The first 'Best of' on vinyl from the legendary 'Ethiopiques' series. Francis Falcetto, the founder of the series specialist in Ethiopian music, picks up a selection of the best tracks from the series.
Some tracks have been remastered and restored, and some are presented on vinyl after many years. Nice graphic design. 300g cardboard. Liner notes by Pablo...
Volume 2 of this series focused on the amazing sonic treasures Bollywood music has to offer. This second volume is centered on the incredible instrumental...
Drawn from the Audio Productions catalogue of early 80s Nairobi, this is a compilation that captures a luminous period in Kenya's urban music, when rumba...
Since Volcov's Neroli label was named in honour of a fine ambient album by Brian Eno, it made sense to mark the imprint's 20th birthday with a compilation...
Jerome Derradji's Past Due imprint continues to rummage around in the archives of one of New York disco's most overlooked and least-known talents - the...
Since being resurrected by Defected late last decade, 1990s NYC house label Sub-Urban has kept up a prolific digital release schedule. Surprisingly, though,...
Features aja monet by Ayana Contreras, Azymuth by Ben Lee, Henry Threadgill by Bret Sjerven, Sven-Åke Johansson by Magnus Nygren, Anna Webber by Stewart...
The Woods All Stars return with an essential Latin jazz session, uniting the great Tito Puente (with his Orchestra and Top Percussion Ensemble), saxophonist/flautist...
Originally released in 1980 on Third World subsidiary label Live & Love, featuring awesome dub mixes by the then Prince Jammy at King Tubby's. 10 heavyweight...
Curated straight out of the Detroit Basement, this compilation captures the true spirit of a city that never stopped creating, never stopped fighting,...
The pioneering electronic sounds of Daphne Oram reimagined by TAAHLIAH, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Marta Salogni, Arushi Jain and others using tapes from Oram's...
On the label's latest deep dive, Miles Away tells the story of Boo Frazier's Cheri Records, a tiny New Jersey imprint whose slim catalogue (remarkably,...
DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite - a veteran of Japan's late-80s club scene and one of the country's foremost authorities on wamono - returns with another deep excavation...
Sassy J’s acclaimed A Sanctuary tape mix arrives as a double vinyl release, featuring 18 of the 22 original tracks. All exclusive and previously unreleased...
Blurring the lines between fiction and documentary, the seminal film Wild Style, directed by Charlie Ahearn and developed alongside Fred Braithwaite aka...
Seminal sounds from the golden age of Ghanaian music. Highlife, rock, and soul collide and merge with tradition and culture. New styles meet old styles....
The begena is a large ten-stringed lyre which is part of the traditional Amharic heritage of Ethiopia. The Amharas, who have long formed the politically...
The collaboration between BBE Music and If Music continues with another excellent compilation in the ongoing If Music Presents series with this 2nd volume...
Peace and love in late 60s America did not come without parallel feelings of fear and confusion about the social situation – specifically about Vietnam....
As we’ve come to expect from Ace’s much-admired series of Jon Savage-curated two CD collections, this new – and sadly final – volume is a multi-genre...
By turns a handbook of countercultural living, a manual for street protest, and a feminist broadside against the repressive state apparatus, Revolutionary...
Welcome to a kaleidoscopic picnic where you can feast on a music scene that was rich, sparkling, multi-colored, ground-breaking and it'll blow your mind....
King Street Sounds are back again with their fourth installment in the King Street Sounds Sampler Series. This release unearths four classics from house...
Jazz Room Head Honcho Paul Murphy kept hearing all these fab versions of some of his favourite tunes.He couldn't release them all, a year is just not long...
Freestyle Records compile a killer overview of rare & undersung UK street soul & boogie tracks from across the 80s and early 90s, selected from the creme...
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...
Much has changed for Ilan Pdahtzur since the release of his Night City Life compilation six years ago. Back then, he was a little-known record collector...
Gilles Peterson presents International Anthem is a Deluxe Double LP compilation chronicling the legendary London-based radio host, DJ, label head, curator...
Featuring images recently discovered in the archives of Swedish television, The Black Power Mixtape shows the Black Power movement as never seen before....
The prestigious Ethiopiques series returns! Before "Swinging Addis" took over the world, there was Moussie Nerses Nalbandian - the Armenian-born composer...
Her "karibfutursound" fuses traditional Gwoka rhythms with rich influences of soul, jazz, amapiano, and electronic music feat. Roger Raspail, with arrangements...
Fred Spider Presents CHAKALAKA JAZZ A selection of South African GemsWhile music traditions are often defined by established and protected sets of characteristics,...
The first single from Blundetto’s forthcoming album sees the French producer collaborate with a true great of Jamaican music, the legendary reggae vocalist...
Third part in the series from new project Cotonete, made up of members of Ethio Jazz group Akalé Wubé and keyboardist Florian Pellissier. Wicked 70's...
Sly Johnson's beatmaker project, back to his hip hop roots!!!Guided by Hip Hop since the 90's until today, worked in great detail, YOUARESURROUNDED highlights...
E-S-S-E-N-T-I-A-L deep jazz from 1970s Ethiopia! Mulatu is a cult figure for fans of both 1970s indy deep jazz (think Strata East) and African music -...
Brilliant compilation of rare Ethiopian music from the 1970s! Has Mulatu Astake left you hungry for more? Then this is the record for you!
Nine brilliant...
A few years ago the world discovered a unique sound coming from the distant Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. The emotional blow was only matched by the...
After releasing around fifty 45 rpm singles and his first 33 rpm album (Ethiopian Modern Instrumental Hits AELP 10, re-released by Heavenly Sweetness HL092VL),...
Second part of MOV's Trojan compilation series, which celebrates the best works from the legendary reggae label Trojan Records. It was compiled by Laurence...
On Vinyl’s Trojan compilation series, which celebrates the best works from the legendary reggae label Trojan Records. It was compiled by Laurence Cane-Honeysett,...
This is the latest new installment of Soul Jazz Records’ on-going collection of Rastafarian music at Studio One, featuring classic material from legendary...
From the landlocked tropical savanna of Upper Volta, an ever-evolving cast of musicians brought the world’s rhythms to the streets of their native Bobo-Dioulasso....
Analog Africa reissue some impposibly rare material from "the funkiest Togo band", Orchestre Abass! This limited release features the band's extremely...
Reissue of this "holy grail" Ghanaian funk LP - one of Ebo Taylor's rarest and most sought-after!On this album, Ebo Taylor joined forces with 12-piece...
This is the brand new album from cult ethio-jazz hero Mulatu Astatke on Strut Records!
His first solo album in over 20 years refines his singular musical...
The Jamaican reggae record producer Harry Zephaniah Johnson, better known under his stage-name Harry J, started working as a producer at the end of the...
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Studio One Roots set the standard for Soul...
Second volume in Vampi Soul's series focusing on Peruvian cumbia from the 60s and 70s. Beat and psychedelia mix with Andean and Amazonian folk to create...
Jamaican music has never been renown for a proliferation of female singing stars, so those that do make it into the recording studio usually require a...
Sought-after, early 1980s JA roots tune on the timeless Swing Easy riddim. Originally released on 7'' on the Bebo's Music imprint, reissue on 12" with...
Light In The Attic release 'Somewhere Between: Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds of Japan 1980–1988', a collection of tracks that were...
Back in stock !.. A seriously must have roots 12"...Mighty Threes only made one hard to find album and a handful of singles. This originally came out in...
Stone-cold classic Studio One 45 back in stock after years! loud, clean, boom!
One off-repress will sell out! Don’t miss out!
Johnny Osbourne’s SEMINAL...