2022 refix

debut of king pari

12 track vinyl version of celestes album “not your muse”.

remastered 40th anniversary edition on double vinyl, housed in a gatefold sleeve. recorded live at the 1981 triumph tour.

the 2008 album from mariah carey on double vinyl, housed in a gatefold sleeve.

reissue

soul artist and producer from india

lp with picture sleeve

beatmaker / dj aus rennes (frankreich) j-zen stach mit seinem ersten album mit dem titel managua hervor, das während einer reise in südamerika komponiert und zwischen rennes, paris, berlin, new york und los angeles aufgenommen wurde. dies ist ein aufruf zum reisen, seine erste quelle der inspiration.

vier jahre nach diesem ersten werk und noch mehr passstempeln präsentiert er standa lone.

otis houston jr’s self-released album from 2006 available on vinyl for the first time in a limited edition of 300 copies.

athens of the north brings an obscure private-press of floridian soul back to vinyl.

covering 40 years of northern soul with this fine selection of 16 highlights from the scene.

officially reissued at last! considered by many to be a genuine ‘holy grail’ of soul & funk. featuring ‘miracles’ as sampled by public enemy, basement jaxx, arrested development and many more.

four cuts of stringladden modern funk with an eighties feel and a house cut on the b1 !

brilliant funk-soul from 1973. written by leon sylvers iii, produced by a heavyweight line-up comprising jerry butler, keg johnson and michael viner.

so robbie m says hes retired, but thats just the day job, now with new gear acquired and the studio set up in the family room, its time for ram music productions to become a household name (spoken only through a vocoder).

the 4th meters album marked their departure from josie records and was released on the reprise label in 1972. cabbage alley once again proved that the meters were one of the finest, rawest funk groups around. hailing from the soggy streets of new orleans, the meters essentially invented the second line groove, influencing funk music like no other artist (ok, aside from a singer by the name of james brown). these cats are essentially one unified rhythm section, with expertly timed drum breaks, bass driven grooves, bluesy chicken scratch guitars and southern singalong choruses.

from portland’s burgeoning music scene comes a creative statement in the form of “tease”, the full length collaborative album by singer/songwriter blossom and producer hot16. meticulously thought out in every detail, “tease” shows the work of two sophisticated artists making their mark with an expertly written, performed, and produced lp that will undoubtedly find its way into your home and heart.
what started as a single guest feature quickly transformed into a full 8-song joint venture when it became instantly clear that the two artists brought out the best in each other. blossom’s poetic lyrics and emotive tones meld effortlessly around hot16’s unique production. strong, black, and imbued with magic, blossom shows depth & feeling in every note while hot16’s soulful tracks work as the perfect backdrops for her beautiful odes to identity, empowerment, love, and its accompanying heartache.
with a multitude of styles reflected on the album, each song can rightfully stand on its own. however, “tease” is best understood within the context of the whole, as genres are allowed to meld together and a its larger narrative unfolds.
take note, as the album is both a sonic world unto itself, as well as only a tease of what’s to come.
the vinyl release includes a download code.

the 3rd album from the exiters, originally released in 1969, now back on vinyl.

birthed from deep within london s burgeoning jazz resurgence, native dancer have been setting levels across the capital s live scene (and beyond) over the past two years. five individual artists who together set out to create a music that speaks from the heart and denies none of their influences in a genre twisting mashup of styles with elements of pop, soul, electro-funk, jazz, rock and dance music. submit records release native dancer s eps vol. i & ii on 12- vinyl with gatefold sleeve. limited to 500 copies, the release features an eric lau remix of big blue and a digital exclusive remix of in clouds by slugabed. already having received airplay from gilles peterson, marcia carr, support from alexander nut (eglo records) and afropunk - native dancer are one of london s most promising musical prospects, and submit001 sees their remarkable duo of eps pressed to wax for the very first time.

al sunny is a young composer emerging from the french soul music scene. soon after learning the guitar, he started composing and became involved in numerous projects and collaborations. al has been influenced by pop, rock, and electronic music, always with a foundation in the “black” and “soul” sound.

segun bucknor fell in love with american soul music as a student at new york’s columbia university. otis redding, wilson pickett, sam cooke and ray charles hadn’t made much of a splash in africa at the time and when bucknor returned to nigeria in 1968, he was determined to bring the sound to a wider audience.
the result was brand of afro-soul that in turn became a proto-type of afrobeat. with his bands, the assembly and the revolution, he released a few politically charged tracks, but even with his energetic dance trio, the sweet things, turning up the heat, bucknor couldn’t compete with fela kuti.

wunderschönes neo-soul-debütalbum des jungen londoner kollektivs retrospective for love um sänger/mc/produzent david shorty aus sizilien und co-vokalistin leslie phillips aus paris. ansprechende melodien und reime treffen auf eine entspannte stratosphäre aus hiphop, soul und jazz, perfekt elektronisch ausproduziert nach heutigen standards. für fans von bilal, d angelo, the roots.

limited to 500 copies only! emma ogosi has worn a lot of different hats in his career: former air force officer, guitarist with benin-based pogo limited, and husband and manager of nigerian reggae superstar, evi-edna ogholi. in 1981, he donned a sequined cowboy hat and released nobody knows. nobody knows is arguably the nigeria’s best – and perhaps only – disco country album.

jede seite von jeder 7inch aus syl johnsons entstehungsjahren auf dem federal label. aufgenommen zwischen 1959 und 1962, ist my gift eine beispielhafte sammlung von frühem r&b, der chicago blues mit feuriger seele verbindet. weltweit auf auf 1.000 exemplare limitiert.

die r&b/soul-legende andre “mr rhythm” williams veröffentlicht mit “i wanna go back to detroit city” sein langerwartetes neues studioalbum. der 79-jährige amerikaner kann auf eine beachtliche karriere zurückblicken, williams, mittlerweile 79 jahre alt, ist seit den 50er jahren im musikgeschäft aktiv. er schrieb songs für u.a. parliament, funkadelic, stevie wonder, produzierte ike turner und managte soul-star edwin starr. er veröffentlichte alben und singles bei fortune records, epic, chess records und seit ende der 90er jahre auf bloodshot records. auf seinem fünften album für bloodshot liefert uns andre williams einen gelungenen potpourri aus psychedelic soul, r&b und blues. mit an bord sind u.a. dennis coffey (funk brothers), matthew smith (outrageous cherry, rodriguez), dan kroha (gories, demolition doll rods) und jim white (dirty three, cat power).
das album erscheint auf 180 gramm vinyl inklusive downloadcode.

limited edition of 500 hand numbered copies.

sounding quite like nothing you have heard before, the excelsiors come correct with their debut album, control this. the latest project from shane ‘sureshot’ hunt, known for his sharpshooters group, and for his highly-regarded soundbwoy reggae breaks series wherein he has liberally dropped science, sharing his in-depth knowledge of ska, rock-steady, reggae and dancehall for the instruction of the hip-hop massive, the excelsiors is the logical extension of shanes passion for classic jamaican music (and more) of the 60s through 80s.