Label: Honest Jons - All

Thursday May 27, 2010

Actress

Splazsh

Actress with his new album... called Splazsh! Great raw sincere electronica on the lovely Honest Jon label. One of those new artists doing raw and edg... more...

2x12inch Honest Jons: HJRLP049

Thursday Apr 29, 2010

Various Artists

The World Is Shaking: Cubanismo From The Congo, 1954-55

The presentation of vintage recordings from the EMI Archive in Hayes, this album uncovers the dizzy beginnings of the golden age of African music — zi... more...

2LP Honest Jons: HJRLP040

Various Artists

Watch How The People Dancing - Unity Sounds From The London Dancehall, 1986 - 1989

Brilliant, haughty Jamaican avant-gardism, inspired by Jammy's Sleng Teng explosion, rearing up at a Hackney crossroads opposite techno, hiphop, break... more...

2LP Honest Jons: HJRLP003

Friday Apr 16, 2010

Cedric Im Brooks & The Light Of Saba

The Magical Light Of Saba

aking leads from Hugh Masekela and Fela Kuti, the recordings of Cedric Im Brooks and The Light of Saba delineate ‘world music’ way ahead of its time.... more...

2LP Honest Jons: HJRLP004
2LP Honest Jons: HJRLP035

Various Artists

Sprigs Of Time: 78s From The EMI Archive

Thirty amazing tracks recorded between 1903 and 1957, everywhere from England — Percy Grainger’s recording of the title song in 1908 — to the court of... more...

2LP Honest Jons: HJRLP036

T++

Wireless

Long ago snagged by the rhythmic innovations of the post jungle underground, on Wireless Profrock makes explicit his debt to the radical fringe of UK... more...

2x12inch Honest Jons: HJP049

Various Artists

Marvellous Boy: Calypso From West Africa

The inter-war dance bands of British West Africa are often strikingly similar in sound to Trinidadian orchestras like Lovey's String Band (credited wi... more...

2LP Honest Jons: HJRLP038

Various Artists

Africa Boogaloo: The Latinization Of West Africa

Drawn from exceedingly rare records, mixing the celebrated and unknown, this is the sequel to The World Is Shaking, and the companion of Marvellous Bo... more...

2LP Honest Jons: HJRLP041

Saturday Mar 20, 2010

Actress

Paint, Straw & Bubbles

This is one of those releases we would have loved to release ourselfs here at Clone! Actress is one of the young shots with his own sound and his own... more...

12inch Honest Jons: HJP048

Wednesday Feb 3, 2010

Candi Staton

Pepe Bradock remixes

'Do Your Duty' and 'Evidence', tracks taken from Candi Staton's earlier, pre-disco, rootsy deep soul days, given the remix treatment courtesy of Pepe... more...

12inch Honest Jons: HJP014

Thursday Jul 16, 2009

Diplo/ Newham Genrals / Elewedy Agege

Ep

4 track E.P. combining many styles including firstly the talents of Baltimore's ''Diplo'' (Producer for MIA) who tears up walls and stomps across the... more...

12inch Honest Jons: HJP042

Thursday Jul 9, 2009

Moritz von Oswald Trio

Vertical Ascent

Through Basic Channel and Rhythm And Sound — his collaborations with Mark Ernestus — Moritz von Oswald mapped out the grounds of a deep exchange betwe... more...

2LP Honest Jons: HJRLP045

Thursday Jun 25, 2009

Moritz von Oswald Trio

Vertical Ascent

Through Basic Channel and Rhythm And Sound — his collaborations with Mark Ernestus — Moritz von Oswald mapped out the grounds of a deep exchange betwe... more...

CD Honest Jons: HJRCD045

Friday May 30, 2008

Steel An Skin

Afro Punk Reggae Dub

From the Honest Jon's 'hood — Ladbroke Grove, late-1970s — stomping disco, dubwise reggae and regal steel-band

12inch Honest Jons: HJP045

Monday Dec 31, 2007

Various Artists

Open Strings: Early Virtuoso Recordings From The Middle East, And New Responses

Forgotten masterpieces, out-of-this-world improvisations from the 1920s and new responses.

4LP Honest Jons: HJRLP39

Mark De Clive-Lowe featuring Lyric L

Mesmerized

Nu jazzy West London broken beat with MC vive including DJ Spinna jouse remix.

12inch Honest Jons: HJP023

The Congos

Congo Man; Carl Craig edits

Great Carl Craig remixes of this nice track. Always with the cool Honest Jon's look.

12inch Honest Jons: HJRP005

Wednesday Sep 26, 2007

Tony Allen

Kilode (Carl Craig remix)

This weeks Carl Craig remix is on Honest Jon (back on Honest Jon's). And he is in devastating form. Another epic track which is kicking hard and funki... more...

12inch Honest Jons: HJP039

Tony Allen

Moyege (Mark's Mix)

Mark Ernestus, one half of the Basic Channel, Maurizio and Rhythm & Sound teams, inaugurates the series of reworkings of tracks from Tony Allen’s Lago... more...

12inch Honest Jons: HJP032

Wednesday Feb 7, 2007

Tony Allen

Ole (Moritz Von Oswald remix)

Mister Basic Channel / Rhythm & Sound mastermind comes to the control tower for his remix duty. He delivers a great, more then 10 minute long dance re... more...

12inch Honest Jons: HJP036

Friday May 19, 2006

Seiji & Spoonface

Yin Yang

West London broken beat track with male vox.

12inch Honest Jons: HJP019

V/A

Dougla Rhythm

Dancehall influenced soca music with a carneval feel. Featuring tracks by Massive Gosine, Third Base and others.

12inch Honest Jons: HJP013