Sam Don focuses on the sound of underground UK street soul music from the early 90s. Mega-rare tunes and quality throughout — don’t miss this essential compilation release on Athens Of The North!
Between the late 1960s and mid-1980s, musicians across Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten built a tight-knit, largely overlooked network of sound that spanned...
Second batch of ESSENTIAL Ron Trent productions opening with the awesome remix of Carlton's 'Can't Be Without' with Ron Trent behind the desk with long...
Aptly named Brighton label Two-Piers dig deep into mid-century exotica and its long tail with Lounge Psychedelique, a double LP first released in 2023,...
Strut presents Nigeria 80, the next essential chapter in the legendary Nigeria 70 series, diving deep into the explosive sound world of 1980s Nigeria....
Classics back-to-back on this Slip N' Slide reissue 12" focussing on more 90s gems from the NYC/NJ/LDN axis! Blaze's Funky People gets the MAW magic touch...
In their countless years of deep digging, Dark Entries has uncovered many curiosities, oddball Italo and synth-wave creatures too rare to live, too funky...
Now, this one is a little bit special. Mr Bongo recruit Skyrager, one half of legendary production duo Psychemagik to put together the first in a new compilation...
King Street Sounds return for the fifth sampler in the series. This release showcases four releases from six house music aficionados such as Mood II Swing,...
Another compilation of French Post-Disco sounds curated & presented by collector & compiler John K of CTR.12 more rare deep cuts, unearthed & re-appraised...
Strut proudly presents an expansive deep dive into the world of Quatermass Sound Lab, the prolific under-the-radar East London studio founded and run by...
Back to the golden nights of zouk clubs, where hip-hop, kompa, zouk and Caribbean grooves ruled the dance- floor. This selection documents a pivotal moment...
**Limited repress!** A long-form collage of abstract and experimental material from the maverick Wah Wah Wino collective. Features contributions from the...
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Our long overdue return to the Chopper label which we first issued some singles from way back in 2010. This 12 song LP corrals all our favorites...
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Howard "Sir Tommy" Mapp is one of the original guard of New York sound men, playing sound system since 1974. Around a decade after that, he...
"Motorway City" is a superb, driving-based collection of library music. The tracks on this album were all written between the mid-60s and the early 80s...
Transversales Disques dive deeply into rare French soundtracks, Library music, and instrumental oddities that have largely remained untouched by reissues...
Discotchari focuses on the Iranian pop diaspora particularly in the harder-boiled streets of LA, where pre-revolutionary producers and artists remade and...
King Street Sounds Sampler Vol. 7continues the long-running series from the legendary King Street Sounds catalogue, bringing together a selection of classic...
Ivan Smagghe curates the eighth entry in Love International's running selectors' series; after presenting a strong initial menu in the likes of Hunee and...
An essential collection showcasing some of the finest and most sought-after reggae interpretations of r&b classics from the 1970s, performed by some of...
Featuring standout tracks from Tommy Musto under both his Tribute & Unifunkation guises, Kenny Dope as well as Matthias Heilbronn & Mike Delgado as Lift,...
By the early 1970s, Rastafarian culture had begun to significantly influence Jamaica’s creative communities. Nowhere was this more apparent than in the...
KPop Demon Hunters, a Netflix film from Sony Pictures Animation, follows K-Pop superstars HUNTR/X - when they aren't selling out stadiums, they use their...
These recordings were made in the Empire of Ethiopia in 1971. The music recorded in Addis Ababa uses masenko fiddles, craar and bagana lyres, washint flutes...
***** ”A victory for gipsy party music… A collection worthy of conquering the world” Dagens Nyheter, Sweden
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Soul Jazz Records’ Venezuela 70 is the first-ever album of its kind to take a look at the groundbreaking experimental rock music made in Venezuela and...
There has been no shortage of excavations from Japanese jazz in recent years, a steady stream of reissues and compilations that have turned what was once...
Soul Jazz Records celebrate 25 years of working in partnership with Studio One with brand new editions of FIVE of their best-selling CLASSIC Studio One...
Soul Jazz Records celebrate 25 years of working in partnership with Studio One with brand new editions of FIVE of their best-selling CLASSIC Studio One...
Features the monster tune 'Heartbreaker' by legend Danny J Lewis!The Producers Press Volume 3 the depth and diversity of UK House and Garage music. Featuring...
Founded in 1981 by Tom Silverman in New York City, the label became a cultural engine for groundbreaking artists who blurred genre lines and defined the...
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...
Columbus native Kenneth Jordan was such a force in the late 80s r&b scene that local talent shows had to rewrite their rules. His voice dominated so consistently...
You can always rely on Athens of the North to sure up pure gold each and every time. This is another case in point: Chris Rael's 'November 18, 1983' is...
Dynamic, multi-limbed house outfit Girls of the Internet have collaborated with Athens of the North for a special, limited edition two track tour 12”,...
We have been waiting for this full length to drop ever since we were tased by the lead single a month or so ago. There was already no doubting James Alexander...
Leonard Grandsons'The Sands of Zanziibar' is a classy, extremely rare soulful floater from ’77which has remained extremely elusive despite having a sound...
AOTN proudly present a new solo outing from long time friend & contributor to Athens of the North, Other Lands aka Gavin L.Sutherland.
Channelling his...
Arthur Ponder, a life long Macon, Georgia resident, started his singing career in the 60s replacing Otis Redding in Johnny Jenkins & The Pinetoppersafter...
Wicked new collaboration between two heavy hitters from the jazz and house music world. Edinburgh based electronic producer Linkwood joins forces with...
Athens Of The North have put together the first ever compilation, 'Disco with a Feeling' compiled by long time label affiliate and disco aficionado David...
Vinyl now in stock! The first instalment in Mr Bongo's 'Record Club' series selects the label's recent discoveries and sought-after obscurities that...
The Great Escape is the debut collaborative album from San Francisco Legend, Larry June and prolific super producer, The Alchemist. Through a process that...
New 20th anniversary edition of Soul Jazz Records' long out-of-print Miami Sound: Rare Funk and Soul from Miami, Florida, 1967-74.
This album had been...
MASSIVE drop on Freestyle Records, in the form of this impossible rare single recorded by early UK street soul act Pause. Dating from the late 80s these...
Originally released in Canada in the early eighties featuring Scientist's deep & heavy mixes of Bunny Lee produced riddims featuring some of Jamaica's...
Rare late 80s reggae/dancehall heat coming yet again on DINTE sub-label 333. This time it's the turn of Hugh Maddo's Pop Style LP. Recorded in Jamaica...
Amsterdam based Mausovic Dance Band make madcap music intent on expanding musical universes. Powered by elastic rhythms and some potent dub wizardry, the...
Mind Maze is, amazingly, Trees Speak’s FIFTH album to be released on Soul Jazz Records in the space of little over two years– an output matched only...
When it comes to legendary albums, very few can match the cult status achieved on the international jazz and funk scene, by Alice Clark's eponymous album,...
This album is released in three formats: Indies-only One-Off Special Limited Edition Sun Yellow coloured vinyl gatefold double LP + download, black vinyl...
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Visionary artist Augustus Pablo is among the most important figures in reggae history. Widely credited with popularizing the melodica...
Originally released as a white label 12" in 2020, limited edition of 500 only, now gets LIMITED repress with full colour sleeve featuring killer disco...
With a career that spanned twelve years including the entire 1980s, Cool Runnings were one of Bristol's longest lasting bands, yet their failure to gig...
10 song LP in two sided hand silkscreened jacket, collecting the best '70s roots productions from producer Lloydie Slim - the first ever compilation of...
One of two superb 12” slabs of rare South London British Jazz-Funk both originally released in the UK in 1984 by Jamaican-born producer Tony Williams,...
'The word timeless is applied way too often in music, but here it is entirely justified.' Fact
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