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A seminal world jazz crossover from bassist Ahmed Abdul-Malik -- one of the first albums ever of its kind, and as fresh today as it was back in the late 50s! At the time of the set, Ahmed was working as Thelonious Monk's bassist -- but here, he also plays a fair bit of oud -- that lute-like... read more

Revolutionary work from one of the most important talents you never heard of -- 2 jazz/world classics from the amazing Ahmed Abdul-Malik! The CD begins with The Music Of Ahmed Abdul Malik from 1961 -- a record that has the bassist working in a very sophisticated cross-cultural mode -- pulling... read more

Relatively recent work from King Sunny Ade -- but a set that's still got Ade working with all the charms we remember from his early 80s rise to global stardom! There's a warm quality to most of the tracks here -- a mix of rhythmic elements that keep things moving forward, plus lighter guitar lines... read more

A great mix of acoustic African and Brazilian modes -- played by a cool combo with instrumentation that includes flute, kora, kalimba, and plenty of percussion! The sound is nicely spare and gentle at times -- almost more like recent Brazilian acoustic sets than African ones -- but other moments... read more

The second half of the mighty Africanism project -- a groundbreaking collection of new dancefloor tracks inspired by classic Afro Funk -- all coming from the cross-cultural hotbed of the Paris scene! Many of the titles on the set appeared separately as singles, but only received brief release --... read more

A killer album of Afro Funk -- with a very unusual origin! In the wake of Manu Dibango's big hit (and some kind of failure to register the copyright), many many versions of "Soul Makossa" were recorded and released, some good, some bad. This album is a good example of that situation --... read more

A later gem from the Turkish scene of the 70s -- one that's got a bit more funky touches than earlier Anatolian rock! There's still a fair bit of Eastern styles running through the mix, but most of the rhythms are really straightforward and use heavy basslines that really set the groove nicely --... read more

An amazing array of Afro Funk from the legendary Tony Allen -- 4 of his greatest albums ever, packaged together in a single set! The work here was all recorded hot on the heels of Tony's key years with Fela Kuti -- and shares a very similar approach to the groove -- long, stretched out passages... read more

A real back to basics set from Tony Allen -- much more strongly in his Afro Funk groove of the late 70s than other recent work, and recorded in Lagos with an earthy approach that's totally great! All the experiments and odd flourishes of recent sets have been stripped away -- and Allen returns... read more

Haunting vocal work from the republic of Georgia -- choral recordings that remind us a lot of the famous Bulgarian voices sides that circulated decades back -- but with a male-based membership that makes for a deeper sound overall! The CD's one of the first in a line of new ethnographic recordings... read more

A seminal bit of funky Afrojazz from the DC scene of the 70s! The album features work by percussionist Okyerema Asante, and also includes sax work by Plunky Nakabinde -- best known as the leader of the group Oneness Of Juju. Plunky's influence can really be felt strongly on the set -- and the... read more

Funky African work from Fred Fisher -- a Nigerian trombonist who crafted his own unique groove at the end of the 70s! Fred both sings and plays trombone -- the latter with a Fred Wesley-like soulfulness -- and his rhythms here are really wide-ranging, and embrace a host of new styles coming into... read more

A great album that Roy Ayers cut after his co-led record with Fela Kuti -- and one with the same sort of hard-driving Afro-Funk grooves that you'd find in Fela's classic recordings! The songs are shorter than Fela's, and with more of Roy's usual smooth jazzy production style -- but the overall... read more

Really lovely work from Susana Baca -- more of an EP than a full-length set, but a record that has more than enough depth in each tune to make up for its brevity! Baca's vocals are wonderful -- even more filled with feeling than the last time we'd heard from her -- and the instrumentation is... read more

Funky breaks and fuzzy guitars -- one of the most amazing albums to come out of the Turkish scene of the 70s -- and one with a sound that really defies categorization! Although the sweet image of a girl and guitar on the cover might make you think the record's a folk set, the overall production is... read more

Psychedelic folk rock from the Turkish scene of the 70s -- a real criss-crossing of styles, carried off with strong emotive effect by protest singer Selda! There's a powerful sound here that's completely without referent, but immediately gripping -- a blend of familiar and strange elements that... read more

Melodic material from Senegal's Daby Balde -- inspired by Dakar's Le Marigot club, where Balde regularly performs -- and a nice set of voice, hypnotic strings and rhythms -- with spirited and soulful lead and female backing vocals. The ringing tone of the guitars sound great to us, as do the... read more

Balkan Beats galore -- a sweet set of remixes handled by Nickodemus, Dub Gabriel, and others -- all in a mode that follows strongly in the spirit and strengths of the originals! As with the core BBB grooves, the rhythms here are pretty contemporary, but the instrumentation carries echoes of older... read more

A wonderful collection of work from Balla Et Ses Balladins -- one of the leading group on the Guinean scene during its "authenticite" years of the 60s and 70s -- presented here in a massive 2CD package of their work for the Syliphone label! The group have a really wide-ranging approach... read more

Richly creative work from Cyro Baptista -- a cool blend of Brazilian roots, jazzy inflections, and other inventive experimentation -- a set we like even better than Baptista's last album with the Banquet Of Spirits group! The music reminds a lot of some of the best sounds to come from the Hermeto... read more

2CDs worth of work from Mbilia Bel -- most of it written by Tabu Ley, who was her husband at the time! The material's mostly in an 80s Afro pop mode, but still pretty great overall -- a nice mix of light melodies and some more rhythmically snapping grooves -- all topped with Mbilia's sweetly... read more

Two early calypso albums on Capitol Records -- both pretty unique! First up are some of the first-ever recordings by Harry Belafonte -- material recorded in 1949, with Pete Rugolo backings that are really amazing -- as jazzy and modern as anything Rugolo did for other singers of the time, with... read more

Middle Eastern rock and psychedelic grooves from the John Berberrian -- who leads his tight group on the oud over highly rhythmic percussion, thumping bass, some clarinet and saxes, and fuzz-toned guitar on this mostly instrumental set -- one that's as groovy as the cover photo! The cultural basis... read more

A strangely beautiful set of African-tinged folksy soul -- with a sound that's pretty darn tough to describe! Birigwa plays guitar and sings -- and he's got a breezy style that sounds a bit like Letta Mbulu on some tracks -- but a bit more folksy on others, given the largely acoustic setting of... read more

A double-length set of work by Black Soul -- one of the clubbier groups of the Afro Funk scene in 70s France -- presented here with a full disc of original work, plus a bonus CD of remixes! Black Soul have a style that takes off from the funky modes of other combos hitting the Parisian scene at... read more

Tight rhythms, anthemic melodies, and postpunk dynamics from South Africa's Blk Jks -- delivering on the earlier EP and positioning themselves as one of most unique groups in the indie scene -- on any continent! The group generally works with rock instrumentation of lead & rhythmic guitars,... read more

One of the hippest groups of the Nigerian scene of the 70s -- presented here in two classic albums, back to back on a single CD! Chapter One is a landmark set of African grooves -- very unusual in both conception and execution -- with a feel that's unlike anything we can think of! There's... read more

One of the most creative albums we've heard from Dee Dee Bridgewater in years -- a set of tracks recorded with a host of Malian artists -- in a unique cross-cultural mode that's unlike anything else Dee Dee has ever recorded! The core style here is still very firmly rooted in Bridgewater's jazz... read more

How this burningly bad set has remained under wraps for so long is beyond us, but thanks to the folks at Honest Jon's, it's been brought to the much needed light of day! An excellent set collecting work from throughout the career of Cedric Im Brooks, spanning a wide assortment of styles, but all... read more

The first album from Chicago Afrobeat Project -- and a set that rivals any of the best Afro Funk out there on other scenes of late! We'll be honest in saying we'd actually missed this one the first time around, but the group's recent fame has led us back to this one -- and it's every bit as great... read more

A magnificent set from the Chicago Afrobeat Project -- the kind of group that makes us plenty proud we live in the Windy City! The record's got a quality that's a bit more ambitious than you might guess -- a complicated style that's still plenty grooving, but which really features some... read more

A short set, but one that's packed with loads of great work from this hip Chicago ensemble -- an Afro Funk group with a style that's a bit different than some of the rest -- not content to simply copy older 70s sounds, and always searching for unusual ways to serve up a groove! The rhythms are... read more

Enigmatic duets between trumpet and kora -- the former played by Volker Goetze, the latter by Ablaye Cissoko -- who also sings a bit on the set as well! The sound is wonderfully spare, and extremely haunting -- and the warmth of the trumpet is a great mix for the airier tones of the kora --... read more

Twin kora lines from Maher and Sousou Cissoko -- both of whom play the instrument on the set, and sing as well -- in a haunting double-kora groove that's totally great! Other instrumentation is relatively spare -- just a bit of bass, guitar, percussion, and brushes -- leaving lots of room for the... read more

Nothing primitif about this jazz, because the music has a really haunting feel -- one that's filled with sophisticated changes and compelling instrumentation -- served up in ways that are unlike anything else we can think of! Side one of the record features the combo of percussionist Rupert... read more

Rootsy rhythms from contemporary Cuba -- a beautiful package of work presented on this new Soul Jazz sub-label! Although recorded recently, the record has a really timeless feel -- no surprise, given the long history of the percussion group -- which stretches back over a century, and incorporates... read more

One of the greatest grooves from the legendary Desco Records years -- a brilliant album of modern Afro Funk done by The Daktaris -- in a groove that's just as hard-hitting as any of Fela's work from the 70s! The album was one of the first to bring back an older African style to current funk -- and... read more

Hypnotic, intimate and meditative material from Addis Abeba's Zertu Demisse -- done on the 10 string Begena -- the jawdroppingly beautiful Ethiopian harp you'll see in the cover photo -- a deeply engrossing sound comes out of it, with a bit of buzz that bleeds from one note to the next, and makes... read more

Messed-up funky jazz from an obscure early 70s UK group -- and an album that really lives up to its trippy cover! The tracks are all long and stretched out -- with lots of organ, sax, and spaced out drums -- and the overall style is a mix of dub-heavy funk, Afro jazz, and a bit of jazz rock... read more

Mellow improvisations from Sunil Dev -- a Nepalese flute player with a very hypnotic sound! The album's a studio session, but the flute lines here have a really echoey quality -- as if they're bouncing around the ridges and valleys in the mountains pictured behind Dev on the cover -- earthy and... read more

A really wild little album -- and exactly what it says in the title: hard rock from the Middle East! The album takes eastern instrumentation on oud, bouzoki, tamboura, and accordion -- and fuses it with some hard grooving bass, guitar, and drums -- all hitting heavy late 60s acid-tinged modes,... read more

Beautiful solo kora music from Mali! Djibril Diabate is a young master of the kora -- a 21-string harp-like instrument -- who made his debut as a member of the traditional Mande trio Lanaya, whose fine debut is also on Terp Records, the label owned by Terrie of the Ex. He achieves a wonderful... read more

The coolest collection of work we've ever seen on Manu Dibango -- a double-length collection that's heavy on gems from the late 60s and 1970s -- plus a few choice bits from later years too! The set's filled with the hard-grooving cuts that made Manu so great back in the day -- some of the most... read more

A beautiful balance of balafon lines, vocals, and acoustic instrumentation -- the second album from Kimi Djabate, and even deeper than the first! Djabate plays balafon with a relatively spare sort of sound -- using the wood vibes-like tones to set up a spare structure for the tunes -- as things... read more

A nice blend of dubby rhythms, rootsy instrumentation, organic and programmed elements from the UK & Brazilian cross-continental roots & reggae combo Dubkasm! Key members live a world away -- Digistep in Brazil and DJ Stryda in Bristol -- but they manage to do a pretty great job of making... read more

A French combo, but one with a very global groove -- a mix of funky styles and Cuban rhythms, served up with a few contemporary touches as well! The sound here is really unique -- sweetly jazzy one minute, and sharper-edged the next -- moving the groove from keyboard-driven funk to more acoustic... read more

There's plenty of Afro Funk combos working today, but these guys are one of the greatest -- a totally hip French ensemble with a really amazing sound! Fanga has a groove that's really a cut above -- a way of pulling together all the best elements of the 70s generation of Afro Funk, and sifting... read more

A great little Fela compilation of some of the Black President's most iconic material! This 2CD set features Fela's classic mid 70s recordings - with some of them edited down to shorter takes than the extended ones that appear on the full LPs, or "part 2" versions, but the track on the... read more

A great little Fela compilation of some of the Black President's most iconic material -- plus a DVD featuring excerpts from documentaries and concerts over the years! This 2CD set features Fela's classic mid 70s recordings - with some of them edited down to shorter takes than the extended ones... read more

Seminal sounds from the earliest years of Afro Funk -- rare 60s material from Fela Kuti, most of it recorded long before he achieved international fame! The styles here are often different than Fela's longer funky work of the 70s -- shorter tunes that revel in a variety of African modes --... read more

A killer from the classic years, and one of Fela's best albums! "No Agreement" is a super great groover -- with a catchy hook that goes on and on, and some very tasty playing by Tony Allen and the group. The track is long, with heavy solos, and vocals that will knock you out! Lester... read more

A classic bit of Afro Funk -- one that paired the growing groove of Fela with the focused sound of Ginger Baker -- the ex-Cream drummer who'd been championing Fela's cause on the UK scene! The sound of the set is great -- well on a par with Fela's best work of the time, and perhaps even a bit... read more

A far reaching set from bass & synth guru Melvin Gibbs' Elevated Entity -- deftly blending Afro & Brazilian beats and rhythms with some cosmic keys, hip hop beats, and vocals that are as diverse as all of the other elements! He generates real heat on these tracks, too, a tight mix of... read more

The Gilfema trio's expanded here by the addition of two horns -- clarinet and bass clarinet, which are both used to shade in the album's tones nicely -- expanding the range of the core guitar, drums, and bass -- with slightly angular elements and a great sense of color! As before, singer/guitarist... read more

A groundbreaking set of work from the team of Jef Gilson and Hal Singer -- a uniquely cross-cultural session recorded in the Paris scene of the 70s, and easily some of the best work ever from both musicians! Singer's probably best remembered on these shores for his older R&B tenor work of the... read more

A second amazing set of guitars from Agadez -- this time around from Group Bombino, who have a slightly warmer sound than Group Inerane -- but one that's equally great as well! The tunes build up sparely from percussion, guitar parts, and vocals from the group -- sung together in a way that almost... read more

One of the wildest albums on the Sublime Frequencies label -- really amazing music by a West Saharan group -- one that features some of the most incredible guitar you'll ever hear! The music is all of recent vintage, recorded especially for this CD project -- and the tunes have some incredibly... read more

Great music from the personal archives of Group Doueh -- tracks all originally recorded on cassette, but cleaned up nicely and presented in one of those great Sublime Frequencies packages! The first half of the set features shorter numbers by the group -- really compelling numbers that feature... read more

Some of the most stripped-down grooves ever to appear on the Soul Jazz label -- a host of recent recordings by Cuban percussion combo Grupo Oba-Ilu -- also known for their work on the label's collection of Santerian music! The feel here is quite similar to that one -- quite folkloric, and almost... read more

Great grooves from Sofi Hellborg -- a European musician, but one with a deep commitment to Afro Funk grooves! The style here is nicely divergent from Sofi's previous set with Tony Allen -- still strongly Afro funky at the roots, but with a bit more emphasis on jazzy passages too -- not only Sofi's... read more

Righteous poetry, backed with Afro Funk grooves -- a really hypnotic blend that's totally great! Ikwunga handles the words, and backings are from a group that includes Dele Sosimi on keyboards, amidst a host of horns, guitar, and percussion! The spoken approach is a nice change from the usual... read more

Beautifully-recorded work from Mohamed Ilyas -- the "Voice Of Zanzibar", and a singer who also accompanies himself on violin! The music here has a very unique sort of feel -- hits of Arabic roots, but taken in a new direction -- one that blends together a range of violins, oud, and... read more

One of the hippest albums Hank Jones ever recorded -- a very unique mixture of jazz and African elements, put together with organist Cheick Tidiane Seck! Jones plays his usual piano, but the strongest elements on the set come from Seck's Hammond work, and instrumentation from other members of The... read more

A great single-artist release that follows on the Chica compilation from Barbes Records -- and like that set, a great look at a really under-discovered scene! The grooves here have a skittishly romping feel in the rhythms, but also feature some great guitar and organ parts too -- a great mix of... read more

The first album by the group that later went on to become Oneness Of Juju! The album was recorded with a group that featured Plunky Nakabinde and Lon Moshe on reeds and percussion -- plus Babatunde on congas and drums -- and the overall sound is very much in kind of an Art Ensemble Of Chicago mode... read more

An incredible double pack of African Funk -- featuring 2 albums' worth of material by the legendary Orlando Julius! Julius was one of Nigeria's biggest soul artists in the 60s -- and has been credited with virtually inventing the Afro Funk sound, and for being the inspiration to some of James... read more

A beautiful package of work from Keletigui Et Ses Tambourinis -- a group who've never been represented this well in the reissue market -- finally getting their due in a well-done 2CD set! The sound of the group's a bit different than some of their contemporaries -- a haunting blend of reeds mixed... read more

Early international recordings made by these two masters of Indian music -- not as "psychedelic" as you might guess from the title, but still pretty darn great! The first half of the CD features 50s sides by Ali Akbar Khan -- oddly narrated with an introduction on each number by Yehudi... read more

An amazing new sound from Kokolo -- one that takes their Afro Funk groove, and turns it on a host of James Brown classics -- all with a result that's completely unique! The album's hardly a copycat of James' original style -- and instead, it reworks his funky favorites with a complicated approach... read more

Afro Funk is alive and well -- thanks to the efforts of Kokolo, one of the best new groups of the genre working today! Kokolo have a sound that completely respects the 70s roots of the Afro Funk sound, yet also play here with a burning style that reminds us a lot of some of the current groups of... read more

The bold voice of a new Afro Funk ensemble -- jamming hard with an intensity that matches recent work by Antibalas or The Daktaris, and which stands proudly in a tradition that runs back to Fela's best work of the 70s! The group's extremely tight, and have a good funky edge -- and they've actually... read more

These guys just never stop grooving -- and although an Afro Funk combo at the core, they've really started growing their sound over the years -- so that this time around, there's a fair bit of deep funk in the mix as well! Fela-styled grooves are inflected with a bit of a JBs sensibility at times -... read more

A brilliantly funky and raw live recording by the Congo's great Konono No 1 -- taped in Vera, Holland on their first European tour in February of 2003, and released on Terp, the label owned by Terrie Ex of the Ex! The brittle, in-the-red likembe patterns fly by in high-velocity cycles, amped-up... read more

A group with a sound like no other -- one that features home-made electronics and amplification, and an array of highly-percussive instrumentation that includes thumb pianos, megaphones, microphones, and old car parts! Konono's been making this music for the past 25 years -- working in the suburbs... read more

The fourth album from Turkish guitar legend Erkin Koray -- a mid 70s session that has him tightening things up a bit more than before, but still sounding pretty darn great! There's a bit less traditional Turkish modes running through the music, and the production is somewhat more professional too -... read more

Beautiful music from Bassekou Kouyate and his Ngoni Ba group -- a quartet of players who all handle different versions of the ngoni, a small four-stringed instrument with really unusual properties! The instrument's played partly like a guitar -- strummed and plucked, but with really gentle sounds -... read more

A great set that goes a long way towards filling in the gaps in the under-recorded earlier years of Malian singer Kandia Kouyate! The package brings together a core five numbers from a 1999 session in Paris, done with excellent accompaniment on kora from Ballake Sissoko -- then adds in a rare... read more

A pretty solid overview of the incalculably vital Fela Kuti -- a 2CD set of great early work from the 60s plus the justly heralded later material recorded with his Africa 70 ensemble -- and a DVD featuring the 1984 documentary Teacher Don't Teach Me No Nonsense! CD1 features work from earlier... read more

Quite possibly the greatest album to date from Femi Kuti -- a searing live set recorded at The Shrine in Lagos -- a performance space erected in memory of his famous father! Femi's really cooking here on his home turf -- grooving with a tight, live Afro Funk groove that's a refreshing back-to-basic... read more

The long-awaited full length set from Seun Kuti -- the Fela family member who's got even more of his father's groove going on than Femi Kuti! Seun's working here with the Egypt 80 band, who are in razor-sharp formation throughout -- hitting rhythms and instrumental passages that show they haven't... read more

The definitive batch of tracks by one of the 70s' most famous funk ensembles ever! The Lafayette Afro Rock Band were a bunch of Americans, relocated in Paris, who mixed that city's strong African music traditions with their own American funk and soul leanings. The result was an incredible sound... read more

One of the biggest world music hits of the 60s -- a unique album that mixes Congolese songs with a new interpretation of the Latin mass! Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin are an ensemble of young singers with a very joyous sort of feel -- one that works equally well for the traditional numbers, and... read more

A global funk gem from Lightning Head, aka Glyn "Bigga" Bush of Rockers Hi Fi -- an artist who takes a surprising, truly funky, and wholly credible left turn into Afrobeat! Lightning Head doesn't forsake the electro grooves of earlier work so much as steep it very heavily in organic... read more

One of the best blends of global funky elements we've ever heard -- a hip little project that draws on dub, funk, Latin, Ethio-jazz, and more -- all handled beautifully by a west coast collective of players from Orgone, Breakestra, Sound Directions, and Connie Price & The Keystones! Imagine a... read more

Commercial but never cloying -- a great return to form for Los Amigos Invisibles, a group who always make us forget the barriers of language with their warmly seductive grooves! The production here is nice and warm -- helped out with contributions from DJ Afro on a few tracks, and done in styles... read more

Killer salsa work from Peru -- rare albums from Mag Records by Los Kintos & Sonora Nelson Ferreyra -- on a single CD! We haven't seen a heck of lot of compilations of material from the Peruvian salsa scene of the 60s & 70s, and this set has tightly grooving material -- loads of wonderful... read more

Plenty of drum magic here -- a highly rhythmic outing that's built from the talents of a battery of great percussionists, working without any other instrumentation at all! There's a romping, funky sensibility to the music on most numbers -- drums and percussion handling not just the grooves, but... read more

A killer blend of Latin and African rhythms -- topped by Kante Manfila's amazing work on guitar, which is produced with a range of weird and wonderful sounds! There's a quality to this music that's beyond easy description -- a 60s blend of African roots and outside influences -- most strongly an... read more

A revolutionary record from the great Thomas Mapfumo -- his second album, recorded with his group Blacks Unlimited -- and a record that really masters the sound he was working in at the time -- mixing his electric guitar take on the native plucked mbira sound with more soul, funk and all around... read more

Massively wonderful work from the mighty Hugh Masekela -- easily one of his hippest, most soulful sessions ever! This double-length gem really has Hugh letting go -- moving way beyond the pop modes of the late 60s, into a long-flowing, open-rolling groove that's played by a spare quintet lineup... read more

Not the usual Hugh Masekela collection you might expect -- as the set focuses strongly on Hugh's fresh new groove in the 70s, and get past any of his more familiar modes from years before! The package is overflowing with work from the Chisa and Casablanca labels -- most of it opening up in a whole... read more

A decade's worth of groundbreaking funk and African rhythms -- all of it recorded by Hugh Masekela for his legendary Chisa label! Back in the 60s, Hugh cracked the American charts with a playful version of South African jazz -- but he was also an even hipper cat than you'd guess from his hits, and... read more

Swirling Afro soul from Matana -- with lots of African rhythms and heavy percussion laced with some trippy elements from the psychedelic scenes in the US and UK! Matana arrived in London, via their native Kenya in the early 70s -- and rather seamlessly blended elements of soul, and on this record,... read more

A bit late to be classic calypso, but a really stunning example of the style -- recorded by Mighty Sparrow for Warner with some very hip production by Van Dyke Parks! The record's not only one of the best-produced that Sparrow also cut, it's also a great illustration of the different styles that... read more

An incredible anthology of some of the best ever material from 60s & 70s exotica jazz genius Lloyd Miller -- a Lifetime In Oriental Jazz from the well travelled American jazzman -- put together by unrivaled rare groove diggers at Jazzman! Lloyd Miller is a multi instrumentalist and an ethno-mus... read more

Extremely compelling work from the Turkish scene of the early 70s -- music that fuses rock and folk roots, and which makes heavy use of the Turkish baglama -- an instrument with strong sitar-like qualities! Most of the tunes here are instrumentals that lay the baglama solos out over heavier... read more

Turkish folk meets fuzzier rock -- in a unique cross-crossing of styles that comes off beautifully! From the cover and the start of the record, you might think it's just a bunch of traditional numbers -- but as the set moves on, things get a bit weirder -- and some unexpected psychedelic... read more

A sublime blend of spiritual jazz and African rhythms -- and one of the few 70s recordings made by Mombasa, a European group put together by LA trombonist Lou Blackburn! The record's got a much more righteous sound than any of Blackburn's work of the 60s -- a boldness and sense of pride that comes... read more

The second album from Mombasa -- and possibly even better than the first! The group have really come into their own by the time of this date -- mixing together jazz and African roots with a sound that's unlike anyone else we can think of -- quite unique in its approach to rhythms, sounds, and... read more

The sound here is spacious, but it's got a lot more going on than your average ambient album -- a nice blend of jazz and contemporary grooves, all produced with a nice sense of depth! There's some vocals on the record, but the main appeal is really the instrumentation -- trumpet lines, laidback... read more