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...
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...
'Expensive Shit' is one of Fela's most notorious albums! This killer afro-beat LP was originally release in 1975 and now gets a reissue on Brooklyn-based...
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...
KNEECAP return to bend genre, language, and rules. The most talked about artists in the world are turning the page. A new chapter, new sounds, new manifestos....
An inspired coming together of musical minds. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of In A Space Outta Sound, George Evelyn aka DJ E.A.S.E has handed over...
Celebrating two decades since the release of one of the most loved albums in the Nightmares On Wax catalogue, In A Space Outta Sound sought inspiration...
This album brings together some of the finest music ever released on Black Jazz Records which in its short four-year history between 1971 and 1975, released...
This album brings together key tracks from Doug Carn recorded for Black Jazz Records in the 1970s.
Doug Carn is one of the most-important (and least-recognised)...
Eddie Palmieri’s 1971 masterpiece Vámonos Pa’l Monte returns, featuring (AAA) lacquers cut from the original master tapes and pressed on 180-gm vinyl....
Multi-instrumentalist, producer, and artist Shabaka (a.k.a Shabaka Hutchings) announces his third solo album Of The Earth, his first solo album to be released...
Charles Stepney gained worldwide success as the producer for Earth Wind & Fire and Deniece Williams but the producer and arranger’s earlier work at Chess...
On a Sunday in the early 70s in South LA one could easily find themselves experiencing the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra doing what they do for the community,...
Stone-cold ROOTS CLASSIC from the legendary Gladiators recorded for Studio One in the early 1970s and now on this freshly cut new crisp 45. This is THE...
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Gracing the cover of the first issue is the inimitable Sun Ra in 1971, performing in Cairo at the apartment of Cairo Jazz Band co-founder...
New 2026 Edition of 600% Dynamite, part of Soul Jazz Records classic compilation series of Jamaican music, featuring killer reggae in all styles - ska,...
Essential 1969 album from Gal Costa, one of the defining voices of the Tropicalia movement.It showcases a bold fusion of psychedelia, Brazilian pop, rock,...
Jackie Mittoo makes it clear why he's the funkiest reggae musician ever to live on earth. 'Get Up and Get It' is simply one of the TOUGHEST reggae/funk...
RIYL: Porter Ricks, NWAQ, Huerco S., Kit ClaytonSiccar Point is the second album release from Intertoto, and is a study of the geographical extremes on...
Boom female reggae funk MONSTER tunes! Two hardcore bomb dancefloor fillers from Jerry Jones originally released on Studio One in 1970.'There's A Chance...
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...
Two KILLA tunes from The Soul Vendors. Absolutely SEMINAL foundation groundbreaking late 60s reggae cuts from Studio One. The Soul Vendors (+ their other...
Digging deeper into the heart of Isan, this third outing from The Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band is another audio adventure laced with traditional...
Athens of The North's latest must-check missive draws together two rising stars of the UK underground: label regular James Alexander Bright, and vocalist...
Athens of The North's latest deep dive into electronic music's lesser-known fringes takes us to Michigan in the mid 1990s, and the largely unknown work...
The long-lost 1979 dub masterpiece from Channel One Studio!Features the unmistakable 'rockers' sound of The Revolutionaries -- deep, heavy, and revolutionary.
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The first three LP's back in stock...don't delay!
Enhed (Danish for Unit) was Bremer/McCoy’s debut as a duo. Their shared love of reggae and jazz merged,...
Big Crown Records signs up Marco Benevento for his debut 7", and in return, he offers up plenty of his piano virtuosity and compositional flair. The A-side,...
Generation Terrorists is the Manic Street Preachers debut album, originally released in 1992. Blending glam rock, punk, and alternative influences, the...
Group Modular continue to refine their retro-futurist vision with this new double-sider while also revealing a fascination with geometry, urbanism and...
Ello Guv'nor. JJ DOOM were a collaborative project between late rapper MF DOOM and producer/beatmaker Jneiro Jarel. Their sole album 'Key To The Kuffs'...
Long overdue and very welcome - as is often the way with music on the faultless Athens of the North - this new 12" finally gives 'Mind Games' the space...