..Mr Bongo Films & Records :: News October..
Films

Goddess by Satyajit Ray / DVD / OUT NOW
In Goddess (originally titled 'Devi'), Doyamoyee is left alone with her husband’s ageing father-in-law, a devoted follower of the goddess Kali. One evening, the aging widower she cares for has a dream that she is an avatar of Kali, and must be worshipped. Word spreads, and others come to believe that she is an incarnation of the deity. Hearing this alarming news, her husband, Umprasad, returns only to find Doyamoyee herself beginning to believe that she is an avatar; a belief which soon turns to tragedy.

Two Daughters by Satyajit Ray / DVD / OUT NOW
Two Daughters (Teen Kanya) tells two tales. The first is about Nanda, a young man who leaves Calcutta to work as a postmaster in an isolated, malaria-infested village. His only solace in the village is in teaching his host, Ratan, how to read and write. The second story is about a student, Amulya, who returns to his village after finishing his exams. His widowed mother is very anxious for him to marry, and has already picked out a girl. Yet he rejects his mother's choice and, being forced to choose some girl, marries a lively tomboy who is not ready to give up her freedom.

Earth by Alexander Dovzhenko will be following shortly on Mr Bongo Films.  Full info on these titles available and more please visit <http://films.mrbongo.com>


Records

20th Century Steel Band – Warm Heart Cold Steel / CD + 12” / OUT NOW
The 20th Century Steel Band has its humble beginnings as a working band on the Baileys Circuit, however 1975 saw the band record and release their debut album ‘Warm Heart, Cold Steel’. This would prove to be a landmark album, featuring the track ‘Heaven & Hell is on Earth’ which would go on to be an infamous addition to the world of sampling - artists such as Salt-N-Pepa, Xzibit, Anonymous (ft Eminem), the Black Eyed Peas on their debut album ‘Behind the Front’, The Jungle Brothers and LL Cool J (Featuring in the film ‘Take the Lead’, starring Antonio Banderas) have all sampled it. Perhaps the most famous of all tracks to sample ‘Heaven & Hell is on Earth’ is ‘Jenny from the Block’ by Jennifer Lopez (This is me …Then).

Various Artists - Latin Beats Boxset / 8CD Boxset + MP3 / OUT NOW
Previously only available as separate albums, this fantastic special-edition boxset contains over 120 tracks from the old-style mambo, boogaloo, the sounds of Fania to Latin funk and Jazz, as well as contemporary remixes from the likes of Gilles Peterson, Masters at Work, Quantic and Bonde de Role…

Full info on these titles and more please visit <http://records.mrbongo.com>


Sao Benitez composes the music for the new Bacardi advert

We are thrilled to annouce that we were commissioned by Rainer Kelly to compose a bespoke piece for the brand-new worldwide Bacardi ‘Island City’ campaign. A fter many hours in the Mr Bongo/Can Can studio with a variety of wonderful artists from South America and beyond (and a little rum), the end-result is a wonderful party track in its own right. Written by Mr Bongo’s own legendary producer ‘Sao Benitez’ the track features special guests including Incognito’s horn section and the untapped talent of singer/beatboxer Sammy Sarfas.

The track will be available to purchase very soon, in the mean time you can check the full advert at <http://reels.sohosoho.tv/xhtml=A8XM2C43>


Incredible Bongo Band remix competition

Is fully up and running now. Full details at http://records.mrbongo.com/ibb-remix/ - you have until 30th November submit your mix.


Prince Fatty opens his studio in Brighton, UK

Prince Fatty aka Mike Pellanconi has been renowned as one of the best recording/mix engineers and producers in the business for a long time – you only have to listen to one of his Prince Fatty productions to understand why.  The studio is now open for live recording, mixing and mastering, if you are interested please contact us.


Gigs & Live Dates

Terry Callier
25/10/09 Queen Elizabeth Hall London UK

20th Century Steel Band
29/10/09 The Jazz Café, Camden, London
Info + buy tickets:  http://www.jazzcafelive.com/newsandevents/templates/bookings.aspx?articleid=753&zoneid=3

Márcio Local Live @ Guanabara
Wednesday 11th November 2009
E-flyer + buy tickets: http://www.jungledrumsonline.com/emails/local/

JungleDrums 7th Anniversary Party with Céu @ ULU
Friday 6th November 2009
E-flyer + buy tickets: http://www.jungledrumsonline.com/emails/ceu/

Low Pass Launch Party
Saturday 7th November @ Life, Old St., London
Greymatter and Domu’s new night with special guest Noodles aka Groovechronicles



----------------------------------------------------------------------------
MUSIC: <http://records.mrbongo.com>
FILMS: <http://films.mrbongo.com>
CHARITY: <http://streetangels.mrbongo.com>
STORE: <http://www.buymrbongo.com>

INCREDIBLE BONGO BAND REMIX COMPETITION

1ST PRIZE: Ableton Live 8 + SoundCloud ProMAX account and have your remix included on the CD album
2 x RUNNERS UP PRIZES: SoundCloud ProLIGHT account and have your track included on the digital version of the album

Incredible Bongo Band was formed by MGM A&R Michael Viner in 1972 to supplement the soundtrack to the virtually anonymous B film ‘The Thing With Two Heads’, the ‘IBB’ went from loose studio collective to an instrumental pop covers consortium, interpreting classics of the day in their own inimitable percussive fashion.

The groups cover of ..Apache.., originally made famous by The Shadows, is simply legendary in the world of dance music. Not only arguably one of the most sampled tracks of all time and a staple for Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash as they invented the art of DJing at the Bronx block parties of the ..70s, it has become an all-time hip hop and breakers anthem and is revered as the original break of all original breaks with the rhythms of this LP coining the term Breakbeat. Apache has been sampled by: Missy Elliot, Coldcut, Will Smith, Goldie, Jurassic 5, Moby, Run DMC, Sugarhill Gang, Beastie Boys and Massive Attack and many many more…

So, now is your chance to follow in the footsteps of these greats, by remixing one of the other break-heavy tracks by IBB, ‘Last Bongo In Belgium’. To get involved please visit http://records.mrbongo.com/ibb-remix/
.

Films

50 Years Of The Cuban Revolution / 4xDVD Boxset / OUT NOW
inc. Lucia, I Am Cuba, Memories Of Underdevelopment and Strawberry & Chocolate
Modern Cuban cinema – borne out of a revolution that took place 50 years ago – is celebrating its golden jubilee this year. To mark the occasion, we are releasing a box set of landmark films from this iconic and turbulent nation.  Shocking, moving, and above all groundbreaking, these four films are the work of esteemed directors, Humberto Solas, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Mikhail Kalatzov and tell outsiders what it means to be Cuban, past, present and future.


Goddess by Satyajit Ray / DVD / OUT NOW
In Goddess (originally titled 'Devi'), Doyamoyee is left alone with her husband’s ageing father-in-law, a devoted follower of the goddess Kali. One evening, the aging widower she cares for has a dream that she is an avatar of Kali, and must be worshipped. Word spreads, and others come to believe that she is an incarnation of the deity. Hearing this alarming news, her husband, Umprasad, returns only to find Doyamoyee herself beginning to believe that she is an avatar; a belief which soon turns to tragedy.

Two Daughters and The Stranger coming soon


Full info on these titles available at  <http://films.mrbongo.com>



Records

Various Artists - Latin Beats Boxset / 8CD Boxset + MP3 / OUT NOW
Previously only available as separate albums, this fantastic special-edition boxset contains over 120 tracks from the old-style mambo, boogaloo, the sounds of Fania to Latin funk and Jazz, as well as contemporary remixes from the likes of Gilles Peterson, Masters at Work, Quantic and Bonde de Role…

Tumi & The Volume – Tumi & The Volume / CD + MP3 / OUT NOW
This has been an office favourite for over a year now.  Mos Def sums it up best... “they are like The Roots of Africa”.  They are a live hip hop outfit from South Africa and this is their debut album, which will be accompanied by European tour dates – see below.

Terry Callier – Hidden Conversations / CD + MP3 / OUT NOW
The long awaited new studio album featuring tracks with Massive Attack is available now.

Prince Fatty – Shimmy Shimmy Ya / Gin & Juice / MP3 / OUT NOW
Vinyl has sold out on this one but you can pick up the tracks digitally from all major stores


Full info on these titles available at  <http://records.mrbongo.com>



Incredible Bongo Band remix competition

Keep an eye on http://www.mrbongo.com for full details of this, it will be launching very soon.  The track will be Last Bongo In Belgium so get thinking.



Prince Fatty opens his studio in Brighton, UK

Prince Fatty aka Mike Pellanconi has been renowned as one of the best recording/mix engineers and producers in the business for a long time – you only have to listen to one of his Prince Fatty productions to understand why.  The studio is now open for live recording, mixing and mastering, if you are interested please contact us.



Gigs & Live Dates

Terry Callier
10/10/09 The Ferry Glasgow UK
14/10/09 The New Morning France
16/10/09 Jazz Pulsations (festival) Nancy France
21/10/09 Metropolis Bristol UK
22/10/09 The Old Market Hove/Brighton UK
25/10/09 Queen Elizabeth Hall London UK


20th Century Steel Band
29/10/09 The Jazz Café, Camden, London

We will be publishing a new Spotify playlist every week from now on.  Starting with the Bongo classics

Films

New titles in stock and available to buy now:

Boccacio 70 Four films directed by De Sica, Fellini, Visconti and Monicelli
Marriage Italian Style by Vittorio De Sica


Coming soon:

Lucia by Humberto Solas
Cuban Cinema Boxset
Goddess (Devi) by Satyajit Ray
Man Of Iron by Andrzej Wajda
Antonio Das Mortes by Glauber Rocha
Earth (or Zemlya) by Aleksandr Dovzhenko


Full info on these titles available at http://films.mrbongo.com



Records


Terry Callier – Hidden Conversations / CD + Digital / OUT NOW
The long awaited next studio album featuring tracks with Massive Attack is available now.

Ive Mendes – Ive Mendes: The Mr Bongo Years / Digital Compilation / OUT NOW
Digital compilation containing all of Ive Mendes’s tracks on Mr Bongo along with 9 unreleased tracks

Tumi & The Volume – Tumi & The Volume / CD + Digital / July 2009
This has been an office favourite for over a year now.  Mos Def sums it up best... “they are like The Roots of Africa”.  They are a live hip hop outfit from South Africa and this is their debut album, which will be accompanied by European tour dates – see below.

Prince Fatty – Shimmy Shimmy Ya / Gin & Juice / 7” Vinyl / July 2009  
Confirmed for a summer release.  This 7” see’s Prince Fatty cover two all time West Coast Hip Hop classics.  Limited run so grab them as soon as you can.

Various Artists - Latin Beats Boxset / 8CD Boxset / Summer 2009 TBC
A very special compilation... Watch this space.

Atmosfear – Dancing In Outer Space (The Revenge & Greymatter Reworks) / Digital + 12” / Out Now on Wolf Music
New label Wolf Music have licensed the all time disco classic from us and had it reworked by two of the men of the moment.  Recommended.


Full info on these titles available at http://records.mrbongo.com



Street Angels Charity News

We held our AGM on the 5th June.  Full details of that will be appearing on our website very soon ..



Gigs & Live Dates

Tumi & The Volume
1st June – Wurzburg, Germany
20th June – Nijmegen, Holland
24th July – Paleo Festival, Switzerland

Flowriders
13 June - Belgrado - Serbia
27 June - Jazz Refound - Vercelli - Italy
10 July - North Sea Round Town - Rotterdam - NL
18 July - Jazznight Roermond - NL

Prince Fatty UK Live Debuts
18th July – Shoreditch Festival, London, UK
18th July – Latitude Festival, UK

Mr Bongo Soundsystem
19th June - Greymatter @ La Bellevilloise, Paris, FR
25th June – Lady Jane @ Shots Advertising Awards Beach Party, Cannes, FR
27th June – Domu, Greymatter & Kev Luckhurst @ The Market Place, London, UK
27/28th June – Mr Bongo presents two days of contemporary Spanish music to compliment the Rioja Festival in Brick Lane, London, UK

Available from all good stores or direct from our online store

Available now from Traxsource

FILMS

New titles in stock and available to buy now:

Strawberry & Chocolate by Tomas Gutierrez Alea
Groundbreaking and hugely celebrated for numerous reasons, Cuba’s greatest director, Thomas Guiterrez Alea’s (Memories Of Underdevlopment) and his then protégé, now tour de force director in his own right, Juan Carlos
Tabio’s (So Far Away, Guantanamera) Strawberry And Chocolate (Fresa Y
Chocolate) was the first Cuban film ever to receive an Academy Award
nomination, thanks to its revelatory plot, masterful direction and
phenomenally crafted performances.

Terra Em Transe by Glauber Rocha
Following hot on the heels of the success of Black God, White Devil comes the second film in Brazilian director Glauber Rocha’s famous trilogy; Terra
Em Transe (Entranced Earth), a bold, confrontational, vibrant picture
that stands as one of the greatest pieces of work from the director
widely considered to be the leader of Brazil’s Cinema Novo movement. In
the hypothetical Latin-American country of Eldorado, the idealistic and
anarchist poet and journalist Paulo Martins (Jardel Filho) fights
against the populist governor, Felipe Vieira (José Lewgoy), and the
conservative president Porfirio Diaz (Paulo Autran), supported by
revolutionary forces.


Confirmed for 2009:

Lucia by Humberto Solas
Man Of Iron by Andrzej Wajda
Boccacio 70 Four films directed by De Sica, Fellini, Visconti and Monicelli respectively
Marriage Italian Style by Vittorio De Sica
Antonio Das Mortes by Glauber Rocha
Earth (or Zemlya) by Aleksandr Dovzhenko


RECORDS

v/a – Tudo Ben / CD + Digital / Out Now
Jorge Ben covers album featuring 25 cover versions by artists including
Wilson Simonal, Originais Do Samba, Elza Soares and more.

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

Zemog El Gallo Bueno – Nuevo York Sessions / CD / TBC 2009
Puerto Rican fire from one of New Yorks rawest live outifits

Tumi & The Volume – Tumi & The Volume / CD / TBC 2009
South African live hip hop outfit’s debut album on Mr Bongo

Prince Fatty – Gin & Juice b/w Shimmy Shimmy Ya / Limited 10” Vinyl / TBC
Prince Fatty’s killer classic hip hop cover versions on limited 10”. New album coming later this year.

Terry Callier – Hidden Conversations / CD / May 2009
The long awaited next studio album featuring tracks with Massive Attack is
now finished and on schedule for a May release. Apologies for the
delays on the release.

Also look out for some digital only 1releases from the Bongo and Disorient back catalogues, including Disorient and Mr Bongo 12” Singles ‘96-06 and Mr Hermano: The Mr Bongo Years amongst others.



GIGS & LIVE DATES

Mr Bongo Soundsystem present TETINE *FUNK SPECIAL*
Saturday 28th March @ The Market Place, 11 Market Place, London W1

FREE ALL NIGHT LONG


Novalima 2009 tour dates confirmed

24th March - SOB’s, New York, USA
26th March - Babel Med, Marseille, France
27th March - Nice Forum Nord, Nice, France
28th March - Rasa, Utrecht, Netherlands
29th March - Sugerfactory, Amsterdam
30th March - Szene, Vienna, Austria
1st April - Cargo, London, UK
3rd April - Cafe De La Danse, Paris, France
4th April - Gloria, Cologne, Germany
5th April - Salamandra, Barcelona, Spain


Terry Callier European Tour

28 MAY – COALTION, BRIGHTON
29 MAY – UNION CHAPEL, LONDON
30 MAY – ASSEMBLY, LEAMINGTON SPA
3 JUNE - GALA THEATRE, DURHAM
5 JUNE – LOWRY THEATRE, MANCHESTER
7 JUNE - I JAZZ, AMSTERDAM
8 JUNE - ALHAMBRA THEATRE, PARIS


Seun Kuti & Fela’s Egypt 80 USA Tour 2009

4/15 - UCSD, San Diego
4/17 - UCSB, Santa Barbara
4/18 - UCLA, Los Angeles
4/19 - SF Jazz, San Francisco
4/22 - Austin, TX
4/23 - Lafayette, LA
4/24 - Miami, FL
4/25 - Lafayette, LA
4/26 - Houston, TX

Download our 4-track sampler for free here

FILMS

New titles in stock and available to buy now:

* Strawberry & Chocolate by Tomas Gutierrez Alea
Groundbreaking and hugely celebrated for numerous reasons, Cuba’s greatest director, Thomas Guiterrez Alea’s (Memories Of Underdevlopment) and his then protégé, now tour de force director in his own right, Juan Carlos Tabio’s (So Far Away, Guantanamera) Strawberry And Chocolate (Fresa Y Chocolate) was the first Cuban film ever to receive an Academy Award nomination, thanks to its revelatory plot, masterful direction and phenomenally crafted performances.

* Terra Em Transe by Glauber Rocha
Following hot on the heels of the success of Black God, White Devil comes the second film in Brazilian director Glauber Rocha’s famous trilogy; Terra Em Transe (Entranced Earth), a bold, confrontational, vibrant picture that stands as one of the greatest pieces of work from the director widely considered to be the leader of Brazil’s Cinema Novo movement. In the hypothetical Latin-American country of Eldorado, the idealistic and anarchist poet and journalist Paulo Martins (Jardel Filho) fights against the populist governor, Felipe Vieira (José Lewgoy), and the conservative president Porfirio Diaz (Paulo Autran), supported by revolutionary forces.


Confirmed for 2009:

* Lucia by Humberto Solas
* Man Of Iron by Andrzej Wajda
* Boccacio 70 - Four films directed by De Sica, Fellini, Visconti and Monicelli respectively
* Marriage Italian Style by Vittorio De Sica
* Antonio Das Mortes by Glauber Rocha
* Earth (or Zemlya) by Aleksandr Dovzhenko


RECORDS

* v/a – Best Of Mr Bongo / 2xCD, Digital / Out Now
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 + 7” / March 2009
Jorge Ben covers album featuring 25 cover versions by artists including Wilson Simonal, Originais Do Samba, Elza Soares and more.

* Zemog El Gallo Bueno – Nuevo York Sessions / CD / TBC 2009
Puerto Rican fire from one of New Yorks rawest live outifits

* Tumi & The Volume – Tumi & The Volume / CD / TBC 2009
South African live hip hop outfit’s debut album on Mr Bongo

* Prince Fatty – Gin & Juice b/w Shimmy Shimmy Ya / Limited 10” Vinyl / TBC
Prince Fatty’s killer classic hip hop cover versions on limited 10”.  New album coming later this year.

* Terry Callier – Hidden Conversations / CD / May 2009
The long awaited next studio album featuring tracks with Massive Attack is now finished and on schedule for a May release.  Apologies for the delays on the release.


Also look out for some digital only releases from the Bongo and Disorient back catalogues, including Disorient and Mr Bongo 12” Singles ‘96-06 and Mr Hermano: The Mr Bongo Years amongst others.



GIGS & LIVE DATES

* Mr Bongo Soundsystem present SEIJI + GREYMATTER plus resident KEV LUCKHURST
Saturday 28th February @ The Market Place, 11 Market Place, London

Seiji is one of the most highly rated DJ's and producers in the world and we are very proud to have him down for this months session. He has produced for Roisin Murphy, Bugz In The Attic, with G-Force and many more.

He will be supported on the night by Mr Bongo Soundsystem brothers Greymatter and Kev Luckhurst

FREE ALL NIGHT LONG