Mo Kolours / Reginald Omas Mamode IV 22a003

**Another essential release by the Tenderlonious lead band!**

Ruby Rushton return to 22a with a four EP combining a fusion of sounds from across the jazz spectrum in their own distinctive style. The band have forged an instantly recognisable sound since their debut release ‘Two For Joy’ back in 2015, hitting the sweet spot by simultaneously sounding classic and forward-thinking.

Following on from the release of 'Tender in Lahore' earlier in 2020, 22a releases the full LP-length suite of improvised Ragas from a one day recording session in Lahore with instrumental quartet, Jaubi (who brought us the excellent 'Lahore State Of Mind') . Features four previously unreleased tracks. Deeply meditative, cosmic, raga-jazz trance music!

Tenderlonious is back with an album of lo-fi, smudged house music beats and experimental vibes from the 'lockdown' studio sessions from his home in South London. Killer release seeing 22a on a slightly different tip!

Brand new album from the Tenderlonious led jazz quartet, Ruby Rushton!

’Ironside’ sees the band continuing to push boundaries, and lead the way, with this new genre defying recording. The quartet’s fresh, high energy sound is rooted in the spiritual concepts of John Coltrane and Yusef Lateef, paying homage to The Headhunters and Weather Report heyday, whilst adopting influences from hip hop, Afrobeat and the UK underground culture.

This is the band's 4th studio album and most complete work to date. Highly recommended!

*CD has two bonus tracks

Long awaited debut LP from Tenderlonious featuring the 22archestra!

Listeners are exposed to the full breadth of the 22a leaders technical and compositional skills, ranging from subtly meandering jazz, to hip-hop, afrobeat, latin and exhilarating free form jazz. If you picked up any of the limited 7" promos over the last 6 months from us, you'll know what to expect here.

Features Yussef Dayes (Yussef Kamaal) on drums, Fergus Ireland on bass, Hamish Balfour on keys, and Reginald Omas Mamode IV and Jeen Bassa on percussion.

Essential stuff - don't sleep!

New Mo Kolours - Limited to 300 copies - Exclusive to Sounds Of The Universe!!!!

Following the success of his recent 'Meroe' EP on the prolific 22a, Mo Kolours is back with a new 7" 'Axum EP'. A tasty four track selection, this EP is packed with worldly grooves fused with contemporary beats & soundscapes. Original artwork by Mo Kolours - don't sleep!!!

Driving soulful tropical house shenanigans from Tenderlonious! 

22a, headed by Tenderlonious has earnt props from the likes  K15, Osunlade, Lefto and more. Sweet melodic burners, pulsating fruity dancefloor trax to moody deeperv hypnotics. 

**REPRESS**

First release of 2014 on from Vancouver's Mood Hut - and a brilliant selection of deep house music, fashioning an oddball twist on the classic Burrell Bros. / Larry Heard sound. Huge recommendation! 

Only available EXCLUSIVELY to customers at Soul Jazz Records/Sounds of the Universe.

Stone-cold CLASSIC two-step funky soul bomb!

Soul Jazz Records/Sounds of the Universe launches its SOUL 7-inch series in fine style with this FANTASTIC SUPER-RARE £150+ double sider.

THIS 7-inch can ONLY be bought directly here from Soul Jazz Records or Sounds of the Universe websites and shop.

**Jeen Bassa's 2015 Debut LP for 22a get's a timely repress. Limited to 300 copies, this will fly!**

One of the three outrageously talented Deenmamode brothers (Mo Kolours & Reginald Omas Mamode IV), Jeen Bassa has remained the most elusive of the 22a collective until now. Raised in the west-country but currently residing in south east London.

His split EP on 22a with Henry Wu released in early 2014 was met with critical acclaim and promptly sold out within a week of hitting the shelves. Bassa's latest musical offering comes in the form of an EP, twenty-two minutes of "future rare-groove." This heavyweight cut is not to be missed!

BACK IN STOCK!! Welcome repress of this awesome tune which originally was a b-side!!  Highly recommended, buy before it disappears again. Back to back classics haunting middle-Eastern-sounding gem!  Check other Treasure Isle 7"..

**NOW AVAILABLE ON CD**

Rush Hour do the right thing and reissue this cult, electronic funk album from the early 80's. Produced, written and performed by Surinamese producer who goes by the name of SUMY!

Roots anthem recorded at the Black Ark in 1976 with Lee Perry at the helm.

Great twisted funky reggae cut from 1975 recorded at his studio " Black Ark" now wash your face!!

Check other Black Art label releases now in stock...

Debut 12" from Imre Kiss on Lobster Theremin! Screwed form, shifting from drugged-out proto-ambient works such as 'Stellar 0102' and the super-slo house jams of 'Spellbound' and 'Belief', to the Hague-inspired 'Non' and a rip-roaring arpeggio-driven techno epic on 'Raw Energy". 

NEW LTD. 300 copies (3rd Press, green label)

Only available EXCLUSIVELY to customers at Soul Jazz Records/Sounds of the Universe.

Yes it's true! New Orleans bomb *3!!!

With original pressings going at over £500 (and our own original 'yellow label' pressing going at £75!) we though we'd give you a chance if you didn't get it the first time around to grab one of the hippest soul/funk tunes ever made!

THIS 7-inch can ONLY be bought directly here from Soul Jazz Records or Sounds of the Universe websites and shop. 

Unbelievably heavy album that first came out on Strata East in 1974. w/ Dee Dee Bridgewater, Sonny Fortune, Anthony Jackson, Alphonse Mouzon, Onaje Allen Grumbs and more. KILLER!

Killer double-sider reissued - with Gil at his radical best. 

Freestyle presents a new one from Kalbata & Mixmonster. 'Inna Skateland' that features legend Puddy Roots on vocals! 

Essential early Moodyman on Peacefrog.

Hold tight!

Here is our 2nd Killer New Orleans Funk £200+ Bomb!

Featuring Inell Young's searing vocal performance

+ James Black's seriously awesome drumming  

+ Eddie Bo arrangement and production! 

100% Essential!

THIS 7-inch can ONLY be bought directly here from Soul Jazz Records or Sounds of the Universe websites and shop. It is a very limited 500-copies pressing and you need to buy it now!

Super deep Milestone-era Joe Henderson, joined by Joachim Kuhn, Jenny Clark, Daniel Humair, Bill Summmers and Dr Patrick Gleeson. Killer!

Yet another seriously sought after dub plate from the golden age of sound systems!

Popularised by General Echo and also known as 'Billie Jean' the b side features a special version of the same track edited by 'The Dub Organiser'. This exclusive version will only be available on this single. It will not be on the 'Sound System Scratch' album or on any other format.

Don't Sleep!

Kalbata & Mixmonster went into their studio with the purpose of recording a 100% analogue dub tracks in the spirit of the late King Tubby and the early dancehall era of the late 70's and early 80's. 

On 'Prisoner In Love' legendary vocalist Little John, regarded by some as the first dancehall vocalist, hits just the right feel on this mellow, down tempo number. His voice floats alongside the ethereal piano and on the money drum patterns and deep bass lines perfectly.

For the flip - special guest Kutiman drives the CRB organ on this instrumental version excursion of Prisoner In Love - proper old school JA style!

BACK IN STOCK!! never officially released,dub plate of all dub plates from channel one, this limited 7" with company sleeve.

**  Limited-edition LP housed in a Stoughton tip-on sleeve. **

Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band are a contemporary group from Burkina Faso. Coming from Bobo-Dioulasso, the group is steeped in the Mandingue musical traditions of their ancestral legacy. The enigmatic lead singer Baba Commandant (Mamadou Sanou) is an original and eccentric character who is well respected in the Burkinabé musical community. A sort of punk Faso Dan Fani activist for traditional Mandingo music, Baba continues to redefine the boundaries between traditional and modern. In 1981, he joined the Koule Dafourou troupe as a dancer. Later, he embarked on his current musical direction as a singer first in Dounia and then in the Afromandingo Band.

 
His current band is the Mandingo Band. At present, he is a practitioner of the Afrobeat style, drawing inspiration from the golden era of Nigerian music. Fela Kuti/Africa 70 and King Sunny Adé are big influences, as is the legendary Malian growler Moussa Doumbia.

Four tracks of wicked, futuristic deep house music on Canada's Mood Hut label. Limited copies, so don't miss! 

1971 revoluntionary spiritual afro jazz sounds!

Soul, spirituality and avant-garde jazz from South African political exile Ndikho Xaba. Making profound links between the struggle against apartheid and the Black Power movement in the USA Ndikho Xaba and the Natives is arguably the most complete and complex South African jazz LP recorded in the USA. Remastered and beautifully packaged in a thck gatefold sleeve!

Far Out reissue the stunning debut album from Brazilian fusion jazz trio Azymuth (here as 'Azimuth'), originally released in 1975! 

** Vinyl-only. Limited to 500 copies. **

‘Wisdom Teeth’ returns with another split 12” of club-ready tracks from the cutting edge of the UK underground.

Following acclaimed releases on Livity Sound, Berceuse Heroique and Tempa, Bristol-boy Hodge brings his unique breed of gritty, sub-heavy techno. ‘X’ is a punishing, high-pressure clanger, propelled forward by a warping sub line and rough, scuffling hi-hats. On the flip, we find the hypnotic bounce of Acre’s ‘Don’t Get Me Started’, where gloopy synths revolve and warp around a steady kick and precise, razor sharp hats.