The Best of the Black President is the 13 track guide to Fela Kuti’s massive and manifold creative career. Fela was a musician, arranger, producer, political...
Fela used the cover of ‘Ikoyi Blindness’ to announce his change of middle name from Ransome, which he now considered a slave name, to Anikulapo, which...
– Ikoyi Blindness
– Gba Mi Leti Ki N'Dolowo (Slap Me Make I Get Money)
1. – Ikoyi Blindness
1. – Gba Mi Leti Ki N'Dolowo (Slap Me Make I Get Money)
This edition of ‘Original Sufferhead’ is a major event. With the release of ‘Box Set #5’, and now on this reissue, the title track of this magnificent...
‘Overtake Don Overtake Overtake’ was the penultimate album of newly recorded studio material released by Fela before he passed in 1997.Like its immediate...
‘Why Black Man Dey Suffer’, recorded in 1971, was originally deemed too controversial for release by EMI, his label at the time. Having recently been...
“Gentleman is the last of Fela's early 1970s albums recorded with the Africa 70. The title track can be interpreted literally or as a metaphor concerning...
Fela Kuti made some frantic albums in his career--ones that popped with his enthusiastic political disobedience and ones that roared with fury at the Nigerian...
Reissue of the classic ‘Music Of Many Colours’, the joint album between Roy Ayers and Fela Kuti, recorded after a three week tour of Nigeria’s major...
Another killer gem from the undisputed 'King Of Afrobeat' Fela Kuti! Originally released in 1975. Expect nothing less than perfection. Sweet locked-in...
Hypnotic afrobeat bullet from 1972 - recorded in Lagos. Sprited percussion, tight horns, and pure funk! As with most of the great man's albums, this is...
In 'Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense', Fela explains the role of the teacher in any society with the concept that all the things we consider to be problems...
'Let's Start' - Seriously killer tune! and loads more.
It's hard to go wrong with Fela Kuti's work from the 1970s, and LIVE!, which features the Afrobeat...
Glenn Underground is the founding member of the Strictly Jaz Unit. He was raised on disco classics and freeform jazz in Chicago's Southside, the place...
Glenn Underground is the founding member of the Strictly Jaz Unit. He was raised on disco classics and freeform jazz in Chicago's Southside, the place...
Born and raised in the birthplace of House Music, Paul Johnson was known for his raw, soulful, and infectious sound, that helped shape Chicago's house...
Born and raised in the birthplace of House Music, Paul Johnson was known for his raw, soulful, and infectious sound, that helped shape Chicago's house...
Riding a hefty drop down bass riff courtesy of the track’s producer, acclaimed DJ/artist, Sub Focus, the Belfast / Derry trio, KNEECAP, have focused...
Soul Jazz Records new Junglist! is a heavyweight selection of classic and rare original Jungle and features Krome & Time, Cutty Ranks, M-Beat, Bizzy B,...
Stones Throw Records debuts new imprint Listening Position with the long-awaited reissue of Kelan Phil Cohran & Legacy’s spiritual jazz masterpiece African...
Ska-tastic 45 Originally released as The Soul Brothers on the Ska Beat label in the UK in 1965, led by the mighty Jackie Mittoo. Original copies in good...
Originally released in 1971, 'Kathy Smith 2' was singer-songwriter Kathy Smith's most daring and accomplished creation, an innovative fusion of psychedelic...
Long-awaited vinyl reissue of Alarm Clock, first released in December of 1970 and one of Richie Havens' most iconic albums, unavailable on vinyl for decades!...
Peruvian dance bands Banda Juvenil Mayas Amautas and Los Bravos Del Ande drag Rod Stewart and John Travolta up into the thin Andean air for a wild bilingual...
The prestigious Ethiopiques series returns! Before "Swinging Addis" took over the world, there was Moussie Nerses Nalbandian - the Armenian-born composer...
First vinyl reissue of an absolute masterpiece of the Ethiopian groove scene - the swan song of swinging Addis: 'Muluken Melesse With The Dahlak Band'The...
Austin's Money Chicha grew out of the city's Latin soul vanguard, drawing members from Grupo Fantasma and Brownout, but their own path has always tilted...
The New York Graffiti Experience 1976 is a short documentary directed by Fenton Lawless, one of the earliest on film to capture the New York Graffiti scene,...
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Originally formed in 1967 by the Palmer brothers - Harry, Jeff and Carl – Pama Records was a pioneer in bringing...
Limited edition one-time release of remixed tracks from Jeff Parker's 2024 album The Way Out Of Easy. Experimental productions and contemporary jazz details...
First time on CD!
Iconic melodica dub album of the mid-70s.
Released by Trojan Records in the UK in 1975, ‘Ja-Gan’ quickly became a must-have long-player...
Great new roots rock skanker from former Black Uhuru singer Mykal Rose with dub version on the flip. 2nd of two new Love Injection Productions from Clive...
New roots from Japanese label Mystic Warrior Sound featuring vocalist Danman, with nice stripped down dub version on the flip. All copies come with free...
In honour of the 30th anniversary of Oasis' second album, originally released on Alan McGee's Creation Records in 1995, a delectable 7" singles box set...
Danny L Harle today announces details of his highly-anticipated new album Cerulean, which will be released on 13th February 2026. The album marks his...
Mauricio Fleury's music has always felt like a private universe, but here, Revoada opens it up with a type of mischievous clarity. The Brazilian pianist...
Jazz re:freshed are proud to present the second studio album by visionary composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist DoomCannon with his most personal...
Naarm-based trumpeter and composer Liam McGorry steps into the spotlight with Temporary Blessings, a new project steeped in cinematic soul and 60s European...
While a celebrated and well-known voice in her native Japan throughout the 1980s, the work of Hitomi 'Penny' Tohyama is pretty much unknown elsewhere in...