Originally organized by ex-slaves fleeing the Haitian Revolution, only two Tumba Francesa survive in Cuba nowadays, combining African drums and French patois.

Stone classic Allen Toussaint and Marshall Sehorn production.
Funk bombs like the rare groove protest of the opener, running straight into Time Machine… phew.

The new release by Holland’s sparkling quintet.

First home of MF Doom. Funny, and way ahead of its time.
Kausing Much Damage; a positive Kause in a Much Damaged society.

The great man meeting up with the American big-band, the Either/Orchestra — rehearsals, interviews, and finally a joint performance at the 2006 Banlieues Bleues Festival.

Vintage Tikiman. Instrumentalist, singer and producer; laying back in both analogue and digital settings.

‘Perhaps the first time he has chosen to showcase the full range of his skills. The set is intoxicatingly rich and, with a couple of exceptions, largely downbeat… Sonically there’s much more variation — if not in the pace of the riddims, then certainly the instrumentation and textures — making it St. Hilaire’s most approachable album for non-dub-techno aficionados… A modern master whose importance and influence can now — though long overdue — be fully recognised’ ((Steve Barker, The Wire).