Mr Bongo is a British,

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based

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and publishing company specialising in world music and

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/ world cinema.

History

Founded in 1989, in Berwick Street, London, the label later moved to Lexington Street and then finally to Poland Street, where they additionally operated a hip-hop record shop, specialising in underground and independent hip-hop. The Mr Bongo record label still exists over 25 years after the first shop opened, and a film label, Mr Bongo Films, was set up in 2004 to release lost classics from around the world. "Disorient Records' was a sub-label that specialised in dance music from Japan. "Mr Bongo Bass" is a recent sub label of Mr Bongo specialising in global bass music. The label reissues many albums, including the Incredible Bongo Band's '' Bongo Rock'' and the original soundtrack of the iconic

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Mr Bongo Films

Mr Bongo Films is the world cinema offshoot imprint of the label that was established in 1989. Taking in directors such as Glauber Rocha,

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Michelangelo Antonioni Michelangelo Antonioni (, ; 29 September 1912 – 30 July 2007) was an Italian filmmaker. He is best known for directing his "trilogy on modernity and its discontents"—''L'Avventura'' (1960), ''La Notte'' (1961), and ''L'Eclisse'' (1962 ...

, Mikhail Kalatozov,

Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray (; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian director, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, author, essayist, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and music composer. One of the greatest auteurs of fil ...

, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Wojciech Has, Orson Welles, and films such as '' The Saragossa Manuscript''; some other releases by Mr Bongo included Mikhail Kalatozov's '' Soy Cuba'', Glauber Rocha's ''

Black God, White Devil ''Black God, White Devil'' ( pt, Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol; literally, ''God and the Devil in the Land of the Sun'') is a 1964 Brazilian film directed and written by Glauber Rocha. The film stars Othon Bastos, Maurício do Valle, Yoná Magal ...

'' and from the Antonioni, '' L'Avventura''.

Discography

* :Mr Bongo Records artists

References

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