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NOW JAZZ NOW - 100 Essential Free Jazz & Improvisation Recordings [1960-80]Writing from Thurston Moore, Byron Coley, Mats GustafssonPreface by Neneh Cherry. Afterword by Joe McPheeECSTATIC PEACE LIBRARY
The Bug vs Ghost DubsImplosionPressure
Carlos GarnettCosmos NucleusTime Traveler
Kenny BarronSunset To DawnTime Traveler
Roy BrooksThe Free SlaveTime Traveler
Tyler The CreatorCHROMAKOPIAColumbia
GILLES PETERSON and STUART BAKER (SOUL JAZZ RECORDS)FREEDOM, RHYTHM AND SOUND Chapter 2: Journeys To Enlightenment BOOKRevolutionary Jazz Original Cover ArtSoul Jazz Records
No One's Listening AnywayUK DIY Post Punk & Dubs 1978-1984 (Volume 2)Caroline True Records
CoilBackwardsCold Spring
J DillaDonuts (Audiophile Edition)Stones Throw Records
Lily AllenWest End GirlBMG
Sun RaFate In A Pleasent MoodPan Am Records
Orchestra BaobabKelen Ati Leen / SouleymaneMr. Bongo
Kibrom BirhaneLISANE BAHIRFlying Carpet
Rick WadeNight Trackin'Rawax Motor CIty Edition
Elsio Mancuso & Berto PisanoNude Per L'AssassinoFour Flies
Sleaford ModsThe Demise Of Planet XRough Trade Records
Tomorrow Comes The HarvestThe HappeningAxis
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (50th Anniversary Edition)Various ArtistsOde Sounds
Reagan RulerTrouble Man EPNutria Sounds
Roger EnoWithout Wind / Without AirDeutsche Grammophon
Avril AHousewife SuperstarMemory Dance
Bop & The Beltones / Jackie MittooNot For A Moment / Man Pon SpotStudio One
Yazmin LaceyTeal DreamsAMF Records
Charles Stepney feat. Kitty HaywoodYou Make Me HighMirror Ball Recordings
Ronnie DavisBeware Of Evil MenWar
Joe Gibbs & The ProfessionalsDisco Love Dub - Joe Gibbs 12'' Dub Mixes 1978 to 1984Doctor Bird
Kabaka Pyramid / Buju BantonFaded AwayGhetto Youth / Buy Reggae
Dr. ObiBellsLion's Den
KreidlerEarly Recordings 1994-95Bureau B
Big Simon & General TKNo Hard DrugsRupa Rupa
Larry June & Harry FraudKeep GoingSRFSCHL
System OlympiaLove Language: A Collection Of Erotica ElectronicaMaterial Music
SquarepusherStereotypeWarp
Oneohtrix Point NeverTranquilizerWarp
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The Song Company - Burden of Truth: 50th Anniversary Limited Edition Gatefold 12" Transparent Red Vinyl LP Gavin Bryars' Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet + Antony Pitts' Transiens
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- The Song Company - Burden of Truth: 50th Anniversary Limited Edition Gatefold 12" Transparent Red Vinyl LP – Gavin Bryars' Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet
- The Song Company - Burden of Truth: 50th Anniversary Limited Edition Gatefold 12" Transparent Red Vinyl LP – Transiens
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500 copies only in the world! Superb hypnotic leftfield vocal modern classical LP - exclusive to Sounds of the Universe. Very limited copies!
Specially mastered and pressed on transparent red vinyl in the 50th anniversary year of Gavin Bryars's Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet with the world première recording of its choral a cappella version, alongside the world première recording of Antony Pitts's 25-part motet, Transiens, based on music by Robert Wylkynson from the Eton Choirbook. This Limited Edition Gatefold LP includes an 8-page booklet.
Punk: The Last WordBy Chris Sullivan and Stephen Colegrave
'A thoroughly enjoyable compendium of appalling behaviour.' Nick Logan, Editor NME (1973-1978), founder of The Face
'From the shabby stowaways of the...
- Book (900g)£30.00Expected 30 NovPreorder
Freedom Rhythm and Sound EVENTThu 18 Dec 2025
Gilles Peterson + Stuart Baker (Soul Jazz Records) + Special GuestsAn evening of conversation, music and visuals 7.30-10pm Thu 18 Dec 2025 at The American...
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Rock Against Racism 1976-1981By Syd Shelton
Rock Against Racism is a body of photographs that Syd Shelton produced for and about the British Rock Against Racism movement (RAR) of 1976–1981. For...
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Clarks in JamaicaBy Al Fingers, includes photos by Adrian Boot, Dave Hendley, David Corio, Mark Read, Beth Lesser
Back in stock! Last copies!Superb brand new edition of this excellent deluxe 240 pages hardback, 100s and 100s of photos and text.
New edition includes...
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The Other Side : A Journey into Women, Art and the Spirit World
In an illuminating blend of memoir and art history, The Other Side explores the lives and work of a group of extraordinary women artists. From the twelfth-century...
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Soul Jazz Records hoodie (navy)
Brand new Soul Jazz Records Functional Outer Wear Product #1
Exclusive to Sounds of the Universe
Limited edition navy hoodie (large) with design.
- Sweatshirt£35.00In stockAdd to Bag
Namba RoyNo Black Sparrows
'A vivid portrait of Jamaica in the 1930s"
Excellent social realist novel. Written by Jamaican Namba Roy in the 1950s in Britain. He died in 1961 and...
- Original Book (200g)£15.00Original Pre-Owned Out of Print paperback copy in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Revolutionary Letters
By turns a handbook of countercultural living, a manual for street protest, and a feminist broadside against the repressive state apparatus, Revolutionary...
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Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy presents 'Balearic Breakfast' Volume 4
“There are curators, and then there's Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy.” - Resident Advisor
The sun has finally come out. It’s the first time something...
- 2×LP HVNLP237£32.99In stockAdd to Bag
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Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 10Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 10
Latin compilation
- Original CD£9.99CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 11Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 11
Latin compilation
- Original CD£9.99CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 12Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 12
Latin compilation
- Original CD£9.99CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
The Blood of OthersSimone de Beauvoir
Potent and vividly emotional, Simone de Beauvoir’s captivating novel questions freedom and individual responsibility in the face of brutality‘These...
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Salsa Y Ache
- Original CD£4.99CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
My Grandmother's Hands : Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodiesby Resmaa Menakem
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Insightful, thought-provoking and profound. I can't recommend highly enough' Sunny Singh'A revolutionary work of beauty,...
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Nova Scotia House : A Novel
Nova Scotia House takes us to the heart of a relationship, a community and an era. It is both a love story and a lament; bearing witness to the enduring...
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This Woman's Work : Essays on Music
This Woman's Work: Essays on Music is edited by Kim Gordon and Sinead Gleeson and features contributors Anne Enright, Fatima Bhutto, Jenn Pelly, Rachel...
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Women and the Piano : A History in 50 Livesby Susan Tomes
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DJ Disciple & Henry KronkThe Beat, the Scene, the Sound : A DJ's Journey through the Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of House Music in New York City
A thrilling and tumultuous, behind-the-scenes account of house music in NYC. The Beat, the Scene, the Sound follows DJ Disciple and his behind-the-scenes...
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James Kaplan3 Shades of Blue : Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans & The Lost Empire of Cool
1959 saw Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans and the other members of Miles's sextet come together to record the bestselling jazz album of all time:...
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Nettleblackby Nat Reeve
'To be blunt: I must escape.' 1893. Henry Nettleblack has to act fast or she'll be married off by her elder sister. But leaving the safety of her wealthy...
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Eros the Bittersweet : An Essayby Anne Carson
Named one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time by the Modern LibraryAnne Carson’s remarkable first book about the paradoxical nature of romantic...
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Days at the Morisaki Bookshopby Satoshi Yagisawa
The beloved Japanese bestseller: a tale of love, family, new beginnings, and the comfort that can be found between the pages of a good book. When twenty-five-year-old...
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Jacqueline CrooksFire Rush
Yamaye lives for the weekend, when she can go raving with her friends at The Crypt, an underground club on the outskirts of London. Then everything changes....
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We Were There:How Black culture, resistance and community shaped modern Britain
We Were There is about a Black Britain that for too long has been unknown and unexplored – the one that exists beyond London. **An Esquire and GQ best...
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Dr Maya AngelouI Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou's six volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows...
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Keith Gildart & Stephen CatterallKeeping the Faith : A History of Northern Soul
In the 1970s, Northern Soul held a pivotal position in British youth culture. Originating in the English North and Midlands in the late-1960s, by the mid-1970s...
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Margo JeffersonNegroland : A Memoir
'Jefferson's eye for details yields some devastatingly honest and painful insights' The Times'Captivating... Charm is this book's watchword' Colin Grant,...
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Kae TempestOn Connection
An authentically soothing, powerful, thought-provoker.'MATT HAIG'On Connection is medicine for these wounded times.'MAX PORTER'On Connection came to me...
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Emanuele CocciaPhilosophy of the Home : Domestic Space and Happiness
A bedroom, a kitchen, a bathroom - are these rooms all that make a home? Not at all, argues Emanuele Coccia. The buildings we inhabit are of immense psychological...
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Jason OkundayeRevolutionary Acts
In this landmark work, Jason Okundaye meets an elder generation of Black gay men and finds a spirited community full of courage, charisma and good humour,...
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Alex Haley (Author) , Malcolm X (Author)The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcolm X's The Autobiography of Malcolm X was written in collaboration with Alex Haley, author of Roots, and includes an introduction by Paul Gilroy,...
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Daft PunkWe Were The Robots: A Disco Pogo Tribute
Featuring a new foreword by David and Stephen Dewaele, better known as Soulwax and 2manydjs.
Daft Punk featured often in the formative years of Jockey...
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Friedrich NietzscheWhy I Am so Clever
'Why do I know a few more things? Why am I so clever altogether?'Self-celebrating and self-mocking autobiographical writings from Ecce Homo, the last work...
- Book (200g)£4.00In stockAdd to Bag
If Music presents You Need This: Klinkhamer RecordsBBE
**Features the amazing gospel/boogie anthem 'Holy Ghost' by Eddie Holman!**
The latest in If Music's 'You Need This' series links with cult Dutch record...
- – Gianni Basso - Epitaph
- – Oasis Band - Don't Let Love
- – Don Jules' Pules Band - Kweenie
- – Eddie Holman - Holy Ghost
- 1. – Gianni Basso - Epitaph
- 2. – Oasis Band - Don't Let Love
- 3. – Don Jules' Pules Band - Kweenie
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- LP + 7" BBE620CLP£23.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Horace SilverTotal Response (1972)Blue Note
Essential Horace Silver 1972 on Blue Note. Very, very deep but still with Silver's characteristic soul jazz style. All Silvers late 60s/early 70s blue...
- Original LP BLUNT84368£50.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA Vinyl, 1975 blue label with Blue Note house inner, cut out top rightSold out Notify me when in stock
System OlympiaDelta Of VenusOkay Nature Records
NTS radio host System Olympia drops her album debut and, in turn, initiates her Okay Nature label. 'Delta Of Venus' takes elements of minimal synth/wave,...
- – Intro - The Only Way To Do It
- – Sirius Desire
- – Freak 4 You
- – Look With Your Eyes
- – Tommib
- – You Are Not Talking
- – Erotic Line
- – Possible Worlds
- – 6am Romance
- – Not Us - U
- 1. – Intro - The Only Way To Do It
- 2. – Sirius Desire
- 3. – Freak 4 You
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- LP OKNR02£29.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
The J.B.'sFood For Thought (1972)People
Probably the best J.B's album in the world ! Full of great tracks.Every track on this album is a funk classic - 'Pass the Peas', 'Gimme Some More' 'Hot...
- Reissue LP PEOP5601£18.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
For The Love Of You, Vol. 2Athens Of The North
**CD release date - 26th November** Second volume in the essential 'For The Love Of You' series on Athens Of The North! An ESSENTIAL lovers rock/disco...
- – Lorna Fletcher - Just the Two of Us
- – Sonia - Easier to Love
- – Dave Barker - I'm Curious
- – Valerie Harrison - Fools Paradise
- – Chosen Few - Dont Keep Me Waiting
- – Sylvia Tella - You Might Need Somebody
- – Fallon Jennings - All Night Long
- – Pete Campbell - Holding Back the Years
- – Toyin Adekale - Smile
- – Derrick Cross - Never Too Much
- – Carl Johnson - I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much
- – Trevor Walters - Blood's Thicker Than Water
- 1. – Lorna Fletcher - Just the Two of Us
- 2. – Sonia - Easier to Love
- 3. – Dave Barker - I'm Curious
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- 2×LP AOTNLP047£23.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- CD AOTNCD047£11.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Harry BeckettFlare Up (British Jazz Explosion Series)Decca
Harry Beckett’s Flare Up (1970) is a much talked about and sought-after album from an artist and composer who had a six-decade career in jazz. The album...
- – Flare-Up
- – Go West
- – Where Fortune Smiles
- – Scarlet Mine
- – Third Road
- – Flow Stream Flow
- – The Other Side
- – Rolli's Tune
- – Fools Play
- 1. – Flare-Up
- 2. – Go West
- 3. – Where Fortune Smiles
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- New LP 4539723£36.00In stockAdd to Bag
The Mighty Two'We Remember You' Vol. 2Studio 16
Six standout roots vocal cuts from the mid-late 70s featuring Gregory Isaacs, Dennis Brown, Sylford Walker, Mighty Diamonds and more.
- Ruddy Thomas – Keep It Down (Extended)
- Gregory Isaacs – Babylon Too Rough (Extended)
- Dhaima – Ina Jah Children (Extended)
- Dennis Brown – Repatriation (Extended)
- Sylford Walker – Jah Golden Pen (Extended)
- The Mighty Diamonds – Ghetto Living (Extended)
- 1. Ruddy Thomas – Keep It Down (Extended)
- 2. Gregory Isaacs – Babylon Too Rough (Extended)
- 3. Dhaima – Ina Jah Children (Extended)
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- 12" JGMLP 02£15.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
BDF All StarsItal Lion SerenadeItal Counselor
A wicked relick of Aswad's "Hey Jah Children" rhythm from the "Babylon" soundtrack. Four great versions from the BDF All Stars plus front cover sticker...
- – Ital Lion Serenade
- – Dub Serenade
- – Operation Swamp 81
- – Sus Dub
- 1. – Ital Lion Serenade
- 2. – Dub Serenade
- 3. – Operation Swamp 81
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- 12" IC004£17.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
From The Streets Of Jamaica Vol. 1Studio 16
Wicked selection from J.A. producer Keeling Beckford featuring The Mighty Diamonds original cut of "Shame & Pride", Tony Brevitt's superb "Don't Get Weary"...
- Tony Brevett – Don't Get Weary
- I-Roy – Joe Frazier
- Tony Brevett – Don't Get Weary Version
- The Heptones – Let's Get It On
- Delroy Wilson – Money
- Pat Kelly – Whiter Shade Of Pale
- The Mighty Diamonds – Shame And Pride
- Pat Kelly – It's A Good Day
- Keeling Beckford – Slip Away
- Gregory Isaacs – Let's Dance
- 1. Tony Brevett – Don't Get Weary
- 2. I-Roy – Joe Frazier
- 3. Tony Brevett – Don't Get Weary Version
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- 12" SP 1003£15.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
IC All-StarsRuby's TriumphItal Counselor
A musical tribute to Ruby Bridges featuring Chris Lane (Fashion Records) & Inyaki (BDF All Stars) At the tender age of six, Ruby Bridges advanced the cause...
- – Ruby's Triumph
- – 14 November 1960 Version
- – Arc of Justice
- – Justice Dub
- 1. – Ruby's Triumph
- 2. – 14 November 1960 Version
- 3. – Arc of Justice
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- 12" IC003£17.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Pursuance: Issue 2We Jazz
This is the second issue of the 'We Jazz' magazine. Includes inspiring stories on music including John Coltrane by Ashley Kahn, Irreversible Entanglements...
- Magazine (300g) WJMAG02£17.00128 pages 174 x 250 mm in size and printed on 140g Edixion paper with laminated 300g invercote covers.Out of stock Notify me when in stock
100 Days of DubBy Martin 'Skyjuice' Blomqvist
SORRY ALL GONE
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Fantastic small book - over 150...
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Vince Guaraldi TrioA Charlie Brown ChristmasCraft Recordings
Iconic score from 1965 by the great Vince Guaraldi! Inc. memorable moments such as 'Linus and Lucy' and 'Chistmas Time is Here'.
basiC realitieSSummer Love (inc. Gherkin Jerks aka Larry Heard remixes)Vibraphone Records
Chicago house legends operates under his old school Gherkin Jerks guise and offers up two killer acid remixes!
- – Summer Love
- – Summer Love (Gherking Jerks Tribute Mix 1)
- – Desert Valley
- – Deseret Valley (Gherking Jerks Tribute Mix 2)
- 1. – Summer Love
- 2. – Summer Love (Gherking Jerks Tribute Mix 1)
- 3. – Desert Valley
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- 12" VIBR023£12.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Levon VincentWe Will All Dance together Again / Bells PhaseNovel Sound
Another absolute monster release via Levon's own Novel Sound label! Simple and 100% deadly - deep, epic warehouse style house and techno music!
- – We Will All Dance Together Again
- – Bells Phase
- 1. – We Will All Dance Together Again
- 2. – Bells Phase
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- 12" NS-34£12.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
K-Hand / Claude YoungEverybody / You Give MeAcacia Records
**Two titans of the Detroit techno scene on this CLASSIC 12"!**
Legends Kelli Hand and Claude Young appeared together on this 12" from 1993, now seeing...
- Kelli Hand – Everybody
- Claude Young – You Give Me (Dub)
- Claude Young – You Give Me (Instrumental)
- 1. Kelli Hand – Everybody
- 2. Claude Young – You Give Me (Dub)
- 3. Claude Young – You Give Me (Instrumental)
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- 12" AR011£14.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Porter RicksBiokineticsMille Plateaux
Mille Plateaux re-issue this stand-out deep ambient / dub techno album! Originally issued on the legendary Basic Channel sub-label Chain Reaction in 1996...
- – Port Gentil
- – Nautical Dub
- – Biokinetics 1
- – Biokinetics 2
- – Port Of Call
- – Port Of Nuba
- – Nautical Nuba
- – Nautical Zone
- 1. – Port Gentil
- 2. – Nautical Dub
- 3. – Biokinetics 1
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- 2×LP MP26£31.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
SeekersinternationalPresents: Ragga Preservation Society - Worldwide SoundDiskotopia
The enigmatic Manila-via-British Columbia ensemble SeekersInternational returns to Tokyo-based label Diskotopia. 'Ragga Preservation Society' features...
- – Worldwide (feat. wzrdyAV)
- – Kill-A-Milli (feat. Papa Roger Robinson)
- – RingRingRiddim
- – SoundboyThunderbolt
- – TrussUBad (feat. Second Woman)
- – WatchuwannaDeuce (feat. Wundrkut)
- – DreadRunner (Can't Keep On)
- – JamFlexEdit, Pt. 1 & 2
- – ConsciousVybz
- – SoundTekOva
- 1. – Worldwide (feat. wzrdyAV)
- 2. – Kill-A-Milli (feat. Papa Roger Robinson)
- 3. – RingRingRiddim
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- LP DSK057£18.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Larry MalumaStaying In The World / Walking In The StreetTRS
Larry Maluma is an accomplished musician, composer and vocalist and sings a combination of English and his native languages, Nyanja, Bemba and Tonga,...
- – Staying In The World
- – Walking In The Street
- 1. – Staying In The World
- 2. – Walking In The Street
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- 7" TRS-ZM-1£12.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Harold BuddThe Pavilion Of DreamsSuperior Viaduct
Reissue of this Eno-produced ambient classic from 1978 by the legendary Harold Budd!
- – Bismillahi ’Rrahmani ’Rrahim
- – Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord / Butterfly Sunday
- – Rossetti Noise / The Crystal Garden And A Coda
- – Juno
- 1. – Bismillahi ’Rrahmani ’Rrahim
- 2. – Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord / Butterfly Sunday
- 3. – Rossetti Noise / The Crystal Garden And A Coda
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP SV162£35.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock