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.
Naive Melodies is a bold and visionary tribute to the music of Talking Heads, reinterpreted through the lens of Black musical innovation. Curated by Drew...
Blues and Soul Award winner and double MOBO Awards nominee Ronnie Herel is back with his 2nd volume of his excellent compilation series Neo-Soul Sessions....
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...
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...
KNEECAP return to bend genre, language, and rules. The most talked about artists in the world are turning the page. A new chapter, new sounds, new manifestos....
An inspired coming together of musical minds. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of In A Space Outta Sound, George Evelyn aka DJ E.A.S.E has handed over...
Celebrating two decades since the release of one of the most loved albums in the Nightmares On Wax catalogue, In A Space Outta Sound sought inspiration...
That’s My Story: John Lee Hooker Sings the Blues is a studio album originally recorded and released by John Lee Hooker in 1960. The album was recorded...
A collection of fourteen digital reggae, deep roots and dub rarities from the Nigerian underground, spotlighting a time when Jamaican reggae entwined with...
Experience the profound artistry of Ryuichi Sakamoto with Opus, a definitive vinyl collection curated by the composer himself. Spanning decades of groundbreaking...
This album brings together some of the finest music ever released on Black Jazz Records which in its short four-year history between 1971 and 1975, released...
This album brings together key tracks from Doug Carn recorded for Black Jazz Records in the 1970s.
Doug Carn is one of the most-important (and least-recognised)...
A new album from Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, is set to arrive on March 20. The rapper has inked a partnership deal with the independent...
Eddie Palmieri’s 1971 masterpiece Vámonos Pa’l Monte returns, featuring (AAA) lacquers cut from the original master tapes and pressed on 180-gm vinyl....
The Prodigy’s era-defining Firestarter turns 30 this year. To mark this, XL Recordings release a new 12” vinyl package titled Firestarter - x30 Vinyl...
The Best Of John Coltrane captures the legendary saxophonist in his most formative and creative years with Prestige. Curated from his prolific 1957-1958...
For two decades now, Los Angeles’ Steve Ellison, better known as Flying Lotus and Captain Murphy, has helped form and influence the shape of 21st century...
Multi-instrumentalist, producer, and artist Shabaka (a.k.a Shabaka Hutchings) announces his third solo album Of The Earth, his first solo album to be released...
Charles Stepney gained worldwide success as the producer for Earth Wind & Fire and Deniece Williams but the producer and arranger’s earlier work at Chess...
On a Sunday in the early 70s in South LA one could easily find themselves experiencing the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra doing what they do for the community,...
Texas-based songwriter Bill Callahan has spent the past decade turning ordinary scenes into something rather disorienting, and this new set deepens that...
Stone-cold ROOTS CLASSIC from the legendary Gladiators recorded for Studio One in the early 1970s and now on this freshly cut new crisp 45. This is THE...
In what was a bold break from his pop past, this debut solo statement from the late, great George Michael reveals an artist in full control of his vision....
88pp A4 Magazine
Gracing the cover of the first issue is the inimitable Sun Ra in 1971, performing in Cairo at the apartment of Cairo Jazz Band co-founder...
The story of Chess Records is the story of American popular music in the second half of the twentieth century. Best-known for capturing the sound of acoustic...
RIP MTV; the recently folded TV network's long-running Unplugged series ran from 1989, and pioneered the same intimate-room live format that BBC Live Lounge,...
New 2026 Edition of 600% Dynamite, part of Soul Jazz Records classic compilation series of Jamaican music, featuring killer reggae in all styles - ska,...
Essential 1969 album from Gal Costa, one of the defining voices of the Tropicalia movement.It showcases a bold fusion of psychedelia, Brazilian pop, rock,...
Jackie Mittoo makes it clear why he's the funkiest reggae musician ever to live on earth. 'Get Up and Get It' is simply one of the TOUGHEST reggae/funk...
RIYL: Porter Ricks, Purelink, NWAQ, Huerco S., Kit Clayton
Siccar Point is the second album release from Intertoto, and is a study of the geographical...
Wicked new edition of this groovy bespoke private-press music magazine.
Dynamix II and Miami Electro and Bass, Rare disco acetates, Sylvia Robinson and...
Boom female reggae funk MONSTER tunes! Two hardcore bomb dancefloor fillers from Jerry Jones originally released on Studio One in 1970.'There's A Chance...
Wicked new roots version of Smokey Robinson's Cruisin' by Kojo Rigault but flip the 7" over for a killer late night blues roots instrumental cut from Ijaw...