Mndsgn - Body Wash (2025 Reissue)

Lathered in funk; rinsed in soul. This is the first repress of Mndsgn’s beloved second album for Stones Throw, Body Wash, since its original release in 2016.

After the beat-led excursions of his debut album Yawn Zen, Mndsgn put together a set of fully realised songs influenced by the likes of early SOLAR records material, Leon Sylvers III, Kashif, and Dave Grusin – artists that Mndsgn says “really embodied that potent feeling in the early 80s boogie/funk/soul/jazz/fusion wave.”

At the time of its release, Mndsgn described Body Wash as “a soul record that plays with nostalgic elements in a very dynamic & positive way. Think about it as a box of crayons for you to draw emotions with.”

In its review of Body Wash published in 2016, Pitchfork wrote: “If the elusive destination that Ancheta’s music has been trying to reach turns out to be a 1981 roller-rink party, it’s been a journey well-spent, and only makes the next destination more eagerly anticipated.”