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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...

• 1 Kuenda
• 2 Would You Believe In Me
• 3 Lady Love
• 9 Love Everlasting

Archie Bell & The Drells

Tighten Up

Classic Houston Funk from 1968 more...

• 01 Tighten Up (part 1)
• 02 Tighten Up (part 2)
• 03 I Don't Wanna Be A Playboy
• 04 You're Mine

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...

• 1 Flying Fish
• 2 The Devil Is Loose
• 3 Hello Everyone
• 4 Wonder Why

Idris Muhammad

Turn This Mutha Out

Recommended by: Felipe Gordon

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...

• 1 Could Heaven Ever Be Like This
• 2 Camby Bolongo
• 3 Turn This Mutha Out
• 4 Tasty Cakes

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...

• 1 Prelude
• 2 Gamin' On Ya
• 3 Dr Funkenstein
• 4 Children Of Production

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...

• 1 Maggot Brain
• 2 Can You Get To That
• 3 Hit It & Quit It
• 4 You & Your Folks, Me & My Folks

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...

• 01 Together
• 02 Chocolate

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...

• 01 The First Time
• 02 Wise Men Say
• 03 Got Plans
• 04 Country People

Various Artists

Silk Road: Journey Of The Armenian Diaspora (1971-1982)

Terrestrial Funk's sixth release explores over a decade of Armenian disco, funk, and soul. Compiled by Darone Sassounian who spent three years trackin... more...

• A1. Marten Yorgantz – Ammenaïn Serdov (De Tout Coeur) (With All My Heart)
• A2. Adiss Harmandyan – Ors Kez Hed Antzav (My Day Spent With You)
• A3. Jozeph Sefian - Karoun E Yegel (Spring Has Come)
• B1. Avo Haroutounian – Tears On My Eyes

LCSM & Shamis

Believe

UK legend IG Culture brings some London bruk boogie to the mix of Believe as LCSM, the afro-futuristic jazz venture known as Likwid Continual Space Mo... more...

• 1 Believe (LCSM Remix)
• 2 Believe (LCSM Dub)
• 3 Believe (Original)

Bordello Roses

Beautiful Vases

Two men out of time, Bordello Roses are two musicians making an unhurried play to occupy the lonely corners of the mind with their debut album Beautif... more...

• 01 The Artist
• 02 A Spot In The Sun
• 03 Electrify And Broadcast
• 04 Deflowered

Mart Avi

Vega Never Sets

The accomplished and uniquely characteristic world-builder Mart Avi delivers his most complete body of work yet with Vega Never Sets. His fifth full-l... more...

• 01 feather
• 02 wire
• 03 soul reaver
• 04 avirex

David Walters

Soleil Kreyol

Creole Soul!'' Two words are enough for David Walters to qualify his music. The exclamation point to support radicalism and faith in its purpose. A l... more...

• 01 manye
• 02 krye mwen
• 03 bwe dlo (ft. seun kuti)
• 04 pa le (ft. ibrahim maalouf)

Thundercat

Fair Chance (Floating Points Remix)

Much loved and respected British producer Floating Points remixes ''Fair Chance'' (feat. Ty Dolla Sign & Lil B), nudging the ballad onto the dancefloo... more...

• 01 Fair Chance (Floating Points remix)
• 02 Fair Chance (album version)
• 03 Fair Chance (instrumental)
• 04 Fair Chance (acappella)

Movement In The City

Black Teardrops

Recommended by: Staff Pick Of The Week | Martyn

1981 South African Soul-Funk-Jazz from the master tape vault of the As-Shams/The Sun label by the creator of the Black Disco albums. As underground ja... more...

• 1 lament
• 2 black teardrops
• 3 seagull
• 4 camel walk

Middle Name Dance Band

Middle Name Dance Track Vol 1

Middle Name Dance Tracks Vol 1 is the second release from Sampology’s new imprint. The Middle Name Dance Tracks project reflects standout live & club... more...

• 1 Ricardo
• 2 Only Joy
• 3 Bless
• 4 Odyseey

Francois N'Gwa

OGOOUE

Since the early 80's, Gabonese musician François N'Gwa has been jamming with instruments, synthesizers and, later on, production software explorin... more...

• 1 nkang
• 2 ndjegho
• 3 mongui
• 4 ngondjet

Scott Hardware

Engel

Repress of April Toronto’s Scott Hardware's release Engel, his second full-length album, and first on Telephone Explosion Records. It will mark the en... more...

• 1 engel
• 2 joy
• 3 survivor guilt

Andrew Ashong & Kaidi Tatham

Sankofa Season

South London soul artist Andrew Ashong returns with his first full release since 2014 – an expansive six-track collaboration with Kaidi Tatham, the un... more...

• 1 Low Ceilings
• 2 Washed in You
• 3 Eye Mo K
• 4 Sankofa Song

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

Superior Elevation

Freaky With You

Previously Unreleased material recorded in 1979 at Allen Toussaint's legendary Sea-Saint Recording Studio in New Orleans, LA. Freaky With You is a Six... more...

• 1 Freaky with You
• 2 Welcome to My World

Samii

Figuring It Out

With lyrical confidence and the feel for a groove, Samii's debut EP 'Figuring It Out' is an ode to self-discovery. Samii draws inspiration from her ow... more...

• 1 Wake Me Up
• 2 Spaced out Summer Tours Back Again
• 3 For Too Long
• 4 Here to Luv Myself

Demae

Life Works Out Usually

Beautiful release by Demae on the label of the London based Touching Bass crew. 'Life Works Out...Usually' is a soothing antidote to these turbulent t... more...

• 1 People Are Weird
• 2 Basic Love
• 3 Help Me Live
• 4 Stuck In A Daze (with Ego Ella May)

Gea Russell

One Last Dance

Singer-songwriter with deep roots in hip hop culture Gea Russell presents his latest album One Last Dance, an album that fuses elements of blues, soul... more...

• 01 Let Me Be Still
• 02 One Last Dance
• 03 Time
• 04 The Sweet Surrender

Bessie Banks

Don't You Worry Baby The Best Is Yet To Come / Try To Leave Me If You Can

Ultra-rare modern/Northern soul/funk crossover, now extremely expensive in its original form. Cut loud & proud. Artwork based on the original promo ve... more...

• 1 Dont You Worry Baby The Best Is Yet To Come
• 2 Try To Leave Me If You Can