born roy samuel reid in saint thomas in 1944, i roy was one of jamaicas all-time greatest deejays. a natural-born toaster, his rhyming raps always sounded effortless, whether describing the harsh realities of the inner city, or making light of nonsense nursery rhymes. a former employee at customs and excise, he was first active on a sound system called soul bunnies in the rock steady era, moving to son’s junior in 1968, and later, to the legendary supreme ruler of sound, defecting to the rival stereo sound system after that. hits for harry mudie and other producers soon followed, and after the killer debut album presenting i roy impacted overseas, the toaster began spending frequent periods in london. his longstanding working relationship with hit-making producer bunny lee led to some of his most noteworthy albums during the mid 1970s, the 1977 set cant conquer rasta is a superb showcase-style album, on which the toaster blows hard lyrics over five of lees killer rockers rhythms (recorded with the likes of johnny clarke), each complete with a corresponding aggrovators dub on the flip, all mixed by prince jammy at king tubbys studio

reissue

platform 23 presents ani-roy

a rare live recording of the investiture ceremony of an eze-nri african king boasts musical elements essentially unchanged for more than a thousand years.

as the rumors tell, this obscure piece of music was arranged by three acquaintances, who, by mere coincidence, formed a spontaneous, poly-toxic think tank one marvellous sunday morning, celebrating the beauty of old house music, while at the same time mocking the somehow cheap and predictable functionality of the four to the floor sound design. to honor the inspirational value of situations like these, the decision was made to share the result with a bigger audience. as a meta text, the lyrics form a tongue in cheek comment on nostalgic good old days aesthetics, and are simultaneously, and quite paradoxically, reminiscent of the utopian and transgressive vision of early house and techno music. if there is anything that we can retrieve from this vision today, it is the encouragement to create funny, pleasant and playful situations for ourselves and the like-minded, escaping the seriousness and boredom of the professionalized party and music business. and this is exactly the spirit, which is materialized on this piece of wax.

excellent minimal electronich techhouse / techno, incl remixes by bee-low, groove rebels & butch!! played by disco boys,steve lawler, moguai, pig & dan, eddie amador, moussa clark, moonbootica, ascii.disco, martin eyerer, oliver moldan, dj linus, björn mandry, timo garcia (uk), florian meindl, blank&jones

funked up electro flavoured house track includes mixes by erick decks, twinpitch and vincent vega

new album from alanna royale, for fans of amy winehouse, lady wray, and the monophonics. pressing on white vinyl.

remaster

urban/soul/blues/r&b/gospel

great deep house tracks!!

early suport by hector romero, junior sanchez and more

remastered edition

classic 1995 ep from the vaults of roy davis jr.

ltd qty

jazz album

reissue of the 1978 blues masterpiece from roy buchanan.

roy buchanan live at rockpalast, hamburg 1985.

kapitän platte will release the debut album from belgium based band chatte royal in march 2024.

180g royal blue vinyl only

new wave

black, 180g, 33rpm

reissue of the 1990 headcoats album with 2 bonus tracks.