Mr Bongo Pedro Santos- Krishnanda LP
The official Mr Bongo reissue.
Krishnanda is an album in the truest sense of the word
– a spiritual, psychedelic Brazilian masterpiece from start to finish –
celebrated by everyone from Seu Jorge and Kassin to Floating Points, Madlib, Quantic, Gilles Peterson and DJ Nuts.
These days, originals change hands for thousands of dollars.
Krishnanda was produced by Hélcio Milito, the drummer of Tamba Trio,
and arranged by conductor Joppa Lins, and originally released in 1968 on CBS (Brasil).
Musically, the album touches folk, samba, afro-brazilian and psychedelia plus added effects,
with a lyrical depth and diversity to match;
themes including morality, perception, existence and ego.
Despite the genius of the record and the influence that it
had on musicians at the time of release, it disappeared into obscurity.
“We first discovered the record around 2003, through a friend Julio Dui”.
Around that time Brazilian funk and bossa was the flavour of the day,
so didn’t catch our ear immediately, however it continued improve with age
and is now considered to be one of the best albums ever made, regardless of genre or origin.
Mr Bongo
(EN)Mr Bongo started life in 1989 as a small record shop underneath Daddy Kool’s Reggae Store on Berwick Street in London. They were the first shop to sell vinyl releases from independent hip hop labels such as Def Jam, Rawkus, Nervous and Big Beat outside of the USA. Mr Bongo also became an established bearer for hard-to-find, classic Latin music, particularly Brazilian, outside of the Americas.
Over the following years Mr Bongo moved three times within Soho and opened in Shibuya, Japan. They moved their first office to Brighton in 1999 and closed all other shops in 2003.
Their recording roster features some of the finest Brazilian, Latin, reggae, African and Jazz artists including Ebo Taylor, Hollie Cook, The Skints, Jorge Ben, Joyce, Seu Jorge, Prince Fatty, Incredible Bongo Band, Terry Callier, Arthur Verocai and Marcos Valle amongst many, many others.
(DE) Mr. Bongo begann sein Leben 1989 als kleiner Plattenladen unter Daddy Kool's Reggae Store in der Berwick Street in London. Sie waren der erste Laden, der Vinyl-Veröffentlichungen von unabhängigen Hip-Hop-Labels wie Def Jam, Rawkus, Nervous und Big Beat außerhalb der USA verkaufte. Mr Bongo wurde auch ein etablierter Anbieter für schwer zu findende, klassische lateinamerikanische Musik, insbesondere brasilianische, außerhalb Amerikas.
In den folgenden Jahren zog Mr Bongo dreimal innerhalb von Soho um und eröffnete in Shibuya, Japan. Heute sind sie in Brighton zu finden.
Ihr Programm umfasst einige der besten brasilianischen, lateinamerikanischen, Reggae-,
afrikanische und Jazz-Künstler, darunter Ebo Taylor, Hollie Cook, The Skints, Jorge Ben, Joyce, Seu Jorge, Prince Fatty, Incredible Bongo Band, Terry Callier, Arthur Verocai und Marcos Valle und viele, viele andere.