Stones Throw Records celebrate 20 years of J Dilla’s ‘Donuts’ with a brand-new anniversary Audiophile Edition.

‘Donuts’ began simply enough as an idea to turn a demo tape into a full-length album. It would end up being one of the defining works of J Dilla’s life.

Completed during the year Dilla spent in and out of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and released on his birthday, February 7th, 2006, ‘Donuts’ gained particular poignancy when Dilla died three days later on February 10th.

Produced with fans and vinyl collectors in mind, the Audiophile Edition of ‘Donuts’ is a deluxe version of J Dilla’s magnum opus.

‘Donuts’ is widely regarded as one of the most beloved and influential hip-hop records of all time.

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Donuts (Outro)
Workinonit
Waves
Light It
The New
Stop
People
The Diff'rence
Mash
Time: The Donut Of The
Heart
Glazed
Airworks
Lightworks
Stepson Of The Clapper
The Twister (Huh, What)
One Eleven
Two Can Win
Don't Cry
Anti-American Graffiti
Geek Down
Thunder
Gobstopper
One For Ghost
Dilla Says Go
Walkinonit
The Factory
U-Love
Hi.
Bye.
Last Donut Of The Night
Welcome To The Show

The third album from Automatic, ‘Is It Now?’ sees the Los Angeles trio hone their sound, pairing topical, irreverent lyrics with danceable ‘deviant pop’ songs.

Produced by Loren Humphrey (Arctic Monkeys, The Last Shadow Puppets, Cameron Winter), ‘Is It Now?’ is Automatic’s boldest and most urgent music to date.

For fans of Wet Leg, Dry Cleaning, Le Tigre, Heartworms, Sextile.

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Black Box
Mq9
Mercury
Lazy
Country Song
Is It Now?
Don’t Wanna Dance
Smog Summer
The Prize
PlayBoi
Terminal

After years fronting the beloved L.A. band Chicano Batman, Bardo steps into a new chapter with Transformation Time, his debut solo album on Stones Throw.

Blending Latin rhythms, funk grooves, indie rock, and punk attitude, Bardo’s music reflects his roots in California, Mexico and Colombia, and draws from a vibrant mix of influences—from ‘70s and ‘80s R&B and classic rock to cumbia, vallenato, and salsa.

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Side A:
1. Transformation Time
2. Ámame
3. Love Me Like I Love You
4. Renacer (feat. Combo Chimbita)
5. Funky People
6. Anger Problem

Side B:
1. Sad Boy
2. Your Day Will Come (feat. N8NOFACE)
3. Ride
4. Over You
5. Life And Death
6. Doris

Marking 50 years since its original release, Stones Throw Records’ reissue of Haruomi Hosono's 1975 album Tropical Dandy is the first edition of this record to be released outside of Japan.

Tropical Dandy is the cult classic album that marked Hosono’s shift toward genre-blending, fusing exotica, jazz, and pop to lay the groundwork for Japanese City Pop.

“I’ve orbited around [Hosono] for light years during his pan-Pacific musical adventures. Cinematic romance with sonic texture.” – Van Dyke Parks.

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Side A
1. Chattanooga Choo Choo
2. Hurricane Dorothy
3. Kinukaido
4. Nettaiya
5. Peking Duck

Side B
1. Hyoryuki
2. Honey Moon
3. Sanji No Komori Uta
4. Sanji No Komori Uta (Instrumental)
5. Hyoryuki (Instrumental)

On May 4th, 2024, Jamael Dean sat at the bench of a grand piano at 2220 Arts + Archives in Los Angeles. He didn’t know what he’d play until his fingers struck the ivory. For the next hour the prodigious jazz talent improvised a solo piano set, seamlessly weaving together original compositions, improvisations, and his reconstructions of jazz standards.

Oriki Duuru, which means “piano poems” in Yoruba, is an unabridged recording of what unfolded that night.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Eledumare
2. Don’t You Know I Care (Or Don’t You Care To Know)

Side B
1. Dance Cadaverous
2. Rise & Fall
3. On Green Dolphin Street

Side C
1. Cancer
2. Tin Tin Deo
3. Paradox

Side D
1. Light Blue
2. Mystic Seeker
3. Akoda
4. When There Is No Sun

‘As Of Right Now’ is synth-punk / new wave artist N8NOFACE (pronounced ‘Nate-no-face’)’s Stones Throw debut. A collection of love songs on which N8 explores his vulnerable, tender side, singing of loving life in the present - as of right now.

‘As Of Right Now’ is produced by Chico Mann, a founding member of Antibalas and Here Lies Man.

Having amassed a considerable cult fanbase, N8NOFACE makes his Stones Throw debut.

Collaborated with Eyedress and the Bloody Beetroots and performed with the likes of Cypress Hill and Limp Bizkit

Recently completed two stints on Limp Bizkit’s Loserville arena tour in the US and UK/EU, played Cruel World Fest in LA, joined Eyedress onstage at Coachella and supporting on his tour later this year.

Famous fans include Travis Barker, Juliette Lewis, Molchat Doma, Vic Mensa, Dave Sitek and more.

For fans of The Cure, Sleaford Mods, Molchat Doma, HEALTH, Boy Harsher, Joy Division.

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As Of Right Now
Waiting To Wait For You
The Way Out Of Here
It’s Happening Again
Everything We Thought We Knew
I’m All Yours All The Time
You Dance Alone

John Carroll Kirby brings his signature sound to film scoring with the official soundtrack album for feature film The Luckiest Man in America, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and received a wide theatrical release.

John Carroll Kirby’s background is steeped in jazz, but his signature sound blends genres and styles. He has collaborated with artists ranging from superstars Solange, Frank Ocean, Harry Styles, and Steve Lacy (earning him a GRAMMY nod for the smash hit "Bad Habit") to beloved indie musicians like Connan Mockasin, Yves Tumor, Eddie Chacon, and Liv.e.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. The Luckiest Man
2. Sewing A Button
3. Board Of Desire
4. Lot Tour
5. Meeting Peter
6. Michael Winning
7. Michael Losing

Side B
1. Detective Chuck
2. Chuck Sad
3. Michael Giving Up
4. Bill’s Bargain
5. Patricia’s Theme
6. Patricia’s Theme Reprise
7. The Whammy

New 7” from Benny Sings featuring covers of Christopher Cross’s yacht rock classic, ‘Sailing’, and Drake’s ‘Passionfruit’.

Benny Sings released his most recent album, ‘Young Hearts’, in March 2023 via Stones Throw. The record was produced in collaboration with Kenny Beats.

Benny’s cover of ‘Sailing’ was his first non-album related release since ‘Young Hearts’ and it has amassed over one million streams across DSPs and over 280,000 views on the music video so far.

The B-side is Benny’s cover of Drake’s ‘Passionfruit’, originally released in 2018 as a digital single, the first song Stones Throw released with Benny Sings. It’s a live favourite and is available on vinyl for the first time ever. The song has over 15 million streams on DSPs and 3.5 million views on the music video.

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Sailing
Passionfruit

Kiefer’s new album sees the LA based artist return to his roots, playing keys and making beats.

‘It’s Ok, B U’ combines the hallmarks of Kiefer’s sound - masterful piano playing, mesmeric beats and vibrant melodies - with serious emotional heft.

In addition to being a celebrated solo artist, Kiefer is a Grammy-winning producer who has worked with the likes of Drake and Anderson .Paak.

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I Could Cry
Panic
My Disorder
Dreamer
High
Falling
I Wish I Wasn’t Me
Head Trip Feat. Luke Titus
Hips
Doomed
August Again
I Was Foolish, I Guess
Glowing Feat. Pera Krstajic
Forgetting U
It’s Ok, B U
I Mean That

New from Dutch singer-songwriter Benny Sings: an album made entirely in collaboration with producer to the stars Kenny Beats

Benny Sings’ third album for Stones Throw, following the successful City Pop and Music. Benny Sings has collaborated with Mac DeMarco, Tom Misch, GoldLink, Mocky, Cola Boyy, and more. Young Hearts features rising star Remi Wolf on two songs 

TRACK LISTING

1. Young Hearts (ft. Remi Wolf)
2. The Only One
3. Simple Love Songs
4. Pyjamas (ft Remi Wolf)
5. The World
6. Distance
7. Love Will Find A Way
8. Movie Star
9. Let’s Go
10. Take Your Time

The Viennese singer/songwriter Sofie Royer, fka Sofie, returns with her second album Harlequin for Stones Throw, the follow up to her well received debut album Cult Survivor in 2020.

Harlequin journeys between Sofie’s adolescence and adulthood, blending her nostalgia for early aughts reality television and American mall punk subculture with her passion for medieval performance, European cabaret, and Vienna’s ballet and opera history.

For her new record, Sofie adopts the visual aesthetic and gestures of the court jester, clown and cabaret artist, from the album artwork through to her live performances.

For fans of Cate Le Bon, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jenny Hval, Julia Jacklin, Dora Jar, Midnight Sister, Caroline Polachek, Drugdealer, Clairo.

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A1 Schweden Espresso
A2 Court Jester
A3 Love Park
A4 Baker Miller Pink
B1 Klein-Marx
B2 Feeling Bad Forsyth Street
B3 Ballad Of Bobby Beausoleil
B4 Sick Boy
B5 Someone Is Smoking

‘U.S. Velvet’ is the debut release from the LAbased duo of the same name, made up of Zahara Jaime and Collin Davis. Their debut single is a raw, post-punk mission statement about the anxieties of living in the 21st Century.  The 12” single includes an instrumental version (exclusive to the 12”) and a dub version by ATOsigned artist, Pachyman. 

Collin is currently an engineer and producer at Stones Throw Studios in Los Angeles and Zahara is a touring musician with The Simps and Eyedress. Zahara and Collin both create solo music as Zzzahara and Ynes Mon respectively. The duo will release a video to accompany their ‘U.S. Velvet’ single, which features a cameo from Stones Throw’s founder Peanut Butter Wolf’s alter ego, Folerio. 

Dub version of the single by Pachyman, who just released his new album ‘The Return of…’ with ATO Records and opened two shows for Khruangbin.

TRACK LISTING

1. U.S. Velvet
2. U.S. Velvet (Pachyman Dub)
3. U.S. Velvet (Instrumental)

Teeth Agency is the audio/visual project of London based multi-instrumentalist and producer Jesse Hackett and Chicago visual artist and gallerist Mariano Chavez. Their first full length LP You Don’t Have to Live In Pain will come out on Stones Throw in 2021.

The duo is united by their interest in experimental visuals and a varied range of unconventional musical styles including lizard lounge jazz, stoner doom pysch and absurdist soul horrorrama. The fourteen songs on their debut album curated by Peanut Butter Wolf, take the listener through a diverse range of moods and settings.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: DIY & lo-fi jazz, funk and lounge stuff here, which loosely sounds like a mix between Jeff Phelps, Cody Chestnutt, James Ferraro and Timmy Thomas (!!!). Absolutely uncategorizable genius only Stones Throw could release.

TRACK LISTING

1. Anon
2. Wolfs Jam
3. Many People (Remake)
4. Jesse / Eska Games
5. The Dummy Run
6. Fazer Folk (Teeth Version)
7. Abbana Kange
8. Queen Of The Night
9. One For Tusk
10. Harpoon Land (Remake)
11. Fly Porridge
12. Do You Like Bunnies
13. Chucky Had A Bad Day
14. Clean New Old Me

Rejoicer is a Tel Aviv-based musician making cosmic jazz-tinged electronica. He has collaborated with Mndsgn, Georgia Anne Muldrow and Dudley Perkins, as well as being a member of the band Buttering Trio and running the Raw Tapes label. Several tracks on ‘Spiritual Sleaze’ include vocals, with featured guests including iogi, KerenDun, Nitai Hershkovits, Jenny Penkin and Sam Wilkes. Rejoicer cites Sun Ra, Aphex Twin, Steve Reich, Dabrye, Eric Satie, Wu Tang Clan and Scientist among his musical inspirations.

For fans of Kiefer, Mndsgn, Teebs, Flying Lotus, BADBADNOTGOOD, Thundercat, Shigeto.

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Moon Hike
Pre Memory Circle
Song For The Spirit Flights
Heart Way Or No Way (Chapeau)
Up In Flames Feat. Iogi
Aura Sight
Earth Talk Ft Sam Wilkes
Crystal Lagoon
My Beans Ft KerenDun
The Pride, Oh, The Pride
No Bells Rang That Day Ft Nitai Hershkovits
Lemons Ft Jenny Penkin
Third Eye Jungle Run
Eagle In The Lodge
There Is Time

Yes Lawd! Remixes, is a new reworking of the critically acclaimed debut album from NxWorries. Knxwledge continues a Stones Throw tradition started by Madlib, by remixing his own album, adding a new interpretation to the tracks featuring Anderson .Paak’s vocals. “Two artists working at the absolute height of their talents” – Pitchfork “One of the best albums of 2016” – Complex “Yes Lawd! is an album that feels alive, a living and breathing object that nods to the past while staying in the present” - The FADER “The inspired combo of Paak’s soulful rasp and Knxwledge’s cratedigging sample...makes this album something special in a year that’s already filled with strong R&B LPs”

TRACK LISTING

1. Alltype
2. Livvin
3. Wngs
4. Best 1
5. Kutless
6. Lyk Dis
7. Idntrembrwell
8. HAN
9. $cared
10. Best 2
11. Suede
12. Reali(the)nd

Sampled by Drake (“Jungle”) and G-Eazy (“Running”). Instrumental versions of Gabriel’s Stones Throw Records debut Jardín now available on limited edition wax. Gabriel Garzón-Montano’s formidable skills have come to fruition on Jardín in his Stones Throw debut. “This album came out of wanting to make music that reminds people how beautiful life is and how delicate their heart is,” he said. “I’ve always wanted to make music that is healing, comforting, and funky. I named the album Jardín hoping for it to create a space for healing when people put it on. “A garden is full of life, growth and beauty,” Gabriel said of choosing that unifying image as the title for his new album. “It makes me think of green and white and all the colors as they appear in different flowers.” That vivid spectrum bursts forth on Jardín itself and the album contains references to fruit of all sorts, sour mango, juicy tangerines and sweet peaches. From the heartache and aching vocals that float over the dusty drums of “Crawl” to the stutter-step thump of “Bombo Fabrika” to the high falsetto he nails on “Octave,” Garzón-Montano proves himself to already be one of 2017’s biggest breakout talents.

TRACK LISTING

1. Trial (Instrumental)
2. Sour Mango (Instrumental)
3. Fruitflies (Instrumental)
4. The Game (Instrumental)
5. Long Ears (Instrumental)
6. Crawl (Instrumental)
7. Bombo Fabrika (Instrumental)
8. Cantiga (Instrumental)
9. My Balloon (Instrumental)
10. Lullaby (Instrumental)

Gabriel Garzón-Montano’s formidable skills have come to fruition on Jardín in his Stones Throw debut . “This album came out of wanting to make music that reminds people how beautiful life is and how delicate their heart is,” he said. “I’ve always wanted to make music that is healing, comforting, and funky. I named the album Jardín hoping for it to create a space for healing when people put it on. “A garden is full of life, growth and beauty,” Gabriel said of choosing that unifying image as the title for his new album. “It makes me think of green and white and all the colours as they appear in different flowers.” That vivid spectrum bursts forth on Jardín itself and the album contains references to fruit of all sorts, sour mango, juicy tangerines and sweet peaches. From the heartache and aching vocals that float over the dusty drums of “Crawl” to the stutter-step thump of “Bombo Fabrika” to the high falsetto he nails on “Octave,” Garzón-Montano proves himself to already be one of 2017’s biggest breakout talents. 

TRACK LISTING

1. Trial
2. Sour Mango
3. Fruitflies
4. The Game
5. Long Ears
6. Crawl
7. Bombo Fabrica
8. Cantiga
9. My Balloon
10. Lullaby

'Yawn Zen' is LA-based hip-hop producer Ringgo Ancheta’s debut album for Stones Throw. Mndsgn’s psychedelic beats have already won him fans such as Danny Brown, who snapped him up to produce a track the lead track for his Classic Drug Referencesrelease and BBC Radio 1’s Benji B. Dazed & Confused described him as “one of the west coast’s finest beat-smiths… each track is a patchwork of lush electronic samples blended together to create warm, sun-drenched little charmers.”

On 'Yawn Zen', his debut for Stones Throw, Mndsgn has carved himself an unusually calm-sounding place in the Los Angeles beat scene. The influence of labelmates Madlib and J Dilla on this on this collection of laid-back beats is never far off, but Yawn Zen has a psychedelic, jazzy flavour that equally recalls the likes of Flying Lotus, Gonjasufi and Samiyam.

TRACK LISTING

1: Yawn
2: Homewards
3: Sheets
4: Frugality
5: Exchanging
6: Convert
7: Arklight
8: Camelblues
9: Txt (Msgs)
10: Am
11: Afternoon Shuffle
12: Zen

Stones Throw slim Georgia Anne Muldrow's amazing "Olesi - Fragments Of An Earth" album down to 14 short instrumentals. Listening to these beats and it becomes blatantly obvious why people are calling her the female Madlib.