Funk - All

Monday Jul 4, 2016

Philippe Chany

Rive Gauche LP

Philippe Chany is a French songwriter, film music composer and producer from the town of Gap in the southeastern region of the Hautes-Alpes. He formed... more...

12inch Dark Entries: DE122

Monday Jun 27, 2016

Zampera & Mutto ft Filippo Zenna

So You Are

A smoky 80s nightclub, muffled background voices, dim red lights and whiskey drowning your soul... this is ''So You Are'' scenario, the perfect sound... more...

7inch Periodica: PRD02

Thursday Jun 23, 2016

Various Artists

Unlimited Love #1

Collection of rare disco tracks. Myth Michaels - Push It, Popcorn - Song For You, Arthur King – Fear, Santth - Do You Want Me Baby Like I Want You.

12inch Unlimited Love: UNLTD1

Wednesday Jun 22, 2016

Sunburst Ave

Africa

Strut presents a definitive collection of recordings from one of Tanzania’s most revered bands of the early 1970s, Sunburst. Covering their output fro... more...

2LP+CD Strut: STRUT128LP

Dam-Funk

DJ Kicks

A lot of folks feel like they know DaM-FunK, he is laid-back, affable and personable but to truly get the guy, I mean really understand him, is to kno... more...

2LP+CD !K7: K7332LP
Also available @ D\G\T\L

Tuesday Jun 14, 2016

Warmth

The Best of Don McCaslin's Warmth

The reason why labels work so hard to track down musicians to re-issue their privately released music is normally because the original records are ver... more...

LP Tramp Records: TRLP9046
Also available @ D\G\T\L
12inch Mukatsuku: Mukat043

Monday Jun 13, 2016

Pellegrino

Periplo

On his debut mini-album, Pellegrino goes for a periplus around mediterranean savors, dispensing a multi-flavored cocktail of fast-moving disco groover... more...

LP Early Sounds: EAS011

Friday Jun 10, 2016

XOA

Aiye Le

XOA is an exciting new project fusing sounds from the golden era of 70s Afrobeat with contemporary electronica and modern production. The debut releas... more...

12inch Shake: Shake003

Wednesday Jun 8, 2016

Pop District

Secret Dream EP

After coming with a pretty great electronic soft jazz number on the first release, Distant Works begins to define the mission behind the label with th... more...

12inch Distant Works: DSWR002

Tuesday Jun 7, 2016

Bernie Worrell

Retrospectives

After years of fans asking ''is there an instrumental version just the music'', Bernie finally decided to ''give the people what they want''. Produced... more...

2LP PurpleWoo Productions: PW7322

Monday Jun 6, 2016

Doris Duke

Woman Of The Ghetto

Killer 1975 Gospel version of Marlena Shaw's 1969 sister Soul standard, a deep, socially conscious 45 asking some heavy questions about ghetto life se... more...

7inch Sam Records: SAM75-5001

Thursday Jun 2, 2016

Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramyds

We Be All Africans

We Be All Africans’ is a message of survival. A message of renewal. A message that we are all brothers and sisters. We are all one family, the human f... more...

LP + CD Strut: Strut144lp

L.S. Movement Band

Move Everything You Got

Holy grail la/veg version of 'Move Everything You Got', originally released in 1981, and now included on the B-side a never ever released before mid 8... more...

12inch City Of Dreams Records & Tapes: COD003

Tuesday May 31, 2016

Various Artists

Blackcash and Theo / Galaxy Vol 6

A Freddie Scott - ( You ) Got What I Need: 1968 basement party anthem gets nice clean drum break. Biz Markie sampled for the 1989 Hit 'Just a Friend'.... more...

7inch Galaxy Sound Co.: GSC45006

Aimes

Pleasure Cruise Ft. Falcone

Aimes brings everything good to this release from sun-kissed synths to chimes lapping around your dancing feet, this sort of post-disco can be found o... more...

7inch Star Creature: SC7008

Mike Simonetti

Bossa Nova Civic Club Bootleg

Mike Simonetti’s first solo release since 2011 is a huge departure from his Italians-era work and that label’s sound in general. Mike has been DJ'ing... more...

12inch 2M: 2MR-008

Thursday May 26, 2016

Vicky D

This Beat Is Mine (Kon's Groove)

Another slamming post-Disco number from the early 80's lifted from the legendary SAM Records vaults. ''This Beat Is Mine'' has always been a ''big'' o... more...

12inch Sam Records: SAM2016002

Wednesday May 25, 2016

Dieter Reith + Tender Aggression

Die Kette

For the very first time available as a complete soundtrack to the Francis Durbridge TV thriller from 1977! The recordings are from 1977 and 1978. All... more...

LP + Download ShowUp: Showup08lp

James Mason

Recollection Echo

Limited pressing LP issue of previously unreleased recordings. 7 tracks have been remastered from James Mason's personal master tapes (which had to be... more...

LP JM: JM001

Tuesday May 24, 2016

Fruit

Fruit

The Fruit Band's fleeting existence was only recently revealed by the discovery of a few unsold copies of their sole 1978 single,Say It, which quickly... more...

LP Athens Of The North: AOTNLP007

Little George n' The Mixed Generation

Listen

Another Virtue super rarity this month, so obscure it's not even well known on the Funk45 scene although noted collectors Ian Wright and DJ Shadow hav... more...

7inch Athens Of The North: AOE019
Also available @ D\G\T\L

New World

The World To-Day

The very Definition of Deepfunk this record was a huge spin for Keb Darge in the Early 2000s. Not only brilliant, but very very rare ($2000+), respect... more...

7inch Athens Of The North: AOE018