Following the joyous reaction to Finn Rees’ first single ’Looking Up’ from his forthcoming debut album Dawn Is A Melody, we proudly present single number two, ‘Expansion’.

Stream / download the single now:
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On Colours & Light, released by certified groove merchants Mr. Bongo, UK bassist Paul Osborne welcomes listeners into the soundtracks of his dreams.

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Expect acid folk, tropicalia, yé-yé, & Caribou when they were still a psych-pop band with two drum kits

On Friday 17th May we open our doors for a very special in-store party in collaboration with É Soul Cultura at The Mr Bongo shop during The Great Escape festival. Free entry - 1pm-8pm

Excited to announce that we’ll be playing Wilderness on August 2nd! Save the date!

Record Store Day vibes on today’s show BBC Radio 6 Music including Illmatic 30 Block Party from our man Bobby | DJ BobaFatt & DJ Koco’s funk & breaks mix presented by MR BONGO

Here’s last weeks tracks for you too -
Thanks to Ol' Burger Beats for the Block Party plus Bryony Jarman-Pinto

The legendary DJ KOCO will be playing live in-store for Record Store Day UK at Rough Trade East tomorrow from 11am. This is not one to miss! Free entry.

Off the back of it's first play on our New Music Friday last week, My Track of the week on Afternoons on Jazz FM is from Finn Rees - 'Gem' of a new cut and such an honour to share it with you all this week around 4.45. Looking forward to the new album 'Dawn is a Melody' May 31st.

We’ve been inundated with requests to reissue this one. Ana Frango Elétrico's petit cult-classic 'Little Electric Chicken Heart' from 2019. Previously released on vinyl / CD only in Brazil and Japan, it has fast become a collector's item.

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Congratulations to Bala Desejo for winning the Best Newcomer category in the Songlines Music Awards 2024 for the album SIM SIM SIM on
MR BONGO

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“A fusion of Shabazz Palaces, Sun Ra and wonky space funk, the results are addictive” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Transmission Towers 'Transmission One' (É Soul Cultura) reviewed in the new issue of MOJO Magazine by Andy Cowan

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Tomorrow Project Gemini alongside Tony Coote, Jack Sharp and Bert Page will be live on Robert Elms show on BBC Radio London performing an acoustic track from ‘Colours & Light’ shortly after 1pm.

Next up in Mr Bongo's Groove Merchant Records reissue series, sees an outing for a much-loved and heavily sampled funk/soul/blues album by Junior Parker.

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The double dose of Juan Pablo Torres greatness continues, as this prized outing from 1978, Algo Nuevo, gets a welcome reissue for Mr Bongo Cuban Classics series.

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Continuing Mr Bongo’s Cuban Classics series with Juan Pablo Torres' iconic Super Son. A wonderful journey combining tripped-out rumbas, psych-Afro-Latin funk and quirky orchestrated tracks.

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OUT TODAY: Project Gemini - Colours & Light

'Kaleidoscopic psych-funk opus” Uncut Magazine

Project Gemini's much anticipated second album has finally landed. Order now:
bfan.link/colours-light

Announcing the debut album from London's New Regency Orchestra. An 18-piece Afro-Cuban big band, inspired by the musical melting pot of NYC in the 1950s, but with the punch and power of a whole host of London’s best Latin and jazz musicians.

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It is out now on the newest MR BONGO zine, a special feature about our label. Available for free with any order made via Mr Bongo website. The new reissue of OPEN AIR PARADE will be in stock by next week.

Transmission Towers are operational, broadcasts have been received across the globe. Transmission One is inbound and ‘Sparse’ is the second oscillation from their highly anticipated debut album, on Luke Una’s E Soul Cultura label.

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Mr Bongo proudly presents the debut album from Tasmania/Lutruwita-born, Melbourne/Naarm-based, Finn Rees. Gliding across a swirling palette of saturated hues, Dawn Is A Melody feels vintage yet vibrant, new but familiar at the same time.

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The next reissue in Mr Bongo’s Cuban Classics series - Raúl Gómez’s entrancing 1977 Instrumental album. Presenting a unique blend of orchestral disco and jazz-funk, with Afro-Cuban flavours and soundtrack influences.

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