VINYL FORMAT. Daptone is one of the hottest labels around, and they're far from a one-trick pony. One of their most exciting acts is The Budos Band, and they're whetting the appetites for the upcoming Budos Band III full-length with a vinyl-only EP that gives the trademark horn-driven and bass-heavy Budos funk another slot in your collection. Includes the previously 7" only classic "The Proposition," as well as a free MP3 download card.

12" $15.99

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?This Brooklyn-based instrumental collective combines slow-burn {Afro-beat} rhythms with a '70s {soul-jazz} aesthetic, the latter sound well-known by those already familiar with the Daptone label's other releases. The retro, almost blaxploitation soundtrack groove pushes the predominantly Afro style into American soul territory. They call it Afro-soul, which neatly sums up the style but doesn't entirely do it justice; only hearing it does. Horns and horn charts dominate, which, because these sessions were...   [ read more ]

MP3 $7.00

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With its twenty-two legs, three horns, and hallucinogenic venom, The Budos Band (the unheralded emperors of Instrumental Staten Island Afro-Soul) continue to rule. The band commands their listeners to follow them on their second journey into the depths of their poinsonous vision. While their debut album was itself heralded as a groundbreaking exploration of funk, afro-beat and soul music, few could predict that their second effort would not only match but surpass the realm of mind-expansion embodied on the...   [ read more ]

CD $13.99

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