Soul Jazz Records’ new Secret Superstar Sounds brings together a wealth of punk/power pop tunes from late-70s/early-80s British group’s that you have...
Brand new expanded double album edition of Showcase 45 includes 8 bonus tracks!
Soul Jazz Records' Studio One Showcase 45 features a roll call of classic...
Praise Poems Vol.10 presents sixteen (almost) forgotten rare groove gems, all released between the years 1970 and 1984. One of the many highlights is...
Top of the Pops, December 1988. The world sat up as a young woman made her debut: gold bra, gold bomber jacket, and proudly, gloriously, seven months pregnant....
By Don Letts and Mal Peachey
Don Letts – filmmaker, musician, DJ, broadcaster, social commentator, husband and father – has always defied conformity....
The historical origins of cumbia are nebulous and imprecise. The mythology surrounding it suggests an ancient past when Amerindian, African and European...
Since its inception in 2010, A Love from Outer Space (ALFOS) has been a steady presence in the underground music scene, fostering a close-knit community...
King Street Sounds continues to deliver deep house classics with the third various artist sampler in the series. This release taps into the essence of...
Superb new 10 track vinyl compilation featuring Little John's productions from 1986-1990. Killer tuff eighties Digiroots rhythms of the day with Baker...
Ralph Ellison's blistering and impassioned first novel tells the extraordinary story of a man invisible 'simply because people refuse to see me'. Published...
Gabriel García Márquez's great masterpiece is the story of seven generations of the Buendía family and of Macondo, the town they built. Though little...
A visual and global chronicle of the triumphs, challenges, and impact of over 100 women in architecture, from early practitioners to contemporary leaders.
Marion...
Okonkwo is the greatest wrestler and warrior alive, and his fame spreads throughout West Africa like a bush-fire in the harmattan. But when he accidentally...
Vol. 2 of this essential collection focuses on the dreamy, early 90s house music sound of Italy. A selection of the best “paradise” house tracks, compiled...
“Who was / is the brilliantly named David Beast? Did Kraftwerk engage trans-european lawyers after hearing Endurance Test? Was Sylvia Sommer deliberately...
A labour of love, it showcases a tantalising cross- section of disco, funk, boogie, samba and MPB, from past to present. Unearthing tracks from the seemingly...
Dedicated to the Trojan related labels between 1965 and 1975. Hot Sauce volume 5 features outstanding original Rocksteady, Boss Reggae and early Reggae...
At the height of her career, concert pianist Elsa M. Anderson - former child prodigy, now in her thirties - walks off the stage in Vienna, mid-performance....
Throughout the 1980s and early 90s, Kim Gordon-widely known as a founding member of the influential band Sonic Youth - produced a series of writings on...
On a planet where men are contained in ghettoised isolation, women enjoy the fruits of a queer matriarchal utopia -- until a boy escapes and a young woman's...
Cutting-edge theorist Jean Baudrillard on the complicitous dance of art, politics, economics, and media; includes "War Porn," on Abu Ghraib as a new genre...
The philosopher and activist Simone Weil was one of the most courageous thinkers of the twentieth century. Here she writes, with honesty and moral clarity,...
Taking George Orwell's famous essay, 'Why I Write', as a jumping-off point, Deborah Levy offers her own indispensable reflections of the writing life....
How should we think and act in the world? These writings on the human condition by one of the twentieth century's great philosophers explore the absurdity...
"High quality music to be enjoyed by many people all around the world, no matter where they are." - Andreas Brunner-Schwer, MPS Records. The German SABA...
You know Dolly, Loretta, Tammy, and Bobbie - but what about Joyce, Mona, Cathy or Judy? Barnyard Beehive lassos 16 Opry hopefuls from across the Numeroverse,...
With 365 photographs, taking you through a single year, A Book of Days is a new way to experience the expansive mind of the visionary poet, writer, and...
Struck for circulation after 63 years in hock within the Lou-Mood Pictures vault, this previously unissued soundtrack traffics in the hightone timbre and...
Collector, seeker and storyteller Charles Bals brings his curatorial finesse to Hamburg's Bureau B with 'Ambientale', a journey into otherworldly sounds...
An incomplete anthology of Memphis rap albums from the 90s curated by 404 Eros & Asel Tambay. 48 page zine of early 90s Memphis rap album and cassette...
South African production duo of Emil Zoghby and John Galanakis were responsible for a string of high-quality disco singles in the early 80s, typically...
"Must read Best Books of the year" Financial Times
‘Cuba: Music and Revolution: Original Album Cover Art of Cuban Music: Record Sleeve Designs of Revolutionary...
Brownswood release a new compilation of South African jazz-influenced sounds, called 'Indaba Is'. The compilation aims to capture the eclectic musical...
Iconic and sough-after, self titled album by Piry Reis, from 1980, now re-issued as a deluxe edition containing an extra bonus track - a spaced-out, jazz...
Full colour picture sleeve - officially licensed and remastered 12 inch reissue. Seen as one of the sparks that ignited the bridge between the Brit-Funk...
One of the most expensive records in the world. The only available copy on Discogs is a mere £4,000!
This was Willie Tee returning to his '60s anthem...
London seven-piece Maisha return with new single ‘Open The Gates’, a 16-minute epic that draws deep rhythmic and musical tangents out of a simple melody...
Fully remastered reissue with replica artwork, for the first time since it's original release, one the rarest TX funk 45's. Black 7" dinked centre hole...
New project from multi-instrumentalist Jack Wyllie of Portico Quartet!
Vaporous, enigmatic, electronic and organic trance music recorded in Dakar, Senegal...
Reissued and remastered with replica artwork - the highly sought after classic rare groove track, 'Iron Leg' by DJ Shadow's favourite Funk band, Mickey...
Cult, UK jazz dance hero Paul Murphy teams up with BBE to deliver his first compilation on the label: a blazing selection of up-tempo, dancefloor-friendly...
Rhythm Section International release this peerless jazz and broken beat album from the excellent The Colours That Rise duo! Mind, spirit and body music...
Rhythm Section International reissue this infectious, hip hop infused contemporary jazz debut from Vels Trio. 'Yellow Ochre' was released on Total Refreshment...
The Awakening are the heaviest of all the groups to release on Black Jazz Records - this is simply a spiritual jazz classic album - every track is superb....
Following the early 2020 mixtape release '88', Actress follows up with 'Karma & Desire'. Breathy, nebulous electronic music experiments featuring Sampha,...
A collection of classic Blue Note tracks, reworked and newly recorded by a selection of the UK scene’s most exciting young talents. Representing a bridge...
For this anticipated collaboration LCO recorded material before being sent to Actress to work his magic on. 'LAGEOS' also features LCO interpretations...
**Co-curated by Greg Belson! An extensive, sumptuous survey of surely the mightiest Gospel label of them all, Savoy. Drawn from nigh-impossible-to-find...
Lee Bannon has a phenomenal level of output. Furthermore the quality of his work is consistently of a high standard. As if that is not enough, this artist...
**Beautiful, haunting Brazilian roots music from 1971**
Reissue of the first, 1971 album recorded by world-class Brazilian percussionist Naná Vasconcelos,who...
Sought after Colored Music edits by Tokyo's Chee Shimizu (Organic Music). Deadly proto-techno cuts originally featured on the band's seminal self titled...