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Joseph Kamaru
Heavy Combination 1966 - 2007
2LP | CD | DL
“Showcases Kamaru’s infectious blend of 70s funk with plaintive group vocals, highlife guitar and driving grooves. An east African gem.” - The Guardian
disciples.ffm.to/heavycombina...
Joseph Kamaru
Heavy Combination 1966 - 2007
2LP | CD | DL
“Showcases Kamaru’s infectious blend of 70s funk with plaintive group vocals, highlife guitar and driving grooves. An east African gem.” - The Guardian
disciples.ffm.to/heavycombina...
TONIGHT! FREE!! A CELEBRATION OF JOSEPH KAMARU!!!
Join us and KMRU @strangerthanrecs.bsky.social for an evening of joyous music
RSVP @dicefm.bsky.social
link.dice.fm/Ea9a4612fac4
Join us and KMRU @strangerthanrecs.bsky.social for an evening of joyous music
RSVP @dicefm.bsky.social
link.dice.fm/Ea9a4612fac4
November 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
TONIGHT! FREE!! A CELEBRATION OF JOSEPH KAMARU!!!
Join us and KMRU @strangerthanrecs.bsky.social for an evening of joyous music
RSVP @dicefm.bsky.social
link.dice.fm/Ea9a4612fac4
Join us and KMRU @strangerthanrecs.bsky.social for an evening of joyous music
RSVP @dicefm.bsky.social
link.dice.fm/Ea9a4612fac4
KMRU talks about carrying on the legacy of his grandfather, Joseph Kamaru, in this beautifully written piece @talkhouse.bsky.social
The first career-spanning retrospective of Joseph Kamaru’s music is out now on Disciples
www.talkhouse.com/echoes-in-th...
The first career-spanning retrospective of Joseph Kamaru’s music is out now on Disciples
www.talkhouse.com/echoes-in-th...
Echoes in the Moonlight
KMRU on carrying on the name and legacy of his grandfather, Joseph Kamaru.
www.talkhouse.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
KMRU talks about carrying on the legacy of his grandfather, Joseph Kamaru, in this beautifully written piece @talkhouse.bsky.social
The first career-spanning retrospective of Joseph Kamaru’s music is out now on Disciples
www.talkhouse.com/echoes-in-th...
The first career-spanning retrospective of Joseph Kamaru’s music is out now on Disciples
www.talkhouse.com/echoes-in-th...
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#RoleModels: Joseph Kamaru on carrying on the name and legacy of his grandfather
Echoes in the Moonlight
KMRU on carrying on the name and legacy of his grandfather, Joseph Kamaru.
www.talkhouse.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
#RoleModels: Joseph Kamaru on carrying on the name and legacy of his grandfather
OUT TODAY!
Esoteric Lounge Music Now
by Ruth Mascelli & Mary Hanson Scott
For the creatures of the night…
Esoteric Lounge Music Now
by Ruth Mascelli & Mary Hanson Scott
For the creatures of the night…
November 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
OUT TODAY!
Esoteric Lounge Music Now
by Ruth Mascelli & Mary Hanson Scott
For the creatures of the night…
Esoteric Lounge Music Now
by Ruth Mascelli & Mary Hanson Scott
For the creatures of the night…
Here's another excerpt from the beautiful synth visualiser for "Conversation Pit" by Ruth Mascelli & Mary Hanson Scott
Ruth & Mary tour hits THE MIST in Holyoke MA tonight, and the album Esoteric Lounge Music Now is out this Friday!
Ruth & Mary tour hits THE MIST in Holyoke MA tonight, and the album Esoteric Lounge Music Now is out this Friday!
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Here's another excerpt from the beautiful synth visualiser for "Conversation Pit" by Ruth Mascelli & Mary Hanson Scott
Ruth & Mary tour hits THE MIST in Holyoke MA tonight, and the album Esoteric Lounge Music Now is out this Friday!
Ruth & Mary tour hits THE MIST in Holyoke MA tonight, and the album Esoteric Lounge Music Now is out this Friday!
If you’re coming to see Phew at the ICA tonight, we have some special test pressing editions of her two Disciples LPs with unique DIY sleeves for sale
November 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
If you’re coming to see Phew at the ICA tonight, we have some special test pressing editions of her two Disciples LPs with unique DIY sleeves for sale
Dreamy new 'synth visualiser' by Minneapolis based video artist Shawna Lee for "Conversation Pit" by Ruth Mascelli & Mary Hanson Scott.
Esoteric Lounge Music Now tour phase 1 starts tonight at the Parkside Lounge in NYC!
Esoteric Lounge Music Now tour phase 1 starts tonight at the Parkside Lounge in NYC!
November 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Dreamy new 'synth visualiser' by Minneapolis based video artist Shawna Lee for "Conversation Pit" by Ruth Mascelli & Mary Hanson Scott.
Esoteric Lounge Music Now tour phase 1 starts tonight at the Parkside Lounge in NYC!
Esoteric Lounge Music Now tour phase 1 starts tonight at the Parkside Lounge in NYC!
OUT NOW!
Joseph Kamaru
Heavy Combination 1966 - 2007
2LP | CD | DL
“Showcases Kamaru’s infectious blend of 70s funk with plaintive group vocals, highlife guitar and driving grooves. An east African gem.” - The Guardian
disciples.ffm.to/heavycombina...
Joseph Kamaru
Heavy Combination 1966 - 2007
2LP | CD | DL
“Showcases Kamaru’s infectious blend of 70s funk with plaintive group vocals, highlife guitar and driving grooves. An east African gem.” - The Guardian
disciples.ffm.to/heavycombina...
October 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
OUT NOW!
Joseph Kamaru
Heavy Combination 1966 - 2007
2LP | CD | DL
“Showcases Kamaru’s infectious blend of 70s funk with plaintive group vocals, highlife guitar and driving grooves. An east African gem.” - The Guardian
disciples.ffm.to/heavycombina...
Joseph Kamaru
Heavy Combination 1966 - 2007
2LP | CD | DL
“Showcases Kamaru’s infectious blend of 70s funk with plaintive group vocals, highlife guitar and driving grooves. An east African gem.” - The Guardian
disciples.ffm.to/heavycombina...
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Saint Abdullah and Jason Nazary - Wiretaps For Oral
@disciples.bsky.social
https://bleep.com/release/553117
Digital and A5 Zine - out now!
@disciples.bsky.social
https://bleep.com/release/553117
Digital and A5 Zine - out now!
October 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Saint Abdullah and Jason Nazary - Wiretaps For Oral
@disciples.bsky.social
https://bleep.com/release/553117
Digital and A5 Zine - out now!
@disciples.bsky.social
https://bleep.com/release/553117
Digital and A5 Zine - out now!
Saint Abdullah & Jason Nazary - Wiretaps For Oral
Out today digitally w/ 44 page poetry and art zine! Vinyl out in Feb, features @patrickshiroishi.bsky.social and Ryan Easter
disciples.ffm.to/wiretapsforo...
Shoutout @jazyjef.bsky.social @obsofdeviance.bsky.social think you might be into this
Out today digitally w/ 44 page poetry and art zine! Vinyl out in Feb, features @patrickshiroishi.bsky.social and Ryan Easter
disciples.ffm.to/wiretapsforo...
Shoutout @jazyjef.bsky.social @obsofdeviance.bsky.social think you might be into this
October 23, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Saint Abdullah & Jason Nazary - Wiretaps For Oral
Out today digitally w/ 44 page poetry and art zine! Vinyl out in Feb, features @patrickshiroishi.bsky.social and Ryan Easter
disciples.ffm.to/wiretapsforo...
Shoutout @jazyjef.bsky.social @obsofdeviance.bsky.social think you might be into this
Out today digitally w/ 44 page poetry and art zine! Vinyl out in Feb, features @patrickshiroishi.bsky.social and Ryan Easter
disciples.ffm.to/wiretapsforo...
Shoutout @jazyjef.bsky.social @obsofdeviance.bsky.social think you might be into this
JOSEPH KAMARU
HEAVY COMBINATION 1966 - 2007
Listening events coming up in Berlin, London @strangerthanrecs.bsky.social and Nairobi!
Album out 31 October on Disciples
disciples.ffm.to/heavycombina...
HEAVY COMBINATION 1966 - 2007
Listening events coming up in Berlin, London @strangerthanrecs.bsky.social and Nairobi!
Album out 31 October on Disciples
disciples.ffm.to/heavycombina...
October 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
JOSEPH KAMARU
HEAVY COMBINATION 1966 - 2007
Listening events coming up in Berlin, London @strangerthanrecs.bsky.social and Nairobi!
Album out 31 October on Disciples
disciples.ffm.to/heavycombina...
HEAVY COMBINATION 1966 - 2007
Listening events coming up in Berlin, London @strangerthanrecs.bsky.social and Nairobi!
Album out 31 October on Disciples
disciples.ffm.to/heavycombina...
Today we're dropping a Freak Heat Waves remix of "A Lover's Theory Of Value" by Ruth Mascelli & Mary Hanson Scott, complete with a Ruth re-edit of the video for the original version, check the full version here: youtu.be/qS-hzpEgAu0
@unsunghunger.bsky.social
@unsunghunger.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Today we're dropping a Freak Heat Waves remix of "A Lover's Theory Of Value" by Ruth Mascelli & Mary Hanson Scott, complete with a Ruth re-edit of the video for the original version, check the full version here: youtu.be/qS-hzpEgAu0
@unsunghunger.bsky.social
@unsunghunger.bsky.social
KMRU on Joseph Kamaru
In this excerpt from a film made by Ableton, KMRU talks more about his family legacy and relationship with this music.
Heavy Combination 1966 - 2007 2LP / CD out 31 Oct!
disciples.ffm.to/heavycombina...
In this excerpt from a film made by Ableton, KMRU talks more about his family legacy and relationship with this music.
Heavy Combination 1966 - 2007 2LP / CD out 31 Oct!
disciples.ffm.to/heavycombina...
October 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
KMRU on Joseph Kamaru
In this excerpt from a film made by Ableton, KMRU talks more about his family legacy and relationship with this music.
Heavy Combination 1966 - 2007 2LP / CD out 31 Oct!
disciples.ffm.to/heavycombina...
In this excerpt from a film made by Ableton, KMRU talks more about his family legacy and relationship with this music.
Heavy Combination 1966 - 2007 2LP / CD out 31 Oct!
disciples.ffm.to/heavycombina...
A CELEBRATION OF JOSEPH KAMARU
Join us @strangerthanrecs.bsky.social on Weds 12 November for an album playback, DJ sets and a Q&A with Joseph Kamaru's grandson KMRU about the mindblowing music and remarkable life of the king of Kikuyu benga
Free entry but RSVP here: dice.fm/event/eow5qw...
Join us @strangerthanrecs.bsky.social on Weds 12 November for an album playback, DJ sets and a Q&A with Joseph Kamaru's grandson KMRU about the mindblowing music and remarkable life of the king of Kikuyu benga
Free entry but RSVP here: dice.fm/event/eow5qw...
October 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A CELEBRATION OF JOSEPH KAMARU
Join us @strangerthanrecs.bsky.social on Weds 12 November for an album playback, DJ sets and a Q&A with Joseph Kamaru's grandson KMRU about the mindblowing music and remarkable life of the king of Kikuyu benga
Free entry but RSVP here: dice.fm/event/eow5qw...
Join us @strangerthanrecs.bsky.social on Weds 12 November for an album playback, DJ sets and a Q&A with Joseph Kamaru's grandson KMRU about the mindblowing music and remarkable life of the king of Kikuyu benga
Free entry but RSVP here: dice.fm/event/eow5qw...
Sharing a second track from the forthcoming Joseph Kamaru retrospective - check out a remastered version of “Ikĩhanda Mũnyũgĩ” from 1988, an irresistible combination of rudimentary drum machine, keyboard, and surfy guitars supporting a joyful call-and-response Kikuyu vocal.
October 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Sharing a second track from the forthcoming Joseph Kamaru retrospective - check out a remastered version of “Ikĩhanda Mũnyũgĩ” from 1988, an irresistible combination of rudimentary drum machine, keyboard, and surfy guitars supporting a joyful call-and-response Kikuyu vocal.
Sharing a second track from the forthcoming Joseph Kamaru retrospective - check out “Ikĩhanda Mũnyũgĩ” from 1988, an irresistible combination of rudimentary drum machine, keyboard, and surfy guitars supporting a joyful call-and-response Kikuyu vocal
Ĩkĩhanda Mũnyũgĩ (Remastered), by JOSEPH KAMARU
from the album Heavy Combination 1966 - 2007
josephkamaru.bandcamp.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Sharing a second track from the forthcoming Joseph Kamaru retrospective - check out “Ikĩhanda Mũnyũgĩ” from 1988, an irresistible combination of rudimentary drum machine, keyboard, and surfy guitars supporting a joyful call-and-response Kikuyu vocal
Lots of labels and artists on the sell today we know, but if you did want to pre-order the forthcoming Joseph Kamaru or Ruth Mascelli & Mary Hanson Scott records, or dig into the library of wonder that is the Disciples back catalogue, then you would be very welcome
disciples.bandcamp.com
disciples.bandcamp.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Lots of labels and artists on the sell today we know, but if you did want to pre-order the forthcoming Joseph Kamaru or Ruth Mascelli & Mary Hanson Scott records, or dig into the library of wonder that is the Disciples back catalogue, then you would be very welcome
disciples.bandcamp.com
disciples.bandcamp.com
Sarah Davachi back in London tonight, playing the epic St. Martin In The Fields, right on the edge of Trafalgar Square. Still a few last tickets available if you’re quick
@babayagashut.bsky.social
dice.fm/event/g5y5na...
@babayagashut.bsky.social
dice.fm/event/g5y5na...
October 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Sarah Davachi back in London tonight, playing the epic St. Martin In The Fields, right on the edge of Trafalgar Square. Still a few last tickets available if you’re quick
@babayagashut.bsky.social
dice.fm/event/g5y5na...
@babayagashut.bsky.social
dice.fm/event/g5y5na...
Long before Kendrick vs. Drake, there was Joseph Kamaru vs. D.K wa Maria
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MÛGITHI BEEF
Joseph Kamaru vs. D.K wa Maria
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October 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Long before Kendrick vs. Drake, there was Joseph Kamaru vs. D.K wa Maria
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substack.com/@hingesoftim...
Do you live on the east coast (ish) of North America? Then go and get vapourised into multi-dimensional noir with RUTH MASCELLI & MARY HANSON SCOTT on phase 1 of the Esoteric Lounge Music Now tour.
September 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Do you live on the east coast (ish) of North America? Then go and get vapourised into multi-dimensional noir with RUTH MASCELLI & MARY HANSON SCOTT on phase 1 of the Esoteric Lounge Music Now tour.
Heavy Combination is the first career-spanning retrospective of the King of Kikuyu Benga, Joseph Kamaru, 17 tracks that run the gamut of funky floorfillers, protest songs and folk-style laments. Remastered from the original tapes, full liner notes, out 31 October!
disciples.ffm.to/heavycombina...
disciples.ffm.to/heavycombina...
September 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Heavy Combination is the first career-spanning retrospective of the King of Kikuyu Benga, Joseph Kamaru, 17 tracks that run the gamut of funky floorfillers, protest songs and folk-style laments. Remastered from the original tapes, full liner notes, out 31 October!
disciples.ffm.to/heavycombina...
disciples.ffm.to/heavycombina...
Ruth Mascelli & Mary Hanson Scott
"A Lover's Theory Of Value"
video by Sandy Uhrich, with footage by Tom Camilleri
from the forthcoming album Esoteric Lounge Music Now, in all good record shops 7 November 2025
@unsunghunger.bsky.social
"A Lover's Theory Of Value"
video by Sandy Uhrich, with footage by Tom Camilleri
from the forthcoming album Esoteric Lounge Music Now, in all good record shops 7 November 2025
@unsunghunger.bsky.social
Ruth Mascelli & Mary Hanson Scott - A Lover's Theory Of Value
YouTube video by Disciples
youtu.be
September 30, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Ruth Mascelli & Mary Hanson Scott
"A Lover's Theory Of Value"
video by Sandy Uhrich, with footage by Tom Camilleri
from the forthcoming album Esoteric Lounge Music Now, in all good record shops 7 November 2025
@unsunghunger.bsky.social
"A Lover's Theory Of Value"
video by Sandy Uhrich, with footage by Tom Camilleri
from the forthcoming album Esoteric Lounge Music Now, in all good record shops 7 November 2025
@unsunghunger.bsky.social
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Excited for this one! NY electro-crooner Ruth Mascelli returns in collaboration with Minneapolis sax-hynoptist Mary Hanson Scott. Enter the esoteric lounge 🎷🪩✨
Pre-order vinyl via @disciples.bsky.social ruthmascelli.bandcamp.com/album/esoter...
Pre-order vinyl via @disciples.bsky.social ruthmascelli.bandcamp.com/album/esoter...
Esoteric Lounge Music Now, by Ruth Mascelli & Mary Hanson Scott
12 track album
ruthmascelli.bandcamp.com
September 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Excited for this one! NY electro-crooner Ruth Mascelli returns in collaboration with Minneapolis sax-hynoptist Mary Hanson Scott. Enter the esoteric lounge 🎷🪩✨
Pre-order vinyl via @disciples.bsky.social ruthmascelli.bandcamp.com/album/esoter...
Pre-order vinyl via @disciples.bsky.social ruthmascelli.bandcamp.com/album/esoter...
Ruth Mascelli & Mary Hanson Scott
Esoteric Lounge Music Now
New LP out 7 November, third single "A Lover's Theory Of Value" out now, with a great and bizarre video by Sandy Uhrich
disciples.ffm.to/esotericlounge
@unsunghunger.bsky.social
Esoteric Lounge Music Now
New LP out 7 November, third single "A Lover's Theory Of Value" out now, with a great and bizarre video by Sandy Uhrich
disciples.ffm.to/esotericlounge
@unsunghunger.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Ruth Mascelli & Mary Hanson Scott
Esoteric Lounge Music Now
New LP out 7 November, third single "A Lover's Theory Of Value" out now, with a great and bizarre video by Sandy Uhrich
disciples.ffm.to/esotericlounge
@unsunghunger.bsky.social
Esoteric Lounge Music Now
New LP out 7 November, third single "A Lover's Theory Of Value" out now, with a great and bizarre video by Sandy Uhrich
disciples.ffm.to/esotericlounge
@unsunghunger.bsky.social
Reposted by Disciples
Just Announced:
Ruth Mascelli Mary Hanson Scott - Esoteric Lounge Music Now
@disciples.bsky.social
https://bleep.com/release/524487
Special Interest member Ruth Mascelli teams up with Mary Hanson Scott, pushing the paranoid torch songs into even more liminal and spaced out territory.
Ruth Mascelli Mary Hanson Scott - Esoteric Lounge Music Now
@disciples.bsky.social
https://bleep.com/release/524487
Special Interest member Ruth Mascelli teams up with Mary Hanson Scott, pushing the paranoid torch songs into even more liminal and spaced out territory.
September 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Just Announced:
Ruth Mascelli Mary Hanson Scott - Esoteric Lounge Music Now
@disciples.bsky.social
https://bleep.com/release/524487
Special Interest member Ruth Mascelli teams up with Mary Hanson Scott, pushing the paranoid torch songs into even more liminal and spaced out territory.
Ruth Mascelli Mary Hanson Scott - Esoteric Lounge Music Now
@disciples.bsky.social
https://bleep.com/release/524487
Special Interest member Ruth Mascelli teams up with Mary Hanson Scott, pushing the paranoid torch songs into even more liminal and spaced out territory.