12. Saka Dit The King – Ody Ody (Tsy Mentsy Mandroso)
13. Michael – Razana Tsy Ho Meloko
14. Falafa – Rapela
15. Los Matadores – Andeha Hanarato
16. Nino Rafah – Oa Niny E
17. Kaiamba Orchestra – Tokatoka
18. Atrefy Andriana – Zaka Tiako Mamolaka Keriko
Strut continues its essential compilation series of Indian Ocean sounds with ‘Alefa Madagascar’, the first compilation to document the unique culture of salegy, soukous and soul music on the island during the ‘70s and ‘80s.
Between the late 1960s and mid-1980s, musicians across Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten built a tight-knit, largely overlooked network of sound that spanned...
Second batch of ESSENTIAL Ron Trent productions opening with the awesome remix of Carlton's 'Can't Be Without' with Ron Trent behind the desk with long...
Aptly named Brighton label Two-Piers dig deep into mid-century exotica and its long tail with Lounge Psychedelique, a double LP first released in 2023,...
Strut presents Nigeria 80, the next essential chapter in the legendary Nigeria 70 series, diving deep into the explosive sound world of 1980s Nigeria....
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...
In their countless years of deep digging, Dark Entries has uncovered many curiosities, oddball Italo and synth-wave creatures too rare to live, too funky...
Now, this one is a little bit special. Mr Bongo recruit Skyrager, one half of legendary production duo Psychemagik to put together the first in a new compilation...
King Street Sounds return for the fifth sampler in the series. This release showcases four releases from six house music aficionados such as Mood II Swing,...
Another compilation of French Post-Disco sounds curated & presented by collector & compiler John K of CTR.12 more rare deep cuts, unearthed & re-appraised...
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...
Back to the golden nights of zouk clubs, where hip-hop, kompa, zouk and Caribbean grooves ruled the dance- floor. This selection documents a pivotal moment...
**Limited repress!** A long-form collage of abstract and experimental material from the maverick Wah Wah Wino collective. Features contributions from the...
DKR say..
Our long overdue return to the Chopper label which we first issued some singles from way back in 2010. This 12 song LP corrals all our favorites...
DKR say..
Howard "Sir Tommy" Mapp is one of the original guard of New York sound men, playing sound system since 1974. Around a decade after that, he...
"Motorway City" is a superb, driving-based collection of library music. The tracks on this album were all written between the mid-60s and the early 80s...
Transversales Disques dive deeply into rare French soundtracks, Library music, and instrumental oddities that have largely remained untouched by reissues...
Discotchari focuses on the Iranian pop diaspora particularly in the harder-boiled streets of LA, where pre-revolutionary producers and artists remade and...
King Street Sounds Sampler Vol. 7continues the long-running series from the legendary King Street Sounds catalogue, bringing together a selection of classic...
Ivan Smagghe curates the eighth entry in Love International's running selectors' series; after presenting a strong initial menu in the likes of Hunee and...
An essential collection showcasing some of the finest and most sought-after reggae interpretations of r&b classics from the 1970s, performed by some of...
Featuring standout tracks from Tommy Musto under both his Tribute & Unifunkation guises, Kenny Dope as well as Matthias Heilbronn & Mike Delgado as Lift,...
By the early 1970s, Rastafarian culture had begun to significantly influence Jamaica’s creative communities. Nowhere was this more apparent than in the...
KPop Demon Hunters, a Netflix film from Sony Pictures Animation, follows K-Pop superstars HUNTR/X - when they aren't selling out stadiums, they use their...
These recordings were made in the Empire of Ethiopia in 1971. The music recorded in Addis Ababa uses masenko fiddles, craar and bagana lyres, washint flutes...
***** ”A victory for gipsy party music… A collection worthy of conquering the world” Dagens Nyheter, Sweden
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Newly...
Soul Jazz Records’ Venezuela 70 is the first-ever album of its kind to take a look at the groundbreaking experimental rock music made in Venezuela and...
There has been no shortage of excavations from Japanese jazz in recent years, a steady stream of reissues and compilations that have turned what was once...
Soul Jazz Records celebrate 25 years of working in partnership with Studio One with brand new editions of FIVE of their best-selling CLASSIC Studio One...
Soul Jazz Records celebrate 25 years of working in partnership with Studio One with brand new editions of FIVE of their best-selling CLASSIC Studio One...
Features the monster tune 'Heartbreaker' by legend Danny J Lewis!The Producers Press Volume 3 the depth and diversity of UK House and Garage music. Featuring...
Founded in 1981 by Tom Silverman in New York City, the label became a cultural engine for groundbreaking artists who blurred genre lines and defined the...
Strut Records releases the first definitive expanded reissue of Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Sun Ra’s 1977 session recorded at the Bluebird in Bloomington,...
From the crypts of Parisian funk obscurity comes the long-lost Halloween holy grail, Disco Frankenstein from Ice AKA Lafayette Afro Rock Band. A teasing...
Strut Records proudly presents the official reissue of Hidden Fire Volumes 1 & 2, the final album released by Sun Ra on his El Saturn label in 1988.
Captured...
An electrified meeting of minds, Candy Girl is a lost 1975 session by jazz pianist Mal Waldron, recorded in Paris with core members of the mighty Lafayette...
Strut presents Mulatu Plays Mulatu, the first major studio album in over 10 years from the father of Ethio-jazz, Mulatu Astatke.
Featuring masterful new...
Matthew Herbert and drummer/vocalist Momoko Gill announce the release of new album Clay, via Strut records in collaboration with Accidental.
A soulful,...
A cosmic fusion of deep funk, interstellar jazz, and avant-garde soundscapes, On Jupiter stands as one of Sun Ra’s most iconic releases. Recorded in...
Strut introduces the highly anticipated third volume in the Disques Debs International series, diving deeper into the archives of one of the greatest French...
In February 2024 Ackamoor’s performing arts company, Cultural Odyssey, partnered with The Lab, a prominent San Francisco venue, to co-present ""Underground...
Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids are back with their first major new studio album in over 3 years, an epic, sprawling new work exploring the future, the...
Strut revives a lost recording from the archives in January with a 2002 collaboration between acclaimed South African folk singer Vusi Mahlasela, singer...
Strut present the first ever reissue of an essential lost classic from the Black Fire catalogue, Wayne Davis’ powerful self-titled gospel-soul album...
Exclusive collaboration between two jazz greats, Bennie Maupin and Adam Rudolph, on ‘Symphonic Tone Poem For Brother Yusef’, originally commissioned...
Strut present the definitive reissue of one of the all-time classic Caribbean soul and funk albums, the self-titled album by The Beginning Of The End,...
Wow! A brilliant follow-up to Strut's essential Nigeria 70 compilation from a few years back!
This is a brilliant compilation that will certainly appeal...
Essential double disc compilation of brilliant afro beat and afro funk from 1970s Nigeria!
This first volume of Nigeria 70 was one of the last releases...
Seriously rare, killer and classic Nigerian 70s Afro-Funk, Afro-Disco & Afro-Rock tunes bought together.
Originally released as a now-long-out-of-print...
NEW EXCLUSIVE SUPER LTD. edition of 300 copies.
100% KILLER, KILLER 100% Nu Yorican LATIN FUNK masterpiece originally released in New York in 1974!
Alongside...
In 1964, the National Film Board of Canada asked John Coltrane to record the soundtrack for a French-language film titled 'Le Chat dans le Sac' ('The Cat...
Soul Jazz Records’ new Nigeria Soul Fever is their first release to explore the vast wealth of Nigerian music recorded in the 1970s. The new album comes...
Killer new EP of four to the floor business from the 22a boss and multi-instrumentalist. "Think Twice" continues Tenderlonious' evolution away from jazz,...
Little known funky-soul two sider by Los Keys. It was first presented to the world when it was included on Tramp's sixth volume in their Movements series...
Chicago collective Resavoir release their album debut through International Anthem Recording Company. The self-titled album presents a suite of elegantly-orchestrated...
In the summer of 2018 Beachfreaks Records founder and celebrated crate digger Charles Bals threw open the doors of Club Meduse, an imaginary open-air venue...
Tramp Records drop the killer Frederick Knight filler 'Steppin Down on 45, with the equally brilliant 'Heart Complication' on the flip. Two deep soul burners!
A definitive selection of music from legendary label Mainstream recorded between 1970 and 1973; showcasing the label's superb blend of funk, soul and jazz....
The groovier side of the Iron Curtain is uncovered by Funk Embassy Records via this killer 11-track compilation! Featuring music recorded between 1974-1988,...
‘Space Funk – Afro Futurist Electro Funk in Space 1976-84’, is an intergalactic journey into black space, fuelled by funk, powered by computers.
‘Space...
The Time For Peace Is Now compiles fourteen songs that are a subset of 1970s-era gospel, not directly talking about Jesus or God, but instead tackling...
Recorded in 1961, this was Joao Gilberto's third and final album for Odeon. With arrangements by Walter Wanderley and Tom Jobim, Gilberto delivers a vocal...
Sharhabil Ahmed, the actual 'King of Sudanese Jazz' (he actually won that title in a competition in the early 1970s) sounds very different from what we...
Owned and founded by Clement "Coxsone" Dodd, Studio One's output serves as a comprehensive guide to the history of Reggae music. The music on Studio One...