>> Mr Bongo
bio: Mr Bongo started out as a specialist shop in 1989 handling South American music. With the growth in popularity of Brasilian music,championed by such characters as Gilles Peterson in 1989 and clubs such as Dingwalls, in the following years Mr Bongo started to establish itself as the leader and provider for the whole scene. This lead to a thriving Latin shop which was then complemented by a floor providing the best hip hop selection in the country.
The Mr Bongo record label was established as an off-shoot of this successful business and focused on putting out the best cutting-edge as well as classic tunes direct from Brazil. This then led to the birth of a sister label Disorient to showcase the best tunes coming out of Japan, in particular focusing on Japanese and Latin house.
After a 2-year crusade Bongo's secured the soundtrack rights to the classic hip hop movie Wildstyle and released this as two LPs and acouple of 12" from the film on our hip hop label Beyongolia.
