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Friday Oct 7, 2022

Patrice Rushen

Patrice

Strut revisit the early years of Patrice Rushen’s time with Elektra Records with the definitive 2LP edition of the ‘Patrice’ album from 1978. more...

2LP Strut: STRUT223LP
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Maha

Orkos

Completely unknown album by Salah Ragab's Cairo Jazz Band vocalist Maha, recorded in Cairo in 1979. Features productions by Hany Shenoda of Al Massrie... more...

LP + Booklet Habibi Funk: HABIBI020

Patrice Rushen

Now

Strut continue their Patrice Rushen original album reissue series with the definitive edition of her influential classic ''Now'' from 1984. Packaged i... more...

2LP Strut: STRUT224LP
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Garagen Uwe

Low Lights

Garagen Uwe’s debut studio album on Beatbude Records. Nine springy instrumentals with features by Ralph Heidel and Sebastian Alexander Gieck! more...

LP Beatbude: BB019

Baby's Berserk

What I Mean / Sleepless

'What I Mean' transports you to the dance Qloors in your hazy memories of so many late nights. Spacey analog synths and an energetic chanting hook mak... more...

7inch Bongo Joe Records: BJR045-019
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Ayanda Sikade

Umakhulu

Born in 1981 in Mdantsane in the Eastern Cape, Ayanda Sikade is one of South African jazz’s most in-demand and respected drummers, a familiar face on... more...

LP Afrosynth: AFS052

Thursday Sep 22, 2022

Ethel Beatty

I Know You Care / It's Your Love

Ethel Beatty is an artist from New York who primarily worked as an actress in theatre, appearing in Broadway musicals. She appeared in “Dreamgirls”, “... more...

12inch Expansion: EXPAND122

Jaymz Bedford

Just Keep My Boogie / Happy Music

Pure unadulterated boogie fire from the Gold Mink vaults, which combined the power of James Bedford with the production genius of Roy Ayers back in ’8... more...

12inch Gold Mink Records: GMD7003

Tuesday Sep 20, 2022

Group Modular

Per Aspera / Ad Astra

The new 45 is a follow-up to the duo's highly-acclaimed second full-length ''Time Masters'' and sees Markey Funk and Mule Driver exploring and expandi... more...

7inch Delights 45: APDLT021
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Spoilsports

You Gotta Shout / Love and Romance

Freestyle Records reissue a DIY 7'' from 1980 by short-lived all-female group Spoilsports. Existing at the intersection of post-punk, jazz-rock and mo... more...

7inch Freestyle Records: FSR7095
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Kaidi Tatham

Dont Rush The Process

To bring you up to speed, Kaidi Tatham is a legendary multi-instrumentalist born in the Midlands and based in Belfast. Once dubbed ''the UK's Herbie H... more...

LP First Word Records: FW252
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Galaxy

Galaxy LP

One of the best boogie records of Nigeria repressed for the first time. Produced in 1981 by Jake Sollo and performed by himself flanked by the outstan... more...

LP Mondo Groove: MGLLP113

Monday Sep 19, 2022

Ike Noble and The Uptights

Look A Little Higher

Athens of the North is one of our favorite labels and this LP by Ike Noble & The Uptights ranks amongst one of the finest funk/soul LP's they have don... more...

LP Athens Of The North: AOTNLP057

Wednesday Sep 14, 2022

Accura

Five X Five

Invisible City continues to celebrate its 10th anniversary as a record label by reissuing the overlooked 1994 UK LP Accura - Five x Five! The best... more...

LP Invisible City Editions: ICE019
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Monday Sep 12, 2022

Ferkat Al Ard

Oghneya

An absolutely legendary album from Lebanon by Issam Hajali’s group Ferkat Al Ard, “Oghneya” stands out as one of the great musical gems of the Arab wo... more...

LP Habibi Funk: HABIBI019

Adelle First

Don't Give Up

No more need to pay big second hand prices, cause here's the classic South African Boogie dancefloor heater reissued on vinyl for the first time since... more...

12inch Kalita: KALITA12020

Patrice Rushen

Straight From The Heart

Limited white vinyl version. Strut present the definitive edition of Patrice Rushen’s landmark album from 1982, ‘Straight From The Heart’. more...

2LP Strut: STRUT221LP (white vinyl)

Flock

Flock

Flock is a brand new collaboration between five leading musicians from London's open-minded jazz and experimental scenes: Bex Burch (Vula Viel), Sarat... more...

2LP Strut: STRUT269LP

Tuesday Aug 30, 2022

George Duke

Faces In Reflection

Great audiophile remastered studio album by American keyboardist George Duke on 180g vinyl with liner notes. more...

LP MPS Records: MPS21220184

Eighties Ladies

Turned On To You

Eighties Ladies are Denie Corbett, Marva Hicks, Susan Beaubian, Sylvia Striplin and Vivian Prince. ''Turned On To You'' might be one of the best ''rar... more...

12inch Expansion: EXPAND121

Tuesday Aug 23, 2022

Azymuth

Light As A Feather

An incredibly well thought out album both in pace, song selection and musicality,'Light As A Feather' marked a maturing of the band as they began to r... more...

LP Far Out: FAR0170LPX

Monday Aug 22, 2022

Phono

Music Is My Sex

Funk friven early Italo Disco by Phono! "Music Is My Sex" is to be inserted in the Italo-Disco trend of the early 80s, but also with a nod to Funk a... more...

12inch Best Record: BST-X089

Wednesday Aug 17, 2022

Serginho Meriti

Bons Momentos

Inspired equally by the soul and funk of the Black Rio movement and the samba rock innovations of Jorge Ben, Serginho Meriti’s classic debut album pre... more...

LP Time Capsule: TIME006