When Chuck D proclaimed "Bass, how low can you go?" on Public Enemy's anthemic 'Bring the Noise,' maybe he was pre-empting or inciting the 10,000 fathoms-deep,...
1976 album featuring the spiritual soul classic 'Mystery Of Ages'.
Released at the height of his cosmic creative powers, Cosmos Nucleus finds Panamanian...
Originally released in 1973 on Muse Records, Sunset to Dawn marked Kenny Barron's stunning debut as a bandleader. Already a well-respected sideman with...
Originally released in 1972 on the iconic Muse label, The Free Slave captures Roy Brooks at the peak of his powers – a drummer of deep conviction and...
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Take Brian Jackson and Gil Scott-Heron’s iconic track “The Bottle”, add a sublime vocal performance from UK soul legend Omar, and put it in the hands...
Previously unreleased Hi-NRG, synth-pop, wonky rock n' roll from a queer Manchester underground icon of the 80s and 90s. This release also features radio...
Yazmin Lacey returns with Teal Dreams - her soulful, fearless second album, rich with real-life storytelling and sonic flair.
Following the breakout success...
Terry Hunter and James Poyser remix a previously unreleased track by Chicago producer/composer legend Charles Stepney (who worked on hits for EWF, Minnie...
– You Make Me High (Terry Hunter & James Poyser Club Mix)
– You Make Me High (Original Unreleased Demo Mix)
– You Make Me High (Terry Hunter & James Poyser Instr.)
1. – You Make Me High (Terry Hunter & James Poyser Club Mix)
2. – You Make Me High (Original Unreleased Demo Mix)
3. – You Make Me High (Terry Hunter & James Poyser Instr.)
London pianist and composer Greg Foat has a knack for translating place into sound and this new record distils six days spent in the Swiss village of Leysin...
'A thoroughly enjoyable compendium of appalling behaviour.' Nick Logan, Editor NME (1973-1978), founder of The Face
'From the shabby stowaways of the...
UK Mande jazz meets Afro-Colombian marimba in transatlantic conversation. Balimaya Project link with Colombia's Discos Pacifico All Stars, 15 musicians...
Soul-Funk-Disco-grail officially reissued for the first time by Backatcha Records. Recorded and released in 1981, Stars' core line-upconsisted of the musicians...
Da Lata's 'Edge of Blue' marks a rebirth in the North London Tropicalia sound.Da Lata's nucleus is musician/producer Chris Franck (founder member of Smoke...
Underground break-beat fuelled disco funk from 1978 by New York-based alliance Aura, a studio group that emerged from teenage live band, Hooker, who hailed...
Official 12" reissue of Freex Machine's sought-after discoid-funk burner. Two underground groove-led gems recorded and released in 1979 on the New York...
Matasuna Records digs into Miami's 70s underground once again, unearthing a forgotten Latin funk nugget from local outfit Adam's Apple. Originally released...
These unreleased 1970s sessions from legendary pianist/composer Michael Garrick, see him lead two groups of top Brit jazzers, who perform eight original...
In October 1995, as part of the annual Polar Music Festival, Geir Jenssen of Biosphere and Bobby Bird of The Higher Intelligence Agency, were commissioned...
Lorenzo Morresi and Tenderlonious reconnect on a new 7" for Terrasolare, following their 2023 full-length Cosmica Italiana on 22a. Though that album stretched...
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...
Undoubtedly one of the most important and influential electronic artists to have emerged in popular music, the sonic misfit fromCornwall, the Aphex Twin,...
Third & Fourth release 10" in new subsidiary label from Studio 16 "Black Art Dubplate Style" featuring singers Carlton Jackson & George Faith both recorded...
Third & Fourth release 10" in new subsidiary label from Studio 16 "Black Art Dubplate Style" featuring singers Carlton Jackson & George Faith both recorded...
Classic Moodymann!
Detroit's Kenny Dixon Jr aka Moodymann has reached legendary status with super-deep, jazz and soul-infused afro-house jams. Includes...
ogg Food is the debut studio album by American hip hop duo Tha Dogg Pound, released on October 31, 1995, by Death Row Records, Interscope Records and Priority...
Soul Jazz Records’ new Soul Jamaica brings together a wicked selection of reggae funk and soul tracks from the legendary Studio One stable, featuring...
Tha Doggfather is the second studio album by American rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg. It was released on November 12, 1996, by Death Row and Interscope Records.
Now, following great acclaim for Volume 1, CTR is proud to unveil another equally eclectic Post Punk Era Selection Compiled by Jason Boardman (Before I...