Imagenes Schallplatten & CDs

Review: Without knowing, you could so easily mistake this for an authentic piece of 70s Latin funk. The sparkling, roomy production might be a giveaway but you'll be so locked into the groove you won't care what decade you're in. It's a trick the London-based Venezuelan collective have mastered in recent years, picking up fans like Phil Asher and Joey Negro along the way. With bold Hammonds, a soft, unassuming horn section and some soul-soothing harmonies like this, it's not hard to see why.

Review: Classy release from Los Charly's Orchestra, who must have been listening to their Mizell Brothers albums when they came up with ''Dana's Dream''. Mid 80s jazz funk influences combine with Donald Byrd-esque trumpets and gorgeously warm clavinet keys - lovely stuff. On the flip wah wah guitar glides over a mid tempo disco beat. Only 300 pressed!

Review: Given that they started out 12 years ago making soul-fired 21st century jazz-funk and bustling broken beat, it seems fitting that their latest single features the honeyed lead vocals of Xantone Blacq, an artist whose early singles explored bruk and future jazz. "You Said" is a wonderful chunk of laidback disco-soul tailor made for sun-kissed afternoons and sweltering early evening dances. Blacq is in fine form singing over the duo's Nile Rodgers style guitars, Bernard Edwards-seque bass and intricately programmed percussion. Over on the flip the pair dons their J & J guys to offer up a largely instrumental edit for those who prefer to get lost in the groove.

Review: Imagenes drop their new single, a two track Latin edition 7" doused in 70's Salsa, Latin funk and boogaloo. The infectious "My Barrio" features UK Neo Soul singer Andre Espeut and Salsa vocalist Elpido from Columbia for a South American influenced addition to the Los Charly's Orchestra canon. On the flip "Jumping With Symphony Sid" (originally composed by Joe Bataan) is a catchy boogaloo jam with additional handclaps, shouts, trumpet stabs, a repetitive Latino piano refrain and some obligatory timbales!