Debut 1978 album from British jazz fusion collective Magician feat. Brit-jazz legends Barry Morgan and Barbara Thompson. Mega-rare original and eccentric enough for a release via Trunk. Brilliant release!

Another absoloute bomb from Byron The Aquarius, dropping some smudged, beatdown style house music vibes! Don't miss!

A couple of magnificent Sun Ra gems on this heavyweight 7"! "Disco edits" of two, key tunes from 'Disco 3000' and 'Sleeping Beauty', respectively.

"Both a marketing firm and metaphysical mission, Valley of the Sun synthesized style and spirituality to produce an extensive catalog that at once defines and defies new age music. Founder Dick Sutphen worked with tireless devotion to spread a message he believed could change the world for the better.… Read more

Chicago house music legend, Ron Trent, re-ups his WARM project and enlists an impressive roll call of musical guests to help realise the project. Brazilian musical royalty Ivan Conti and Alex Malheriros from Azymuth, violin maestro Jean Luc Ponty, ambient hero Gigi Masin, hype band Khruangbin and more… Read more

Pepe Bradock brings some dark, weird weather, house music heaters that play with the head as much as they will the feet on the floor - brilliant, uncompromising material from from the true mavericks of the scene!

Psychedelic, free-form steppers from Valentina Magaletti (who's known for her work with Vanishing Twin, Raime and Nicolas Jaar) with UK bass hero Deadboy aka Al Wootton. The third release from Holy Tongue who is heavily informed by dub and an appreciation for the experimental dub of On-U Sound, Muslimgauze… Read more

"Yaya Bey is one of R&B’s most exciting storytellers. Using a combination of ancestral forces and her own self-actualization, the singer/songwriter seamlessly navigates life’s hardships and joyful moments through music. Bey’s new album, ‘Remember Your North Star’, captures this emotional rollercoaster… Read more

Kalita release the first ever compilation focussing on the phenomenon of ‘Burger Highlife’, a crossover of West African melodies with synthesizers, disco and boogie that took over Ghanaian airwaves during the 1980’s and beyond. Highlighting key recordings from genre defining artists including Thomas… Read more

Remastered reissue of the classic Farben singles that were collected on the 'Textstar' release back in the early 00s! Jan Jelinek's more dancefloor-focussed material as Farben (originally released via German label Klag Elektronik) shaped the deep house sound via glitched, static samples, detuned disco… Read more

It’s the turn of AM/PM to bring some drama to What About Never, ushering in an ‘Age of Distraction’ with an EP of dark, pulsating techno, brittle dub polyrhythms and nebulous ambience. 'Dance for Me’ takes the lead, locking into a propulsive, strobing groove, rolling out tension that ebbs and… Read more

Hanna returns with an EP of trademark, Detroit beatdown house music vibes! Every track a winner, but the standout is the darker mood of 'In Yo Head' featuring rap royalty Jeru tha Damaja!

Analog Africa select key tracks from Gabon’s famous Orchestre Massako, the country’s national orchestra that was founded by the late Jean-Christian Mboumba Mackaya (a.k.a. Mack-Joss) in the early Seventies. In 1971 Gabon armed forces decided to form their own band. Mack-Joss was recruited to become… Read more

Limited special-edition copies of this 100% essential book! Foreward by Jon (England's Dreaming) Savage Jonny Trunk (Trunk Records) brings us this brand new groovy and extensive collection of record shop bags in a book! 100s of wicked designs! Over 700 bags, 230 page book, comes in one-off pressing… Read more

For Vol. 5 of Mr Bongo's 'Record Club' series, the label look to a broad church - from Brazil to Cuba, Ghana, Jamaica, Japan, Mauritania, South Africa, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago, the UK, and the US; pulling songs from the 70s up to the present day and feature a stellar cast of artists. There's an exclusive… Read more

Larry Heard's classic Mr. Fingers guise returns on his own Alleviated label with more deep, deep Chicago house music bliss! 'Around the Sun Pt.1' draws upon the influence of jazz, R&B to techno and ambient music forms expressed in a way that only Larry Heard can do...

NEW! 148 pages of musical niceness with Patrice Rushen on the front and interview + A feature and interviews on the history of Detroit techno, from Juan Atkins and Mad Mike's Underground Resistance to new generation players like Waajeed . + Joyce + Chambers Brothers +Masta Ace + Alpha Boys School… Read more

Jazzanova reimagine classics from the great Detroit jazz label, Strata! Features their versions of gems from the likes of The Lyman Woodard Organization, Maulawi, Bert Myrick and more!

Gwoka (a term which not only designates an authentic music genre from the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, but also a specific dance and more spiritually the soul and identity of a people) is made up of seven distinct rhythms, each of them used for different social occasions, from baptisms to funerals.… Read more

Shawn Lee returns with the excellent 'Rides Yet Again' - an opus of panoramic, widescreen soft-rock and blue-eyed soul with epic string arragements and orchestrastion. Beautifully arrangeded and an absolute must!

**Reissue of the legendary drummer's 2009 classic!**The raw and uncut Secret Agent, has all the ingredients that combine to make Afrobeat so special - fat, full-throated, hard riffing horns; nagging tenor guitars; jazz- and funk-informed saxophone and trumpet work outs; effervescent chicken-shack keyboards;… Read more

Brand new Soul Jazz Records Functional Outer Wear Product #1Exclusive to Sounds of the Universe Limited edition bottle-green hoodie (extra large) with design.

Curated by Tahira and Tim Garcia, 'Brasil Novo' focuses on artists from the Brazilian cities of Recife, Rio De Janeiro, and São Paulo; sonically, Brasil Novo spans samba, candomblé, batuques, jazz, and folk. Highly recommended!

**Number #32 in Jazzman's 'Holy Grail' series!** Monster mid-70s dancefloor funk and proto-disco-jazz on this infamous 'tax scam' release from US group Reality! Rare as hell and, not being a disco album at all, it sure is funky!