Francis Bebey
African Electronic Music 1975-1982

Artiste pluridisciplinaire, Lido Pimienta présente son style unique: une pop satanique, mélangeant beat électroniques, synthés analogiques, et rythmes afro-colombiens. Écriture puissante et mélodies engagées, Lido Pimienta est une artiste complète, qui définit elle-même sa musique de « Pop Satanico ». Une pop satanique faite pour interroger et réveiller les esprits et les consciences. Lido Pimienta est une musicienne et artiste multidisciplinaire née en Colombie et basé à Toronto. Elle a tourné dans le monde entier depuis 2002, explorant les politiques de genre et de race, la maternité, l'identité et la construction du paysage canadien dans la diaspora latino-américaine. Son nouvel album Miss Colombia porte son hybridation extatique à un nouveau niveau, en s'appuyant sur l'intersection de l'electronica et de la cumbia, établi par son album La Papessa, lauréat du prix Polaris 2016, comme album canadien de l'année. La voix et la musique aux textures multiples et à l'esprit tordu de Lido Pimienta projettent ce que le Globe and Mail canadien a appelé son personnage "audacieux, impétueux et polarisant", qui confronte constamment les pouvoirs en place. Produit avec Matt Smith, a/k/a Prince Nifty, Miss Colombia déborde d'un génie discret à qui l'on promet une extraordinaire réussite.

Rare and highly sought after in its original format, Os Brazōes self-titled album was originally released on RGE Discos in 1969. It is a psychedelic masterpiece that fuses samba, r’n’b and rock ’n’ roll influences using fuzz guitars, synths, percussion, lush vocals and effects.Os Brazōes formed in Rio de Janeiro in the late 1960’s. They supported Tom Zé and backed Gal Costa during her Tropicalia period, yet apparently never recorded in the studio with her. The album is peppered with alternative versions of songs by the movement’s stars, including Gilberto Gil’s ‘Pega a Voga, Cabeludo’ and Jorge Ben and Toquinho’s ‘Carolina, Carol Bela’. But Os Brazões manage to make them their own with their unique interpretations.It’s on their own songs that Os Brazões really shine. Their wide sonic palette presents the listener with moments of dense beauty, experimentation and some serious funk. Exploring this mix of covers and self-penned songs, you get a genuine feeling for the influences, tastes and direction of the band. Os Brazões produced a classic of the Tropicalia movement and it’s a record that probably deserves to be ranked alongside Os Mutantes’ early output.The Mr Bongo RSD Black Friday Edition features original artwork and orange splatter vinyl.

Back in! Love this one! Omar-S drops a real surprise and treat, in the form of the wonderful Street Soul jam 'What’s Good For The Goose' featuring the smokey vocals of Supercoolwicked; this track has become a favourite at Bongo HQ in 2021.

Polish composer Olga Wojciechowska and veteran electronic producer Robin Rimbaud aka Scanner, combine on A Strangely Isolated Place to revisit a beloved Strië album - Olga’s more electronic and experimental alias.With previous releases on Serein and Time Released Sound as Strië, Olga Wojciechowska’s ‘Struktura’ was released in 2015 to a limited audience due to its physical-only format. As Olga’s work becomes increasingly more coveted, through her more recent releases on A Strangely Isolated Place (Unseen Traces & Infinite Distances), and with Struktura praised as one of her finest albums to date, the discussion to breathe new life into the album resulted in a unique pairing with Scanner, an electronic music producer and multimedia artist responsible for some of the most defining works of the genre since the early 1990s.Blurring the line between harmony and dissonance, Struktura’s original recordings paint an eerie, haunting and beautiful picture, conceptualized around abstract art, with intricacies and mystery abound. Here, Strië’s original recordings remain untouched, albeit lovingly remastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri, and it is left to Scanner to provide further interpretations of Olga’s original recordings.Scanner productions can typically traverse a myriad of styles, but here, Robin took a primarily live-hardware approach to the remixes, allowing the rawness of his recordings to add story and depth. Recorded in one take, with no overdubs, the reinterpretations strip the melodies and textures to their original essence, bringing an entirely analog element to Olga’s intrinsically detailed originals.Featuring artwork by Rep Ringel and mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri, Struktura Revisited is available on Gatefold 2LP in a black/grey half-and-half vinyl, with 6x6” soft-touch heavy art card.