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.
Detroit's Jay Dee flipped the script in 2001 with Welcome 2 Detroit, launching BBE's Beat Generation run and marking his first solo statement after years...
The collaboration between BBE Music and If Music continues with another excellent compilation in the ongoing If Music Presents series with this 2nd volume...
A couple of years back, UK-based House DJ Jerry Frempong’s wife Katie was doing a spring clean at the family home. At the bottom of the garden, amongst...
Another album of musical excellence compiled by If Music's Jean-Claude for the excellent and massively collectible 'You Need This' series. This release...
Waaju & Majid Bekkas’s ‘Alouane’ stands as testament for creation and collaboration even in the most challenging of times. Whilst it becomes increasingly...
BBE reissue this mega-rare, sought-after gem from the Strata inc archives by Detroit native Larry Nozero! ‘Time’ was the last to be released from Strata...
Another monster Japanese jazz compilation via BBE! For this release, they focus on the output of the Nippon Columbia label in their golden era of '68 to...
Celebrating two decades of IF Music's curation of Black music through its record shop, a thriving website, album reissues and compilations in collaboration...
In the debut EP 'We Are The Ones/Fire/Forever', Chicago DJ legend Rahaan collaborates with an incredibly talented group of musicians, including Marcus...
Originally released in 1976 on the Swiss label Delta Production, Contrast is a highly collectible and very rare example of Swiss Jazz that is now re-issued...
Jazzanova reimagine classics from the great Detroit jazz label, Strata! Features their versions of gems from the likes of The Lyman Woodard Organization,...
Originally released in 1982 on the short-lived Lyncell Records imprint, BBE reissue the brilliant and ultra-rare album ‘African Sunset’ by South African...
Making his BBE debut in 2017 with compilation album 'Language Of Tamborines', described by The Vinyl Factory as “ancestral, evocative and visceral”,...
YOU NEED THIS!! The Shining marks the reunion of J Dilla & BBE, who released Welcome 2 Detroit, J Dilla’s debut album. The Shining serves as showcase...
Glenn Underground is the founding member of the Strictly Jaz Unit. He was raised on disco classics and freeform jazz in Chicago's Southside, the place...
Glenn Underground is the founding member of the Strictly Jaz Unit. He was raised on disco classics and freeform jazz in Chicago's Southside, the place...
Born and raised in the birthplace of House Music, Paul Johnson was known for his raw, soulful, and infectious sound, that helped shape Chicago's house...
Born and raised in the birthplace of House Music, Paul Johnson was known for his raw, soulful, and infectious sound, that helped shape Chicago's house...
Riding a hefty drop down bass riff courtesy of the track’s producer, acclaimed DJ/artist, Sub Focus, the Belfast / Derry trio, KNEECAP, have focused...
Soul Jazz Records new Junglist! is a heavyweight selection of classic and rare original Jungle and features Krome & Time, Cutty Ranks, M-Beat, Bizzy B,...
Stones Throw Records debuts new imprint Listening Position with the long-awaited reissue of Kelan Phil Cohran & Legacy’s spiritual jazz masterpiece African...
Ska-tastic 45 Originally released as The Soul Brothers on the Ska Beat label in the UK in 1965, led by the mighty Jackie Mittoo. Original copies in good...
Ricardo Eddy Martinez's Expreso Ritmico from 1978 is a prized album fusing funk, disco, and orchestrated influences with Afro-Cuban percussion, Latin breaks,...
OVERVIEW: Following the instant sell-out of "MT. FUJI FM" (featuring Gilles Peterson) - The Yussef Dayes Experience returns for LIVE FROM MT. FUJI on standard...
Revered producer and composer Daniel Avery shares Midnight Versions Part 1, deeper, darker reworkings of his latest singles from forthcoming sixth studio...
Originally released in 1971, 'Kathy Smith 2' was singer-songwriter Kathy Smith's most daring and accomplished creation, an innovative fusion of psychedelic...
Long-awaited vinyl reissue of Alarm Clock, first released in December of 1970 and one of Richie Havens' most iconic albums, unavailable on vinyl for decades!...
Peruvian dance bands Banda Juvenil Mayas Amautas and Los Bravos Del Ande drag Rod Stewart and John Travolta up into the thin Andean air for a wild bilingual...
The prestigious Ethiopiques series returns! Before "Swinging Addis" took over the world, there was Moussie Nerses Nalbandian - the Armenian-born composer...
First vinyl reissue of an absolute masterpiece of the Ethiopian groove scene - the swan song of swinging Addis: 'Muluken Melesse With The Dahlak Band'The...
Austin's Money Chicha grew out of the city's Latin soul vanguard, drawing members from Grupo Fantasma and Brownout, but their own path has always tilted...
The New York Graffiti Experience 1976 is a short documentary directed by Fenton Lawless, one of the earliest on film to capture the New York Graffiti scene,...
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Originally formed in 1967 by the Palmer brothers - Harry, Jeff and Carl – Pama Records was a pioneer in bringing...
Limited edition one-time release of remixed tracks from Jeff Parker's 2024 album The Way Out Of Easy. Experimental productions and contemporary jazz details...
First time on CD!
Iconic melodica dub album of the mid-70s.
Released by Trojan Records in the UK in 1975, ‘Ja-Gan’ quickly became a must-have long-player...
Great new roots rock skanker from former Black Uhuru singer Mykal Rose with dub version on the flip. 2nd of two new Love Injection Productions from Clive...
New roots from Japanese label Mystic Warrior Sound featuring vocalist Danman, with nice stripped down dub version on the flip. All copies come with free...
In honour of the 30th anniversary of Oasis' second album, originally released on Alan McGee's Creation Records in 1995, a delectable 7" singles box set...