Damn, just when I was congratulating myself for chilling out on the funk reissues, this absolute must-buy record dropped.  Check out this description from the site:  “Following the success of Psych Funk 101, Egon presents Joel Stones’ Brazilian Guitar, Fuzz Bananas. If Psych Funk 101 was the freshman seminar in global-psychedelic grooves, then this album [...]

I’ve pretty much been pacing the room like a maniac waiting for the vinyl release of Oh No’s “Dr No’s Ethiopium”, and it looks like I can finally relax.  Here’s the rundown:  Oh No (Madlib’s brother) made this record with help from Egon’s massive record collection.  It was “inspired-by and sampled-from rare 60’s and 70’s [...]

Stones Throw has been throwing around some sneak peeks of this box set for awhile now, and it has finally dropped.  “Black Man’s Cry: The Inspiration of Fela Kuti” is a massive set of four 10″ records, each stuffed with covers of (and music inspired by) Afrobeat godfather Fela Kuti.  Don’t worry, the music here [...]

I’m not sure why we didn’t write about Part 1 of this amazing album yet, but it already came and went at Boomkat, though Forced Exposure allegedly still has some in stock.  Part 2 is now in stores, and this stuff is seriously amazing.  As Boomkat describes it, “Incredible new project fusing elements of everything [...]

Now-Again Records, the Stones Throw spin-off label run by Egon, have three amazing new records available.  This post covers all three, so be sure to scroll down.  The first is a compilation called “Forge Your Own Chains: Heavy Psychedelic Ballads and Dirges”.  Curated by Egon himself, this is a massive package of beat-heavy global psychedelic [...]

Helado Negro is the brainchild of Roberto C. Lange, a frequent collaborative partner of Guillermo Scott Herren (aka Prefuse 73, Savath y Savalas, etc).  This is laid back, breezy music with hints of tropicalia, psych-folk, and even Herren’s own work.  All told, this is a nice little album that you can score on vinyl for [...]

I’ve been anxiously awaiting a vinyl release for this one, so it’s a happy day for me.  I don’t listen to alot of “world music”, but blind couple Amadou & Mariam’s “Welcome To Mali” immediately caught my ear.  It is funky, bluesy, has some awesome guitar playing, was partly produced by Damon Albarn, and it [...]