The Sofrito crew return with four more tropical bangers to heat up the dancefloor! For the label's fifth outing they join forces with Joining forces with the talented Tropical Treats outfit from Sweden, who you'll remember from the ace "Afrikan Rhythms" 12″ on GAMM in 2009. The "Tropical Soundclash EP" covers raw Afro-funk, heavy cumbia, Caribbean disco and hot carnival rhythms, perfect for your Tropical Discotheque! On side A "Rift Valley Groove" is a wicked piece of Afro-funk, while "Cumbia Colombiana" features a heavy percussive rhythm and blasting horns. Side B opens with the speedy carnival drumming and call-and-response vocal of "Ca Ca Yé" - perfect for a mood change on the dancefloor - with "Tabou For The People" bringing up the rear in Afro-disco style, all played live.

TRACK LISTING

A Side:
Rift Valley Groove (Tropical Treats Edit)
Cumbia Colombiana (Tropical Treats Edit)

B Side:
Ca Ca Yé (Frankie Francis Edit)
Tabou For The People (Sofrito Edit Feat. L. Barrabas)

**Import item!! {DETROIT}

- Strictly pre-orders only!

- Limited copies!

TRACK LISTING

A1. Marcellus Pittman - Everybody Party
A2. Javontte - Late Night Love
A3. Rick Wilhite And Delano Smith Ft Jon Dixon - Neo Solaris
B1. Rick Wilhite And Delano Smith - 11 Minutes Of Funk
B2. Jon Dixon - Belle Isle Bounce
C1. Norm Talley - Dreaming In Detroit
C2. Gerald Mitchell AKA Soul Saver - KAORI
D1. Kenny Dixon Jnr - I'm Goin Black
D2. Delano Smith - Hot Lovely Relations
E1. Omar S. - VAT 69 (Godson Mix)
F1. Rick Wilhite And Delano Smith - Pipe Putta 

Debut of the "Hit + Run Presents Road Kill" compilation series. Volume 1 includes 29 exclusive and unreleased tracks by the Los Angeles underground and beyond, available on a limited-edition digipak CD. We're talking beat builders, wonky-hoppers, hip hopers, down-beaters, electronica lovers and just, in the case of the Gaslamp Killer, bonkers mentalists.

Previously only available digitally and on CD, the compilation features some of LA’s best and brightest, along with a whole host of artists from around the world - including J Rocc, the Gaslamp Killer, Ras G, Daedelus, Knxwledge, Mndsgn, Jeremiah Jae, Kutmah and many more - all contributing tracks unavailable anywhere else.

TRACK LISTING

1. The Gaslamp Killer - Bullet Shells In My Sneakers
2. Mono/Poly - Crew
3. Shash’U - Akira
4. Matthewdavid - Funky Yelling
5. Jeremiah Jae (feat. Isreal And Oliver The 2nd) - ShamWow
6. Mestizo - Love Me Hard
7. Mndsgn - Golf Shirt
8. Computer Jay - The Opposing Turf
9. N8No Face (feat. Zackey Force Funk) - Fame
10. The Gaslamp Killer - Road Kill Interlude
11. Ras G - Coto Loco
12. Daedelus - If I Fail
13. J.Rocc - Red Wing
14. Knxwledge - Need Wun
15. Seven Davis Jr. - Samurai
16. Sweatson Klank - Little Time To Fly
17. Kutmah + Tehbis - Griots
18. Mr. Feeds - Ride To The Moon
19. Bei Ru - Bekaa Valley Hash
20. Zackey Force Funk - Birdz
21. Kevin D. Mize - Better Late Than
22. Thavius Beck – Noble Roble
23. Alter - Calle Primera
24. Eras - Bangoria
25. Bobby Evans - Le Witt
26. Subtitle - 555 + 333
27. Biff Chitlins - Dulce
28. Adventure Time - Kick It
29. Zackey Force Funk (feat. Reggie Blount) - Where Buffalo Roam.

In May 1976 a record was released that would have an unforeseen and lasting impact on the music industry “Ten Percent” by Double Exposure was an early release on the New York independent label Salsoul Records. America was in the grip of a disco explosion with new clubs opening on a weekly basis; Salsoul saw what was happening and swiftly created a sound for their label, heavily influenced by the music then coming out of Philadelphia, aimed directly at New York’s dance-floors. Records like “Salsoul Hustle,” “Tangerine” and “You’re Just The Right Size” by The Salsoul Orchestra borrowed heavily from the beautifully orchestrated Philadelphia International records but added a more percussive, bass heavy depth that New York’s DJs loved. So what was so special about this particular single then? Double Exposure was, after all, just another band, “Ten Percent” just another song; one of many “disco” records released that week. First of all Salsoul became the first record label to make a twelve inch single available to Joe Public - the exotic format was previously only available to DJs as promotional items or bought under the counter at certain record stores. Not only that though, the extended version was created by Walter Gibbons, a DJ at New York’s Galaxy 21 who’d built his reputation making exclusive versions of tracks to play in his sets.

In 1976 it was unheard of for a DJ to set foot in a recording studio, being seen as little more than living jukeboxes by the serious music industry. Recording studios were strictly the domain of recording artists and producers so Walter found himself in a unique position, gaining access to a world no DJ had been granted before.

Or so we thought...
The Men In The Glass Booth tells the full story. Featuring ground breaking re-edits and remixes by some of the Disco era's most influential DJs including Walter Gibbons, Bobby DJ Guttadaro, Tom Savarese, Jellybean Benitez, Tee Scott and John Luongo, this opulent release also includes a 40 page book which features exclusive photos and insights from some of the story's key figures.

STAFF COMMENTS

Patrick says: BBE answer the prayers of all us non-millionaire disco fans, taking us on a journey through the alternative 12" history via this exhaustive collection of acetates and DJ edits. Mega!

BJÖRK: Our cover feature is a career-spanning piece by Tamara Palmer on Iceland’s most noted export since the foundation of their parliament in 930, with a terrifically gorgeous cover image by our illustrator, Marly Beyer. -MARCELLUS HALL delivers a 30-plus page excerpt from a graphic novel about life in indie-rock in the early 1990s that’s just stunning and lyrical and we are so stoked to be able to run it. -Hot on the heels of their world tour, it’s an engaging photo essay from Detroit’s premier music photographer Doug Coombe on the return of garage punk heroes BE YOUR OWN PET. -Mike Turner spends serious time with BMX champion CHELSEA WOLFE, right when she might be suspended from competition for being trans. -Ana Gavrilovska digs deep into the work of up-and-coming multimedia artist WAYNE PHOENIX. -Uncharacterizable instrumental musicians PENGUIN CAFE are back (under the direction of originator Simon Jeffes' son Arthur Jeffes) and Kurt Reighley is writing beautifully on them. (Their first two records for Eno’s label are The Shit.) Cassette tape reviews; Lucy Sante delivers a tribute to the olden days of mp3 blogs, because she writes in every issue and we are lucky AF for this fact; Mimi Lipson weighs in on cats versus dogs in her advice column; Andy Beta talks of Annea Lockwood in the Icons column; the reissue of the issue is a box set of Pauline Anna Strom, by Michelle Dove; Fred Thomas on “why Sonic Youth's most underrated record deserves a second look” (guess which one it is!); an overview of reissue label Mesh Key for a new column on the people who run labels and stuff like that. In the new column Tracked (on music supervisors) Martin Douglas talks to Tiffany Anders, and it’s largely about her work on RESERVATION DOGS! Then there’s the column PHYSICAL GRAFFITI by editor McGonigal, an epic look at dozens of recent LP releases plus a few books (that’s right, it’s a bona fide multi-page record review column), plus the debut of our food column with a disastrous visit to the Russian Tea Room courtesy of noted genius QUINTRON.

Coyote are back with another typically carefully curated collection of Balearic re-edits and revisions via the reliable (and hush-hush) Magic Wand imprint. The Nottingham twosome kick things off themselves with 'Carpenter', a dubby and bass-heavy extension of a dreamy, folksy number (all jangling acoustic guitar, stoned male lead vocals and gentle hand percussion), before we're treated to the 'Pointless edit' of 'Six Blade Scalpel' - a languid, bass-heavy revision of a late 70s blues/soft-rock number crafted by Bedmo Disco's Sell By Dave. There's an Americana/neo-folk feel to Andy Kidd's sublime extension of Dan England's 'I Don't Feel That Way', while YZ's edit of 'Sapelo' is a horizontal, Rhodes-laden, spoken word-sporting ambient delight.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: A selection of 'woody' organic numbers from the Magic Wand roster that touches on folk and soft rock, keeping the mood soft and gentle. If one was to take a canoe down the Mississippi river I could well imagine this as the soundtrack...

TRACK LISTING

Carpenter (Coyote Edit)
Six Blade Scalpel (Pointless Edit)
England Dan - I Don’t Feel That Way (Andy Kidds Balearic Extension)
Sapelo (YZ Edit)

'20th Century Paddy - The Songs of Shane MacGowan' is a sonic love letter to a catalogue that shaped generations. The album features a wide ranging mix of icons and contemporary disruptors, each bringing a unique perspective to the tracks that defined Shane MacGowan's career.
The lineup of artists include:

Amble / Bob Geldof / Bruce Springsteen / Camille O’Sullivan / Cronin / Damien Dempsey / David Gray / David Keenan / Dropkick Murphys / Garron Noone / Glen Hansard / Hozier / Jimmy Artache / Johnny Depp / Johnny Mac and The Faithful / Kate Moss / Kingfishr / Liam Ó Maonlaí / Lisa Moorish / Lisa O'Neill / LYRA / Madra Salach / Moya Brennan / Mundy / Picture This / Pinch of Snuff / Primal Scream / Steve Earle / The High Kings / The Jesus and Mary Chain / The Libertines / The Murder Capital / The Pogues / Tom Creagh / Tom Waits / U2

TRACK LISTING

1. A Rainy Night in Soho - Bruce Springsteen
2. Fairytale of New York - Hozier
3. Sayonara - The Libertines
4. Aisling - Picture This
5. Streets of Sorrow / Birmingham Six - LYRA
6. Turkish Song of the Damned - Madra Salach
7. The Body of an American - Dropkick Murphys
8. The Snake With the Eyes of Garnet - Amble
9. The Broad Majestic Shannon - Liam O'Maonlai
10. If I Should Fall From Grace With God - Steve Earle
11. Fiesta - Johnny Mac and The Faithful
12. Paddy Public Enemy No.1 - Tom Creagh
13. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah - U2
14. Gabrielle - The Pogues
15. A Pair of Brown Eyes - Primal Scream
16. The Sunnyside of the Street - Kingfishr
17. Victoria - Mundy
18 Donegal Express - Pinch of Snuff
19. The Old Main Drag - David Gray
20. I'll Be Your Handbag - The Jesus and Mary Chain
21. Streams of Whiskey - The High Kings
22. The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn - David Keenan
23. USA - Jimmy Artache
24. Rain Street - Lisa Moorish
25. White City - Garron Noone
26. Summer in Siam - Tom Waits
27. Sally MacLennane - Damien Dempsey
28. Mother Mo Chroi - Moya Brennan
29. The Song With No Name - The Murder Capital
30. Lonesome Highway - Kate Moss
31. Haunted - Johnny Depp & Imelda May
32. Dark Streets of London - Lisa O'Neill
33. St John of Gods - Bob Geldof
34. Bottle of Smoke - Glen Hansard
35. London You're a Lady - Cronin
36. You're The One - Camille O’Sullivan

Futurismo proudly present a vital compilation born in the shadows of American punk; 'AMERICAN GRAVE Gothic Punk / Deathrock USA: 1978-1988', the third volume in their Altered Vision anthology series.

Drawing from darkest depths of the American spirit, 'American Grave' is testament to a subculture spawned from late night savagery, graveyard hangouts and suburban isolation. Deathrock, post-punk, goth, whatever term you prefer, this compilation showcases the sounds and aesthetics of a tarnished golden era, an underground movement that took the DIY concepts of punk and the velocity of a burgeoning hardcore scene and immersed it in echoes, distortion, tribal rhythms and macabre vocals, thematically preying upon cult horror flicks, surrealism, and the manipulation of religious iconography. Whilst the UK had a counterpart scene many would hail as Goth, this was different, this was a truly American incarnation, a new breed of youth haunted by the ghosts of old blues, garage and glam, bleak theatrical imagery dressed up to evoke a response, smeared eyeliner, leather, bones…black. This was a backlash against a culture in decay, bucking against a puritanical oppression brought on by the archaic social standards set by their parents. It was aggression manifested as gloom, it was a ceremony, the celebration of death.

'American Grave' has been co-curated by Wesley Eisold (Cold Cave/American Nightmare/Heartworm Press) in collaboration with Futurismo head honcho Del Jae, to bring you a haunting tracklist ranging from the all important integral mainstays of the genre to those rarer and more elusive artists, including many recordings that have never been reissued before on any format. Featuring the music of Christian Death, T.S.O.L., The Cramps, Of A Mesh, The Gun Club, Twisted Roots, Kommunity FK, The Brainz, Theatre Of Ice, Burning Image, Fur Bible, PSI Com, Shadow Of Fear, Super Heroines, 45 Grave and more.

The music on this compilation is reinstated further from a visual perspective by an array of incredible images by famed punk photographer Edward Colver, and lovingly designed to the level you would expect from a Futurismo release. 

TRACK LISTING

1. Christian Death - Spiritual Cramp
2. Of A Mesh - Guillotine
3. Super Heroines - Convicts
4. T.S.O.L. - Code Blue
5. PSI Com - Human Condition
6. Shadow Of Fear - In The Flesh
7. The Cramps - Human Fly
8. Burning Image - The Final Conflict
9. The Gun Club - Death Party
10. Your Funeral - I Want To Be You
11. The Brainz - Elementary Monster
12. Theatre Of Ice - She Sleeps
13. 45 Grave - Violent World
14. Middle Class - The Call
15. Altar de Fey - Veil Of Death (Demo)
16. Mighty Sphincter - Waltz In Hell
17. Dead Moon - Graveyard
18. Twisted Roots - Are There Cobwebs On My Face?
19. Fur Bible - Plunder The Tombs
20. Kommunity FK - Restrictions
21. Lords Of The New Church - New Church
22. The Naked And The Dead - Taboo
23. The Flesh Eaters - See You In The Boneyard
24. Red Temple Spirits - Dreamings Ending

Super Spicy Records, a colourful nu-disco and re-edit imprint founded by Mexican producer Monsieur Von Pratt, continues to offer up action-packed, compilation style EPs via the must-check Super Spicy Recipe series. Volume ten, the second of 2026, is another expansive affair featuring six scintillating jams. Expect horns-and-strings sporting nu-disco joy (Scorpio 69 and DJ Sobrino's infectious 'Fuego', Afro-Latin-fired disco-house fun (Tamati's joyous 'Yaounde Love Affair'), sample-rich jazz-house/deep house fusion (Monsieur Von Pratt's own 'What Is Jazz' and Milton V's energy-packed 'Sounds of Jazz'), housed-up disco re-edit action (Nico Raibak's 'It's So Good') and hands-aloft, tooled-up boogie revivalism (Raga's 'The Middle', a fine re-edit of a lesser-known electrofunk gem).

TRACK LISTING

Monsieur Van Pratt - "What Is Jazz?"
Scorpio 69 & DJ Sobrino - "Fuego"
Tamati - "Yaounde Love Affair"
Milton V - "Sounds Of Jazz"
Nico Raibak - "It's So Good"
Raga - "The Middle"

‘Lounge Psychédélique’ takes you on a journey into the world of Lounge, Exotica and Space Age Bachelor Pad Music, from its early days in the 1950s and 1960s to the current crop of artists championing the Lounge & Exotica sounds today. Compiled by Spencer Hickman & Mark McQuillan for Two-Piers

‘Lounge Psychédélique (The Best of Lounge & Exotica 1954-2022)’ is the third instalment in the Psychédélique Compilation series on Two-Piers, following the critically acclaimed ‘Pop Psychédélique (The Best of French Psychedelic Pop 1964-2019)’ and ‘Garage Psychédélique (The Best of Garage Psych and Pzyk Rock 1965-2019)’.

‘Lounge Psychédélique’ brings together the sounds of Easy Listening, Soundtrack Instrumentals, Exotica, Jazz, Psychedelic, and Space Age sounds all under the umbrella of Lounge Music. The compilation includes legends of the Lounge and Exotica scene, such as Martin Denny, Yma Sumac, Mel Tormé, Herb Alpert, and Les Baxter, alongside legendary composers Hugo Montenegro, Lalo Schifrin, Michael Giacchino. Add some Lounge Jazz from Cal Tjader and the Latin Bossa Nova of Quincy Jones. Then throw in some beautiful oddities from Leonard Nimoy, Pizzicato Five and Mort Garson. Next, mix in some Lounge-Mod moments from Dave Pike and Jack Trombey, KPM library classics from Alan Hawkshaw and Keith Mansfield, and finish with some brilliant modern-day exponents of the Exotica sound Los Bitchos, Ixtaheule and the Percussive Funk Moog party sounds of The Bongolian. The result is a fun and crazy ride through the world of Lounge Music which will bring a smile to your face and a spring to your step. So raise a cocktail glass to ‘Lounge Psychédélique (The Best of Lounge & Exotica 1954-2022) – a sheer joy from start to finish!

‘Lounge Psychédélique’ isn’t meant to be a ‘crate diggers’ album or a compilation of obscure, hard-to-find tracks to outdo your mates. Instead, it is intended to celebrate the Lounge scene and, hopefully, the perfect introduction to this fantastic and beautiful music for any newcomers out there. So let your journey into Lounge and Exotica begin here….

STAFF COMMENTS

Darryl says: Delving into the world of Lounge, Exotica and Space Age Bachelor Pad Music, these cuts are the creme de la creme of the scene. Featuring legends like Martin Denny, Yma Sumac, Les Baxter, Mort Garson, Alan Hawkshaw, Leonard Nimoy, Pizzicato Five, and Keith Mansfield, there’s plenty of delights to raise a cocktail glass to!

TRACK LISTING

Vinyl Tracklist:
A1. Leonard Nimoy – Music To Watch Space Girls By
A2. Martin Denny – The Enchanted Isle
A3. Yma Sumac – Gopher
A4. The Bongolian – B-Boy Toga Party
A5. Los Bitchos – The Link Is About To Die
A6. Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – The Lonely Bull (El Solo Toro)
A7. Michael Giacchino & Nouvelle Modernica Orchestra – Sidereal Day: 3 (Instrumental)
B1. Mel Tormé – Sunshine Superman
B2. Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 – Mais Que Nada
B3. Lalo Schifrin – Lalo’s Bossa Nova
B4. Quincy Jones – Black Orpheus (Manha De Carnaval)
B5. Les Baxter & 101 Strings Orchestra – Tropicando
B6. Pizzicato Five - ǚ

The second instalment of Chapter Music’s acclaimed Australian post-punk compilation series 'Can’t Stop It!' is released on vinyl for the first time as a deluxe double album.

The compilation was originally released on CD in 2007 and presents an incredible array of inventive and often previously unheard music from the period 1979-1984. Now Chapter Music updates the compilation with six never before reissued bonus tracks, plus new liner notes, photos and layout.
This is a fantastically rich and dynamic time in Australian music history, a time when Australia stepped out of the shadows of overseas influence and asserted its own musical identity for perhaps the first time.

'Can’t Stop It! II' features tracks that have now become touchstones in Australia's post-punk history, including 'Lamborghini' by Severed Heads and proto Oz-rap classic 'Do the Job' by Use No Hooks, plus early works by the likes of Dead Can Dance’s Lisa Gerrard and Hunters & Collectors’ Mark Seymour.

Bonus tracks include the astounding 'How' by Brisbane's This Five Minutes, which pre-dates The Stone Roses' 'Fool's Gold' by at least five years, and Tasmania's own performance punk Chainmale with his outlandish Freakout.

TRACK LISTING

1. The Systematics– International Voltage
2. International Exiles – Let’s Be Sophisticated
3. Asphixiation – The Crush
4. Tactics – Watch My Hands
5. Severed Heads – Lamborghini
6. The Goat That Went “OM” – The Pirate Song
7. Use No Hooks – Do the Job
8. Microfilm – Centrefold
9. Scattered Order – Swiss Like Knives and Forks
10. The Jetsonnes – Newspaper
11. Rhythmx Chymx – The Now Generation
12. Brrr Cold – Mothers At War
13. SoliPsiK– See Saw
14. Wild Dog Rodeo – Charging the Lighthouse
15. Belle Du Soir – Treasure Island
16. Ya Ya Choral – God’s Buzzsaw
17. Essendon Airport – I Feel A Song Coming On
18. Swell Guys – Sidetracking
19. Scapa Flow – Somewhere
20. Nuvo Bloc – Never Mind
21. Lachelle – Purple Hearts
22. Chainmale – Freakout
23. This Five Minutes – How
24. Chocolate Grinders – People With Leukaemia
25. Tiny Town – Living Out Of Living
26. Aural Indifference – Baby Love

Welcome to Coconut Dreams, a mythical, utopian retreat nestled in the most exquisite of settings, crafted and conjured up by esteemed collector, producer and DJ, Skyrager.

At the heart of the experience is a soundtrack evoking this tropical paradise, with an undercurrent of serenity that carries you gently away from the familiar into the expansive. A collection of pleasure- heavy tracks to lean into and get lost within, journeying through sun- drenched folk, dream- inducing soul, astral ambience, AOR breeziness, and much more in between.

Known to many as one half of the illustrious Psychemagik, Danny McLewin has spent decades releasing acclaimed original productions, cherished compilations and touring the world DJing. A collector at heart, he's been unearthing hidden gems in record shops and private collections everywhere he goes. With a taste second to none, he is no stranger to curating a compilation. Psychemagik's Magik series and his Traces of Illusion comp under the Skyrager alias are all must-haves for any collection. Coconut Dreams is an embodiment of everything Skyrager is all about - a deep- diving, softfocused drift that sweeps you up to a place far, far away.

Each track has been chosen with care and consideration and is sequenced to take the listener on a peaceful, dreamlike journey. Every song conveys its own message, but the overarching thread is an invitation to slow down, be present and appreciate the moment. The compilation begins with the crashing waves of The Carmets 'Silver Moon Beach' as you check in and leave your hectic day-to-day life behind. The gentle chimes, hypnotic synths and divine female vocals of 'You Are Like the Sunlight' and Angela Bofill's mesmerising soul jazz masterpiece 'Under The Moon And Over The Sky' further reset your body and brain, ready to lose yourself in an immersive experience from the very first song to the last.

Alongside the ethereal dreamers there's also power and pertinence. Keiko Nosaka & George Murasaki's koto- infused prog rock number 'Oritatamu Umi' leads into the insistent and ever-relevant 'Apartheid Must Go' by Fred Bryan & The All Stars. O'Donel Levy's otherworldly tale of heartache and longing 'I Am, I Am' then explodes into a tropical fiesta jam. You may find yourself moving between states, between memory and imagination, between the known and something just beyond it. Joseph's soulrousing, soft rock epic 'Three O'Clock In the Morning' and the cosmic-leaning 'Lady, Lady' marry with the bird calls and organic feel of 'Harari' and the galactic synth-laden 'Drum Drops'. Landing you softly back down to earth is a run of celestial brilliance. Those ever-present waves lap up against you on 'Martinique', as Pat Wells' heavenly folk heart-melter 'The Seeker' and the glistening bassoon-led 'Trullion Alastor 2262' form a blissful penultimate double- header. You return from your tropical paradise escape, lighter and calmer, carried by the sea swell and the ethereal ambient mix of Yasuko Agawa's 'LA Nights'.

Unplug, relax and ease into an alternate reality... return trips to Coconut Dreams are essential.

TRACK LISTING

LP Tracklisting:
1. The Carmets - Silver Moon Beach
2. Ryo Kawasaki and The Golden Dragon - You Are Like The Sunlight
3. Angela Bofill - Under The Moon And Over The Sky
4. Keiko Nosaka & George Murasaki - Oritatamu Umi
5. Fred Bryan & The All Stars - Apartheid Must Go
6. O'Donel Levy - I Am, I Am
7. Joseph - Three O'Clock In The Morning
8. Super Special Band - Lady Lady
9. Harari - Harari
10. Stamp Heat Band - Drum Drops
11. Steve Verdugo - Martinique
12. Pat Wells - The Seeker
13. Band X - Trullion Alastor 2262
14. Yasuko Agawa - L.A. Night (Ambient Mix)

CD Tracklisting:
1. Band X - Trullion Alastor 2262 
2. Ryo Kawasaki and The Golden Dragon - You Are Like The Sunlight
3. Angela Bofill - Under The Moon And Over The Sky 
4. Joseph - Three O'Clock In The Morning 
5. Fred Bryan & The All Stars - Apartheid Must Go 
6. Super Special Band - Lady Lady 
7. Harari - Harari 
8. Keiko Nosaka & George Murasaki - Oritatamu Umi
9. Stamp Heat Band - Drum Drops
10. Steve Verdugo - Martinique 
11. O'Donel Levy - I Am, I Am 
12. Pat Wells - The Seeker

Disco Collected celebrates the dance music that originally developed from R&B, soul, and funk from the late 60s and 70s and turned into a mighty subculture in discotheques all over the world, Studio 54 (Manhattan, New York) being one of the most famous and extravagant ones. Disco used a steady four to the floor beat, string sections and horns which created a perfect setting for DJs who mixed their special 12 inches to an eager dance crowd, and movies like Saturday Night Fever and Thank God It’s Friday contributed to disco’s mainstream popularity. Compiled on Disco Collected are some of the best and well-known disco hits by Rose Royce, Chic, Kool & The Gang, The Trammps, Thelma Houston, KC & The Sunshine Band and 16 more guaranteed floor fillers.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. B.B. & Q. Band – On The Beat
2. Rose Royce – Car Wash
3. The Brothers Johnson – Stomp!
4. Chic – Le Freak
5. Lakeside – Fantastic Voyage
6. Kool & The Gang – Get Down On It

Side B
1. The Trammps – Disco Inferno
2. Diana Ross – The Boss
3. Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony – The Hustle
4. The Gap Band – Oops, Upside Your Head
5. Thelma Houston – Don’t Leave Me This Way
6. The Emotions – Best Of My Love
7. KC & The Sunshine Band – Get Down Tonight

Side C
1. Earth, Wind & Fire – September
2. Sister Sledge – He’s The Greatest Dancer
3. The O’Jays – Love Train
4. James Brown – Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine
5. Gloria Gaynor – I Never Can Say Goodbye
6. Lipps Inc. – Funky Town
7. Chakachas – Jungle Fever

Side D
1. Oliver Cheatham - Get Down Saturday Night
2. Loleatta Holloway – Love Sensation
3. Vickie Sue Robinson – Turn The Beat Around
4. The Hues Corporation – Rock The Boat
5. Rufus feat. Chaka Khan – Once You Get Started
6. MFSB feat. The Three Degrees – T.S.O.P. (The Sound Of Philadelphia)
7. Eddie Kendricks – Girl You Need A Change Of Mind

Conjuring from ‘64-’80, Lenny “King Creole” LaCour dealt a mean slight of sockin’ R&B, basement beehive, hard funk, group harmony, and proto disco across a variety of mysterious imprints.

This deluxe double album set gathers 26 soulful tricks from the Magic Touch tophat, with an illusion’s worth of noters, photos, and ephemera in the accompanying booklet. Abracadabra.

TRACK LISTING

1. The Mar-J’s - Got To Find A Way Out
2. Marvelle & The Blue Mats - A Whole Lotta Lovin’
3. The Swinging Hearts - I’ve Got It
4. Junior & The Classics - Wise Up
5. Gary Brown - Would You Laugh At Me
6. Evelyn Smith - Don’t (Make Me No Promises)
7. The Comic Books - The First Time In My Life
8. The Tornadoes - Won’t You Forgive
9. Marvelle & The Blue Mats - The Dance Called The Motion
10. Evelyn Smith - You Don’t Mean A Thing To Me
11. The Swinging Hearts - You Speak Of Love
12. The Mar-J’s - Forever (There’ll Be A Summer Night)
13. Sean Taylor - Put Me Down Easy
14. Gary Brown - Oh My Love
15. The Swinging Hearts - Say It Isn’t So
16. Junior & The Classics - Kill The Pain
17. Filet Of Soul - Do Your Own Thing
18. The Tornadoes - Feel Like A Fool
19. Marvelle & The Blue Mats - Soul Fever
20. Junior & The Classics - Mix Up (A Go Go)
21. Filet Of Soul - Sweet Lovin’
22. Shirley Drumgole - I’ll Never Give You Up
23. The C.O.D.’s - Gimme Your Love
24. Harvey Scales and The Seven Sounds - Trying To Survive
25. The Deltas - Gonna Move On
26. Krystal - False Alarm
27. Brighter Side of Darkness - He Made You Mine

Dance your dance. From the first beat to the last, slow or fast, house music is a home for everyone.

This release symbolises a moment in time. A blueprint for dance music before the world knew what it was. Formally referred to as Garage, House or Loft music in the 80s, Frankie Knuckles and Larry Levan shaped the sound from its roots. Larry, resident DJ at Paradise Garage, New York, Frankie at The Warehouse in Chicago, both prolific remixers and some of the first career DJs. Two close friends. Countless genres. One feeling.

RE:VERSAL are excited to present our third compilation, a strictly limited one-time pressing on high-quality 12" 180g heavyweight vinyl.

TRACK LISTING

1. MPB (Missin' Persons Bureau) - Womack & Womack - Frankie Knuckles Paradise Ballroom Remix
2. What Am I Missin' - Frankie Knuckles, Adeva
3. Peanut Butter - Gwen Guthrie - Larry Levan Mix
4. Can't Shake Your Love - Syreeta - Larry Levan 12" Mix

Few contemporary labels even come close to the output and influence of Lempuyang in terms of dub techno. Albums, 12"s and EPs come thick and fast and the latest is the first part of the fourth in the Pura Lempuyang series, which offers a glimpse at what they do best. Upwellings begins with Maurizio-style, smoky dub techno before Rothchord ups the drive with a more forceful kick. Paul Simmons's 'Burial (Natty Haffi Dread)' reflects the traditional roots of dub with a more 70s style cut, Another Channel slows to a crawl with an eerily empty arrangement and Inner Echo drives things home with a timeless fusion of molten dub chords and cuddly kicks.

TRACK LISTING

Upwellings - Sphere In Dub
Rothchord - Night & Ruins
Paul Simmons - Burial (Natty Haffi Dread)
Another Channel - Nah Feel Fear (feat. Andy Pearl)
Inner Echo - Ingrain

Lempuyang Temple in East Bali is very old and very sacred and has a mystic air according to those who have been and visited its so-called "Gates of Heaven" framing of Mount Agung. It is then a perfect inspiration for this label that deals in such ritualistic and timeless dub techno. Pura Lempuyang Empat Part 2 covers plenty of ground with Jocelyn laying down tight and dark tension on 'The Message' and EmmaSoul relieving the pressure with a more widescreen sound. Chanwill Maconi's is beautifully deft and luminous in its gentle swing on 'Shadow People' and Neil CB & Wade Watts tap into subconscious, below-the-ocean-surface depths on 'Out of System.'

TRACK LISTING

Joceyln - The Message
EmmaSoul - Overrated (dub)
Chanwill Maconi - Shadow People
Neil CB & Wade Watts - Out Of System, Into Self

World Of Echo is proud to announce the release of Fully Nowhere: a World Resources Archive, compiling material drawn from limited lathe 7” singles and LPs released by the Aotearoa/New Zealand label, World Resources, predominantly across the 1990s. Supplemented by previously unreleased archival recordings, and material drawn from recent sessions, it’s a revelatory listen, a judicious selection of drone, noise pop, fractured electronics and laminal improvisation from the small community of musicians surrounding the legendary Wellington free noise trio, Surface of the Earth, whose membership drove World Resources.

It’s music that hasn’t found its way into too many ears until now. The World Resources catalogue was both small in its number of releases, and miniscule in edition. The lathe-cuts they released, all made in a record cutting studio in the small Southern Alps town of Geraldine by DIY vinyl manufacturer Peter King, typically didn’t make their way beyond a tiny clutch of devoted collectors – if that. It took the re-release of Surface of the Earth’s 1995 double LP, firstly on CD by Bruce Russell’s Corpus Hermeticum, then again on Utech and finally on vinyl by Black Editions, to draw attention to the body of music made by the World Resources crew.

TRACK LISTING

1. Gorgecop - Quapa-Extension
2. Gorgecop - Slower Power
3. Gorgecop - Squid
4. Gorgecop - Strontium
5. Gorgecop - K-Group
6. Gorgecop - Section Across Europe
7. Lucky Stars - Winter Call
8. Lucky Stars - Nuclear Famine
9. Lucky Stars - Rushlights
10. Lucky Stars - Watch Your Step
11. Sewer - Smell of Man's Room
12. Sewer - Hospital
13. New Zealand Guitar Orchestra - The Bad Shed [Excerpt]
14. New Zealand Guitar Orchestra - Skoda [Excerpt]
15. Surface of the Earth - Shield
16. Surface of the Earth - Commandcom
17. Surface of the Earth - Visa 2
18. K-Group - Screen
19. K-Group - Cars and the Soft Network
20. Sewer - Vacuum
21. K-Group & Omit - Decodes
22. Sewer - Fuel
23. Surface of the Earth - Programme+
24. Surface of the Earth - 2.2
25. Destrifan - Sirens

Keep The Pressure On: The Beverley’s Rock Steady Singles 1966 – 1967 is the 3rd part of the exclusive compilation series, which celebrates the best works from the legendary reggae label Trojan Records. It was compiled by Laurence Cane-Honeysett who also wrote the liner notes. This double album focuses on the Beverley's catalogue and includes some of the finest and most popular Jamaican recordings from a fascinating period during which rock steady became established as the island’s national sound. The 28 tracks provide ample evidence of the superior quality of Beverley’s output from this time and show why, by the summer of 1967, Beverley’s Records vied with the likes of Studio One and Treasure Isle as Kingston’s leading record company.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. Winston Weir & George Agard - Keep The Pressure On
2. Desmond Dekker & The Aces - It's A Shame
3. Roland Alphonso & The Beverley’s All-Stars - On The Move
4. The Spanishtonians - Kisses
5. The Rio Grandes - Soldiers Take Over
6. Roland Alphonso & The Beverley’s All-Stars - Women Of The World
7. Desmond Dekker & The Aces - Wise Man

SIDE B
1. Desmond Dekker & The Aces - 007
2. The Rio Grandes - Moses
3. Roland Alphonso & The Beverley’s All-Stars - Middle East
4. Winston Weir & George Agard - Denham Town
5. The Spanishtonians - Suffer Me Not
6. Desmond Dekker & The Aces - Rudy Got Soul
7. Roland Alphonso & The Beverley’s All-Stars - El Toro

SIDE C
1. Roland Alphonso & The Beverley’s All-Stars - The Cat
2. Norman Grant - Somebody Please Help Me
3. The Spanishtonians - Rudie Gets Plenty
4. Roland Alphonso & The Beverley’s All-Stars - Nothing For Nothing
5. Freddie McKay - Fine Fine Fine
6. Desmond Dekker & The Aces - Rude Boy Train
7. Roland Alphonso & The Beverley’s All-Stars - Jungle Beat

SIDE D
1. Derrick Morgan - Tougher Than Tough
2. Desmond Dekker & The Aces - Young Generation
3. Roland Alphonso & The Beverley’s All-Stars - Guantanamera Ska
4. Derrick Morgan - Greedy Gal
5. Desmond Dekker & The Aces - Mother Young Gal
6. Roland Alphonso & The Beverley’s All-Stars - Song For My Father
7. Derrick Morgan - Court Dismiss

Intensified Sounds: The Beverley's Rock Steady Singles 1967 - 1968 is the 4th part of the exclusive compilation series, which celebrates the best works from the legendary reggae label Trojan Records. It was compiled by Laurence Cane-Honeysett who also wrote the liner notes. This double album focuses on the Beverley's catalogue and includes some of the finest and most popular Jamaican recordings from a fascinating period during which rock steady became established as the island’s national sound. The 28 tracks provide ample evidence of the superior quality of Beverley’s output from this time and show why, by the summer of 1967, Beverley’s Records vied with the likes of Studio One and Treasure Isle as Kingston’s leading record company.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. Desmond Dekker & The Aces - Unity
2. Derrick Morgan - Judge Dread In Court
3. Roland Alphonso & The Beverley’s All-Stars - Stream Of Life
4. Austin Faithful - I'm In A Rocking Mood
5. Eric Morris - Festival Time
6. Roland Alphonso & The Beverley’s All-Stars - Halls Of Montezuma
7. George Dekker - Govern Your Mouth

SIDE B
1. Roland Alphonso & The Beverley’s All-Stars - Peace and Love
2. Desmond Dekker & The Aces - Mother Tongue Long
3. Austin Faithful - Eternal Love
4. Roland Alphonso & The Beverley’s All-Stars - Charade
5. Derrick Morgan - I Am The Ruler
6. Desmond Dekker & The Aces - Sabotage
7. Roland Alphonso & The Beverley’s All-Stars - Goodnight My Love

SIDE C
1. Austin Faithful - Miss Anti-Social
2. The Maytals - 54-46 That's My Number
3. Roland Alphonso & The Beverley’s All-Stars - Dream-Land
4. Desmond Dekker & The Aces - It Pays
5. George Dekker - You Treating Me Bad
6. The Maytals - Struggle
7. Roland Alphonso & The Beverley’s All-Stars - Whiter Shade Of Pale

SIDE D
1. The Maytals - Just Tell Me
2. Desmond Dekker & The Aces - Ah It Mek
3. Roland Alphonso & The Beverley’s All-Stars - The Great Mogul
4. The Maytals - School Days
5. Austin Faithful - Ain't That Peculiar
6. Desmond Dekker & The Aces - Intensified (Music Like Dirt)
7. The Maytals - Bim Today - Bam Tomorrow

The 1980's era literally changed how things looked - as well as sounded. The importance of the Blitz club that had held sway in London is now being seen as a central factor in what was happening musically and stylistically. There was an Art School impact explorative element too. The art school factor is acknowledged as providing a fertile setting for acts from the 1960's and 70's onwards. So it would be in the 80's.

This also applied in cities like Bristol and Bath. Music curator Dave Massey had sensed these strands having an influence on local musicians' creativity and approach. In compiling the first 'Bristol and Bath Blitz Club Meets Art School Sound - 80's Explosion' albums these became more apparent. Massey looked to use songs and tracks from out west that reflect the feel, themes and actions of what was happening in that 80's time, both locally and nationally. There was also an attempt to emulate the sheer eclecticism of a Rusty Egan DJ set list on a ''typical'' Blitz club night. Previously punk and funk were certainly mixing locally in bands, as they had in the ethos of Duran Duran, a product of Birmingham clubland. The Pop Group and Glaxo Babies had already shown that and much would flow from various members as time went on. Later the emergence of Massive Attack would be very much rooted in club culture.

In these recordings there are cute as well as acute pop sensibilities in the likes of groups like Vicious Circle, Wadi Vision, Hey Belaba! Creature Beat and Big Outdoor Type, plus electronic dance driven grooves with Umo Vogue, Either/OR and the darker of the night God Bless You. By contrast it's possible to set the utter hedonism of Nite Watch against the out of their head explorations outré, lyrical and textural of Glaxo Babies, Essential Bop and (very much multi-media) Startled Insects; the new transformation European ideals of The Escape, Distant Cousins and Europeans themselves, and the sheer film noir deliciousness of Great Naked.

Some of the musicians involved with these acts would go on to work with the likes of Tears for Fears, Talk Talk, Bros, Pet Shop Boys, Massive Attack, Roger Taylor (Queen), Robert Plant, U2, Goldfrapp, Roni Size & Reprazent and others. This body of work has real significance across the board.

That overall legacy from the 80's lives on in other ways - in books, documentaries, blogs, exhibitions, even the launching of magazines in the spirit of Blitz, this one called Blitzed! Locally, it's the music and the good times. This release represents a small part of it. As God Bless You put so succinctly and in the spirit of clubbers the world over - "we've only got this one life".

TRACK LISTING

LP Tracklisting:
1. Distant Cousins - Red Oasis
2. Vicious Circle - Temptation
3. Great Naked - Movers And Shakers
4. Wadi Vision - Pictures Of You
5. Hey Belaba - Cat Fight
6. Big Outdoor Type - Winter's Cold
7. Umo Vogue - Who's Sorry Now
8. Either/Or - Learning How To Walk
9. The Escape - Truth Drug (Different Mix)
10. Essential Bop - Kicking The Sun Around
11. God Bless You - Sugar 

CD Tracklisting:
1. Distant Cousins - Red Oasis
2. Vicious Circle - Temptation
3. Great Naked - Movers And Shakers
4. Wadi Vision - Pictures Of You
5. Hey Belaba - Cat Fight
6. Nite Watch - Get Down (Cause I Love Your Body)
7. Umo Vogue - Who's Sorry Now
8. Europeans - Europeans
9. Either/Or - Learning How To Walk
10. Glaxo Babies - Shake The Foundations
11. The Escape - Truth Drug (Bbc Mix)
12. Startled Insects - Thunk
13. Wadi Vision - By The Seaside
14. Big Outdoor Type - Winters Cold
15. Either/Or - Tension
16. Creature Beat - Debt
17. The Escape - The Passer By
18. Essential Bop - Kicking The Sun Around
19. God Bless You - Sugar

In 1979, Neil Fraser (artistically known as Mad Professor) founded Ariwa Sounds, the longest-serving and one of the most influential independently owned Reggae studios and record labels in the UK. From humble beginnings set up in the front room of Neil's home in South London recording on 4-track and homemade equipment, Ariwa would go on to record and release over 300 albums including works from some of the most impactful and storied artists of their time in the genres of Reggae, Dub, and Lovers Rock

Whilst our previous release in collaboration with Ariwa captured the label's early sound, a shared performance with Neil in Osaka and regular visits to his South London studio inspired us to assemble this 15-track compilation, showcasing the label's output across 45 years. Our release emphasizes some of the label's greatest vocalists: Johnny Clarke, Sandra Cross, Kofi, U Roy, Sister Nancy, Queen Omega, Aisha, Garnett Cross, Abel Miller, Horace Andy and more — presenting the Motown and Stax influences in the Lovers Rock, but also provides a glimpse into the dubbier and more experimental side of the label, showcasing Ariwa's commitment to quality but also their personality, philosophy and their humour. Love songs, break-up songs, socially engaged songs, dub experimentations — this compilation is not a "best of" Ariwa but a diverse and honest celebration of the label through the lens of Melodies International.

The compilation is mastered from the original tapes by Frank Merritt (the Carvery), pressed at Optimal, artwork created by Jason Evans with design and assembly contributions from Nevil Bernard and Will Sweeney, animated teaser by Nevil Bernard and Melozine designed by Mafalda Meireles.

TRACK LISTING

1. Johnny Clarke - Come Back To Me
2. Sgt. Pepper - Wake Up
3. Mad Professor & Joe Ariwa feat. Horace Andy - Non Violence Dub
4. U Roy - Old School Music
5. Davina Stone - Silly Wasn't I
6. Kofi - Didn't I
7. Sandra Cross - Can't Let Dub Go
8. Mad Professor feat. Mafia & Fluxy - 6 Million Dub
9. Ariwa Posse feat. Abel Miller - Everytime I See My Baby
10. Kofi - Losing Time For Love
11. Aisha - Can You Feel It (1990)
12. Sandra Cross - I Lived For You
13. Sister Nancy - Live The Life You Love
14. Queen Omega - Rocking and Popping
15. Ranking Ann - Liberated Woman

10 years after the original, The Devil Wears Prada 2 picks up in a new era of fashion, ambition, and shifting power—where old rivalries resurface and the runway is fiercer than ever. The soundtrack matches every moment with Lady Gaga, Doechii, Dua Lipa, Miley Cyrus, SZA, RAYE, Laufey, Olivia Dean, and more, delivering the perfect mix of glamour, edge, and reinvention.

TRACK LISTING

1. Shape of a Woman – LADY GAGA
2. RUNWAY – LADY GAGA & DOECHII
3. Glamorous Life – LADY GAGA
4. Material Lover – SIENNA SPIRO
5. End Of An Era – DUA LIPA
6. Walk of Fame (Edit) – MILEY CYRUS & BRITTANY HOWARD
7. Mr. Eclectic - LAUFEY
8. Nice To Each Other – OLIVIA DEAN
9. Saturn – SZA
10. Worth It. – RAYE
11. DAYDREAMING – LEDISI
12. Evergreen Avenue – IZZY ESCOBAR
13. No One Noticed – THE MARIAS

EPIC 4CD SET CHARTING THE STORY OF THE SHOEGAZE MOVEMENT - FROM THE UK UNDERGROUND TO INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON.

• FEATURING SLOWDIVE, CHAPTERHOUSE, RIDE, LUSH, CURVE, ULTRA VIVID SCENE, CRANES, BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE, COCTEAU TWINS, ALISON’S HALO, ASOBI SEKSU, TELEVISE, A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS, RINGO DEATHSTARR, PINKSHINYULTRABLAST, TAMARYN AND MORE.

• INCLUDING SCENE FIGUREHEADS, HOUSEHOLD NAMES, HIDDEN GEMS, RARITIES AND MORE!

• FROM THE TEAM WHO BROUGHT YOU THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED COMPILATIONS ‘CHERRY STARS COLLIDE’, ‘NO SONGS TOMORROW’ AND ‘STILL IN A DREAM’.

Emerging out of the late 1980s musical landscape in the UK, the scene that came to be known as “shoegaze” has endured across the globe and reached far beyond its initial British impact.

Showcasing 20 years of the scene’s development, this ambitious 4CD set charts that extraordinary evolution. Thoughtfully curated and packed with major names from across that period, ‘We Are The Beautiful’ takes us on a trans-Atlantic journey awash with blissful melodies, wall-of-sound sonics and ice cool aesthetics.

Complete with insightful essay and band-by-band biographies from Frank Deserto, ‘We Are The Beautiful’ serves as a perfect introduction to the scene for the uninitiated and a musthear overview for those in the know.

TRACK LISTING

Disc One:
1. Ride - Vapour Trail
2. The Telescopes - Flying
3. Lush - Nothing Natural
4. The Ecstasy Of St. Theresa - What's
5. Bleach - Burn
6. That Uncertain Feeling - Sunriser
7. The Charlottes - Love In The Emptiness (Album Version)
8. Blind Mr. Jones - Eyes Wide
9. Curve - Horror Head
10. Catherine Wheel - I Want To Touch You
11. Pale Saints - Throwing Back The Apple
12. Sun Dial - Let It Go
13. Drop Nineteens - My Aquarium (Second Time Around)
14. Kitchens Of Distinction - When In Heaven
15. Swallow - Lovesleep
16. Adorable - Homeboy
17. Moonshake - Blister
18. Teenage Filmstars - Inner Space 

Disc Two:
1. Slowdive - Souvlaki Space Station
2. Secret Shine - Suck Me Down
3. Chapterhouse - We Are The Beautiful
4. Ultra Vivid Scene - Medicating Angels
5. Here - Haze
6. Cranes - Shining Road
7. Revolver - Cradle Snatch
8. The Veldt - Heather
9. Venus Beads - Shackled
10. Alison's Halo - Calendar
11. Brian Jonestown Massacre - Crushed
12. Starflyer 59 - She's The Queen
13. Morella's Forest - Hang Out
14. An April March - Let Everyone Down
15. Anilore - Movement (2025 Mix)

Disc Three:
1. Cocteau Twins - Violane
2. The Autumns - The Garden Ends
3. Bethany Curve - Serene And Smiling
4. All Natural Lemon And Lime Flavors - Emergency Turn Off
5. Piano Magic - Snowfall Soon
6. Lowsunday - She Follows Rain
7. Bowery Electric - Floating World
8. Mira - Cayman
9. Andalusia - Swallow
10. Con Dolore - Dream
11. Asobi Seksu - Sooner
12. Ashrae Fax - Ultravaca
13. Stella Luna - Change
14. Pluramon - Hello, Shadow (Ft. Julee Cruise)
15. Skywave - Fire
16. The Lost Patrol - Velveteen

Disc Four:
1. Televise - Outside Out
2. Soundpool - Millions&Billions&Trillions
3. Film School - On & On
4. The Prids - Like Hearts
5. Alcian Blue - 71705
6. The Mary Onettes - Lost
7. School Of Seven Bells - My Cabal
8. A Place To Bury Strangers - I Know I'll See You
9. Bell Hollow - Seven Sisters
10. The Daysleepers - Release The Kraken
11. Screen Vinyl Image - Cathode Ray
12. Pinkshinyultrablast - Blaster
13. The Big Pink - Crystal Visions
14. Pink Playground - Sunny Skies (EP Version)
15. Ceremony East Coast - Don't Leave Me Behind
16. Ringo Deathstarr - Shadow
17. Tamaryn - Love Fade
18. Tears Run Rings - Forgotten

15 pop songs about animals by 15 of the best indie-pop bands in the world: 'Pets Sounds' is as simple as that. Ranging from the playful (Sassyhiya, Gay Skeleton Club) to the heartbreaking (Caleb Nichols, Jetstream Pony) to the enigmatic (Railcard, Oh Hippo) to the satiric (The Magnetic Fields, Brian Bilston and The Catenary Wires), there’s more diversity on this album than you can shake a stick at. Or throw a bone at.

Musicians spend a lot of time working at home, with their pets for company. The pets sit around, happy in their own worlds, sublimely indifferent to their humans’ endeavours. As familiar as family members, but as unknowable as aliens, pets are the perfect muse. They can be treated as objects of adoration – ‘Rufus’ by Tugboat Captain is an expression of pure joy – or they can be treated as metaphors. More reliable than lovers but less dangerous than heroin, pets are a great vehicle for singing obliquely about something else. Swansea Sound’s ‘I Don’t Like Men In Uniform’ is about an ageing, irascible terrier, but it’s also about men striving to maintain their potency as territorial aggressors. The Magnetic Fields’ ‘Fido, Your Leash Is too Long’ is a libidinous and unreliable partner, as well as a dog that likes sniffing other dogs’ private parts.

For the most part, animals come off better than humans on this album. In ‘Kings Of The Animal Kingdom’, The Burning Hell dramatise our indulgent love of pets in order to expose our cruelty to other human beings. In ‘Bo’s New Haircut’, The Cords express the injustice and unfairness of an innocent animal having to submit to human demands. In ‘Crayon Potato’ by Sassyhiya, the magnificent Crayon contemptuously rejects the gifts offered by her besotted human owners.

In ‘Lola’, the opening track, Lande Hekt tries to put this enigmatic human-animal relationship into words. And concludes that however much we love our animals, and no matter how much we manage to communicate with them, we can never really know them. A melancholy conclusion maybe, but the music – as with all the songs on this album – is expressive of the wonderment and the joy that comes from sharing your life with a member of another species. The tracks by Brian Bilston and The Catenary Wires, Jetstream Pony and Railcard are previously unreleased. 

TRACK LISTING

1. Lande Hekt - Lola
2. Brian Bilston And The Catenary Wires - Under A Cat
3. The Cords - Bo’s New Haircut
4. Railcard - Foxy
5. Tugboat Captain - Rufus
6. Special Friend - Breakfast
7. Caleb Nichols - Dark Age
8. Gay Skeleton Club - 2 Cats
9. Jetstream Pony - Grimalkin Tom
10. Swansea Sound - I Don’t Like Men In Uniform
11. The Burning Hell - Kings Of The Animal Kingdom
12. Sasshiya - Crayon Potato
13. Oh Hippo - Orlando
14. U.S. Highball - Marjorie Says
15. The Magnetic Fields - Fido, Your Leash Is Too Long

"Motorway City" is a superb, driving-based collection of library music. The tracks on this album were all written between the mid-60s and the early 80s to hymn car travel, back when the petrol-operated motor car was seen as the transport mode of the future, when motorways were new and thrilling. It was car travel’s golden age.

The tracks are highly collectable rarities from the libraries of De Wolfe, Chappell and Hudson. It has been compiled by Bob Stanley of Saint Etienne who has also written the informative sleevenotes. It stretches from mod movers to proto-ambient, something for every car journey.

Library music soundtracked the many short films that extolled the virtues of TopTray restaurant at Watford Gap or the comfortable leather seats in an Alpine Sunbeam. These tunes illuminated the joys of motor travel, and were given titles such as ‘Fast Lane’, ‘Super City’ and ‘Clearway’.

Many of these tracks seem time specific. The sun peeks over the horizon for Basil Kirchin’s ‘Through New Territory’; Reg Tilsley’s ‘Hold The Road’ is so bright at midday that you’ll need to wear shades to stop the sun getting in your eyes; John Fiddy’s ‘City Skyline’ has to be seen (and heard) at dusk.

Ex-Soft Machine Karl Jenkins provides the tense ‘Wheeling’, and Peter Reno’s thunderous ‘Convoy’ shifts the mood up a gear. Maybe you should risk nudging the speed up, 80-plus, to the soundtrack of Alan Hawkshaw’s ‘Fuel Injection’ or Simon Park’s mellow-but-dynamic ‘Big Road’.

Beautifully packaged in a gatefold sleeve, "Motorway City" could be the soundtrack to your summer holiday.

TRACK LISTING

1. WIRE WHEELS - INTERNATIONAL STUDIO ORCHESTRA
2. ON THE MOVE - JOHNNY HAWKSWORTH
3. MOTORWAY - CLIFF
4. THROUGH NEW TERRITORY - BASIL KIRCHIN
5. SUPER-TRAVEL - JAMES CLARK
6. DRIVING FORCE - HERBERT CHAPPELL
7. TOWN BEAT - JACK TROMBEY
8. HOLD THE ROAD - REG TILSLEY
9. CONVOY - PETER RENO
10. MOTORDOWN - JOHN SCOTT
11. SOUL CITY DRIVE - SOUL CITY ORCHESTRA
12. BIG ROAD - SIMON PARK
13. WHEELING - KARL JENKINS
14. NEVADA JUNCTION - STEVE GRAY
15. HIGHWAY SONG - THE COOL
16. SILVER THRUST - PETER RENO
17. LORRY LOAD - FRANK MCDONALD
18. FAST LANE - MIKE GILLINGHAM & ROY STONE
19. WALK THE WHITE LINE - PETER RENO, REG TILSLEY
20. FUEL INJECTION - ALAN HAWKSHAW
21. SUPER CITY - JOHN FIDDY
22. TAKE A BREAK - REG TILSLEY
23. CLEARWAY - FRANK RICOTTI
24. SOFT THROTTLE - ALAN HAWKSHAW
25. NIGHT MOVES - PATCHWORK
26. CITY SKYLINE - JOHN FIDDY
27. FREEWAY - ROGER WEBB
28. HOMETOWN - ALAN PARKER

WRWTFWW Records is very excited to announce the first ever release for the Cyberpunk 2077: Future Sound of Night City soundtrack - atmospheric music from one of the most celebrated video games of the decade! The compilation, showcasing a who’s who of Polish electronic underground, is available as a limited edition 45rpm-cut yellow vinyl 3LP in heavyweight 3-panel gatefold with a sticker sheet. The album is also available on CD with super jewel case, and in digital formats.

Dive deep into the pulsating world of Cyberpunk 2077 with an immersive soundscape perfectly capturing the gritty and neon-soaked streets of Night City. Curated by Rafał Grobel and Wojtek Sokół of Most Records, the epic 15-track compilation features a diverse offering of electrifying Polish beats, cohesively flowing between techno, ambient, synthwave, bass music, industrial, and IDM. Ominous, powerful, evocative, and filled with futuristic nostalgia, the music of Night City is a thrill ride in a dystopian urban landscape, heavy hearts riding through the night, menacing streets surrounded by infinite skyscrapers. The music transports you, soul-stirring, cinematic, and timeless, the most beautiful kind of escapism.

The award-winning Cyberpunk 2077 action role-playing game was developed by CD Projekt Red and published in 2020 and has since become one of the most recognized and best selling video games of all time. With a cast including Keanu Reeves and Idris Elba, unmistakable visuals, music, and atmosphere, CP77 has earned a spot in the pantheon of 2020s pop culture.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Lutto Lento - CANNIBALISMUS
A2. Chino - Miami Suicide
A3. Hatti Vatti - Ashes and Diamonds
B1. Private Press - La canopée
B2. Earth Trax - The Other Room
B3. SLG - Lithium
C1. Poly Face - Me Machine
C2. FOQL - Ice Maddox
D1. Private Press - Retrogenesis
D2. Earth Trax - Blurred
E1. Mchy i Porosty – Chodze
E2. Eltron - La Stessa Causa
E3. Poly Face - Move Dat
F1. Private Press - Across the Floor
F2. Earth Trax - Midnight Eye

Now marking eight years in the underground, Blur Records delivers a various artist collection that reflects its sound across always floor-facing cuts across a house and disco spectrum tinged with retro flair. 'Back To The Disco' by Hotmood opens with big loops and a hands in the air grove that is high on funky-disco vibes, while Delfonic keeps things tight on 'Let's Do The Magic' which centres a vocal hook and busy chords. Elsewhere, Crackazat's sultry rework of Scruscru's 'Just House' adds a jazz-leaning touch and 'Touch Me' shifts into a more restrained, late-night mood. Closing with the deep, plump drums of Sven Wegner's sexy, sax-laced 'Chuck The Boom', the collection stays consistently accessible and groovy throughout.

TRACK LISTING

Hotmood - Back To The Disco
Delfonic - Lets Do The Magic
Reiner Von Vielen & Disko Dust Trip - Get Loose
Scruscru - Just House (Crackazat Remix)
Shaka - Touch Me
Sven Wegner - Chuck The Boom

Secrets Of Sound slip into electronic erotica with this new and steamy compilation of after-hours disco and sexually charged sounds. Both originals and tasteful reinterpretations of classic tunes from Kylie Minogue, Amanda Lear, La Tour and Enigma feature on this most intimate collection. There is blissed out depth from Ed Temple, Italo melodic flair from Lipelis and sultry vocal allure on System Olympia's 'Signal Your Love.' Elsewhere, Jorja Chalmers casts you adrift on a new age Balearic life raft and Gareth Anton Averill & Sobrenadar close with the shimmering 80s nostalgia of 'Paris.' Steamy indeed.

TRACK LISTING

Ed Temple - Emmanuelle
Simple Symmetry - Queen Of Chinatown (feat. David Lerner)
Lipelis - Safeword
System Olympia - Signal Your Love

Paresse - People Are Still Having Sex
Guy Gerber & Desire - Can't Get You Out Of My Head
Jorja Chalmers - Principles Of Lust
Gareth Anton Averill & Sobrenadar - Paris

It's more than a special moment when you discover music you've never heard (of) before or ever knew existed. 1982 was a critical spark for the development of wider world musical styles, both in Bristol and the UK at large. The central event from that year was the first WOMAD festival, held in the unlikely surroundings of the agricultural themed Bath and West Showground near Shepton Mallet in Somerset.

One common thread in Bristol to all of these discoveries was the Ekome Dance Company and most notably Artistic Director, Barrington 'Barry' Anderson. Barry had also recruited musicians from African countries such as Cameroon and Ghana, from Jamaica and others from the Bristol area. This kickstarted a process and practice in the West Country city where musicians brought over from African countries would collaborate with those from the locality. It is those activities - a sound clash and culture clash, producing material of real depth - that constitute the three different combinations, along with one connection originating in London, that make up material on the first 'The Bristol Meets Africa Music Sound' album.

Best known of the triumvirate from Africa was the former Bhundu Boys frontman, Biggie Tembo. The experiment that would yield the tracks that make up the long lost 'House of Stone' album with sonic sculptors, Startled Insects, came about after both Tembo and the group had left their respective band and label situations and needed a new way forward creatively. The Africa Sound presents a trio of songs which are a snapshot from the album, also now available on Bristol Archive Records.

Cameroonian expat Charlie Asaah Papa put together the Graffi Jazz band comprising of several stand-out local players. These included Marco Anderson on drums, Simon Preston on percussion, with Glaxo Babies members Dan Catsis and Graham Egan-Andrew on bass and guitar. Beverley Gage, one of the sisters of Grant Marshall from Massive Attack, shares vocal duties with Charlie as does another sister Jenny, who became Charlie's partner.

The Ghanaian Ben Baddoo is another story that links into Ekome as he moved to Bristol from Gloucester to work with the troupe. It was from here he set up his first Alaha group. Under their Ben Baddoo International guise, the group recorded several songs at Emergency Plus studio in Bristol and Ben did a solo session at a new set-up at Bath University. Two of the results of those sessions, 'Nyontseleniedzie' and 'Yea Yoo', are featured here. Both are hypnotic, upbeat expressions of West African percussive rhythms with Ben's voice inter-weaving with Beverley Gage's distinctive tones set against choppy, probing guitar and keyboards.

The London based Ivory Coasters were also regulars at WOMAD. In one instance they were the backing band for Prince Nico Mbarga at the first festival, as well as making an appearance in their own right. The Coasters had been a 'collision' between London based musicians and Africans based in the capital before paths crossed further west.

All this music shows how artist's experiences can blend together to make an explosion of magic. Prepare to be spellbound.

TRACK LISTING

1. Biggie Tembo & Startled Insects - Rudo
2. Charlie Asaah Papa & Graffi Jazz - Home
3. Ben Baddoo International- Nyontselensiedze
4. Biggie Tembo & Startled Insects - Patrice Lumumba
5. Charlie Asaah Papa & Graffi Jazz -Time
6. Ben Baddoo International - Yea Yoo
7. Ivory Coasters - Mungaka Makossa
8. Biggie Tembo & Startled Insects - The Curse Of Columbus

Soul Jazz Records’ new edition of their classic ‘New York Noise: Dance Music From The New York Underground 1977-1982’, freshly remastered and loud.

“‘New York Noise’ is a comprehensive look at the postpunk and no wave era, a short period in time whose influence is still immeasurable and sensed today.” - The Guardian

“One of the most satisfying archival collections, Soul Jazz’s compilation ‘New York Noise’ gathers far-reaching tracks from such diverse acts as Liquid Liquid, Material and Glenn Branca.” - Pitchfork

This new 2026 edition features classic New York postpunk, punk funk, synth wave and no wave tracks from Arthur Russell / Dinosaur L, James White and the Contortions, The Theoretical Girls, Mars, Konk, Material, Bush Tetras and Lizzy Mercier Descloux alongside rare tracks by the likes of Alan Vega (Suicide), Chain Gang and Implog.

‘New York Noise’ sums up the point in time and space where dance music and punk rock first met, as New York’s no wave artists such as Glenn Branca, James White, alongside New York dance music’s experimental pioneers such as Arthur Russell (Dinosaur l), Bill Laswell (Material) and Konk, created new musical art forms out of this union.

The album comes complete with original extensive sleeve notes and exclusive photography.

“Compilations like this are necessary because they document bygone fragments of time and keep them alive for younger generations. Compilations like this are dangerous because they tend to fall in the hands of young bands who spend more time looking behind than ahead.” - All Music

TRACK LISTING

Liquid Liquid - Optimo
The Contortions - Contort Yourself
Konk - Elephant
impLOG - Holland Tunnel Dive
Chain Gang - Son Of Sam
Bush Tetras - You Can't Be Funky
Material - Reduction
Mars - Helen Forsdale
Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Wawa
Theoretical Girls - You Got Me
Konk - Baby Dee
Mars - 3-E
Bush Tetras - Too Many Creeps
Arto / Neto - Pini, Pini
Alan Vega - Bye Bye Bayou
impLOG - Breakfast

¡Hola amigos! ¡Dieciséis guarniciones de chile picante, peyote loco y tequila helado! ¡Hermoso!

If there's one thing I'm good at it's finding records. It doesn't matter where in the world I am, I find records, the best records, the rarest records. And always in Mint condition. I have a knack for it. One place I like to hunt for records is South of the Border, in Mexico. You can find great records there, way out in those pequeños pueblos del desierto. Another great thing you can find is cactus.

Mexico is famous for cactus. You got your Ariocarpus, your Turbinicarpus, your Mammillaria. You got cactus of all kinds, big and small. Little ones like Eplithelantha, psychedelic ones like the peyote Lophophora, and rare ones like Aztekium. But my favourite is Mammillaria humboldtii. Now this one is very hard to find. The villagers over in Hidalgo know where it is, and they go high up in the mountains to look for it.

Now these guys, they take their time. But when they come down from those mountains, they bring back the most beautiful specimens. I really mean it, they're beautiful. They're like clumps of fluffy white golf balls, and they have these cute little pink flowers. Beautiful I tell ya. I pay precio alto for a good specimen of Mammillaria humboldtii.

After nearly three years, *Can You Feel It Vol. 5* marks the release of a brand-new installment in Tramp Records’ Disco/Boogie series. Like all four previous volumes, Vol. 5 offers a colorful mix of songs from the late 1970s and early 1980s. From extremely rare tracks to easily accessible ones and even unreleased material—this release has everything to make a collector’s heart race. Once again, these songs will get you on your feet, inspire you to dance, and transport you back to the glittering world of the late 1970s. CAN YOU FEEL IT?

Let's take a closer look at a few of the songs on this album. Kicking things off are Bill Deal & The Rhondels, a band that needs no introduction. The same cannot be said for Tom Balistreri and Ryjel. The latter presents “Heart’s On Fire,” a seven-minute journey into previously unreleased deep disco. "Old Mother Winter" may not be a typical disco song, but it’s undoubtedly a fantastic composition. The Stone Mill Band is relatively unknown even among hardcore collectors. The most recent track on this album is by singer Tory Wynter who already contributed a song for Can You Feel It Vol.4. “Oh Let The Rain Fall Down” was released in 1988.

The second record opens with “Been Thinkin' About You” by Avatar—an amazing song and probably the rarest gem on this album, in stark contrast to Piz-Zazz - a record you can find easily for a few dollars. Saxophonist King Perkoff was born in Santa Monica, California, but now resides in Berlin, and with “When You Live In Marin” he delivers a real disco-funk banger! Glenn “Shake & Bake” Doughty played professional football as a wide receiver for the Baltimore Colts from 1972 to 1979. Together with some of his teammates, he founded the Shake & Bake Band in 1975. We probably aren’t telling Tramp fans anything new here. Anyway, a little over two years ago, we reissued the first of their two extremely hard to find 45-RPM singles (“Shake & Bake Pt. 1 & 2”). We also included a DJ-friendly edit of the song on “Movements Vol. 12.” It is a must for us here at Tramp that we also reissue their second single, “Starflight Disco Pt. 1 & 2,” soon!

So there you have it, 13 obscure but brilliant MODERN SOUL, DISCO and BOOGIE tunes of which all have not been compiled anywhere else. We sincerely hope you enjoy our guided tour back into the late 1970s and 80s Disco era.

TRACK LISTING

Bill Deal & The Rhondels - "Freak 'n' Freeze" (LP)
Ryjel - "Heart's On Fire"
Tom Balistreri & Nightstream - "Started Out Dancing"
Ron Moore - "Old Mother Winter"
Stone Mill Band - "Livin' For A Lie"
Tony Vitale - "Get Up & Get Down"
Tory Wynter - "Oh Let The Rain Fall Down"
Avatar - "Been Thinkin' About You" (vocal)
Willie King Juan Dickey - "Hot On Your Spot"
Piz-Zazz - "Rock (Rock Your Body)"
King Perkoff Band - "When You Live In Marin"
The Shake & Bake Band - "Starflight Disco" (feat S-Sence)
Bionic Funk - "Keep On Pullin'"

From the producers of Bridget Jones's Diary and Love Actually comes the heartfelt new romantic comedy Finding Emily.

The list of legendary bands to emerge from Manchester goes on and on. So naturally, music needed to play a critical role in Finding Emily. "Music was always going to play a vital role," director Alicia MacDonald says. "I wanted it to be the beating heart of the film and a key element of the emotional language. In addition to our leading lad being a struggling musician, music felt like the setting and a character itself."

The filmmakers recruited Morgan Kibby to compose the film's score - a classical pianist, cellist and vocalist, Kibby was a longtime member of the French act M83 and has worked with artists including Harry Styles and Lady Gaga.

To assemble the soundtrack, the filmmakers turned to music supervisor Iain Cooke whose credits include the Lena Dunham Netflix series Too Much and the Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black . "Alicia's vision has always been to do something slightly different," Cooke says. "We all know the headline acts in Manchester, but it's not just about placing them within the film - it's about looking under the surface and using forgotten classics or crate digging and unearthing songs by incredible acts that have not necessarily been heard on screen before. We wanted the overall soundtrack to feel very curated and true to Manchester and the northwest of England but inherently unique and distinctive to this film."

With that in mind, Cooke chose to feature local acts like The Durutti Column and Black Grape on the soundtrack. Further helping set the film apart are appearances from groups including W.H. Lung, who perform the track "How to Walk" in the film at the famous Night and Day Cafe. The legendary music venue in the Northern Quarter hosted many of Manchester's best-known bands over the years, especially when they were still lesser known and up and coming.

TRACK LISTING

Disc 1
1. There's a Reason Why (from Finding Emily) - Blossoms
2. Rock and a Calm Place - Antony Szmierek
3. Otis - The Durutti Column
4. "To be revealed"
5. You're Gonna See Her Again - Morgan Kibby
6. Blue Monday - New Order

1. "To be revealed"
2. Kelly's Heroes - Black Grape
3. How to Walk (from Finding Emily) - W.H. Lung
4. Edge of Saturday Night - The Blessed Madonna, Kylie Minogue
5. Let's Have a Kiki - Scissor Sisters
6. Love Talk (from Finding Emily) - Blossoms
7. "To be revealed"
8. Your Face Knocks Me Sick - Morgan Kibby

Disc 2
1. "To be revealed"
2. Wordy Rappinghood - Tom Tom Club
3. Green Checked Shirt - Morgan Kibby
4. Divisive - We Have Band
5. Atmosphere - James Blake
6. Reinvent - Phoebe Green
7. Terminated with Immediate Effect - Morgan Kibby

1. The Painting of the Bay (from Finding Emily) - W.H. Lung
2. Call It a Night - Morgan Kibby
3. "To be revealed"
4. Flowers (Sunship Remix) - Sweet Female Attitude
5. Off Wiv Ya Heads - Nia Archives
6. Catch You Up - Spike Fearn
7. Ramalama (Bang Bang) - Roisin Murphy
8. Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen

Limited edition 10" splatter vinyl EP bringing together four of the most exciting female-fronted bands currently erupting out of South Wales' underground. Featuring Flatcat, Hairdye, Sold For Parts and Spwci, this is a release that captures a scene buzzing with energy, attitude and DIY spirit - a snapshot of now, pressed loud and messy for the turntable. Each band brings something distinct to the record, but all share a refusal to sit quietly, blending punk urgency, melody and raw creativity into something urgent and vital.

Flatcat - Part of the new wave of Swansea bands tearing up local line-ups, Flatcat deal in sharp-edged indie punk with a dreamy shoegaze heart. Regulars on bills across the city, they've built a reputation for punchy, loud, fuzzy, shoegaze-charged noise-pop mixed with wired intensity.

Hairdye - Born out of teenage bedrooms and rehearsal spaces, Hairdye channel the fizz and chaos of growing up into infectious pop-punk blasts. Their songs capture friendship, frustration and youthful defiance, delivered with hooks that stick and a live energy that's already making them a standout on South Wales bills . Equal parts fun and ferocious, they're proof that urgency and melody still go hand in hand.

Sold For Parts - An all-female punk force from South Wales, Sold For Parts lean hard into grit, attitude and volume . Built for sweaty rooms and zero-distance stages, their sound is direct, uncompromising and driven by a fierce DIY ethos. Whether on tour across the region or tearing through local gigs, they bring a confrontational Riot Grrl edge that cuts through the noise and demands attention .

Spwci - Spwci bring a more expansive, alt-psych edge to the line-up - music that feels both atmospheric and immediate. Their songs drift and surge, blending melody with texture and emotion, creating something that hits as much in the gut as the head. It's a sound rooted in feeling and experimentation, adding a different shade to the EP's splattered palette .

SPLAT ATTACK isn't just a record - it's a statement. Four bands, four tracks, one shared refusal to be background noise. Pressed on eye-catching splatter vinyl and released in true DIY style, it celebrates a community that's loud, inclusive and impossible to ignore. Play it loud.

TRACK LISTING

1. Spwci - I Don't Know
2. Sold For Parts - Charity Shop
3. Hairdye - Eden's Garden
4. Flatcat - Tender

Evil Plans is more than just a club brand—it’s a musical rebellion against the mainstream, brought to life by the unapologetic vision of Ed Tomlinson and Jamie Tolley. These two underground veterans have channelled decades of experience into curating a night that thrives on the underground, with a beautifully orchestrated descent into musical chaos. Acid house chancers and techno revolutionaries, Ed and Jamie have spent their lives immersed in electronic music culture, always championing the alternative over the obvious.

Jamie has been playing clubs across the capitol since the late 80’s. He was a resident DJ at Club UK, one of London's most influential nightclubs and a defining force in the capital's club culture during the 1990s as well as a regular at Fabi Paras legendary Club pinch at the gardening club. He’s not left the dancefloor since!

Ed ran London-based warehouse parties under the Twistedfunk and Wriggle banners, staging events in basements, warehouses and recording studios across the capital. Alongside this, he was a regular fixture behind the decks at many of London's most celebrated clubs, including The Cross, Turnmills, Pacha and Ministry of Sound, helping to shape the city's underground electronic music scene.

Evil Plans has long ditched the predictable in favour of sonic anarchy. It exists to shake up the formulaic party scene, diving deep into the dark, twisted corners of electronic music. With a nod to the subversive spirit of major influence Andrew Weatherall, Tomlinson and Tolley challenge the status quo, blending the lighter shades of techno with shadowy house and leftfield electronic sounds. Evil Plans isn’t for the casual clubber; it’s for those who crave something deeper, something with an edge. This is a movement born out of a love for the underground, where every night feels like a beautifully orchestrated revolution.

One thing is for sure – they like things electronic and underground. No shiny disco balls on the dancefloor, unless they’re hanging from the ceiling with a laser pointed at them.

Set lasers to stun and see you on the dancefloor!

The album was created in memory of their dear friend Melanie who lost her battle with cancer - all tracks are donated by friends of the Acid Barons festival with proceeds going to Macmillan Cancer.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: A wonderfully sequenced selection of deep psychedelic dancefloor business and weirdshit©, with passages of gritty techno and shadowy house. Deeply immersive, hypnotic club sounds.

TRACK LISTING

Ed Mahon – Si Barone
Rich Lane – Q (Acid Barons Cotton Dub)
Rude Audio – Matty Dread
Blavatsky & Tolley – Flight Into Egypt
Jack Butters – Wonky Since ’88
Al Mackenzie - Life Is Short, Live It Well (Vocal Mix)
Ian Vale – Forever Transmission
Justin Robertson - Justin Robertson’s Deadstock 33s – Strange Angel
The ESC Wednesday Night Boy’s Brigade – Hold You Tight
Jezebell – Magik Remix (Blavatsky & Tolley )
Parissior – Neon Ritual
33rd December – Fur Tor Lento
Matt Gunn – Great British Acid Test
Duncan Gray – English Heatwave
Chad Jackson – Genius of Skank Pt. 1
Peza - Electric Adventurer – Edit
Frank Fern – Not Far From
Hunter with Gunn – Dubber Bullet
Stash Magnetic - Mystic Sea
TJ Lawton Pleroma

Thirty years deep, Freerange continues to evolve. '30 Years Of Freerange' assembles 30 tracks from 30 artists, released across five EPs in a measured rollout that leads to a lovingly curated box set built for lasting impact beyond the churn of trends and algorithms. With Volume 3, the project draws together key figures from the label’s past alongside a new generation reshaping its future direction, stitching together the signature Freerange energy: soul-rooted electronics, future-facing rhythms, and grooves that pull you in.

Atjazz steps up for his debut original production for the label and it feels like the perfect fit. 'Love You Day One' is pure, unmistakable Atjazz - warm chords, fluid basslines, and that rolling, emotionally-charged groove that hits somewhere between the heart and the hips.

Next up we have new blood and serious weight. Blue Method channels Swiss precision and Cameroonian rhythm into 'Agora' - a deep, emotive burner with a powerful lift that will ignite South African floors. Hypnotic, elegant, and quietly explosive.

With her London roots and Lisbon energy, Megatronic continues her ascent with 'Questions' featuring Belgian Mona Lee’s smoky, introspective vocal weaving through textured drums and late-night synth work. Soulful but searching - a track that lingers long after the lights come up.

Flipping over we welcome back Andre Lodemann with a track entitled 'For Those Who Care'. Lodemann delivers one of his most reflective pieces to date - stripped emotion, deep atmospheres, and a groove that breathes. Electronic music with genuine soul, for those tuned in.

Another lead figure in Freerange's history, Manuel Tur locks into a lean, synth-driven rhythm track that speaks in low frequencies and late hours. 'Key Race Alert' is minimal but loaded and built for heads-down moments - the kind of cut you might catch Ben UFO or Gerd Janson dropping in their sets.

Manchester producer James Kumo closes the EP with an expansive, dub-tinged journey entitled 'Jazz Dimensions'. Loose, expressive, and deeply rooted in the lineage of Ron Trent-style house. Improvisational energy meets dancefloor intent.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Part 3 of the series that celebrates this esteemed UK label. Have you bought the box yet? I'd hate for you to have them unhoused and running free around your record collection in the wild!

TRACK LISTING

A1 - AtJazz - Love You Day One
A2 - Blue Method - Agora
A3 - Megatronic - Questions ft. Mona Lee
B1 - Andre Lodemann - For Those Who Care
B2 - Manuel Tur - Key Race Alert
B3 - James Kumo - Jazz Dimensions

Whether you’re cheering for Montreal or Boston, Hollanov always comes out on top. Relive every beat of Shane and Ilya’s years long rivalry--turned--romance with the official Heated Rivalry soundtrack, featuring a curated selection of needle--drops from the series by Wolf Parade, Feist, t.A.T.u, Harrison and more, alongside selections from Peter Peter’s pulse-pounding, heart-melting original score, from the Vegas penthouse all the way to the cottage.

TRACK LISTING

LP Tracklisting:
1. Dumas - Une journée parfaite
2. Wet Leg - mangetout
3. Philippe B - Chelsea mon amour
4. Baxter Dury - Lips
5. Wold Parade - I’ll Believe in Anything - Wolf Parade
6. Feist - My Moon My Man
7. Satine - C’est toi 
8. t.A.T.u. - All The Things She Said
9. Harrison - All The Things She Said 
10. La Bronze - L'Anarchie des Jours Heureux (theme song from the series “Le Chalet”)
11. Cailin Russo - Bad Things 
12. One Soul (Cottage Mix)
13. Rivalry
14. Melt
15. Heartbeat I
16. Face-off
17. Common Goal
18. Two Souls
19. It’s You
20. Inferno
21. Fire Escape
22. La nuit est longue
23. Young and Restless II
24. Jane and Lily
25. Heartbeat III
26. Hollanov
27. Trembling
28. Everybody’s Glory
29. One Soul
30. Utopie II

CD Tracklisting:
1. Dumas - Une journée parfaite
2. Wet Leg - mangetout
3. Philippe B - Chelsea mon amour
4. Baxter Dury - Lips
5. Wold Parade - I’ll Believe in Anything - Wolf Parade
6. Feist - My Moon My Man
7. Satine - C’est toi
8. t.A.T.u. - All The Things She Said
9. Harrison - All The Things She Said
10. La Bronze - L'Anarchie des Jours Heureux (theme song from the series “Le Chalet”)
11. Cailin Russo - Bad Things
12. One Soul (Cottage Mix)
13. Rivalry
14. Melt
15. Those English Words Just Roll Off Your Tongue
16. Heartbeat I
17. Face-off
18. Common Goal
19. Jane & Lily
20. Two Souls
21. Heartbeat II
22. It's You
23. Shivers from the Past
24. Spring
25. I Want to Win
26. Let's Make a Deal
27. Inferno
28. Fire Escape
29. Young and Restless I
30. La nuit est longue
31. Young and Restless II
32. You Slowly Dissipate
33. Strangers on the Ice
34. Dark Glow
35. Utopie I
36. Din of Your Voice
37. Heartbeat III
38. Flatline
39. Distant Rivalry
40. Text Me Whenever
41. Heartbeat IV
42. Hollanov
43. Trembling
44. Everybody's Glory
45. One Soul
46. Utopie II

"In 1959, when United Artists finally issued Blues in the Mississippi Night after years of deeming it “too controversial”, the artists recorded were given pseudonyms to protect their families. Those were the stakes for speaking such brutal, unvarnished truth. Today, we know that “Natchez, Sib & Leroy” were legendary bluesmen Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Slim, and Sonny Boy Williamson.

In 1947 Alan Lomax recorded the three giants on a Presto-disc recording machine at Decca Studios in New York City after they had performed as part of his Midnight Special concert series at nearby Town Hall. Lomax asked them to play a few songs and discuss “the blues”, encouraging them to speak frankly about the inequities of black life in America. The result was Blues in the Mississippi Night, a landmark recording of their songs and stories, pinpointing the music’s origins in the blood, sweat, and tears of the African-Americans who inhabited the Mississippi Delta world of Jim Crow exploitation. Simply put, the recordings are stunning in their brutal honesty and spellbinding mastery.

Today, Lomax Archive has digitally remastered the original tapes of this historic recording in order to return it to vinyl for the first time since 1959. Included in the package is a 20 page deluxe booklet that contains a full transcription of the entire recording, plus brand new liner notes from Anna Lomax Wood and an introduction by renowned drummer and producer Steve Jordan (Rolling Stones, John Mayer). “I urge everyone that loves life and truth to listen to this recording”, says Jordan. When you listen to the words and music within, that becomes apparent quickly. This is an essential recording– a cornerstone to any blues fan’s record collection and an indisputable part of American history"

TRACK LISTING

1. Life is Like That
2. Conversation
3. Long Meter Hymn
4. Conversation
5. I Could Hear My Name
6. Conversation
7. Levee Camp
8. Stagolee
9. O'Berta
10. Conversation
11. Murderer's Home
12. Conversation
13. Don't You Hear Po' Mother
14. Conversation
15. Slow Lonesome Blues
16. Another Man Done Gone
17. Conversation Concludes
18. Fast Boogie
19. Black, Brown and White Blues"

Curated by Brian d'Souza (aka Auntie Flo), "Plants Can Dance" is a new compilation bringing together a global community of artists, exploring the creative possibilities of biosonification - transforming signals from plants, ecosystems and the natural world into sound. The project marks the culmination of several years of d'Souza’s work across music, ecology and technology.

The album arrives at a time when more artists are turning toward nature as both subject and collaborator, such as Brian Eno’s Earth Percent, which formally recognises Nature as an artist. "Plants Can Dance" sits within a wider cultural shift, which is redefining the relationship between sound and the living world.

The project builds on several years of work by d'Souza, whose "Plants Can Dance" events have taken place across the UK, Europe, India and Africa, appearing in institutions including the V&A, Tate and the Design Museum. What began as a series of intimate gatherings has since evolved into a global platform, reflecting a growing appetite for work that reconnects music with the natural world.

The compilation features contributions from leading practitioners including Modern Biology (Tarun Nayar) in collaboration with saxophonist Zekarias Musele Thompson, OMMA (Olga Maximovam founder of Playtronica), Jason Singh, Dr Helen Anahita Wilson, Justin Wiggan in collaboration with celebrated Norwegian jazz musician Arve Henriksen, Lamine Touré, Bit Marten and Balam, alongside new work from d'Souza himself. Using a range of tools - from commercially available devices to bespoke modular systems - artists translate electrical activity, environmental data and organic processes into musical material.

The processes behind each piece differ - from interpreting plant biodata to translating wind patterns into compositional structures - and the results are as varied as they are compelling. The record spans ambient, jazz, electronica and modern classical, yet all pieces are unified by a shared intent: to reimagine music as a space of collaboration between human and more-than-human worlds.

At the core of "Plants Can Dance" is a question about how we define music, and how we choose to listen. Traditional musical forms, with their fixed tempos and predictable structures, give way here to something more fluid and less easily controlled. The listener is invited to surrender expectation and engage with sound as an evolving environment rather than a linear narrative. In this context, the compositions function as what d'Souza describes as “acoustic ecologies” - sonic systems shaped by biological, environmental and elemental forces unfolding in real time.

Accompanying the release is a printed zine offering reflections from each artist, and deeper insight into the ideas and debates surrounding this practice. Rather than presenting definitive answers, "Plants Can Dance" positions itself as an artistic exploration grounded in curiosity, experimentation and critical thought.

Ultimately, "Plants Can Dance" is less concerned with proving whether plants “make music” than with changing how we listen. By inviting audiences to engage with sound shaped by non-humans, it opens up new ways of perceiving the environments we inhabit - not as passive backdrops, but as active, dynamic participants in a shared ecological network. In doing so, it offers a quietly radical proposition: that by listening differently, we might begin to relate to the natural world differently too.

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
1. Brian d'Souza - Hector's Sunflower (Edit)
2. Jason Singh - Tsubaki
3. Modern Biology & Zekarias Musele Thompson - Growing Roots
4. Justin Wiggan & Arve Henriksen - A Spectral Wind
5. Helen Anahita Wilson - Porcupine and the Outdoor Girls (Dr Who Mix)

Side 2
1. OMMA - voices
2. Lamine - Bougainvillea
3. Bit Marten - Sansevieria
4. Balam - Ixora Coccinea
5. Brian d'Souza & Lamine - Monstera Vs SnakePlant

For its 30th anniversary, Kruder & Dorfmeister’s DJ-Kicks is available for the first time in mixed form on 3LP, remastered by Bernie Grundman and packaged in a special box set including original imagery.

Kruder & Dorfmeister's rendition of the series created an era defining moment, which tied together a glowing array of musical registers. The Viennese downtempo royalty blended a fusion of slowed down moments across many genres with rolling Drum and Bass from the likes of Aquasky, the melting acid lines of deep Hardfloor and the 90s boom bap sampling, smoked out atmospherics of Thievery Corporation amongst many more.

These masters of mood channeled the sound of a moment with their DJ-Kicks, which still retains a certified cinematic sheen, the patina of the real – curation and mixing at its most playful and refined. It remains to this day one of the most recognizable DJ-Kicks and mixes of all time. Containing two certified cuts from K&D themselves; the wooze is strong on 'High Noon' with Dorfmeister's intoxicating jazz flute licks and a trembling harmonica atop a mirage of breaks. Their DJ-Kicks original and legendary tune 'Black Baby' closes the mix providing a piece of grandeur, riding off into the distance deep to the vanishing point.

When the mix dropped in 1996, the slo-beat pioneers were among the hottest producers in the dance universe. Even though they only produced two unreleased maxis, names like Count Basie, Bomb The Bass, Alex Reece or United Future Organization had some of their tracks remixed by these exceptional producers. Rumour has it during the work for DJ-Kicks and their debut album they refused doing remixes for U2, Grace Jones, Elvis Costello and the Fantastic Four! ‘DJ-Kicks: Kruder & Dorfmeister’ took its place in the pantheon a long while back, effortless in its ability to traverse sounds, styles and tempos while retaining a selection which remains timelessly recognisable as: Kruder & Dorfmeister.

TRACK LISTING

1. Herbaliser – A Mother
2. Small World – Livin’ Free (Soundtrack Mix)
3. Tango – Spellbound
4. The Lab Rats – Give My Soul
5. Statik Sound System – Revolutionary Pilot
6. JMJ & Flytronix – In Too Deep
8. Aquasky – Kauna
9. James Bong – Mr. Kiss Kiss Bong Bong (Big Brothers Dubbing You Full On - Dub Tractor Remix)
10. Hardfloor presents Dadamnphreaknoizephunk – Dupdope (Dubdope)
11. Thievery Corporation – Shaolin Satellite
12. Kruder & Dorfmeister – High Noon
13. Beanfield – Keep On Believing
14. Sapien – Que Dolor
15. Shantel – Bass And Several Cars
16. Karma – Look Up Dere
17. Showroom Recordings – Radio Burning Chrome
18. Kruder & Dorfmeister – Black Baby (DJ-KiCKS)

With 'Sowas von Egal 3', the Hamburg-based Damaged Goods DJ team continues its compilation series on Bureau B, once again turning its attention to the underground scenes of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in the early 1980s. The selected tracks originate from a period in which, alongside the commercial Neue Deutsche Welle (NDW), a number of innovative and often more abrasive bands and artists operated outside the mainstream. They combined influences from new wave, synthwave, post-punk, and the avant-garde with German lyrics – and occasionally other languages – releasing their music in very small editions on indie labels or entirely DIY. As a result, many of these records are now rare and highly sought after. The tracks emerged in a cultural climate strongly shaped by the rupture brought about by punk. The rejection of the overproduced, bombastic rock music of the 1970s opened up new spaces for radically reduced and experimental approaches. What followed were diverse musical forms – whether labeled post-punk, avant-garde, synth-pop, new wave, or power pop. At the same time, the songs reflect a social atmosphere oscillating between uncertainty, protest culture, and a nihilistic “no future” attitude, shaped by fears of militarization, environmental destruction, and global conflict. These tensions gave rise to an aesthetic of cool, dark sounds, minimalist and angular arrangements, and a clear DIY ethos. Five years after the second installment, the search for hard-to-find artists and rights holders began again for 'Sowas von Egal 3'. Thanks to the cohesion and supportive network within the scene, it has once more been possible to assemble a carefully curated and lovingly compiled selection.

As with the first two volumes, part three follows an approach closely aligned with the DJ repertoire of the Damaged Goods nights. The focus is on captivating, danceable, and catchy tracks. Songs that often reveal their full impact on first listen in a club setting. The aim is to make forgotten or hard-to-access pieces audible and available again. The artwork is once again by Biljana Tomic, drawing on an industrial-apocalyptic sensibility and referencing the iconic facades of Horten department stores, evoking a visual aesthetic of the 1980s. The sound has once again been carefully remastered by Tom Morgenstern. 'Sowas von Egal 3' seamlessly continues the series and presents itself as a lovingly curated snapshot of a highly productive yet often overlooked phase in German, Austrian, and Swiss pop history.

TRACK LISTING

1. Guyer's Connection - He Sabine
2. Starter - Night By Night (7" Version)
3. Bergtraum - Almenrausch
4. Die Shadocks - Disco-Liebe
5. Isolierband - Kontrolle
6. Bizarre Leidenschaft - Geheimnis
7. Ziggy & Eno - Geduld
8. André Szigethy - Liebe Banal
9. Zero Zero - Irrenanstalt
10. JaJaJa - Hab nicht mehr Angst
11. Ti-Tho - Traumtänzer
12. Vorgruppe - Mensch im Eis
13. X-Beliebig - Morgen
14. Trick 17 - City Nacht
15. Die Egozentrischen 2 - Kunststoff
16. Tommi Stumpff - Contergan Pun

Following Soul Jazz Records' recent ‘Junglist!’ comes this new 20th anniversary edition of their groundbreaking ‘Rumble In The Jungle’ album, their classic collection of early 1990s ragga, drum & bass and jungle. Featuring General Levy, M-Beat, Barrington Levy, Beenie Man, Ragga Twins, Cutty Ranks, Shut Up & Dance and more.

The album features all-time classic jungle anthems such as General Levy’s ‘Incredible’ alongside some serious Ragga heavyweight tunes like Cutty Ranks ‘Limb By Limb’ and Congo Natty’s classic re-make of Barrington Levy’s ‘Under Me Sensi’.

The renowned album tells the story of how Jungle developed out of acid house but with its roots in the UK Dancehall scene of the 1980s and comes with extensive sleevenotes, exclusive interviews and photography.

“Every one of ‘Rumble In The Jungle’’s thirteen tracks is brimming over with life and sonic thrills. Some of this music was released in ‘91, but it sounds like it was made yesterday.” - BBC Music

“An essential document and a definitive compilation that profiles the revolutionary sound of early jungle, circa the dawn of the 90s.” - Exclaim

TRACK LISTING

M-Beat Featuring General Levy - Incredible
Barrington Levy & Beenie Man - Under Mi Sensi (X Project Remix)
The Ragga Twins - Ragga Trip Ninjaman, Bounty Killer, Beenie
Man & Ninja Ford - Bad Boy Lick A New Shot (Jungle Bullet)
The Source - Rude Boy State Of Mind
Shut Up And Dance - No Doubt
DJ Massive - Final Conflict
Asher Senator - One Bible
Poison Chang - Press The Trigger (Half Breed Remix)
The Ragga Twins - Illegal Gunshot 
Ben Intellect Featuring Ragga G - Oh Jungle
Cutty Ranks - Limb By Limb (DJ SS Remix)
The Ragga Twins - Tan So Back

More heat from the Toolroom - providing DJs with those functional tracks to keep heady floors and the Ibiza final boss moving till the morning after.

ALL U NEED, Shiba San & CID (say that after a few bumps of ket) get us underway with the Ibiza friendly honk of "Bring It Back" which sounds like it's been dragged through the breakdown mechanics of James Hype without the shit vests and huge biceps. Meanwhile Twolate and NIINE apply a simliar formular to "Balcony", which utilizes a brilliant Latin vocal to devastating effect. 

Onto side B and more Iberian attitude is deployed across fresh house beat with monsterous instagram friendly breakdowns and drops which, frankly veer into absolute nonsense. 

Dario Nunex and Alex Now close off this drug-fuelled trip around the White Isle with the kind of repetive, rattling cacophony that'd give your granny a hernia. Insisting throughout that this is 'the sound' AND 'the vibe'. I'll let you decide. 

RIYL: Elrow closing parties, Hi Ibiza. 

TRACK LISTING

A1. ALL U NEED, Shiba San, CID - Bring It Back (Extended Mix)
A2. Twolate, NIINE - Balcony (Extended Mix)
B1. Nausica, Danny Rhys (feat. Gloria IT) - La Flaca (Extended Mix)
B2. Dario Nunez, Alex Now (ES) - The Sound The Vibe (Extended Mix) 

Life & Death kick off their "Peak-Time Archive" series with an EP that's equally compelling and inventive; enlisting four producers not scared of pushing the envelope of this thing we call house. Jennifer Loveless - Guardian Artist To Watch, Mixmag Track of the Year recipient, and alumni of !K7, Future Classic and Butter Sessions - opens with "Satisfaction", a warm, sublime, body-moving slice of techy goodness  that's deliciously futuristic and stylishly subtle. 

UK mystery producer ROKAR follows with "Bedroom Headliner", a garage-rooted, sub-bass-powered house cut that blurs the line between intimate and euphoric, standing proudly alongside the current crop of Up The Stuss tackle, and already earning BBC Radio 1 plays and support from Marco Carola, Skream and Chloé Caillet.

Rudy With A Hoodie & J-Land deliver "The Rhythm", a driving & incendiary peak-time weapon with big drops built for main stages and up-for-it crowds. We're getting a bit of Rekids, a bit of Red Axis, and a bit of DJ Tennis, all presented in a punchy and party-starting fashion.  

Mexico City's PAURRO closes the record with "Chik Fresa", a playful and punchy piece of wavy, tribal-tinged house music from an artist who has performed at Tresor and Boiler Room and released on Cómeme and Nervous.

Four tracks. Four distinct voices. One dancefloor. One love! 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Now that tech-house seems to have shaken off it's soiled past, the new era beckons. Here we have four producers who grab the genre by it's fist-pumping, rafter-swinging limbs and show us where it's heading through 2026. I'm welllll on board.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Jennifer Loveless - Satisfaction 07:01
A2. ROKAR - Bedroom Headliner 05:44
B1. Rudy With A Hoodie & J-Land - The Rhythm 06:45
B2. PAURRO - Chik Fresa 06:39

Welcome to Volume 8 of the Mr Bongo Record Club series, the in-house curated compilations that give Mr Bongo a chance to share some of their favourite tracks, hard-fought finds, and unsung gems.

These are tracks that have been inspiring them at home, in the office, while DJing, and on the dancefloor. In the cross-genre spirit of the series, for Volume 8 they have selected music from the worlds of soul, boogie, disco-reggae, jazz-funk, and Latin, with a hefty chunk of beloved Brazilian music. Pulling these compilations together is always a highlight of the year, and eight volumes in, Mr Bongo feel this is one of their strongest to date.

The album's journey begins with a heartfelt epic by As Ganhadeiras de Itapua, from the Bahian town of Itapua. It's an area of Brazil that holds a special place in David 'Mr Bongo' Buttle's heart, and where he first met his dear friend, Luciano Rodrigues Dos Santos, to whose memory this compilation is dedicated to. Staying in Northern Brazil, next up is a contemporary dancefloor gem by Ubunto, a DJ and producer from Salvador, which also features As Ganhadeiras de Itapua. The raw, dusty, punchy sounds of zabumba drummer Castanheiro and the furious guitar- heavy dancer by Tyaraju & Dutra are just two more examples of the Brazilian beauties included on the compilation.

There is also a heavy dose of soul music on this volume. The Canadian-gospel sounds of Trevor Dandy, a modern-soul rarity by Wil Collins & Willpower (which has been on their list for years), and a soul- stepper masterpiece by Tommy McGee, are just a handful of the highlights. Not stopping there, Mr Bongo are incredibly proud to present an exclusive rework of The Sylvers' 'Wish That I Could Talk To You' by the legendary Kenny Dope. Kenny has excelled himself with this one, fattening up the drums while bringing more drama to the horns and strings. The song now feels more contemporary yet still stays true to its roots. Complete genius!

Elsewhere on the compilation, you'll find a cosmic reggae-not-reggae disco oddity by Tapper Zukie, a South African jazz-funk-disco groover by Mac Mathunjwa, a soughtafter Brazilian compacto by Eduardo Araujo, and a Brit- funk / boogie treasure by Powerline.

Traversing time, genre, and location, all the tracks on Volume 8 are favourites for their own unique reasons. Music will forever be a constant source of comfort, able to affect you deeply in the most meaningful ways. It's the gift that keeps giving, and there is so much more to learn, discover, and share, both old and new.

TRACK LISTING

1. As Ganhadeiras de Itapua - Mare mansa
2. Ubunto - O Vento Part. As Ganhadeiras de Itapua
3. Castanheiro - Este Samba E Meu
4. Eduardo Araujo - Madrugada
5. Tyaraju & Dutra - Pe De Foguete
6. Tema IV - Tema IV
7. Orquesta El Sabor De Nacho - Bim Bim Bom Bom "Que Se Sepa"
8. The Trinikas - Remember Me
9. Tommy McGee - Now That I Have You
10. Trevor Dandy - Is There Any Love
11. Wilfred Luckie - My Thing
12. The Sylvers - Wish That I Could Talk To You (Kenny Dope Edit)
13. K.L. Hamilton - I'm Trying
14. Wil Collins & Willpower - Anything I Can Do
15. Powerline - Watching You (Brand New Remix)
16. Mac Mathunjwa - Give Us More Love (Edit)
17. Tapper Zukie - Visions Of Love
18. Urias - Vontade De Voar

The artists at Stax Records were no more immune to the Beatles’ charm than the rest of the United States. From the mid-1960s onward, numerous Beatles covers were laid down for the label. Available wide on vinyl for the first time, this 8 track LP collection includes vocal and instrumental performances that deliver an eclectic cross-section of soulful Beatles covers by legendary Stax Records artists, including Otis Redding, Booker T. & the M.G.’s, Isaac Hayes, Carla Thomas, and David Porter.

TRACK LISTING

1. Otis Redding - Day Tripper (Alternative) 
2. David Porter - Help
3. Steve Cropper - With A Little Help From My Friends
4. Reggie Milner - And I Love Her
5. Carla Thomas - Yesterday (Live)
6. Isaac Hayes - Something
7. Booker T. & The M.G.'s - Eleanor Rigby
8. The Bar-Kays - Hey Jude 

Speak to Orlando Higginbottom, AKA TEED, about his decades-long relationship with electronic music and words like "love," obsession" and "addiction" soon litter the conversation. Born into a musical family—his father is an esteemed organist and choirmaster— the British artist spent his early years becoming both a classically trained pianist and singer, and a jungle and drum & bass fanatic. He'd often skip school to be first in line to nab the latest promos at his local record shop in Oxford.

After years of bedroom tinkering, his sharp ear and all-consuming passion bore fruit, with releases on popular 2000s labels like Greco-Roman, Play It Down and later Polydor. By then, of course, he was Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs—a project that began as a private joke, and definitely wasn't meant to last beyond a couple MySpace uploads. But it blew up, and soon he was taking his brand of vocal dance pop to clubs and festivals the world over.

Los Angeles was always a popular stop on tour, and in 2015 he made the bold decision to move there full-time. For more than a decade, the City of Angels has been his home and place of work, where he's developed into a full-blown studio producer as well as a solo artist. It's also where he's discovered a different kind of nightlife: new sounds, tempos, energies. Indeed, LA acts as a kind of muse on his long- awaited DJ-Kicks, which sparkles with all the colour and charisma of a Californian sunset. Or, more accurately, the pre-game before a big night Downtown.

"I was thinking a lot about what Americans call 'pre-gaming,' which is such a funny phrase," he explained. "It's that feeling of putting on a fun mix before you go out, while you're getting ready and having a drink. That was my flag in the ground in my head while I was making it; how I imagined people would listen to it."

This carefree vibe dominates the mix, which after a short beatless intro dives head first into a pumping house bassline. That track, "Everybody" by Casino Times, is one of several exclusives, alongside tunes by Joe Goddard, Austin Ato, Jacques Greene and Oscar Farrell. According to TEED, he knew instinctively that he didn't want a mix that took "seven tracks to get going." In preparation, he relistened to a bunch of classic DJ-Kicks—Tiga, Erlend Øye, Honey Dijon—and quickly realised that big, soulful and house-y was the way to go.

"I wanted to do something uptempo and clubby," he added. "I felt very strongly about that straight away. I just want people to put it on and have a good dance."

TRACK LISTING

LP Tracklisting:
1. TEED - Never Seen You Dance (DJ- Kicks Version)
2. Chloé Caillet & Nyra - B Good (Shanti Celeste Remix)
3. Casino Times, DUANE - Everybody! (House)
4. TEED - Persuasion (DJ-Kicks Version)
5. Jacques Greene - Lily Pad
6. Joe Goddard feat. Findia - Collide
7. TEED - Under The Metal
8. TEED - Another Day

CD Tracklisting:
1. oliver - Coastal
2. Casino Times, DUANE - Everybody! (House)
3. TEED - Never Seen You Dance (DJ- Kicks Version)
4. Junior Sanchez - Move (Dub)
5. Convertible - Like The Rain
6. Yu Su - Foundry
7. Hercules & Love Affair ft. Hips & Lips - Crossed Lines
8. Margaux Gazur - Agata
9. Decius - More 2 Luv
10. TEED - Please Don’t Go
11. Ode To 97 - First Day In Time (Tigerskin’s Alternative Mix)
12. Dennis Ferrer feat. K. T. Brooks - How Do I Let Go
13 TEED - Persuasion (DJ-Kicks Version)
14. Jump Source - Sad Salad
15. The Martinez Brothers - Tree Town
16. TEED - Another Day
17. Chloé Caillet & Nyra - B Good (Shanti Celeste Remix)
18 Tiga & Hudson Mohawke feat. Channel Tres - Feel The Rush (Johnny Aux Remix)
19. Austin Ato - Waiting Room
20. Oscar Farrell - This Was Yours
21. Alexander Skancke - Alright Alright
22. TEED - Under The Metal
23. David Vunk - Purple Light
24. Joe Goddard feat. Findia - Collide
25. D.H.S. - I Am Your Control
26. Jacques Greene - Lily Pad
27. Malibu - Spicy City

Antal, founder of the Amsterdam-based Rush Hour Records & Store, curates a personal selection from the historic Timeless Jazz label. Antal is renowned for his global DJ touring and eclectic sets spanning house, techno, rare funk, soul, and jazz. For this compilation he handpicked highlights from 1974–1994 by jazz luminaries such as Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Pharoah Sanders, Carter Jefferson, Gary Bartz, Woody Shaw, and more. “I want to thank the Wigt family for allowing me to dig deeper into their catalog to compile a selection of personal jazz favorites. Their passion for jazz and independent labels has inspired me as a DJ and record store owner. A great song is a great song, no matter when or where it was made,” Antal reflects. For this double album, Antal shares his love for modal and spiritual jazz, celebrating a pivotal era in jazz and creating a must-have for collectors, selectors, and new explorers.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Pharoah Sanders - Moon Child
2. George Adams - City Of Peace
3. Ronnie Mathews Trio - Selena's Dance

Side B
1. Rodney Jones - Articulations
2. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Oh By The Way
3. John Lee & Gerry Brown feat. Gary Bartz - Rise On

Side C
1. Joe Gilman feat. Joe Henderson - Non Compos Mentis
2. Joanne Brackeen - Haiti B
3. Woody Shaw & Tone Jansa Quartet - Boland

Side D
1. Carter Jefferson - Why
2. Pharoah Sanders - You've Got To Have Freedom

Kid Katana Records teamed up with Digital Eclipse / Atari to bring the legendary Wizardry remake game OST, for the first time on vinyl. Winifred Phillips crafted a unique soundtrack, which was recognized by the 2025 Grammy Award Winner for Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media. This OST is steeped in ancient history and culture, with Phillips using authentic period instruments from around the world, including gitterns, nyckelharpas, dulcimers, and bone flutes, and a choral battle anthem in the ancient language of the Wizardry spellbook.

TRACK LISTING

1. Dragon Slayer
2. Lord of the Castle
3. Spellcaster
4. Gilgamesh’s Tavern
5. Secret Doors
6. Adventurer’s Inn
7. The Maze
8. Murphy’s Ghost
9. Masters of Wizardry
10. Temple of Cant
11. Heroes in Training
12. Thieves Dagger
13. Dungeon Bestiary
14. Boltac’s Trading Post
15. Nightstalker
16. Secret Doors (Choral Version) 
17. Wrath of the Wizard
18. Masters of Wizardry (Choral Version) 

To celebrate the launch of the 4th and last DLC of Atomic Heart, Kid Katana Records teamed up with Mundfish to bring you this high quality album for the first time on an exclusive double vinyl. With over 10 million players since its release, and a nomination at the 14th Hollywood Music in Media Awards, Atomic Heart has kept on bringing new content in the game, enriching the players’ experience with new Stories, Threats and Music to pursue the fight for freedom and progress. The physical edition is a premium 2LP designed in close relationship with the game's creative team: Track selection handpicked by Atomic Heart team, including tracks from Mick Gordon, GeoffPlaysGuitar and Boogrov, and 1 new track (DLC #4 trailer exclusive) 2-colored vinyls with unique red and black “corona” effect: handmade vinyl effect melting red and black colors to shape a unique vinyl color on each product, mirroring the cover art. Exclusive cover art with mat finishing and glossy effect on the Twin and motorcycle.

TRACK LISTING

1. Geoffrey Day, Zemlyane – Trava u Doma (Geoffrey Day Remix)
2. Geoffrey Day, Alla Pugacheva – Arlekino (Geoffrey Day Remix)
3. Geoffrey Day, Alla Pugacheva, Ritm – Zvyozdnoe Leto (Geoffrey Day Remix)
4. Bratstvo Atoma, BassnPanda, Kvashenaya – Zvenit Yanvarskaya Vyuga
5. Alyans, Bratstvo Atoma – Na Zare
6. Particles, koshechka – Prekrasnoe Dalyoko
7. Geoffrey Day – Lambada (Geoffrey Day Remix)
8. Geoffrey Day – PT-1X12
9. Geoffrey Day, Alla Pugacheva – Pozovi Menya s Soboy
10. Geoffrey Day – Cookie Crumbler
11. Yuliya Kogan, Frenetic Virtual Orchestra, Geoffrey Day – V Sinem More, V Beloy Pene (Geoffrey Day Remix)
12. Scary On, BassnPanda – BEA-D Theme
13. DVRST, Igor Sklyar – Komarovo (DVRST Phonk Remix)
14. Boogrov, Zoanoid – Inside Nora
15. Øneheart, Atomic Heart – Quiet Dive
16. Boogrov, Zoanoid – Inventory
17. Geoffrey Day, Mariya Pakhomenko – Stoyat Devchonki (Geoffrey Day Remix)
18. Acid Minerale – Karusel
19. Boogrov – To Ostatnia Niedziela
20. Mick Gordon, Palina – A Fridge Called Nora
21. Mick Gordon – Shrouded in Mystery
22. Mick Gordon – Polivoks
23. Boogrov, Zoanoid – P.E.A.R.
24. Boogrov, Zoanoid – Pchela
25. Boogrov – Welcome to Kollektiv

“Dressed In Black” was curated and annotated by Cathi Unsworth, author of the book Season Of The Witch: The Book of Goth – a woman who considers herself fortunate to have had Siouxsie Sioux, Lydia Lunch and Diamanda Galàs for role models while she was growing up. For further illumination in Cathi’s own words, read on.

“The music gathered here is an aural manifestation of turbulent times, made by women possessed of supernatural abilities. The music I fell in love with emerged from the dark end of the 1970s: The Winter of Discontent of 1978-79, when intractable industrial action left the dead unburied and mountains of rubbish in the streets. All the promise of punk came to a brutal end with the deaths of Sid and Nancy in New York; IRA bombs exploded in central London and a seemingly uncatchable ripper roamed West Yorkshire with 13 murders under his belt. Ill omens that augured badly for the events of 3 May 1979, when Margaret Thatcher became our first woman prime minister. Dressed in blue and ready to whip the country to her heel.

“But at night, malcontent youth were united by forces of opposition, whose dissenting voices were aired across the land on John Peel’s Radio 1 show, set to the sound of slasher guitars, swirling fairground keyboards, loping basslines and percussion that recalled the echo of jackhammers or the march of insect feet. Here, punk’s unruly offspring distilled the dissonance of the times into a new kind of music. Flirting with the fetishist and taboo, drawing upon horror and science fiction imagery, they were the outlaw leaders of the greatest style tribe of the decade: the goths. Dressed in black, these kohl-eyed women voiced the alienation of their generation during the decade of the Cold War, the Miners’ Strike, privatisation and AIDS.

“To make sense of the absurd is genius enough. But to then cast the glamour of sublime music around those insights – I come back to my point about supernatural abilities. I hope you will find illumination within. You know the dress code.”

TRACK LISTING

1. DO YOU TAKE THIS MAN? – DIAMANDA GALÁS WITH JOHN PAUL JONES
2. NIGHT SHIFT – SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES
3. CAT-HOUSE – DANIELLE DAX
4. SUBTERRANEAN WORLD (HOW LONG...?) – ANITA LANE WITH DIE HAUT
5. CISCO SUNSET – LYDIA LUNCH WITH ROWLAND S HOWARD
6. GARBAGEMAN – THE CRAMPS
7. ROAD TO NOWHERE – JUDY HENSKE
8. ODE TO BILLIE JOE – BOBBIE GENTRY
8. SEASON OF THE WITCH – JULIE DRISCOLL, BRIAN AUGER & THE TRINITY
10. AIN'T NO GRAVE – ANNA CALVI
11. DEATH AND THE LADY – SHIRLEY COLLINS
12. IDIOT MILK – M U M M Y
13. ICEBLINK LUCK – COCTEAU TWINS
14. ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES – THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO
15. DRESSED IN BLACK – THE SHANGRI-LAS
16. GLOOMY SUNDAY – BILLIE HOLIDAY
17. KATIE CRUEL – KAREN DALTON
18. I PUT A SPELL ON YOU – NINA SIMONE
19. ÇA VA "LE DIABLE" – JULIETTE GRECO

VINYL TRACKLISTING:
SIDE ONE
1. DO YOU TAKE THIS MAN? – DIAMANDA GALÁS WITH JOHN PAUL JONES
2. NIGHT SHIFT – SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES
3. CAT –HOUSE – DANIELLE DAX
4. SUBTERRANEAN WORLD (HOW LONG...?) – ANITA LANE WITH DIE HAUT

SIDE TWO
1. CISCO SUNSET – LYDIA LUNCH WITH ROWLAND S HOWARD
2. WASTING TIME – ANNIE HOGAN
3. GARBAGEMAN – THE CRAMPS
4. ROAD TO NOWHERE – JUDY HENSKE
5. ODE TO BILLIE JOE – BOBBIE GENTRY

SIDE THREE
1. SEASON OF THE WITCH – JULIE DRISCOLL, BRIAN AUGER & THE TRINITY
2. AIN'T NO GRAVE – ANNA CALVI
3. DEATH AND THE LADY – SHIRLEY COLLINS
4. IDIOT MILK – M U M M Y
5. ICEBLINK LUCK – COCTEAU TWINS

SIDE FOUR
1. ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES – THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO
2. DRESSED IN BLACK – THE SHANGRI –LAS
3. GLOOMY SUNDAY – BILLIE HOLIDAY
4. KATIE CRUEL – KAREN DALTON
5. I PUT A SPELL ON YOU – NINA SIMONE
6. ÇA VA "LE DIABLE" – JULIETTE GRECO

The latest edition of 'Downtownsounds Classics' arrives from Dublin disco messers Fatty Fatty, just in time for the summer sunshine!

Fully licensed and cut loud on 12 inch vinyl the way God (aka Walter Gibbons) intended, it sees in-house producers Pablo and Shoey take on two choice cuts from the legendary Salsoul label.

Salsoul was the very first label to release a commercially available 12 inch remix - the aforementioned Gibbons and his 9 minute extension of Double Exposure's '10 Per Cent'. They would go on to issue a raft of underground disco classics with mixes by the legendary likes of Larry Levan, Tom Moulton and Shep Pettibone. Having robbed the famous 'Baker-Harris-Young' rhythm section from Philadelphia Records, they defined the disco sound in the second half of the 1970's and kept roaring well into the next decade.

The new mixes pay explicit tribute to two hugely formative influences on the Fatty fellas - The A extends the mysterious and wondrously wonky Big Bear edit of Bunny Sigler's 'By The Way You Dance'. Back in the day, these cosmic under-the-counter 12s helped show the Fatties how to disco real right, and they've stood the test of time wonderfully. This one has been at the front of Pablo's bag for longer than he cares to remember, and now the rest of the world can enjoy it, with some extra Pablo and Shoey disco magic thrown in for good measure...

Speaking of cosmic, the flip sees the lads turn in a stripped-back, ever-building mix of First Choice 'Hold Your Horses'. Having first heard this played by the Cosmic King himself, Danielle Baldelli, they found themselves let down by the commercially available mix. Through the disco haze, and with some subtle stemming, several outer-space whooshes and a string/vocal climax to die for, they've tried to recreate the way they heard Baldelli play it...

With the classic Salsoul artwork also present and correct, this is a love letter to perhaps the most important label in dance music history, with music that still sounds amazing five decades on... Don't sleep!

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Dublin's crack team of editors and party starters return. Downtown Sounds reflect the same energy as our own local stables - Talking Drums, Red Laser, Aficionado etc... assembling a firm, causing a ruckus on the local scene, then exporting said ruckus far and wide through tasteful record releases. It's a tried and tested formular, but only a select few seem to grasp it! Hats off to Downtown Sounds for keeping the fire burning...

TRACK LISTING

A. Bunny Singler By The Way You Dance (Pablo & Shoey Big Bear Tribute Dub)
B. First Choice Hold Your Horses (Pablo and Shoey Tribute to Baldelli Cosmic Dub)

'Once Upon a Time...The Tarantino Sound Vol. 2', following its homonymous Vol. 1, gathers 23 additional songs from the distinctive cinematic universe that defines Tarantino's style, from his earliest project, My Best Friend's Birthday (1987), to The Adventures of Cliff Booth (2026), for which he also contributed the script.

Music plays a vital role in the films of Quentin Tarantino. For him, songs are far more than background elements; they are essential storytelling tools. While preparing a film, he listens to countless tracks, using them to shape each scene's tone, rhythm, and emotional pulse. Some make it onto the official soundtrack; others never reach the final cut, yet still influence the creative process, helping define the atmosphere and emotional core of his work.

TRACK LISTING

1. The Revels - Comanche (1961) From Pulp Fiction
2. Duanne Eddy - Peter Gunn (1959) From The Adventures Of Cliff Booth
3. Chuck Berry - School Days (1957)
4. Johnny Cash - So Doggone Lonesome (1955)
5. Johnny Burnette - Rock Billy Boogie (1956) From My Best Friend's Birthday
6. The Shirelles - Baby It's You (1961) From Death Proof
7. William Bell - Formula Of Love (1961) From Death Proof
8. Connie Francis - Stupid Cupid (1958) From Inglourious Basterds
9. Ricky Nelson - Waitin' In School (1957) From Pulp Fiction
10. Bobby Short - Down In Mexico (1957) From Death Proof
11. Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel (1956) From True Romance
12. Frank Sinatra - (Love Is) The Tender Trap (1955) From True Romance
13. The Tornadoes - The Gremmie (1962) From Desperado
14. Link Wray - Jack The Ripper (1962) From Desperado
15. Les Paul & Mary Ford - How High The Moon (1951) From Death Proof
16. Chris Farlowe - Air Travel (1962) From Kill Bill: Vol. 2
17. Bobby Freeman - Fever (1962) From Kill Bill: Vol. 2
18. Abbe Lane & Xavier Cugat - Malaguena Salerosa (1961) From Kill Bill: Vol. 2
19. The Ventures - Green Leaves Of Summer (1961) From Inglourious Basterds
20. Ennio Morricone/Peter Tevis - Pastures Of Plenty (1962) From Kill Bill: Vol. 2
21. Porter Wagoner - A Satisfied Mind (1957) From Kill Bill: Vol. 2
22. Esquivel - Sentimental Journey (1961) From Four Rooms
23. The Ventures - Spudnik [aka Surf Rider] (1962) From Pulp Fiction

Telling a tale of house music’s early days or roots without mentioning Tony Humphries as a club DJ, remixer and radio disc jockey would make it an incomplete, forged and most of all a bit of a yawn.

Born in Brooklyn in 1957, Humphries’ musical journey is synonymous with New York City’s dance music history and the evolution from uptempo soul music to house: from being a dancer at David Mancuso’s infamous Loft parties to becoming a mobile DJ and getting the call from Shep Pettibone to become his right hand at the then new Kiss FM radio station, followed by countless remix offers and a legendary residency at Newark’s Club Zanzibar.

Next to that one, it was especially his work as a radio disc jockey for said station during most of the 1980s until 1994 that gave him majestic clout. Breaking new records week in, week out, putting New Jersey acts like Adeva and Jomanda or countless up-and-coming producers from there on the musical map, while simultaneously playing the hottest imports from Europe, trax from Chicago, dance classics and all things straight from New York’s music factory that never seemed to stop. Going to his vast and almost complete archive of radio shows from way back when he graced those airwaves, we at Running Back Records have picked original recordings that symbolize his importance as an industry giant and ambassador of this style of music.

„But one thing I would like to point out is that, as a DJ, the music I play is not my music. I want to make it perfectly clear that it is music that is released, and it’s everyone’s music. I do not take any other credit than being the middle person exposing this music.“ (Tony Humphries in: What Kind of House Party Is This?, Jonathan Fleming, 1996)

TRACK LISTING

LP1 Tracklist:
A1. Dee Dee Brave – My My Lover (Tony Humphries Dub)*
A2. Jomanda – Don’t You Want My Love (Street Style)
B1. R-Tyme – Illusions (Mayday Mix)
B2. Blakk Society feat. David Hollister – Just Another Lonely Day (Club Mix)
C1. Anthony Thomas – You Don’t Love Me
C2. Victor Romeo – Love Will Find a Way (Zanzibar Edit)*
C3. Romanthony – In The Mix (Tony’s Classic Mastermix)
D1. Slam – Eternal
D2. Mondee Oliver – Make Me Want You (Club Mix, Extended)
E1. Bobby Harding – Feelin' Happy (The KiKi Club Mix)
E2. Deskee – Let There Be House (Mix ABCD I)
E3. Bizzy B – B With U
F1. When Worlds Collide – Deep (2263 Mix)
F2. Jay Williams – Sweat (Dance Track) (*Previously unreleased)

LP2 Tracklist:
A1. Jomanda – Make My Body Rock
A2. Mae-1 – Sweet Feelin’
B1. Billy “Jack” Williams presents Utterance – Grant Me Utterance *
B2. Precious – Definition of a Track B3. Man-Machine – Elektro-Genetik
C1. Jay Williams – Sweat (Sweat the Club Mix)
C2. Kerri Chandler – Kerri KAOZ Beat (Acetate Instrumental)
D1. Romanthony – Falling From Grace (Tony Humphries Demo Mix)*
D2. Ed The Red feat. Passion in Fashion – 1-900 (Instrumental)
E1. The Brotherhood – Love Will Make It Right (Club Mix)
E2. A Slice of Life – You Make Me Feel So (ASOL Mix)
F1. The It – Donnie (Hardy Mix by Ron Hardy)
F2. Cisco Ferreia – Cisco’s Groove (*Previously unreleased)

MIXED 2CD Tracklist:
1. Dee Dee Brave – My My Lover (Tony Humphries Dub)*
2. The Brotherhood – Love Will Make It Right (Club Mix)
3. Deuce & Satin – Hyper
4. Jomanda – Make My Body Rock
5. Bobby Harding – Feelin' Happy (The KiKi Club Mix)
6. Man Machine – Elektro-Genetik
7. Mae-1 – Sweet Feelin’
8. Romanthony – Falling From Grace (Tony Humphries Demo Mix)
9. Kerri Chandler – Kerri KAOZ Beat (Acetate Instrumental)*
10. Jomanda – Don’t You Want My Love (Street Style Mix)
11. Anthony Thomas – You Don’t Love Me
12. Jay Williams – Sweat (Dance Track)
13. Jay Williams – Sweat
14. Precious – Definition of a Track
15. Victor Romeo presents Leatrice Brown – Love Will Find a Way (Zanzibar Edit)*
16. When Worlds Collide – Deep (2263 Mix)
17. Mondee Oliver – Make Me Want You (Club Mix, Extended)
18. Deskee – Let There Be House (Mix ABCD I)
19. Ed The Red feat. MJ White – Broken Promises (Club Mix)
20. Mr. Monday – Appreciate
21. How II House – Time 2 Feel the Rhythm (Symphonic Mix)New Release Information
22. Romanthony – In the Mix (A Tribute to Tony Humphries)
23. Billy “Jack” Williams presents Utterance – Grant Me Utterance (*Previously unreleased)

The Boroughs from Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews and execute produced by The Duffer Brothers, tells the story of a seemingly perfect retirement community, where a grieving newcomer’s monstrous encounter inspires him to join a misfit crew of unlikely heroes who uncover a dark secret that proves their “golden years” are more dangerous, and they are more formidable, than anyone expects. The series incorporates music just as prominently as did The Duffer Brothers celebrated five season run of Stranger Things, with inspired needle drops framing each episode. Across 10 tracks, book-ended by the Bruce Springsteen tracks 'Thunder Road' and 'Born To Run' and featuring classic tracks from Santana, The Lovin’ Spoonful, Bob Seger, Heart, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Bill Withers and more.

The mighty Channel One Studios, Kingston, Jamaica, has its place set in Reggae's Musical History. Its distinctive sound the studio created on opening its doors in 1972 to its closure in the early 1980's made it the Producers, Singers and Musicians studio of choice during this furtive period. Achieving that vibe and clarity, separated it from the other Kingston establishments. Run by the Hookim Family's four sons, Jo Jo the eldest followed by Paulie, Ernest and Kenneth. Their father originally came from China and married a Chinese Jamaican lady and settled in the St Andrews district before moving to Kingston Town itself. The family business was built on jukeboxes and one armed bandit machines in and around Kingston. A lucrative venture until the gaming laws changed in 1970, outlawing the gaming machines. So the music side of the business would have to be expanded. So it was decided to open a studio to make the music to supply their already established Jukebox enterprise. The four brothers opened Channel One Recording Studios in 1972 at 29 Maxfield Avenue, Kingston 13. Initially as we stated the purpose of the studio was for the brothers use only, but this would soon change when the various Producers all looking for that Channel One sound came asking for studio time. The brothers had used the services of Bill Garnet a renowned and well respected technical engineer on setting up the studio. They spent a lot of time aying out the space to get the right acoustics and picking the right equipment. They went with a four track API desk and the best quality microphones such as Neuman, Sony and AKG, vital in obtaining the quality sound and track separation that would prove so worthwhile after the music was recorded to give the best flexibility on the final mix downs. Jo Jo would take over the production duties after the initial hiring of Syd Bucknor a producer who had worked closely with Coxonne Dodds Studio 1 stable. The first release on the Channel One label would be 'Don't Give Up The Fight' by Stranger Cole and Gladstone 'Gladdy' Anderson.The initial two thousand run being swallowed up by their Jukebox interests and so the steady flow of hits would run up to the brake through hit of 1975 'Right Time' by the Mighty Diamonds. 1977 saw Jo Jo extending his stays in New York to a semipermanent status, returning mainly to oversee recording sessions and then taking the results back to America for worldwide distribution. His brother Paulies senseless killing in that year also added to Jo Jo's decision to spend more time with his Hit Bound Manufacturing set up in New York. The Channel One studio would be upgraded in 1979 to sixteen tracks and although Jo Jo and Ernest still covered the mixing and engineering duties Kenneth would now supervise sessions. An often untold part of Channel Ones history is the involvement of Producer Niney The Observer. The mid to late 1970's were heavy times both musically and politically and Maxfield Avenue was in the heart of this crossfire. Some artists and musicians were weary of using the establishment especially when sessions ended late at night and exiting the studio at these times could be somewhat dangerous. But Niney's fearlessness seen him over running and in many cases running the all night sessions with his trusted set of musicians loosely called The Soul Syndicate. Having the run of the mighty Channel One studio's allowed Niney to build up and work on a stockpile of rhythms that he still has yet to unleash on the world. We have been lucky to select a bunch of material from Niney's vaults for this release. Some great unreleased rhythms and some different cuts to some tracks you might already know. Niney's work with Dennis Brown and his own distinctive heavy roots style productions have been documented and indeed his work on Channel Ones Yellowman releases stand tall also. We hope this fine set of Niney Productions set inside the hollowed walls of Channel One will sit beside them as they so richly deserve.

TRACK LISTING

Side One
1. Channel 1 Burning With Dub
2. Dub Fourteen
3. Hill And Gully Dub
4. More Dub Pon Dub
5. Dub Between Us
6. Fearless Dub
7. Dub In Highway

Side Two
1. Forceful Dub
2. Dub Easy

Transversales Disques proudly presents "Panorama Vol. 2", another deep dive into rare French soundtracks, library music, and instrumental oddities that have largely remained untouched by reissues or compilations.

This curated selection features 11 forgotten gems recorded between 1968 and 1980. It showcases the brilliance of celebrated maestros like Francis Lai, Karl-Heinz Schäfer, Eric Demarsan and Jean-Claude Petit, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with unsung composers such as Oswald d'Andréa, and Jean-Louis Bucchi.

Embark on a cinematic journey brimming with moody string arrangements, funky flanged drums, signature French basslines, and deeply dramatic atmospheres.

Deluxe tip-on jacket LP with printed innersleeves
Including exclusive and extensive liner notes.
Vinyl only / No digital

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: A truly staggering and expansive compilation detailing the depth and musicality of French library music which many regard to be some of the finest ever penned. Judging by some of the material here, I'd be inclined to agree! Simply phenomenal.

TRACK LISTING

A1.Caravelli - L’étrange Docteur Personne (1977)
A2.Pierre Dutour et son orchestre - The Man From Nowhere (1970)
A3.Jean-Claude Petit - Rocking Chair (1974)
A4.Jean-Louis Bucchi - Nostalgia (1976)
A5.Pierre Cavalli - Un soir chez Norris (1971)
A6.Claude Vasori - Les Calanques (1968)

B1.Francis Lai - Le voyou (1970)
B2.Karl Heinz Schafer - Nous n’irons plus au Labrador (1976)
B3.Yan Tregger - Banana Slush (1975)
B4.Oswald d’Andrea - Thème d’amour (1977)
B5.Eric Demarsan - La trace (1980)

Parisian label Chuwanaga drop "Inner Circle Vol. 1", the first instalment in a series of house music releases bringing together artists from the label’s close circle.

Opening with “We All Got To Feel” by Argentine producer J. Koen (Nervous Records / Nite Grooves), a track that encapsulates the essence of deep house. Classy, colourful stabs, refined melodies, and a warm, funky bassline come together in a club-ready cut. It's exactly what you expect when you need a track that delivers.

It is followed by “Sunny California” from French producer Kaffe Crème (Floors Records), an ode to the sun - both a celebration and a form of incantation recalling the spiritual energy of Ron Trent and Joe Claussell. The track builds toward a break filled with deep, jazz-inflected harmonies before returning with an electrifying melody carried by layered percussion, leading to an emotional climax.

On the flip side, “It’s A Feeling (House Music)” by the French duo Milk & Honey (Chuwanaga) draws clear inspiration from the Chicago lineage, in the vein of Boo Williams. A looping bassline, deep silky chords, and steady drums create a hypnotic, flowing texture with a myriad of ear candy. It's a feeling, it's a vibe!

The record closes with “The Gatekeeper” by French producers Saint-James (Chuwanaga) & KX9000 (Pont-Neuf Records), a track influenced by the London boogie sound and its broken beat scene. Fans of Dego and Kaidi Tatham will recognize its syncopated grooves and percussive depth, bridging house and broken beat aesthetics.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: A four track deep house V/A 12" from Chuwanaga was not what I was expecting... but here we are, and it's MEGA! I thought they were all about boogie, funk and soul music, but here the label deliver four authentic, bona fide deep house jams in a similar vein to Prescription, Moods & Grooves and Future Vision. Ace!

TRACK LISTING

A1.J.Koen - We All Got To Feel
A2.Kaffe Crème - Sunny California

B1.Milk & Honey - It's A Feeling (House Music)
B2.Saint-James & KX9000 - The Gatekeeper

"30 Years Of Freerange" - 30 tracks from 30 artists across five EPs. A slow-burn rollout culminating in a beautiful boxset meticulously assembled to outlast trends, algorithms, and short attention spans. A handpicked cross-section of the Freerange continuum from artists who’ve shaped the sound alongside up and coming voices pushing it somewhere new. Here, the label present Vol. 2 with six more brand-new and exclusive tracks from a variety of label regulars.

Aroop Roy kicks things off with a brilliant slice of fresh house music, inspired by Detroit but with a distinct London twist. "We Are The People" is just the kind of forward-looking track the label love to release with it’s loose groove, bouncing stabs and fat bass.

Next we have the hotly tipped Coflo who goes for the jugular with "Unlocked" featuring Rawb Boss. Tight, muscular rhythms, 303 flourishes and a punishing bassline bring the peak time energy whilst soulful vocal hooks ensure this track will work like magic in a wide range of sets.

Closing the A side, Fred Everything brings his signature deep and musical touch on a track entitled "Elysium". Lush chords and rolling bassline keep the vibe uplifting making for a perfect warm up track to set the mood and lift the spirits.

Flipping over we have the Dutch duo Fouk and their contribution to the release entitled "Moon". Here they do what they do best by using their deft, sonic touch to create a hypnotic house workout featuring filtered stabs and euphoric strings.

Freerange regular Matt Masters steps up next with a long overdue return to the label and his sublime slice of deepness entitled "Everywhere At Once". Introspective and melancholic, Matt utilises chopped up piano and pad chords to create a beautiful track perfect for those special moments on the dancefloor.

Ending on a blissed out, chilled vibe Freerange welcomes back South African producer Radic The Myth who delivers a sun-soaked gem entitled "Forest Of White Trees". The perfect closing track for the EP, "Radic The Myth" goes heavy on the emotive pads and arpeggiating synth parts all underpinned with mid tempo stripped-back house groove making for a sultry, summery groove to get lost in.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Part two of the Freerange 30th anniversary series. Six more brand new tracks from the label's highly respected roster. Beautiful.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Aroop Roy - We Are The People
A2. Coflo - Unlocked ft. Rawb Boss
A3. Fred Everything - Elysium
B1. Fouk - Moon
B2. Matt Masters - Everywhere At Once
B3. Radic The Myth - Forest Of White Trees

"30 Years Of Freerange" begins here: 30 tracks from 30 artists across five EPs. A slow-burn rollout culminating in a beautiful boxset meticulously assembled to outlast trends, algorithms, and short attention spans. A handpicked cross-section of the Freerange continuum from artists who’ve shaped the sound alongside up and coming voices pushing it somewhere new. Different shades, different voices, same ethos: independence, longevity, and an unwavering commitment to the dancefloor and beyond.

Volume 1 contains a 12" record with six tracks and the box set that will go onto contain the remaining four EPs to be released in the series. Gotta catch 'em all! 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Always present, never making a fuss, just delivering good, honest house music for dancefloors all over the world. I can't remember Freerange NOT being in our house section. Here the label's 30th anniversary celebrations begin in earnest, with a six track EP perfectly demonstrating the poise, mellifluous sounds and concentric rhythms that's their trademark. Celebrate one of the UKs finest labels and join the five part journey here!

TRACK LISTING

1.Ralph Session - Everything Feat. Brandon Markell Holmes 
2.Philippa - Mixed Messages 
3.Palm Skin Productions - Shark Drunk 
4.Josh Wink - NGF 
5.Nacho Marco - The Flying Fox 
6.Lovebirds - Janet Nice 

Tsuna, a shy teenager, learns he is destined to become the next mafia boss. Guided by Reborn, a hitman in baby form, he faces countless enemies to protect his friends. Blending humor, action, and personal growth, Hitman Reborn! delivers a unique and thrilling adventure. This album draws on the musical style of quirky Italian mafia films, and includes the main openings and endings from the series.

TRACK LISTING

1 .Reborn! The Vongola Mafia's Theme
2 .Pleasant
3 .Nonchalant
4 .Daily Life (1)
5 .Daily Life (2)
6 .Eventful Outbreak!
7 .Before the Decisive Battle
8. Battle (1)
9. Battle (2)
10. Reborn! Time for the Last Will!
11. Leader of the Discipline Committee, Kyoya Hibari
12. Noisy
13. The Enemy's Attack Starts!
14. Michishirube - TV Version-
15. Drawing Days -TV Version-
16. Peaceful Days
17. Dandyism?
18. Mukuro
19. Hideout
20. The Enemy's Fierce Attack
21. Tsuna and His Friends Prevail
22. Tides of War
23. Premonition of a Success
24. The Gang Still Up
25. Tsuna Awakens
26. Holy War
27. ONE NIGHT STAR -TV Version

Kagome, a modern-day schoolgirl, is transported to feudal Japan and frees Inuyasha, a half-demon. Together, they seek the shattered shards of the Shikon Jewel, desired by demons. Along their journey, they face fierce enemies, forge deep friendships, and discover a growing love amidst their perilous quest. This album features the best openings and endings from Inuyasha. Performed by iconic J-pop artists, these songs blend emotion, nostalgia, and energy. A must-have compilation for fans of the anime.

TRACK LISTING

1. Change The World
2. Owarinaiyume
3. Grip!
4. One Day, One Dream
5. Angelus
6. My Will (Original Mix)
7. Deep Forest
8. Every Heart -Minna No Kimochi-
9. True Song
10. Itazurana Kiss

Released alongside a new major podcast ‘Hit That Perfect Beat – the story of London Records’, the compilation showcases the incredible success, breadth, and variety of the London Records with over 40 top 40 hits, 20 top 10 hits, 15 Top 5s and 5 number 1s.

Featuring select tracks from the 80s, 90s and 00s, ‘Hit That Perfect Beat - the London Records Story’ traverses everything from synthpop (Blancmange, Bronski Beat), Rave and D'n'B (Orbital, CJ Bolland, Goldie, Armand Van Helden) Britpop (Menswear, Gay Dad), antidote pop groups (All Saints, East 17), Y2K pop (Sugababes, Dannii Minogue), monster global hits (Fine Young Cannibals, Bananarama, Shakespears Sister) and more.

Featuring liner notes from journalist Siân Pattenden (former writer for Smash Hits, The Face, Select Magazine), who is also the presenter of the podcast, ‘Hit That Perfect Beat - the London Records Story’ is the perfect introduction to the one of the world's most exciting and dynamic labels.

TRACK LISTING

1. Living On The Ceiling - Blancmange
2. Cruel Summer - Bananarama
3. Smalltown Boy - Bronski Beat
4. Young At Heart - The Bluebells
5. Takes A Little Time - Total Contrast
6. Hit That Perfect Beat - Bronski Beat
7. Sally - Carmel
8. Don't Leave Me This Way feat. Sarah Jane Morris - The Communards
9. Don't Go - Hothouse Flowers
10. She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals
11. C'mon and Get My Love feat. Cathy Dennis - D Mob
12. Born This Way (Let's Dance) - Cookie Crew
13. You Make Me Feel Mighty Real - Jimmy Somerville
14. You're History - Shakespears Sister
15. Monsters and Angels - Voice of The Beehive
16. It's On - Flowered Up
17. Something Good - Utah Saints
18. Halcyon - Orbital
19. Stinkin’ Thinkin’ - Happy Mondays
20. It's Alright - East 17
21. Regret - New Order
22. Inner City Life - Goldie
23. I Believe - Marcella Detroit
24. Daydreamer - Menswear
25. Sunshine After The Rain - Berri
26. I'm Alive - Stretch & Vern present "Maddog"
27. Sugar Is Sweeter (Armand Van Helden’s Sugar Daddy Edit) - CJ Bolland
28. Wonderwall - The Mike Flowers Pops
29. Keep On Jumpin' - Lisa Marie Experience
30. Never Ever - All Saints
31. Nothing Lasts Forever - Echo and the Bunnymen
32. You Are The Universe - The Brand New Heavies
33. Beat Goes On - The All Seeing I
34. Buzzin' - Asian Dub Foundation
35. You Don't Know Me feat. Duane Harden - Armand Van Helden
36. To Earth With Love - Gay Dad
37. Please Don't Turn Me On feat. Lifford - Artful Dodger
38. Overload - Sugababes
39. Starbucks - A
40. I Begin To Wonder - Dannii Minogue

Soul Jazz Records’ ‘Calypso: Musical Poetry In The Caribbean’ was first issued in 2014 and has been out of print for nearly 10 years.

On its release, ‘Calypso: Musical Poetry In The Caribbean’ was voted one of The Year’s Best 50 Reissues in Rolling Stone magazine and received glowing reviews in Pitchfork, The Guardian, Songlines and many more.

This new edition has been fully remastered and comes as a one-off double vinyl pressing on Translucent Green vinyl, complete with bespoke inners featuring extensive sleevenotes, notes on all the artists and songs featured, and original artwork and photography. The album is also available in a new card-edition CD package, also with complete notes and text.

Featuring Lord Kitchener, The Mighty Viper, Count Zebra, Lord Flea, Lord Hummingbird, King Fighter, Lord Growler, Lord Byron, Lord Ivanhoe and other members of calypso’s aristocracy and aristocrats, the album features the music of calypso in its many styles.

Calypso is one of the most exciting and enduring forms of musical expression that first emerged at the beginning of the 20th century - swinging, persuasive rhythms, brilliantly expressive melodies and lyrics of great humour, wisdom and wit.

Here you will find music from birthplace of calypso, Trinidad, other Caribbean islands including Jamaica and the Bahamas, as well as sounds from the style’s subsequent onwards journey including Britain, Panama and the United States.

Calypsonian songs play out a role in society similar to the storytelling Griots of West Africa (and the corresponding music of Kaiso); with their own tales about popular and incredible news items, modern life, local politics all mixed up with sexual innuendo, one-upmanship, comedy and more.

At its source, calypso is intricately and inextricably bound to the social history of Trinidad and its myriad of traditions, beliefs, folklore and fables. As the music spread around the world, both from the diaspora of many of its performers as well as its commercial success, the subjects of songs similarly took on local topics.

The most notable singer of calypso in England was the Trinidadian Lord Kitchener, who came to Britain in 1948 on HMS Empire Windrush, along with fellow Calypsonians Lord Beginner and Lord Woodbine.

The songs here vividly capture the popular news stories and fashions of the era - ‘The First Man On The Moon’, James Bond’s ‘Pussy Galore’, ‘Bed Bugs’, ‘Voodoo’, ‘Love in Cemeteries’, as well as West Indians in England, Bossa Nova, the Iron Curtain and the story of a white man who had a black heart transplant operation.

This album celebrates a criminally unsung and under-documented art form in the modern age.

“A joyous compilation. Lovingly annotated, it’s a glimpse into a now distant era when the Caribbean first took on the world and won” - The Guardian

TRACK LISTING

Lord Cobra y Los Pana Afros – Man On The Moon
Young Growler – Pussy Galore
Lord Hummingbird – Teenage Bossa Nova Girl
Lord Byron & Orquesta Nueva Alegria – Yes Parssin
Cyril Diaz & His Orchestra – Voodoo
Lord Flea & His Calypsonians – Out De Fire
Brownie – The Bed Bug Song
Count Zebra and The Seasiders – Cat-O-Nine
Carlos Malcolm & His Afro Jamaican Rhythm – Elena
Azie Lawrence and The Carib Serenaders – West Indians In England
Lord Cobra y Los Pana Afros – Negro Heart
Lord Kitchener – Love In The Cemetery
Charlie Binger & His Quartet – Jamaica Is The Place To Go
Mighty Dougla – Exchange No Robbery
Viper – Dog Better Than Man 
Lord Kitchener – Jamaican Woman
JB Williams Band – Gee Bongo Lady
Lord Ivanhoe & His Caribbean Knights – Lift The Iron Curtain
King Fighter – People Will Talk

Newly remastered and repackaged, Soul Jazz Records’ ‘Gipsy Rhumba’ was first released to much-critical acclaim around the world in 2012. The album is a stunning mix of Latin, funk, flamenco and rhumba rhythms.

The album is being released on deluxe double vinyl, complete with large text and lush photography across two inner sleeves. Also available as a new card-sleeved CD, out of print for more than ten years.

The album is like no other and remains the first album ever outside of Spain to seriously focus on the history of gipsy rhumba, one of the most interesting musical culture clashes ever that first took place in the early 1960s.

In the Catalan region of Spain, gypsies primarily known as the creators of flamenco, came up with a fascinating hybrid style - gipsy rhumba - which blended together Latin and rhumba music of Cuba and the Caribbean together with their own flamenco as well as the emerging rock & roll from America.

The album tells this unique story of how this Latin-tinged music came about in the heart of Spain’s gypsy community. The album comes with extensive sleevenotes and exclusive and stunning photography from the celebrated French photographer Jacques Leonard.

The album is put together by two of Spain's most important gipsy rhumba specialists - compiler David El Indio and sleevenotes by Jose Manuel Gómez (Gufi).

“A capsule of supercharged clapping and joyous vocals” - The Guardian

TRACK LISTING

Rabbit Rumba – Nuestro Ayer
El Noi – Labios Morenos
Los Gitanos Polinais – En El Fondo Del Mar De Lima
Antonio González – Sarandonga
Peret y Sus Gitanos – La Fiesta No Es Para Feos
El Gitano Portugués – Fui A Bahía
Maruja Garrido – Ché Camino
Juncal Y Sus Calistros – Tequila
Moncho Y Su Wawankó Gitano – Orisa
Peret y Sus Gitanos – Voy, Voy
Dolores Vargas "La Terremoto" – Anana Hip
Chango – El Guapo
Ramonet Y Sus Rumberos – Bacalao Salao
Lola Flores Y Antonio González – Meneíto Men
Dolores Vargas "La Terremoto" – AChi-Li-Pú
El Noy – El Loco
El Noi – Sí, Compay
Chacho Y Sus Rumbas – El Pan Y Los Dientes
Maruja Garrido – Amanecí En Tus Brazos
Antonio González – Levántate

New 10th anniversary, fully remastered special Silver vinyl edition of Soul Jazz Records’ ground-breaking ‘Venezuela 70’ featuring Vytas Brenner, Pablo Schneider, Angel Rada, Miguel Angel Fuster and many more.

‘Venezuela 70’ was the first ever compilation of its kind to take a look at the fascinating music scene created in Venezuela in the 1970s, a stunning blend of funk, Latin rock, European electronic experimentalism, jazz and more.

Venezuela during the 1970s was both a modern cultural and economic powerhouse in Latin America, rich from vast oil supplies. Situated at the northern part of South America, with neighbouring Colombia to its west, Brazil to its south and a north coast bordering the Caribbean. The country’s position and wealth led to an explosion in cultural activity during this time.

Taking musical influences from all these surroundings as well as healthy doses of American musical sounds, the 1970s saw the evolution of a new generation of creative Venezuelan artists such as Vytas Brenner, Angel Rada, Pablo Schneider and Miguel Angel Fuster, who all explored the possibilities of creating a stunning ‘melting pot’ mix of underground rock, synthetic electronics, funk, jazz and Latin American while simultaneously exploring their links with Venezuelan roots music, creating a new sound.

“A fantastic release” - Latino Life

“Groundbreaking” - Vinyl Factory

“‘Venezuela 70’ offers a whole host of influences - progressive and psychedelic music, Afro-rock, Krautrock, salsa & tropicalia, jazz fusion, experimental synthesizer sounds. As Soul Jazz’s excellent compilations usually are, this is researched and compiled to a very high standard” - RYM

TRACK LISTING

Vytas Brenner - Araguaney
Pablo Schneider - Amor En Llamas
Un Dos Tres y Fuera - Machu Picchu
Miguel Angel Fuster - Polvo Lunar
Angel Rada - Basheeba
Fernando Yvosky - Barcos De Papel
Un Dos Tres y Fuera - Son De Tambor y San Juan
Vytas Brenner - Bang-Going-Gone
Aldemaro Romero y Su Onda Nueva - Irene
Miguel Angel Fuster - Dame De Comer
Un Dos Tres y Fuera - San Juan, Tambor Y Fuera
Ofrenda Vytas Brenner - Caracas Para Locos
Grupo C.I.M. - Joropo No. 1
Angel Rada - Panico a Las 5am
Apocalipsis - Ayudame a Encontrar Mi Camino
Miguel Angel Fuster - La Quema De Judas

Gala announce "Ten Years of Gala" - a compilation marking a decade of independent culture featuring: Yu Su, Marcellus Pittman, Dreamcast, Chaos in the cbd Amaliah, Kink, Call Super and more

 Ten Years of Gala" is both an archive and a horizon: a reflection on where Gala has come from, and a signal of what lies ahead.

Founded in 2016 as a one-day gathering in South London, Gala has grown into a global point of reference for dancers, artists and collectives drawn together by a shared commitment to independence, collaboration and underground music culture. Rather than charting success through scale alone, the festival has consistently prioritised integrity, community and musical curiosity – values that underpin this release.

Spanning fifteen tracks, "Ten Years of Gala" unfolds as a considered journey. It opens with an intimate spoken contribution from Charlie Dark, grounding the compilation firmly in Gala’s home of Peckham before gradually expanding outward into fuller, club-focused terrain. From there, the record moves between moods and tempos, tracing a path from reflective moments into the physical language of the dancefloor.

The compilation brings together longtime friends of the festival alongside newer voices drawn into its orbit in recent years. Each artist contributes a distinct perspective, but collectively the tracks form a coherent portrait – not of a single sound, but of a shared ethos shaped over ten years of gatherings, collaborations and days spent dancing together.

Rather than a retrospective in the conventional sense, "Ten Years of Gala" functions as a living document. It captures fragments of past editions, scenes and relationships, while remaining firmly oriented toward the future. These are not museum pieces, but records designed to be played, shared and folded back into the spaces from which they came.

Together, the compilation holds a piece of Gala’s first decade – not as a closed chapter, but as a foundation for what comes next.

TRACK LISTING

amaliah - no way out
call super - i love like your men
chaos in the cbd - orange blank
charlie dark - foundation and history
dreamcastmoe - in and out
isaac carter - take u there
joe armon-jones maxwell owin - SE discoteque
kink feat. rachel row - its already here
manami - scramble clip
marcellus pittman - #Eastsidechampions
mr. redley - transatlantic era
nat wendell - tell me
niks - lilac skies
Suze Ijó - Up There
yu su - flourish

Max Watts' Detroit-based and Submerge-endorsed Limited Network label  presents a four-track electro compilation entitled "Network Not Found". On the A1, label-head Watts provides an electro-funk workout reminiscent of early Kraftwerk. Modulating basslines, delayed breakbeats, and haunting synths call back to early tropes of the sound while contributing to and reinventing the style. LA's 5tr8tch debuts his future classic, "Sleight of Hand". This track delivers tight 808 programming and unique sound design that takes the listener on a timeless journey. The B1 features The Advent and Zein in classic Kombination Research fashion - advanced B-side biznoinks for true lovers of the movement. Pulling from the Teknotika archives, GiGi Galaxy provides a rare DAT recording from 1997. The track's growling bassline, warm 808 beats, and experimental sound design take the listener on an ever-changing journey that musta sounded terrifyingly fresh in the year it dropped. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Nice comp of electro and techno on Max Watts' Limited Network label. Some proper holy grails past and future here - do not sleep!

TRACK LISTING

A1. Max Watts - Funk U
A2. 5tr8tch - Sleight Of Hand
B1. The Advent & Zein Ferreira -
Telemetric Variation
B2. Gigi Galaxy - Teenage Angst

RED XEROX is a vision of Chicago emerging from a pandemic to find itself changed; a new generation of young people under the banner of Youth Revolution Now! Tired of psychic death and corporate capitulation, they grasped at true words. An explosion of creativity seeping across the country grounded in friendship, joy and support, here documented in 33rpms for the first time.

TRACK LISTING

1. Horsegirl - Sea Life Sandwich Boy 
2. Friko - Get Numb To It! 
3. Lifeguard - Crate 
4. Post Office Winter - Mother, Sister, Nurse 
5. Dwaal Troupe - En Utero 
6. Sharp Pins - You Turned Off The Light 
7. Current Union TM - Dukkha Coca 
8. TV Buddha - Baby, Woah! (Version)
9. P. Noid - Go Somewhere Else 
10. Amaya Peña - Song For Avi 
11. Free Range - Lost & Found
12. Uniflora - Two or More 

Big boi edit biz! Leading on from the huge selling volume 1, the second edition sees RNT predictably enlist an all-star roster of heavyweight editors for a heavy 4 tracker representing artists from their 2026 Movement Detroit event. On the A side Glenn Underground delivers obscure soul heat and Detroit’s own Dez Andrés cooks up a deep and jazzy groover. Representing NYC on the flip GE-OLOGY edits some low-slung funk, and JKriv retweaks a cheeky uptempo Italo stomper. From NYC, to the D, to the galaxy!!!

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Four North American legends prove they can still cut it just as much as the new school with four hot takes that dive between dusty dug MPC techniques and rampant disco-house heat.

TRACK LISTING

A1 - Slide Back (GU Edit)
A2 - The Feeling (Dez Andrés Flip)
B1 - Feeelin’ Freeakkky (GE-OLOGY Edit)
B2 - Gottawoman (JKriv Retweak) 

"Having put out the soundtrack to the all-time great rom-com Sleepless in Seattle on vinyl, we HAD to release You’ve Got Mail, too! After all, the two films shared the same writer/director (Nora Ephron), co-stars (Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan), and even kinda the same plot with a little help from The Shop Around the Corner (except this time instead of a radio show it’s an online chat room that brings the two lovebirds together, complete with hysterically out-of-date, dial-up email graphics). But most importantly, both movies boasted boffo soundtracks; like he did in Sleepless in Seattle, Jimmy Durante has the last word (with 'You Made Me Love You') but You’ve Got Mail also features three tunes by Harry Nilsson and songs by Carole King, Stevie Wonder, Bobby Darin, Roy Orbison, and more, with a nod to the more contemporary set with Sinead O’Connor and the Cranberries. Our release comes complete with an inner sleeve containing a ruby platter…an iconic soundtrack from an iconic film!" - Real Gone Music 

TRACK LISTING

1. Harry Nilsson - The Puppy Song
2. The Cranberries - Dreams
3. Bobby Darin - Splish Splash
4. Louis Armstrong - Dummy Song 
5. Harry Nilsson - Remember 
6. Roy Orbison - Dream
7. Bobby Day - Rockin’ Robin 
8. Randy Newman - Lonely at the Top 
9. Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed Delivered I’m Yours
10. Sinead O’Connor - I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City 
11. Harry Nilsson - Over the Rainbow 
12. Carole King - Anyone at All 
13. Billy Williams - I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
14. George Fenton - “The ‘You’ve Got Mail’ Suite” 
15. Jimmy Durante - You Made Me Love You 

An impressive survey of 70´s Pinoy Rock, or Rock’n’roll made in the Philippines, with powerful tracks ranging from Hard Rock to tough Glam, Acid Rock or Heavy Blues.

Includes tracks by Pinoy Rock legends like Juan de la Cruz Band, Judas, Anak Bayan, Hot Dog, Maria Cafra, Sampaguita, Joey Smith and Wally Gonzalez.

Include notes on the amazing bands included. Get ready for an ass-kicking trip through the ama­zing Hard Rock’n’roll made in 70´s Philippines!

TRACK LISTING

1. Juan de la Cruz Band: Take You Home (1973)
2. Hot Dog: Rock N’ Roll Bogie (1975)
3. Judas: Batugan (1978)
4. Anak Bayan: Double Crosser (1971)
5. Maria Cafra: Isang Mangandang Dilag (1978)
6. Sampaguita: Kinabukasan (1978)
7. Anak Bayan: Pagbabalik Ng Kuwago (1978)
8. Judas: Bukas (1978)
9. Juan De la Cruz Band: Rak En Rol Sa Mundo (1974)
10. Joey Smith: Summer Wind (1978)
11. Wally Gonzalez: Rock & Roll Mama (1977)

Legendary DJ, producer, radio host, and founder of the Acid Jazz and Talkin' Loud labels, Gilles Peterson, has curated another exceptional collection of tracks and rare versions from the renowned Dutch Timeless Jazz label, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2025. The Timeless Jazz Classics Vol. 2 double album features tracks and standout performances by Louis Hayes, Machito And His Salsa Big Band, Mike Nock Quartet, George Adams - Don Pullen Quartet amongst others. Notably, it includes two special tracks, the previously unreleased version of "Morning Song" (Live In Bremen 1978) by Eric Kloss & Barry Miles and bonus track "La Placita" (Live In Willisau 1978) by Marion Brown Quartet.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Louis Hayes - Junior Cook Quintet - Brothers & Sisters
2. Machita And His Salsa Big Band - Sambia
3. Samba Trio - Quadras De Roda

Side B
1. Mike Nock Quartet feat. Michael Brecker - Shadows Of Forgotten Love
2. Joe Farrell & Louis Hayes Quartet - Arab Arab

Side C
1. George Adams - Don Pullen Quartet - Triple Over Time
2. Rick Laird And Tom Grant feat. Joe Henderson - Outer Surge
3. Curtis Fuller - Four On The Outside

Side D
1. Batida - Oceans Between Us
2. Marion Brown Quartet - La Placita (Bonus Track)
3. Eric Kloss & Ba

Starting in 2021 the critically acclaimed Next Wave Acid Punx series has seen Luca Venezia, aka Curses, celebrate the music that has shaped both his life and career. Across the first two compilations Luca took us from the industrial and post-punk sounds of the late 70s, through the emergence of EBM, new beat and freestyle in the 1980s and onto the music he both makes and plays himself in clubs today. Bringing the series to a close Next Wave Acid Punx TROIS sees the Berlin-based musician and DJ return full circle, this time exploring the sounds that first initiated him into Brooklyn's rave scene and the music that, in some way, continues to embody its eclectic spirit today.

Spread across three  double LPs and 3CD Next Wave Acid Punx TROIS captures a moment whose influence can still be heard reverberating around clubland today. With the nascent rave scene obliterating boundaries, this was a moment where the darker, harder industrial electronic sounds of the mid 1980s were crashing headfirst into the ecstatic wave that was washing over clubland creating thrilling juxtapositions. Whether in the clubs and warehouses of New York, London, Frankfurt, Valencia and beyond, electronic music would never be the same again as countless new genres we take for granted today were born from the chaos and energy that had been unleashed.

Featuring 46 hard-to-find, new and exclusive tracks, Next Wave Acid Punx TROIS both documents that fertile period and shows how, despite rumours to the contrary, that early anarchic spirit can still be found today. From the Detroit Techno of Model 500 to Nitzer Ebb's EBM and the proto-Trance of Age of Love and onto brand new tracks from some of today's best producers such as Zaatar, Italo Deviance and Leona Jacewska, this compilation closes out a series that has to date revelled in exploring the darker corners of clubland in uplifting style.

TRACK LISTING

3CD:
1 Cybex Factor - No Rock
2 Space Trax - Atomic Playboy (Beyond His Mind Mix)
3 Metropolis - Time Of War (A.C. Mix)
4 Megabeat - Jet Harris Tecno Dub (¿Sabe Ya Quien Mato A Laura Palmer?) 5 Robotiko Rejekto - Injection (Robotiko Part 2)
6 P II Syndicate - Diesmal Bist Du Ganz Allein
7 Model 500 - Testing 1-2
8 New Scene - Out Of Control (The Belgium Mix)
9 Age Of Love - The Age Of Love (New Age Mix)
10 Interactive - No Control (Radio Version)
11 Die Krupps & Nitzer Ebb - The Machineries Of Joy (True Work Mix)
12 Konzept - Human Transmission (Cybotron Mix 2)
13 Skila - Hypno Art (The Power Mix)

1 Perdí La Luz - Megadance
2 ROTCIV - The Sign
3 C.ru.z - No Hay Comunicación
4 Facets feat. Kasbaraine - Cold Blooded
5 Josh Ludlow - Hammer Town
6 Leona Jacewska - I Need Another Excuse
7 Church of Ajijik - Eppenepp
8 Digitalism - Into The Club
9 Phunkadelica & Dina Summer - Stars Align
10 Acid Washed & Ubu Noir - Brutal #1
11 Orion Agassi - Pacifier Away (Calm Mix)
12 Brixx & Stockholm Syndrome AU - T.S.C. Systems
13 A.M.Q.N. - Futuro Soldado
14 Gunce Aci feat. Avni Ertepe - Timeless
15 In Trance 95 - Last One to Die
16 Italo Deviance - Point Breeze
17 GOTT - Mirage

1 ESTADO DE BIENESTAR & Dark Vektor - Rewind! (Short Mix)
2 Curses - Crown Of Ruin
3 Iggor Cavalera & P.I.M. - Wrong III
4 Innershades - Neon Dreams
5 Kendal & Andi - Still Human
6 Sesto Senso - Danza Macabra
7 Tronik Youth - Hellfire
8 VELVET VELOUR - Night Bird
9 Radondo & Neu-Romancer - Moving On
10 Zaatar & Mike Sacchetti - Distant Memories
11 RAKANS - Mon Amour
12 Younger Than Me feat. Lourene - I Can't Relax
13 Javi Redondo - HALT [Process]
14 Primal Baby - Hurricane
15 Mala Ika & Tutto Vetro - E-ternal
16 Harlem Electronics - Au Chateau

CHAPTER 1 2LP :
A1. Cybex Factor - No Rock
A2. Space Trax - Atomic Playboy (Beyond His Mind Mix)
A3. Metropolis - Time Of War (A.C. Mix)
B1. Megabeat - Jet Harris Tecno Dub (¿Sabe Ya Quien Mato A Laura Palmer?)
B2. Robotiko Rejekto - Injection (Robotiko Part 2)
B3. P II Syndicate - Diesmal Bist Du Ganz Allein
C1. Model 500 - Testing 1-2
C2. New Scene - Out Of Control (The Belgium Mix)
C3. Age Of Love - The Age Of Love (New Age Mix)
C4. Interactive - No Control (Radio Version)
D1. Die Krupps & Nitzer Ebb - The Machineries Of Joy (True Work Mix)
D2. Konzept - Human Transmission (Cybotron Mix 2)
D3. Skila - Hypno Art (The Power Mix)

CHAPTER 2 2LP :
A1. Perdí La Luz - Megadance
A2. ROTCIV - The Sign
A3. C.ru.z - No Hay Comunicación
A4. Facets feat. Kasbaraine - Cold Blooded
B1. Digitalism - Into The Club
B2. Phunkadelica & Dina Summer - Stars Align
B3. Leona Jacewska - I Need Another Excuse
B4. Church of Ajijik - Eppenepp
B5. Acid Washed & Ubu Noir - Brutal #1
C1. Josh Ludlow - Hammer Town
C2. A.M.Q.N. - Futuro Soldado
C3. Brixx & Stockholm Syndrome AU - T.S.C. Systems
C4. Orion Agassi - Pacifier Away (Calm Mix)
D1. Gunce Aci feat. Avni Ertepe - Timeless
D2. In Trance 95 - Last One to Die
D3. Italo Deviance - Point Breeze
D4. GOTT - Mirage

CHAPTER 3 2LP :
A1. ESTADO DE BIENESTAR & Dark Vektor - Rewind! (Short Mix)
A2. Curses - Crown Of Ruin
A3. Iggor Cavalera & P.I.M. - Wrong III
A4. Innershades - Neon Dreams
B1. Kendal & Andi - Still Human
B2. Javi Redondo - HALT [Process]
B3. Tronik Youth - Hellfire
B4. VELVET VELOUR - Night Bird
C1. Radondo & Neu-Romancer - Moving On
C2. Zaatar & Mike Sacchetti - Distant Memories
C3. RAKANS - Mon Amour
C4. Younger Than Me feat. Lourene - I Can't Relax
D1. Sesto Senso - Danza Macabra
D2. Mala Ika & Tutto Vetro - E-ternal
D3. Primal Baby - HurricaneN
D4. Harlem Electronics - Au Chateau

Soul Jazz Records celebrate 25 years of working in partnership with Studio One with brand new editions of five of their bestselling classic Studio One collections, released as special edition card wallet CD (where applicable) and one-off pressing coloured double vinyl editions.

‘STUDIO ONE CLASSICS’ features a non-stop selection of stone-cold classic Studio One killers! Spanning 40 years of the legendary label, this album is a celebration of the music of Studio One Records and features a who’s who of Jamaican rReggae: Bob Marley, The Heptones, Horace Andy, Sugar Minott, Don Drummond, Prince Jazzbo and more.

This collection contains numerous legendary tracks, including Bob Marley and The Wailers’ ‘Simmer Down’, ‘Love Me Forever’ by Carlton & His Shoes, Slim Smith’s ‘Rougher Yet’, Horace Andy’s ‘Fever’, Alton Ellis’s ‘I’m Just A Guy’, The Skatalites’ blazing ‘Confucious’ and loads more.

Studio One produced hundreds of hits and this selection includes some of the label’s most enduring songs. It is simply impossible to imagine modern Jamaican music without Clement ‘Coxsone’ Dodd, founder of the iconic Studio One where virtually every singer and musician of note in reggae cut their teeth.

Studio One's output spans over four decades, all represented here. Coxsone Dodd pioneered nearly every new form of Jamaican music as it developed over time and this album includes Ska, Dancehall, Roots, Rocksteady, DJ, Lovers and more.

If you’re after a primer on the Studio One sound, this is probably the best entry of the many Soul Jazz Studio One releases.

TRACK LISTING

The Skatalites – El Pussy Ska
Carlton and the Shoes – Love Me Forever
Sound Dimension – Rockfort Rock
Johnny Osbourne – Sing Jah Stylee
The Heptones – Pretty Looks Isn’t All
Slim Smith – Rougher Yet
Lone Ranger – Automatic
Horace Andy – Fever
Prince Jazzbo – School
The Wailers – Simmer Down
Burning Spear – Rocking Time
Alton Ellis – I’m Just A Guy
Sugar Minott – Oh Mr DC
Jennifer Lara – Consider Me
Don Drummond – Confucious
Michigan and Smiley – Rub A Dub Style
Sound Dimension – Full Up
Dennis Brown – No Man Is An Island

Soul Jazz Records celebrate 25 years of working in partnership with Studio One with brand new editions of five of their best-selling classic Studio One collections, released as special edition card wallet CD (where applicable) and one-off pressing coloured double vinyl editions.

‘Studio One Dub’ features classic and rare dub tracks from Studio One, many available on vinyl for the first time in over thirty years.

Included here are the dub versions of many classic tracks such as Horace Andy’s ‘Skylarking’, Johnny Osbourne’s ‘Truth and Rights’, John Holt’s ‘Hooligan’ and Freddie McGregor’s ‘Bobby Bobylon’ plus a host of super-rare dub cuts.

This album also comes complete with two rare interviews - one with Clement “Sir Coxsone” Dodd talking about dub and dubplates, and one with sound engineer Sylvan Morris, talking about his ground-breaking period at Studio One and his many innovations that he evolved there. In short, this is a 100% essential album!

TRACK LISTING

Dub Specialist – Bionic Dub
Dub Specialist – Take A Ride Version
Dub Specialist – Sky Rhythm
Dub Specialist – Taurus Dub 2
Dub Specialist – Hooligan
Dub Specialist – Dub Rock
Dub Specialist – Rastaman Version
Dub Specialist – Jah Jah Version
Dub Specialist – Creator Version
Dub Specialist – Running Dub
Dub Specialist – Hi Fashion Dub
Dub Specialist – Pretty Version
Dub Specialist – Race Track Version
Dub Specialist – Spawning
Dub Specialist – In Cold Blood Version
Dub Specialist – Chase Them Version
Dub Specialist – Feel The Dub

Soul Jazz Records celebrate 25 years of working in partnership with Studio One with brand new editions of five of their best-selling classic Studio One collections, released as special edition one-off pressing coloured double vinyl editions.

‘STUDIO ONE FUNK’ is made up of rare and unreleased reggae funk from the vaults of Studio One. Ever since the birth of funk in America, the sound has been an ever-present ingredient in the melting pot of Studio One’s musical output.

The music here is a combination of originals and USA soul and funk covers. Jackie Mittoo shows his appreciation for Booker T and The MGs, the studio group at Memphis’s famous Stax Records, with a previously unreleased version of ‘Hang ‘Em High’. Booker T’s superfunky ‘Melting Pot’ is also covered by the little-known Underground Vegetables.

Other covers include Isaac Hayes’ classic ‘Shaft’ by Cedric Brooks - another unreleased gem, straight from the master tapes. Motown gets a look in with Alton’s stripped-down version of the Spinners classic ‘It’s A Shame’, written by Stevie Wonder and Syreeta. James Brown is checked with the J.B.’s-inspired rare groove of Lee Arab’s ‘Now’. Lloyd Williams similarly does a fine Kingston-style version of the hardest working man in showbusiness on ‘Reggae Feet’.

Version-wise, we have ‘Idleberg’, Cedric Brooks’ tough instrumental cut to Horace Andy’s seminal ‘Skylarking’. Pablove Black’s cut of Sidewalk Doctor (aka Poco Tempo) is one of a handful of Studio One releases featuring Augustus Pablo’s trademark instrument, the melodica, played by Black himself.

Add to these original cuts from Studio One’s heavyweight session players, including Leroy Sibbles, Jackie Mittoo, Leroy Sibbles, Eric Frater, Richard Ace, Vin Gordon and more and you have one of the finest selections of reggae and funk you will ever hear.

TRACK LISTING

Cedric Im Brooks – Shaft
Alton Ellis – African Descendants
Pablove Black – Poco Tempo
Lloyd Williams – Reggae Feet
Jackie Mittoo – Hang ‘Em High
Cedric Im Brooks – Idleberg
Prince Francis – Beat Down Babylon
Lee Arab – Now
Soul Bros – 007
Prince Moonie – See A Man’s Face
Im and Sound Dimension – Love Jah
Leroy Sibbles – Do Your Thing
The Sharks – Music Answer
Underground Vegetables – Melting Pot
Devon Russell – You Found Heaven
Vin Gordon – Steady Beat
Alton Ellis – It’s A Shame
Roy Richards – Another Day
Delroy Wilson – Funky Broadway

Soul Jazz Records celebrate 25 years of working in partnership with Studio One with brand new editions of five of their bestselling classic Studio One collections, released as special edition card wallet CD (where applicable) and one-off pressing coloured double vinyl editions.

‘Studio One Roots’ set the standard for Soul Jazz Records’ long-standing series and features many of the classic artists from Clement “Sir Coxsone” Dodd’s mighty roster of reggae.

This album includes Freddie McGregor, Willie Williams, Cornell Campbell, Alton Ellis, Devon Russell alongside some of the defining in-house groups of Jamaican reggae history - The Sound Dimension, Brentford All-Stars, The Skatalites, New Establishment and more. The album is filled with a mixture of seminal cuts and super-rarities from the vast vaults of 13 Brentford Road.

Stand-out tracks include Alton Ellis’s ‘Blackish White’, a surreal and powerful Afro-centric dream, Count Ossie’s Rastafarian drummers’ genre-defying interpretation of Booker T and The MGs ‘Meditation’, Willie Williams awe-inspiring versioning of The Skatalites’ seminal Rastafari anthem ‘Addis Ababa’ and many, many more.

Original sleevenotes by Lloyd Bradley (author of ‘When Reggae Was King’), compiled by Mark Ainley (Honest Jons), high-quality Soul Jazz mastering, wicked images of Count Ossie and the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari on the cover, and a rare image of Clement Dodd and musicians inside the studio at Studio One on the full colour inner sleeves.

TRACK LISTING

The Cyclones with Count Ossie – Meditation
Cornell Campbell – Natty Don't Go
Freddie McGregor – Africa Here I Come
Bunnie & Skitter – Lumumbo
Willie Williams – Addis A Baba
L Crosdale – Set Me Free
Leroy Wallace – Far Beyond
Lennie Hibbert – More Creation
Alton Ellis – Blackish White
Winston Jarrett – Fear Not
Devon Russell – Drum Song
The Gaylads – Africa
Black Brothers – School Children
Linton Cooper – You'll Get Your Pay
Sound Dimension – Congo Rock
Zoot Simms – African Challenge

Soul Jazz Records celebrate 25 years of working in partnership with Studio One with brand new editions of five of their best-selling classic Studio One collections, released as special edition card wallet CD (where applicable) and one-off pressing coloured double vinyl editions.

A blistering collection of non-stop ska classic tunes featuring classic cuts from the originators of ska alongside a heavy dose of superb rarities from the mighty vaults of 13 Brentford Road - pure fire!

This compilation features classic tracks from The Skatalites, Bob Marley & The Wailers and Delroy Wilson alongside super-rare tracks from the likes of Ken Boothe, The Maytals, Jackie Mittoo, Tommy McCook and many more.

Clement “Sir Coxsone” Dodd’s musical empire was founded on ska, the first explosive and most exciting music to come out of newly independent Jamaica.

This album is a celebration of the music of Studio One Records’ seminal ska releases and features a who’s who of some of the most important artists in the history of reggae music.

TRACK LISTING

Jackie Mittoo – El Bang Bang
Ken Boothe & Stranger Cole – Arte Bella
The Wailers – (I'm Gonna) Put It On
The Skatalites – Addis Ababa
Roland Alphonso – President Kennedy
Joe Higgs – (I'm The) Song My Enemies Sing
The Skatalites – Beardsman Ska
Delroy Wilson – I Want Justice
Tommy McCook's Orchestra – Sampson
The Ethiopians – I'm Gonna Take Over
Tommy McCook – Freedom Sounds
The Maytals – Marching On
The Skatalites – Exodus
Roland Alphonso – Look Away Ska
Don Drummond – Don Cosmic
Roland Alphonso – Scambalena
Andy & Joey – You're Wondering Now

BBE Music’s celebrated J Jazz compilation series reaches its fifth and final volume in early 2026, culminating in a track list that maintains the exceptionally high standard first set with volume one back in 2018. This final volume features a selection of tracks that is as diverse as it is deep, reflecting the rich and varied Japanese jazz scene that spanned from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, a golden era of innovation and creativity. J Jazz volume 5 sees compilers Tony Higgins and Mike Peden dig ever deeper into their respective record collections to reveal tracks that encompass myriad styles including white hot jazz funk fusion from Toshiyuki Honda (Eastern Legacy) and Mikio Masuda (Sonic Barrier), super rare ethnic jazz crossover by Christal Zone - their one-off 45 promo release from 1971, Rai Rai, a deconstructed and abstract jazz classic by Yasuhiro Kohno with his solo piano rendition of My Favourite Things, and Mile and Half’s skin-tearing, shredding freak-out from their mega rare private press album. A track that is so relentless, it leaves the listener in need of oxygen and a Valium. These hand-picked selections sit alongside other specially chosen numbers that embrace hard-driving samba (Seiichi Nakumura’s Judy’s Samba), epic head-nodding soul jazz (Masaru Imada’s World Line), psychedelic private press fusion (Aoyama Gakuin 101’s Fervor), angular post-bop tear-ups (Akira Miyazawa’s Nijimasu), intense and insistent fusion (Motohiko Hino’s Olive Step), serene cinematic pianism (Hideo Ichikawa’s On the Trade Wind) and tripped-out hallucinogenic tribal funky jazz (Masahiko Sato’s Garandoh’s Africa to Africa). Most of the tracks on this collection are being reissued for the first time, many of them only available previously on extremely limited and mega-rare private press or independent releases. J Jazz volume 5 is a fitting end to a compilation series that helped create a new audience and appreciation of Japanese jazz Some of the albums the tracks are drawn from are featured in the large format book J Jazz: Modern and Free Jazz from Japan 1954-1988, by Tony Higgins and Mike Peden, published by BBE Music in 2024. With almost 7000 words of extensive sleeve notes, J Jazz volume 5 comes in a triple 180g vinyl set inside a deluxe gatefold sleeve with obi strip, and comes with a 4-page insert, with photographs from the renowned Tokyo Jazz Joints project. It is also available as a double CD and digital download. Mastered at the Grammy-nominated Carvery Studio by Frank Merritt, this latest collection is a worthy successor to the preceding four volumes that set the bar so high. The J Jazz series is curated for BBE Music by Tony Higgins and Mike Peden.

TRACK LISTING

DISC 1
A1 – Aoyama Gakuin 101 – Fervor
A2 – Hideo Ichikawa – On The Trade Wind
B1 – Toshiyuki Honda Burning Waves – Eastern Legacy
B2 – Masaru Imada – World Line

DISC 2
C1 – Crystal Zone – Rai Rai
C2 – Masahiko Sato Trio + Akira Miyazawa – Nijimasu Part 1 and 2
C3 – Hot Session – Run After
D1 – Seiichi Nakamura – Judy’s Samba
D2 – Yasuhiro Kohno – My Favorite Things

DISC 3
E1 – Akira Miyazawa, Norio Maeda, Masanaga Harada, Jimmy Takeuchi, Kenichi Sonoda, Dixie Kings, George Otsuka Quintet, Masahiko Sato’s Garandoh – (History of Jazz)
E2 – Mile and Half – Mile and Half
E3 – Mikio Masuda – Sonic Barrier
F1 – Tomoki Takahashi meets Elvin Jones – Another Soil
F2 –Motohiko Hino – Olive’s Step

House favourites Kai Alce, JKriv, Sean McCabe and Medlar debut on Universo Positivo with their masterful reworks from Universo Positivo’s catalog. After two years of agenda-setting sounds, the label is set to drop this classy remix EP, and in that time, founder Joseph Salvador has established the label with a mix of his own music and fresh grooves from carefully A&R’d pioneers and new school names. He has been doing much the same since the 90s with various projects from his cult TINK Records and the Tomorrow Is Now Kid! nights in Amsterdam, in collaborative production outfits like Black Tulip & Wendell Morrison, and releasing records by DJ Steaw, Malin Genie, Fabio Monesi and more. This latest release brings together some of the most respected names in the scene for four standout reworks.

First up, Atlanta-based NDATL label head Kai Alce, who has long been one of deep house's most influential architects. He flips 'Sonido Latino' into a smooth groove with jazzy, Roy Ayers-style melodies that bring a soft-focus glow and late-night intimacy. Then comes Bristol-based don Sean McCabe, a master of vintage synths with a 20-year back catalogue on seminal labels like Local Talk, Strictly Rhythm and Z Records. His take on 'Ipanema Jazz' maintains the original's samba shuffle but reframes it in a deep house groove with extra expressive jazz keys, dainty chords and playful trumpet motifs.

Brooklyn-based groove architect and Razor-N-Tape co-founder JKriv brings his many years of experience as a guitarist, producer and songwriter to his take on 'Caparica Sunset'. It's a deep, driving sound that's playful and romantic with flirtatious horns and soft acid, dusty breakbeats and luscious grooves for loved-up good time sessions. Last but never least, is Medlar, the South London underground maverick with a wide-ranging sound and album credits on the likes of the hallowed Delusions Of Grandeur. He remixes 'U R The Revolution' into a warm, euphoric rush of throwback house that's warm, melodic and sure to get the floor going right off.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Watch those rotator cuffs as these shoulder-rollin' grooves will have older ravers doing a mischief and requiring a session of physio quicker than they can say 'do they sell kombucha at the day rave'?

TRACK LISTING

A1: MDA Grooves – Sonido Latino (Kai Alce NDATL Remix)
A2: MDA Grooves – Ipanema Jazz (Sean McCabe Basement Remix)
B1: MDA Grooves – Caparica Sunset (JKriv Remix)
B2: South Bay Jams – U R The Revolution (Medlar Remix)

Rediscover the music that has been featured in the most iconic films of Clint Eastwood.

TRACK LISTING

A1Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Sherry
A2Erroll Garner - Misty
A3Dean Martin - Ain't That A Kick In The Head
A4Dinah Shore - I'll Walk Alone
A5Jussi Björling with the RCA Victor Orchestra & Sir Thomas Beecham - Che Gelida Manina! (La Bohème)
A6John Philip Sousa - Semper Fidelis
A7Proyecto TQ - Esto Es Guerra

B1Johnny Hartman - I See Your Face Before Me
B2Artie Shaw & his Gramercy Five - Summit Ridge Drive
B3Ray Charles - You Are My Sunshine
B4Charlie Parker - April In Paris
B5Don Gibson - Sea Of Heartbreak
B6George Olsen And His Music - At Sundown
B7The Drum & Pipes & The Cape Town Highlanders - The Rowan Tree

C1Tony Bennett - I Wanna Be Around
C2Frankie Valli - My Mother's Eyes
C3Duke Ellington - Satin Doll
C4Hank Snow - I've Been Everywhere
C5Perry Como - Catch A Falling Star
C6Dinah Washington - I'll Close My Eyes

D1Johnny Otis - Willie And The Hand Jive
D2Charlie Parker - Ornithology
D3Vera Lynn - I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
D4Dinah Washington - Blue Gardenia
D5Marty Robbins - Don't Worry
D6Orchestra Dell'Angelicum Di Milano With Aladar Janes & Wanda Madonna- Psalm XVIII

The real sound of San Francisco 1966-72.
"It was the new gold rush, but with drugs, music and freedom the goal." (Jon Savage - The Guardian August 2012).

A limited edition double vinyl 18 track album celebrating the great pop music and idealism of that time & featuring Moby Grape, Skip Spence, Ron Nagle, Country Joe & The Fish & much more .. Full contextual & track-by-track sleevenotes by Jon Savage. Ephemera & archive material from the period.

At the dawn of the 70s a shift was taking place all around the world. The streets of Port of Spain thronged with Black Power marches, trade union demonstrations and Carnival protest bands - one epicentre in a growing global exchange of ideologies and strategies among Pan Africanist circles in Jamaica, Guyana, London, New York, Montreal, Lagos, Accra and beyond. And when the meetings were over, the revolution moved to the cramped secret dance halls, the Carnival fetes, the steelband yards. The music always had a sharp edge. Searing commentary has always been part of the various types of music in Trinidad, and in the absence of lyrics, the defiant use of the drum maintains the resistance, as well as the re-framing of the playing of European instruments to the needs of the message. Lancelot Layne, Delano Abdul Malik De Coteau, Andre Tanker, Clive Zanda, Mansa Musa were more than artists, they were teachers, community workers and advocates for justice. These recordings are as raw as an all night Carnival jam, the horns loud, the percussion ringing out, the bass dripping with joy and rebellion. Under the modern influences is a solid rhythm, an unbroken connection to Africa, the songs and keys and cadences brought across the middle passage. These songs are a peep into the untapped treasures of a revolutionary generation, looking at the world with fresh eyes and believing that music was a central part of the mission to build consciousness and regain confidence.

TRACK LISTING

1. Clive Zanda - Ogun
2. Michael Boothman’s Family Tree - Tabu
3. Lancelot Layne - Umbawa
4. Andre Tanker - River Come Down
5. Black Truth Rhythm Band - Save D Musician
6. Art de Coteau - Kerieka Woman
7. Mansa Musa - Beat The Drum
8. Sensational Roots - Calypso Zest
9. Frends - Mystery Music
10. Abdul Malik de Coteau - More Weight

“Punks are the old farts of today,” Vomit Visions already noted back in 1980. And doesn’t that essentially say it all about punk – the historicization of the genre, its musical conservatism, and the hype around milestone anniversaries? Does punk still have anything to say to our present? And German-language punk in particular – Deutschpunk, the so-called German special path? However one may answer these questions personally, punk in Germany has simply kept going for five decades despite all the “old farts” rhetoric. Even in 2026, punk bands are still being formed in Winnenden, Limburg, and Hoyerswerda – just as they were in 1978, 1983, and 2013. And like this musical journey through time, they care little about neat definitions of Deutschpunk. Instead, this compilation opens itself up to different styles and voices of punk with German lyrics. What unites the songs is that, on the one hand, they are rooted in punk, and on the other, in the German language – yet they create something of their own. In their most compelling moments, they struggle as much with the German language as they do with punk itself.

Like any good mixtape, this compilation is based purely on musical aspects and pays no attention to release years

TRACK LISTING

1. Male – Sirenen
2. Die Radierer – Angriff auf‘s Schlaraffenland 
3. Der KFc – Gefangen in der BRD 
4. Hans-A-Plast – Rock'n Roll Freitag
5. Brüllen – Dämmerung canceln, Gesang stehen lassen (Tageslaune)
6. Palais Schaumburg – Telefon
7. Egotronic – Raven gegen Deutschland 
8. Carambolage – Tu doch nicht so
9. Die Aeronauten – Freundin
10. Korpus Kristi – Stadt der blauen Eier 
11. Östro 430 – Zu cool
12. … but alive – Ohnmacht 
13. Isolierband – Keine Gnade 
14. Mutter – Ich weiß ja wer du bist 
15. Die Goldenen Zitronen – Flimmern
16. Rotzkotz – Computamensch
17. Acht Eimer Hu?hnerherzen – Eisenhu?ttenstadt 
18. Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle – Herz aus Stein
19. Family 5 – Hau weg den Dreck 
20. S.Y.P.H. – Industrie-Mädchen 
21. Bärchen und die Milchbubis – Happy Bonbo
22. EA80 – Verloren 
23. Die Nerven – Eine Minute schweben
24. Superpunk – Nein nein nein
25. Tommi Stumpff – Mich kriegt ihr nicht 
26. Toxoplasma – Ordinäre Liebe 
27. Schnipo Schranke – Pisse
28. Terrorgruppe – Opa
29. Antilopen Gang – Beate Zschäpe hört U2 (mit Jan Windmeier)
30. Slime – Deutschland 
31. Tocotronic – Freiburg 
32. Muff Potter – Auf der Bordsteinkante (nachts um halb eins) 
33. Dritte Wahl – Greif ein 
34. Normahl – Geh wie ein Tiger 
35. Stereo Total – Die Dachkatze
36. The Shocks – More Kicks 

For the first time in its 27-year history, Defected compile its greatest hits, underground anthems and bonafide house music classics into a 5 volume triple vinyl collectors series.

Spread over the three records, 'Volume One' collects twelve of Defected's most established and sought after releases. Featuring arguably 'the' Defected anthem; Kings of Tomorrow 'Finally' alongside Solomon's huge Noir & Haze remix, Ibiza anthems 'Guitarra G' , 'At Night' and 'Coma Cat' plus productions and remixes from Louie Vega , Dennis Ferrer and Dimitri From Paris.

TRACK LISTING

1. Kings Of Tomorrow featuring Julie McKnight - Finally (Original Extended Mix)
2. Noir & Haze - Around (Solomun Vox)
3. Candi Staton - Hallelujah Anyway (Larse Vocal)
4. Flashmob - Need In Me
5. Shakedown - At Night (Original)
6. G Club presents Banda Sonora - Guitarra G (G Club Mix)
7. Louie Vega & The Martinez Brothers with Marc E. Bassy - Let It Go (Extended Mix)
8. Tensnake - Coma Cat
9. The Vision featuring Andreya Triana - Heaven
10. Ron Hall & The MuthaFunkaz featuring Marc Evans - The Way You Love Me (Dim's T.S.O.P. Version)
11. ATFC presents OnePhatDeeva featuring Lisa Millet - Bad Habit (ATFC Club Mix)
12. Copyright featuring Song Williamson - He Is (Ferrer & Sydenham Inc Vox Mix)

For the first time in its 27-year history, Defected compile its greatest hits, underground anthems and bonafide house music classics into a 5 volume triple vinyl collectors series.

Spread over the three records, Volume Two collects twelve of Defected's most established and sought after releases. Featuring Dennis Ferrer's anthem 'Hey Hey', Camelphat's huge 'Cola', alongside MK's classic 'Burning', Oliver Dollar's chart smash 'Pushing On', Defected's first ever release; Soulsearcher's 'Can't Get Enough!'. Plus Mike Dunn, DJ Gregory, Hercules & Love Affair and more.

TRACK LISTING

1. Dennis Ferrer - Hey Hey (DF's Attention Vocal Mix)
2. Hatiras - Spaced Invader
3. CamelPhat & Elderbrook - Cola (Club Mix) 
4. Johnny Corporate - Sunday Shoutin'
5. Soul Central - Strings Of Life (Danny Krivit Re Edit)
6. MD X-Spress - God Made Me Phunky (Extended Mix)
7. MK - Burning (Vibe Mix)
8. Sandy Rivera - I Can't Stop
9. Soulsearcher - Can't Get Enough! (Vocal Club Mix)
10. Oliver Dollar & Jimi Jules - Pushing On
11. DJ Gregory - Tropical Soundclash
12. Hercules & Love Affair - Do You Feel The Same? (Extended Club Mix)

Between 1978 and 1988 European disco producers changed the face of pop music forever, creating a golden era outside the gaze of the US and UK pop charts.

Kano, Den Harrow and Gazebo scored hit after hit, spilling out of the clubs and onto turntables across the continent with classics like ‘Another Life’, ‘Catch The Fox’ and ‘I Like Chopin’. Forty years later these highly sought-after hits (and more!) have found a new life, thanks to streaming and a new generation of dancers with an ear for the electric and obscure.

"Promise Me Delight” is a love letter to Italo disco and European pop, and an imagined soundtrack to wild 80s nights of hot abandon we could never truly have known, compiled by record store veteran David Perry, who runs East London's longest running all-vinyl Italo disco night

TRACK LISTING

SIDE ONE
1. (I'LL NEVER BE) MARIA MAGDALENA – SANDRA
2. ANOTHER LIFE – KANO
3. LOOKING FOR LOVE – TOM HOOKER
4. CATCH THE FOX (CACCIA ALLA VOLPE) – DEN HARROW
5. STARGAZING (EDIT) – ALISHA

SIDE TWO
1. KING OF HEARTS – MARTINIQUE
2. MASTERPIECE – GAZEBO
3. JOHN – DESIRELESS
4. LOVE IN SIBERIA – LABAN
5. FLASH – STEPHANIE

SIDE THREE
1. PROBLEMES D'AMOUR (USA ORIGINAL VERSION) – ALEXANDER ROBOTNICK
2. FOTONOVELA (CHAPTER 1) – IVAN
3. SELF CONTROL – RAF
4. I LIKE CHOPIN (SINGLE EDIT) – GAZEBO

SIDE FOUR
1. TAKE A CHANCE – MR FLAGIO
2. LIVING IN JAPAN (7'' VERSION) – FUN FUN
3. BAD BOY – DEN HARROW
4. WHOLE LOTTA LOVE – MASSIMO BARSOTTI DJ

CD TRACKLISTING:
1. (I'LL NEVER BE) MARIA MAGDALENA – SANDRA 12
2. ANOTHER LIFE – KANO
3. LOOKING FOR LOVE – TOM HOOKER
4. CATCH THE FOX (CACCIA ALLA VOLPE) – DEN HARROW
5. KING OF HEARTS – MARTINIQUE
6. MASTERPIECE – GAZEBO
7. STARGAZING (EDIT) – ALISHA
8. JOHN – DESIRELESS
9. LOVE IN SIBERIA – LABAN
10. TAKE A CHANCE – MR FLAGIO
11. SELF CONTROL – RAF
12. FOTONOVELA (CHAPTER 1) – IVAN
13. I LIKE CHOPIN (SINGLE EDIT) – GAZEBO
14. PROBLEMES D'AMOUR (USA ORIGINAL VERSION) – ALEXANDER ROBOTNICK
15. LIVING IN JAPAN (7'' VERSION) – FUN FUN
16. FLASH – STEPHANIE
17. BAD BOY – DEN HARROW

A Touch Of Love goes from strength to strength with EP8 in the vinyl series. Label boss Seamus Haji reps the A side with his latest faves ‘Fire’ with his good friend Mike Dunn serving up the unmistakable vocals on a funk fuelled firestarter followed by his collab with the New York diva Kathy Brown over the sexually charged disco chugger ‘Dancing’. On the AA side new kid on the block from Barcelona, Osner hit big with his outing ‘It’s Good’ with a nod to the 70’s with a modern twist for peak-time dancefloors whilst Italy’s fast rising underground hero Gledd continues the theme with the blues & soul injected thumper ‘Move Me’.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Terrace ticklers, peaktime fist pumpers, loopy French Touch flavours and a big time energy throughout. It's that Big Love sound alright as the killer series reaches its 8th volume.

TRACK LISTING

A1 - Seamus Haji feat Mike Dunn - Fire
A2 - Seamus Haji feat Kathy Brown - Dancing
B1 - Osner - It’s Good
B2 - Gledd - Move Me 

Indulge presents a snapshot of their current roster. Six artists who like to track it, jack it and ultimately bang tha box! Executive produced by contemporary warehouse music legend Tom Carruthers, expect overdriven drum machines, rough n raw sampling, moody synths and deep basslines. Authentically tipping their hats to the pioneers such as Adonis, Phuture, Virgo Four etc; whilst adding their own character and flair to proceedings. Very nice. 

RIYL: Super Rhythm Trax, I Love Acid, Dirty Blends, LIES etc.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Taking it back to the warehouses, six box jammers pay tribute to acid, bleep and jak beat with nowt but devastating results.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Dj Split - Tape Zone Xoxo Mix
A2. Ba.dido & David Boning - Second City Thoughts
A3. Raymond Owen - Beyond The Pleasure
B1. Toby Simpson - Temptations
B2. David Boning - Not A Camera
B3. Jimm - Feela

Two Piers proudly announces Bridges Towards Open Spaces: Circadian Rhythms 1967–2025.

This new collection brings together a wide range of artists and styles, weaving immersive sonic landscapes that explore a connection between natural cycles and the rhythms within.

Featuring artists such as Brian Eno, Moebius, Roedelius, Meat Beat Manifesto, Fun Boy Three, Daniel Avery, and Spectrum, the compilation moves fluidly between shimmering ambient textures and raw, straight-ahead garage rock.

Bridges Towards Open Spaces: Circadian Rhythms 1967–2025 follows in the footsteps of Two Piers acclaimed previous releases, Night Train: Transcontinental Landscapes 1968–2019 and Music for the Stars: Celestial Music 1960–1979, continuing the label’s exploration of expansive, time-spanning musical journeys.

“I wanted once again to shape a compilation around a time period, this collection is a nod to my days behind the counter of a record shop, the people I met and the styles of music that was played and I was introduced to. Some are from that time, some are of the style/feeling, that I can associate & with the friends I met there; from the early shift to the late shifts as the tempo rose throughout the day and the neons of London started to buzz”

Compiled by Ben Jones.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Kuniyuki Takahashi - Asia
A2. Brian Eno, Moebius, Roedelius - The Belldog
A3. Anchorsong - Windmills
A4. Monde UFO - Vallee

B1. Mariah - Sokokara
B2. Mytron, Zongamin - 08932168
B3. Liquid Liquid - Scraper
B4. Five Green Moons - Spider Dub

C1. Fun Boy Three - Faith, Hope & Charity
C2. Meat Beat Manifesto - Drop
C3. African Head Charge - Orderliness, Godliness, Discipline and Dignity
C4. Cristina - You Rented a Space
C5. The Cramps - Garbageman

D1. The Durutti Column - Sketches for Summer
D2. The Third Bardo - I’m Five Years Ahead of My Time
D3. Sordid Sound System - Inanna
D4. Daniel Avery - Drone Logic
D5. Spectrum - True Love Will Find You in The End

Stay True Sounds presents ‘Stay True Cutz Vol. 9’, the ninth vinyl edition in the label’s ‘Cutz’ series, curated by Kid Fonque. Drawn from the label’s most recent catalogue, this selection brings together four essential South African house cuts for discerning ears and dancefloors.

Side A opens with beatsbyhand ft. Sio – ‘Trick Me’, a deep house reinterpretation of Kelis’ classic, reshaped into a soulful, floor-ready anthem carried by Sio’s assured vocal. It’s followed by Tea White’s ‘Earth Over Us’, a textured and emotive 3-step instrumental that leans into a more ambient, introspective space.

On the flip, Thabo Tonick’s ‘The Source’ delivers forward-facing 3-step with signature sampling and tight, purposeful builds. Closing the release, Nutty Nys offers ‘Never’ - a low-slung, heavyweight deep house cut layered with blues-tinged soul and unmistakable South African groove.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: I came for the impeccable Kelis deep-house interpretation, stayed for the tribal-tinged soulful house of Nutty Nys and buzzed my beak off the two tracks inbetween. Stay True Sounds continue to deliver the goods.

TRACK LISTING

A1. beatsbyhand ft Sio - Trick Me
A2. Tea White - Earth Over Us
B1. Thabo Tonick - The Source
B2. Nutty Nys - Never 

Dam Swindle tap Kerri Chandler, Louie Vega, Folamour, Cinthie & more on 100th Heist release. The ‘House of House’ compilation takes in nineteen all-new tracks from some of house music’s most revered names and new-school talent.

The compilation features contributions from scene legends and contemporary torchbearers alike, including Kerri Chandler, Two Soul Fusion (AKA Louie Vega & Josh Milan), Folamour, Cinthie, Kolter, DJ Sneak, and Supershy, the dance music alias of Tom Misch, alongside rising talents like Papa Nugs, Lolu Menayed, and many more.

From the old-school magic of tracks like Dam Swindle’s ‘Back to the Old School’ feat. DJ Minx and Kolter’s ‘Need U, Want U’, to the jazzy, soulful depths of Kerri Chandler’s ‘Kerriousity’ and Superhy’s ‘Pyrenees’, to the peak-time energy of Papa Nugs & Mixolydian’s ‘Let Go’ and Elisa Elisa’s ‘Coco Coco’, the compilation captures the full spectrum of house sounds that have shaped the world of Heist Recordings over the past 13 years.

Launched in 2013, Heist Recordings has become a high benchmark for quality house music – a home for legendary artists like Cinthie and DJ Sneak, and a breeding ground for new talent from Kassian to Make`z. Dam Swindle have cemented their place among the upper echelons of modern house, with three critically acclaimed LPs, collaborations with the likes of Kerri Chandler, Tom Misch, and a relentless tour diary.

"‘House of House’ reflects the ethos that has defined our label since day one: a home for house heads who bring genuine soul to club music, whether they’re legendary originators or new-school up-and-comers. Heist’s one-hundredth release is more than just a number – it’s a testament to the community, creativity, and legacy we’ve built, release after release. As always enjoy the music and play it loud. Much love" - Heist HQ

TRACK LISTING

A1 Dam Swindle feat. DJ Minx - Back to the Old School
A2 Supershy - Pyrenees
A3 Dan Ivy feat. Biyi - Location
B1 Kolter - Need U, Want U
B2 Cinthie - U Gotta Believe

C1 Folamour feat. LYMA - Won't Let U Down
C2 Kerri Chandler - Kerriousity
C3 Fouk - Head Spin
D1 Dam Swindle feat. Haile Supreme - Not Enough (Two Soul Fusion AKA Louie Vega & Josh Milan Remix)
D2 Lolu Menayed - After Sax

E1 Riva Starr feat. Ziyon - Take Up The Space
E2 Dam Swindle feat. Jungle By Night - Call Of The Wild (Makèz Remix)
E3 Elisa Elisa - Coco Coco
F1 Life on Planets & Plaisance - Keep Going
F2 DJ Sneak - Lovin' me
F3 Ossie - My Heart, Your Heart

More vinyl only, disco-house pressure from DJ Steaw's Disco Disco imprint. Big roster energy on this outing as the label showcase five of their hottest producers.

No one can accuse Disco Disco of being a deep house wallflower. Instead they head straight to the centre of the dancefloor, elbows swinging, fists pumping, infused with main room house power that's just the right side of flamboyant to unite the clans. It does get deep though - perfectly demonstrated on Funksonic's "A.M.20" track. But ultimately it's all about those kickin' drums and tuff house riddims, of which final track, Taichi Tsuji's "November" aptly showcases.

Disco Disco is one of the hottest labels in contemporary house music - don't sleep!

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: You have to be quick with this vinyl-only label. Especially now the under-25s are back DJing with real records again (all rejoice!). They don't repress and there's only 200 pressed. Gaining more and more fans as they edge closer to that pivotal 20th release...

TRACK LISTING

A1: Mona Lee - See u funkin'
A2: Rosbern - Heartbeat
A3: Michael d. Old - Piano Bounce
B1: Funksonic - A.M.20
B2: Taichi Tsuji - November

Surplus Enjoyment brings together a selection of rare or previously unreleased tracks.

'Still FoReal' on the A Side is a complete rebuild of N.O.W's classic, previously released back in 2010 and now going for crazy sums...

'Sa Punta' (here in an unreleased dub form), was a digital only remix for Jet Project, which Dixon was very fond of from 2009 and 'Pass It On' (available here in a previously unreleased demo pass) was originally on the Odori label back in 2003.

Expert re-rubs for the upper pyramid dwellers. R U Initiated?

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Proper underground house re-rubs for the discerning jock and dancer to lose themselves in fog and late night reverie.

TRACK LISTING

a.still foreal
b. sa punta
b. pass it on (session pass)

The illicit journey contines with more private press black magik, ritualistic library music, 4th world exotica and analogue synthesizer experiments beamed directly from Mars... 

Sixteen killer 70s reggae funk and soul cuts from the likes of John Holt, Lee Perry, Cornel Campbell, The Cimarons, The Chosen Few and more featuring superb reggae takes on songs by artists including The Jackson 5, William DeVaughn, Diana Ross and The Supremes, War, The Temptations, Roberta Flack, The Stylistics and others!

Well-documented is the influence of American black music on Jamaican styles of the 1960s – from the birth of ska music, when The Skatalites ska-ified the jump-up southern USA rhythm and blues music of Rosco Gordon, Louis Jordan and Fats Domino, through to the creation of rocksteady when Jamaican artists like The Techniques, The Paragons, Alton Ellis and The Melodians turned to the slower rhythms and soulful harmonies of groups such as The Impressions and The Drifters for inspiration.

Less-well established is that in the 1970s Jamaicans didn’t (shock!) stop listening to American black music styles, with many 70s reggae artists as invested in soul, funk and the proto-disco sounds of Philadelphia, as was the case with rhythm and blues in the previous decade. In the 1970s, while Jamaica promoted its own roots reggae styles around the world, powerhouse USA soul labels such as Motown, Philadelphia International and Stax Records were at the same time all popular on the island.

This interaction between American and Jamaican music was not limited to Jamaica. In Britain, first-generation Caribbean-émigré children in the 1960s and early 70s grew up with an equal love of both soul and reggae, which manifested itself in the home-grown arrival of lovers rock in the mid-1970s.

Soul Jazz Records’ new ‘Reggae Island Soul’ tells this story of how soul and funk-infused reggae in the 1970s united the sounds of Jamaica, USA and the UK into a highly-addictive cultural hybrid of styles.

Just as you were getting your head straight coming off the 21st Trip … Brown Acid dose # 22 drops, continuing to fry your mind in a revolving trap-door Twilight Zone alternate world of early hard rock… populated by real life characters so far out they can look like a cheesy wedding band but sound like Blue Cheer! Uncanny! This music comes at you from many angles. Teens in a garage colliding with booze, drugs and girls for the first time, lounge lizard hustlers with snazzy stage clothes and fuzz boxes… gnarly backwoods troublemakers meet blow dried glam rock wannabes here, seamlessly clobbering your head with sound rather than each other! An electric post-psychedelic bar brawl for your mind awaits, unfasten your seat belt, crank it up and fly!

TRACK LISTING

1. Sounds Synonymous - Babylon 
2. The Bumps - Shining 
3. Riverside - Farmer 
4. Cincinatti Joe and Mad Lydia - Get It Together 
5. Straight Up - Fire 
6. Scrap Iron - Poopsie 
7. Live Show Tigers 
8. Killer Frog - Hard Times
9. Good Humore - Killer 
10. Sarawest - Space Rider

La Contra Ola, the cult compilation showcasing the treasures of Spain’s 1980s synth wave and post-punk scenes, is finally back in stock on Les Disques Bongo Joe.

Originally released in 2018, this anthology quickly became a must-have for fans of LES DISQUES BONGO JOE, 1 PLACE DE L’ÎLE, 1204 GENÈVELES DISQUES BONGO JOE analog sounds and avant-garde music, capturing a period of raw creativity and cultural upheaval in post-dictatorship Spain.

This compilation pays tribute to visionary artists like Aviador Dro, Esplendor Geométrico, and Derribos Arias, who redefined the boundaries of punk and electronic music with a DIY aesthetic and unmatched intensity. With industrial rhythms, synthetic experiments, and minimalist melodies, La Contra Ola immerses listeners in the vibrant underground of 1980s Spain—a scene where artistic expression flourished after decades of censorship.
This reissue celebrates the legacy of these pioneers and their lasting influence on contemporary electronic and post-punk music. Whether you’re discovering this gem for the first time or you’re a longtime fan, La Contra Ola remains an essential work, standing at the crossroads of musical history and counterculture.

TRACK LISTING

1. Esplendor Geométrico - Moscú Está Helado
2. Zombies - Extraños Juegos
3. Derribos Arias - Aprenda Alemán En 7 Dias
4. TodoTodo - Autogas
5. El Humano Marrano - Himno
6. El Aviador Dro Y Sus Obreros Especializados - Gestalt
7. La Fura Dels Baus - Mareâ
8. Línea Vienesa - Cangrejos En La Cocina
9. Diseño Corbusier - Golpe De Amistad
10. Tres - I Doubt
11. Derribos Arias - A Flúor
12. Zombies - La Rebelión De Los Objetos
13. Diseño Corbusier - Meta Metalic
14. Los Iniciados - La Marca De Anubis
15. Lavabos Iturriaga - China
16. El Aviador Dro - Nuclear si
17. Ovifornia SCI - Mao's Children
18. De Picnic - Jeanette Me Quiere
19. La T - Dark Fields