Funk - All

Monday Mar 15, 2021

Isabrm

If I Had You

Rare boogie joint time, Isabr'm or his real name Isaiah Lanes obscure and expensive. Recorded at Starlight Sound in Richmond, California (The same stu... more...

7inch Athens Of The North: ATH095

Christopher Jay

Be My Lady

''Real heads might be familiar with outsider boogie track - Christopher Jay – 'What Do You Want Me To Do', an excellent hypnotic spin for those in the... more...

7inch Athens Of The North: ATH098

True Image

Keep Me Dancing

''True Image - ''Keep Me Dancing'' was a spin for me back in the day but sold it when I bought my house 10 years ago, thanks to being hooked up with t... more...

7inch Athens Of The North: ATH100
Also available @ D\G\T\L

Thursday Mar 11, 2021

Bassline ft. Lorraine Chambers

You've Gone

In the late ‘80s, a wave of British musicians raised on ‘70s UK pop, Caribbean sound system culture, reggae, lovers rock and Motown/Philly soul music... more...

12inch Isle Of Jura: ISLE011
Also available @ D\G\T\L

Monday Mar 8, 2021

Rueben Wilson

The Sweet Life

After a series of sugary soul-jazz dates for Blue Note, Reuben Wilson resurfaced on Groove Merchant with The Sweet Life. The title notwithstanding, th... more...

12inch Groove Merchant: GM511

Jon Lucien

Rashida

1973 album from the late Jazz vocalist. In the past, his smooth baritone voice drew comparisons to greats like Nat King Cole and Lou Rawls, but during... more...

LP RCA: APL1-0161

The Sequence

Funk You Up

First all female Hip Hop group to release on wax, quickly following Rappers Delight as an early commercial Hip Hop contender.

12inch Sugar Hill: Sugarhill975

Asha Puthli

The Devil Is Loose

Amazing 3rd release by Asha Puthli from 1976. Right on the funk with mesmerizing vocal by Asha herself. more...

LP Columbia: CBS81443

Idris Muhammad

Turn This Mutha Out

Idris's fifth and perhaps most popular of his near-20 LP strong solo discography (that's not including the epic array of artists he's worked with from... more...

LP Kudu: KUDU034

Parliament

The Clones Of Dr Funkenstein

The Clones Of Dr. Funkenstein’ is another masterpiece in George Clinton’s canon and traveled deeper into the mythology of Parliament. more...

LP Casablanca: Casa7034LP

Funkadelic

Maggot Brain

Maggot Brain is the third studio album by the American funk band Funkadelic, released by Westbound Records in July 1971. It was produced by band leade... more...

LP Westbound Records: Sew002

Wednesday Mar 3, 2021

LP Text Records: TEXT052

Tuesday Mar 2, 2021

Monday Mar 1, 2021

Club Band

Club Is My Passion

Though Club Band's "Club is My Passion" was written as a radio jingle, it is nonetheless a dancefloor bomb. As was the case in 1987, Best Record Italy... more...

12inch Best Record: BST-X081

Nino Lepore

Chok Musik

Nino Lepore hails from South Italy, and is best known for his self-titled LP from 1986, as well as for his uncredited work on Dancer Record. The 'Chok... more...

12inch Best Record: BST-X080

Thunder

Speed Cross

Released in 1980, "Speed Cross" by Thunder is an adventurous dancefloor epic seeing octave basslines and galloping disco beats supporting galactic pad... more...

12inch Best Record: BST-X079

Tuesday Feb 23, 2021

First Touch

You Got It Baby / Crampjuice First Touch

The prolific German duo are back with a new 7' release, following up their last EP ''Sofea'', which included a remix by Dj Spinna. The A Side features... more...

7inch Voyage Funktastique: VF005

Swedge

Together

Deep druggy dancefloor business from a well known crew from the east, not so much an edit, more of a rebuild, flipped with some JazzDisco business for... more...

12inch Swedge: SWEDGE001

Amancio D'Silva

Konkan Dance

Following in the footsteps of the landmark 1966 double-quartet recording by Joe Harriott and John Mayer, Indian born musician Amancio D'Silva produced... more...

LP Roundtable: SIR021LP
Also available @ D\G\T\L

4 Mars

Super Somali Sounds from the Gulf of Tadjoura

In 2019, after negotiations spanning many years, Ostinato Records became the first label granted access to the grand Archives of Radiodiffusion-Télévi... more...

2LP Ostinato Records: OSTLP010

William Stuckey

Love Of Mine

''This first ever re-release of William Stuckey's extremely rare southern soul LP. When Brian Sears told me William was still with us and living local... more...

LP Athens Of The North: AOTNLP046
Also available @ D\G\T\L

Monday Feb 22, 2021

Monday Feb 15, 2021

Fatima Yamaha

Day We Met Remixes

The first single from the long awaited new Fatima Yamaha album is the poppy Day We Met and it comes with 4 outstanding remixes by highly esteemed remi... more...

12inch Magnetron Music: MAG166

Danger Boys

Danger Zone

Anthem alert!! Periodica Records dives into the heart of the Napoli underground with a scorching single from Danger Boys called 'Danger Zone', which s... more...

7inch Periodica: PRD1019