Floating Points delivers another classic slice of upbeat 70's soul on his Melodies International imprint! Maurice Moore’s ethereal Hammond bass soul anthem “Everything That Shines Ain’t Gold”, is pressed as a 12-inch, with parts 1 and 2 from the original 7-inch merged on one side. Includes… Read more

Reissue of this highly sought after Nigerian funk-rock album on the mighty Soundway. Killer LP that moves effortlessly between reggae, jazzy afrobeat and psych rock. William Onyeabor and Funkees fans should check this one - Essential!

Another big one from the 22a camp! 22a017 sees two of London's most celebrated underground producers enter into album territory. Tenderlonious lays down his flute for this LP and goes back to the MPC, with help from the illusive Dennis Ayler. Comprised of ten cuts '8R1CK C17Y' takes the listener… Read more

A superb selection of idiosyncratic tune from Tunisian reggae, Japanese disco through to West Indian jazz-funk and beyond! Another exemplary selection from Mambo & Guts!

Fans of the exquisite, often never-before-released funk championed by Now Again Records are no stranger to Amnesty. Based in Indianapolis in the early 1970s, the group released only two obscure 45s in their recording career. In 1973 Amnesty recorded five hard, vocal funk numbers alongside some ballads… Read more

Superb, second album outing from California's, Benedek who we've heard previously on the likes of PPU records. Lush, lo-fi dream house music and boogie! Killer!

Here we go, brand new 7" from Kyle Hall on Wild Oats! Deep, dreamy, percussive house with a slow-mo, bass heavy, broken vibe on the flip - Don't sleep!!! 

Volume 2 in the series looking at how Zambia’s liberation led to a rock revolution - 1972-1977. An overview of the Zamrock scene, from its ascension to its fall to its resurgence. Another essential compilation from Now-Again Records!

This album is released this week to coincide with the massive new exhibition Soul of A Nation  - Art in the Age of Black Power now on at Tate Modern, London until Oct 2017. For more information on the TATE MODERN exhibition go here Watch… Read more

Wicked rare Strata-East album now reissued. Includes the deep, deep, moody Smilin Billy Suite (sampled a squillion times). HEAVY

Killer new EP from the legendary DJ, digger and producer - DJ Shadow. Features collaborations with hip hop allstar Nas, Danny Brown and Steven Price. Recommended! 

Danny Wolfers aka Legowelt is back on his own Nightwind label with an album of lo-fi, DIY electronics spanning kosmiche, minimal wave and "amateur space jazz"! Comes with a 24 page graphic novel written and drawn by Danny Wolfers himself!

Classic killer calypso 12" on Analog Africa!After the Black Power revolution in 1970 'Bro. Valentino' transformed into a calypsonian with a conscience and a consciousness. He sang on behalf of the poor and downtrodden and was dubbed "The People's Calypsonian".  Sadly neither… Read more

Highly recommended and highly sought after Italian jazz reissue!Formed in Milan in late 1973 by three italians and two african percussionists, I.P.Son Group's only album was released when the group had already split, in 1975. A great blend of ethnic atmospheres, jazz-rock and african rhythms!Fans… Read more

Anticipated EP drop from powerhouse jazz drummer of the Binker and Moses duo, Moses Boyd! 

Alongside the likes of Toulouse Low Trax and Wolf Muller, Harmonious Thelonious aka Stefan Schwander is part of the unique and idiosyncratic electronic scene in Düsseldorf. This superb 'Ayranman EP' blends new wave with primitive techno touches and arcane, tribal rhythms. Ace.

The one and only DJ Harvey selects key tracks for his 'Mercury Rising' sets and cult Ibiza club pikes. This sampler features tracks from the likes of Van McCoy, Elkin & Nelson, Tony Esposito and Tore!

Volume two of the Hamam House series on Jonny Rock's 'Disco Hamam'. All star cast from 4 different cosmic corners drop these 4 dope jams from the electronic side of hamam!Cosmic Turkish disco - Recommended!

Another killer EP from one of the rising stars of the London House scene - Ross From Friends. Following on from big releases on Distant Hawaii and Lobster Theremin he now takes a turn on Lone's MagicWire - Lo-Fi, hazy, deep house killers! 

Originally released back in 1984, Axis was a short-lived band formed in California by guitar player/vocalist Byron Bordeaux. Back in 80s, record was never officially distributed, with only a couple of hundred 45s made, and sold exclusively at their shows."Silver Satin" is a sought after record on the… Read more

Originally released back in 2008, now repressed! Mika Vainio (1963-2017) was best known as half of Finnish cutting edge experimental electronica duo Pan_sonic. Ø is Vainio's original solo pseudonym dedicated to his native label Sähkö Recordigs since 1993. Where Pan_sonic uses pure, industrial… Read more

Brand new music from Daphini aka Caribou! Been 3 long years since his last outing so we're super hyped for this one. Wicked funked out percussive house vibes - Recommended!!! 

Most highly anticipated disco release of 2017 Reissue of the 1979, three-minute up-tempo library recording, “Disco Baby". Only recently re-discovered from a 10 track album created for film, radio, television and other media licensing purposes. Features a wicked re-edit from Floating… Read more

New Mo Kolours on 22a!!!! Anglo-Mauritian producer, percussionist, and vocalist Mo Kolours makes a welcome return to Tenderlonious's 22a following on from his two highly acclaimed albums on One Handed Music. The tropical Meroe EP takes you on a journey through hip hop, dub, funk and upbeat rhythms -… Read more

Massive rare jazz dance album with the killer Sombre Guitar

Debut album from Laurence Guy on the ever impressive Church. Following on from the excellent Bamboo EP in 2016, this is possibly his best work to date. 'Saw You For The First Time' features collaborations with Contours, Ishmael and the legendary Steve Spacek, as well as the classic 'W.L.Y.B'… Read more

One of the most pivotal figures in the history of Malian music is Sorry Bamba.  His work spans five decades and his music bridges the gap between Mali's cultural traditions and the new music which arose from the musical cross overs which occurred in Mali's post-Colonial period. "Du Mali"… Read more

Killer new Dubstep Collaboration from the don Coki and Trixx! Coki (DMZ) teams up with Trixx for this new EP 'Heights'. Trixx - player of many years with groups such as UB40 & Aswad has now taken to DUB STEP with one of its biggest producers COKI. Here he brings the horn… Read more

One of our favourite labels 'Axe On Wax' drop their 8th release, bringing you a lineup of hot house producers providing more heat for the dancefloor. 'Grooving' is the flavour for these. Funky rhythms, jazz piano, muted trumpet, soulful vocals and broken beats. Features tracks from Marlon Hoffstadt… Read more

NEW SUPER LTD. first edition of 300 copies. Only available EXCLUSIVELY to customers at Soul Jazz Records/Sounds of the Universe. Alive's massive jazz dance/ latin/brazilian bomb 'Skindo Le Le' originally featured on Soul Jazz Records' London Jazz Classics.  A… Read more

She’s back! As a cross-pollinating creativity recaptures the UK jazz scene, Zara McFarlane returns with a new single offering a different spin on the Max Roach classic ‘All Africa’. Taking the original’s all-out, percussive trip into a looser, more softly mesmerising kind of territory,… Read more

The first ever official, vinyl release of the atmospheric, mediative and ritualistic soundtrack to Mamoru Oshii's legendary Manga science fiction anime film 'Ghost In The Shell' from 1995. N.B. A limited vinyl format includes a bonus 7” with OBI strip and… Read more

**UPFRONT EXCLUSIVE!**  Third release on one of our favourite labels, Suncut! This time the label reaches out to the archive of little known Detroit soul group, Masterpiece. This is the first ever reissue of the band's only known release, that originally surfaced on the rare Ypsi label in… Read more

NEW SUPER LTD 300 copies. Only available EXCLUSIVELY to customers at Soul Jazz Records/Sounds of the Universe. MASSIVE drum breaks and heavyweight MIAMI FEMALE FUNK. YVONNE FAIR was one of the earliest James Brown vocalists. This is the only release… Read more

One of the most anticipated releases of 2017! It's true - these are the lost recordings from Drexciya's James Stinson, recorded in the early 2000s during The Other People's place era. It never saw the light of day due to James Stinson's untimely death. Finally, they have resurfaced on a long… Read more

Soul Jazz Records’ new Space, Energy and Light is a collection of music by early electronic and synthesizer pioneers (from the 1960s through the 1970s), mid-1970s proto-new age gurus and 1980s guerrilla D-I-Y cassette-era electronic artists, spanning in total over a near 30-year time frame. All of… Read more

Jonny Nash & Suzanne Kraft form the inaugural collaboration on Nash's Melody As Truth heading deep into worlds of Eno's 'Music For Airports' and 'Another Green World'. Gorgeous. 

Floating Points summons his ensemble again for an album of sweeping, panoramic jazz and electronic passages entitled, 'Reflections - Mojave Desert'; finding the surroundings in the Californian desert offered a unique recording environment that led to the album's production. 'Reflections… Read more

Reissue of this extremely obscure digital / computerized dancehall tune from '84 on Music From Memory! This issue features extra production from TAPES (check the remix!) and the bonus, 'lost' jazz funk splendour of 'Supernatural Magic'. What a release!

Jonny Nash & Suzanne Kraft form the inaugural collaboration on Nash's Melody As Truth heading deep into worlds of Eno's 'Music For Airports' and 'Another Green World'. Gorgeous. 

Berghain resident and MDR records boss, Marcel Dettmann weighs in with a KILLER selection of industrial, minimal synth and post punk tracks for the third part of Dekmantel's 'Selectors' series! Features music from greats such as Front 242, Cabaret Voltaire, Ministry, Fad Gadget and more!

Label heads and broken beat pioneers IG Culture and Alex Phountzi were integral to this sound; the focal point being the CoOp club night, which ran predominantly on the famed floors of Plastic People, up until 2007. CoOp remerged late in 2015 as a Boiler Room session, in which the originators linked… Read more

NEW SUPER LTD. first edition of 300 copies. Only available EXCLUSIVELY to customers at Soul Jazz Records/Sounds of the Universe.KILLER NEW ORLEANS FUNK PARTY BOMB!!One of the rarest of all New Orleans Funk singles issued here in exact repro artwork. The SEMINAL Dap… Read more

Fantastic compilation of 1970's experimental / electronic music recorded in soviet Russia by Yuri Morozov. An eccentric blend of wonderful, colourful psych, prog, electronic and library-style funk madness!Banned by the KGB for its esoteric content and references to forbidden spiritual texts,… Read more

Trumpeter and composer drops his debut full-length solo album - Astral Progressions This is a powerful record in the canon of 21st century music, continuing on the momentum Leimberg achieved on the Kendrick Lamar Grammy Award winning album 'To Pimp A Butterfly' creating a unique hybrid… Read more

A much-needed reissue of 'Cosmic Music', originally self-released by Alice Coltrane in 1968 and later issued by Impulse!. The album features two tracks ('Manifestation' and 'Rev. King') performed by John Coltrane's legendary final quintet that were recorded in San Francisco, 1966… Read more