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Featuring Danny Brown, Mac Miller, Earl Sweatshirt, Raekwon, Scarface, Domo Genesis, Ab-Soul, Polyester the Saint, BJ The Chicago Kid, Big Time Watts, G-Wiz, Casey Veggies, Sulaiman, Meechy Darko & Freddie Kane Freddie Gibbs is the product of violent, drug-laden streets but unlike most rappers with similar resumes, he... -
4-Track Guitar Music is the unassuming title of a cassette by Swedish composer Mats Erlandsson, which was originally released on Kali Malone and Maria W Horn's XKatedral label in 2018 Composed using only, as the album title implies, a 4-track tape deck and an electric guitar, the music was later modified on the computer and... -
Eargong Records present the first vinyl reissue of Howard Riley's Flight, originally released in 1971 This landmark recording sees pianist Howard Riley with two of the greatest European improvisers Barry Guy on bass and Tony Oxley on drums literally reinventing the piano trio format This is deeply explorative music beyond time and... -
Initially conceived as a short-run cassette for Altered States Tapes, YL Hooi's nameless collection of textural apparitions oscillate between icy DIY minimalism, FX-drenched atmospherics, and nang chamber dub A ghost-like transmission, Hooi's voice serves to anchor an array of sonic abstractions and impressionistic melodic motifs... -
Wound Without A Tear is a compilation of “Australian” Ambient and Experimental Music; an area so often overlooked and misunderstood because it does not easily fall into historical context However, the fifteen years (1993-2008) the collection cites–a period of early 90s post-rave ethereality defined by pleasure-centred spaces... -
Satomimagae’s Hanazono is an invitation to revel in your immediate and imagined surroundings, to make time and space for guileless curiosity and garden variety enchantment A tribute to everyday mysticism, Hanazono is an ecology of simple, cyclical refrains and elegiac entreaties cross-pollinating with ludic and layered folk... -
serpentwithfeet is not only imagining, but exploring a world wherein Black love is paramount His new album, DEACON, is “a study rather than a story,” delving into Black, gay love and the tenderness present in the best companionships, romantic or otherwise “I originally approached this project wanting to make something that... -
In 1970 Miles Davis released “Bitches Brew”, which crystalised the trumpeter and bandleader’sexperiments in rhythm, electronics and musical structure which he had been building on over the previous three years The album has since become one of the most influential in musical history and was joined over the next couple of... -
Meg Baird and Mary Lattimore’s collective work—as solo artists, band members, and collaborators—could fill a small record collection Despite this productivity, these two long-time friends have never recorded an entire album focused exclusively on their unique talents "Ghost Forests" mysteriously, thrillingly fills that... -
Kimberlin is an experimental film based on the discovery of an underground cinema cavern on Portland, an island connected to England’s mainland by a long pebble causeway known as the Chesil Beach Dubbed the Isle of Slingers by author Thomas Hardy, due to the legendary ability of Portlanders to deter encroaching enemies with the... -
Palmbomen II returns with Memories of Cindy, an intimate collection of eulogic, supernatural house music made for a muse and to bemuse those who make (first) contact A haunted memory hole of hardware grooves, celestial synth pads and lonesome vocals, Kai Hugo’s warped west coast vantage has never seemed so surreal but... -
Repress of her in-demand and sought after 10 track LP compilation with all her Selector Sound 7in output 180 gram pressing housed in heavyweight tip-on jacket Amidst much anticipation from collectors, record stores, DJ's and producers alike Gloria Ann Taylor's musical output on Selector Sound have been compiled and will be... -
ROSCOE MITCHELL (reeds) and MIKE REED (drums, electronics) recorded by MICHAEL HUON at the Oorstof concert series, Zuiderpershuis, Antwerp, Belgium, October 22, 2015 Artwork by Roscoe... -
Herman Saiz debuts on Aprapta Music with his latest creation, Time To Choose 12 original tracks spread across two 12"s The NZ based producer's latest project, born out of the volatility of 2020, merges various styles of electronic music, to offer a thought-provoking album, challenging the heavy main stream programming of this... -
Following 2020’s debut album ‘Zoom’, upsammy returns to Dekmantel with a dualistic four-tracker called 'Bend', incorporating familiar sonic palettes and novel paths carved out in times of isolation Where Zoom channelled upsammy’s conceptual depth, Bend leans into artistic intuition, juxtaposing the floral and martial,... -
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At the dawn of the 1980s, Senegal was immersed in the “beautiful era” of Cuban influences, African-American soul and funk A group of passionate musician friends want to shine in this construction of a revolution in Senegalese music Their credo will be to claim a spiritual search, that is the meaning of the word Gestü in... -
Karen Dalton was a remote, elusive creature A hybrid of tough and tender with an unearthly voice that seemed to embody a time long past As is often the case with such fragile beings, she instinctively understood that the only way to survive the harshness of the world around her, was to keep herself hidden So it comes as no great... -
Black Unity Trio – Al Fatihah quite possibly was the first-ever independently-released free jazz record Originating in Oberlin, Ohio as the Black Unity Quartet, and ultimately becoming the Trio (Abdul Wadud, Yusuf Mumin, and Hasan Al Hut), the group recorded Al Fatihah in December 24, 1968 at Agency Recording Studio (which was... -
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Environ is proud to present the Metro Area 15th Anniversary Edition, Metro Area's eponymous debut album, meticulously remastered using the original source tapes and generously spread across three slabs of vinyl The 12-track triple LP and digital package combines all the songs from both the original US and licensed European... -
A compilation of sought-after work of an overlooked UK trio far ahead of its time, joining the dots between late '80s electro, glacial deep house, sci-fi techno, futuristic dance pop and EBM Two years after reissuing Jason Adkins' mid-'90s work as Electro Music Union, Sinoesin and Xonox, Cold Blow has once again dipped into the... -
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“Róisín Machine” is the culmination of a rich, decades long partnership between Murphy and one of her most trusted collaborators Crooked Man aka DJ Parrot Although packed to the rafters with masterclass singles, including “Simulation”, “Jealousy”, “Incapable”, Narcissus” and “Murphy’s Law”, it is also... -
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The first album released by the most sought-after label, bar none, among jazz collectors! And since keyboardist Gene Russell was at the artistic helm of Black Jazz, it was only natural that the label's debut record featured Russell himself, with the fitting title New Direction Oft-bootlegged, with original copies commanding... -
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Though it's hard to pick a winner among the estimable Black Jazz catalog, this 1972 release from bassist Henry 'The Skipper' Franklin would have to be near the top of the list Franklin got his start woodshedding with Latin maverick Willie Bobo in the mid-'60s and went on to play with The Three Sounds, but probably his most notable... -
Reymour packed their bags in the pre-Alps of Switzerland and left to start a new life in Bruxelles This debut album finds originates in this transition, again in a bilingual environment, by now a Knekelhuis theme Leviosa documents the emergence of a kind of dance built from chansons, synthpop and cute minimal wave Luc Bersier’s... -
Ewan Jansen,Perth artist, producer and founder ofRed Ember Records,presents his second offering toButter Sessionsfollowing the 2017 EPBest Intentions The colourful LP from Jansen,Island Library, wraps up the end of the year at the label on a distinguished note -- courtesy of Jansen's 20 years of experience in the Australian... -
Studio Mule open the roster towards sophisticated spiritual sounds on the crossroads of electrified jazz, oriental fourth-world spheres and deeply composed experimental sounds This time, the label welcomes Japanese artist Ya-Sukazu Sato, aka Yas-Kaz, a university-trained percussionist, that gained global success as a composer for... -
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If ever there was a post-war country that needed the freedom sounds of jazz, it was South Africa A state that was so explicitly racist, it could make 1920s Mississippi look like a rainbow nation of multicultural joy The policy of apartheid was a political and social system established in South Africa in 1948 during the era of... -
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"We're proud to introduce the new Superfly reissue of French progressive jazz rarity originally released at tiny private label in 1972 This concept album, featuring Teddy Lasry and Bernard Lubat, is a totally unique cinematic jazz suite with a strong spiritual vibe! As usual, beautiful quality repress with paste on covers made in... -
Jazz trios have an economy that makes them risky Yet it’s that risk that makes them exciting; how to get the most out of three musicians Trios made up of rhythm instruments – piano, drums and bass – are particularly special In the case of Ruben ‘Baby’ López Furst, the Argentinian pianist, and the trio session for... -
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Eddie Chacon experienced proper, peak-nineties acclaim in the soul duo Charles and Eddie: they scored a global No 1 in 1992 with “Would I Lie To You,” appeared three times on Top of the Pops, and featured on soundtracks from True Romance to Super Mario Bros Their crooning style was clearly pop-ready, but undeniably reverent:... -
There are few instruments more uniquely suited to capturing the beauty and ennui of the rural American midwest than the acoustic steel-string guitar In the hands of a master, the range of evocable emotion and experience is truly limitless Daniel Hecht is one such master His 1973 self-released debut album, simply titled Guitar, is... -
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BBE Music presents the seventh release in its highly acclaimed J Jazz Master Class Series: ‘Evolution’ by Shintaro Quintet Recorded in 1984 and originally released on the private label Streetnoise Records, ‘Evolution’ is a perfect example of stately modal jazz with every one of its five tracks composed by band leader and... -
The 20th anniversary year of Dial Records couldn't have been more exciting for the label! They announce the second album release of 2020: XDB's Inspiron As a longtime companion and true inspiration throughout the label's twenty-year history, Kosta Athanassiadis, aka XDB, releases his long-overdue full-length debut albumInspiron... -
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Raster presents Il Quadro di Troisi a project by Andrea Noce (Eva Geist) and Donato Scaramuzzi (Donato Dozzy) The record is a colorful ode of an Italian scented vision, overflowing of details and profound intensity The contemporary world condition, the pandemic in Italy and around the world define Il Quadro di Troisi as a unique... -
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2021 limited repress Double LP version Kali Malone presents a new album featuring nearly two hours of concentrated pipe organ pieces governed by a strict acoustic and compositional code It's a major new work with ultimately profound emotional resonance The Sacrificial Code takes a more surgical approach to the methods first... -
Strut present the first ever international reissue of one of the most sought-after albums from the Black Fire catalogue, Lon Moshe & Southern Freedom Arkestra’s life-affirming ‘Love Is Where The Spirit Lies’ from... -
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Reissue of a rare funky disco belter from ‘70s Tunisia “Carthago was one of those bands where the internet largely failed to provide any infos despite the fact that Carthago created some incredible music in the form of an highly infectious Tunisian take on disco music Luckily most of the members of the 1970s musical scene... -
‘The Original Sound of Mali’ compiled by David ‘Mr Bongo’ Buttle, Vik Sohonie (Ostinato Records) and Florent Mazzoleni As featured as 'Compilation of the Week' on Lauren Laverne's BBC 6Music show Malian music is a deep, lyrical form of African music Those of us deeply entranced by Malian culture, and, in particular,... -
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Out of print and unavailable for many years, one of the most memorable Eric’s Trip releases, aside from the “Love Tara” album, is the indie EP that introduced them to the world Their youthful energy, catchy songs, and noisy lo-fi recording techniques set them apart from many of the other bands of 1992-93 This newly... -
John Hicks (1941-2006) gave much to jazz over several decades but never really received the appreciation he so richly deserved As a pianist, he proved himself in the Art Blakey and Betty Carter universities He was also the prototypical musician’s musician, a first-call pianist for many jazz greats and a magnificent accompanist... -
The enclosure of night promises freedom of another kind Subterranean fantasies are consecrated in flesh The voice calls and is answered by a beating pulse They swell and break in rapturous cycles On Sombras, Dosis (ZDBT & NAP) operates from this intimate space, conjuring electroid visions rooted in techno, zynth-pop and... -
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The Great Thunder present a reissue of Le Monde Fabuleux Des Yamasuki, originally released in 1971 The weirdest exploito-pop attempting to fuse western popular music with folkloristic elements of different origins came from the '60s and early-to-mid-70s Among tons of more or less entertaining releases a few diamonds could be found... -
“Medicine Compilation from the Quiet Lodge” features ultimate ambient music that invites listeners to another world, including masterpieces such as “Honey Moon”, which has a duo vocal with Akiko Yano, and was originally recorded on the album “Tropical Dandy” and the funky “Aiwoiwaiaou” with lively singing... -
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The Waiting Game was the unsung tenor saxophonist Tina Brooks' final album, recorded in 1961 and released in '99 Joined here by Johnny Coles (trumpet), Kenny Drew (piano), Wilbur Ware (bass) & Philly Joe Jones (drums) Brooks penned five tracks, showcasing his unique compositional talent Highlights include the opener "Talkin'... -
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The high-spirited soloing of trumpeter Donald Byrd and tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley on “Ghana”—the opening track of Byrd In Flight—lets listeners know that they are in for an exceptional musical experience In addition to Mobley, Byrd is joined by Jackie Mclean on alto saxophone, Duke Pearson on piano, bassists Doug... -
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It began with ‘Kwaidan’, a simmering study on the lost art of Japanese ghost story-telling Then there was ‘Komachi’, baptized in the earthly winds and static that define its comforting sonics On ‘Kofū’, Meitei masterfully closes his trilogy of lost Japanese moods with an engaging interrogation of artforms and... -
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Gordon Koang is a Nuer musician, hailing from the banks of the River Nile in what is now South Sudan Born blind, he began playing music on the streets of Juba as a young man though has now become a grassroots hero, the voice of the Nuer people, a prominent figure in the fight for cultural independence in South Sudan,... -
"First in a series of three records of library music miniatures from composer and multi-instrumentalist Daniel O'Sullivan (Æthenor, Ulver, This is Not This Heat, etc) For heads, the term 'library music' in 2020 might evoke dodgy Italian gray market LPs and crate diggers hunting for 'funky breaks' -- but London's venerable KPM...
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