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Housed up Ethiopian funk! Originally released in 1984 as part of their Sons Of Ethiopia album, Admas Kalatashew Waga brings a little boogie heat where you would least expect it. The record itself is a pretty hard to find piece of wax, but you ve probably heard this as sampled by Beautiful Swimmers on their…
Names You Can Trust with yet another funky nugget!, Alex Mendoza y sus Poetas Del Ritmo is a newly formed ensemble led by Max Weissenfeldt of Poets of Rhythm Whitefield Brothers fame along with Peruvian guitarist Alex Mendoza. Together they lay down some seriously eclectic grooves on wax that combine psychedelic guitar with late 60…
Eddie Palmieri is one of those upper echelon musicians who sometimes seems to tire of typical musical formats and just go off on his own personal tangent. This makes for some intense and idiosyncratic soundscapes that can be utterly indecipherable to anyone not paying close attention. Thankfully, on this 1971 salsa classic, he basically sits…
Late 60s live recording of Fela Kuti and His Africa 70s. Fela Fela Fela was originally recorded in 1969 when Fela Kuti was living in Hollywood. The band performed six nights at the Citadel de Haiti on Sunset Boulevard and these songs were recorded there. Originally released in 1970 in Nigeria, the cuts featured here…
Gabriel Reyes-Whittaker is best known for the techno he makes as Gifted & Blessed. As Frankie Reyes, the Angeleno of Puerto Rican descent puts his classical training to work, covering traditional boleros and valses. The material is rooted in Cuban and Peruvian musical forms, but takes on a otherworldly character when played through Reyes s…
Joe Bataan is the truth. He may not be the most original member of the Fania squad, but he s got an intangible quality that makes everybody feel him. Something about his voice- maybe it s cause he was a grimy dude back in the day, running with gangs in Spanish Harlem. At some point,…
Hawaiian Soul holy grail reissued! Mike Lundy s lone 1980 album, The Rhythm Of Life is one of those albums that should have been much larger than it was and as the story usually too often goes, it just didn t. The modern soul recording seems oddly out of place coming from Hawaii, but Lundy…
Miles Davis electric period precursor. Lesser hailed as one of Davis greater moments ala Bitches Brew, Filles De Kilimanjaro is just as significant a recording as it marked the turning point for Davis and his second great quintet. The all star line up of Davis along with Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Ron Carter,…
Ocote Soul Sounds bringin dat heat! For those that don t know, Ocote Soul Sounds is an alias for Antibalas founder Martin Perna and Adrian Quesada from the Grammy-winning group Grupo Fantasma. You might say these dudes knows a thing or two about Latin funk, and if there was any doubt in your mind, check the sounds of A Pesar La…
Omar Souleyman dishes out nothing but love! It has been two years since his last album, Wenu Wenu, and quite possibly the best Syrian export is back at it again. Once again teaming up with Four Tet on production duties the mysterious singer delves deeper into western production with a slew of guests also helping…
It seems Will Quantic Holland can do pretty much any musical style he puts his mind to, and do it incredibly well. After exploring the sounds of the globe – from cumbia & bossanova, to african music, downtempo and electronica – Quantic returns as The Western Transient to pay homage to the studio jazz ensemble. A New…
Debut 45 from Romperayo, courtesy of Names You Can Trust. Romperayo is the new band formed by drummer Pedro Ojeda (of Los Piranas, Frente Cumbiero, and Ondatropica) that has come out of Bogota s burgeoning live music scene. For their very first vinyl release, the band explores the rich and diverse musical tradition of their…
Originally released under the name Samba Esporte Fino, Carolina is Seu Jorge s debut full-length. The vibrant, contemporary combination of samba and funk, backed by guitar, bass, drums, percussion, and horns, is central to the 2002 album, and there are plenty traces of 70s artists like Jorge Ben and Gilberto Gil on the expressive 12-tracker….
Third studio album from the South Bronx s Willie Colon. Cosa Nuestra was originally released in 1969 and was Colon s first great masterpiece along with recording director Johnny Pacheco. The playing is precise and intricate while the arrangements are inventive. And peep that cover, depicting Willie as a pinstriped gangster in front of the…
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