On Wax / Antibalas: Where The Gods Are In Peace on Daptone Records
12 piece Brooklyn madness from one of the best modern ‘classic’ Afrobeat bands around. Out on Daptone Records September 15,
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45 / Claude and Hank Carbo: Fox In A Mini Skirt b/w Bad Luck
Barcelona’s Rocafort Records unleash another stomping 45 following DJ Format and Abdominal’s We’re Back, this time a sixties soul monster
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Groovement Premiere / Funky Chimes: Belgian Grooves From The 70s – Leslie Kent’s Inner City Blues
A brand new compilation of Belgian 70s funk is dropping on 2 June on SDBAN Records (also home to the
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Groovement Interview / AGBEKO: Manc Afro psych-funk
AGBEKO’s manic, 11-person live shows are fuelled by seventies African jazz and funk. Since forming in 2015, they’ve blown up
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On Wax: El Michels Affair / Return To The 37th Chamber
Another triumph for the Big Crown label following killer LPs from Lee Fields, Lady Wray and Bacao Rhythm and Steel
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The Exacters prep for Craig Charles Funk and Soul Club
Manchester funk outfit The Exacters have been announced as the live element of May’s Funk and Soul Club at the
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Ahmed Malek x Flako: The Electronic Tapes on Habibi Funk
The Habibi Funk Records label digs Arabic funk and jazz from the 1970s and 1980s, and recently made Okayplayer and
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Synthesize the Soul: Astro-Atlantic Hypnotica from the Cape Verde Islands 1973-1988
There’s been a surge of releases from this period of Cape Verde’s history recently, most notably from Analog Africa and
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New on 45: Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids – Tinoge Ya Ta’a Ba
The tenth 45 from German label Philophon arrives in the form of a two-part spiritual stomper from the legendary Idris
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