Mr Bongo started out as a specialist shop in 1989 handling South American
music. With the growth in popularity of Brasilian music, championed by the
likes of 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 in 1995 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 a couple of 12"
from the film on our hip hop label Beyongolia.

Our Gemm store offers all the available back catalogue of the three labels, Mr Bongo, Disorient and Beyongolia.

All of our orders are shipped from the UK