Henrik Schwarz, Ame, & Dixon The Grandfather Paradox: an Imprudent Journey through 50 Years of Minimalistic Music

BBE's J-Jazz compilation series continues and focuses on some of the most creative, inspired and sought-after jazz recorded in Japan during a golden period spanning the 1960s to the 1980s. Illustrating the richness and versatility of the composers and musicians on this collection, the music spans a wide yet coherent range of styles: samba, funk fusion, modal, spiritual, post-bop and bossa all combine to present an aural portrait of a jazz scene that was constantly moving and shifting its multiple musical centres of gravity. Many of the tracks featured are reissued for the first time, including mega-rare private press cuts from the Yasuhiro Kohno Trio, Masaru Imada Trio, and Hideyasu Terakawa Quartet. There’s heavy post modal bop by J Jazz legends Kohsuke Mine and Koichi Matsukaze; samba heat from Tatsuya Nakamura, Hideo Shiraki and Seiichi Nakamura; and funky dance floor energy by Hiroshi Murakami, Ryojiro Furusawa Quartet and Shigeharu Mukai.

J Dilla’s classic 'Welcome 2 Detroit', reissued and presented in a deluxe 7” vinyl box set boasting instrumentals, two brand new interpretations by Azymuth and Muro, a stash of previously unreleased alternative mixes and studio outtakes pressed over 12 discs, plus a book revealing the album’s hidden story, told by those who were there!

Nkem Njoku & Ozzobia Sound’s one and only album 'Ozobia Special' is an early 80s Igbo Highlife masterpiece, drawing on Ghana Highlife as well as traditional Ogene 6/8 bell tempos.

Rare live album from Ghanaian Disco legend Sidiku Buari, never before reissued and originally released in 1979. In-demand from collectors across the world - THE heavyweight Afro-Disco album!

BBE reissued this rare Nigerian disco/boogie gem by soulful vocalist Eric Kol, arranged by The Funkees legend, Jake Sollo!

Louie Vega reboots the CLASSIC boogie jam, 'Barely Breaking Even' that was originally written by Leroy Burgess back in 1982. This updated version is tastefully done and features both legends Leroy Burgess and Patrick Adams; not forgetting THAT cowbell! Classic disco meets NYC house music and it sounds so good!

BBE unearth ‘Palaver’, a long-lost, previously unreleased 1980 album from Ghanaian guitarist and songwriter, Ebo Taylor. If Fela Kuti was the king of Nigerian Afrobeat, then Ebo Taylor is the king of funky, Ghanaian Highlife!

BBE reissue 'For The Love Of Money’ - a along lost Afro-disco-boogie-reggae masterpiece from Liberian duo Zack & Geebah!

BBE focus in on the music of Nkono Teles with this crucial reissue.

Cameroun-born and Nigeria-bred, this innovative multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and engineer was one of a select handful of backroom boffins that West African artists and producers would habitually call upon when they wanted a ‘modernist’ Afro-pop sound that would appeal across borders.

BBE reissue both albums 'On Tour' and 'Reunion' from calypso band, The Young Ones Of Guyana. 'On Tour' (from 1970) features versions of classics such as the reggae smash ‘The Liquidator’ and Sly & The Family Stone’s ‘Sing A Simple Song’. ‘Reunion’ is the rare second (and final) album by the band.

BBE reissue 'Trumpet King Zeal Onyia Returns', a rare and sought-after highlife album from 1975 by Zeal Onyiah, one of the pioneers of West African highlife in both Ghana and Nigeria. Reissued for the very first time with replica artwork and liner notes from John Armstrong.

Originally released in 1982 on the short-lived Lyncell Records imprint, BBE reissue the brilliant and ultra-rare album ‘African Sunset’ by South African band Kabasa!

Making his BBE debut in 2017 with compilation album 'Language Of Tamborines', described by The Vinyl Factory as “ancestral, evocative and visceral”, Italian multi-instrumentalist Gabriele Poso returns to the label with his new LP ‘Awakening’ - Encompassing Afro-latin, jazz, soul and dance music elements, glued together by Poso’s distinctive layered live percussion sounds.

BBE reissue a gem from the tiny yet highly influential catalogue of Strata Records - a holy grail imprint among jazz lovers that preceded New York’s Strata East label.

Fronted by drummer Bert Myrick, this album highlights a quintet of highly talented players at the height of their powers. Featuring Will Austin on bass, Kenny Cox on piano and Ronnie Fields on tenor sax, the performance also stars the legendary George Bohanon from Motown Records. Check the iconic 14 minute epic “Scorpio’s Child”.

Essential reissue! 

Recorded during the summer of 1980 and originally released in 1982 on Spotlight Records, ‘Paz are Back’ was the second (and arguably the finest) album by the London jazz collective, founded by vibraphonist, composer and arranger Dick Crouch. Known for their original jazz-funk and Latin stylings, the band held a weekly Sunday residency at The Kensington pub in Holland Park for over 8 years, becoming a fixture at many London venues throughout the 70’s and 80’s, most notably Ronnie Scott’s. A classic with Giles Peterson and all the heads back in the day!

New York duo of DJ Spinna & Kryminul present 'Resurgence', a long awaited album of previously unreleased material. Comprising tracks created between 2003 and the present day, 'Resurgence' represents the duo's musical growth during a period where most of us assumed the Jigmastas project was on hold. Brimming over with soul thanks to Spinna's distinctively languid boom-bap productions topped by Kryminul's clever and witty brand of storytelling.

Highly sought after early 80's gem, originally created as a showcase project for young artists and composers by a community music organisation in Texas. Originally referred to as the 'Pop Music Lab', The Peoples' Workshop was formed in 1976 at Texas Southern University as a space for students to compose and perform, free from the constrains of Western classical music education. The Workshop has since grown in size and scope, becoming the first Black-founded organisation to present shows in major performance venues around the Greater Houston area. Houston Talent Expo '82 features original compositions by members of The Peoples' Workshop, performed exclusively by musicians from Houston. The songs vary in style, but remain centered around gospel, funk and soul; music and lyrics with a powerful positive message.

Houston Talent Expo '82 comprises a truly special collection of songs born from the struggle, true to the spirit of togetherness that underpins The Peoples' Workshop, written and performed by astonishing young talents.

5 x 7" Boxset - £23.99. Record Store Day 2016 release. 

12" - £9.99 

Taken from 'Off Track Vol. 3', 'Tin Top' provides yet another reminder of why Kon is revered almost as much for his music knowledge and record collection as he is for his production skills. A party disco belter, Kon's subtle edit of 'Tin Top' simply can't miss on the dance-floor thanks its infectious groove and fun lyrics. In Pt.2, the story takes a darker turn, while the track just keeps on grooving.

Very special artists packages, released on 12” vinyl for the first time, exclusively for RSD 2016, strictly very limited.

Originally released on EMI Nigeria, and recorded at the tail end of the '70's, reveals, Eji’s version of highlife was even more distinctive than most, eschewing the usual emphasis on guitars for a brasher, horn-laden sound, seemingly influenced as much by American funk as it was jazz, and of course with the heavy percussive undertow central to most African music!

Two ultra-rare private press albums, recorded in the late 70's by little-known St Louis 4 piece, Breakaway. Their sound is rooted in jazz-rock, funk, soul and disco - 'Breakaway' and 'Straight To The Top', were produced in the group's golden era before they disbanded in 1980.

"Who Was It This Time", and "There's A New Group In Town" featured on 1st and 2nd volumes of BBE's blue-eyed soul "Americana" compilation series. **Both vinyl formats comes with a CD version**

Picture Kool & The Gang recording on Black Jazz, Strata-East or Perception, this is the land from which Atlantic Starr (who later became Newban) came.  This is Newban, the deluxe edition consisting of two albums.  Rare & unreleased material, heavy funk, raw soul. spiritual jazz and grooves, remastered from the original tapes. 

Vinyl tracklisting:

NEWBAN

A1. Father Time

A2. Why Did You Desert Me?

A3. Central Park

A4. Fatback Sally

B1. Magic Lady

B2. Mellow Days, Easy Nights

B3. Hungry Grin B4. Home With You

NEWBAN 2

C1. Greenburgh

C2. Rhythm & Rhyme

C3. Find A Place To Live

C4. If I Could (Make You Mine)

D1. Fine Woman

D2. Easin' Through

D3. Free Your Mind

After making their debut on Soul Jazz Records 'Box Of Dub 2' and two well received singles for Kode9's Hyperdub, King Midas Sound finally drop their highly anticipated album!

King Midas Sound are fierce dubby electronics producer Kevin Martin aka The Bug and well-respected poet and lyricist Roger Robinson! The collaboration is faultless with Roger's eerie whispering tones melting within The Bug's incredibly intense blanket of bass and atmospherics perfectly. Roger sets the tone of the album with a ghostly spoken word rhythmic chant on 'Cool Out', the Bug adds a slow walk of lazy stomping bass and machine noise. 'Waiting For You' has a deep soulful melacholic feel to it, with Roger's emotive deeply personal lyrics dominating most of the track. Armed Rogers lyrics of love, loss and heartache, the album has a meditative smokers feel to it, and similar to The bug's previous production 'Waiting For You' has a deep menancing, unsettling feeling and with tracks like 'The Earth Will Kill You' where the duo become a trio accompanied with backing vocals from Hitomi (from Dokkebi Q) on this album is likely to have you looking behind you constantly with severe paranoia! 

Will appeal to open-minded dub afficionado's, dubstep heads aswell as fans of SA-RA, Portishead etc! 

VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Vinyl copies back in stock! 

One of our most eagerly anticipated albums of the year so far! Those of you who purchased "Magik Cyrkles" will know what you are in for, but for everyone else this is AMAZING. More little-known and obscure disco, balearic and psychedelic oddities unearthed by the Psychemagik diggers on Paul Murphy's and Simon Purnell's Leng imprint. From the guitar-strumming valium heights of Fox's "The Juggler", to Max Adioa's balearic off-kilter reggae instrumental "Toubab Bile" and Susana Estrada's seductive soulful mid-tempo bass-slapper "Gózame Ya!" - it's all good! 

Wicked new boogietastic compilation from supreme DJ, crate digger and remixer, Dj Spinna on BBE!

BBE return to what they are best and most well known for, a good old fashioned disco-boogie compilation!  Having enlisted the talents of DJ Spinna, famed for his versatility and extensive knowledge which covers a broad scope of rock to jazz, reggae, hip hop, house and beyond - you know this album is killer!  Dj Spinna was a child of the 80's and grew up in the Boogie heydays, with the jams on this album rocking the airwarves of Brooklyn and beyond.

The CD consists of two discs (one mixed and one umixed) of 16 super rare and funky soulful 80's Boogie dancefloor bombs!  

An essential purchase!

Fantastic reissue of the legendary 1976 recordings by Harmonia and Eno!

This is the legendary collaboration between pioneering experimental mastermind Brian eno and Harmonia. Harmonia consist of German multi instrumentalists Hans-joachim Roedelius, Dieter Moebius of Cluster and former member of Kraftwerk and Neu!,Michael Rother.

It's hard to believe that Tracks and Traces was recorded in 1976 as the music was so far ahead of it's time. Tracks and Traces is made up of beautiful ambient experimental electronic music, progressive krautrock and deep komische dronescapes.

Twelve tracks of cinematic lo-fi keyboards, strange synthesizer action, echoey guitar, eerie sound layering and quirky electronic exploration!

Highly Recommended!

Rekid is the alter-ego of Matt Edwards A/K/A Radio Slave, one half of the mighty Quiet Village, and remixer to the stars and dance music’s man of the moment whose work with DJ Hell, Kylie Minogue (where he famously mixed Kylie with New Order’s ‘Blue Monday’), Carl Craig, Talking Heads, Chicken Lips, Pet Shop Boys and even Kate Bush has made him currently one of the most in-demand remixers working today.

Rekid is the pseudonym he uses for his more serious/underground work and "Made in Menorca" is his first album released under the Rekid moniker and released on Soul Jazz Records. With numerous recording projects (Rekid, Radio Slave, Quiet Village, Mathew E, Sea Devils) under his belt, Matt Edwards’ music breaks down the traditional barriers of dance music – house, broken beat, techno, electro, hip-hop, disco cut-ups – and influences from Walter Gibbons to Andy Weatherall to DJ Harvey to create a truly unique sound.

After two extremely well received singles Rekid’s  full-length debut "Made in Menorca" is already getting support from the likes of Lindstrom, DJ Hell, Tiga, Trevor Jackson and Carl Craig ‘Made In Menorca’ is quite literally the most refreshing piece of electronic dance music we reckon you’ll hear all year.

Moving between stark cold European machine music, sophisticated electronic disco to the futuristic hip hop of the late J-Dilla and the abstract house music of Theo Parrish ‘Made In Menorca’ is a journey in 21st century electronica in Matt’s slick accomplished style.

Great new horror sound track reissue on Joel Martin of Quiet Village's own Moscovitch Music label!

Blood-curdling sounds that will chill your spine and raise the hairs on the back of your neck!

This CD collects the previously unreleased soundtracks to two cult classic late seventies British horror films - Terror and Prey - both directed by Norman J Warren and composed by library hero Ivor Slaney!

From creepy, dark, lo-fi minimal synth to rocky stompers, with a goodly amount of screaming and thunder and lightening interludes, too!

Highly recommended!

AVAILABLE AGAIN! Soul Jazz Records new 2018 edition of their long out of print classic first “Deutsche Elektronische Musik – Experimental German Rock and Electronic Music 1972-83” is ‘a near-definitive guide to some of the world’s most extraordinary music’ (The Guardian).


Featuring a stunning line-up of groups including Cluster, Can, Faust, Popol Vuh, Neu!, Amon Düül, Harmonia, La Düsseldorf and Tangerine Dream as well as a host of lesser known groups such as Kollectiv, Ibliss, Between and many more. This new edition is fully re-mastered and features all the original artwork and tracks.


The first seeds of German rock and experimental electronic music were planted in 1968, as students and workers in Paris, Prague, Mexico and throughout the world demonstrated against mainstream society, the war in Vietnam, imperialism and bourgeois values. The birth of a counter-culture, drug experimentation and social change expanded musical worlds. Germany experienced its own cultural revolution fuelled by these worldwide student and worker revolts and by a generation’s desire to rid itself of the guilt of war.


German rock and experimental electronic music grew out of this worldwide counter-cultural revolution of 1968. The objectives were to create new music, ‘free’ from the past, many German youth turning their back on mainstream society. From the opening of the first collective/cooperative, Kommune 1, in Berlin, to the formation of the Baader-Meinhof terrorist group and the bombings, kidnappings and killings of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (RAF), young Germans sought out new values and a lifestyle outside of ‘the system’.


These cooperative and communal experiences led to a number of new collective German bands forming such as Amon Düül, Faust, Can (all featured here) and others and these ideals drove this new movement. A music that gave seed out of the cultural ‘nothingness’ that young Germans felt as a consequence of Germany’s role in the Second World War. A generation who grew up stifled by the recent history of Nazi atrocities, the guilt of their parents’ generation and their disillusionment at the reintegration of old Nazis into mainstream society.



Influenced equally by the electronic experimentalism of Stockhausen, the progressive rock of Pink Floyd and the black American jazz and soul music played at the occupying armed forces bases, young German artists seamlessly created out of this a new unique music with its own unique identity.


Double CD pack with large 36-page outsize booklet encased in slipcase. The vinyl edition is made up of TWO separate volume heavyweight loud gatefold double albums (now + free download codes) featuring all sleevenotes and text.

Double Vinyl Record A is tracks 1-13 (+ Download Code)

Double Vinyl Record B is tracks 14 - 24 (+ Download Code)

Digital download does not include track 3 and 23 which are physical only

REVIEWS:

***** GUARDIAN REVIEW (John Savage)

***** GUARDIAN REVIEW (Dave Simpson)

2x LP Record A/CD1:

1. Can – A Spectacle
2. Between – Devotion
3. Harmonia – Dino
4. Gila – This Morning
5. Kollektiv – Rambo Zambo
6. Michael Bundt – La Chasse Aux Microbes
7. E.M.A.K. – Filmmuzik
8. Popol Vuh – Morgengruss
9. Conrad Schnitzler – Auf Dem Schwarzen Kanal
10. La Düsseldorf – Rheinita
11. Harmonia – Veterano
12. Faust – It's A Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl
13. Neu! – Hallo Gallo

2x LP Record B/CD2:

1. Cluster – Heisse Lippen
2. Ibliss – High Life
3. Moebius – Hasenheide
4. Amon Düül II – Fly United
5. Popol Vuh – Aguirre 1
6. Ash Ra Tempel – Daydream
7. Tangerine Dream – No Man's Land
8. Amon Düül II – Wie Der Wind Am Ende Einer Strasse
9. Roedelius – Geradewohl
10. Can – I Want More
11. Deuter – Soham

Soul Jazz Records subsiduary electronic label Microsolutions to Megaproblems celebrates two years of releases with this new album. Microsolutions to Megaproblems brings together many of the finest experimental electronic artists working in their respective fields today – whether it be electronica, avant hip-hop, twisted disco, deep jazz and more. This album features tracks from all the earlier12" releases plus unique exclusives for this album. Established electronic-pioneers such as Kit Clayton, Kid 606 and Sutekh are present alongside West-coast left-field hip-hop/beat-heads Daedelus and Ammon Contact. From the UK, underground remixer to the stars Radio Slave, A/K/A Rekid (Kylie Minogue, Paul Macartney!), tech-disco artist Secondo (with a unique to this album acid mix), A.Greenman are featured alongside exclusive new music from Tim Exile. The album also features deep electronic left-field jazz remixes from pioneers Hu Vibrational and Chicago’s finest Telefon Tel Aviv. Most of the artists on this album not only have recorded earlier material for other labels, many in fact run their own labels. They include Kit Clayton who owns and runs Orthlorng Musork, KID 606 who runs Tigerbeat 6, Sutekh with Context, Secondo with Dreck, Hu Vibrational with Metamusic and so on. Between them they have recorded with labels as diverse as Force Inc, Moving Shadow, Hefty, Ninja, Planet Mu, Classic and many more. Microsolutions to Megaproblems and Soul Jazz Records have been cataloguing the expansion of this new type of electronic artist who remain in control of their music and are happy to defy traditional concepts moving in and out of musical styles whilst still remaining "electronic". This is the first CD/LP to be released on Microsolutions to Megaproblems.

Now pressed on 180g vinyl, updated to add the beatless atmospheric tracks that have always been integral parts of the complete CD versions, and also including unique codes for free download. No new music, nothing remastered - just revised, improved and back in print.

Dark, grainy, bleak, desolate, downtempo dubstep action on Hyperdub!! Don't miss out - this is superb!! Intensely melancholic 21st century dub London-style! This is an absolutely superb album that we can't recommend enough!

Essential! You need this!

The bones of afro-funk laid bare on this outrageously funked raw collection from the mind-bending legendary Benin band on Analog Africa! 

Not much to think about here, every track is killer. Horns are packed with a punch, vocals urgent, funky hammond breakdowns, hypnotic Farfisa solos, gritty guitar riffs, distorted bass lines, and a non-stop locked-in rhythm section. 

Full-colour song-book too! 

Soul Jazz Records' journey into Dub and beyond, released to coincide with the new DVD film. Featuring an array of both legendary and current artists and producers connected to Dub.

This monster double CD / triple LP is a lightning journey through Dub featuring Jamaican originators such as King Tubby, Lee Perry, Prince Jammy and Bunny Lee, alongside electronic futurists and Dubstep artists such as Kode9, Harmonic 313 (Warp) and LV (Hyperdub), as well as hip hop pioneer Roots Manuva and original junglist Congo Natty. Musical worlds collide as Francois Kervorkian meets Jamaican DJ legend U-Roy, and German techno giants Rhythm & Sound meet Cornell Campbell.

This album is a celebration of all things Dub and related, featuring rare classics alongside new tracks from the pioneers and futurists of this electronic musical form.

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