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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
Ambush (feat. Tito Puente, The Bronx Horns & Mitch Frohman)Various ArtistsIn The Woods
The Bug vs Ghost DubsImplosionPressure
UK Rave Flyers 1988 – 1989Phatmedia presents ...
Larry MarshallRun Babylon / VersionStudio One
Akiko Yano7 O'clock In TokyoWewantsounds
WooolheadsCan't Think About It All The TimeKlang Tone
Daphne Oram: Vari/ations: Ode To OramVarious ArtistsNonclassical
Joe Chambers & Larry YoungDouble ExposureTime Traveler
Bastien KebGhoulsFirst Word
ZiarraHuman FormSonic Serpent
OmastaJazz Report From The HoodAstigmatic
Woody ShawLove DanceTime Traveler
Dele Sosimi & The Estuary 21Mo Se Bola TanMukatsuku
Bukky LeoObedun Sweet Soup: Afrobeat Dance Spoken Words (Deluxe Edition)Drift Recordings
Don LettsOutta SyncCooking Vinyl
CRYSTALReflection OverdriveFLAU
TezetaSEVENTH PLACEKlang Tone Records
StargazersStargazersNight Dreamer
Ife OgunjobiTell Them I'm HereIfe Ogunjobi
HeadacheThank You For Almost EverythingPLZ Make It Ruins
The Lunacy Of FlowersW H I T E S H A D O W SL.O.T.S Records
Skinshape x HorusAct Like You Know ft. Andy PlattsLewis Recordings
Taylor WilliamsDreaming / What About Me?Colemine
BonoboLazarus (Adult Swim Original Series Soundtrack)Sony
Floating PointsLazarus (Adult Swim Original Series Soundtrack)Sony
Jamie Lidell & Luke SchneiderA Companion For The Spaces Between Dreams
Jah MinstrelAfrica RootsJmc Records
Los BilltonesAtlantis / Rattlesnake TwistTip-A-Top Records
Tony MontanaCrosses A Follow Me / Oh Jah / Jamaica NiceBay City Music
Junior VibesFed Up A ThemMeshock I
The DiplomatsGoing Along / Don't Want To Let You GoCaltone
Tad HunterHail YahDebtera Records
Paul ElliotImport CorruptionLucky Love Promotions
- Book (400g) 9780857862525£18.99In stockAdd to Bag
How Music Works is David Byrne's bestselling, buoyant celebration of a subject he has spent a lifetime thinking about. Drawing on his own work over the years with Talking Heads, Brian Eno, and his myriad collaborators - along with journeys to Wagnerian opera houses, African villages, and anywhere music exists - Byrne shows how music emerges from cultural circumstance as much as individual creativity. It is his magnum opus, and an impassioned argument about music's liberating, life-affirming power.
UK Rave Flyers 1988 – 1989Phatmedia presents ...
Deluxe book showcasing original flyers from the breakthrough years of UK acid house. Sourced from the phatmedia archive and beyond, it captures the raw...
- Book (1.5kg)£45.00 £40.00Expected 30 NovPreorder
Jamie Lidell & Luke SchneiderA Companion For The Spaces Between Dreams
Jamie Lidell and Luke Schneider have created a kind of sonic tool to navigate a liminal state of mind. Their new collaborative LP, A Companion For The...
- New LP (Coloured Vinyl) 0309272740004£26.00In stockAdd to Bag
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)£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
Freedom Rhythm and Sound Chapter 2 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...
- EARLY BIRD Live Event E-Ticket£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Machito and his Afro Cuban Jazz EnsembleWith Flute To Boot!
- New LP 8435307616937£18.99In stockAdd to Bag
Up the Youth Club : Illuminating a Hidden Historyby Emma Warren
'A timely reminder of what we all truly crave as human beings - connection.' Doc Brown'Warren hows why youth spaces matter - not just for young people,...
- Book (650g) 9780571389216£18.99In stockAdd to Bag
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...
- Book (1.9kg)£42.99 £15.00In stockAdd to Bag
Greensleeves BOOKThe First 100 Covers
WICKED NEW HARDBACK BOOK!
Charts the story of Greensleeves Records —from its beginnings as a mid-1970s West London record shop to its rise as a...
- Book (2.1kg)£50.00In stockAdd to Bag
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...
- Book (350g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
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
Susan SontagNotes on 'Camp'
These two classic essays were the first works of criticism to break down the boundaries between 'high' and 'low' culture, and made Susan Sontag a literary...
- Book (100g)£3.00In stockAdd to Bag
The Second Sex (Vintage Feminism Short Edition)by Simone de Beauvoir
Vintage Feminism: classic feminist texts in short formWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NATALIE HAYNESWhen this book was first published in 1949 it was to outrage...
- Book (250g)£6.99In stockAdd to Bag
Beneath the UnderdogBy Chalrles Mingus
Bass player extraordinaire Charles Mingus, who died in 1979, is one of the essential composers in the history of jazz, and Beneath the Underdog, his celebrated,...
- Book (300g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
The Art of DancehallPosters and Flyers of Soundsystem Culture
Wicked book!
Combining the energy and vibrancy of vernacular Jamaican art with the cultural insight that only original ephemera can bring, the flyers...
- Book (1.1kg)£38.95In 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...
- Book (350g)£13.99In stockAdd to Bag
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£32.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- 2×CD HVNLP237CD£14.99In 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...
- Book (350g) 9780241696453£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Salsa Y Ache
- Original CD£4.99CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Alice Coltrane - Monument Eternal (DELUXE HARDBACK)By Ann Philbin, Franya J. Berkman
Rashid Johnson, Cauleen Smith and others pay tribute to a truly extraordinary figure in 20th-century American jazz. This volume unpacks the cultural legacy...
- Book (1.3kg)£50.00In 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,...
- Book (350g) 9780141996479£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
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...
- Book (450g)£18.99In stockAdd to Bag
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...
- Book (600g) 9781474621472£20.00In stockAdd to Bag
Women and the Piano : A History in 50 Livesby Susan Tomes
- Book (1.1kg) 9780300266573£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
Pigs Might FlyThe Inside Story of Pink FloydAurum
NEW UK PAPERBACK 50% Off original Price £5 Bargain!
Mark Blake’s superbly comprehensive and engrossing history of the group, rightly...
- Book (350g) 9781781315194£9.99 £5.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
FactoryThe Story Of The Record LabelVirgin Books
NEW UK PAPERBACK Over 50% off original price!Factory Records' fame and fortune were based on two bands - Joy Division and New Order - and one...
- Book (350g) 9780753518250£12.99 £5.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Young Soul RebelsA Personal History of Northern SoulPolygon
Stuart Cosgrove's Young Soul Rebel sets up a compelling and intimate story of northern soul, Britain's most fascinating musical underground scene, and...
- Book (400g) 9781846973932£9.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Split Decision Band Watchin' Out Athens Of The North
BACK IN PRINT!!!!!
Holy Grail deep disco from Des Moines, Iowa! Solid unforgiving driving funky disco, flipped with a crazy Funkadelic style stoner funk...
- – Watchin' Out
- – Dazed
- 1. – Watchin' Out
- 2. – Dazed
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- 7" ATH005£10.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
BileoYou Can WinAthens Of The North
Back in stock! KILLER, ultra rare, super loud disco two-sider from the brilliant Athens of the North label.
- – You Can Win
- – Let's Go
- 1. – You Can Win
- 2. – Let's Go
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- 7" ATH06£14.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Weldon Irvine I Love YouAthens Of The North
LONG OUT OF PRINT!!!! BACK IN PRINT!!!! 100% ESSENTIAL
SEMINAL cut from Weldon Irvine featuring DON BLACKMAN's truly soulful vocals. Essential, conscious...
- – I Love You (feat. Don Blackman)
- – What's Going On?
- 1. – I Love You (feat. Don Blackman)
- 2. – What's Going On?
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- 7" ATH012£10.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Painel De ControleRelaxAthens Of The North
BACK IN PRINT!
Two slices of Brilliant Brazilian Disco - 'Relax' is a straight up boogie monster, well known to deep disco & boogie heads flipped with...
- – Relax
- – Malandrinha
- 1. – Relax
- 2. – Malandrinha
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- 7" ATH013£10.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Marcos ValleMarcos Valle (Half-Speed Mastered Edition)Mr Bongo
Mr Bongo reissue the classic, self-titled 1983 album by Brazilian music legend, Marcos Valle. Features the essential disco/boogie track co-written with...
- – Estrelar
- – Fogo Do Sol
- – Samba De Verao
- – Para Os Filhos De Abraao
- – Naturalmente
- – Tapa No Real
- – Tapetes, Guardanapos, Cetins
- – Dia D
- – Mais Que Amor
- – Viola Enluarada
- 1. – Estrelar
- 2. – Fogo Do Sol
- 3. – Samba De Verao
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- LP MRBLP231HS£23.00Half-speed mastered editionOut of stock Notify me when in stock
TapesSummer Jam / SalavereEM Records
SOTU favourite Tapes flips the script again, returning with two fresh slices of heavy, digital dubwsie business via the excellent Japanese label, EM!
- – Summer Jam
- – Salavere
- 1. – Summer Jam
- 2. – Salavere
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- 10" EM1191TS£12.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Pure EssenceThird RockAthens Of The North
Untouchable disco funk of the highest order! Pure Essence's classic 'Third Rock' - essential!
- – Third Rock
- – Wake Up
- 1. – Third Rock
- 2. – Wake Up
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- 7" ATH049£10.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
MYTHPlay with MeAthens Of The North
Athens Of The North return with a monster-stomping boogie 45! MYTH's 1985 rarity 'Play With Me' was originally available on a sought-after 12", now getting...
- – Play with Me
- – In Action
- 1. – Play with Me
- 2. – In Action
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" ATH080£10.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Space GhostFree 2 BApron Records
Space Ghost's album of mid-80s style, electronic soul has won us over here at SOTU - absolutely loving these slow jams, lysergic funk cuts and neon lit...
- – Juno Fantasy
- – Prayer For U
- – Feelin Real Good (Vocal)
- – Mystery Angel
- – I'll Be Yours (Vocal)
- – Girl U Hypnotize Me
- – Love Beam
- – Feelin Real Good (Instrumental)
- – I'll Be Yours (Instrumental)
- 1. – Juno Fantasy
- 2. – Prayer For U
- 3. – Feelin Real Good (Vocal)
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP APRON41£18.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
24 Hour Party PeopleThe Story Of Tony Wilson and Factory RecordsChannel 4 Books
Really funny and great book by the late Tony Wilson, founder of Factory Records. The story was later made into an equally funny and great film of...
- Book (400g) 9780752220253£6.00Secondhand paperbackIn stockAdd to Bag
The HaciendaHow Not To Run A ClubPocket Books
Peter Hook, as co-founder of Joy Division and New Order, has been shaping the course of popular music for thirty years. He provided the propulsive bass...
- Book (550g) 9781471160080£8.99 £6.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Last Night A DJ Saved My LifeThe History Of The Disc JockeyHeadline
To celebrate 100 years of DJing, Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton have expanded and updated their classic account of the history of the disc jockey.The...
- Book (450g) 97814722269147£9.99 £5.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Life After DarkA History of British Nightclubs & Music Venues
Nightclubs and music venues are often the source of a lifetime's music taste, best friends and vivid memories. They can define a town, a city or a generation,...
- Book (400g) 9780857206992£8.99 £6.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock