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Thursday Mar 8, 2018

The Steoples

Six Rocks

Meet the Steoples — Gabriel Reyes-Whittaker and Yeofi Andoh. Gabriel is a longtime producer, under the name Gifted & Blessed a.k.a. GB, integral to th... more...

LP Stones Throw: STH2384

Tuesday Mar 6, 2018

Letta Mbulu

In The Music...... The Village Never Ends

Originally released in South Africa in 1983, In The Music......The Village Never Ends is one of those holy-grail African records that barely needs any... more...

LP Be With Records: BEWITH006LP

Mildlife

Phase

Narrowing down Mildlife's style into a genre is almost impossible, as they bond over the desire to push musical boundaries. No strangers to the Melbou... more...

LP Research Records: RESEARCH02

Prophets Of Peace

Get It On

Two unreleased recordings dug up by the team at Numero Group for their Purple Snow comp (GET IT), these were begging to be put on 45. Recorded at Audi... more...

7inch Athens Of The North: ATH060

Ice

Reality

First ever official reissue of Ice's rare and in demand North Carolina born soul funk jam 'Reality' via Athens of the North Records and Magnetic Recor... more...

7inch Athens Of The North: ATH062
Also available @ D\G\T\L

EKO

Funky Disco Music

For this Africa Seven foray we take a trip to 1979. ''Funky Disco Music'' was Eko's third LP. It is locked-on with the sound we here at Africa Seven l... more...

LP Africa Seven: ASVN052
Also available @ D\G\T\L

Aaron Broomfield / Broomfield Corporate Jam

I'm Gonna Miss Ya / Does Anybody Really Know

More fire from Aaron Broomfield's archive, here we have two sought after sides. 'I'm gonna miss ya' was transferred from tapes by Aaron himself and is... more...

7inch Athens Of The North: ATH050
Also available @ D\G\T\L

Monday Feb 26, 2018

Tuesday Feb 20, 2018

Aquarian Dream

Phoenix / East 6th Street

The Norman Connors produced Aquarian Dream first appeared in 1976 with their debut album on Buddah, featuring the extremely popular 'Phoenix' along wi... more...

12inch Buddah: BDSL488P

Friday Feb 16, 2018

Iwabo

Reggae Down

on-point reissue with this excellent single from Caribbean funksters IWABO. ''Reggae Down'' does indeed feature a skank of sorts and all manner of sun... more...

12inch Kalita: KALITA12002

Darryl Douglas

Holding On

Kalita Records drops the first ever official reissue of Darryl Douglas' 1981 gospel disco monster 'Holding On'. Born out of a tight-knit friendship gr... more...

12inch Kalita: KALITA12003

Thursday Feb 15, 2018

2LP Egyptian Empire: DMSR1986

Basa Basa

Homowo

Reissue of this rare Nigerian/Ghana funk record. Incl. the jam African Soul Power which you might have heard getting spins in the clubs...Incl. a post... more...

LP Vintage Voodoo: VV001

Monday Feb 12, 2018

The Brothers

Brothers Theme

1976 - The Brothers were an emerging Disco soul septet whose blistering arrangements and ferocious playing had earned them a cult following and a majo... more...

12inch RCA: DJL1-1893 AB

Peech Boys

Don't Make Me Wait

the Peech Boys were Larry Levan's group, we're talking early 80's NYC here, 1982 to be precise, around the height of the Paradise Garage as Larry was... more...

12inch West End: WES22140

Benny Golson

I'm Always Dancin' To The Music

Philadelphian Jazz legend Benny Golson has had a long and storied career, he's played with luminaries such as John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie and Art B... more...

12inch Columbia: AS453A

The Jones Girls

Nights Over Egypt

Detroit sisters The Jones Girls were a hugely popular part of Philadelphia's PIR stable throughout the 1970's and 80's. They cut numerous sides for t... more...

12inch Philly International: PIR13A2031AB

Thursday Feb 8, 2018

Keysha / FG's Romance

Stop It / What Is Love Today

First 12'' in a series of yearly valentine maxis celebrating love. This one contains Keysha's sleazy R&B youtube hit ''Stop It!'' & a Belgian blue eye... more...

12inch Stroom: STR12-010

Thursday Feb 1, 2018

Herbie Hancock

Sunlight

Sunlight by Herbie Hancockis a 1978 jazz-funk, fusion album. It features Hancock's vocals through a vocoder as well as performances by drummer Tony Wi... more...

LP Music On Vinyl: MOVLP1970

K.I.D.

K.I.D. Disco Versions

Best Records dig out some truly powerful disco from a close ally of Giorgio Moroder's - Geoff Bastow. K.I.D. were best known for boogie classic ''Don'... more...

12inch Best: BST-X026

Monday Jan 22, 2018

Friday Jan 19, 2018

Shams Dinn

Untitled

New label Smiling C starts off with a compilation LP of released and unreleased works by the Arabic rapper, Shams Dinn. more...

LP Smiling C: SC001

The Patchouli Brothers

Edits Vol.1

The Patchouli Brothers first began throwing parties in an Albanian dive bar in Toronto's east end, but have gone on to grace the stage at a spectrum o... more...

12inch Basic Fingers: FINGERS030

Wednesday Jan 10, 2018

LP Wax Museum: WMR012

Monday Jan 8, 2018

Space Garage

Space Garage

Two spontaneous recordings made by Mystic Jungle & Rico Milord during an hot midsummer night at West Hill Studio (Camaldoli, Naples). Lo-fi reverberat... more...

7inch Periodica: PRD1006