Universal Beings is jazz drummer / producer Makaya McCraven's most ambitious, elegant and refined work yet. Recorded at two intimate live sessions and two studio sessions across the jazz hotbed cities of New York, Chicago, London, and Los Angeles. McCraven collaborated with an all-star cast of improvisers… Read more

Natural Hi’s ‘Fame’ has made it on a 45 for the first time inc. 'radio edits' by Sean P! The spirit of London's underground 'brit-funk' sound from 1981 - a rare find that finally (and officially) sees the light of day again! Wild overdubs and crazy reverb saturation for maximum on the dancefloor… Read more

Mary Steven’s ‘Find Your Love’ made available together for the first time on 7” featuring the classic Boyd Jarvis & Timmy Regisford and a brand new 'radio edit' by Sean P! Whether it’s the original or the Boyd Jarvis and Timmy Regisford remix, ’Find Your Love’ sits easy amongst the most… Read more

Melodies International reissue this super-rare disco anthem from Detroit that was originally recorded in 1980 and dedicated to the “King Of The Champion Fighters” Le Stim 'A Tribute to Muhammad Ali (We CrownThe King)'.

Dam Funk dons his Garrett guise once again and takes us to the frontiers of electronic funk, kosmiche, new age and dream house music via Music From Memory label! Killer, killer release!

Soul Jazz Records new Studio One album is a fantastic selection featuring all-star legendary Studio One vocalists – Alton Ellis, Marcia Griffiths, The Heptones, Horace Andy, Freddie McGregor, Sugar Minott – alongside a host of classic and super-rare Lovers Rock cuts all of which Clement Dodd recorded… Read more

Radical discovery by Amir Abdullah of 5 two-track master tapes of the Charles Mingus Quintet recorded live in Detroit at Strata Concert Gallery. These electrifying recordings took place during Mingus’ week-long residency in February 1973. They were broadcast live by drummer/producer and broadcaster… Read more

NYC's KON officially remixes of L.T.D.'s rousing jazz-funk / disco classic that was originally produced by the legendary Mizell Brothers! Spiritual music for the dancefloor!

Jazzman revive their highly acclaimed 'A New Life' compilation with 'Vol. 2', assembling another ground-breaking collection of Brit jazz anomalies and outliers from the 1970s and 1980s. Francis Gooding and Duncan Brooker have dig deep into the archives on this one, featuring tracks from Billy Jenkins,… Read more

Harvey Sutherland is back with his 'Amethyst EP' - an energetic jazz / club release that features Nubya Garcia on sax!

**Upfront SOTU exclusive!** Suncut pull it out of the bag with a reissue of this impossibly rare, raw street funk / proto-disco gem from 1975! 'Easy Greasy' by little known band, Gentle deservedly sees the light of day once again. Spread over two sides, both parts are loaded with breaks, rousing brass… Read more

One-off order of AUTOGRAPHED copies! Second volume of this killer book direct from Brazil!!! Wicked new Brazilian book featuring 100 post-Tropicalia and 70s Brazil records -with original artwork and text and each of the records. Tom Ze, Hermeto Pacoal, Egberto Gismonti, Cesar Mariano and loads of… Read more

**Vinyl format shipping for 2nd November release date!** "For the 100th and final instalment of the iconic FABRICLIVE mix CD series, in its current form, two UK pioneers unite for a hypnotic 74 minute mix. Burial and Kode9 are each credited with fostering esoteric, hyperlocal sounds and steering them… Read more

John Coltrane's recordings from 1963 are collected in this release, '1963: New Directions' via Impuluse! It features material from Coltrane’s recordings during that year from the albums 'Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album', 'John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman', 'Dear Old Stockholm', 'Newport ‘63'… Read more

Reissue of the seminal Elecktroids album, 'Elektroworld' that was released on Warp back in 1995. Produced by Gerald Donald and James Stinson of Drexciya, this album is the duo's "personal tribute to the well known pioneers of the electro-disco-beat, Kraftwerk". Essential reissue!

Zongamin is back! The mastermind of one of the most underrated albums of the early 2000s, the XL released, self-titled classic. This release for Multi Culti has Zongamin expand upon those mutant disco / post-punk vibes and tapping into an EP worth of vivid, kaleidoscopic, cosmic tones! ESSENTIAL!

Long-out-of-print re-release of this classic Sugar Minott album on Soul Jazz Records bringing together the best of his classic material recorded at Studio One in the 1970s. Lincoln Sugar Minott was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1956. He grew up in a poor area of West Kingston and from an early age developed… Read more

This is the second collection of music from Venezuela in the 1970s and beyond to be released on Soul Jazz Records. The album once again features innovative figures in the history of underground Venezuelan music, mostly unknown outside of their home country – their music a blending of progressive… Read more

Reissue of one of the most highly regarded pieces of music by the great pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams. A concept release that muses the convergence of 'jazz' and 'spiritual' music. From the dark, smokey atmospheres of the "devil's music" to the luminous sound of the African American church -… Read more

**Back in stock!** Saxophonist, composer, bandleader and DJ, Nubya Garcia launches her own 'Nyasha' imprint with her highly anticipated EP - When We Are. The EP sees Garcia throw fresh shades on her already distinctive sounds: fusing technical prowess with fiercely heady jazz, soul, gospel, Afro-Caribbean… Read more

Classic brit-funk gem from 1979 reissued via Mr Bongo! Features replica Elite records centre labels for that extra authentic touch!

Modern soul classic from Mark IV gets the 'special disco' treatment for the dancefloor via new productions from DJ Spinna, Sean P and Ourra!

Reissue of this in-demand, modern soul dancer! Backed with a killer, new edit from The Mighty Zaf!

Money $ex Records co-founder Glenn Astro drops this KILLER, idiosyncratic electronic jazz / techno EP for Tartelet Records! Topped off with a wild cover version of Piero Umiliani's classic 'Discomania'. Essential release!