Strut proudly presents an expansive deep dive into the world of Quatermass Sound Lab, the prolific under-the-radar East London studio founded and run by producer, engineer and The Heliocentrics co-founder Malcolm Catto.Over the last two decades, Catto has quietly established himself as a sought-after… Read more

Que Sentimiento! is Héctor Lavoe’s sixth solo album, released in 1981 on Fania Records and his only self-produced recording. This 45th anniversary reissue features eight timeless salsa tracks, with standout cuts “El Son,” “No Hay Quien Te Aguante,” penned by Lavoe and Ramon Rodríguez, and… Read more

Proto jackin’ hip-house/punk-funk from the third coast. Originally is- sued in 1984 on Chicago’s scene- defining Mitchbal label, Z-Factor’s Dance Party Album is where boy- hood friends Jesse Saunders and Vince Lawrence reinvented the 909 for the Warehouse, WBMX, and be- yond. Come for the spaced-out,… Read more

Rich in raw, gritty, from-the-heart grooves, the influence of James Brown is strong, yet the tracks are distinctly Bobby. Oozing style and substance, the album is full of fiery horn sections, strutting guitars and infectious basslines tracked by plenty of prime breakbeats. Front to back stacked with… Read more

Three decades on, Endtroducing..... still sounds like somebody raided a record shop after hours and somehow came back with a new language. DJ Shadow's 1996 debut stitched instrumental hip-hop from samples alone, the California producer coaxing whole weather systems from an MPC60 and a turntable. 'Building… Read more

Kokoroko today announce Tempos Difíceis Sempre Passam, a new remix EP reimagining tracks from their acclaimed album Tuff Times Never Last through the lens of some of Brazil's most exciting contemporary artists.Translating the album's title into Portuguese, Tempos Difíceis Sempre Passam reflects both… Read more

Reissue of a true cornerstone of the early digital sounds of Ethiopian music, originally released on cassette only in the early 80s, 'Teodros Makonnen With His Organ' has remained more or less unknown outside of Ethiopia until now. It is a pioneering home recording made in Ethiopia, recorded directly… Read more

Reissue of this ESSENTIAL and SUPER-RARE latin jazz-funk album featuring the KILLER Cocoa Funk which appears on Soul Jazz Records seminal London Jazz Classics! Solid album! Original copies fetch £100s and £100s of pounds!

**REPRESSED!** Glenn Underground releases four Chicago club classics with added GU production magic. His versions of tracks by Le Cop, Machine, Loose Joints, and The Isley Brothers channel the spirit of Ron Hardy and Frankie Knuckles in their respective Muzic Box and Warehouse clubs.

Classics back-to-back on this Slip N' Slide reissue 12" focussing on more 90s gems from the NYC/NJ/LDN axis! Blaze's Funky People gets the MAW magic touch as Kings of Tomorrow add some wallop to their own ‘Open Your Mind’. UKG legend Booker T flips LZ Love's 'See The Light' and offers some weekender… Read more

Classic and long out of print Studio One rocksteady album originally released in 1967, featuring the best Jamaican musicains and vocalists of the day - Jackie Mittoo, Roland Alphonso, johnny Moore, Lloyd Brevette, Ken Boothe, Alton Ellis, Owen Grey (with his his awesome 'Give Me Little Sign'), they're… Read more

Ezra Collective's Here Because Of Hope is the most ambitious and personal record of their career - conceived as a body of work split into three spiritual and geographical movements, the album traces the movement of Black people across continents and decades, from the music of Africa to the rhythms of… Read more

Soul Revivers is an ambitious and collaborative project from David Hill and Nick Manasseh, bringing together icons of Jamaican music with some of London’s finest musical talent, steeped in West London’s reggae heritage. After their critically acclaimed 2022 album On The Grove and subsequent dub version… Read more

In a world currently defined by unrest, uncertainty, and cultural fracture, acclaimed saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Isaiah Collier returns with Joy, a 5-track EP that reframes one of humanity’s most nuanced emotions both as a devotional grounding and political act.Collier’s deeply personal… Read more

Strut Records releases the first definitive expanded reissue of Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Sun Ra’s 1977 session recorded at the Bluebird in Bloomington, Indiana.

Following Soul Jazz Records' recent Junglist!, comes this new 20th anniversary edition of their ground-breaking 'Rumble in the Jungle' album, their classic collection of early 1990s ragga, drum and bass and jungle. Featuring General Levy, M-Beat, Barrington Levy, Beenie Man, Ragga Twins, Cutty Ranks,… Read more

In 1959, when United Artists finally issued Blues in the Mississippi Night after years of deeming it “too controversial”, the artists recorded were given pseudonyms to protect their families. Those were the stakes for speaking such brutal, unvarnished truth. Today, we know that “Natchez, Sib &… Read more

Produced by Inflo, the award winning producer behind SAULT, Michael Kiwanuka, Cleo Sol and Adele, Exile fuses classic roots textures with rich soul influences and an experimental edge. The result is an album that feels both timeless and urgent — a reflection of exile in its emotional, spiritual,… Read more

Cedric ‘im’ Brooks 7 track album ‘United Africa’ has achieved cult status among reggae fans. Rightly so. A sublime mixture of classic 70s reggae, afro beat and funk. Cedric Brooks is a product of The Alpha Boys school in Kingston Jamaica. His first recordings were with The Vagabonds and The… Read more

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

Released in 1972 by Philips Records, the album "Elis" introduced several new additions to Elis Regina's career. It was the singer's first album, produced by Roberto Menescal, who also helped select the repertoire by young composers, and the first with arrangements by pianist César Camargo Mariano, with… Read more

After thirteen years of silence from the compound, during which anticipation has grown day by day, Boards of Canada finally return. Inferno retains their signature melodies and atmospheres, drawing on the esoteric influences explored in Societas X Tape (their 2019 NTS mix for Warp Records’ 30th anniversary)… Read more