French electronic duo KaS Product were proper enigmas. Their first decade of activity, from 1980 to 1990, was marked by carving out their own niche within...
If you don't know this album you are in for a surprise. Heavyweight funky jazz. Deep, deep break heavy - in the style of Herbie Hancock's "Fat Albert Rotunda"....
Heavyweight latin funk and soul from Mongo Santamaria. All star line-up includes Bernard Purdie, Julito Collazo, Sonny Fortune, Hadley Caliman and arranger...
Like all great competitive warriors, Action Bronson uses every perceived slight as fuel to be even better. The rare rapper to marry critical acclaim with...
Alhaji Waziri Oshomah begins his sermon before a dancing crowd. His lyrics warn about the vice of jealousy but the congregation is here to get down. We’re...
Wicked set of boom-bap instrumentals evoking the golden era of early 90s hip-hop from the East Coast, but with some left-of-centre, SP1200 production wizardry...
A buoyant 8-piece outfit hailing from Ghana - Saltpond City Band blend soulful highlife and percussive funk in their album 'Boko A Ko'. The Saltpond City...
Acid Jazz continue their release ptogram of gems from the enigmatic ‘Albarika Store’ label, a goldmine in Afro cuts from Benin, West Africa. The latest...
Strut revives a lost recording from the archives in January with a 2002 collaboration between acclaimed South African folk singer Vusi Mahlasela, singer...