soul, including a slew of brand new unreleased tracks from Brownout, The Funk Ark (both produced by Adrian Quesada) and Hard Proof from Austin, Texas; Foreign Key and Todd Simon's Ethio-Cali Ensemble from Los Angeles, USA; the Grant Phabao Afrofunk Arkestra or Osemako from Paris and Nîmes, France; Papa Chango from Melbourne, Australia; and the International Ducks from Berlin, Germany!!"


Mr. Bongo presents their re-issue of the Nigerian Funk Psych monster "Chapter One" by Blo. The new pressing will include gatefold vinyl LP with fully reproduced original artwork.

Review at Amazon.com

"Lagos-based trio BLO shook the Nigerian scene to its foundations with their their Afro-rooted rock music. Their live debut in December 1972 found 10,000 new converts chanting "we want BLO" over and over again. Their Afro-delia looked far afield for inspiration: drummer Laolu Akintobi said "we were listening to Grand Funk Railroad and The Isley Brothers and thought we should be able to do this in an African way." A further inspiration was Ginger Baker for whom both Akintobi and BLO's Berkley Jones played and toured with in 1971. BLO's first two albums, 1973's Chapter One and 1975's Phase 2, are amazing fusions of traditional rhythms and American psychedelia that evoke a spacier 'Tago Mago'-era Can. Original copies of each sell for œ200 and up.

Chapter One's highlights include the psychedelic instrumental Miss Sagit with its snakey fuzz guitar. Equally far out is Chant To Mother Earth, where a hypnotic three-note bass line tops shuffling drums, choppy guitar and distant chanted vocals. Phase 2's wah wah guitar and funk takes their Afro-delia onto the dance floor. Press reports of the time describe BLO as Africa's first rock band. They had an "electronic cosmic sound that deserves total world-wide attention". Didn't quite happen then but it is now as RPM's Laolu Akintobi-approved reissue of the complete Chapter One and Phase 2 albums - the first-ever CD issue of both albums - follows on the highly acclaimed Nigeria Rock and Funk Special compilations of recent times."