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Donna SummerThe Casablanca YearsDriven By Music
A Certain RatioThe Joy of SextetMute
OvermonoPure DevotionXL Recordings
Massive Attack & Tom WaitsBoots on the GroundPlay It Again Sam
Isaiah CollierJOYBrownswood Recordings
Ariana GrandepetalIsland
Nia ArchivesEmotional JunglistIsland
Gracie AbramsDaughter From HellInterscope
Yoko OnoSeason of GlassSecretly Canadian
Chez DamierI Never Knew LoveKMS
Living For The City: Soul Reggae ClassicsVarious ArtistsTrojan
Gil EvansThe Individualism Of Gil EvansVerve
New York NoiseDance Music from The New York Underground 1978-82Feat. Liquid Liquid, The Contortions, Bush Tetras, Mars, Alan Vega, Theoretical Girls and more.Soul Jazz Records
Cloud 9Do You Want Me BabyUnknown Ltd
Big John PattonGot A Good Thing Goin’Blue Note
Barry GrayThunderbirdsSilva Screen
William DeVaughnBe Thankful For What You GotDemon Records
Soul Element aka Stacy KiddHow Bad I Want Ya feat Peven EverettDaybreakers
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Mr Bongo Record Club Vol. 8Various ArtistsMr Bongo
MuseThe Wow!Warner Records
Labi Siffre1970-1971Edsel
Joe HisaishiA Big Bold Beautiful JourneyMutant
Marcia Griffiths / Dub SpecialistFeel Like Jumping / Feel Like Jumping Pt. 2Soul Jazz Records
MonolakeInterstateField Records
Lord Tanamo / Jackie MittooKeep On Moving / Totally TogetherSoul Jazz Records
Carlton and The ShoesLove Me Forever / Never Let GoSoul Jazz Records
Dawn Penn / Jackie MittooNo No No / Ghetto OrganSoul Jazz Records
Tony HumphriesRunning Back Mastermix: Kiss FM Zanzibar Years (LP 1)Running Back
Tony HumphriesRunning Back Mastermix: Kiss FM Zanzibar Years (LP 2)Running Back
Tony HumphriesRunning Back Mastermix: Kiss FM Zanzibar Years (Mixed)Running Back
Your Brother’s Keeper & Gary BartzWhere Rivers MeetBrownswood
NY’s FinestDo You Feel MeBassline Records
Def LeppardGreatest HitsUMR
Jan JonesIndependent Woman (Parts 1 & 2)Celestial Echo
- Book (550g)£18.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Learn history - buy this book! AWESOME collection of house flyers from Chicago's halycon days in the 1980s! RON HARDY, HOT MIX 5, FRANKIE KNUCKLES & MORE.
Also included in the mix are promoters, record stores, labels, and an assortment of party crews and dance groups who contributed to the growth and atmosphere of house music in Chicago.
Great designs, legendary house DJs - it's almost like you're there!
94 pages ships end of the week
LabyrinthBritish Jazz on Record 1960-75
MASSIVE large format 375 page £3kg hardback book, quarter bound in cloth, debossed cover!
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- Book (3.6kg)£70.00Expected 01 MayPreorder
Power Pop! (RSD 2026)American Power Pop for the Now Generation 1977-1981
One-off coloured pressing exclusive for RSD 2026
15 super-rare USA punk/power pop classics you never heard from bands you never knew!
Soul Jazz Records’...
- Ambulance – It's All Up To You
- Dow Jones and The Industrials – Let’s Go Steady
- Hot Dates – I Can't Stay
- Nastyfacts – Drive My Car
- Pointed Sticks – What Do You Want Me to Do?
- The Normals – Hardcore
- Shoes – Tomorrow Night
- The Reactions – It's Our Turn Now
- Puppet Rulers – Outta My Mind
- Testors – Together
- The Scruffs – You're No Fun
- The Reruns – So So Alone
- The Wigs – You Say Ono
- The Fingers – Isolation
- The Reactions – In Society
- 1. Ambulance – It's All Up To You
- 2. Dow Jones and The Industrials – Let’s Go Steady
- 3. Hot Dates – I Can't Stay
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- New LP SJRLP590C£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
Simon Fisher TurnerSTUFF
After portraying Ned East in the 1971 BBC TV adaptation of Tom Brown’s Schooldays and roles in films such as The Big Sleep (with Robert Mitchum) (1978),...
- New LP £25.00In stockAdd to Bag
Wayne Jarrett And The Bull Wackie AllstarsAfrican Woman
DKR say..Six track 12" collecting all the cuts of Wayne's first recording for Wackie's, from 1976. A classic of raw underground vibes from the Sounds Unlimited...
- Wayne Jarrett – African Woman
- Wayne Jarrett – African Woman (LP Mix)
- 1. Wayne Jarrett – African Woman
- 4. Wayne Jarrett – African Woman (LP Mix)
- View full info and tracklisting
- 12" DKR-315£16.00In stockAdd to Bag
XzibitRestless
It's only appropriate that Xzibit's highly anticipated, and often-delayed, Restless concluded hip-hop's millennial melting pot. After all, Xzibit's association...
- New 2×LP £39.99In stockAdd to Bag
Emanuele CocciaMetamorphoses
We are all fascinated by the mystery of metamorphosis – of the caterpillar that transforms itself into a butterfly. Their bodies have almost nothing...
- Book (350g)£15.99In stockAdd to Bag
Andy WarholA
Part novel, part Pop artwork, Andy Warhol's a is an electrifying slice of life at his Factory studio'A work of genius' NewsweekIn the early 1960s, Andy...
- Book (500g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
BasquiatA Quick Killing in Art
“A smart, crackling chronicle of fast game, the ’80s art market, [and] the attraction of destruction.”— Village Voice
A bold and vivid biography...
- Book (700g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Straighten Up! BOOK Boss Reggae From PamaForeword by Harry Palmer
We got some more!
BOMB REGGAE BOOK!!
Originally formed in 1967 by the Palmer brothers - Harry, Jeff and Carl – Pama Records was a pioneer in bringing...
- Book (500g)£28.00In stockAdd to Bag
Supreme City: How Jazz Age Manhattan Gave Birth to Modern AmericaBy Donald L. Miller
- Original Book (500g)£8.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Paperback BookIn stockAdd to Bag
Awopbopaloobop AlopbamboomBy Nik Cohn
- Original Book (300g)£12.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Paperback BookIn stockAdd to Bag
The West Indian Experience in British SchoolsBy Raymond Giles
- Original Book (350g)£15.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Paperback Book in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Nikki GiovanniPoems: 1968-2020
Nikki Giovanni's poetry has dazzled and inspired readers for more than sixty years. When she first emerged from the Black Arts Movement in the late 1960s,...
- Book (600g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
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
I Hear Music In The StreetsNew York 1969-89
Capturing the energy of New York City's music subcultures—across hip-hop, punk and rap—through an array of snapshots by photographers including...
- Book (1.4kg) 9788410024687£48.00In 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)£15.00 £15.00In stockAdd to Bag
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...
- Book (1.5kg) 9780956777393£40.00 £35.00In 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£40.00In stockAdd to Bag
The Second Sexby Simone de Beauvoir
Everyone who cares about freedom and justice for women should read The Second Sex' GuardianSimone de Beauvoir famously wrote, 'One is not born, but rather...
- Book (400g) 9780099595731£14.99In 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)£3.00In 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
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
Women and the Piano : A History in 50 Livesby Susan Tomes
- Book (1.1kg) 9780300266573£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
Mutant Beat DanceNo Comfort For ControlNation
**One per customer!**
Chicago’s Melvin Oliphant, Beau Wanzer and Jason Letkiewicz release proto-house, EBM and darkwave under their Mutant Beat Dance...
- – Tote Kammer
- – Tuning Within The Maze
- – Spy Vs Spy
- – Prayer 4 Heaven
- – Drug Psychedelik
- – Vibrational Nature (The Spirit Center)
- – Sinister
- – Water Vapor
- – Whutz Punk
- – Water Vapor Funk Dubb
- 1. – Tote Kammer
- 2. – Tuning Within The Maze
- 3. – Spy Vs Spy
- View full info and tracklisting
- 3×LP NAT 020£37.00One per customer!Out of stock Notify me when in stock
WavejumpersThe Sunken Treasure EPUnderground Resistance
Awesome release via the Detroit techno militants - sub-aquatic, deadly electro beats from the Wavejumpers. Could it be.....?
- – The Sound
- – Aquatic Justice
- – Cetacean Nation
- – Decoding The Maps
- – Sunken Treasure
- 1. – The Sound
- 2. – Aquatic Justice
- 3. – Cetacean Nation
- View full info and tracklisting
- 12" UR-097£15.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
DJ Stingray 313Molecular Level SolutionsMicron Audio
Cold, spacey Detroit electro-technofunk from Drexciyan DJ, Stingray!
- – Bioplastics
- – Construction Materials From Organic Waste
- – Carbon Neutral Fuels
- – Enzymatic Detergents
- 1. – Bioplastics
- 2. – Construction Materials From Organic Waste
- 3. – Carbon Neutral Fuels
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- 12" MCR00003£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
Japanese TelecomVirtual GeishaClone Aqualung Series
Reissue of the long out of print Virtual Geisha album by Japanese Telecom (aka Dopplereffekt / Der Zyklus) first released in 2001. A further exploration...
- – The Making Of Ultraman
- – Beta Capsule
- – Cigarette Lighter
- – Enter Mrs. Suzuki
- – Pagoda Of Sin
- – Virtual Origami
- – Virtual Geisha (She Interacts)
- – Japanese Matrix
- – Remote Transmitter
- – Mounting Yoko
- 1. – The Making Of Ultraman
- 2. – Beta Capsule
- 3. – Cigarette Lighter
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2×LP CAL017LP£26.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
S.O.N.SThe EscapeS.O.N.S
S.O.N.S first album, an O.S.T for a movie which does not exist... the story of Anna and her escape from Earth... to planet Seylanide. And yes, this time,...
- – Garden
- – Upside Down
- – Identity (Shattered Dreams)
- 4. – Garden
- 5. – Upside Down
- 9. – Identity (Shattered Dreams)
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2×LP SO-10SL-NS£27.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Terrence DixonRelinked EPKynant Records
Utterly alien sounding techno minimalism from Detroit's Terrence Dixon - essential release!
- – Relinked
- – Transcend
- – Change
- – Relentlessly
- – Unstoppable
- – No Smoking In The Green Room
- 1. – Relinked
- 2. – Transcend
- 3. – Change
- View full info and tracklisting
- 12" EP KYN018£13.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Schoolly DCuz Schoolly D Is CrazyWienerworld Music
Deemed a “pioneer” by Jay-Z (Decoded, 09) and credited by Ice-T as releasing the first gangsta rap record (Props Magazine), Schoolly D’s career has...
- – The S The C The H (It’s Schoolly)
- – Real Rhymes And Real Raps
- – Oh Shit
- – Jordan's Dream
- – The Epic (Featuring Chuck D)
- – These Rhymes Are Dedicated (To All The B-Boys B-Girls All Over The World)
- – The Real Hardcore (Featuring Ice-T)
- – 82,83,84,85 (Watcha Young Brother Come Alive)
- 1. – The S The C The H (It’s Schoolly)
- 2. – Real Rhymes And Real Raps
- 3. – Oh Shit
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP RN1001£28.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Wax Poetics (Patrice Rushen cover)
NEW! 148 pages of musical niceness with Patrice Rushen on the front and interview
+ A feature and interviews on the history of Detroit techno, from Juan...
- Magazine (250g)£18.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Detroit Rave Flyers 1993 -1999
Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson, Derrick May, Jeff Mills, Stacy Pullen, Robert Hood, Eddie Fowlkes, Cajmere. Richie Hawtin .... blimey!Detroit Rave Flyers...
- Book (300g)£15.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock