Update RequiredTo play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.
The Bug vs Ghost DubsImplosionPressure
Carlos GarnettCosmos NucleusTime Traveler
Kenny BarronSunset To DawnTime Traveler
Roy BrooksThe Free SlaveTime Traveler
Avril AHousewife SuperstarMemory Dance
Yazmin LaceyTeal DreamsAMF Records
MoodymannBlack MahoganiPeacefrog
MoodymannBlack Mahogani IIPeacefrog
Soul JamaicaFeat. Alton Ellis, Jackie Mittoo, The Heptones, Sound Dimension and more!Soul Jazz Records
dean blunt & Elias RønnenfeltlucreWorld Music
Bobby HutchersonMontaraBlue Note
Alfa MistRouletteSekito
50 Reggae HitsDoctor Bird
Arca@@@@@XL Recordings
Mr. GBlack JammiesNDATL
Carlos Dafé & Adrian YoungeCarlos Dafé JID025Jazz Is Dead
Byron The AquariusGlobal Caress #4Star Creature
The BongolianIndian Summer of LoveBlow Up
Wez Whynt & Moresoul / Prefix One feat. NambiLondon vs Chicago Vol. 1Househead London
The NavigatorMount ZionBlackstarline
Linval ThompsonNegrea Love DubJAMDUNG
Doug FirebaughPerformance OneNumero
Asa TateRhythm Section InternationalRhythm Section International
Dry CleaningSecret Love4AD
SolangeSol-Angel and the Hadley St. DreamsMusic World Music Inc.
Evelyne / MasaoTestpatternDark Entries
Nala SinephroThe Smashing Machine OSTWarp
King HorrorDracula Prince Of Darkness / Ghost HourHarlem Shuffle
Moonshine HornsEpic EPSub Channels Records
Clement MooreEverytime I Do My ThingAllah International
The Mighty DiamondsGive Me The Right / Dubplate MixMusic Works
Michael Prophet / Nazamba / O.B.F / Mark IrationGuide & ProtectThompson Sound / Dubquake
Barrington LevyOne Foot Jo-Jo / To Love SomeoneJah Life
Junior KahdaffieRampers MusicStereo Uprising
Neville KingSick And Tired / Black Man’s TimeHarlem Shuffle
- 12" RS019£9.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- Mallard – Aquitaine (606 Lake Mix)
- Mallard – Surface
- Mallard – Marco's Mango
- Mallard – Untitled (Breaks)
- Mallard – Verte
20 year old South London producer and Rhythm Section dance regular Mallard drops his debut 12" on the Peckham based label. The EP takes listeners on a journey through various styles and tempos of house music; from the morphing polyrhythmic percussion of ‘Surface’ to the shifting, heady pattern of ‘Aquitaine’ via the psychedelic breaks of ‘Untitled’ . One to watch!
Rock Against Racism 1976-1981By Syd Shelton
Rock Against Racism is a body of photographs that Syd Shelton produced for and about the British Rock Against Racism movement (RAR) of 1976–1981. For...
- Book (1.9kg)£42.99 £15.00In stockAdd to Bag
Clarks in JamaicaBy Al Fingers, includes photos by Adrian Boot, Dave Hendley, David Corio, Mark Read, Beth Lesser
Back in stock! Last copies!Superb brand new edition of this excellent deluxe 240 pages hardback, 100s and 100s of photos and text.
New edition includes...
- Book (1.5kg) 9780956777393£40.00 £35.00In stockAdd to Bag
Soul Jazz Records hoodie (navy)
Brand new Soul Jazz Records Functional Outer Wear Product #1
Exclusive to Sounds of the Universe
Limited edition navy hoodie (large) with design.
- Sweatshirt£35.00In stockAdd to Bag
Namba RoyNo Black Sparrows
'A vivid portrait of Jamaica in the 1930s"
Excellent social realist novel. Written by Jamaican Namba Roy in the 1950s in Britain. He died in 1961 and...
- Original Book (200g)£15.00Original Pre-Owned Out of Print paperback copy in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Revolutionary Letters
By turns a handbook of countercultural living, a manual for street protest, and a feminist broadside against the repressive state apparatus, Revolutionary...
- Book (350g)£13.99In stockAdd to Bag
Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy presents 'Balearic Breakfast' Volume 4
“There are curators, and then there's Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy.” - Resident Advisor
The sun has finally come out. It’s the first time something...
- 2×LP HVNLP237£32.99In stockAdd to Bag
- 2×CD HVNLP237CD£14.99In stockAdd to Bag
Talking to Women
In 1964, Nell Dunn spoke to nine of her friends over a bottle of wine about men, sex, work, money, babies, freedom and love. The Pop Artist Pauline Boty...
- Book (350g)£13.99In stockAdd to Bag
My Grandmother's Hands : Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodiesby Resmaa Menakem
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Insightful, thought-provoking and profound. I can't recommend highly enough' Sunny Singh'A revolutionary work of beauty,...
- Book (350g) 9780141996479£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Nova Scotia House : A Novel
Nova Scotia House takes us to the heart of a relationship, a community and an era. It is both a love story and a lament; bearing witness to the enduring...
- Book (450g)£18.99In stockAdd to Bag
This Woman's Work : Essays on Music
This Woman's Work: Essays on Music is edited by Kim Gordon and Sinead Gleeson and features contributors Anne Enright, Fatima Bhutto, Jenn Pelly, Rachel...
- Book (600g) 9781474621472£20.00In stockAdd to Bag
Women and the Piano : A History in 50 Livesby Susan Tomes
- Book (1.1kg) 9780300266573£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
DJ Disciple & Henry KronkThe Beat, the Scene, the Sound : A DJ's Journey through the Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of House Music in New York City
A thrilling and tumultuous, behind-the-scenes account of house music in NYC. The Beat, the Scene, the Sound follows DJ Disciple and his behind-the-scenes...
- Book (600g)£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
James Kaplan3 Shades of Blue : Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans & The Lost Empire of Cool
1959 saw Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans and the other members of Miles's sextet come together to record the bestselling jazz album of all time:...
- Book (300g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Nettleblackby Nat Reeve
'To be blunt: I must escape.' 1893. Henry Nettleblack has to act fast or she'll be married off by her elder sister. But leaving the safety of her wealthy...
- Book (600g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Friedrich NietzscheAphorisms on Love and Hate
'We must learn to love, learn to be kind, and this from our earliest youth ... Likewise, hatred must be learned and nurtured, if one wishes to become a...
- Book (150g)£4.00In stockAdd to Bag
Eros the Bittersweet : An Essayby Anne Carson
Named one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time by the Modern LibraryAnne Carson’s remarkable first book about the paradoxical nature of romantic...
- Book (350g)£13.99In stockAdd to Bag
Japan : A Culinary Travel Diaryby Clemence Leleu
This gastronomic journey through Japan blends cultural touchpoints and authentic recipes to chronicle the myriad flavors, ingredients, and traditions that...
- Book (1.6kg) 9783791393001£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
Days at the Morisaki Bookshopby Satoshi Yagisawa
The beloved Japanese bestseller: a tale of love, family, new beginnings, and the comfort that can be found between the pages of a good book. When twenty-five-year-old...
- Book (300g) 9781786583239£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Luke de NoronhaDeporting Black Britons : Portraits of Deportation to Jamaica
Since the late nineties, the UK has deported thousands of people to Jamaica. Many of these ‘deportees’ left the Caribbean as infants and grew up in...
- Book (400g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Jacqueline CrooksFire Rush
Yamaye lives for the weekend, when she can go raving with her friends at The Crypt, an underground club on the outskirts of London. Then everything changes....
- Book (700g)£16.99In stockAdd to Bag
Dr Maya AngelouI Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou's six volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows...
- Book (350g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Keith Gildart & Stephen CatterallKeeping the Faith : A History of Northern Soul
In the 1970s, Northern Soul held a pivotal position in British youth culture. Originating in the English North and Midlands in the late-1960s, by the mid-1970s...
- Book (650g)£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
My Dead Book : A Novel
In the dead of night, he remembers his friends who died in the late 1980s and 1990s, his years as a teenage throwaway and sex worker, and ruminates on...
- Book (350g)£15.00In stockAdd to Bag
Margo JeffersonNegroland : A Memoir
'Jefferson's eye for details yields some devastatingly honest and painful insights' The Times'Captivating... Charm is this book's watchword' Colin Grant,...
- Book (300g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Emanuele CocciaPhilosophy of the Home : Domestic Space and Happiness
A bedroom, a kitchen, a bathroom - are these rooms all that make a home? Not at all, argues Emanuele Coccia. The buildings we inhabit are of immense psychological...
- Book (250g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Jason OkundayeRevolutionary Acts
In this landmark work, Jason Okundaye meets an elder generation of Black gay men and finds a spirited community full of courage, charisma and good humour,...
- Book (350g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Alex Haley (Author) , Malcolm X (Author)The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcolm X's The Autobiography of Malcolm X was written in collaboration with Alex Haley, author of Roots, and includes an introduction by Paul Gilroy,...
- Book (500g)£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
The Black Power Mixtape : 1967-1975
Featuring images recently discovered in the archives of Swedish television, The Black Power Mixtape shows the Black Power movement as never seen before....
- Book (550g)£16.99In stockAdd to Bag
Daft PunkWe Were The Robots: A Disco Pogo Tribute
Featuring a new foreword by David and Stephen Dewaele, better known as Soulwax and 2manydjs.
Daft Punk featured often in the formative years of Jockey...
- Book (2.1kg)£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
Friedrich NietzscheWhy I Am so Clever
'Why do I know a few more things? Why am I so clever altogether?'Self-celebrating and self-mocking autobiographical writings from Ecce Homo, the last work...
- Book (200g)£4.00In stockAdd to Bag
Woman Life Freedom
Jina Mahsa Amini’s death at the hands of Iran’s Morality Police on 16 September 2022 sparked widespread protests across the country. Women took to...
- Book (550g)£14.99In stockAdd to Bag
Michael E. VealLiving Space
Examines John Coltrane's "late period" and Miles Davis's "Lost Quintet" through the prisms of digital architecture and experimental photography Living...
- Book (800g)£20.99In stockAdd to Bag
Alice ColtraneMonument Eternal
Alice Coltrane wrote this documentary on her spiritual life entitled Monument Eternal, which tells of her spiritual initiation, revelations, and austerities....
- Book (250g)£18.99In stockAdd to Bag
Disco BabyDisco BabyMelodies International
Most highly anticipated disco release of 2017
Reissue of the 1979, three-minute up-tempo library recording, “Disco Baby". Only recently...
- – Disco Baby
- – Disco Baby (Floating Points & Red Greg Edit)
- 1. – Disco Baby
- 2. – Disco Baby (Floating Points & Red Greg Edit)
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" MEL006£10.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Ruby AndrewsJust Loving You/Hey Boy Take A Chance On LoveZodiac
Brilliant soul 2-sider housed in a cool pic sleeve with liner notes! Super release with punchy, quality sound.
CHECK!!!
- 7" Z-1006£8.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Leroy HutsonPositive ForcesAcid Jazz
Never before released Leroy Hutson 7" - last copies!
This is a double sided limited edition 45 containing two previously unreleased Hutson gems....
- 7" AJX413£13.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Danser's InfernoCreation OneEverland Jazz
- – Sombre Guitar
- 2. – Sombre Guitar
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP Everland Jazz 002£21.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Martin Kornberger & Volker KuhnEmbraceOrbeatize
Originally released only on cassette in 1986, "Embrace" is mixture of experimental tracks of the duo Martin Kornberger & Volker Kuhn. Check out the 20...
- – Embrace
- 1. – Embrace
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP ORB-02£22.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Leroy Hutson/Michael Gregory JacksonGet To This (You'll Get To Me) / Risin' UpLillyGood Party!
On the A side we have a classic cut from Leroy Hutson “Get to this” in a soul funk boogie style with Leroy's fantastic vocals. The B side...
- Leroy Hutson – Get To This (You'll Get To Me)
- Michael Gregory Jackson – Risin' Up
- 1. Leroy Hutson – Get To This (You'll Get To Me)
- 2. Michael Gregory Jackson – Risin' Up
- View full info and tracklisting
- 12" LGPV001£0.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
ObatalaObatalaEverland
Reissue of this rare disco funk album is a hidden gem. The original is on many wants lists and rarely turns up. Heady disco funk from the glory days...
- – April
- – In & Out Of Love
- – Shades Of September
- – Disco Party
- – Funk-A-Fried
- – Tight-Rope
- – Work It Out
- 1. – April
- 2. – In & Out Of Love
- 3. – Shades Of September
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP Everland004£21.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
CalibanDigital Reggae / Supernatural MagicMusic From Memory
Reissue of this extremely obscure digital / computerized dancehall tune from '84 on Music From Memory! This issue features extra production from TAPES...
- – Digital Reggae
- – Digital Reggae Remix
- – Supernatural Magic
- 1. – Digital Reggae
- 2. – Digital Reggae Remix
- 3. – Supernatural Magic
- View full info and tracklisting
- 12" EP MFM022£13.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Pulsinger & IrlFunction CreepBigBeak Recordings
Viennese techno legend, Patrick Pulsinger is back! Two killer traxx of techno dusted with trademark jazz and spacey disco touches!
- – Function Creep
- – Woodpecker
- 1. – Function Creep
- 2. – Woodpecker
- View full info and tracklisting
- 12" BB003£10.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Bobby PattersonI Got A Suspicion/Right Place, Wrong Time (1977)All Platinum
Funky soulful deep tune.Original USA 45 (new original unplayed but few minor pops/crackles).
- – I Got A Suspicion
- 1. – I Got A Suspicion
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original 7" AP 2371£10.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
The Beach BoysHere Comes The Night (1979)Caribou Records
Oh yes! Strange but true. A balearic disco monster (10 mins!) to be played at the most Harvey-esque of left-field disco nights.
- – Here Comes The Night
- 1. – Here Comes The Night
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original 12"£8.99Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOriginal = Original USA 12"
100% Guarantee on this and all Original Vinyl at Sounds Of The Universe - 'if you're not happy we're not happy' money-back guarantee!Sold out Notify me when in stock
Floating PointsReflections - Mojave DesertPluto
Floating Points summons his ensemble again for an album of sweeping, panoramic jazz and electronic passages entitled, 'Reflections - Mojave Desert';...
- – Mojave Desert
- – Silurian Blue
- – Kites
- 1. – Mojave Desert
- 2. – Silurian Blue
- 3. – Kites
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP + DVD RE1LP£19.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- CD + DVD RE1CD£11.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Neinzer / LosianINTLBLK002International Black
Rhythm Section sister label 'International Black' return with their 2nd release, this time turning to two young up and coming producers...
- Neinzer – Weiblich
- Losian – He's My Brother
- 1. Neinzer – Weiblich
- 2. Losian – He's My Brother
- View full info and tracklisting
- 12" INTLBLK002£9.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Tropical Drums Of DeutschlandMusic For Dreams
Copenhagen’s Music For Dreams comes with yet another strong release - a double album of personal favourites compiled by Jan Schulte. Most of the tracks...
- Om Buschman – Klang Fährt An
- Total Art Of Percussion – Wuhan Wuchang
- Argile – Tagtraum Eines Elefanten
- Rüdiger Oppermann – Troubadix In Africa
- Argile – Kleine Rosa Wolk
- Sanza – Sounouh
- Om Buschman – Prima Kalimba
- Bob Moses – Boat Song Part I
- Ralf Nowy – Akili Mali
- Trimopen – Wagagroove
- Om Buschman – Hey Tata Gorem
- Om Buschman – Hey Tata Gorem (Wolf Müller Edit)
- 1. Om Buschman – Klang Fährt An
- 2. Total Art Of Percussion – Wuhan Wuchang
- 3. Argile – Tagtraum Eines Elefanten
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2×LP ZZZV17003£19.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
AndrooNayaSecond Circle
Coming from the sound system scene in Geneva, Androo began to produce 80-90’s infused digital dub as a teenager. His interest in jazz, new wave, dub...
- – 2000 & Universe
- – On Time (Long Mix)
- – London Dub - Version X
- – Naya II
- – Slice Dub
- – Pansilvania - Cosmos Reggae
- 1. – 2000 & Universe
- 2. – On Time (Long Mix)
- 3. – London Dub - Version X
- View full info and tracklisting
- 12" SC008£10.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
MasterpieceLove Affair / We're Gonna Make ItSuncut
Third release on one of our favourite labels, Suncut! This time the label reaches out to the archive of little known Detroit soul group, Masterpiece. This...
- – Love Affair
- – We're Gonna Make It
- 1. – Love Affair
- 2. – We're Gonna Make It
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" SCT003£8.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Mike SimonettiMike Feel Love2MR
Two fresh Mike Simonetti party jams on 2MR - check!
- – Mike Feel Love
- – Midnight or Late Afternoon
- 1. – Mike Feel Love
- 2. – Midnight or Late Afternoon
- View full info and tracklisting
- 12" 2MR-024£9.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock