Mr Bongo Records & Films :: News September 08
Current mood: strong
Category: Music

Mr Bongo Records

v/a – Best Of Mr Bongo / 2xCD / October 08
An album to celebrate 20 years of Mr Bongo. Contains classic tracks from the Mr Bongo and Disorient catalogues

v/a – Tudo Ben / CD + LP / Early 2009
Jorge Ben covers album featuring 25 tracks – more news soon.

v/a – Mr Bongo DJ Series: Greymatter / Out Now / Digital Download
A new series of digital compilations compiled and mixed by members of the Mr Bongo Soundsystem exploring the Mr Bongo and Disorient vaults. The first is by SamuraiFM and Bongo Soundsystem front man Greymatter, this will be followed by installments from Kev Luckhurst, Kelvin K and Lady Jane with more TBC

Seun Kuti & Fela's Egypt 80 - Seun Kuti & Fela's Egypt 80 / CD + 12" + LP / Out now (USA only on Disorient)
Son of Fela Kuti, Seun is one of the most exciting live performers on the planet at the moment. We are very proud to be releasing this album to coincide with his tour of the USA and Canada. Full details on the Bongo site.

Prince Fatty – Gin & Juice b/w Shimmy Shimmy Ya / Limited 10" Vinyl / 2008 TBC
Look out for Prince Fatty's killer classic hip hop cover versions on limited 10"

Terry Callier – Hidden Conversations / CD / Spring 2009
The long awaited next studio album featuring tracks with Massive Attack will be out this year. More news to follow.



Mr Bongo Films

The Hour-Glass Sanatorium by Wojciech Has / DVD / November
Has's incredible adaptation of Bruno Schulz's story collection 'Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass' (Sanatorium Pod Klepsydrà in Polish). The film won the Jury Prize at Cannes in 1973.

Under The Volcano by John Huston / DVD / In stock now
An adaptation of the 1947 novel by English writer Malcolm Lowry. The film tells a story of Geoffrey Firmin, an alcoholic and self destructive British consul in the small Mexican town of Quauhnahuac on the Day of the Dead in 1938.

Memories Of Underdevelopment by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea / DVD / In stock now
A seminal 1968 Cuban film, based on a novel by Edmundo Desnoes. This is Alea's fifth film, and probably his most famous worldwide that gathered several awards at international film festivals. Showing at The Barbican, London next week. Look out for more Cuban titles next year

Black God White Devil by Glauber Rocha / DVD / In stock now
A Brazilian film from 1964, considered to be Rocha's masterpiece. The film that caused a big stir at Cannes in 1964 and was recently shown at RichMix in Shoreditch, London



Other news

Mr Bongo on Giant Step Radio
Lady Jane and Kev Luckhurst will be launching the new monthly Mr Bongo show on Giant Step Radio very soon. Watch this space.

New Mr Bongo site
Much needed, yes, we agree. This will be launching on 29th September, with new features and sections.

Terry Callier t-shirts
In stock now at

Mr Bongo on Samurai FM
Every month on SamuraiFM hosted by Kev Luckhurst this month.

Mr Bongo blog
Stay right up to date with all the Bongo news (no matter how small) by visiting



Gigs & live dates

*** Plan B residency cancelled ***
Due to double booking on the venues part. A real shame, we were really looking forward to this one. Apologies.

Lekan Babalola @ Momo's, Heddon St., London / 9.9.08
A rare London performance from master percussionist Lekan. Check the album 'Songs Of Icon' on Mr Bongo

Mr Bongo @ The Big Chill Bar, Brick Lane / 12.9.08
This month Lady Jane is away but Russel Porter (Quantic Soul Orchestra/Limp Twins/The Porter Report) and Tom Simpson (Zebra Traffic/Five Missions More) will be filling in

Greymatter @ Jazz&Milk Breaks, Munich, Germany / 6.9.08
Greymatter joins Dusty and Die2elastischen3 at Zerwirk Club in Munich. More info from WWW.ZRWRK.DE and WWW.JAZZANDMILK.COM

Brazilian Beat 'n' Pieces @ The Market Place, Oxford St., London / 27.9.08
The launch of Kev Luckhurst's new residency (formerly at Barrio North, Islington) with special guest and older brother Greymatter

Basement Soul vs Beer & Rap @ Audio, Brighton / 19.9.08
Another classic battle between Greymatter's Basement Soul collective and Brighton's infamous Beer & Rap boys, this time at a bigger venue with a much better sound system

Seun Kuti & Fela's Egypt 80 @ Cargo / 5/6.10.08
Seun Kuti is Fela Anikulapo Kuti's last son. Seun's father, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, was Nigeria's most beloved popular musician and most acerbic social critic until his death in 1997. Having packed out The Barbican Seun Kuti will now perform in a more intimate setting, where you can move your feet to the sounds of the true heir to Fela Kuti's throne.



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Brand new website
Current mood: awake

Long overdue, yes we know.  The new site will be going live at the end of September, so please visit www.mrbongo.com and have a look

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Terry Callier - Welcome Home out now on vinyl LP

Available from Mr Bongo Online Store

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Prince Fatty UK gig @ Sofrito this Saturday, 2nd August

NEWS JUST IN... Prince Fatty and Horseman will be performing at Sofrito at Empowering Church, Richmond Road, London E8 this Saturday night, 2nd August.

This is a very rare outing for Fatty so make sure you check him and his MC Horseman out.

Sofrito brings together amazing musicians and DJ's from England, Cuba, Venezuela, Ghana, Jamaica and Brazil with some very special guests to help celebrate the summer in a Tropical style! Heavy Latin, Afrobeat, Samba, Mambo, Cumbia, Highlife, Calypso, Soul, Funk, Reggae, Compas and Descarga in an amazing venue with a bespoke sound system.

Tickets are available on the door or at a reduced rate for Sofrito members through the website - sign up at www.sofrito.co.uk

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Mr Bongo News :: July 08
Current mood: excited
Category: Music

RECORDS

Terry Callier – Welcome Home / CD out Now, LP out in August
The brand new live album from Terry recorded at The Jazz Café in London in March 2008. Features tracks new and old.

v/a – I Like It Like That (Fania Remixed) / CD + 12" + 7" + 2xLP out Now
A collection of classic originals from the Fania label and their first ever remixes. It contains the sought after and sold-out 12" singles, featuring remixes by 4Hero, Sinden, Andy Smith, Gilles Peterson, DJ Format, Louie Vega, Bugz in the Attic and more

Seun Kuti & Fela's Egypt 80 - Seun Kuti & Fela's Egypt 80 / CD + 12" + LP / Out now (USA only on Disorient)
Son of Fela Kuti, Seun is one of the most exciting live performers on the planet at the moment. We are very proud to be releasing this album to coincide with his tour of the USA and Canada. Full details on the Bongo site.

v/a – Mr Bongo DJ Series: Greymatter / 21st July / Digital Download
A new series of digital compilations compiled and mixed by members of the Mr Bongo Soundsystem exploring the Mr Bongo and Disorient vaults. The first is by SamuraiFM and Bongo Soundsystem front man Greymatter, this will be followed by installments from Kev Luckhurst and Lady Jane with more TBC

v/a – Tudo Ben / CD + LP / September 08
Jorge Ben covers album featuring 25 tracks – more news soon.

Prince Fatty – Gin & Juice b/w Shimmy Shimmy Ya / 10" Vinyl / Sept 08
Look out for Prince Fatty's killer classic hip hop cover versions, set to drop in time for the summer on limited 10"

Terry Callier – Hidden Conversations / CD / Autumn 08 TBC
The long awaited next studio album featuring tracks with Massive Attack will be out this year. More news to follow.

v/a – Best Of Mr Bongo / 2xCD / Winter 08 TBC
An album to celebrate 20 years of Mr Bongo. Contains classic tracks from the Mr Bongo and Disorient catalogues



FILMS

We are stepping up our film releases, lots of titles planned for release this year and next. Infact our film output is likely to match our music output soon – a new direction and an exciting one.

The Hour-Glass Sanatorium by Wojciech Has / DVD / November
Has's incredible adaptation of Bruno Schulz's story collection 'Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass' (Sanatorium Pod Klepsydrà in Polish). The film won the Jury Prize at Cannes in 1973.

Under The Volcano by John Huston / DVD / September
An adaptation of the 1947 novel by English writer Malcolm Lowry. The film tells a story of Geoffrey Firmin, an alcoholic and self destructive British consul in the small Mexican town of Quauhnahuac on the Day of the Dead in 1938.

Memories Of Underdevelopment by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea / DVD / October
A seminal 1968 Cuban film, based on a novel by Edmundo Desnoes. This is Alea's fifth film, and probably his most famous worldwide that gathered several awards at international film festivals. Showing at The Barbican, London next week. Look out for more Cuban titles next year

Black God White Devil by Glauber Rocha / DVD / October
A Brazilian film from 1964, considered to be Rocha's masterpiece. The film that caused a big stir at Cannes in 1964 and was recently shown at RichMix in Shoreditch, London



OTHER NEWS

New Mr Bongo site
Much needed, yes, we agree. This will be up and running in a month or so, with new features and sections.

Mr Bongo on Samurai FM
Every month on SamuraiFM hosted by Greymatter and Kev Luckhurst

Mr Bongo blog
Stay right up to date with all the Bongo news (no matter how small) by visiting

New Street Angels Charity website
Brand new site for the charity that we represent in the UK, please have a read and get involved if you can,

Mr Bongo on YouTube
Have a look here:



GIGS & LIVE DATES

I Like It Like That album Launch party / Friday 25th July @ The Big Chill House, Kings Cross, London
This event will feature DJ Format, Andy Smith and the Mr Bongo Soundsystem from 9pm

Greymatter @ Brighton Beachdown Festival Warm-Up, OhSo, Brighton
At OhSo on the sea front in Brighton (near Brighton Pier) with Greymatter playing all things Brazilian + live music all day courtesy of Bah Samba and friends.

Mr Bongo Soundsystem @ Brighton Beachdown Festival
Brighton's newest and finest festival, 22nd-25th August in an amazing setting overlooking the downs and beach.

Mr Bongo Soundsystem @ Plan B, Brixton, London
One of our two new residencies, launch party 12th September

Brazilian Beat 'n' Pieces @ The Market Place, Oxford St., London
Kev Luckhurst's new residency, launch party on the 27th September at The Market Place on Oxford Street, London

Mr Bongo in Ibiza! 24th July
The first of our summer residency dates. Greymatter will be playing at the Los Fabulosos night, which has received a lot of press attention for being one of the few nights on the island to Latin, Brazilian and 'world' music. More dates in August and September TBC



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New Mr Bongo blog site

... is live now... Mr Bongo Official Blog

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Mr Bongo Artist Tour Dates 2008
Current mood: excited

AWADI / AFRICAN SOUL REBELS TOUR 2008


15.2.08 - Brighton, Brighton Dome Concert Hall / 01273 709709 /
www.brightondome.org

16.2.08 - Bristol, Colston Hall / 0117 922 3686 / colstonhall.org

17.2.08 - Warwick Arts Centre / 024 7652 4524 / warwickartscentre.co.uk

18.2.08 - London Barbican / 020 7638 8891 / www.barbican.org.uk

21.2.08 - Poole Lighthouse / 08700 668701 / www.lighthousepoole.co.uk

22.2.08 - Basingstoke The Anvil / 01256 844244 / www.anvilarts.org.uk

23.2.08 - Leicester De Montfort Hall / 0116 233 3111 /
www.demontforthall.co.uk

24.2.08 - Liverpool Philharmonic Hall / 0151 709 3789 / liverpoolphil.com

25.2.08 - Manchester Bridgewater Hall / 0161 907 9000 /
www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk

26.2.08 - Gateshead The Sage Gateshead / 0191 443 4661 /
thesagegateshead.org

 

 

TERRY CALLIER

7/3/08 - Norway, Oslo @ Cosmopolite

8/3/08 - Sweden, Goteborg @ Nefertiti

11/3/08 - UK, London @ Albert Hall: One voice for Freedom

12/3/08 - Sweden, Stockholm @ Fasching

14/3/08 - UK, Jazz Café London

15/3/08 - Estonia, Tallinn Jazz Festival

18/3/08 - Germany, Hamburg @ Fabrik

19/3/08 - Denmark, Copenhagen @ Jazz house

20/3/08 - UK, London @ Jazz Café

21/3/08 - Austria, Salzburg @ Jazzit

22/3/08 - Austria, Vienna @ Porgy & Bess

 

 

GET CAPE WEAR CAPE FLY  (featured on the bottletop brazil album)

12.2.08 - Komedia, Brighton

13.2.08 - Junction, Cambridge

14.2.08 - Waterfront, Norwich

15.2.08 - Koko, London

17.2.08 - Moshulu, Aberdeen

18.2.08 - Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh

20.2.08 - Cockpit, Leeds

21.2.08 - Academy 2, Liverpool

22.2.08 - Academy, Oxford

23.2.08 - Kasbah, Coventry

24.2.08 - Phoenix, Exeter

 

 

BABYLON CIRCUS US TOUR

4/17 ­ Detroit, AANM

4/18 - TBC

4/19 ­ Milwaukee, Alverno Presents

4/20 ­ Minneapolis, The Cedar

4/22 ­ Philadelphia, World Café

4/23 ­ New York, TBA

4/24 + 25 ­ Lafayette, Louisiana International Festival

4/26 ­ TBA

4/28 ­ Mexico dates TBC

 

 

JOYCE & MARCOS VALLE

24-25.5.08 - Barbican, London / www.barbican.org.uk

 

 

BASEMENT SOUL

Greymatter's monthly DJ session at The Jazz Place, 10 Ship St., Brighton


25.1.08 - Basement Soul vs Beer & Rap

22.2.08 - 2nd Birthday with Domu [Co-op/Treble O]

28.3.08 - Kelvin Brown [Eyes Down / Electric Chair]

25.4.08 - Benji B [BBC Radio 1Xtra / Deviation]

23.5.08 - Ceramic (Magic) and Souled [Broadcite]

More info at www.uniqueuncut.co.uk

 

 

LADY JANE BONGO @ THE BIG CHILL BAR

Bimonthly DJ sessions at the Big Chill Bar on Brick Lane, Shorditch, London.
More info here

14.3.08 - Lady Jane @ Big Chill, Bar

 

 

BRAZILIAN BEATS N PIECES @ BARRIO NORTH

Kev Luckhurst's [formerly Phat Kev] monthly DJ session at Barrio North on
Essex Road in Islington. More info at www.barrionorth.com

09.2.08 - with Lady Jane Bongo
08.3.08 - guest TBC
12.4.08 - guest TBC

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New releases

Nu:Tone and Bungle remix 12" taken from the forthcoming Sound Affects : Brazil CD, Prince Fatty album, Jose Conde album, Afroreggae album and Brazilian Beats 'n' Pieves by Kev Luckhurst

Look out for the forthcoming I Am Cuba 2xDVD boxset, featuring a making of documentary and an interview with Martin Scorcese and more. We are releasing another lost classic film later this year in the form of The Saragossa Manuscript

Music wise we have an album from the hotly tipped Flowriders plus the Russelology EP on vinyl featuring exclusive mixes. Wildstyle 25th Anniversary edition CD and the Wildsytle Lesson EP featuring a cutup of the most sampled tracks by Kev Luckhurst is set to drop in September. And finally one for the collectors... Lula Cortez and Ze Ramalho - Paebiru, the all time and super rare classic Brazilian-psyche LP on double vinyl and CD.

Visit www.mrbongo.com for more info

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New releases 2007

Look out for the following albums, coming this summer, please visit www.mrbongo.com for full details:


The Mitchell and Dewbury Band - Beyond The Rains

Afroreggae - Favela Uprising

Prince Fatty - Survival Of The Fattest

Jose Conde - (R)Evolucion

Various artists - Brazilian Beats 'n' Pieces by DMC DJ Phat Kev.

Various artists - Sound Affects : Brazil


OUT NOW Incredible Bongo Band LP and ltd 12" sampler (Apache loud press and Grandmaster Flash mix), Lekan Babalola's Songs Of Icon, Sound Affects Africa compilation and Brazilian Beats Brooklyn.

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MR BONGO DJs

The Mr Bongo DJs specialise in taking the sounds championed and released by Mr Bongo to dancefloors and events around the world. Recent events have seen them host their own room at the MTV European Dance Music Awards in Lisbon (2005) and 2006 sees them play multiple gigs in Brazil along with club and outdoor sets in Berlin for events surrounding the World Cup finals and the dance tent at WOMAD.

Musical styles include samba, disco, deep funk, latin, batucada, dance jazz, Brazilian soul, funk and hip hop, funk carioca and other modern electronic styles. The collective comprises the following DJs:

Mr Bongo
Ben Mitchell (Sao Benitez / Mr Hermano)
Russ Dewbury (Brighton Jazz Rooms)
Graham Luckhurst (Greymatter / Other Brothers / Hereldeduke)
Phat Kev (2 x UK DMC Finalist / Other Brothers)
Lady Jane

Please contact us via info@mrbongo.com or call the office on 44 (0) 1273 600546 for booking and general information

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