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Various Artists

Tokyo Dreaming

A Major 2 LP exploration of Tokyo's cutting edge '80s sound through the music of Japanese cult label Nippon Columbia and its Better Days imprint, sele... more...

• 01 Ryuichi Sakamoto - The End Of Asia
• 02 Mariah - Shinzo No Tobira
• 03 Chika Asamoto - Self Control
• 04 Jun Fukamachi - Treasure Hunter

Robert Cotter

Missing You

Re-issue of Robert Cotter's ultra rare 1976 album, 'Missing You' in partnership with Robert Cotter himself. Originally released on the notorious Tiger... more...

• 01 Missing You
• 02 Marys House
• 03 Disco Blues
• 04 Teddy Bear

Sylvia

Sweet Stuff

Recommended by: Charmaine

Rare soul classic by Hip Hop godmother, Sugar Hill Records' Sylvia Robinson. Released in 1975 on her Vibrations label and now re-issued on vinyl with... more...

• 01 I Cant Help It
• 02 Cowards Way Out
• 03 The Notion
• 04 Private Performance

Tullio De Piscopo

Black Star / Temptation

Following the rare groove italo 7inch serieswith two these disco tracks by the legendary italian drummer Tullio De Piscopo, taken from the 1978 soundt... more...

• 1 Black Star
• 2 Temptation

Sordid Sound System

Escape Temps Au Revoir / Beginning To See The Dub

Stuart Evans, aka Sordid Sound System is one of the founders of The Green Door Studio, a not for profit, analogue recording studio in Glasgow which em... more...

• 1 Escape Temps Au Revoir
• 2 Beginning To See The Dub

Ri-Edito Italiano

Vol 1

• 1 Tumba Catumba
• 2 Senza Umanita
• 3 Corde Tese
• 4 La Tua Citta

Various Artists

Electronic Emergencies Reconstructed By I-Robots

Some smooth remix action going on here!! Italian DJ and producer Gianluca Pandullo a.k.a. I-Robots has chosen six of his favourite Electronic Emergen... more...

• 1 Machinegewehr - Move Like Rays (I-Robots Reconstruction)
• 2 Chris Davis - Traction (I-Robots Reconstruction)
• 3 Skeleton Head - Beaten, Bloody, Bruised (I-Robots Reconstruction)
• 4 Das Ding - Want Need (I-Robots Reconstruction)

Yann Kornowicz & Dan Amozig

Videoclub

Videoclub is a concept album made of 17 original compositions that will bring back ghost memories of your VHS sessions in company of Charles Bronson,... more...

• 01 Videoclub Opening Theme (Videoclub)
• 02 The Curse of the Golden VHS
• 03 Monte Carlo Drive (The Man from Monte Carlo)
• 04 Salomon Ski Chase (Secret Agent Ski Chase)

Rivage

Strung out on Your Love

''One of my favourite 70s soul sides, it will set you back £500ish if you can find one and even then it won't sound as nice as our pressing. The track... more...

• 1 Strung out on Your Love
• 2 All My Love for You

Other Lands

Sounds For Isolated Souls

Recommended by: Staff Pick Of The Week

Other Lands proudly presents the first release on his own label: Circles And Phases. Having put out music under a number of names in years gone by on... more...

• 01 Head Soothe
• 02 Mu-D
• 03 See Sharp
• 04 Pine Barrens

Crystal Winds

Lovers Holiday

''Martin Dumas Jr, Paul Coleman and Morris Browns, sublime 70s soul / 2 Step LP is IMO is some of the best sophisticated soul from the 1970s, Producti... more...

• 1 Lovers Holiday
• 2 Love Aint Easy

Crystal Winds

So Sad

''Crystal Winds legendary sophisticated soul LP first released on the privately pressed Cash Ear label in 1982, it's mad to me these amazing tracks ha... more...

• 1 So Sad
• 2 Maybe What You Do Comes Back on You

Bubbha Thomas & The Lightmen

Boogie Down

On 'Boogie Down' Bubbha Thomas and The Lightmen lean away from the jazzier moods that they were best known for, towards a mid-tempo boogie/funk workou... more...

• 1 Boogie Down (Part 1)
• 2 Boogie Down (Part 2)

Luke Parkhouse

Crate Breaks Vol. 4 (Luke Parkhouse)

Welcoming Luke Parkhouse to the Drumstream family with this versatile collection of heavy breaks. Luke is well respected and was prob the first drumme... more...

• 01 Side One
• 02 Side Two

Mike Bandoni

Crate Breaks Vol. 3 (Mike Bandoni)

Original KILLER drum breaks by Mike Bandoni. Exclusive to the Crate Breaks series. 100% Killer No Filler. Founder and band leader for Funkshone. Form... more...

• 01 Side One
• 02 Side Two

Orlando Voorn

The Master

The Dutch icon Orlando Voorn is releasing a fresh new sound on Deeptrax Records sublabel Contrafact! Having started his career in the early 80s with m... more...

• 01 Im About To Whip Somebodys Ass (Revolution)
• 02 Freak of My Desire
• 03 Gotta Get Up
• 04 Oh Lord (Urban Coalition mix) feat E10 Mary Griffin

Roger Webb

Bartleby (Original Soundtrack Recording)

Unreleased until now and super duper wow. Like British pastoral jam with killer drums, bass and percussion. Just dying for some huge hip hop producer... more...

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Peven Everett

Burning Hot

Hot Peven track from 2010 gets a repress with on the B-side ''Burning Groove'', an unreleased demo taken from the original song recording.

• 1 Burning Hot
• 2 Burning Hot (Unreleased Demo)

World Premiere

Share The Night

Classic NYC 1982 boogie / electro cut which was originally released on Easy Street

• 1 Share The Night (Club Mix)
• 2 Share The Night (Breakdown Mix)
• 3 Share The Night (Instrumental Mix)

Alex Figueira

Maracas / Music & Whisper

Two and a half frenetic minutes that sound like Aphex Twin and The Incredible Bongo Band dancing Capoeira in the early hours of an illegal rave, somew... more...

• 1 maracas
• 2 grasping wishing (ft. maddie ruthless)

Ivan Mamao Conti & Grassmass

A Mina / Caatinga

Legendary master drummer Ivan ‘Mamão’ Conti teams up with Brazilian producer grassmass on two experimental funk monsters of the highest order that per... more...

• 1 A Mina
• 2 Caatinga

7 Days Of Funk (Snoop Dogg and Dam-Funk)

7 Days Of Funk

Snoop & Dam-Funk doing what they do best. more...

• 1 Hit D Pavement
• 2 Let It Go
• 3 Faden Away
• 4 1Question (feat Steve Arrington)

Various Artists

Cameroon Garage Funk

Yaounde, in the 1970's, was a buzzing place. Every neighbourhood of Cameroon's capital, no matter how dodgy, was flled with music spots but surprising... more...

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Jarren

Antera

Brand new album from Los Angeles producer Jarren. more...

• 01 Intro
• 02 Zaiah
• 03 Antera
• 04 Fye

Various Artists

Habibi Funk: An Eclectic Selection (Part 2)

Second compilation by Habibi Funk, following the success of the first part, featuring a wide range of music from North Africa and the Middle East. It... more...

• 01 Douaa - Haditouni
• 02 Magdy Al Hussainy - Music De Carneval
• 03 Fadoul - Ahl Jedba
• 04 Sal Davis - Qaboos