Julia Baker

𝗧𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗸 – 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 Captured during our residency at Unterfahrt Munich last January 🎥 Second track from our 10-year anniversary album 𝘛𝘌𝘕 𝘖𝘕𝘌 𝘛𝘞𝘖 — out everywhere now. Full energy. No cuts. We’re playing in Graz next Friday and then 👉 𝗙𝗟𝗘𝗫 𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗔 on April 18th come through & join the party 🎬 Warm Defeat 🎥 Enid Valu & Lilli Pongratz Written by Lukas Kranzelbinder Recorded by Sebastian Vötterl & Kseniya Kawko Mixed by Markus Wallner (c) 2026 Lukas Kranzelbinder Published by Traumton Musikverlag Full video on Youtube - link in bio #shakestew #tristanjunk #livesession #jazzmusic #anniversary

@cocanha are at the forefront of a new generation of French artists who have been breathing new life into French folk. And they've just signed with our good pals, @bongojoerecords . First single Clam is out now, with its springy, stop-start rhythm and lyrics decries the attempted eradication of the Occitan language by the French state. They will perform at London's Kings Place as part of @songlinesmagazine Encounters Festival on 29th May. Tune in...

Une belle chronique dans @ukvibe 🎙☀️ Plus que quelques jours avant la sortie de l'album 🌴 Déjà dispo en preco sur bandcamp Merci pour la force que vous donnez !! 🔥 Bientôt on envoie des extraits du New Morning parce que c'était vraiment le 🔥🔥🔥

Mexican Institute of Sound and Meridian Brothers dazzling and deranged cumbia collab album is due on the shelves in 3 months and its a mind boggler, a frenetic deconstruction of Mexican cumbia from the 1970s with dog howling, pink ferraris and Beck all twinkling. New single released today and gorgeous artwork from Oscar Reyes.

Brand NEW show of globe-spanning music for @totallywiredradio ! Link in bio 🎶 1. Rubinho E Mauro Assumpção ‘Sozinho Não Estou’ (@mrbongoworldwide ) 2. @juliecampiche ‘Las Patronas’ (@roninrhythmrecords ) 3. Antonio Forcione & Cenk Erdoğan ‘Folk Song for Two’ (Джаз Плюс) 4. @souad.massi feat Gaël Faye ‘D’ici, De Là-bas’ (Backing Track) 5. Luc Moindranzé Karioudja ‘Mon Zanfan (ék David Doris)’ (Compagnie 4000) 6. Rocé ‘Lunaire’ (Hors Cadres) 7. Elijah Minnelli ‘Unkind ft. Kiki Hitomi (Discomix)’ (@accidentalmeetings ) 8. Ariwa Posse feat Abel Miller ‘Everytime I See My Baby’ (Melodies International) 9. Lady Lex ‘Is This Love’ (Peckings Records) 10. YAHYA a.k.a. @constantineweir786 ‘Out Of Many, One People’ (Itez) 11. Huw Marc Bennett ‘Y Fedwen (The Birch)’ (@albertsfavourites ) 12. Naïssam Jalal ‘Bath of forgiveness in the moonlight (album version)’ (Les couleurs du son) 13. @dominicjmarshall ‘Antonina’ (self release) 14. Atlantis Jazz Ensemble ‘Damocles’ (Marlow Records) 15. @shakestew ‘Ibdiss’ (Traumton Records) 16. @adamscrimshire ‘What Is The State Of Our State (Part 1) feat. The Repeat Beat Poet’ (Albert’s Favourites) 17. @bcuc ‘Higher vibes’ (Outthere Records) 18. Lucas Santtana Ft Gilberto Gil ‘A História da Nossa Língua’ (@noformatrecords !) 19. Nuevos Ríos ‘Malvada’ (ZZK Records) 20. Jimi Tenor ‘My Mind’ (@philophon ) 21. Sangazuza ‘Sono sá kuá de téma’ (Bongo Joe) 22. Kaloum Star ‘Maliba’ (@radiomartiko ) 23. Ebo Taylor ‘Palaver’ (@bbemusic /Tabansi) 24. Ebo Taylor & Pat Thomas & Henrik Schwarz ‘Eye Nyam Nam ‘A’ Mensuro (Henrik Schwarz Blend)’ (@strutrecords ) 🙏 to @ballantynecommms @ju.lia.lua @juslikemusic & to all the PR and labels who send me the 💎

Sessa's train rolls on, mid European tour and with a day off today before the German leg starts and a sold out Berlin show. Sessions at FIP and for Gilles Peterson on the BBC have been completed and well, it's all a bit exciting for him really. This is what the Observer said ..“…his music is still culturally familiar: seductively syncopated, humid, intelligent and nuanced – retro, certainly, but evergreen.” such a talent, do check him out live and the new album.

We've been quiet in this space, of late. Nonetheless, we're extending the end of year praise, with some Latin music surprises, with 2 records here picked by myself and Julia that have kept us excited. Coco Maria's latest compilation of madcap derivative Latin sounds and ZZK's somewhat under the radar artist El Leon Pardo from Colombia who plays flute and melds with electronics. Tip! Duncan's Pick: El León Pardo's Viaje Sideral "Deep, freaky, rooted and pioneering electronic influenced music from ZZK’s Kuisi (Indigenous flute) player in Colombia. What’s exceptional here is this record has tracks for those horizontal moments and for jumping around esoteric dance-floors yet it weaves together so perfectly." Julia's Pick: Coco María's Club Coco: New Dimensions in Latin Music "As a Latin music aficionado, I love this compilation - it’s full of personality on every track that Coco María, now label boss, curates. Cumbia Ritual and Party People have been on repeat for me. And I visited Radio France recently where the album was FIP Sélection in November…"

A triumphant triumvirate of Yalla Miku designs courtesy of Felix Vincent. Musically it bridges East Africa and Geneva and vinyl will be available November 7th from Bongo Joe.

Absolutely essential listening for those esoteric ears who want to delve into the cultural history and music of Reunion. Percussionist Luc Moindranze Karioudja provides a 1hr mix for Worldwide fm and it's deep deep deep. It's also a timely taster for his debut album that drops this Friday. Mix airs live this Thursday 18th at 2pm GMT and is archived at the station thereafter.

A few journalists have told us how perfect the phrase ‘crooked funk’ is to describe Sessa’s new song and album. It’s not funk as in the American funk rather the wonky chilled funk, slightly horizontal and that which sets this incredible Brazilian songwriter apart from everyone else. Vale a Pena is out now with an album on Mexican Summer in November. Thanks to Gilles Peterson for the early spin on the beeb.

@bongojoerecords 10 YEARS En septembre paraîtra un double LP retraçant ces 10 années intenses entre morceaux des premiers temps devenus des classiques et nouvelles pépites (Early Years classics & New Gems). Ce double vinyle est déjà en précommande sur le bandcamp du label. THE LABEL IS TURNING 10!!! (Not sure if you knew it…) To celebrate this anniversary, we’re thrilled to release a compilation of tracks that have shaped our history ! This compilation isn’t a summary. It’s not a best of. It’s a trace. A selection among many possible ones. A snapshot of what we’ve tried to do since 2015: believe in music as connection, as memory, as compass. Thank you to everyone who’s supported, followed, or inspired us. Thanks to the institutions who’ve backed us. Thanks to our longtime partners: bookers, fellow labels, record stores, publicists, distributors, printers, engravers, pressing plants, sound engineers, photographers, designers. And most of all, thank you to the artists — without whom none of this would mean anything. Ten years is a little, and a lot. We’re not done yet. This comp' comes has a splattered 2LP with insert ! Catch your wild copy on Bandcamp 🔥 Artwork concept by DAVID MAMIE (the goat!)

Liniker has achieved a level of stratospheric popularity in Brazil and is now in Europe with plenty of sold out shows, coming to London amongst many on 14th June. Renowned for her unmistakable voice and magnetic stage presence, Liniker will showcase her critically acclaimed latest album, CAJU which masterfully intertwines personal narratives with a bold, genre-defying fusion Brazilian groove-based pop, neo-soul, samba, jazz, and house with elements of pagode, arrocha, disco, and reggae.