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.

"Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987 is the first volume of Captured Tracks’ new venture into compilations – Excavations. Dedicated to compiling forgotten music from the 1970s – 1990s that has a connection to Captured Tracks’ sound and aesthetic, this series will bridge the past to our current roster and showcase the kinds of sounds that inspire us. As an American label, we’ve often wondered why British, Aussie, and Kiwi indie rock from the ‘80s has had the most infuence on modern acts and the collector’s market. Outside of bands like R.E.M., the Rain Parade, the Dream Syndicate, and a few others, most of these bands received little attention from national or international press outlets and markets. The acts on this compilation have a true DiY spirit that lead many of these bands to self-record and self-release within tiny local scenes in small cities and college towns across America.

Strum & Thrum aims to shed light on this forgotten era of jangly, melodic rock music that emerged from the ashes of post punk and helped kick start the indie rock boom of the early ‘90s that continues to this day. Indeed, many artists featured on Strum & Thrum went on to be part of this boom – Archer Prewitt from the Sea & Cake, Jon Ginoli from Pansy Division, Ric Menck from Velvet Crush, Brent Rademaker from Beachwood Sparks, Barbara Manning, and more went on to be in well known bands in the ‘90s. Spread across two LPs, Strum & Thrum includes an 80+ page booklet with an extensive oral history of the ‘80s indie scene, an introduction by Captured Tracks label head Mike Sniper, and tons of archival images and ephemera. Long live the jangle underground!"

TRACK LISTING

Disc 1:
1. The Reverbs - Trusted Woods
2. Start - Where I Want To Be
3. Cyclones - I’m In Heaven
4. Windbreakers - All That Stuff
5. Primitons - All My Friends
6. Bangtails - Patron Of The Arts
7. The Love In - Late As Usual
8. Sex Clark Five - She Collides With Me
9. Three Hits - 5 O’Clock
10. Crippled Pilgrims - Black And White (Alternate)
11. Vandykes - Breakin My Heart
12. Salem 66 - Seven Steps Down
13. The Outnumbered - I Feel So Sorry Now
14. The Darrows - Is It You

Disc 2:
15. Riff Doctors - Say Goodbye
16. The Ferrets - She Was Unkind
17. 28th Day - Pages Turn (Alternate)
18. Great Plains - When Do You Say Hello?
19. Downy Mildew - Purple Parlor
20. The Strand - You And Me
21. The White Sisters - Misery, Me, & You
22. Absolute Grey - Remorse
23. One Plus Two - Promise
24. The Springfields - Sunflower
25. Holiday - Change
26. Pop Art - The Meeting
27. The Reactions - Tomorrow’s Time Today
28. A New Personality - Essential Things

Emotional Response returns with a second volume of its All Trades compilation which is named after its own NTS show. It is just as vast both in terms of style but also the eras it spans with a mix of dub, new wave, slow motion electronics and plenty in between. Tolouse Low Trax kicks off with the filthy dirty and seriously heavy dub glitch of 'Ossia' to provide an early highlight before the likes of Al Wootton get percussive and tribal with 'Altai' and HLM38 channels some African Head Charge on another devastating dub cut. Later on, London's Good Block brings a little more light and sunshine with their lovely 'Strong Relax.'

STAFF COMMENTS

Mine says: I love a good compilation and Emotional Response deliver not one but two great ones in one go. This one's definitely more on the dubbier side so if that's your jam then don't snooze!

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
1. Tolouse Low Trax - "Ossia Dub"
2. T Woc - "Luminescence"
3. Al Wootton - "Altai"

Side 2
1. Iro Aka - "Generations"
2. HLM38 - "Mystery Train Riddim"
3. Jamie Paton - "Lost Margins"

Side 3
1. Good Block - "Strong Relax"
2. While My Sequencer Gently Bleeps - "Ready"
3. Anatolian Weapons - "Mountain Echoes"

Side 4
1. Shelter - "The Four Knights" (dub)
2. Zongamin - "GGANTIJA"
3. Akulina - "Waiting"

You can never really pin down what the excellent Emotional Repose label does and that is exactly the sinking behind the title of its superb All Trades show on NTS. The sheer eclecticism of that show is now reflected in this new two-part compilation, also called All Trades, which offers up little morsels of what they do, something like a sonic tasting menu at a fancy restaurant. There is chugging electronic dub from Apiento & Tepper, industrial clatter from Black Bones, cosmic ambient breakbeat from Paperclip Minimiser and blissed out dub from Yamila & SoFa Elsewhere amongst many more highlights.

STAFF COMMENTS

Mine says: Oooof! Some seriously good selections on here that I cannot wait to listen to in full. Highly recommend!

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
1. Apiento & Tepper - "606 Dog"
2. Other Lands - "The Old Ways"
3. Datasal - "Sea Palace"

Side 2
1. Black Bones - "Tipping Point"
2. Froid Dub - "Item By Item" (dub)
3. Paperclip Minimiser - "Planarian Wormhole"

Side 3
1. Cosmo Vitelli & Die Wilde Jagd - "Elixir"
2. Amy Denio - "Fresh Fish"
3. Exotic Gardens - "Soundwaves & Dark Caves"

Side 4
1. Yamila & SoFa Elsewhere - "Yo Tampoco"
2. Valentina Magaletti - "Radio77"
3. Ocean Moon - "Light Vibrations"

Music for Swimming Pools has put together their first-ever compilation here and it's a self-titled series that launches with Volume One. It's an assembly of their friends and label family members in with newly discovered gems. Some cuts are exclusive and some of them hint at projects to come, while some are making vinyl debuts. Pete Herbert kicks off with a seductive downbeat jam, Max Essa's 'Sacaton Skylines' is a new age delight and Gafas Du Soul lays down deep sunset house vibes on the gorgeous 'Embers' amongst many other highlights. A fine first collection for sure.

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
1. Pete Herbert - Legzira Sunrise
2. Fabulous Lover - Note To Self
3. Uj Pa Gaz - Lulu (Pete Herbert Remix)
4. Gafas Du Soul - Embers
5. DSD - Canto Recanto

Side 2
1. Pete Herbert - Far Flung (Goldsuite Restring)
2. Fernando - Venus Banfield
3. Max Essa - Sacaton Skylines
4. Pete Herbert - South Seas (Rudys Midnight Machine Reprise)

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.

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)

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!

**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 

Exploring late-night, after-hours meditations on sound; ‘Everything Above The Sky (Astral Travelling with Luke Una)’ is a new compilation by the titular DJ, promoter and enigmatic cultural curator. Off the back of the E Soul Cultura phenomena, this compilation comes at a timely point in Luke’s rich career as he soars the heights of playing all over the world. Avoiding any chance of his sound being pigeonholed, Luke has put together a tracklist of songs and music that have a transcendental feel, after coming off the grid, going back to source, outside the city walls .

Music has long been believed to aid out of body experiences and many of us have searched long and hard for a combination of those elusive ingredients that might alleviate some of the monotony of everyday life, our daily routines and obligations, and those things that seem to block us from the spirit of the universe. In this collection, Luke selects music with all the right ingredients in just the right quantities, allowing the listener to engage in an esoteric journey of enlightenment through sound. Being a prolific collector of music, Luke initially delivered enough tracks to compile several compilations, making the licensing process the biggest effort to date for the label. The music moves softly and slowly, never becoming too intrusive, exemplifying the wonderful elevating properties of simple songs played from the heart.

Luke’s Everything Above The Sky manifesto reads, “Astral Travelling in the meadowlands with acid folk, spiritual jazz, around midnight hocus pocus, cosmic psychedelic soul, magical spellbound whirling swirling love songs, Brazilian ballads of light into machine soul gospel utopia dreaming, Balearic bossa, Outer Space ancient African drum, the breath of trees, escaping the big bad modern world, gathering round winter fires, walking amongst the bracken in Padley Gorge in late summer twilight, overlooking the Hope Valley, escaping ego, detaching and finally letting go amongst the stars with the slowly floating people. It’s beautiful beyond. Everything above the Sky”.

Beginning his career as an original Sheffield house young blood in the mid 1980s, Luke’s move to Manchester and partnership with Justin Crawford saw the birth of Electric Chair, a cornerstone cult night in the UK underground club scene. Then came Electric Elephant, a Croatian festival paying homage to their wild eclecticism from Balearic to Brazilian to É Soul, house, disco and techno. Luke’s much loved, long-running Homoelectric night and more recently Homobloc sell out festival for 10,000 souls has been at the forefront of Manchester’s LGBTQ+ cultural landscape. Luke’s Friday evening show on Worldwide FM captured imaginations and became a cult four-hour must-listen monthly journey for fans all over the world. Today, Luke remains, as ever, at the forefront of a changing milieu, pairing the momentous legacy of Manchester’s 80s and 90s scene with the delivery of what today’s club communities need to get down. 

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A:
1. John Martyn - Small Hours
2. Stephen Whynott – A Better Way
3. April Fulladosa - Sunlit Horizon
SIDE B:
1. Sylvain Kassap - Plancoët
2. Manu Dibango - Night In Zeralda
3. Henri Texier - Hocoka Time
4. Nivaldo Orneleas - O Que Ha
5. 808 State – Pacific State (Massey’s Conga Mix)
SIDE C:
1. Magma - Eliphas Levi
2. Homelife - Stranger
3. Michael Gregory Jackson - Unspoken Magic
SIDE D:
1. Dora Morelenboum - Avermelhar
2. Simone - Tudo Que Você Podia Ser
3. Experience Unlimited – People
4. Otis G. Johnson - I Got It
5. Mel & Tim - Keep The Faith
* CD Will Contain Tracks Above + Bonus Tracks

Monsieur Van Pratt is well known to anyone who likes their disco on the hot side. He heads up the Super Spicy Records label and is now back with a new entry into the Super Spicy Recipe series alongside plenty of other top names. He opens up the EP with a groovy masterpiece featuring a powerful bassline and captivating vocals. Hotmood's 'Like That' showcases the energetic prowess of the Mexican then Julps, from Mexico City's Departamento, debuts with a hypnotic deep cut. On the flipside, Groovy Kds keep the party alive with 'Get Down,' while The Magic Track delivers pure dancefloor magic. Closing out the 12", The Velvet Stripes serve up a super funky and potent finale.

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
1. Monsieur Van Pratt - "The Luv"
2. Hotmood - "Like That"
3. Julps - "Tidy Up"

Side 2
1. Groovy Kds - "Get Down"
2. The Magic Track - "Kanheri Caves"
3. The Velvet Stripes - "Funky Funky"

A pillowcase filled to the brim with delectable Halloween treats from across the Numeroverse, Haunted Presence is a fun size mix of ghoulish garage, skeleton-rattling soul, mutant protometal, and spine-chilling ’60s kitsch. With a wingspan of 20 tracks, this double LP is certain to liven up any costume party, séance, or monster mash. Warning: Prolonged exposure may cause ear decay.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
Bambi Fodera - The Moon Turned To Blood
Kiriae Crucible - The Salem Witch Trial
The Cords - Ghost Power
The Mystic Tide - Running Through The Night
The Reactions - In My Grave
The Inmates - Crystal Ball

SIDE B
Unknown Artist - Cemetery
Medusa - Unknown Fear

SIDE C
Eugene Viscione - Turned Killer
Slim Martin - Haunted After Midnight
Zen Fuller - Doomsday
Tony And The Monstrosities - Igor’s Party
The A’Kies - Haunted Piano
Jerry White - Mummy Drag
The Comics Books - Black Magic & Witchcraft

SIDE D
Helene Smith - Thrills And Chills
Angela Alexander & J.D. Saddler - Don’t Make Me Kill You
Nat Fross - Too Many Skeletons In The Closet
J.C. & The Soul Angels - Nightmare Strut
Soul Superbs - Cannibals

During the latter half of the 80s a new breed of guitar-orientated bands began to emerge in the UK - armed with an overt pop song craft sensibility, and enamoured with a conflicting post-punk spirit and adoration of the 60s, many of these unlikely acts – all anoraks, Dr Martens and charity shop chic – would go on to become Top 40 regulars and set the tone for music beyond these shores, culminating in ‘The Stone Roses’, an album that defined a generation.

‘Cut Me Deep’ – named for a Jasmine Minks track which captured that spirit – presents a snapshot of that time and place, via essential independent labels such as Creation, Sarah Records and 4AD, and their major backed counterparts in Blanco Y Negro et al, alongside distribution via Rough Trade and other like-minded outlets. With an electric guitar in hand (no Stratocasters here please), and resplendent in clothes as immaculately and cheaply curated as their record collections, a new generation of British musicians kickstarted what would become the only credible challenge to the increasingly dominant synthesiser pop scene of the late 1980s. Indeed, the entire movement might be understood as a reaction against that, and a return to the aesthetics of The Byrds and the universally adored Velvet Underground.

A must for the curious, and an essential addition for any collectors of our previous titles documenting the ‘80s British guitar pop scene, ‘Cut Me Deep’ chimes with familiar favourites, long lost curios, major hits and minor also rans, all of which share a pop minded commonality

TRACK LISTING

Disc 1:
1 Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Lost Weekend
2 Hurrah! - This Boy
3 Grab Grab The Haddock - Wan But Smiling
4 The Woodentops - It Will Come
5 Fantastic Something - The Night We Flew Out The Window
6 Del Amitri - The King Is Poor
7 The Dentists - I Had An Excellent Dream
8 Happy Mondays - Oasis
9 The Loft - Lonely Street
10 The Jesus & Mary Chain - Taste The Floor
11 Yeah Yeah Noh - The Short-Cut Way To Saturday
12 The Mighty Lemon Drops - Now She's Gone
13 Jamie Wednesday - I Think I'll Throw A Party For Myself
14 The Housemartins - Sheep
15 The Wedding Present - Once More
16 We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It - Rules And Regulations (EP Version)
17 The Servants - She's Always Hiding (Single Version)
18 The Chesterf!elds - Love Mountain
19 The Beloved - A Hundred Words
20 The June Brides - This Town
21 That Petrol Emotion - Natural Kind Of Joy
22 Mighty Mighty - Everybody Knows The Monkey
23 The Razorcuts - I'll Still Be There
24 Bid - Reach For Your Gun’
25 Anthony Adverse - Eine Symphonie Des Grauens

Disc 2:
1 The Bodines - Heard It All
2 Band Of Holy Joy - Who Snatched The Baby
3 The Wise Acres - So Finally Sweet
4 The Weather Prophets - Naked As The Day You Were Born
5 The Stitched-Back Foot Airman - Some People
6 Shop Assistants - All That Ever Mattered
7 J.C. Brouchard With Biff Bang Pow! - Someone Stole My Wheels
8 Gol Gappas - West 14
9 St. Christopher - Charmelle
10 The Soup Dragons - Head Gone Astray
11 Pop Will Eat Itself - Runaround
12 The Primitives - Stop Killing Me
13 The King Of Luxembourg - A Picture Of Dorian Gray
14 The Brilliant Corners - Brian Rix
15 The Hit Parade - I Get So Sentimental
16 The Wolfhounds - Cruelty
17 The Flatmates - Happy All The Time
18 The Hepburns - The Bath House
19 The House Of Love - Flow
20 The Passmore Sisters - Every Child In Heaven
21 Talulah Gosh - Escalator Over The Hill
22 The Waltones - Closest To
23 Revolving Paint Dream - 7 Seconds
24 A House - Snowball Down

Disc 3:
1 The Sugarcubes - Birthday
2 Edwyn Collins - Don't Shilly Shally
3 The Heart Throbs - Make My Day
4 The Sea Urchins - Summershine
5 The Bachelor Pad - Jack And Julian
6 Mood Six - Flowers And Boxes
7 McCarthy - The Well Of Loneliness
8 The Wonder Stuff – Unbearable (Original Version)
9 Miaow - Break The Code
10 The La's - Endless
11 Yeah Jazz - The Girl The Years Were Kind To
12 One Thousand Violins - If I Were A Bullet (Then For Sure I'd Find A Way To Your Heart)
13 Blow Up - Pool Valley
14 Rosemary's Children - WW1
15 BMX Bandits - Figure 4
16 The Man From Delmonte - Water In My Eyes
17 King Of The Slums - England's Leading Light
18 The Orchids - Give Me Some Peppermint Freedom
19 The Lilac Time - Return To Yesterday (Original Version)
20 The Senseless Things - (All You've Got To Do Is) Stay Together
21 The Vaselines - Molly’s Lips
22 14 Iced Bears - Come Get Me
23 Cud - Under My Hat
24 The Groove Farm – The Big Black Plastic Explosion

Disc 4:
1 The Jasmine Minks - Cut Me Deep
2 The Darling Buds - It's All Up To You
3 Ambassador 277 - The Pop Up Man
4 The Pooh Sticks - 1-2-3 Red Light
5 Rote Kapelle - San Francisco Again
6 Benny Profane - Rob A Bank
7 The Golden Dawn - My Secret World
8 The Corn Dollies - Map Of The World
9 Inspiral Carpets - Butterfly
10 Bradford - Dodging Around In Cars
11 The Sundays - I Kicked A Boy
12 The Times - Heaven Sent Me An Angel
13 Treebound Story - Rain, Rain, Rain
14 The Popguns - Down On Your Knees
15 Another Sunny Day - What's Happened?
16 The Lightning Seeds - Pure
17 The Stone Roses - Mersey Paradise
18 The Telescopes - Sadness Pale
19 BOB - Convenience
20 The Claim - Wait And See
21 Milltown Brothers - We’ve Got Time
22 The Mock Turtles - The Willow Song
23 How Many Beans Make 5 - Let’s Get This Thing Finished
24 East Village - Back Between Places
25 Pale Saints - She Rides The Waves
26 Lush - Baby Talk

Futurismo proudly present a celebration of the Paisley Underground scene with TWISTED DREAM MACHINE The Paisley Underground / California’s Psychedelic Renaissance: 1982-1986, the next volume in their Altered Vision compilation series.

This collection draws from the neo psychedelic movement that took hold in California during the early to mid 80’s, one that melded the psychedelia, country, garage rock, avant-garde and pop of the 60’s with the DIY ethos of the then burgeoning punk scene, a hypnotic amalgamation of sound that came in staunch contrast to the blown out sonic excesses of the time.

Twisted Dream Machine takes you on a trip from the city to the desert, as the kaleidoscope of noise drifts from the The Dream Syndicate’s Velvet Underground inspired take on Crazy Horse and The Three O’Clock’s chiming baroque powerpop, to Rain Parade’s dreamy Beatlesesque melodies and the Bangles hook-laden Love inspired pop. Also featured are the wondrous sounds of Green On Red, The Long Ryder’s, Game Theory, True West, Thin White Rope and others highly worth your attention. If you are not familiar with some of the bands here, you will surely question how that is possible. The Paisley Underground, if anything, encapsulated a certain musical mindset, an outlook where the past and the future would collide in the moment. This thread would bond the bands, yet each honed it’s own sound in a twisted incarnation of the seeds planted two decades earlier. Whilst the ‘scene’ did remain contained, its influence did in fact spread throughout mainstream culture as the Bangles stuck a chord into the heart of MTV, whilst Prince took inspiration from the movement in his own songwriting and the naming of Paisley Park, as well as signing The Three O’Clock to his label and writing one of the Bangles biggest hits.

As you listen to the tracks on Twisted Dream Machine you will be reminded that there is still music left to discover and inspire, this compilation is aimed to hopefully delight longtime fans, as well as ignite a passion for those new to the bands. The Paisley Underground was the sound of neo psychedelic rock, it was subterranean pop...in the classic sense, it was alternative rock before the term existed, a distillation of the fundamentals present at the dawn of rock ‘n’ roll, with a twist. The bands of the Paisley Underground may have been writing out of their own time, but as you listen to them in today’s context these songs should be heard as landmarks, rather than throwbacks. After all, nothing this good should stay underground. 

TRACK LISTING

1. The Three ‘O’ Clock - Jet Fighter
2. The Rain Parade - Don’t Feel Bad
3. True West - Lucifer Sam
4. Bangles - Going Down To Liverpool
5. Thin White Rope - Down In The Desert
6. Game Theory - 24
7. The Dream Syndicate - Definitely Clean
8. The Long Ryders - Too Close To The Light
9. Green On Red - Illustrated Crawling
10. 28th Day - Pages Turn
11. The Dream Syndicate - That’s What You Always Say
12. The Pandoras - In And Out Of My Life (In A Day)
13. The Long Ryders - Ivory Tower
14. The Three ‘O’ Clock - With A Cantaloupe Girlfriend
15. Bangles - All About You
16. The Rain Parade - Talking In My Sleep
17. The Three ‘O’ Clock - Her Heads Revolving
18. True West - Shot You Down
19. Wednesday Week - If Only
20. Thin White Rope - Exploring The Axis
21. The Rain Parade - Mystic Green
22. Green On Red - Lost World

After many years working as a buyer for several record stores, DJ Chintam opened his own Blow Up shop in 2018 in Tokyo's Shibuya district. A member of the Dayjam Crew and a specialist of soul, funk, rare groove and disco music, Chintam is also an expert of the home-brewed Wamono grooves. He supervised and wrote the legendary Wamono A to Z records guide book together with DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite.

For this brand new chapter in the highly acclaimed Wamono series, our man Chintam goes digging into the vaults of one of the most revered Japanese labels: Trio Records. Established in 1969 by audio manufacturer Trio Electronics, now known as Kenwood, the label - and its subsidiaries such as Showboat and Trash - released high quality music spanning a large variety of genres including rock, jazz, fusion, soundtracks and popular songs, until its end in 1984. Through the eight tracks selected here, Chintam unearths some dope drum breaks, heavy bass lines and funky horns, for an essential selection of jazz funk fusion and rare groove vibes produced on Trio between 1973 and 1981.

Put the needle on the record, turn up the volume and dig right now into the Wamono sound - the cream of the Japanese jazz, funk, soul, rare groove and boogie music developed throughout the years since the sixties in Japan!

TRACK LISTING

1. Tonpei Hidari - Tonpei No Hey You Blues
2. Chu Kosaka & Ultra - Kimagure Party
3. Kazushi Inamura - Go Yojin
4. Fumio Karashima - American Tango
5. Takao Uematsu - Mysterious Jump
6. Maximum - Ashita Tenki Ni Nare
7. Jun Miyauchi - Heartbreak Highway
8. Hiroshi Murakami & Dancing Sphinx - Baby, It's Trivial

Secrets Of Sound sold out their first release in quick fashion and now they return with a second instalment in the Exotic Origins series, designed to take you a million light years away from your current reality and deep into the far depths of space with eight superbly cosmic explorations of ambient and downtempo magic. Italians Do It Better man Johnny Jewel kicks off with some sultry sax-laced sounds, David Lynch's musical partner Dean Hurley crushes on shimmering pads and Pye Corner Audio bring a little intergalactic tension. Elsewhere there are sugary synths from Legowelt, suspensory pads from TM Solver and plenty more to help you escape to another dimension. Add to that the fact it arrives on a random variety of different vinyl colours and comes with a download code, and you've got rather a nice package.

STAFF COMMENTS

Mine says: Secrets Of Sound follow up 'The Last Resort: Balearic At The End Of Time' with another compilation showcasing a variety of new electronic sounds. SOS 001 didn't hang around long so don't snooze on this one!

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
1. Johnny Jewel - Many Moons
2. Dean Hurley - Outlands
3. Pye Corner Audio - Jupiter Orbit 707
4. RAMZi - Existenz

Side 2
1. Legowelt - Nebia Vera Pelliccia
2. TM Solver - Serious Ambient (SOS Edit)
3. State Azure - Azimuth
4. Lord Of The Isles - Meet Me At The Portal

Strut proudly presents a special edition repress of the groundbreaking ‘Nigeria 70’ compilation, now available on translucent green vinyl 3LP to celebrate the label’s 25th Anniversary.

First released in 2001, Nigeria 70 was a pioneering compilation that delved deeply into Lagos' vibrant music scene, where local artists blended highlife and traditional rhythms with soul, funk, rock, and jazz. While Western audiences were already acquainted with Fela Kuti, this album highlighted other influential Nigerian musicians and bandleaders of the '70s: Joni Haastrup, Peter King, Segun Bucknor, Bala Miller, Blo, King Sunny Ade, Tunji Oyelana, and many more. Subsequent volumes continued to explore the rich landscape of Afrobeat, juju, funk, and soul, unearthing a treasure trove of Nigerian tracks.

‘Nigeria 70: The Definitive Story of 1970’s Funky Lagos’ showcases the vibrant diversity of the Lagos scene, reflecting the eclectic musical influences of the time. The compilation includes elements of psychedelic rock, from the heavily fuzzed-out sounds of Ofo & the Black Company's "Allah Wakbarr" to BLO's hauntingly serene "Chant to Mother Earth." The influence of late 1970s and early 80s disco can be heard in tracks like Joni Haastrup's 1977 "Greetings" and Shina Williams & His African Percussionists' 1984 electro-funk track "Agboju Logun," all while maintaining a strong Afrobeat foundation.

Beloved by collectors and dancefloor enthusiasts, Nigeria 70 is rich with soul, humanity, and a broad spectrum of the region's musical talent. It has inspired a new wave of labels and releases, introducing the 1970s Lagos scene to a new generation of soul, funk, and dance music fans.

This special edition of ‘Nigeria 70: The Definitive Story of 1970’s Funky Lagos’ features the original artwork and liner notes, pressed on translucent green vinyl across 3LPs.

TRACK LISTING

1. Orlando Julius & His Afro Sounders – Alo Mi Alo (Parts 1 & 2 )
2. Segun Bucknor & His Revolution – La La La
3. Lijadu Sisters – Orere Elejigbo
4. Peter King – Shango
5. Sahara All Stars Band Jos – Enjoy Yourself
6. Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Africa 70 – Jeun Ko Ku (Chop 'N' Quench)
7. Tunji Oyelana & The Benders – Ifa
8. Ofo The Black Company – Allah Wakbarr
9. The Funkees – Dancing Time
10. Monomono– Tire Loma Da Nigbehin
11. Bala Miller & The Great Music Pyrameeds Of Afrika – Ikon Allah
12. Sir Victor Uwaifo & His Melody Maestroes – Akayan Ekassa
13. Shina Williams & His African Percussionists – Agboju Logun
14. Gasper Lawal – Kita Kita
15. King Sunny Ade & His African Beats – Ja Fun Mi (Instrumental)

Now celebrating 10 years, So Young is a creative platform fuelled by the vibrant and underreported creative scenes within alternative music and the visual arts.

This compilation collects twelve vital bands who have shared demos, unreleased tracks and live recordings for you to hear exclusively on 12" vinyl.

TRACK LISTING

Palma Violets - Best Of Friends
Splashh - So Young (Demo)
The Big Moon - Eureka Moment
Childhood - California Light (Demo)
Shame - The Lick (Demo)
Sorry - Rub (Demo)
Sports Team - Blood (Demo)
Goat Girl - The Man (Demo)
Fontaines DC - Hurricane Laughter (Demo)
Wunderhorse - Teal (Live At The Forum) 
English Teacher - Wallace
Been Stellar - Kids 1995 (Demo)

TRACK LISTING

A Side:
1. James Brown – Please, Please, Please
2. Marvin Gaye – My Funny Valentine
3. Sam Cooke – Bring It On Home To Me
4. Little Willie John – Fever
5. The Everly Brothers – All I Have To Do Is Dream
6. Ben E. King – Spanish Harlem
7. Al Jarreau – Tired Of Being Alone
8. George McCrae – Rock Your Baby

B Side:
1. Barry White – Lady, Sweet Lady
2. Screamin' Jay Hawkins – I Put A Spell On You
3. Aaron Neville – How Could I Help But Love You?
4. The Isley Brothers – Right Now
5. Joe Tex – Blessed Are These Tears
6. Ray Charles – Georgia On My Mind
7. Stevie Wonder – Hallelujah (I Love Her So)

TRACK LISTING

A Side:
Nina Simone – Plain Gold Ring
Betty Wright – Clean Up Woman
Irma Thomas – It’s Raining
Lavern Baker – Love Me Right
Gwen McCrae – 90% Of Me Is You
The Supremes With Diana Ross – Buttered Popcorn
Aretha Franlin – God Bless The Chilld

B Side:
Etta James – At Last
Gladys Knight & The Pips – Letter Full Of Tears
Mary Wells – You Beat Me To The Punch
Ike & Tina Turner – I’m Jealous
The Shirelles – Dedicated To The One I Love
Carla Thomas – B-A-B-Y
Dinah Washington – Mad About The Boy

Elvis Presley was undoubtedly Sun Records’ biggest star, burning brightly during his tenure at the label from 1953 to 1955. 2024 marks the 70th anniversary of the release of Elvis’ first single, “That’s All Right,” on Sun Records. This collection is Elvis as interpreted by his Sun contemporaries like Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Roy Orbison, sharing their versions of songs Elvis made famous. Special additions include alternate versions of tracks from Johnny Cash, Sleepy LaBeef, and more.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. Mystery Train – Little Junior Parker
2. That’s All Right - Orion
3. Good Rockin’ Tonight (Alternate) – Jerry Lee Lewis
4. Baby Let’s Play House – Sleepy LaBeef
5. I Love You Because (Outtake) – Johnny Cash
6. Don’t Be Cruel – The Climates

SIDE B
1. Blue Suede Shoes – Carl Perkins
2. Jailhouse Rock – Jerry Lee Lewis
3. Trying To Get To You – Roy Orbison
4. Blue Moon Of Kentucky – Orion
5. Tomorrow Night – Jerry Lee Lewis
6. I Forgot To Remember To Forget – Johnny Cash

Celebrating their 20th year in the game, award-winning imprint First Word Records continue their impressive run of releases,unveiling their brand new compilation album 'Love & Purpose'. Lovingly crafted by label founder Aly Giliani (AKA Gilla), the album is a celebration of British soul music, past and present. Inspired by the vinyl compilations that shaped his early years as a DJ, Gilla has curated a set of 12 tracks that tell the story of underground British soul music over the last 40 years, taking in street soul, alternative R&B, neo-soul and lovers rock.


Keen to ensure that this was more than an exercise in nostalgia, the album is split into two halves: Disc One (Love) is focussed on artists who were active pre-2000, whilst Disc Two (Purpose) shines a light on newer artists who are carrying the torch for the previous generation. So the Carl McIntosh produced 'Feel' by Ruth Joy sits alongside the throwback street-soul sounds of Lynda Dawn, and Children Of Zeus' modern lovers rock classic 'Hard Work' rubs shoulders with Omar's evergreen 'Ghana Emotion'. With music from artists in Manchester, London, Leeds, Cardiff and Sheffield, Love & Purpose is the soundtrack to summers from 1985 to the present day. Highlights include the Nick Martinelli (Loose Ends) produced 'Tell Me' by 52nd Street, Lynda Dawn's Roses and cover-star Dazzle's 'Dazzle You'.

TRACK LISTING

1. Dazzle - Dazzle You
2. Robyn - Searching
3. 52nd Street - Tell Me (How It Feels)
4. Omar - Ghana Emotion
5.. Ruth Joy - Feel
6. Jay Dee - Simple Solution
7. Children Of Zeus - Hard Work
8. Demae - Basic Love
9. Gareth Donkin - Autumnbreeze
10. Eliza - Livid
11. Lynda Dawn - Roses (XL Middleton Version) [feat. XL Middleton]
12. Metabeats - Passport (feat. Vanity Jay)

Strut introduces a pioneering new compilation 'A Dancefloor In Ndola,' curated by revered East African DJ, Kampire. Forging her reputation through memorable sets for the Nyege Nyege Festival in Uganda over the last decade, Kampire now tours worldwide and is celebrated for her brilliantly curated sets spanning the full range of African music styles from the ‘70s and ‘80s to the present day.

Although born in Kenya to Ugandan parents, Kampire spent her formative years in Ndola, Zambia. ‘A Dancefloor In Ndola’ is inspired by artists and songs that formed part of her soundtrack during that time. “It is important for me to continually reference Africa’s own musical history,” she explains. “At 17, I didn’t pick up on my Dad’s music but now I love and collect those records. I’m constantly referencing them in my music sets today. I love that feeling of shared nostalgia where people recognise a song they haven’t heard in a long time. It is a touchstone for me when I’m playing.”

The compilation flows through different East African and South African genres from Congolese rumba and soukous to 1980s township bubblegum and the rich guitar-led sounds of Zambian kalindula. “There are styles of music on the compilation which are often considered unsophisticated from rural areas. I and other contemporary African artists and DJs draw inspiration from them; it is part of what makes us ourselves.” Kampire also shines the spotlight on many incredible women in African music from the ‘80s, including Congolese legends like Pembey Sheiro, Feza Shamamba and Princesse Mansia M’bila to V-Mash and Di Groovy Girls from South Africa. 

TRACK LISTING

LP Tracklist:
1. Princess Aya Sarah – O Wina Tienge
2. Meta & Feza – Mivé Temoin
3. The African House Party Project Feat. Splash, Patricia Majalisa & Dalom Kids – P-Coq
4. V-Mash – Naughty Boy
5. Di Groovy Girls – Ririmi Rotsombela
6. Tshala Muana – Djepué
7. Lady Isa – Djambo
8. Pembey Sheiro – Sala Ni Toto
9. Princesse Mansia M’Bila – Ngoma Mansia
10. Samba Mapangala And Orchestra Virunga – Mashariki
11. International Zaistars & Nene Tshaku – Je T’Aime Au Pluriel
12. M.D. Shirinda & Gaza Sisters – Mabazi
13. “Bwaluka” Founders Band – Kimbera

CD Tracklist:
1. Princess Aya Sarah – O Wina Tienge
2. Meta & Feza – Mivé Temoin
3. The African House Party Project Feat. Splash, Patricia Majalisa & Dalom Kids – P-Coq
4. V-Mash – Naughty Boy
5. Di Groovy Girls – Ririmi Rotsombela (Kampire Dance Edit)
6. Tshala Muana – Djepué
7. Lady Isa – Djambo
8. Pembey Sheiro – Sala Ni Toto
9. Princesse Mansia M’Bila – Ngoma Mansia
10. Samba Mapangala And Orchestra Virunga – Mashariki
11. International Zaistars & Nene Tshaku – Je T’Aime Au Pluriel
12. M.D. Shirinda & Gaza Sisters – Mabazi (Kampire Dance Edit)
13. “Bwaluka” Founders Band – Kimbera 

This beautifully packaged compilation includes liner notes by Tom Colebrooke and excerpts from Tom and Alexis’ interview of Mike Maguire, one of the pioneers of Goa trance. Check the liner notes for more info about the early Goa history!

A little town in India, which was a haven to a bunch of hippie outcasts, was throwing outdoor parties since the day those freaks put their flag down. What was once a gathering around live music blew up into a rave as electronic music started to appear, paving the way to what would eventually become Goa trance.

Full Circle, the duo of Alexis Le-Tan and Joakim, started 10 years ago when Alexis accidentally discovered that some of his old Goa trance records he was about to sell sounded great when played at the wrong speed: 33rpm instead of 45rpm. He called his long-time friend and collaborator Joakim to work on edits of those tracks that became the sound signature of this DJ duo - a slow, heavy and trippy sound that would eventually infiltrate the fringes of the underground club scene via like-minded DJs such as Vladimir Ivkovic, Jane Fitz, Ivan Smagghe and many more.

10 years later and a bunch of releases and remixes behind them, Full Circle decided to tell the story of how this Goa sound came to life. At a time when Trance has made a major comeback and infiltrated many sub-genres of club music, it felt right to look back at where it all started - going full circle, when the seeds of tripped out dance music were being sown.

After all, there are countless compilations about Balearism, the Italian Cosmic scene, The Loft, The Paradise Garage etc but none about the roots of this Goa sound (except for the "Gonzo Goa" compilation, also released this month! - Ed).

This is a compilation of the best tunes played by the pioneer Goa DJs like Laurent, Goa Gil, Mike Maguire amongst others, between the late 80s and early 90s. Proto-house, new beat, early techno, industrial, with a distinct psychedelic tone, a few arpeggios here and there, acid lines, chopped up vocals, all elements of what would later constitute a genre of its own.

TRACK LISTING

Front Line Assembly - Enemy Number One
Joi - A Desert Storm
Agrumh. - Petite Fugue
Clock Dva - Sound Mirror
A2l - Come On
Van Belle - Dreams Final Dance
Syntech - Discontented
Cccp - Orient Express Pogo Mix
Cabaret Voltaire - Here To Go Little Dub
Bleep - Mr Barth In The Sahara
3 Times 6 - You Can Run Razormaid Mix

The iconic tracks from all Quentin Tarantino movies on vinyl! With "Tarantino Sounds", get ready to be transported into the director's inimitable musical universe. With Dick Dale, Joe Tex, The Coasters, The 5,6,7,8's, Dee Clark, Keith Mansfield, Johnny Cash...

TRACK LISTING

A Side:
A1: Dick Dale & His Del-Tones – Misirlou
A2: The Coasters - Down In Mexico
A3: Keith Mansfield - Funky Fanfare
A4: The Tornadoes - Bustin' Surfboards
A5: Nick Perito - The Green Leaves Of Summer
A6: Dee Clark - Hey Little Girl
A7: Zarah Leander - Davon Geht Die Welt Nicht Unter
A8: Joe Tex - The Love You Save (May Be Your Own)
A9: Link Wray And His Ray Men – Rumble

B Side:
B1: The 5.6.7.8'S - Woo Hoo
B2: Annibale E I Cantori Moderni - Trinity (Titoli)
B3: Charlie Feathers - Can't Hardly Stand It
B4: David Hess - Now You're All Alone
B5: Joe Tex - I Gotcha
B6: Elvin Bishop - She Puts Me In The Mood
B7: Jim Croce - I Got A Name
B8: Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line

We interrupt our regular Drum Chums programming to bring you a little V/A tackle via the 'Percussion Pals' project.
These razor sharp cuts come from friends near and far, old and new, each one primed to upgrade your record collection.

Debuts abound on the A-side, first via international man of mystery DJ Poufsouffle and his Balea-rock disco stomper "Totally Manic". Brimming with Flash & The Pan style pub-rock wonk this one boasts a growling vocal, sparkling keys and an uplifting chorus which doesn't quite break the spell of extreme silliness.
On the A2, Bristol's Spice Route rescue a nebulous reggae gem from Library obscurity, swinging the scalpel and working the desk to turn out an unstoppable groover.
Built around an irresistible rhythm section, "Gruler Dub" keeps on getting higher as the space-based vocals and trilling synths turn your brain inside out.

The B1 brings the return of Drum Chum extraordinaire Neil Diablo, who follows the Balearic brilliance of his last label outing with a cosmic caper into pure oddball pop. "Starry Night" slinks along in a chromed out catsuit, purring weirdo vocals over robo-chug and mechanical drums before indulging in a catchy chorus packed with addled innuendo. Not only is this as arch as Gina X doing a forward fold, but it also boasts some serious bass weight in the later stages - you have been warned.
We're delighted to finally feature a little magic from Australian Italo wizard Hysteric, who brings the curtain down in utterly emotional fashion via AOR disco dream "Pinball". A steady beat, infectious bassline and glistening chords play host to a swooning vocal, which reminds us to go with the flow and follow fun at all times.

100% Drum Fun Guaranteed.

TRACK LISTING

A. DJ Poufsouffle - Totally Manic
A2. Spice Route - Gruler Dub
B. Neil Diablo - Starry Night
B2. Hysteric - Pinball

Dekmantel Festival in box. 7x12” vinyl box with download code. Limited Edition.

"Dekmantel Ten is a mirror of Dekmantel Festival. The 7x12" boxset includes seven records that mirror the seven stages to be found at the 2024 event, their 10th edition since 2013. The tracklisting isn't rigid - some of the musicians gathered here have in fact played at most of the available stages - but like a Möbius strip looping round, or a cat-and-mouse game, it's not hard to discern a symbiotic relationship. Split seven ways, DKMNTL100 is a testament to the art of curation and the importance of quality control.

At artist level, Dekmantel Ten finds room for several artists - including Karenn, Jeff Mills and Marcel Dettmann - who played at the very first Dekmantel Festival in 2013, and are by now impossible to detach. The Loop's disc contains names whose stories have dovetailed alongside the festival, concluding in memorable headline moments: Young Marco, Palms Trax and Alchemical Sisters, aka Eris Drew and Octo Octa.

Widen the lens and you'll find history from across the landscape: the laboratories of professorial techno (Dasha Rush, Steve Rachmad, DJ Nobu) and gilded halls of house (Steffi, Luca Lozano, Bufiman); varied soundsystem icons (Kode9, Adrian Sherwood, DVS1) meeting limelights of contemporary Amsterdam (upsammy, Identified Patient, Zohar); as well as the modern conduits channelling decades of outernational vibrations (Nick León, BADSISTA, Animistic Beliefs, Veracco and a great many more).

All 44 artists presenting exclusive material are indispensable into the Dekmantel story to date, and no doubt make up future developments over the horizon. That goes for the areas, too: Because while the seven stages found at Dekmantel Festival are individually resonant enough that they could become splinter festivals in their own right, it's that union which lends the core festival its strength.

TRACK LISTING

Young Marco - How Does It Make You Feel
Palms Trax - Let S Play Fade Away
Alchemical Sisters - Yellow Acid Octa Eris 303 Mix
Masalo - Star Cloud 777
Call Super - Naive Step One
Amaliah - Labyrinth
Steffi - 1 And 3
Dvs1 - Vor Morgen Extended
Interstellar Funk - Particles
Roza Terenzi - Numerical Deviant
Luca Lozano - One Last Thing
Peach - Can U Keep A Secret
Jeff Mills - Pleiades Cluster
Sterac - The Time Is Now
Jakojako - Aon
Dj Nobu - Milaglen
Talismann - Ufo Flute
Dasha Rush - D3
Kode9 - Death Rattle
Verraco - Perpetual Light Shining Upon You
Nick Leon - Power Plant
Bufiman - Ever Synth
Adrian Sherwood - The Dissolving Rhythm
Ramzi - Por El Univers
Identified Patient - My Way Hilton Mix
Simo Cell Linapary - High
Upsammy - Galax P
Toma Kami - A5k
Rhr - Estimulus Sonido
Badsista - Love Spiral
Introspekt - Come 2 Me Dub 4x4 Mix
Karenn - Lettuce Is A Type Of Lettuce
Zohar - Ore
Lee Gamble - 7 Million
Animistic Beliefs - T Lua Xakaleles Fierce Mix
Aquarian - Deep 
Sky H1 - Dome
Nvst - Underground Dynamics Hot Swimming Edition
Marcel Dettmann - Cycling Bits
Wata Igarashi - Bad Engine
Spekki Webu - Open Brainwave
Aurora Halal Dj G - Villafunk
Polygonia - Signo
Dj Python - Mare

Compiled by Jason Boardman ( Before I Die Records) Celebrated Manchester club-night curator & record Label Owner , DJ & digger - supreme.

An album of early 1980s Post-Punk era musical bedroom & small studio innovations & DIY Inspirations - Featuring rarely / never heard cuts from that period. Including tracks sampled by DJ Shadow & a singular Post-Punk era back-handed tribute JCC track :-) From Coventry's 2-Tone associated Skeet to Surface Mutants Cabaret Voltaire facilitated Dub & the out-there pastoral Post-Punk spaciness of The Dealers ..A rich vein .

"This is a snapshot of a fertile time in UK music, a time of independent artists, studios, labels & distributors collaborating to do it themselves, sidestepping the majors to take their shot at the big time. It didn't always work out but they made a record and that's what counts. It is a collection of the lost and overlooked - not intended to be a definitive guide to the period but an opportunity to shine a light on the creative output of these artists and share them once again so they can get the recognition they deserve." (Jason Boardman May 2024).

TRACK LISTING

Side 1:
Bally O’Brien - Tell Me Why The Tape Wobbles
Anorexia - Inanimate Objects
Methodishca Tune – LFD
Sprout Head Uprising – I Wish, I Wish
The Four Kings – Disgraceful Version
Swamp Children – Call Me Honey
Cathy La Creme -I Married A Cult Figure
57TH Parallel-Psalm Fifty Seven

Side 2:
Surface Mutants-Train Dub
Khartomb - King Skin (Rough Mix )
The Dealers - Share The World (Part 2)
Skeet - Avril In The Alps
Group Therapy-Arty Fact
Club Of Rome- Bedroom Scenes
APB - Help Yourself
Sirons-Cruise Missile Blues

TRACK LISTING

A1. The Anniss Effect (Reincarnation Mix)
A2. Warped Sequences
B1. Arena
B2. Arena (Spartan Mix)
B3. The Anniss Effect (92 Revived Original Mix)

Spanning the tracklist of the original album, the fresh, exciting, and utterly surprising reinterpretations create new content for longtime Talking Heads fans and introduce a new generation to the magic of the music. The brilliant selection of artists recontextualizes 'Stop Making Sense' in popular music and culture, with a focus on generational and stylistic breadth.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: A baffling collection of some of the biggest names in pop music today 'cover' tracks from The Talking Heads and redesign them to fit in with today's musical trends and production aesthetic. It's brilliantly done, and shines a light wonderfully on the brilliant original compositions while giving their concepts room to breathe.

TRACK LISTING

1. Miley Cyrus - Psycho Killer
2. The National - Heaven
3. Blondshell - Thank You For Sending Me An Angel
4. The Linda Lindas - Found A Job
5. Él Mató A Un Policía Motorizado - Slippery People
6. Paramore - Burning Down The House
7. Dj Tunez - Life During Wartime
8. Teezo Touchdown - Making Flippy Floppy
9. Jean Dawson - Swamp
10. The Cavemen - What A Day That Way.
11. Bad Bad Not Good (Feat. Norah Jones) - This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
12. Kevin Abstract - Once In A Lifetime
13. Toro Y Moi (feat Brijean) - Genius Of Love
14. Girl In Red - Girlfriend Is Better
15. Lorde - Take Me To The River
16. Chicano Batman (Feat. Money Mark) - Crosseyed And Painless

A continuation of the extensive research project initiated last year between Sound Metaphors, Transmigration and surviving eye-witness/historian Ray Castle. An in depth analysis of the dancefloor landscape that developed in Goa during the 80s' and early 90's well before "Trance" became the unfortunate dirty word it is today. Before "trance" was even a genre, Goa was brewing a scene with unparalleled aesthetics, with a constant influx of dedicated collectors and DJs coming and going to this tropical underground dancefloor haven, filtering through vast amounts of emerging electronic music of the times and distilling only the finest of "Special Goa Music". Here is another compilation of our chosen most impactful tracks that would have been soundtrack to a very special and pure moment of freedom in dancefloor culture before the bastardisation of what we now know as "Goa Trance". A highly sought after selection of New Beat, Proto Techno, early Progressive/Trance, Industrial, EBM and House Music. Featuring photographs of the events presented in a double LP gatefold with poster and liner notes by Ray Castle himself. Re-mastered at Manmade mastering in Berlin. A generous body of research essential to any well rounded record collection.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Shikasta - Self Indulgence
A2. Dance 2 Trance - Freaks
A3. Smoke Machine - It's Anything You Want It To Be, And It's A Gas 
B1. Eden Transmission - I'm So High
B2. Fatal Error - Fatal Error
B3. Scarecrow - ROE
C1. Industrial - The Gauntlet
C2. Eat Static - Almost Human Abduction Mix
C3. Pulse 8 - Radio Morocco (Mix 2 Youth Dub Mix)
D1. HNO3 - Doughnut Dollies
D2. Digital Connection - Heatwave (Hotter Mix)
D3. Axel F - Geronimo (Special Instrumental Mix)

Lowell George was the guitar virtuoso, vocalist, and songwriter for Little Feat. In this collection of 25 songs, artists such as Elvis Costello, Ben Harper and Dave Alvin interpret and perform his diverse catalogue.

George, born in Hollywood, California, was a member of Frank Zappa’s Mothers of Invention before leaving that band and forming Little Feat with Bill Payne. Lowell’s tenure in the band was for seven years until his death, and during that time they released eight albums.

While George died in 1979, his legacy lives on through this album. Sweet Relief, the organization who provide financial assistance to all types of career musicians and music industry workers who are struggling to make ends meet, have come up with a gem.

TRACK LISTING

Trouble - Mike Viola
Cold, Cold, Cold - Joachim Cooder
Long Distance Love - Elvis Costello
Heartache - Bedouine
I've Been The One - Bhi Bhiman
Rock 'n' Roll Doctor - Miles Tackett
Be One Now - Lady Blackbird
Love Needs A Heart - Madison Cunningham
Easy To Slip - Jonah Tolchin
Dixie Chicken - Eleni Mandell and Milo Jones
Roll 'Um Easy - Ben Harper
Lafayette Railroad - Larry Goldings
6 Feet Of Snow - Jack Shit
Cheek To Cheek - Gaby Moreno
Two Trains Running - Chris Seefried
China White - Chris Stills
A Apolitical Blues - Dave Alvin
Feats Don't Fail Me Now - Sugaray Rayford
Sailin' Shoes - Taylor Goldsmith
Spanish Moon - Inara George
Rocket In My Pocket - Sam Morrow
Willin' - Jonathan Wilson
Teenage Nervous Breakdown - The Bird And The Bee
Crazy Captain Gunboat Willie - Andras Jones
20 Million Things To Do - Gus Seyffert

They're back! And they've brought some local Aussie legends to join em on a cosmic-outback-bush-boogie doof party; with four epic, dub-olicious, psych rock, Afro disco jams. There's two rambunctious percussive funk heaters from label regular, JB Edits, whilst Space Jockeys hit the high octane hi-nrg throttle, and Barney In The Tunnel melts our minds with the slo-mo cosmic-balearic wriggler, "New South Whales" - sure to be a winner fans of Harvey, Kelvin Andrews and Moonboots. Magic. 

Support in from JD Twitch (Optimo), Charles Webster and Lex, Rob Da Bank, Horse Meat Disco and many more.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Ever the modern stable of creativity. The Sosilly cartel boost their modest discography with, in my opinion, their hottest record yet. Already big in Warrington and beyond!

TRACK LISTING

01 Space Jockeys - Time Captains Kingdom Dub
02 Barney In The Tunnel - New South Whales
03 Jb Edits - Snakeskin B Boys
04 Jb Edits - Super Mamas Jam

The post punk explosion of the late 1970s/early 1980s is regarded as one of the most exciting periods of music making explorations in Bristol. Half a century later (gulp!) the period is now being revisited, seen as being even more relevant as there is the 2020s surge of new acts reviving and mining the seam of the genre. Many of the original Bristol bands in question had either been featured on or been rocket fuelled inspired by the success of a local label's 1980 compilation album of bands from the city on 'Avon Calling', that was lauded, championed and played to death by John Peel. He rated the compilation of Bristol bands above those from Manchester and Liverpool, stating on air "this really is the standard by which others should be judged in the future. It really is superb with not a bad track on it."

That local label releasing it was Heartbeat Records, run by Simon Edwards (who also ran Riot City). Heartbeat was part of a coterie of Bristol indie's, such as Fried Egg, Wavelength and Recreational (the latter operating out of another central destination for music lovers, the Revolver record shop). The emergent labels were tapping into the range of musical talent responding to the challenges of a new decade, the Thatcher government tearing down hard fought for certainties and securities, allied to the impact of punk that had shifted the shape of the musical landscape so dramatically. The quasi-psychedelic, archly poetic Essential Bop even got as far as being praised to the skies in the NME by Paul Morley. Art Objects 'a beat combo fronted by a poet' became the better-known Blue Aeroplanes, and Electric Guitars somewhat incongruously signed to Stiff and - sadly - stiffed. Latif Gardez from Gardez Darkx signed with EMI and later Virgin. He would release two albums under the name Mystery Slang. Tim Norfolk from the artful, wacky and tight-fitting Shoes For Industry went on to become a member of The Insects and worked with Massive Attack.

What cannot be ignored all this time on when listening to so much of the Explosion album is the quality - the sheer attack of Art Objects, the angular extremities of Electric Guitars along with the caustic sneer of Fishfood. Then there is the more hipster Danceteria driven, percussive and horny frenetic grooves of Animal Magic, in marked variance to the loose-limbed, guitarless Scream & Dance. This is all contrasting with more electronic vox ultra uber cool mensch and darker elements of Europeans (featuring later Specimen and Siouxsie and the Banshees guitarist, John Klein), Creature Beat and Colortapes (who had Mike Fewins, ex of The Cortinas, in their line-up).

Much can be found in the sheer lyricism of so many of the songs and groups. Glaxo Babies even recently performed in Bristol in their current iteration, Dan Catsis being the sole original member. The Objects/Aeroplanes main man Gerard Langley regarded the band in their heyday as the 'cornerstone of the Bristol scene' placing them above The Pop Group (usually ranked as being top dogs by national media, though Essential Bop regarded them as 'beatnik fascists') in that status. For Langley the Glaxos were 'both sophisticated and primitive, they were basically pre-post-punk punk. They were real man, and I loved them'. The Explosion album is the tip of the iceberg of the treasure trove of goodies from the era. Archive label owner Mike Darby, who compiled it, makes that plain: "There's easily enough for a great volume two.''

TRACK LISTING

1. Art Objects - Hard Objects
2. Glaxo Babies - Christine Keeler
3. Animal Magic - Standard Man
4. Electric Guitars - Beat Me Hollow (Demo)
5. Creature Beat - She Won't Dance
6. Shoes For Industry - Jerusalem
7. Europeans - Europeans
8. Essential Bop - Croaked
9. Gardez Darkx - Bliss
10. Fishfood - Modern Dance Craze
11. Colortapes - Cold Anger
12. Scream & Dance - In Rhythm

Original Soundtrack for A24’s I Saw The TV Glow, featuring 16 original songs by an all-star ensemble, including Caroline Polachek, Florist and Jay Som. Also featuring a vinyl-only exclusive bonus track, 'Tonight Tonight' by Snail Mail.

TRACK LISTING

1. Yeule - Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl
2. Frances Quinlan - Another Season
3. Caroline Polachek - Starburned And Unkissed
4. Florist - Riding Around In The Dark
5. Bartees Strange - Big Glow
6. Maria BC - Taper
7. King Woman - Psychic Wound
8. Jay Som - If I Could
9. L'Rain - Green
10. The Weather Station - Moonlight
11. Drab MAjesty - Photograph
12. Proper - The 90s
13. Sadurn - How Can I Get Out?
14. King Woman - Bury
15. Sloppy Jane Feat. Phoebe Bridgers - Claw Machine
16. Snail Mail - Tonight Tonight

“Universal.” That is the word that Tristan Hallis proudly states when describing his inaugural entry into DJ-Kicks’ storied lineage. As DJ BORING, the Australian DJ and producer has forged a vibrant and illustrious career that has taken him to all corners of the globe. Unlike his puckish alias, Hallis has earned a cherished reputation for his effervescent stage presence and bombastic sets, which take in a hi-NRG flow of oddball techno, Chicago house, future funk and the emotional depths of melodic trance and ambient music.

Fittingly, his DJ-Kicks mix is a winding journey through the moods, sounds and eras that coloured Hallis’ complex inner world during the compilation process. “Trying to compile this put me in a pretty strange headspace. To be honest, I was trying to compile a vast range of stuff so I just needed to be on my own to focus on it. I stayed in one day and then finished it off in my studio” Hallis explains. “Then I just totally zoned in – it all came spilling out of me.” “At first, I was going to do something completely different – it was just going to be dance music! But I think a lot of people like the at-home listening aspect, and that really resonated with me – it’s what I enjoy. I want people to feel that they can put the mix on at the start of their night, while they’re cooking dinner, before ramping up a bit before going out.”

Likewise, Hallis’ own approach to his DJ-Kicks selections is informed by the foundational tenets of the genre, where soulful melodies and grooves interact to build a feeling of euphoria. It’s a creative approach inspired by Moodymann’s iconic 2016 DJ-Kicks recording, in which the Motor City icon simmers slow soul, jazz and funk to a boil, releasing a melange of life-affirming house tunes. “When I first moved to London, my friend and I would play this at work, because it came out around that time. We just had an obsession with DJ-Kicks and Moodymann was our favourite. It’s all about the slow burn that then perfectly meshes into this energetic dancefloor area. I wanted to do my own version of that,” he says.

“This DJ-Kicks mix is my personality to a tee,” smiles Hallis, relishing the creative freedom of exploring myriad emotional territories as a DJ. “It’s a perfect balance of everything that I love; it’s hopeful and meditative, but also fun. I hope people listen to it front to back and go on the journey – because it goes everywhere.”

TRACK LISTING

CD Tracklist:
1. Anthony Napels - Orb Two
2. Patrick Holland - Fried
3. Surgeons Girl - Sympathetic Cycle
4. Thomas Fehlmann -Schizophrenia
5. Oscar Jerome - Berlin 1
6. Rampa - 79249 Intro
7. Matisa - Balet
8. Sally C - All Love
9. Teqmun - Nettle Dweller (Pariah Remix)
10. Beste Hira - Pembe Bulutlar
11. Burnski - Pacific
12. Cameo Blush - Art Of Worry
13. DJ BORING - You Luv Me
14. Shanti Celeste - Cutie
15. Hertz - More Funk
16. Bambounou - Expensive Discogs House
17. Jennifer Loveless - Back 2 Front (She Just Keeps Going)
18. Regal86- Fuel (Deep Dish Mix)
19. Tim Taylor Vs. Thor 54 - Over The Hill (Mr G's Hi Nrg Dub)
20. DJ BORING - N15
21. Odymel - Even Sven
22. Leo Pol - I'd Rather Be Getget
23. Ede & Deckert Feat. Sargland - Immer (Narciss 'Venice' Remix)
24. Moktar & Saad El Soghayar - Haraka حركة

LP Tracklist:
1. DJ BORING - You Luv Me
2. Patrick Holland - Fried
3. Sally C - All Love
4. Cameo Blush - Art Of Worry
5. DJ BORING - N15
6. Sfire - Sfire6
7. Burnski - Pacific
8. Leo Pol - I’d Rather Be Getget
9. Bambounou - Expensive Discogs House
10. Matisa - Balet

To celebrate 10 years of one of London’s most loved underground club nights, Tangent, Mr Bongo are thrilled to launch this new compilation series. Crafted by its two residents, John Gómez and Nick the Record, it aims to transmit a taste of Tangent’s spirit. A party rooted in inclusivity and open-mindedness, whose name captures the spontaneous switches in musical direction that are a defining element of their nights. For the compilation, the pair have cherry-picked a selection of their prized, rare and dancefloor-ready tracks from around the globe, that have soundtracked the past decade of parties.

Friends for close to 20 years, music lovers, record obsessives and internationally renowned DJs in their own right, John and Nick have two lifetimes worth of musical knowledge to draw from. John a long-standing NTS Radio resident and compiler for Music From Memory. Nick one of the UK’s go-to record dealers, resident DJ since the ‘90s at one of Japan’s pioneering parties, Life Force, and co-captain / co-edit-expert of Record Mission with Dan Tyler (Idjut Boys).

In 2014, the pair decided to bring some of Life Force’s grassroots principles to the UK, whilst channelling underground clubbing institution Plastic People’s meticulous attitude to sound. Tangent grew from being a small gathering of friends, to an established fixture in London’s nightlife, whilst always maintaining a strict no guest DJ policy. “As London’s clubs have become increasingly reliant on international guests, we wanted to emphasize the importance of a club night growing through its residents”, John and Nick reflect. With 10 years of the duo at the helm, an intimate connection between DJ and dancefloor has been built, allowing for freedom of expression on both sides of the decks.

Tangent reaches around the globe and across different eras to make connections that stimulate emotional reverberations in the unfamiliar. Where the blissfully Balearic ‘Laberinto’ by Miguel Perikás, goes hand-in-hand with the Cameroonian hip-house of King B.’s ‘Love is Crazy’. The thundering ‘Amek Amek’ by L'Innovateur Djoe Ahmed et le Zoukabyle, rubs shoulders with the soulful Caribbean-influenced touch of Champagn’s ‘Bel Ti Négress’. And Pellegrin El Kady’s afro-cosmic ‘Seiva de Carnaval’, crosses paths with Kajou’s Kompa disco anthem ‘Tet Chajé’.

Tangent’s longevity is in part down to it having always embraced contemporary sounds. The sub-rattling bass of Srirajah Sound System’s stunning Molam dub stepper ‘Si Phan Don Lovers Rock’ and the slow, woozy mantra of leftfield dancehall explorer Androo’s ‘Lyriso’, are two shining examples.

This compilation represents an ongoing dialogue between past and present, transporting listeners to the heart of a pure musical experience, where open minds and open hearts are eager to follow the tangent. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Two of London's most decorated and respected music aficionados present a compilation of hits from their long running club night. Including plenty of new tweaks and twists by some well feted friends, as well as new tracks standing proud alongside the old, it's a brilliantly colourful and varied set which really paints a picture of this much celebrated London institution.

TRACK LISTING

1.  Srirajah Sound System - Si Phan Don Lovers Rock Feat. Molam Inteng Keawbuala
2.  PERIKAS - Laberinto
3.  Leo Basel - Quelle Drôle De Vie (Nick The Record & Dan Tyler Re-Edit)
4.  Mac Thornhill - No Way To Control It
5.  King B. - Love Is Crazy
6.  L'Innovateur Djoe Ahmed Et Le Zoukabyle - Amek Amek
7.  Champagn’ - Bel Ti Négress
8.  Androo - Lyriso
9.  Hidrogenesse - La Carta Era Muy Larga (Dub)
10.  Love Isaacs - Surprise Surprise (João Gomes & Dan Tyler Are Predictably Delayed Rework)
11.  Kajou - Tet Chajé 
12.  Conjunto Baluartes - Nira Gongo
13.  Land Shark - Tie Me Up (The Nas-T Version Instrumental)
14.  Rick Asikpo & Afro Fusion - Let’s Get High (Nick The Record Re-Edit)
15.  Pellegrin El Kady - Seiva De Carnaval
16.  Lee Jackson Band - Call On Me
17.  LTA (Love The Action) - What Comes To Ya?
18.  Urban Volcano Sounds - Ame No Uta (Rain Song) (Extended Version)

M.A.D have rounded up some friends new and old to bring you this stomping VA.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Baby Rollen - Whatuwant
A2. George Plant - Music Begins
A3. Dim City - Extasis
B1. Marma - Mambo
B2. Bobby Metronome - Body Free

Stag-O-Lee presents part 7 of the extremely successful Trashcan Records series, which is dedicated to obscure and forgotten vinyl treasures from the 50s and early 60s.

The original 45s come from the impressive collection of Fedor, a collector and hunter from Amsterdam, who has rummaged through thousands of boxes of used vinyl at flea markets in the Dutch metropolis over the last 25 years.

As usual, this release is structured thematically.

Side 1 is entitled "Wacky Weirdos" and is a hodgepodge of obscure weirdness that, on the one hand, puts a smile on your face and, on the other hand, raises the question of what was allowed to be pressed onto small vinyl in these days.

Side 2 is exactly that what "Moody Instros" says. Instrumentals between mod jazz and rhythm & blues, from lo-fi spooky to gentle crawlers. Of course, everything is mega and can’t be found on any of the numerous other compilations to date.

TRACK LISTING

01. The Sound Offs - The Angry Desert
02. The Commanders - Trouble In The Jungle
03. Angeline & Hawaii's Teen Towners - Hula Rock And Roll
04. Dave S. Trio - Devil's Daughter
05. John Bean - Mr. K
06. Mr Glob - Hello Earth People
07. Tony Martell - Hot Spot
08. Neil Darrow - Action Central
09. The Escapades - Tomcat
10. Mike Murray - Hangin'
11. Pearl Reaves & Paul Farano Trio - High Noon
12. The Desert Rats - Sohonie

fabric, the iconic hub of electronic music culture, proudly announces its latest addition to the fabric mix series: "fabric Presents The Streets". This eagerly anticipated compilation marks a milestone in the illustrious history of the UK institution, as they join forces to commemorate 25 years of groundbreaking club nights and genre-defining mixes. The release is accompanied by original material from The Streets in the form of two singles, the first to be shared is “No Better Than Chance”.

"fabric Presents The Streets" is more than just a mix; it's a sonic journey through the pulsating veins of UK nightlife. Skinner's deft curation transcends mere selection; from the gritty beats of underground garage and bass music to the icy melodies of UK rap and grime, Skinner weaves together a tapestry of sounds that encapsulates the essence of fabric's legendary atmosphere. The compilation album will also be available in the iconic fabric CD tins.

fabric itself stands as a bastion of innovation and inclusion within the electronic music community. For 25 years, it has been a sanctuary for music lovers, a breeding ground for artistic evolution, and a beacon of diversity in an ever-changing landscape. Its impact on UK nightlife cannot be overstated; fabric is not just a club, but a cultural institution that has shaped the tastes and trends of generations. To commemorate the 25-year journey, fabric's labels will release a collection of exclusives. These will include five special ‘fabric presents’ compilation releases, ‘fabric Presents Shygirl’ was the first to be shared in March.

In addition to the mix album, fabric and The Streets unveil the brand new original single "No Better Than Chance," an electrifying track that encapsulates the spirit of both fabric and The Streets.

“I’ve spent many nights wasted but not wasted any nights in fabric over the years. The dedication to underground music and innovation, the way the bodysonic bass transducers sent the sounds through your body via your feet, the queues, the camaraderie and a real sense of being part of something that people will remember through the haze as the home of some of the greatest moments of their lives. When I was asked to do a mix for the anniversary series I couldn’t wait to get on with it. fabric has become one of the homes of bass music and that’s some of the music I’ve been playing out the most. It’s a pleasure to follow in the footsteps of so many incredible DJ’s in the fabric, FABRICLIVE and fabric presents series and be part of their celebration. Here’s to many more decades of hedonism.” - Mike Skinner

As fabric celebrates its silver jubilee, "fabric Presents The Streets" stands as a testament to the club's enduring legacy and commitment to pushing boundaries. This collaboration is more than a mix album; it's a celebration of the past, present, and future of electronic music.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: A highly invigorating trip through the various avenues of the bass music super highway. There's no head scratching or pointless obscurities; with Mike Skinner as our curator we're treated to a no-holds barred selection of upfront, party starting soundsystem bangers. Fabric, and indeed The Streets, still at the top of their game and relevant as ever.

TRACK LISTING

A1. The Streets - No Better Than Chance 
A2. Dusky - Eros (Interplanetary Criminal Remix) 
B1. The Streets - End Of The Queue 
B2. 33 Below & DRIIA - Loyal 
C1. Mike Skinner - Hands Down 
C2. Cesco & Hamdi - Swing King 
D1. Coki & Leotrix Ft. Flowdan - DIY (Old Skool Mix) 
D2. Emz Ft. Nasser & Valor - Free 

After Vol.1 & Vol.2 hit the shelves, a new breeze has brought forth many sonic treasures. "All Things Considered Vol.3" follows up with groove gold - a compilation featuring an international lineup of established Lo-Fi producers, handpicked and curated by 823 label-head Ta-ku himself.

The multifaceted Perth-based record label 823, founded by Australian producer and creative powerhouse Ta-ku, is gearing up for "All Things Considered Vol. 3." Committed to detail and a celebration of life's simple pleasures, this LP refuses to be confined to any single genre. Noteworthy releases from 823 include Cabu's "So Far To Go" EP, Ta-ku and Matt McWaters's collaboration "Black and White," featuring the Masego collaboration "Flight 99," and their debut project with Australian producer and instrumentalist Kuzich.

This time, The guest list includes Jakarta Records beat-veterans Alexander Flood, Lucid Green, and Cabu, bringing RnB with a soulful twist that's sure to warm the heart. Playfully melodic artists Makzo, falcxne & Seb Zellner blend jazz, soul, and sweetness creating a natural and playful sound for the LP. Den Brooks, Lovesome, and Tambala all contribute to the rhythmic neo-soul zest on the iconic 808 beat.

On the whole, "All Things Considered Vol. 3" embarks on a forward-thinking rhythmic journey into the creative minds behind the LP. It's as diverse and eclectic as those minds themselves and proudly follows up on its first and second volumes. Natural sounds blend seamlessly with electronic elements, from lush melodies to wintery vibes. Playful vocals adorn this 12-track gem, from Lucid Green's ethereal journey "Splash" twisted in UK garage vibes to the jazz-pop infused "Lost & Found" by Makzo & friends, echoing Jamiroquai-esque beats. The first single, "Babyslowdown" by MXXWLL, takes center stage with its strings, while Alexander Flood's James Bond-inspired melody receives a funky update.

Each single from the compilation comes with customized visuals by Jack Vancet, perfectly capturing the essence of each track.

TRACK LISTING

1. Thrupence & Jack Vanzent - The Look
2. Solitude - Koji
3. Houis - Aperol (feat. Foreignlocal. & INQ.)
4. Moiresun - Lost & Found
5. Tambala, Makzo, Falcxne & Seb Zilner - Decompress
6. Den Brooks - U & I (feat. Hari & NOE)
7. Lovesome - Sticks & Stones (feat. Swoo)
8. Tambala - Save You (feat. Dhan)
9. Lucid Green - Splash
10. Alexander Flood - Equinox (feat. Erica Tucceri)
11. Cape Town - Cabu
12. MXXWLL - Baby Slow Down

Late night ‘60s R&B caught on tape at Jim Kirchstein’s jack-of-all genres Cuca studio. Re- leased on minuscule pressings into the Wiscon- sin wilderness, these 26 sasquatchrare tracks uncover the soulful paths between the Chicago, Milw aukee, Rockford, and Rockford scenes. Featuring Harvey Scales, Step By Step, Betty Moorer, Seven Sounds, Twiliters, Birdlegs & Pauline, Esquires, Artie & The Pharaohs, and Fantastic Six, this 2xlp tell s an alternate history of soul music that could only happen in the Hinterl ands on Highway 12.

TRACK LISTING

1. Twiliters - Restless Love
2. Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds - Glamour Girl
3. The Devils & The Devilettes - I’ll Say “Yes”
4. Little Artie & The Pharaohs - It Puzzles Me
5. Birdlegs & Pauline - Too Much At Stake
6. Betty Moorer - The Long Hot Summer
7. The Esquires - You Don’t Care
8. Supremes Four - I Lost My Job (And I’ve Got To Find Another)
9. Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds - Ten Thousand Years
10. Betty Moorer - One More Time
11. The Devils & The Devilettes - I’m Leaving You
12. Supremes Four - I Love You, Patricia
13. Twiliters - We Three
14. The Devils & The Devilettes - Tell Me
15. Step By Step - Time After Time
16. Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds - Independency
17. Betty Moorer - My Man Lives
18. Twiliters - Can’t You Stay A Little Longer
19. The Devils Ft. J. Watson Vance - Love And Understanding
20. Step By Step - She’s Gone
21. Twistin’ Harvey - Every Step Of The Way
22. Twiliters - Girl Of My Dreams
23. Fantastic Six - I Never Knew Love
24. Artie & The Pharaohs - I’ll Take Care Of You
25. Birdlegs & Pauline - Mist Of A Dream
26. Rex Swanigan And The Fabulous Troubadores - Tribute To Jimi Hendrix

Approaching its 20th year, Anjunadeep has become “one of dance music’s ultimate tastemaker labels” (Billboard). Known for breaking global artists like Ben Böhmer, Lane 8, Tinlicker and Dusky, the label has a reputation as “an A&R hotbed” (Resident Advisor).

Now, the label launches its new imprint titled ‘Anjunadeep Explorations’ this July. ’The ‘Explorations’ imprint is an evolution of the much-loved Various Artist EP series of the same name, which spanned 25 editions between 2016-2023 on Anjunadeep. Responsible for bringing through now-mainstay acts to the label such as Ben Böhmer, CRi, Luttrell, Rezident and Simon Doty, the series has also featured underground talents like Theo Kottis, Sam Goku and Gacha Bakradze. The label will focus on unearthing the next generation of electronic music talent, as well as introducing established acts to the Anjuna roster.

The label’s first release is an exclusive 12” sampler, comprising six tracks from artists signed to the label including Chris Luno and Marley Carroll, with individual digital releases to follow. The vinyl is a limited run of hand-stamped white label vinyl.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Bass music with melodies, emotive hooks, vocals, rich instrumentation? It's not all wubs and clatters you know?! Anjunadeep show off their respectable roster across six tracks which demonstrate the diversity across one of the most notable post-millennium genres. There's a real glow, perfect for life-affirming sunrise moments and unifying after parties. Beautiful.

TRACK LISTING

A1. LAR - Over & Over Ft. ALLKNIGHT
A2. Mona Vale - Give It Time
A3. Chris Luno - Calmy
B1. Klur - High Above
B2. Marley Carroll - One More Year
B3. Omfeel - Flying The Moment 

Since 2008 our Spiritual Jazz series has presented unlimited horizons. Each album celebrates the rich tradition of African-American songs based on the belief in a higher force than oneself and has also focused on geographical areas, such as Europe or Japan, thus recognizing that these territories have immense cultural riches. Religions, like Islam, whose musical traditions have vivid Arabic and North African resonances, have also been highlighted. The stylistic range of all the above is wide.

Yet historic record labels, from Blue Note and Impulse! to Prestige and Steeplechase, have also featured because their catalogues are musical treasure troves that could not be more relevant to Spiritual Jazz, even though they issued vast amounts of music between the late '30s and present day, that have not been confined to any one school.

Spiritual Jazz 16 is a focus on Riverside and its associated sister labels. Riverside itself was founded in 1953 by Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer, and became an important purveyor in that decade and beyond of what would be marketed as of modern jazz. That coinage was itself an amorphous, umbrella term that essentially created a demarcation from the vocabulary of pre-war classic jazz and inter-war big band swing, thus recognizing that improvising artists were breaking new creative ground that would subsequently give rise to a flurry of sub-genres, for example bebop, hard bop, cool, modal and Latin jazz. And it's from this multiplicity of sub-genres that we choose the deepest, most vibrant selections that the vast, pan-generational catalogue of Keepnews & Grauer has to offer.

TRACK LISTING

1. James Clay - New Delhi
2. Werner-Rosengren Swedish Jazz Quartet - Bombastica
3. Sal Nistico Quintet - Ariscene
4. Frank Strozier - The Crystal Ball
5. Cannonball Adderley Sextet - Primitivo
6. Blue Mitchell - Turquoise
7. Sonny Red - The Mode
8. Clifford Jordan - Sunrise In Mexico
9. Lee Konitz Quintet - Thumb Under
10. McCoy Tyner - Valley Of Life
11. Joe Henderson - Earth (feat. Alice Coltrane)

TRACK LISTING

DISC 1 – SIDE A
A1 The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
A2 Frankie Smith - Double Dutch Bus
A3 Syl Johnson - Ms. Fine Brown Frame
A4 The Whispers - And The Beat Goes On
A5 T-Connection - At Midnight
SIDE B
B1 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message
B2 Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa
B3 B.B. & Q. Band - On The Beat
B4 Bobby Byrd - Back From The Dead
B5 Change - You're My Number 1
B6 Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting
DISC 2 – SIDE C
C1 Shalamar - A Night To Remember
C2 Midnight Star - Midas Touch
C3 The Beginning Of The End - Funky Nassau
C4 Traks - Long Train Runnin'
C5 James Brown - Funky Men
C7 Imagination - Music & Lights
SIDE D
D1 Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots
D2 Gwen McCrae - All This Love I'm Givin'
D3 Fat Larry’s Band - Act Like You Know
D4 George McCrae - I Get Lifted
D5 Barry White – Change

Compiled by label founder Dom Ore Miles Away: One is a collection of tracks that spans continents, era and genres. Rooted in soul this compilation features recordings from legendary musical figures side-by-side with perhaps lesser-known soulful gems – all beautifully bought together in one cohesive long player.

Setting the tone is Idris Muhammad's spiritual-jazz recording I'm A Believer before moving into the modern soul and funk selections Miles Away have built their reputation around. We have the crossover-soul rarity Yes It's You by Eugene Smiley, the remarkable foot-to-the-floor soulful dance cut She's So Good by Solid Gold Revue, enduring soul funk explosion No Communication by True Transfusion, the gospel-infused Fantasy Ride by Uneda Dennard & the full length extended version of Superstar by Ruth Waters. Many tracks appearing here for the first time since their original release.

On the second disc the compilation begins to weave a slightly different direction compared to the output from Miles Away thus far. Here you'll find soundtrack and library music cuts from the likes of Czech artist Milan Kymlicka, renowned Argentinian composer Oscar Lopez Ruiz and noted Italian song-writer Paolo Zavallone alias Bimbo E I Milionari (edited by Ric Piccolo). Oddities and curiosities come in the form of Be My Friend by Laine August - an 80s electro-pop gem courtesy of Freeez keysman Andy Stennett. There's the stripped back street-soul-sounding Deeper by Colour and the breezy Latin American sounds of Paulina Virgo's Vale Valor. Finishing the set is Lady Africa Margaret Singana's timeless cover of the Stretch track Why Did You Do It.

Painstakingly researched and officially licensed from the artists, producers and labels that originally put out this wonderful music. In-depth liner notes go into great detail about each artist depicting their histories, stories and music - something which has been at the heart of Miles Away from day one. This music deserves to live on long in the memory!

TRACK LISTING

1. Idris Muhammad - I'm A Believer
2. True Transfusion & Linco - No Communication Pt.1
3. Uneda Dennard And The Shandells Band - Fantasy Ride
4. Sold Gold Revue - She's So Good (feat. Ray Crumley)
5. Eugene Smiley - Yes It's You (feat. Essence Of Love)
6. Ruth Waters - Superstar (Extended Version)
7. Oscar Lopez Ruiz - Las Venganzas De Beto Sanchez
8. Paulina Viroga - Vale Volar
9. Laine August - Be My Friend
10. Colour - Deeper
11. Margaret Singana - Why Did You Do It
12. Bimbo E I Milionari - Milionbimbo (Ric Piccolo Edit)
13. Milan Kymlicka - It's Over

In Craig Charles' own words ‘The Craig Charles Trunk Of Funk Volume 3' features "19 of the finest slices of super slinky soul, boot shaking blues and boogie, dazzling discofied ditties and fine funky rump shakers!” As a lifelong soul boy, Craig Charles has been adding to his trunk of funk since his youth in Liverpool, going to see local heroes The Real Thing live, and wearing out his shoe leather dancing in the city’s many underground clubs. As a poet, actor, radio & television star (including comedy sci fi 'Red Dwarf' and soap opera 'Coronation Street') he’s been famous since his teenage years, and for over 22 years he has been evangelising for the good groove via his world renowned BBC 6 Music weekend and day time shows, DJing at clubs and festivals around the globe – his reputation as a one of the highest profile ambassadors for all things soulful & funky is indisputable. Craig's latest collection, his tenth in total, like all the previous releases has been curated in partnership with his long time compilation collaborator Greg Boraman of IMPRESS!VE Collective Music & Arts and blends up-tempo club classics, with fresh music from the cream of the crop from the contemporary soul and funk scene with a smattering of old school classics. The end result is akin to having Craig personally DJing in your own home – blending contemporary and classic soul, disco, deep funk and beat heavy rhythm and blues. Beautifully presented in a double LP gatefold sleeve & CD, The Craig Charles Trunk Of Funk Volume 3 is a treat for the hundreds of thousands of listeners of his BBC Radio radio shows, regulars at his club nights and also for DJ’s who need 19 floor focused musical treats in one handy package.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: They've hit the right spot every time we've had the Craig Charles comps in, with exclusive versions and mixes added onto the already impressively diverse lineup of unknowns and semi-knowns. Volume 3 is no different, with Charles' good taste knowing no bounds.

TRACK LISTING

1. Mercy (Smoove Remix)
2. In The Morning (Exclusive Track)
3. Somebody Help Me Out (Boogie Back Radio Mix)
4. Rendezvous
5. Starlight (Radio Edit)
6. LYB (Love You Better) (The Waz Exclusive Trunk Of Funk Remix)
7. I Don't Mind (Mr. Lex Trunk Of Funk Remix)
8. I Thought It Was You (Live)
9. Watchu Want (Exclusive Trunk Of Funk Vocal Version)
10. God's In Control
11. Ain't No Good (But It's Good Enough For Me)
12. Gonna Lift You Up
13. Shake (2022 Remaster)
14. Big Time
15. Prophet
16. Power (A.Skillz Remix)
17. Trust Me
18. Day In Day Out
19. Tarzan

Spanning nearly 30 years of revolutionary music, and featuring the music of Count Ossie, Johnny Clarke, The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari, Bongo Herman, Earth & Stone and many more, this is an in-depth look at some of the heaviest and righteous music ever made.

The album charts the many links between reggae music and Rastafarianism. The album comes complete with full gatefold, plus bespoke inner sleeves containing stunning exclusive photography and extensive sleevenotes.

Rastafarianism had its roots at the start of the 20th century and became widespread in Jamaica following the visit of Haile Selassie, the King of Ethiopia, to Kingston in 1966. By the 1970s, Rastafarianism become practically synonymous with reggae, as many roots reggae artists became known throughout the world, notably spearheaded by the success of Bob Marley and The Wailers.

As ‘roots reggae’ artists in the 1970s continued to spread the word of Jah in their music, Rastafari reggae became the ultimate rebel sound throughout the world.

"This may be the most righteous compilation to come from the Soul Jazz stable to date, as they focus on links between the Rastafarian religion and reggae music." - Irish Times

TRACK LISTING

Count Ossie's Rasta Family - Africa We Want Fe Go
Johnny Clarke - None Shall Escape The Judgment
Laurel Aitken - Haile Selassie
Count Ossie & The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari - Tales Of Mozambique
Mutabaruka - Say
Bongo Herman & Jah Lloyd - African Drums
Count Ossie & The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari - Sam's Intro
Bongo Herman, Les & Bunny - Salaam
Techniques All Stars - Zion I Version
Lord Lebby & The Jamaican Calypsonians - Ethiopia
Hugh Mundell - One Jah, One Aim, One Destiny
The Heaven Singers - Rasta Dreadlocks
Count Ossie & Leslie Butler - Soul Drums
Cornel Campbell - Conscious Rastaman
QQ - Betta Must Come
Roy Shirley - Israelites Leave Babylon
Count Ossie & The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari - Narration
Ronald Downer & Count Ossie - A Ju Ju Wa

London, 1979. From the rubble and ashes of punk a new youth cult was emerging. Divinely inspired by Bowie, Roxy Music and Kraftwerk, a new tribe the press started labelling New Romantics, or Futurists, discarded punk’s old-hat claims towards authenticity and protest, in pursuit of glamour, make-up, dressing up and dancing. Their home was The Blitz Club, a tiny wine bar at the edge of Covent Garden and what went on there between 1979 and 1980 would genuinely change the world. The other name for this cult? Blitz Kids.

Without necessarily knowing it, The Blitz was birthing the next wave of British pop stars. A young Boy George ran the cloakroom, its host and doorman was a young Steve Strange, soon-to-be the frontman of Visage, Spandau Ballet played their first gig there and on a given night you might find yourself dancing next to a member of Ultravox. Fashion designers in Regency ballgowns mingled with secretaries in rubber, post boys dressed as Biggles danced next to art school kids dressed as Pierrot. David Bowie assembled his extras for the ‘Ashes To Ashes’ video from the Blitz kids. Mick Jagger was refused entry. Too square.

And the club had a mighty soundtrack, assembled painstakingly by its resident DJ Rusty Egan. Rusty’s sets brought together heroes like Eno, Iggy, and Lou Reed cool European electronic pioneers like Kraftwerk, Telex and Yello, the electronic side of disco (Cerrone, Hot Chocolate, Amanda Lear) and cutting-edge film soundtracks from the likes of Vangelis, Giorgio Moroder and Barry De Vorzon. Rusty also span the nascent sounds of Britian’s next new wave – Japan, Landscape, the Human League, Visage, Ultravox, Fad Gadget…

Compiled exhaustively from his DJ sets, ‘Rusty Egan Presents The Blitz’ brings together the sounds of a night at the club circa 1980 on either 66 track 4CD or 36 track 4LP sets. Beautifully presented with contemporary photography from Sheila Rock, Peter Ashworth and Terry Smith, the booklets also contain sleeve notes from Alexis Petridis and Rusty himself.

TRACK LISTING

LP One
Side A
1. The Human League / Being Boiled (Fast Product Version)
2. Tubeway Army / Down In The Park
3. Fad Gadget / Back To Nature
4. Vice Versa / New Girls Neutrons
5. Throbbing Gristle / Hot On The Heels Of Love
Side B
1. The Normal / Warm Leatherette
2. Cabaret Voltaire / Nag Nag Nag
3. John Foxx / Burning Car
4. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark / Electricity (Dindisc 1980 Version)
5. Shock / R.E.R.B

LP Two
Side C
1. Ultravox! / Hiroshima Mon Amour
2. Magazine / Permafrost
3. Hot Chocolate / Put Your Love In Me
4. Visage / Moon Over Moscow
Side D
1. Sparks / The Number One Song In Heaven (Long Version)
2. The Glitter Band / Makes You Blind
3. The Regents / 7 Teen
4. Roxy Music / Angel Eyes (Extended Remix)

LP Three
Side E
1. The Men / I Don’t Depend On You
2. Barry De Vorzon / Theme From ‘The Warriors’
3. Rinder And Lewis / Willie And The Hand Jive (12” Version)
4. Grace Jones / La Vie En Rose
Side F
1. Kraftwerk / Schaufensterpuppen
2. Ultravox / Passing Strangers
3. Iggy Pop / Nightclubbing
4. Gina X Performance / No G.D.M.

LP Four
Side G
1. Mick Ronson / Only After Dark
2. Simple Minds / Changeling
3. Skids / Animation (Edit)
4. Japan / Life In Tokyo (1979 Single Version)
5. Amanda Lear / Follow Me
6. Spandau Ballet / To Cut A Long Story Short
Side H
1. Yello / Bostich (album Version)
2. Giorgio Moroder / Chase (From ‘Midnight Express’ Soundtrack)
3. Visage / Fade To Grey (1980 Dance Mix)
4. Lou Reed / Perfect Day

Dark Entries looks to Portugal for this new and swinging collection of vintage Iberian synth, post-punk and wave. Rock Rendez Vous: Musica Moderna Portuguesa 1985-1986 is the sound of a legendary club which opened in 1980 and helped to usher in a new wave of sound for local emerging bands. They drew from national musical identity and fused it with contemporary international influences and came up with some of the prime indie tunes you hear here, from brooding post-punk 'Levante' from Jovem Guarda to more playful and Balearic-laced synth-pop stunners like D. W. Art's 'Mate'. This one is perfectly presented with a double-sided insert featuring lyrics and liner notes.

STAFF COMMENTS

Mine says: Brilliant comp showcasing a variety of Portuguese synth and new wave adjacent sounds from the 80s. Big tip!

TRACK LISTING

Balladium - "Andromeda"
DW Art - "Mate"
Prece Oposto - "Homem Do Leme"
Jovem Guarda - "Levante"
Taquicardia - "Enfarte 11"
Zona Proibida - "Musak"
Der Stil - "Flores Do Vicio"
Projecto Azul - "New Sides"
Essa Entente - "Festa Final"

Compiled by legendary producer Arthur Baker, ‘Breakers Revenge’ is a near definitive collection of original funk, soul, latin, disco and electro classic tracks from 1970 to 1984.

These tracks, a combination of classics and obscurities, have all since become legendary to breakdancers everywhere. First played at South Bronx block parties, community halls and park jams in the 1970s and 80s, spun endlessly by the first three major hip-hop DJs - Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa - and found in the record crates of any DJ of note ever since.

Seminal funk and soul tracks such as Dennis Coffey’s ‘Scorpio’, The Jimmy Castor Bunch’s ‘It’s Just Begun’, James Brown’s ‘Get on the Good Foot’ and The Mohawks’ ‘Champ’ sit side-by-side with the ground-breaking, classic electro of Afrika Bambaataa’s ‘Planet Rock’ and Arthur Baker’s own definitive ‘Breaker’s Revenge.’

Breakdancing has come a long way from its New York roots to its respected position as an art form today where, for the first time ever, it is to be featured in the Olympics held in Paris this August 2024.

The breakbeat remains at the very heart of hip-hop - the mercurial funk, soul and disco tracks, always 100% guaranteed to get B-Boys, B-Girls and breakdancers moving at any block party, with the percussive breakdown of each track the pinnacle to any dance / battle between breakdancers.

Similarly, these tracks have been sampled many times over by every hip-hop artist and producer of note. KRS-ONE, Marley Marl, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Public Enemy, Eric B, The Fugees, Outkast, Mos Def, Main Source, Jungle Brothers, LL Cool J, De La Soul and, well, everyone.

Compiler Arthur Baker played a pivotal role in hip-hop history when, in 1982, he produced Afrika Bambaataa’s seminal ‘Planet Rock’ (as featured here), introducing electronic instruments into hip-hop for the first time ever and in the process creating electro. After ‘Planet Rock’, Arthur Baker went on to remix or produce every major artist of note - from New Order to the Rolling Stones, Al Green to the Pet Shop Boys.

Both formats come complete with an introduction by Arthur Baker and extensive sleevenotes, including a track-by-track breakdown by hip-hop historian JayQuan, and striking images from photographer Sophie Bramly.

“What I truly loved about early hip-hop was that the music thrown down by ‘Bam, Grandmaster Flash, Jazzy Jay and Kool DJ Herc was genre-less, multi-cultural, music from all ends of the world. This is the definitive collection, including all the classics (other than a couple that alas we couldn’t get the rights to), and some real hard to find obscurities.” - Arthur Baker

TRACK LISTING

Dennis Coffey And The Detroit Guitar Band - Scorpio
The Jimmy Castor Bunch - It's Just Begun 
B.T. Express - Energy Level
James Brown - Get On The Good Foot
Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock
Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa
Esther Williams - Last Night Changed It All
The Mohawks - The Champ
Herman Kelly & Life - Dance To The Drummer’s Beat
Spanky Wilson - Sunshine Of Your Love
James Brown - Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose
Candido - Soulwanco
Arthur Baker - Breaker's Revenge
Manu Dibango - The Panther
Abaco Dream - Life And Death In G & A
The Jackson 5 - Dancing Machine
Mongo Santamaria - Cloud Nine
Edwin Starr - I Just Wanna Do My Thing
Badder Than Evil - Hot Wheels
Johnny Bristol - Lusty Lady *

* = CD Only Track

More Brazilian brilliance from Barefoot Beats. Man of the moment, Aroop Roy takes a break from his busy touring schedule to serve up a super cool slice of deeply hypnotic magic. Totally bem gelada!

On the flip side, Belem born, but now Sao Paulo based DJ and producer Bernardo Pinheiro returns to Barefoot Beats and absolutely destroys the dancefloor with this peak-time euphoric Brazilian disco anthem.

All delivered on beautiful, LTD edition 10inch vinyl pressing.

BELEZAAAAAA!

Vamos!

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Mr Scruff's prodigal poster boy Aroop Roy returns with more funky Brazilian flavours alongside Sao Paulo's Bernardo Pinheiro who drops a rather catchy disco groover. You won't find Barefoot beats online, making these vinyl only cuts rather exclusive.

TRACK LISTING

A. Aroop Roy - Fankiando Taniador
B. Bernardo Pinheiro - Expresso Amor

Nothing said new or modern or futuristic quite like a synthesiser in the 70s and 80s. If you were shooting an advert and you wanted your product or your company to appear forward-thinking and ahead of the game, then you would want something electronic, something out of the ordinary. When TV producers and advertising directors started searching for music that sounded like “Tubular Bells” – and then Tomita, and later Jean Michel Jarre – music libraries such De Wolfe, Bruton, Parry and Chappell had to have the tracks readily available.

Compiled by Bob Stanley, “Tomorrow’s Fashions” varies from advertising jingles and TV themes to space exploration and gorgeous, beatless ambience. Though it’s 40-to-50 years old there’s a real freshness to this music. Older jazz players Brian Bennett, John Cameron, Alan Hawkshaw and others seized the chance to operate a synth; younger pups including John Saunders and Monica Beale were simply intrigued by the new technology being wheeled into the studios. There’s a tangible sense of adventure. 

“Tomorrow’s Fashions’” brand of electronica anticipated new age and ambient music. It also had both a direct and indirect influence on pop – the early Human League and the future sounds of Warp Records are all over this collection. Electronic library tracks have been sampled by everyone from MF Doom to Kendrick Lamar.

One person’s primitive and experimental is another person’s space-age lullaby. This was music made in the shadows – in Soho’s secretive music library studios – that has now become desirable and influential. The chances are chunks of it will be sampled and used on hit records that have yet to be written. If the musicians’ aim was to soundtrack tomorrow’s fashions, they couldn’t have got it more right.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE ONE
1. COASTER - Simon Park
2. RIPPLING REEDS - Wozo
3. LEAVING - Sam Spence
4. NORTHERN LIGHTS 1 - John Cameron
5. SPAGHETTI JUNCTION - Peter Reno
6. SPACE WALK - Rubba
7. PROSPECT - Paul Hart

SIDE TWO
1. TOMORROW'S FASHIONS - Geoff Bastow
2. BLUE MOVIES - Brian Wade
3. VIDEODISC - Trevor Bastow
4. INTERFACE - Astral Sounds
5. STARWAYS - Brian Chatton
6. OPTICS - Unit 9
7. ATOMIC STATION - Wozo

SIDE THREE
1. FUTURE PROSPECT - Adrian Baker
2. PLANNED PRODUCTION - Warren Bennett
3. FUTURE PERSPECTIVES - Anthony Hobson Aka Tektron
4. WATERFALL - Chameleon
5. TELECOM - James Asher
6. EAGLE - Simon Park Aka Soul City Orchestra
7. ASTRAL PLAIN - Alan Hawkshaw

SIDE FOUR
1. DRIFTING IN TIME - Paul Williams
2. EARTH BORN - Brian Bennett
3. SOFT WAVES - Harry Forbes
4. TOPAZ - Astral Sounds
5. ETERNITY - Alan Hawkshaw
6. INFINITY - John Cameron 

Everybody’s still talking about the good ol’ days! A rough and rugged collection of ol’ dirty classics that have inspired swarms of killer beats. A head nod to the sounds of Shaolin, the twelve chambers of Shanghai ’d Soul have moved lyrical chefs and production geniuses alike to compose some of their most ominous hip-hop. Gods and Earths alike will appreciate the raw funk and smoother-than-a-Lexus soul that come together like Voltron on this special compilation.

As sampled by J. Cole, The Game, Cappadonna, The Avalanches, Kanye, Hudson Mohawke, Anderson .Paak, Loyle Corner, Meek Mill, T.I., Quavo, Danny Brown, and hundreds more.

TRACK LISTING

1. The Professionals - Theme From The Godfather
2. Ponderosa Twins Plus One - Bound
3. The Notations - What More Can I Say
4. Tommy McGee - To Make You Happy
5. Dyson’s Faces - Cry Sugar
6. T.L. Barrett - Nobody Knows
7. Syl Johnson - Different Strokes
8. Salty Miller - Music Makes Me High
9. GreenFlow - I Got’Cha
10. The Spiritual Harmonizers - God’s Love
11. Family Circle - Mariya
12. Whole Truth - Can You Lose By Following God

Next up on our new Toolroom Trax vinyl series, we kick things off with a fresh new banger from Italian talent Nausica who with another deep club cut 'Se Pone Loca'. Featuring rolling percussion, a hooky lead vocal with expertly placed chops, 'Se Pone Loca' is looking to lay carnage on the dancefloor. Nausica's mastered her infectious minimal, percussive sound that has seen the likes of AAA talent support her music from John Summit, to Jamie Jones, MK to Solardo proving Nausica's a name many acts are reaching for in their sets! D.Ramirez returns to Toolroom Trax with his highly anticipated remake of Bodyrox's anthemic 'Yeah Yeah'. Firmly rooted within Toolroom's foundations, releasing genre defining dance music for nearly two decades with hits such as 'Downpipe' in collaboration with label boss Mark Knight and UK pioneers Underworld, 'Colombian Soul' and many more. D.Ramirez doubles up as not only a genius in the studio, but as one of the talented Toolroom Academy tutors, teaching a new generation of producer's fundamental skills in dance music production. Remaking the Bodyrox Electro House classic 'Yeah Yeah'; an era defining masterpiece with an unforgettable synth line, D.Ramirez gives us an essential update for today's dancefloors. Label favourites, Sllash & Doppe return to Trax next with their unique style of uplifting, feel good house music. Their music is regularly found in the sets of artists like Fatboy Slim, Solomun, Bedouin, Blond:ish, Martin Solveig, Roger Sanchez and more, and the playful cousins are now conquering the world, from deck to deck, with an energetic and exuberant style that has won them favour on the dancefloors.

Closing out the sampler is Saison with their signature house sound. The London based duo have been solidly in the game for the best part of a decade perfecting their unparalleled sound of raw, feel-good house music at it's very best. With numerous releases on revered labels including Defected, Nervous, Big Love and of course their own imprint, No Fuss.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Nausica - Se Pone Loca (Extended Mix)
A2. D.Ramirez - Yeah Yeah (Extended Mix)
B1. Sllash & Doppe - Kyrenia (Extended Mix)
B2. Saison - Satisfy The Need (Extended Mix)

More extended edits from the Brazilian disco archives as Nick The Record, Charles Maurice and Waxist all look to eke out even more joy from these jubilant branches of Brazilian dance music.

"Relax" is soft, grooving disco; delicate yet subtle driving and perfectly typifying that iconic 'Loft' sound (complete with uplifting key changes and perc sections). It's the very essence of disco executed with Brazilian flair.

Rabo De Saia's "Ripa Na Xulipa" is pure feel good boogie vibes. I just wish I knew what they were chirping on about! It sounds fun whatever it is and the language barrier certainly won't prevent you from shaking a tail feather or two to this one!

NTR tames Famks' "Labirinto" into a sultry Sunday session jam. Mid energy, heavily grooving and with that warmth and sentiment you need towards the end of the weekend.

Unmissable stuff here from Favourite and team - highly recommended. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Paul says: This one went straight in my bag! I love Brazilian disco, but in the hands of these sterling remixers, it gets taken to even higher levels!

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
1. Painel De Controle - Relax (extended Waxist Version) (5:54)
Side 2
1. Rabo De Saia - Ripa Na Xulipa (Charles Maurice Extended Version) (5:28)
2. Famks - Labirinto (Nick The Record Extended Version) (6:17)

Bona fide all-girl bands the Hairem, the Girls, the Debutantes, the Missfits, the Beat-Chics and the Ace Of Cups are stars of the show on this new vinyl volume in our ear-grabbing “Girls With Guitars” series, providing further confirmation that girls can do what the guys do.

This collection opens with ‘Get Away From Me’ by the mean-sounding Angels (probably not the ‘My Boyfriend’s Back’ group of that name), a slice of feisty she-rock recorded circa 1965 that remained on the shelf at Philadelphia’s Swan Records until Ace rescued it about 40 years later, and closes with ‘Glue’ by the Ace Of Cups, a hippy outfit raved about by Jimi Hendrix in a Melody Maker interview back in 1967.

Elsewhere, ballsy-voiced Joyce Harris (think Wanda Jackson meets Tina Turner) teams up with Texas bar band the Daylighters to tear the roof off ‘I Got My Mojo Working’, teenage ice skater Debbie Williams sings lead with male garage band the Unwritten Law, guitarist Chiyo fronts the Crescents on the instrumental ‘Pink Dominos’ and, well, you get the picture. Those so inclined can learn more about all the tracks on the swanky inner bag containing a picture-packed 3,000-word track commentary by series compiler Mick Patrick. 

TRACK LISTING

Side One
1. Get Away From Me - The Angels
2. The Hoochy Coo - The Fatimas
3. Ask Me - Debbie Williams & The Unwritten Law
4. Grave Digger - Unknown Group
5. Give Me Rhythm And Blues - The Mysteries
6. Bus Stop - The Hairem
7. Pink Dominos - Chiyo & The Crescents

Side Two
1. I Got My Mojo Working – Joyce Harris & The Daylighters
2. Chico's Girl - The Girls
3. If You Wanna Be Happy - The Debutantes
4. Dimples - The Missfits
5. Skinny Minnie - The Beat-Chics
6. Mary Had A Little Kiss - The Tomboys
7. Glue - The Ace Of Cups

From Dusk, through to Dawn. A collection to accompany the change of the fields, the coastline the colour of the sky outside your window as you take your journey. From the compiler of Music For The Stars comes the next collection for Brighton label Two-Piers. Featuring artists such as J.J Cale, Chris & Cosey, The B-52s, The Asphodells, Bob Lind, Linda Perhacs and The Menahan Steet Band.

…This choice of tracks is just one journey, a celebration of the the beauty created by musicians, the space & sound, the dark & light.

All aboard….The Night Train.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Edward Hollcraft – South Bound Amtrak 716
A2. J.J. Cale – Cherry
A3. Bonnie Dobson – Milk & Honey
A4. H.P. Lovecraft – Spin Spin Spin
A5. The Rationals – Glowin’
A6. Linda Perhacs – Hey, Who Really Cares

B1. B-52’s – Deep Sleep
B2. Nine Circles – Twinkling Stars
B3. The Asphodells – Another Lonely City
B4. Tangerine Dream – Love On A Real Train

C1. Chris & Cosey – Dancing Ghosts
C2. Johnny Harris – Fragments Of Fear
C3. Bill Frisell – 1968
C4. Bob Lind – City Scenes

D1. Tony Joe White – Rainy Night In Georgia
D2. Menahan Street Band – There’s A New Day Coming
D4. The Byrds – Goin’ Back
D5. Earth, Wind & Fire – Drum Song
D6. Leon Russell – Out In The Woods 

Jon Savage's second eclectic voyage through Post-Punk era Electronic music, Disco, Experimental & Proto-Techno 1978-82.

Re-mastered with care & attention from the very best available audio sources for maximum listening pleasure..

This compilation is selected and curated by renowned cultural commentator, writer and film-maker Jon Savage. Amongst many highly revered projects Jon has produced the definitive work on Punk Rock in “England's Dreaming” and the documentary & book “Teenage” The Creation of Youth, 1875 - 1945. He is also the biographer of Joy Division & author of the top 10 Sunday Times best seller "This Searing Light, The Sun & Everything Else" The Oral History Of Joy Division in 2019. His new book The Secret Public: How LGBTQ Resistance Shaped Popular Culture (1955-1979) is published in in 2024.

TRACK LISTING

A1 Dee D. Jackson-Automatic Lover 4:07
A2 Telex - Moscow Diskow (Original 12" Version) - 5"20
A3 Soft Machine - Soft Space 8"56
B1 Qondile-African Dawn 2"54
B2 Gaz Nevada - I.C. Love Affair 6"30 (Original 12" Mix Version)
B3 I Signori Della Galassia - Archeopterix 4"00
B4 Cerrone - La Secte De Marrakech Suite 4"33
C1 John Foxx-Burning Car 3”15
C2 Thomas Leer & Robert Rental – Monochrome Days 4”01
C3 Cabaret Voltaire-Red Mask 6”54
C4 Caution – UFO 5"30 (Original 12" Mix Version)
D1 Martin Rev - Nineteen 86 4"36
D2 Pascal Comelade - Sequence 1 2"55
D3 The Flying Lizards - An Age 2"31
D4 Throbbing Gristle - Beachy Head 3"39
D5 Terminal City -Mugin For Unknown 5”40

This ain't no normal nightmare, kid. This is Nightmares On Wax, aka DJ EASE, aka George Evelyn. Born under a bad sign, with lino in hand, Mr. Evelyn went forth into the world and breakdanced (brokedance?). It's what you did in the 80s when you were young, loved hip hop and couldn't rap for toffee. When house arrived they turned their clever hands to it. Bleeps and beats is what it was.

That's what everyone said. But there was always a bit more than a bunch of bleeps to what Nightmares On Wax did. The north never really took the name very seriously (Sweet Exorcist even named their album Clonk as a pisstake). Then George flipped the script and went and did Smokers Delight, the beats not so much seminal as semolina: gloopy and slow and sweet and lovely.

And now we have this: a 2024 reissue of his seminal Late Night Tales compilation. Tom Scott's 'Sneakin' In The Back' — one of the most sampled beats in hip hop — makes an appearance in its full glory, while Quincy Jones, the inspiration for NOW's 'Nights Interlude', backs up the classics with ‘Listen (What It Is)’.

Evelyn's hip hop sensibility is to the fore throughout and nowhere is this more evident than on ‘Intergalactic Throwdown' by former Freestylers' DJ, Mad Doctor X. And can we forget the sublime version of the Classic IV's 'Spooky' by darling Dusty? No, we can't. Finally — oh, finally! — there is the now-traditional cover version, with George serving up a soupy version of 'Brothers On The Slide' that gives a nod of respect to the orig- inal British funk soul brothers, Cymande. This ain't no nightmare at all: it's Nightmares On Wax.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
A1 Joe Dukie & DJ Fitchie - Midnight Marauders 7:21
A2 Ian Brown - The Gravy Train (N.O.W. Mix) 5:01
A3 Tony Allen Ft Damon Albarn - Every Season 4:07
A4 The Rootsman - Show Some Love 5:39

SIDE B
B1 King Kooba - California Suite (Vagabond Mix) 6:03
B2 Quincy Jones - Listen (What It Is) 4:14
B3 Cortex - La Rue 4:27
B4 Tom Scott And The L.A. Express - Sneakin’ In The Back 4:34

SIDE C
C1 Search - Action Tape 1 (Madscope Mix) 5:29
C2 Large Professor - 'Bout That Time 4:03
C3 Tranquility Bass - Cantamilla 4:31
C4 Mad Doctor X - Intergalactic Throwdown 6:04

SIDE D
D1 Dusty Springfield - Spooky 2:44
D2 Focus - Having Your Fun 3:43
D3 Nightmares On Wax - Brothers On The Slide Dub (Exclu- Sive Cover Version) 4:23
D4 Brian Blessed - The White City Part 1 (Exclusive Spoken Word) 10:18

Explore the fusion of world music with soul, funk and disco through the Rare Groove Collection.

With this new volume 100% italian, discover rare gems from soundtracks of erotic and detective movies as well as more confidential music libraries.

With Ennio Morricone, Goblin, Piero Piccioni, Guido e Maurizio De Angelis, Armando Trovajoli, Alessandro Alessandri, Toto Cutugno…

TRACK LISTING

A1. Ennio Morricone -Dance On (O.S.T. "Così Come Sei")
A2. Toto Cutugno - Mi Dici Che Stai Bene Con Me…
A3. Puccio Roelens - Northern Lights
A4. Toni Santagata - UFO Sexo
A5. Blue Marvin Orchestra - La Cortigiana (O.S.T. "Codice D'Amore Orientale")
B1. Alessandro Alessandri - Manhattan Disco (O.S.T. "Sangue Di Sbirro")
B2. Stefano Torossi - Having Fun
B3. Gianpaolo Chiti & Sergio Montori - Desperation And Money (O.S.T. "Banda Vallanzasca")
B4. Ezy Minus - Contraband Love
B5. Goblin - Tenebre (O.S.T. "Tenebre")
C1. Sessomatto (Armando Trovajoli) - Sessomatto (O.S.T. "Sessomatto")
C2. Silvano D'Auria - Porto Cammelli (O.S.T. "La Mano Lunga Del Padrino")
C3. Stelvio Cipriani - Mark Il Poliziotto - Originale (O.S.T. "Mark Il Poliziotto ")
C4. Fred Bongusto - Le Tentazioni Di Giorgia (O.S.T. "Gli Ordini Sono Ordini")
C5. Pino Donaggio - Lady Fine (O.S.T. "Senza Buccia / Cosi' Fan Tutte")
C6. Eva Eva Eva - Donna Donna Donna
D1. Franco Bixio, Fabio Frizzi & Vincenzo Tempera - Vai Gorilla (O.S.T. "Vai Gorilla")
D2. Riz Ortolani - La Ragazza Dal Pigiama Giallo (O.S.T. "La Ragazza Dal Pigiama Giallo")
D3. Guido E Maurizio De Angelis - Ankara (O.S.T. "Afyon Oppio")
D4. Piero Piccioni - Blue Rhythm Festival - New Edit (O.S.T. "Bora Bora")
D5. Carlo Bixio & Marcello Gigante - Il Seme Di Caino (O.S.T. "Il Seme Di Caino")
D6. Goblin - La Via Della Droga - Originale (O.S.T. "La Via Della Droga")

The compilation ‘Les Belgicains - Na Tango Ya Covadia 1964-1970’ (‘Les Belgicains’ during the time of Covadia 1964-1970) tells the remarkable story of the first Congolese student orchestras in Belgium. During that time Congolese referred to countrymen living in Belgium as ‘Les Belgicains’. The Congolese Rumba presented on this compilation blew a new, fresh wind through the musical landscape of Congolese popular music under the supervision of the legendary editor and producer Nikiforos Cavvadias (Ngoma label).  

All tracks are remastered from the original tapes. This album is available in a deluxe vinyl edition with gatefold sleeve (1LP) + insert.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Ebuka Ebuka - Mwana Nsana
A2. Afro Negro - Palado Palado
A3. Carlos Lembe - Gozalo Mulata
A4. Yéyé National - Mathinda
A5. Ba Bolingo - Flamenco Para Ti
A6. Afro Negro - A La Mode

B1. Los Nickelos - Gancia
B2. Ebuka Ebuka - Ngaï Desholé
B3. Los Nickelos - Kinsuena
B4. Ekebo - Bina Pachanga
B5. Los Nickelos - Echantillon Salukani
B6. Afro Negro - Suena, Suena

Riot Records offshoot Disco Juice kicks off with 4 massive disco house bangers featuring some big hitters in the scene. Soul Sonic Orchestra Ft the legendary Kathy Brown / Da Lukas & label boss Yam Who?

TRACK LISTING

A1. Sonic Soul Orchestra Feat Kathy Brown - Good Inside
A2. Da Lukas - Drop The Funk
B1. Yam Who? & Rikky Disco - Set Me Free
B2. Guy Preston Feat Adrian Crutchfield - Purple Heart

Groove Culture Bosses Micky More & Andy Tee Provided 2 beautiful jazzy-house djfriendly versions of the Classics 'Gypsy Woman' and 'Special Love'. On Both side everything is played live from the bass to the horns. A Must Have.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Montefiori Cocktail - Gypsy Woman (Micky More & Andy Tee 7" Remix)
B1. Jestofunk - Special Love (feat Jocelyn Brown - Micky More & Andy Tee 7" Jazz Remix)

Homosexuality has been a part of post-war popular music since its very inception. Until the early 70s, however, it wasn’t talked about openly in that world: it was coded, hidden, secret. This of course mirrored society - during the 50s and 60s, the gay community felt like outcasts: harassed by the police, demonised by the media and politicians, imprisoned simply for being who they were.

This compilation spans the time before and after Bowie, reflecting both the coded nature about the topic in the 50s and 60s and the greater openness that occurred in the early 70s. It begins in late 1955, with the extraordinary success of Little Richard; continues through early-60s pop and pop art; Tamla and soul, glam rock, the early 70s funk and disco that was played in the underground New York clubs, and then moves on to the omnipresence of disco, in the late 70s.

This double CD compilation is about freedom - and freedom for all. Whilst some of the artists identify as LGBTQ+, then or now, some are included simply because they were played in gay or lesbian clubs — where their lyric or sound proved useful and enjoyable to the patrons - or because they were shaped in some way by the gay aesthetic or gay managers. It’s a love letter to the entwined world of music and sexuality in all its many guises and we hope you enjoy the ride.

TRACK LISTING

Disc One
1. I Hear A New World - Joe Meek & The Blue Men
2. Tutti-Frutti - Little Richard & His Band
3. Esquerita And The Voola - Esquerita
4. Wondrous Place - Billy Fury
5. Strawberry Blonde (The Band Rocked On) - Frank D'rone
6. Foot Stompin' - The Dovells
7. Johnny Remember Me - John Leyton
8. Peppermint Twist (Part 1) – Joey Dee & The Starliters
9. Sally, Go ‘Round The Roses - The Jaynetts
10. You Don't Own Me - Lesley Gore
11. Needle In A Haystack - The Velvelettes
12. Get Down With It - Bobby Marchan
13. I'll Be Your Mirror – The Velvet Underground & Nico
14. Heaven Must Have Sent You - The Elgins
15. Stand Up Straight And Tall - Jackie Shane
16. Women Is Losers – Big Brother & The Holding Company
17. No Stranger Am I - Norma Tanega
18. Pretty Golden Hair - Al Stewart
19. David Watts - The Kinks
20. Nothing But A Heartache - The Flirtations
21. Stand! - Sly & The Family Stone
22. Life & Death In G & A - Abaco Dream
23. Nathan Jones - The Supremes
24. Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed
25. Coochi-Coo - Polly Perkins
26. I'm A Man - Jobriath
27. Soul Makossa - Manu Dibango
28. Law Of The Land - The Temptations

Disc Two
1. Get Dancin' Part 1 – Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes Featuring Sir Monti Rock Iii
2. Lady Marmalade - Labelle
3. Nobody's Gonna Change Me – The Dynamic Superiors
4. Ain't Nobody Straight In L.A. - The Miracles
5. I Need A Man (12-Inch Version) - Grace Jones
6. I Feel Love - Patrick Cowley
7. Orgasm Addict - Buzzcocks
8. Fuck Off - Jayne County & The Electric Chairs
9. Glad To Be Gay - Tom Robinson Band
10. I Was Born This Way (12-Inch Version) - Carl Bean
11. Prison (12-Inch Version) - Space
12. Disco Dance (Mega Mix) (12-Inch Version) - Michele
13. I Need Somebody To Love Tonight (12-Inch Version) - Sylvester

Since 2006, listeners have been curious about the origin of the label name Italians Do It Better. Some say it's an homage to Italo Disco, others guess it's related to ancestry, but in fact it's a nod to the iconic T-shirt Madonna wears in the "Papa Don't Preach" video circa 1986.

Fast forward to a world pandemic... To encourage creativity & lift spirits, Italians Do It Better President, Megan Louise asked every artist “If you could cover your favourite Madonna song…What would it be?”

As a tribute to their label muse & the impact Madonna’s music has had on the world around us, Italians Do It Better are sharing a compilation of covers simply titled “Italians Do It Better”. One of the tracks (“Lucky Star” by Club Intl) is even produced by Max Kamins, the son of Mark Kamins, the New York DJ who helped break Madonna in the early 1980's. From the experience he says “Dance music was the soundtrack of my early childhood. Working on "Lucky Star" reconnected me not only to my father, but also reminded me that a good song is timeless".

Executive produced by Johnny Jewel, the compilation is a passport to 20 covers from the bedrooms of 19 artists across 10 different countries.

TRACK LISTING

1. Joon - Papa Don't Preach
2. Desire - Angel
3. Sally Shapiro - Holiday
4. DlinaVolny - Hollywood
5. Farah - Gang Bang
6. Mothermary - Like A Virgin
7. Club Intl - Lucky Star
8. Love Object - Frozen
9. Orion - Into The Groove
10. Number One Pop Star - Hung Up
11. Double Mixte - La Isla Bonita
12. Juno Francis - Beautiful Stranger
13. Glüme - Material Girl
14. In Mirrors - I'm Addicted
15. Causeway - Crazy For You
16. Mothermary - Like A Prayer
17. Jorja Chalmers - Justify My Love
18. Pink Gloves - What It Feels Like Fora Girl
19. Lou Rebecca - Burning Up

For the first time, the greatest electronic music magazine DJ Mag is curating two double vinyl compilations. The House volume includes Armand Van Helden, Bob Sinclar and Matin Solveig.

TRACK LISTING

1. Armand Van Helden Feat. Duane Harden - You Don't Know Me
2. Cls & Todd Terry - Can You Feel It?
3. Martin Solveig Feat. Hossam Ramzy - Edony - Clap Your Hands
4. Moloko - Sing It Back
5. Silicone Soul - Right On, Right On!
6. Claptone Feat. Jaw - No Eyes
7. Bob Sinclar Feat. Steve Edwards - World Hold On
8. Ame - Rej
9. Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar
10. Freeform Five - No More Conversations
11. Moderat - Eating Hooks
12. Ben Bohmer, Nils Hoffmann & Malou - Breathing

For the first time, the greatest electronic music magazine DJ Mag is curating two double vinyl compilations.

The Techno volume includes Josh Vink, Sven Vath and Tiga.

TRACK LISTING

1. Laurent Garnier - Crispy Bacon
2. Josh Wink - Higher State Of Consciousness
3. Max Cooper - Organa
4. Sven Vath - Robot
5. Marc Romboy & Stephan Bodzin - Atlas
6. Tiga - You Gonna Want Me
7. Vitalic - Poney Pt. I
8. Slam - Virtuoso
9. Adam Beyer & Bart Skils - Your Mind
10. Oxia - Domino
11. Anna & Miss Kittin - Forever Ravers
12. Space 92 & POPOF - Insomnia

Defected welcomes one of Chicago house’s founding fathers Marshall Jefferson into the illustrious list of House Masters with this exclusive wax release. An artist that has successfully navigated major cross-over success while retaining utmost respect from the inner circle of electronic music’s underground, Marshall has been behind countless seminal records over his five-decade career. Now a selection of the very best tracks from his new House Masters compilation appear together on vinyl for the very first time, showcasing the impressive output of this house pioneer from his most well-known solo records, to major production credits, key remixes and the underground gems still favoured by selectors today.

Cutting his teeth as a producer for Chicago’s Universal Recording Studios, Marshall was one of the most active DJ and producers on the Windy City’s music scene during the 1980’s house music boom. Working under a plethora of aliases such as Virgo, Jungle Wonz, Truth and On The House, as well as producing for names such as CeCe Rogers, Curtis McClain and Evelyn "Champagne" King, Marshall’s status as a bona fide house music luminary is well documented.

‘Defected presents House Masters - Marshall Jefferson’ is an all-encompassing guide to his tremendous career. A trailblazer and genre-defining artist, Defected is honoured to welcome Marshall into the House Masters Hall of Fame with this very special vinyl compilation.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Ten City - Devotion (Club Mix) 
A2. Marshall Jefferson Presents Truth - Open Our Eyes (Celestial Mix) 
B1. Marshall Jefferson Vs. Noosa Heads - Mushrooms (Salt City Orchestra Out There Mix) 
B2. Jungle Wonz - Time Marches On (Re Vision) 
C1. Cece Rogers - Someday (Club Mix) 
C2. Hercules - 7 Ways (Vocal) 
D1. Sterling Void & Paris Brightledge - It's Alright (House Mix) 
D2. Sleezy D. - I've Lost Control (Re Vision) 

Mark Seven's Parkway label presents its first compilation to date - eight exclusive hot jams from studios of the producer's that have defined this highly refined label over the last thirteen years.

Operating out of Stockholm and curated by DJ and producer Mark Seven, Parkway has been instrumental in showcasing the best of modern boogie and new, proto-house leaning productions with that Zanzibar-era aesthetic. Much like Star Creature, Red Laser and People's Potential Unlimited, there's a strong identity and character running through all the releases on the label - these aren't simply pastiche retro-fetishes; instead his small roster of artists have all had similar sonic goals in mind - characterized by the use of vintage drum boxes, rolling percussion, sampled vox, mid-tempo grooves and big, squelchy, analogue b-lines. You just know its a Parkway production within the first 16 bars and this pedigree is demonstrated beautiful on this V/A long player. Highly recommended! 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Killer comp from one of the great modern hubs of boogie and proto-house sounds - Parkway. After steadily carving out its sound over the last decade or so, it's great to see its gilded roster in all its glory with not a single duff track across the eight on offer. Mark Seven and friends - we doft our cap!

TRACK LISTING

A1. Drivetyme - FM Jamming
A2. The Whole Truth - Falling
A3. Charley Kelly - You Gave Me Love
A4. T-Kutt - Whatt U Say
B1. Trey Risqué - Search The Nite
B2. Parkway Rhythm - Keep Reachin'
B3. Parkwerks - Inherit Dub
B4. The Whole Truth - Believe (Purple Mix)

Get yourself geared up for summer season with some fierce dancefloor prime time certified with the Groove Culture Deep Stamp. "Deep Into House vol.2" includes some fresh house / deep house actions from Milton Jackson, Sebb Junior, Luca Olivotto and Folkness. Energy, groove, moods and vibes. An essential package for diggers.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: From the rugged houz beats of "6400" to the more fluttery endorphin-rushes of "Love Is Calling Me" via the swung bassline house of "What I Keep"; it's all hitters no shitters from Groove Culture Deep.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Milton Jackson - 6400
A2. Luca Olivotto - Love Is Calling Me
B1. Sebb Junior - What I Keep
B2. Folkness - Alter Ego

Rebirth 10, a limited double CD released in 2016, celebrated the 10th anniversary of Rebirth Records. Curated by one of the greatest names in House Music, Larry Heard, aka Mr. Fingers, it featured key releases from the label's first decade. Now exclusively for Record Store Day 2024, it will be reissued for the first time on limited edition numbered double vinyl, showcasing sought-after tracks from the catalogue. Featuring original music and remixes from Larry Heard himself alongside further legends of the scene such as Motor City Drum Ensemble, Joe Clausell, Andrés, Jamie 3:26, Ripperton, and Mr Fingers himself. This compilation shines a light on forgotten classics from one of House Music’s most influential labels of the past 20 years. True house from THE house producer of the scene.

TRACK LISTING

A1. System Of Survival - Blueglass (Original Mix)
A2. Wallflower - Say You Won't Ever (Larry Heard Underground Mix)
A3. Nufrequency Feat Ben Onono - Fallen Hero (Motor City Drum Ensemble Mix)
A4. Chromatic Filters - Horizon Stripes (Jamie 3:26 Re-Whump)
B1. Yotam Avni - Pentimento (Joaquin Joe Claussell's Divergent Mix)
B2. Butch And C.Vogt - The Infamous (Robytek Vs Shield Re-Edit)
B3. Villanova - On The Loose (Larry Heard Trybalambient Beats)
B4. Corrado Bucci - Open Your Eyes (Andres Remix)
C1. A:Xus - Suite Disappointment (Motorcitysoul Remix)
C2. Bocca Grande - Even If (Mr. Fingers Remix)
C3. James Teej - Spending Life (Ripperton's Hyperlove Dub)
C4. Akra - Pure (Lake People Remix)
D1. Tevo Howard Feat Tracey Thorn - Without Me (Marcus Worgull Dub / Dixon Edit)
D2. Larry Heard - Winterflower
D3. Robytek - Luna Africana (Roland Appel Remix)
D4. Squaremode - The Wheel (Original Piano Reprise)

Kicking things off on our next 4-track vinyl sampler series is Toolroom's very own Martin Ikin who returns to the label with ‘Make U Sweat’! He was the Best-selling Tech House artist on Beatport in 2020 and 2021 and has over 1m monthly listeners across streaming platforms. Recent studio collabs have included Noizu and Joshwa and tours have seen him travel far and wide to the US, Brazil, Bali, Ibiza, Italy, Croatia and of course, his hometown of London. This new record is the follow up to 'Oscill8' that dropped in March 2023 and sits in a similar lane, in that it's pure, unadulterated club weaponry! Next up is Italian house legend Flashmob with the frenetic, high-energy club vibe of new cut ‘My Body’. Flashmob's sound, production and go-for-broke DJ sets have changed with the game, embracing the vitality of new house music rather than hankering after sentimental sunsets. His ethic and aesthetic move relentlessly forward, using the old and new to craft unique sonic alchemy from big festivals like Tomorrowland to the intimacy of small clubs on the international circuit. ‘My Body’ is typical of Flashmob's current sound, combining solid drums and some insane synths and fx, alongside an earworm vocal sample that results in yet another memorable club cut from an established master. Canadian Tech House maestro Nathan Barato debuts on Toolroom kicking off the B-side to the vinyl alongside studio partner, Matheo Velez with 'Weapon'. A record that has already caught the attention of the underground elite with Michael Bibi premiering the track at his first appearance back at DC-10 in Ibiza last Summer. Both artists are enjoying great success across key labels such as Viva, Circus, Snatch and RAWthentic. This is an addictive, bumpy club track that packs a huge punch on the dance floor and actually features Nathan's very own 'Move me… Rock me' vocals! Rounding things off is UK DJ/producer duo, Jenn Getz & Alfie who are residents at Dubai's #1 nightlife destination, Soho Garden, where they warm up for legends such as Sonny Fodera, MK, Claptone, Solardo & Fisher on a weekly basis. In their relatively short 3 year career they have already released on Solotoko, Abode and Toolroom Trax and now debut on Toolroom with 'Vibration'. Both girls are incredibly passionate about house music and are also big advocates for a life centered around well-being and meditation, and the idea of this record was to combine their 2 passions in life, so they proceeded to co-write these original lyrics to accompany the track, which in itself is very inspiring! This is a super cool club record that will excite fans and DJ's alike, welcome to the Toolroom Family, Jenn Getz & Alfie!

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Big room energy and cranium splitting production characterize this tough and techy V/A from Toolroom.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Martin Ikin - Make U Sweat (Extended Mix)
A2. Flashmob - My Body (Extended Mix)
B1. Nathan Barato, Matheo Velez - Weapon (Extended Mix)
B2. Jenn Getz & Alfie - Vibration (Extended Mix)

Moxy Editions Vol 7 is packed with 4 absolute gems from House, Disco, to Minimal & a Deep Bassy wobbler.

First up is Sosa with the track ‘bring it back’ which has been supported by such a long list of DJs we wouldn’t be able to list them all in here, this is a peak time bass heavy bomb track that is guaranteed to do the business

Jordan Peak’s Disco Nights is as the names suggests is a peak time dancefloor smasher with a thumping & on a disco vibe.

For those more into the nu skool minimal vibes the Adam Lance track is for you. Tried & tested by Darius Syrossian it has been stealing the show every time. As Darius says you know something is massive when you get hounded with track id requests for a track!

Finally it’s ’Tear The Club Up’ this is a classic from the Viva Warriors / Tribal Sessions days that was never released on Digital, & will never be released on Digital, this was made by Darius solely for his BBC RADIO 1 Essential Mix recorded live from Sankeys Ibiza in 2013, and was an anthem for a few summers, but never released, here it is Vinyl Only this one time, if you want a copy here is your chance.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Tastemaker Moxie curates another market-leading selection of upfront club pressure - dictating the face of clubland and showing us older long in the tooth hens that the kids still know how to DANCE.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Sosa - Bring It Back
A2. Jordan Peak - Disco Nights
B1. Adam Lance - Hip Movement
B2. Darius Syrossian - Tear The Club Up

Discover the history of Hip-Hop with this brand-new 3-vinyl box set! — FEAT. — THE PHARCYDE - AFRIKA BAMBAATAA - MOS DEF - GRAND MASTER FLASH – RZA - CAPONE-N-NOREAGA - MONIE LOVE - DIZZEE RASCAL - GRAND PUBA - BRAND NUBIAN - BIG L - 2PAC… - The Gems Of Hip-Hop Culture

TRACK LISTING

DISC 1 – SIDE A
A1. The Sugarhill Gang – Rapper’s Delight
A2. Joe Bataan – Rap-O Clap-O
A3. Funky 4 + 1 – That’s The Joint (Remix)
A4. Afrika Bambaataa, Zulu Nation & Cosmic Force – Zulu Nation Throw Down

SIDE B
B1. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five – The Message
B2. Super-Wolf – Super-Wolf Can Do It
B3. Spoonie Gee – Spoonin’ Rap
B4. Cold Crush Brothers VS. Fantastic Freaks – Basketball Throwdown
B5. Fab 5 Freddy – Donw By Law

DISC 2 – SIDE C
C1. Boogie Down Productions – 9mm Goes Bang
C2. Jungle Brothers – Straight Out The Jungle
C3. Digital Underground Ft. 2Pac – Same Song
C4. Monie Love Ft. True Image – It’s A Shame (My Sister)
C5. Brand Nubian – Slow Down

SIDE D
D1. Grand Puba – I Like It (I Wanna Be Where You Are)
D2. The Pharcyde – Runnin’
D3. Capone-N-Noreaga - Invincible
D4. D.I.T.C Ft. A.G., Big L & O.C. – Thick
D5. DJ Honda Ft. Mos Def – Travellin’ Man

DISC 3 – SIDE E
E1. RZA - Grits
E2. Percee P – Raw Heat (45 Version)
E3. Guilty Simpson Ft. Spacek - Smoking
E4. Brooklyn Academy – Black Out
E5. Dizzee Rascal – Fix Up, Look Sharp

SIDE F
F1. Chinese Man Ft. Kendra Morris & Dillon Cooper – Liar (La Fine Équipe Remix)
F2. Boozoo Bajou Ft. Oh No – Back Up
F3. Greyboy Ft. Main Flow & Elgin Park - Uknowmylife
F4.Beat Assailant – Hard Twelve (The Ante)
F5. Lanu Ft. Kero One – It’s Time

This new volume of the Diggin collection offers a selection of rare and groovy tracks ranging from Funk to Jazz Fusion and Soul

TRACK LISTING

A1. John Fitch & Associates - Romantic Attitude
A2. Charles Johnson - Good Good Lovin'
A3. Cortex - Pauvre Star
A4. Carlo Maria Cordio & Franco Vinciguerra -Quips And Cranks
A5. Calvin Davis - Train Ride To Nowhere
A6. Ultrafunk - Sting Your Jaws Part.1
B1. Maxayn - Gimme Shelter
B2. Barbara Mason - You Better Stop It
B3. The Heads Of Family - Ninety-Nine And One Half
B4. Mr Percolator - I Got A Thing For You Baby
B5. Almon Memela - The Things We Do In Soweto
B6. Pražský Big Band Milana Svobody - Počkej Na Mne

A relentlessly curious DJ, producer, radio presenter, curator, remixer, audiophile and host, Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy is unquestionably dance music’s renaissance woman. This third instalment of her hugely acclaimed compilation series is another sunshine-soaked homage to that most amorphous of aural outposts – Balearic. Here there are no rules, just an ever-shifting musical essence that echoes Jose Padilla’s assertion that Balearic is not a sound, but rather a way of life. A spirit.

Most of these tracks have never been available on vinyl before, the others are long out of print. 

TRACK LISTING

1.Jonathan Wilson - Desert Raven
2. Jacob Gurevitsch - Elevation In Minor (Cosmodelica Remix)
3. Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra - San Diego (Tour Werks After Hours Mix)
4. Quintus Project - Night Flight (Original)
5. Pigeon - Infinity (Josh’s Extended Disco Mix)
6. Shunt Voltage - Generator
7. Mildlife - Return To Centaurus (Prins Thomas Diskomiks)
8. David Holmes Featuring Raven Violet - Stop Apologising (Cosmodelica Instrumental)
9. Zero 7 - On My Own (12" Version)
10. Primal Scream - Uptown (Andrew Weatherall Remix)

After a 10-year hiatus, Balearic Mike and Kelvin Andrews return to continue the journey of the Balearic Beat with another edition of their distinguished Down To The Sea And Back compilation series, presenting a formidable new set of rare and obscure records.

With Vols. 1 and 2, the well loved duo showed us that not only are they serious collectors but chroniclers of a scene, assembling lost gems and unheard marvels into Balearic mythology. Reaping, along the way, accolades such as Piccadilly Records’ Compilation of the Year, and featured on Lauren Laverne’s BBC6 Music show. For Vol. Tres, Mike and Kelvin team up with Copenhagen-based Music For Dreams label – themselves no strangers to the Balearic archives. The compilation features 16 tracks, every selection accompanied by an essential background story in the liner notes of the gatefold vinyl and CD booklet.

As fellow comrade and beloved friend Luke Una puts it: “From Greek acid folk, Balearic bossa, outsider pop and electronic chug, to cosmic machine soul, majestic songs, odd numbers, proto-techno new wave to dubbed out 5am technoid, bass buggin deepness and ethereal outer-space Detroit via San Francisco. This album is a story. A story from the heart, with over three decades digging and grafting in the trenches. In a world of faux, pastiche, counterfeit and aggrorhythm fakes, it oozes a wholesome intuitive authenticity. Majestic songs, odd numbers, cosmic dreaming and late night astral travelling as we all hold on together.” 

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: It's been a long wait, but we finally get the newest outing from Balearic legends Balearic Mike (How's that for nominative determinism eh?) and Kelvin Andrews. Featuring a slew of excellently curated horizontal swooners and lysergic breeze. Fittingly summery, and a wonderful new outing in the series.

TRACK LISTING

A1 Josete Ordonez - Objetos Perdidos (Dagobert Böhm Version)
A2 Robert Williams - I Believe You're The One
A3 Lee Ryda - Electro Eyes
A4 Francisco - Heal Yourself
B1 Vidderna - Villfarelser
B2 Meo - Cikuana
B3 The Emperor Machine - Dying By Wits (Original Mix)
B4 Tri Atma - Yummy Moon (Long Version)
B5 Pressure Drop - Unify /Rip Up (instrumental)
C1 Enzo Carella - Malamore
C2 Ad Vissar & Daniel Sahuleka - Giddyap A Gogo
C3 Le Couleur - Underage (Original Mix)
C4 Sunshine Jones - Fall In Love Not In Line (Extended Vocal Version)
D1 Car Crash Set - Fall From Grace
D2 Len - Steal My Sunshine (Version Idjut)
D3 Mcraft - She Sells Sanctuary

File under house, breakbeat, techno and warehouse rave music. The Mental Groove Classic series returns with a treasure trove of rare and hard to find tracks plucked from the personal collection of label founder Olivier Ducret, a pivotal figure in Switzerland's acid house and rave-era party scene.

On Volumes Two and Three of the series - the first installment hit stores in 2017 - the Mental Groove and Musique Pour La Danse label founder takes us back to the turn of the '90s, a time he spent promoting parties in fields, squats, forests, warehouses and former factories in and around Geneva and behind the counter of a record shopof the same name. While others in Switzerland's emerging dance music scene gravitated towards US house and garage, Olivier and his crew opted for a bass, breaks and techno-focused sound inspired by regular trips to clubs, raves and record shops in the UK.

Drawing directly from his own record box and a memory bank full of snapshots of euphoric dancefloor moments, Mental Groove Classics volumes Two and Three sees Olivier reaching for cuts of near-mythical rarity, genuinely overlooked gems, and undeniably brilliant tracks that have left a long-lasting impression on the local raving landscape. It's an autobiographical audio document, historical archive and personal musical statement all rolled into one, inspired by a moment in time where musical boundaries were being redrawn in a wave of carefree optimism and freedom inspired new rave scenes across Europe and far beyond.

Original artwork by Soho's Brain Club co-owner and artist of early British club culture Mark Wigan.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Nice artefact documenting the cross-pollination between UK ruffage and the emergent Genevan rave scene. In doing so they've serendipitously uncovered some absolute gems that have been criminally neglected by the plethora of UK-centric rave compilations.

TRACK LISTING

A1. 100hZ - Catching Spyders (In This Place)
A2. Airtight - Housewerk FXTC
B1. Detroit Diesel - Dreams For Santiago
B2. Techno Grooves - Hiawa
C1. The Moody Boys - Jammin' (Ital Mix)
C2. Shaka - Pussyfooter
D1. Fortune & Fame - Is This Your Life
D2. Nagai Eri - Delta

File under house, breakbeat, techno and warehouse rave music. The Mental Groove Classic series returns with a treasure trove of rare and hard to find tracks plucked from the personal collection of label founder Olivier Ducret, a pivotal figure in Switzerland's acid house and rave-era party scene.

On Volumes Two and Three of the series - the first installment hit stores in 2017 - the Mental Groove and Musique Pour La Danse label founder takes us back to the turn of the '90s, a time he spent promoting parties in fields, squats, forests, warehouses and former factories in and around Geneva and behind the counter of a record shop of the same name. While others in Switzerland's emerging dance music scene gravitated towards US house and garage, Olivier and his crew opted for a bass, breaks and techno-focused sound inspired by regular trips to clubs, raves and record shops in the UK.

Drawing directly from his own record box and a memory bank full of snapshots of euphoric dancefloor moments, Mental Groove Classics volumes Two and Three sees Olivier reaching for cuts of near-mythical rarity, genuinely overlooked gems, and undeniably brilliant tracks that have left a long-lasting impression on the local raving landscape. It's an autobiographical audio document, historical archive and personal musical statement all rolled into one, inspired by a moment in time where musical boundaries were being redrawn in a wave of carefree optimism and freedom inspired new rave scenes across Europe and far beyond.



Matt Anniss

Original artwork by Soho's Brain Club co-owner and artist of early British club culture Mark Wigan.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Nice artefact documenting the cross-pollination between UK ruffage and the emergent Genevan rave scene. In doing so they've serendipitously uncovered some absolute gems that have been criminally neglected by the plethora of UK-centric rave compilations.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Ben J'ammin M - Evolvic
A2. Uncle 22 - Pain
B1. Point Zero - Coastal
B2. Escape - Escape (The Optical Mix)
C1. Ike - Euphoria
C2. Minimal Man - Outside The Window (Track 1232)
D1. Mad Musician - Jazz Out
D2. Sävel - Sunflower

As the post-punk dust began to settle, a particular strand of artist began applying a knowingly distant, colder aesthetic to their work. While much of the scene began to be dominated by bigger budget, commercially minded former punk and new wave acts, a darker undercurrent did survive, often more interesting, more dangerous and sexier than anything that could be heard on Top Of The Pops at the time. The first generation of the darkwave movement consisted of bands that were equally influenced by the fractured drama of Depeche Mode, Siouxsie & the Banshees and The Cure as they were by the art damaged experimentation of Cabaret Voltaire, Wire and Throbbing Gristle, always rich in Gothic spirt, societal displacement, urban isolation and sexual energy.

‘No Songs Tomorrow’ collects together the true progenitors and risk takers of this Venn diagram scene, each of whom set forth in uncharted territory in the post-punk minefield, expressing parts of themselves others dare not in the truest and darkest of fashions. From familiar names to underground gems and collectables, and painting with a broad international palette, this might be considered a companion piece to several of our previous offerings, ‘Silhouettes And Statues’, ‘Close to The Noise Floor’, ‘Still In A Dream’ and ‘Cherry Stars Collide’ among them. We recommend late night listening, either home alone or dripping with sweat on a rotting dancefloor.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE
1 The Cure - The Funeral Party
2 Babel 17 - Come Into Hell And Murder Hate
3 Black Tape For A Blue Girl - Within These Walls (2023 Stereo Mix)
4 Days Of Sorrow - Wild World
5 Cocteau Twins - Blood Bitch
6 Lars Falk - See My Friend Fall
7 Rise And Fall Of A Decade - Nothing To Say, Easy To Answer
8 Dead Can Dance - Avatar
9 Executive Slacks - Say It Isn't So
10 In The Nursery - Lost Prayer
11 Psyche - The Crawler
12 Kas Product - Tina Town
13 Eleven Pond – Tear And Cinnamon
14 Requiem In White - A Prodigal Son

DISC TWO
1 U.V. Pøp - No Songs Tomorrow (Album Version)
2 Soft Cell - Heat
3 Lowlife - From Side To Side
4 Parade Ground - Moans
5 Cranes - Focus Breathe
6 Lycia - From Foam
7 Sad Lovers And Giants - Return To Clocktower Lodge
8 Section 25 - Looking From A Hilltop
9 Fra Lippo Lippi - Now And Forever
10 The Essence - Only For You
11 Mittageisen - Automaten (Radio Edit)
12 Beautiful  Pea Green Boat - The Screw
13 Autumnfair - Novy Mir
14 Minimal Compact - My Will
15 Cuddly Toys - Pierrot Lunaire (Malice Pt 2)

DISC THREE
1 Clan Of Xymox - Louise (7'' Version)
2 Iron Curtain - The Condos
3 Neon - Dark Age (12'' Mix)
4 Die Form - Poupée Mécanique
5 Kirlian Camera - Blue Room
6 Danse Society - Danse/Move
7 SS-Say - Care
8 For Against - Amen Yves
9 Heavenly Bodies - Rains On Me
10 Invisible Limits - Demand For Supply
11 Xmal Deutschland - Sickle Moon
12 Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Hand On Heart
13 Little Nemo - City Lights (Long Way)
14 Royal Family & The Poor - Discipline
15 Bushido - High Rise
16 Mankind's Audio Development - Craving

DISC FOUR
1 Attrition - The Last Refuge
2 Two - Picture Frame
3 Soul - Love
4 Alien Sex Fiend - In And Out Of My Mind
5 Museum Of Devotion - Gauge Field
6 Malaria! - You You
7 No More - Suicide Commando
8 Twice A Man - Decay
9 Collection D'Arnell-Andréa - A L'Aurore Assassine
10 The Vyllies - Give Me A Name
11 Bel Canto - Dewy Fields
12 The Arms Of Someone New - Every Seventh Wave
13 Single Gun Theory - Exorcise This Wasteland
14 Tones On Tail - Performance (7'' Version)
15 Pieter Nooten & Michael Brook - Clouds

A double album boil down of Numero’s 2012 45 x 45RPM art object 'Eccentric Soul: Omnibus'. Gathering 25 loose remnants from across the American soul diaspora, Minibus connects the dots between group harmony, funk, disco, and modern soul, 1966-1980. Housed in a deluxe gatefold, tip-on jacket and illustrated with copious notes and photographs, the first ever LP pressing fills in a crucial hole on your Numero shelf.

TRACK LISTING

1. Rokk - Patience
2. Crystal’s Image - A Friend
3. The Procedures - Give Me One More Chance
4. The Prophets Of Peace - The Max
5. Sky’s The Limit - Don’t Be Afraid
6. The Trinikas - Remember Me
7. Duralcha - Ghet-To-Funk
8. The 13th Amendment - The Stretch
9. Tickled Pink - Reach Out (And Give Me Your Hand)
10. HiFidelics - HiFidelics Groove
11. Black Fur - Feel The Shock
12. Flack And Company - Disco-TNT
13. Elements Of Peace - Together Pt. 2
14. Morning After - Hey Girl
15. The Energettics - Rainy Days And Monday
16. Family Connection - This Time
17. Inbassador - Everyday
18. Soul-Walkers - I’m Tired Of What People Say
19. The Curtis Liggins Indications - What It Is?
20. Majestee’s - Let Her Go
21. Two Plus Two - I’m Sure
22. Walter & The Admeration’s - Man Oh Man (What Have I Done)
23. Clifton White And His Royal Knights - The Grade A
24. The Free Mind - Just Jammin’
25. The Intentions - Dig It (Shovel)

This Rough Guide captures a whole menagerie of animals, both large and small, which provided the inspiration for many classic early blues recordings.

From the mighty alligator to the lowly bedbug, these songs provide an intriguing insight into this weird, wonderful and often hilarious association.

180-gram Limited Edition Vinyl

Lovingly remastered using pioneering restoration techniques The early recorded annals of the blues allude to a real Noah's Ark of beasts, both large and small

Guitar wizardry abounds from the likes of Josh White, Ramblin' Thomas and Curley Weaver

Featuring legendary blues divas including Memphis Minnie, Ma Rainey and Victoria Spivey

Early blues music refers to animals in ways both metaphoric and in the literal sense to help convey its underlying message

Includes a track by the original Howling Wolf himself "Funny Papa" Smith from 1930

Following on from the success of other blues titles in the Rough Guide range

An album which offers a more light-hearted take on the blues

Featuring seminal recordings by arguably the two greatest early blues pioneers, Charley Patton and Blind Lemon Jefferson

TRACK LISTING

The Alligator Pond Went Dry
Howling Wolf Blues (part 1)
Lazy Black Snake Blues
Ground Hog Blues
Black Cat Hoot Owl Blues
Mean Old Bedbug Blues
Frankie Jean (That Trottin' Fool)
Wild Cat Kitten
Mosquito Moan
Alligator Blues
Black Skunk Blues
Mississippi Boweavil Blues
The Wild Cat Squawl

From the classic sounds of the jug band heyday to the earthy blues straight from the Mississippi Delta, Memphis was at the very epicentre of the 1920s country blues explosion

This Rough Guide charts the city's huge influence with classic tracks by blues legends Memphis Minnie, Furry Lewis, Sleepy John Estes and many more.

180-gram Limited Edition Vinyl

Lovingly remastered using pioneering restoration techniques

An album which traces the development of the Memphis blues during its 1920s/30s heyday

Featuring seminal recordings by many blues legends including Sleepy John Estes, Furry Lewis and Robert Wilkins

Memphis is one of the quintessential musical melting pots of the US, which helped spawn the blues

Featuring classic tracks by blues divas Memphis Minnie and Minnie Wallace

Nowhere provided a concentration and diversity of early blues forms to rival Memphis

Featuring classic tracks by the great jug bands, including Will Shade's Memphis Jug Band and Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers

Memphis is often dubbed as the "Home of the Blues"

Following on from the success of other blues titles in the Rough Guide range

TRACK LISTING

Save Me Some
The Girl I Love She Got Long Curly Hair
North Memphis Blues
The Old Folks Started It
Falling Down Blues
On The Road Again
I Let My Daddy Do That
Kassie Jones - Part 1
Viola Lee Blues
I Couldn't Help It
Cold Iron Bed
Happy Blues
How Long Blues

Another instalment of badass funk from the disco era with "Supafunkanova Volume 3" which has been selected by prolific DJ, producer, remixer and record collector Woody Bianchi. Woody digs deep into his collection, compiling a high-quality album filled with lesser-known disco, funk and boogie. As the title suggests, "Supafunkanova" focuses on the funkier end of the 70’s & 80’s, showcasing some of the bumpier grooves recorded in the disco era when even James Brown had to take notice of the Saturday Night Fever inspired disco explosion. It will come as no surprise to hear some particularly hard to find gems have been unearthed here, and ones that aren't just rare and expensive (if you can even find a copy!) but genuinely merit being re-issued. With expansive sleeve notes by Woody himself to give you an in depth insight to the music, artists and personal discovery of each record.

TRACK LISTING

A1 Chosen Few - Dancin’ All Over The World
A2 The Freex Machine - Freex Funkatized
A3 Nzimande All Stars - Sporo Disco (Woody Bianchi Edit)
A4 The Firebolts - Firebolt Hustle

B1 Aggression - Tag (Woody Bianchi Edit)
B2 The Movers - Onthekele Beer (Jwala)
B3 World - You Got The Power
B4 Joe & Lee - Black Gold Disco Moving Machine

C1 Joe Pugliese - Plie And Isolation
C2 The Family Tree - As
C3 Pressure Point - Straight To The Point
C4 John Blair - Momma Said Shut Up

D1 The Headquarters - Sweetie
D2 Wylie - Fan-tasy (Woody Bianchi Edit)
D3 Cania - Visions
D4 Montreal - Night People

A 15 track compilation of current underground Swansea guitar bands, along with a couple of local legends, on white and black splatter vinyl.

On R*E*P*E*A*T’s return to Swansea after over 30 years away, we found our home town to be far more diverse, creative, vibrant and exciting than the place we left behind. Amidst the decay of many traditional industries, the imagination is currently running riot, with a host of venues in the City’s creative quarter continually hosting an array of artists, poets, writers and bands.

This album is a personal selection of some of the music that has inspired, enthused and excited R*E*P*E*A*T since our return 5 years ago. Gratifyingly, many of them are starting to garner some of the recognition they deserve in Cardiff, London and beyond. Trampolene, Monet, Swansea Sound, Rainyday Rainbow, Grey-FLX and Kikker all regularly adorn reviews, radios and stages way beyond our Westerly outpost. Accompanying tracks by these trailblazing upstarts, the album also boasts rare or unreleased sounds by Swansea legends Helen Love, The Pooh Sticks and The DC10s

The album is released on May 31st on Swansea City coloured white and black splatter vinyl with a gatefold sleeve featuring an original painting of the City by local artist Fred Flitton.

Join us as we mark our very own Return Journey to our Lovely Ugly Town.

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
HELEN LOVE - Swansea's Got An Our Price
PICSEL - Fucked Society
BABY SCHILLACI - Ultra Hd Happy Face
ANGHARAD - Outsider’s Map Of Wales
TOM EMLYN - Three Sided Coin
SWANSEA SOUND - In A Different Life
SOUNDWIRE - Degrees Of Separation.

Side 2
KIKKER - Trash
THE POOH STICKS - The World Is Turning On (rare Single Version)
TRAMPOLENE - Between The Bars (Elliott Smith Cover)
EGG SPECTRUM (RAINYDAY RAINBOW) - Thrown Hard
GREY-FLX - Pins And Needles
MONET - Scuff Button
DEAD NOIZE - Bojack Horseman
THE DC10S - I Can See Through Walls (1980)

Set sail with the third installment of Numero’s ode to regional radio surveys. Broadcasting 44 minutes of uninterrupted yacht, easy-glide, AOR, and blue-eyed disco that’ll rock your boat. These 13 selections are anchored in the deep blue waters of the American private press—a life preserver for any BBQ, birthday party, or bris. Let W3NG be the sonic wind at your back.

TRACK LISTING

1. Slippery When Wet - Get Me Hot
2. Percy Mays - Changes
3. Liberation - Too Close For Comfort
4. The Steel City Band - Reality
5. Dave Plaehn - Not Bound To Lose
6. Steve Fortgang - Hey, Let Me Be
7. Craig Dove - Ocean Of Love
8. Rob Galbraith - Damn It All (Alt Version)
9. Female Species - Coast To Coast
10. Max Leake - Tell Me The Reasons Why
11. Richard Bowen - Sorcery (7” Version)
12. The Jerry Busch Group - Fair Warning
13. Mike Hounshell - Not Just Another

Nice Swan Records is ecstatic to unveil the highly anticipated 2nd volume of "Nice Swan Introduces." This compilation, following in the footsteps of its predecessor, showcases the best releases from the past two years on the Nice Swan Records Label. Just like Volume I, this release comes alongside an exclusive limited run of only 250 vinyl records, ensuring you'll own a piece of Nice Swan history.

Prepare to be captivated once again by a diverse array of musical talents, reminiscent of the Volume I lineup. Featuring exceptional artists like Prima Queen, Deadletter, Chalk, Cowboyy, Human Interest, and a host of others who have graced the Nice Swan roster over the last few years.

Your collection won't be complete without this addition. Nice Swan Introduces Volume II continues the tradition of introducing new and exciting talent to the world, reinforcing Nice Swan's status as one of the UK's most reputable indie labels. Stay tuned for further signings and releases in the coming weeks, as we continue to fulfill our mission of discovering and nurturing emerging artists.

Just as Volume I marked a significant milestone in our journey, Volume II is another step forward for the cult indie label. With acts from our roster gaining prominence on BBC Radio 1 and 6 Music airwaves, and receiving extensive tastemaker approval, this compilation couldn't be arriving at a better time.

In memory of the late Mark Edwards, a true nice swan.

TRACK LISTING

Side A:

1. Deadletter - Pop Culture Connoisseur
2. Prima Queen - Chew My Cheeks
3. Saloon Dion - HEY HEY
4. Splint - 145
5. Cowboyy - Gmaps

Side B:

1. Yabba - Get By
2. Human Interest - Mixing Paint
3. Shady Baby - Come To Life
4. Avice Caro - At The End Of The Day (Its The End Of The Day)
5. Chalk - The Gate

BELFAST PARTY THE NIGHT INSTITUTE LAUNCHES NEW ELECTRONIC MUSIC LABEL

The Night Institute, the legendary cult club night at the forefront of Belfast's thriving electronic music scene, announces eponymous new record label.
Spearheaded by scene stalwarts Timmy Stewart of Black Bones fame and Jordan Nocturne, known for his contributions to labels like Correspondent and Polari, this new venture aims to showcase Belfast's true independent club scene on a global scale.
The Night Institute has long been synonymous with cutting-edge music, providing a haven for the city's electronic music aficionados. With the label, the vinyl and digital project features tracks by both resident artists as well as global artists who've played at the party. The inaugural release boasts a stellar lineup.

Alongside Night Institute residents Timmy Stewart (Ft. Northern Irish vocalist Megan Sylvan) and Jordan Nocturne, the record showcases guest appearances by Justin Cudmore, resident of New York's renowned The Bunker and regular contributor to Phonica Records, and Hifi Sean, who has been making waves with his collaborative project alongside David McAlmond while working with icons like Ce Ce Peniston and Yoko Ono.

The label aims to capture the essence of Belfast's underground electronic music scene, while joining the dots with global collaborators across four tracks of acid, odd-ball house and dance floor electronics.

Good Vibes for Uncertain Times

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Belfast party open their vinyl tenure with a nicely curated platter of new disco, deep house and cosmic vibrations that scream freshness. Should be big with the Sean Johnson & ALFOS massive and seems right at place here in Manchester's current dance scene.

TRACK LISTING

A. Hifi Sean - The Beat
A. Jordan Nocturne - C'mon
B. Justin Cudmore - Arcade Rhythm
B. Timmy Stewart & Megan Sylvan - Kintsugi

We are delighted to bring you the follow up to the successful 'The Bristol Punk Explosion (1977-1979) album released in November 2023 - a twelve-track compilation entitled 'The Bristol Punk Explosion Vol 2 (1977-1981).'The sleeve notes are written by Tim Williams author of the 1977 Loaded Fanzine. Tim talks about the transition from Soul to Punk, the demise of Prog Rock and the fashion culture that sat seamlessly alongside the music. There are three previously unreleased tracks never before available on vinyl.

The Cortinas were the first. They played the Roxy Club, released two singles on Mark Perry and Miles Copeland's Step Forward label, graced the front cover of Sniffin' Glue and recorded a Peel Session. Taking their cue, bands like Social Security (the first band on Heartbeat Records), The Pigs (whose 'Youthanasia' single was released by Miles Copeland's New Bristol Records), The Media, 48 Hours and Private Dicks gave Bristol one of the strongest provincial early punk scenes.

The area of Barton Hill gave us The X-Certs, who by 1978 could already pull audiences of five hundred into Trinity Hall. Though we did not realise it at the time, they effectively bridged the gap between the late 70s Bristol scene and what our American cousins like to term the UK82 bands.

In time bands from the suburbs of Bristol started to appear on the scene, Misdemeanor (who were managed by the late Dennis Sheehan U2's tour manager for thirty plus years), Apartment from Downend (whose photo adorns the front cover) and Noiz Boiz from Weston Super Mare, the seaside town just down the road.

This compilation is designed to give all fans of Punk a snapshot of what Bristol Punk was all about during that period. We close side Two of the album with The X-Certs Clash infused /reggae single 'Together' and follow it with one of Bristol finest Roots reggae bands Talisman and their single 'Wicked Dem'. The punky/reggae party had truly started as we move into the 80's Bristol Stylee! Bristol Boys Make More Noise! 

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. The Cortinas - Fascist Dictator
2. The Media - Wanna Be A Number
3. The Pigs - Psychopath
4. Private Dicks - She Said Go
5. Misdemeanor - Radio Radio
6. The X-Certs - Queen And Country

Side 2
1. Apartment - The Car
2. 48 Hours - Train To Brighton
3. Noiz Boiz - Noiz Boiz
4. Social Security - Stella's Got A Fella
5. The X-Certs - Together
6. Talisman - Wicked Dem

This whole text about a compilation of legit chill slippers could be over with one quote of drummer Aaron Sterling. The John Mayer band member and studio guru called Basso (our compiler) the 'ECM of chill wave'.

As we all know, even if some words may be hollow, good quotes help to tell a story. And that is definitely a great quote and if someone has a good story to tell, it is Basso. Best known for his label Growing Bin, he is one of those miraculous figures in music or record culture who can be called a true believer.

"Sitting in Trees" for International Feel is a sampling demonstration of this commitment. Devotees of his previous compiling efforts "Proper Sunburn" (Music For Dreams) and "Lucky Are Those Who Hear The Birds Sing" (Growing Bin), know what to expect: some of the best songs you have never heard before, some you would probably never hear without this and even some that you did not know you would even like. Even self-proclaimed record diggers might not recognize more than "Mystery Voice" by smooth jazz new agers Dancing Fantasy. It is a world of merry music that, pretty much, is boundary- and genre-free, and includes the sunshine stepper Beau Michael’s "Move Away"; Patrick Jahn’s and Erobique’s previously unreleased "Moonlight Shuffle" (the soundtrack to a lost Schimanski Tatort) and Christian Ch. Kneisel’s impossible-to-find Balearic digi gem "Jungle Connection".
All contextualized, explained and wonderfully described with meticulous liner notes by the king of record descriptions himself: Basso. But what else would you expect from a DJ turned trip-hop-producer turned artiste turned record sommelier? Magic moments galore that won’t make you move away!

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: A beautiful selection of airy electronics and floating Rhodes keys, laid-back drifters and saturated bass stabs from Growing Bin boss and master selector and musician, Basso. Beautifully paced throughout and full of little surprises, Sitting In Trees is an absolute triumph. Perfectly timed for hammock season!

TRACK LISTING

A1. Edwin Schimscheimer - Bon Nuit Michelle
A2. Dancing Fantasy - Mystery Voice
A3. Peak Of Normal - Hava
A4. Christian Ch. Kneisel - Jungle Connection

B1. Beau Michael - Move Away (Extended)
B2. Summer Vee - Judas
B3. Patrick Jahn & Erobique - Moonlight Shuffle
B4. Ikee Largo - After The Storm

The ’Rare Mod’ series has been one of the most enduring Acid Jazzcurated comps of recent years. This included the CD Volumes 1-3 and a 3CD Boxset, uncovering a host of lost classics that capture sound of the original Mod scene: Hard R’n’B, Beat & Soul, and archetypal Pop from the 1960s.

For the first time, the Best Of… is available on vinyl, with choice selections from across the series, presented in a hip, evocative sleeve, with printed inner, and on orange transparent vinyl. The track-list contains a couple from the legendary Fleur De Lys, as well as a track from their brief billing as ‘Shyster’. Elsewhere, there are several productions from unsung hero and prolific session man Graham Dee, and even a turn from young David Bowie performing with The Riot Squad!

An absolute must-have collection of the less-heard tracks from one of the most iconic periods of British music.

TRACK LISTING

1. Mud In My Eye – The Fleur De Lys
2. It’s A Hard Way – Cathedral
3. She’s Got The Time – The Afex
4. Tick Tock – Shyster
5. Big Bird – Dog Soul
6. I’m A Man – The Top Six
7. I’m Waiting For The Man – The Riot Squad
8. We Can Make It Together – Tony & Tandy
9. A Love I Believe In – Maxine
10. Brick By Brick (Stone By Stone) – Fleur De Lys
11. Soul Ride – Mike Berry
12. Just A Little Misunderstanding – Richard Kent Style
13. Sing A Simple Song – Ossie Lane Show
14. Mr. Super Cool – Graham Dee

We've managed to snaffle some copies of this under-the-radar hip-hop comp from last year. "Down The Local" is an absolute gem; featuring a plethora of rappers I haven't heard yet but the UK flavours are strong throughout with each MC having their own unique flow and style with clear regional accent variations indicating a nationwide roster. Meanwhile the instrumentals are rich with that smokey, jazzy, boom-bap flavour synonymous with the golden days of UK hip-hop complete with nice scratch passages and clever sampling.

Real rap heads ain't gonna wanna sleep on this one trrruusst! 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: A truly fine selection of UK hip-hop that brings to mind that halcyon period around 2002 with strong regional dialects and simple, boom-bap, sample heavy production.

TRACK LISTING

1. Deeflux & Miracle - Unquenchable
2. Louie G X Barry Manalog - Stylin Merd
3. Cappo X Luther Andross - Ellar 
4. Deeflux & Miracle Feat Ash The Author & Gee Bag - Reel Me Back In 
5. Ash The Author X Barry Manalog Feat Mysdiggi & Dj Chud - Same As It Never Was 
6. Cappo X Luther Andross - Nye 
7. Louie G X Barry Manalog - Milty 
8. Ash The Author X Barry Manalog Feat Dj Chud - Modern Day Jazz Crumpet 
9. Deeflux & Miracle Feat Chrome - Oovavoo 

Following in the wake of baroque chart toppers by the Zombies, Beatles, and the Left Banke, a dandier approach to garage rock flowered in the back half of the ’60s. Awash in majestic harpsichords, lilting guitars, melancholic organs, and middle school orchestras, Soft Summer Breezes captures the decade’s last gasps of optimism via 16 gentle moments of soft psychedelia.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. Life - Life
2. The Giant Crab - Soft Summer Breezes
3. Attila & The Huns - Here’s Where I Get Off
4. Lenny Roybal - Little Daisy
5. Margo Guryan - Can You Tell
6. J.C. Horton - Why Why Why
7. Richard Holman - Gentle Flying Dove
8. The Sound Control - When Will It End

SIDE B
1. The Goodthings - The Journey
2. Jerry Benicaso - Wounds Heal And Birds Fly Free
3. Bob Belche - Fall On Me Rain
4. Pisces - A Flower For All Seasons
5. Female Species - Baby Buggy
6. The Morning Sun - Someday
7. Larry Sands & The Sound Affair - You’ll Know The Words
8. The New Colony Six - The Time Of The Year Is Sunset

The official soundtrack release to the new film of Amy Winehouse, Back  To Black, releasing Spring 2024. Amy Winehouse is widely considered as one of the greatest artists in recent history, selling more than 30 million records worldwide. Her acclaimed self-produced 2006 album Back to Black, propelled her to global stardom, going on to win a (then) record breaking 5 Grammy Awards, including Record Of The Year and Song of The Year for hit single Rehab.

TRACK LISTING

Single LP/CD
1. Amy Winehouse - What Is It About Men
2. Amy Winehouse - Stronger Than Me
3. Amy Winehouse - Know You Now
4. The Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack
5. Billie Holiday - All Of Me
6. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
7. Minnie Riperton - Les Fleurs
8. Dinah Washington - Mad About The Boy
9. Amy Winehouse – Love Is A Losing Game
10. Sarah Vaughan Featuring Clifford Brown - Embraceable You
11. Amy Winehouse - Tears Dry On Their Own
12. Nick Cave – Song For Amy

Double LP/CD
Disc 1:
1. Thelonious Monk - Straight, No Chaser
2. Amy Winehouse - What Is It About Men
3. Amy Winehouse - Stronger Than Me
4. Amy Winehouse - I Heard Love Is Blind
5. The Specials - Ghost Town
6. Amy Winehouse - Know You Now
7. Little Anthony & The Imperials - I'm On The Outside (Looking In)
8. The Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack
9. Billie Holiday - All Of Me
10. The Shangri-Las - Dressed In Black
11. Donny Hathaway - I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know
12. The Libertines - Don't Look Back Into The Sun
13. Amy Winehouse - Fuck Me Pumps

Disc 2:
1. Tony Bennett - Body & Soul
2. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
3. Amy Winehouse - Valerie (Live Lounge Version)
4. Minnie Riperton - Les Fleurs
5. Willie Nelson - That’s Life
6. Dinah Washington - Mad About The Boy
7. Amy Winehouse - (There Is) No Greater Love
8. Amy Winehouse - Me & Mr Jones
9. Amy Winehouse - Love Is A Losing Game
10. Amy Winehouse - Rehab
11. Sarah Vaughan Featuring Clifford Brown - Embraceable You
12. Amy Winehouse - Tears Dry On Their Own
13. Nick Cave - Song For Amy

Death Row Records/ gamma is pleased to announce the release of a 30th Anniversary edition of Above The Rim (The Soundtrack) on 17th May. This is the first time the full 21-song tracklist will be available on vinyl. All previous LP releases have been 18 tracks. It will be available on double yellow with orange and red splatter vinyl.

Upon its initial release, Above The Rim (The Soundtrack) sold over 2 million copies and held the #1 spot on the Billboard R&B Albums chart for 10 consecutive weeks. The soundtrack is loaded with songs from epic artists including Tha Dogg Pound featuring Nate Dogg and Snoop Doggy Dogg, Dr. Dre, Warren G, DJ Quik and Al B. Sure! Additionally, this special 30th Anniversary edition will now include tracks from 2Pac "Pain" (feat. Stretch), Lord G “Mi Monie Rite!" and 2Pac “Loyal To The Game" (feat. Treach & Riddler).

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Anything Swv
2. Old Time's Sake Sweet Sable
3. Part Time Lover H-Town
4. Big Pimpin’ The Dogg Pound Gangstas
5. Didn’t Mean To Turn You On 2nd Ii None

Side B
1. Doggie Style D.J. Rogers
2. Regulate Nate Dogg & Warren G
3. Pour Out A Little Liquor Thug Life
4. Gonna Give It To Ya Jewell & Aaron Hall
5. Afro Puffs The Lady Of Rage

Side C
1. Jus So Ya No Cpo-Boss Hogg
2. Hoochies Need Love Too Paradise
3. I’m Still In Love With You Al B. Sure!
4. Crack ‘Em O.F.T.B.
5. U Bring Da Dog Out Rhythm & Knowledge
6. Blowed Away B-Rezell

Side D
1. It's Not Deep Enough Jewell
2. Dogg Pound 4 Life Tha Dogg Pound
3. Pain 2pac & Stretch
4. Mi Monie Rite! Lord G
5. Loyal To The Game 2pac, Treach & Riddler

Ska never stopped you know! From it’s Jamaican music if the piano’s not playing ska or the guitar… any music you have… reggae… even the computer music… the piano’s playing ‘ska, ska, ska…’ it leads the music so ska is still the backbone of Jamaican music. Right?” Bunny Lee

The music of Jamaica has had a profound and lasting influence all around the world and reggae is the name by which it has become universally known. Although the term ska is often used to describe all Jamaican music before dub, deejays and dread in the mid seventies the real Jamaican ska was made in Kingston between 1961/1962 and 1966.

In the early fifties the popularity of driving rhythm & blues from the USA reached fever pitch in Jamaica and mobile sound systems (the forerunners of today’s discos) were assembled and operated by men such as Tom ‘The Great Sebastian’ Wong to play this music to wildly appreciative audiences at levels that were felt physically rather than merely heard. Competition was fierce, both metaphorically and literally, and sound system operators including Arthur Reid, ‘Duke Reid The Trojan’, and Clement Dodd, ‘Sir Coxsone The Downbeat’, would travel to America on record buying expeditions. On their triumphant return to Kingston, laden with exclusive records, they would be met by their enthusiastic supporters. Only the followers of their sound systems could hear these records and the records’ real identity would be a closely guarded secret. The titles were often scratched off and the tunes renamed to confuse the opposition.

As the decade drew to a close America turned to a softer more mellow sound and supplies of the music favoured in Jamaica began to dry up… so the sound system operators began to make their own rhythm & blues recordings. Initially intended for sound system play only on one-off acetates these tunes proved so popular that they were soon made commercially available. Many sound men now became record producers including ‘Sir Coxsone’, Duke Reid ‘The Trojan’ and Prince Buster ‘The Voice Of The People’ although the first ‘local’ recording to make the number one spot in Jamaica was Laurel Aitken’s ‘Boogie In My Bones’/‘Little Sheila’ on Chris Blackwell’s R & B label.

The emphasis was placed firmly on the offbeat and these rhythm & blues shuffle and boogie recordings were unmistakably Jamaican in form and content and far, far more than straightforward copies of American rhythm & blues. A sound was gradually created that was not only completely new and original but that would also go on to outlive a large proportion of its influences. Powered by the musical collective known as The Skatalites together with solo singers including Derrick Morgan, Eric ‘Monty’ Morris, duos Higgs & Wilson, Keith & Enid and Stranger & Patsy and vocal groups The Maytals, The Wailers, Justin Hinds & The Dominoes the producers now began to drive the music one step beyond. Together they created an entirely new genre of music whose inventions and innovations would reach far beyond its parochial beginnings in Kingston sound system rivalry.

TRACK LISTING

1. Ska Boo Da Ba – The Skatalites
2. Confucious – Don Drummond & The Skatalites
3. Storm Warning – Lyn Taitt & The Boys
4. Alley Cat Ska – Tommy McCook & His Ska-Talites
5. Trench Town People – Theophilus Beckford
6. Walking Down King Street – Theophilus Beckford
7. South China Sea – Johnny ‘Dizzy’ Moore
8. Ringo – The Skatalites
9. Nuclear Weapon – Roland Alphonso & His Ska-Talites
10. Magnificent Ska – Lyn Taitt & The Baba Brooks Band
11. Come On My People – Daniel Johnson
12. Hit You Let You Feel It – The Tenor Twins
13. The Re-Burial – Don Drummond & The Skatalites
14. Love Me Or Leave Me – Lloyd Clarke
15. A Shot In The Dark – Roland Alphonso*
16. Distant Drums – Baba Brooks & The Trenton Spence Orchestra*
*CD Bonus Tracks

Let the sound of the night drums and the cry of the horns empower you! The crate diggers of Jazz Dispensary are proud to present a collection of jams propelled by the spirit of nature, protest, and freedom, featuring songs from pioneering musicians Joe Henderson, Gary Bartz, Ran Blake, Azar Lawrence, A.K. Salim, and The Dungills. 

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A:
1. Afro-Centric – Joe Henderson
2. Freedom One Day – Gary Bartz Quintet
3. Theme For A New Day – Azar Lawrence
SIDE B:
4. Afrika – A.K. Salim
5. Night Drums – The Dungills
6. Three Seeds (A Suite): I) Regis Debray; II) Che Guevara; III) Malcolm – Ran Blake

Next up and with a label debut is one of the leading Female artists on the circuit, Tini Gessler! Tini dropped some straight-up club fire on our sister label Toolroom Trax earlier in the year alongside Juliet Sikora and digs deep into her clubby roots once again with 'Do What You Want'. After releases on the mighty Drumcode, Sola and Kittball in recent years, her 10 year career is going from strength to strength which is seeing her DJ all over the Globe on a weekly basis and her music production is making huge waves within the industry, and rightly so. Next up Italian born DJ and producer, CASSIMM is back on Toolroom with a straight up club weapon! After laying down the delicious disco number last year called 'Get On The Funk' with Kid Enigma, this follows suit perfectly and fuses chunky beats, disco licks and has Bruno Blanc sharing some sentimental lyrics about how important house music is to all of us. Last but not least, French artist Tony Romera is back on Toolroom with another slice of Tech House fire. Tony Romera first stepped onto the scene 10 years ago as a fresh-faced 20 year old looking to make waves and disrupt the electronic music world with his unique style and French-house inspired beats. Since then he's been busy releasing music and experimenting with different sounds and styles, putting out music on a range of powerhouse labels and gaining support from the likes of Diplo, Fisher, Chris Lake, Fatboy Slim, Deadmau5, Vintage Culture, Adam Beyer and more. House Y'all's distinct character is built upon a warped, creeping bassline and tough, relentless beats providing an irresistible pulsing backdrop as the familiar chanted vocal emerges. A sonic trip that transports you deep into the heart of the underground.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Piero Pirupa - Party (Extended Mix)
A2. Tini Gessler - Do What You Want (Extended Mix)
B1. CASSIMM, Bruno Blanc - House Affair (Extended Mix)
B2. Tony Romera - House Y'all (Extended Mix)

Frits Wentink’s Bobby Donny Label returns once more for the second BODO-ACE VA release, featuring both familiar and new faces across a six track EP of previously digital only releases. Frits and friends continue to showcase the unique and impeccable sound of Bobby Donny. After the success of the first VA, this won’t be around for long, so buy or cry.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Full to brim of fresh new house music. Frits Wentink and pals deploy a seriously heavy 12" for DJs doing the club thing over the next few months. Elegant and stylish throughout, if yer dig deep house then this'uns 4 U!

TRACK LISTING

A1. Frits Wentink & Malin Genie - Teardrop Renaissance
A2. Frits Wentink & Malin Genie - Atricot
A3. Tom Paris - L’Enfer Du Paradis
B1. Didier Chesto - Ow Yeah
B2. Boy Berger - Etherial
B3. Joy Jenkins - Flowers