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!
Featured artists include Yaya Bey, Sudan Archives, Yaeji, COUCOU CHLOE, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Miso Extra, Aunty Rayzor, TeeZandos, Queenie, MC Yallah,...
The saga continues! Light Sounds Dark continue to plumet down the wormhole, mining DIY electronics, private press avant noise, sherm-stick psyche and the...
For the 15th release on Juan Atkins's legendary Metroplex imprint, the label dug deep into the depths, pulling out a fairly obscure gem from 1993. The...
What planet were you born on? To be honest, it never really matters with Light Sounds Dark. Sent off in search of intelligent sounds from across the universe,...
2025 marks 20 years of Tectonic, the pioneering dubstep and electronic label founded in 2005 by Bristol’s underground originator, DJ Pinch.
The Tectonic...
2025 marks 20 years of Tectonic, the pioneering dubstep and electronic label founded in 2005 by Bristol’s underground originator, DJ Pinch.
The Tectonic...
2025 marks 20 years of Tectonic, the pioneering dubstep and electronic label founded in 2005 by Bristol’s underground originator, DJ Pinch.
The Tectonic...
2025 marks 20 years of Tectonic, the pioneering dubstep and electronic label founded in 2005 by Bristol’s underground originator, DJ Pinch.
The Tectonic...
2025 marks 20 years of Tectonic, the pioneering dubstep and electronic label founded in 2005 by Bristol’s underground originator, DJ Pinch.
The Tectonic...
2025 marks 20 years of Tectonic, the pioneering dubstep and electronic label founded in 2005 by Bristol’s underground originator, DJ Pinch.
The Tectonic...
Habibi Funk is more than happy to announce our 31st release which happens to be our 3rd various artists compilation. The album is dedicated to the cassette...
Head back to the floor with this brand-new 2LP compilation featuring 42 more of the world’s most remarkable Northern Soul tunes.
Expand your collection...
Every compilation series has an end. After 10 outstanding issues, we are saying goodbye to the Praise Poems series, which is highly appreciated by collectors...
On their last trip to Silberland, Bureau B hurtled along the chrome highways and glass skyways of the kosmische landscape, powered ever onwards in perpetual...
This compilation sees the return of Acid Jazz’s iconic ‘Totally Wired’ series, which became a huge success in the early 1990s, following the international...
Chapter Music's landmark collection of Australian 70s-80s post- punk, originally released in 2001, gets its first ever vinyl release! Can’t Stop It!...
Keeping true to the series, but with some fresh surprises along the way, this carefully curated compilation is a celebration of soulful, independently...
Spiritual Jazz 18: Behind The Iron Curtain Pts 1 & 2 Gatefold 2LP with pictures, liner notes & download code Sounds Beyond Barriers One of the most politically...
Zulu Guitar's Pioneering Tricksters
But for this compilation of rescued songs masterfully restored from rare 78 rpm shellacs, few could imagine the diversely...
From 1967 to 1983, Guinea’s government presented selections of songs from the Voix de la Révolution catalogue on its own recording label, Syliphone....
When the Indie Dance / Nu Rave scene crashed onto the dancefloors and ignited the youth of the time it seemed like uber cool and incredible new bands were...
Why ask Chris Bangs to do a compilation for Ace?
Maybe because of my long, varied and unusual musical career. I started off as a failed guitarist with...
A rare label treasured by collectors from all four corners of the world. The label ran for almost 3 years between 1965 to 1967 during the hot Ska and...
The Children of Gaza Mixtape project responds to the devastating loss of lives in Gaza, especially children. The 90-minute cassette mixtape, pays homage...
DAYBREAKERS, a new London label dedicated to deep house in all its forms, opens with a study of Jeffrey Collins' Music Station, an imprint that helped...
A dazzling 11-track journey through the rich, handpicked gems of Numero’s finest. Blending the timeless warmth of classic soul with a fresh, modern twist,...
Jon Savage's Space : Light Years From Home - An amazing musical voyage through the theme and idea of Space - music for Space - Space - Music - Through...
Side A is taken from the upcoming compilation:THE SUNSET MANIFESTO 2
Too Slow To Disco NEO is back with a (mellow) bang
With a colored, strictly limited...
This anthology follows Now-Again's Loving On The Flipside, issued more than a decade ago. And that anthology itself got its start in a different time,...
Soul Jazz Records’ special new 18th anniversary one-off limited-edition heavyweight special-edition red coloured vinyl pressing (+ download code) exclusively...
M-Beat Featuring General Levy – Incredible
Barrington Levy & Beenie Man – Under Mi Sensi (X Project Remix)
The Ragga Twins – Ragga Trip
Ninjaman, Bounty Killer, Beenie Man & Ninja Ford – Bad Boy Lick A New Shot (Jungle Bullet)
The Source – Rude Boy State Of Mind
Shut Up And Dance – No Doubt
DJ Massive – Final Conflict
Asher Senator – One Bible
Poison Chang – Press The Trigger (Half Breed Remix)
The Ragga Twins – Illegal Gunshot
Ben Intellect Featuring Ragga G – Oh Jungle
Cutty Ranks – Limb By Limb (DJ SS Remix)
The Ragga Twins – Tan So Back
1. M-Beat Featuring General Levy – Incredible
2. Barrington Levy & Beenie Man – Under Mi Sensi (X Project Remix)
Unreleased Nigerian music, produced by the iconic record shop from Lagos, Jazzhole, covering afro-funk, afrobeat, palm wine, juju and highlife.
Asiko...
Italian house was the first, anticipating the irruption of the digital scenarios that have forever changed 'making art', to redefine, to redraw a map that...
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...
Unreleased soul music from William Stuckey - pure class - backed with an alternate 7" mix of 'Hold Me Close' from his mega-rare 1979 album of the same...
Athens Of The North reissue Judy Pollak's extremely rare, soul / funk / folk masterpiece 'In Togetherness'. Originals of this beauty exchange for big sums...
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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Four rare ska 7" singles recordings from the mid sixties featuring The Slivertones, LynTaitt, The Melodians & The Sensations on Treasure Isle records....
Found MINT! copies (record & sleeve) of ORIGINAL 12" from London's Grove Music label featuring The Prophets (Yabby You) Trinity & Tommy McCook 1978. Two...
Four rare ska 7" singles recordings from the mid sixties featuring The Slivertones, LynTaitt, The Melodians & The Sensations on Treasure Isle records....
Original Grove Music 12" from Yabby You with two wicked deep roots vocal disco mixes of "Lady Lady" & "Stop Your Quarelling". Hard too find King Sounds...
Four rare ska 7" singles recordings from the mid sixties featuring The Slivertones, LynTaitt, The Melodians & The Sensations on Treasure Isle records....
Long overdue press of John Holt's essential roots classic "Strange Things" recorded for Phil Pratt's Sunshot label in 1971 with organ version on the...
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...