Label: First Word Records - All

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...

• 01 Mystery Solved
• 02 Dont Rush the Process (feat The Easy Access Orchestra)
• 03 Just Not Right Rudi
• 04 All I Need

Yazmin Lacey

When the Sun Dips 90 Degrees

This set illustrates again Yazmin's candid songwriting delivered in her uniquely laidback soulful style, whilst a glorious fusion of neo-soul and jazz... more...

• 1 90 Degrees
• 2 Something My Heart Trusts
• 3 Burn Rise
• 4 Heaven

Souleance

Guili Guili

French slang for ''tickle'', 'GUILI' is an epic disco-funk piece inspired by the likes of Azymuth, Herbie Hancock and Marcos Valle, but incorporated w... more...

• 1 GUILI
• 2 TORO

Allysha Joy

Torn:Tonic

Delivered unfiltered, straight from the soul, ´Torn : Tonic' pulls us into a 10 track journey that weaves through the multiplicity of letting go, stan... more...

• 01 Peace (feat Rara Zulu)
• 02 Calling You (feat Ego Ella May)
• 03 YK x YE (feat BINA)
• 04 Let It

Don Leisure

Shaboo Strikes Back

Five years have passed since the first 'Shaboo' album was released. A collection of beats and pieces that documented the road trip of Don's youth - hi... more...

• 01 Egg Yolk Bun
• 02 In the City
• 03 Beyond a Shadow
• 04 Regency

Children Of Zeus and Black Milk / Allysha Joy and Tall Black Guy

Won't End Well / Sip Of You

Originally released by Low Key Source in Australia, First Word Records have acquired a limited number of 7'' vinyl of this essential set of tracks.... more...

• 1 Wont End Well - Children of Zeus Black Milk
• 2 Sip Of You - Allysha Joy Tall Black Guy

Werkha

Eterno Retorno / In Saint-Gilles

A double aa-side single featuring two cuts from his forthcoming album 'All Werk Is Play'. 'Eterno Retorno' features the glorious Portuguese vocals... more...

• 1 Eterno Retorno (feat Moreiya)
• 2 In Saint-Gilles (feat Le Motel)

Quiet Dawn

Movements

'Movements' sits firmly in the realms of broken beat, after being heavily inspired at First Word's infamous 14th birthday party at Total Refreshment C... more...

• 1 Yellow
• 2 Change Must Come (feat Oliver Night)
• 3 Breathe
• 4 Swirl

Nathaniel Cross

The Description Is Not The Described

The EP is a four-track instrumental opus that falls within the cracks of contemporary jazz, whilst encompassing a wide-range of black music sub-genres... more...

• 01 Goodbye for Now
• 02 Charge It to the Game
• 03 Light in the Darkness
• 04 Who Looks Inside Awakes

Children of Zeus

Balance

With shows on ice over the last 12 months, Children of Zeus took the time to mature their sound; 'Balance' is 50 minutes of future-classic British sou... more...

• 01 Sunrise
• 02 No Love Song
• 03 I Know
• 04 Be Someone

Various Artists

A Family Affair

''We started First Word Records in late 2003. The core team is based in London, but our roster is comprised of artists from all over the globe. As we... more...

• 01 Better (Kaidi Tatham Remix) - Allysha Joy
• 02 One By One (Bruk It Version) - Quiet Dawn Sarah Williams White
• 03 Fade (KEARL Remix) - Takuya Kuroda
• 04 But I Cant (K15 Remix) - Teotima

Kaidi Tatham

An Insight To All Minds

On 'An Insight To All Minds', Kaidi says it's ''not about a destination, but a process. It's about how you drive, not where you're going. Nothing in t... more...

• 01 Try n Follow
• 02 Intergalactic Relations
• 03 Interlude
• 04 Carry It Mongo Man

Darkhouse Family

Solid Gold / Disco Duck

• 1 Solid Gold
• 2 Disco Duck

Allysha Joy

Light It Again

Well versed in poetry and performance, Allysha Joy's potent lyricism, unique musicianship and killer vocals have garnered legions of attentive fans th... more...

• 1 Watercolours
• 2 Better
• 3 Light It Again
• 4 Mardi

Takuya Kuroda

Fly Moon Die Soon

In his words, ''this album is about the irony between the greatness of nature and the beautiful obsceneness of humanity. Melodies and grooves fly back... more...

• 1 Fade (feat Corey King)
• 2 ABC
• 3 CHANGE (feat Corey King)
• 4 Do No Why

Kaidi Tatham

In Search of Hope

2008's 'In Search of Hope' is the second solo album from Tatham and the first under his own name. It pushes the musical boundaries of electronic and d... more...

• 01 In Search of Hope, Pt. 1
• 02 Swift Inspiration (Quick Kid)
• 03 Do What You Gotta Do
• 04 Could I Ever Know

Myele Manzanza

A Love Requited - (Theo Parrish remix)

Following on from Myele Manzanza's acclaimed 2019 jazz album, 'A Love Requited', we have a 2020 addendum to that project; an EP of remixes by a set of... more...

• 1 Itaru's Phone Booth (Theo Parrish Remix)
• 2 Big Deal (Mark de Clive-Lowe Remix)
• 3 Family Dynamics (Darkhouse Family Remix)
• 4 Pencarrow (Borrowed CS)

Tall Black Guy and 14KT

Tall Black Guy vs 14KT

On this limited 7'' vinyl, the two renowned US beat-makers revisit two of their previous First Word singles, turning out flips of each other's tracks,... more...

• 1 Tall Black Guy - I Will Never Know (14KT IAMABEENIE Remix) [feat. Moonchild]
• 2 14KT - The Power of Same (Tall Black Guy Remix) [feat. Muhsinah]

Werkha

The Rigour

''Music is work. In all its different ways, it's a craft that I apply myself to and exist by. As much as that is about love, it's also about pouring i... more...

• 1 Generation X
• 2 The Key
• 3 Swing Thru
• 4 In Sunny G

Myele Manzanza

A Love Requited

Produced with award winning Australian bassist & long time musical collaborator Ross McHenry and featuring a plethora of New Zealand and Australia's f... more...

• 1 Ritual
• 2 Family Dynamics
• 3 Itaru's Phone Booth
• 4 Mortality

Kaidi Tatham

Serious Times

'Serious Times' is another 4-track set comprised of Kaidi's unmistakable style, encompassing broken beat, jazz, boogie and hip hop.

• 1 Cost of Living
• 2 Don't Cry Now
• 3 Sugar
• 4 Zallom

14KT

For My Sanity

'For My Sanity' is a ''freedom project'', an album rooted in free creation, without being tied down by bars, patterns, scenes, and sequences. The inte... more...

• 01 Advent
• 02 Down the Street from Peace (feat. Masego)
• 03 Mainstream
• 04 The Power of Same (feat. Muhsinah, James Poyser & Stro Elliot)

Don Leisure

Halal Cool J

'Halal Cool J' appeared originally in early 2017 with 'An Ottoman Excursion' on First Word's sister-label, Excursions - a series of edits born out of... more...

• 01 Emirgan Sunrise
• 02 Only Built 4 Turkish Linx
• 03 Horse Thieves
• 04 4am in Kadikoy

Don Leisure

Shaboo vs. Halal Cool J

Don Leisure sees his two alter-egos go head-to-head, 'Shaboo vs Halal Cool J'. Probably best known as 50% of Darkhouse Family, along with Melange labe... more...

• 1 Kazakh Honey
• 2 Kaymak
• 3 Shaboo Strikes Back
• 4 Mango Season

14KT

The Power of Same (featuring Muhsinah)

Strongly rooted in KT's spiritual practice, 'The Power of Same' is a bass and synth-heavy ode to consistency and unconditional love, laced nicely toge... more...

• 1 The Power of Same (feat. Muhsinah)
• 2 The Power of Same (Kaidi Tatham Remix) [feat. Muhsinah]