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Put your dancing shoes and be ready to kill the dancefloor, the intoxicating highlife music known as Edo Funk from Benin City, Nigeria is back The Good Samaritans (Limited Dance Edition No 20) by Analog... -
Funkadelic's self-titled 1970 debut is one of the group's best early- to mid-'70s albums Not only is it laden with great songs — "I'll Bet You" and "I Got a Thing" are obvious highlights — but it retains perhaps a greater sense of classic '60s soul and R&B than any successive George Clinton-affiliated album Recording...
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Idris Muhammad is a American jazz drummer and bandleader and is one of contemporary music's most sampled drummers His resume includes nearly 500 recording credits that range across the genre spectrum and 12 studio albums as a bandleader, including the 1976 House Of The Rising Sun The album is arranged by David Matthews, also known...
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Nestled within the fields and forests surrounding Oslo you’ll find Raaja Bones There, in Raaja’s secluded studio surrounded by vintage synthesisers, modular equipment, samplers and drum machines, is where he makes music that owes as much to his personal tastes as it does his identity and upbringing ‘Black Dreams’, released...
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From his studio retreat in the heart of the Norwegian forest, Raaja Bones astral projects to adistant paradise, glancing the frosty tips of Norwegian fir trees on his way to exotic locations Trading the Scandinavian fjord for a beach in Miami, Raaja finds a bounce in his step, moonwalking his way across groovy keys and...
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This one takes us back! We originally reissued Waltel Branco's 'Meu Balanço' in 1995, it was one of the first releases to come out on Mr Bongo It is a much-requested title with original copies becoming ever more-scarce and the price tag increasingly rising, so it feels fitting to present this stunning record once again for all to...
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Record Kicks unleashes a "15th anniversary" edition of British outfit Baby Charles' self-titled landmark debut album, out on March 17th on ltd edition LP and digital deluxe version with bonus tracks Together with Nicole Willis And The Soul Investigators' "Keep Reachin' Up" album, 2008's Baby Charles debut LP is the album that...
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Kalita Records unveil the second volume in their Borga Revolution! compilation series, focusing on the phenomenon of "burger highlife", a crossover of West African melodies with synthesizers, disco, and boogie that took over Ghanaian airwaves during the 1980s and beyond Featuring both highly sought-after recordings by artists...
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When an artist sets out to build a universe it is often overwhelming and is lost in translation as they try to captivate their fans with lush visuals and concept around the music The challenges that come with the concept are juxtaposed with the opportunity to create something truly impactful for the project Nisemono showcases...
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Canopy returns to the scene, presenting 3 remixes of an all-time Nigerian Synth Funk Bomb by The Celebrant Featuring OPOLOPO, Aroop Roy & Captain Planet, the single is aimed at the funkiest of dancefloors The remixes are built around the afro funk breaks, horn arrangements and cosmic synths of the originals, which the 3...
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A central figure in Seattle’s fading disco scene, radio DJ, producer, engineer, writer and multi-instrumentalist…Tony Benton was the driving force behind the Seattle soul-funk sound during the late 70s & 80s Starting off his career at the age of ten he learned how to play the piano and then finally got to take a music...
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Stimela were a popular and successful South African Afro-fusion outfit led by guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, producer and arranger Ray Phiri The band was formed under the name ‘The Cannibals’ during the 1970s when Phiri got together with drummer Isaac Mtshali, keyboard player Thabo Lloyd Lelosa and bass player Jabu Sibumbe...
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Strut present a definitive vinyl edition of the groundbreaking compilation 'Nigeria 70' Originally released in 2001, the collection set the benchmark for a new generation of archive labels and releases mining the vaults for rare Afro funk and Afro jazz fusions and helped to paint the wider picture of the 1970s Lagos scene beyond...
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New volume by Strut in their pioneering ‘Nigeria 70’ series, here bringing together rare highlife, Afro-funk and juju from the ‘70s and early ‘80s - Compiled by collector and DJ Duncan Brooker The compilation returns to a fertile heyday in Nigerian music when established styles like highlife and juju became infused with...
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50th anniversary boxset containing all three Niagara albums Limited edition of 500 copies on coloured (brown, blue and pink) vinyl housed in a wooden...
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The tales of great high school soul-bands are still rare A ballad or two on the random Douglass High School Stage Band album or Timeless Legend’s mesmerizing entry on Columbus’s 1972 1st Annual Inner City Talent Expo notwithstanding, high school bands rarely struck into the realm of “grown folks” music Enter The Equatics...
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Rubinho E Mauro Assumpção's 'Perfeitamente, Justamente Quando Cheguei' has to be up there as one of the finest Brazilian-psych-folk-MPB records we know Unfortunately, it's very hard to find in the wild; even on digging trips to Brazil, an original copy rarely shows up, and when it does, it comes with a hefty price tag This...
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Atlantis is a smouldering jazz-funk, cinematic excursion courtesy of the Brazilian maestro, Daniel Salinas A conductor, pianist, arranger, and producer, he has worked across several genres within Brazil’s rich musical tapestry, including the Beatles-inspired Jovem Guarda movement, jazz-funk, and MPB to name just a few He...
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A raw project by highly skilled musicians that explore modern grooves and brain-melting jazz chops Led by Georgian producer Mishulino, who was also involved with the 2021 broken beat future-classic Turbulance project with Kid Sublime On keys is former child prodigy Bjazz11, who already played with legends like Chick Corea and...
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AS-SHAMS ARCHIVE VOL 1 introduces the core catalogue of As-Shams/The Sun, the independent record label that documented some of the most exciting developments in jazz, funk and soul from South Africa in the 1970s With 10 tracks from 10 iconic albums featuring 10 different artists and 10 original compositions, this compilation...
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With unprecedented prosperity and growing worldwide fame in broadcast, game, and synthesizers, the 1980s Japan entered a golden decade New genre splashes from technopop, Pacifica, and AOR/City pop merged local sensibilities with jazz-funk and Latin influences Spiced in sugary US West coast sparkle and boasting naive lyrics with...
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Funk and soul in the early '70s were mutating to a new sound spearheaded by such labels as Philadelphia International Records (PIR), Scepter, and Salsoul: Early disco was taking off and Its sound was earthier and more urban, mixing the nascent disco beat with strong funk and soul elements New York was at the epicenter of the...
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Some of the greatest work we've ever heard from funky producer/performer Misha Panfilov – a set that really stretches past his early singles, and which almost makes us think that he would have been a giant in the sound library field, had he been around in the 70s! The songs here are longer than usual, and nicely fleshed out –...
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The momentum here is nice and slow – an album that's maybe the most laidback we've ever heard from the great Misha Panfilov, at a level that allows him to explore some jazzier, more spiritual sides in his music! The maestro of sound is very much at the top of his game here – mixing his own organ, electronics, Wurlitzer,...
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Limited Gatefold Edition Deluxe 180-Gram Reissue Including Original Artwork Reissue of the most iconic LP from super soul brother, funk chief, and vibraphone master Roy Ayers He's Coming is a deeply felt exploration of Ayers' spiritual and social beliefs, a celebration of life and re-birth, and a wake-up call for slumbering...
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Seriously rare, killer and classic Nigerian 70s Afro-Funk, Afro-Disco & Afro-Rock tunes bought together Originally released as a now-long-out-of-print collectors’ 7” RSD box, this fully expanded album release now also includes extra tracks from Sonny Okosuns, Wings, Chief Kollington Ayinla and more Soul Jazz...
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Soul Jazz Records’ long out of print classic ‘Studio One Funk’ collection re-released in three new one-off limited-edition coloured pressing 18th anniversary format editions! Firstly, a heavyweight special limited edition one-pressing only red 2xLP vinyl + download Secondly, there is also a new special limited-edition...
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Official re-issue on Demon of Gregory James Edition 'Prophets Of Soul' album, featuring the cover of 'Ain't No Sunshine' as sampled by...
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Allen Toussaint had it all around him – the voices and spirits of black music, rhythm ’n’ blues, funk and soul He was born in New Orleans and grew up there, the birthplace of jazz As from 1960, he worked as a record producer and an A&R man at Minit Records, an independent label, which was closely associated with the...
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This 1973 gem is another one of those obscure ‘70s soul-funk albums released on a small independent label that has gone on to become a crate-digging favorite and a huge inspiration to modern-day hip hop artists and beyond Chicago-based The South Side Movement began as the backing band for the Sam & Dave-inspired soul duo...
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Good luck trying to categorize this album Led by the relentless drummer Malcolm Catto, the UK collective’s objective lays quite a ways beyond what ordinary listeners know or expect In an alternative galaxy, where the orbits of Hip-Hop, Funk, Jazz, Psychedelic, Electronic, Avante-Garde and Ethnic music all revolve around “The...
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"Superbacana" marks the return of S-tone Inc, an EP that anticipates a new album due to release in autumn 2017 Produced by Stefano Tirone, who co-wrote all the tracks with Tomaz Di Cunto - alias Toco - it contains four tracks (one in two different versions) with a funky Brazilian flavour, inspired by the Black Rio sound that...
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In 1972, with the release of their self-titled debut album, Cymande emerged as innovators of the black British music scene Taking influences from their Guyanese and Jamaican roots, the band fused reggae basslines, Afro-tinged Nyabinghi percussion, psychedelic touches, and American-style funk instrumentation into a unique sound...
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The diminutive Peter Barclay was that guy in early ’90s Oakland, the eccentric with the most style, the most talent, the local magician This self-taught musical wizard recorded at home and produced two barely-released albums, 1990’s dreamlike Acceptance and 1992’s synth pop What Kind Of World, winning over the few who heard...
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Gil Scott-Heron was twenty-one years old when he was signed to Flying Dutchman by Bob Thiele to make an album of his poetry The resultant “Small Talk at 125th and Lenox” was recorded before a small live audience and, released in 1970, sat perfectly in a world where the Last Poets had just tasted Top 10 success with their debut...
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It feels odd to call this self-titled release by Soul Supreme his 'debut album'; the Amsterdam-based keyboardist, DJ & producer has been widely recognized for over six years now With best known his 45 records reinterpreting music by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five and Mos Def (sold out within a matter of days),...
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Seven years in the making, the official retrospective of one of Somalia's most famous and beloved private bands, Iftin Digitized from cassettes recorded between 1982 and 1987 at the legendary Al-Uruba hotel's secret studio and the jams for the masses performed in the basement of Somalia's national theater Banaadiri rhythms from...
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Pianist, drummer, composer and producer Hamish Balfour presents jazz funk, soul and electronic music, bridging the gap from classic Blue Note to Warp via Sonar Kollektiv on Running Colours, his electrifying debut album for London’s Shapes of Rhythm Records Praised by Jazzwise for his solo flourishes and sidestepping...
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Rare funk from the Indy scene of the early 70s – the long-overdue release of material recorded by a really hard-jamming, horn-heavy combo! Amnesty have a sound that's awash in the best large group influences of the time – a bit of Earth Wind & Fire, a bit of Parliament/Funkadelic, but also a grittier, more guitar-based...
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Introducing a fuzzed out EP inspired by heavy-syncopated and minimal instrument layered library records from the early 1970's Intentionally composed for producers and Dj's to utilize open single solo instruments sprinkled throughout the EP The theme is to find those open sounds and sync them together as they have the same...
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Introducing a themed EP of cinematic melancholy compositions, influenced from 1960’s/70’s western & european cinema Heavy vintage recorded drum breaks layered over cinematic sounds that creates a: “A CineMOODic & DRUMatic experience to reflect in a desolate...
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One of the rarest and most requested Neapolitan track around Originally recorded in 1983 at the Rico Sound studios, the budget made available was not managed well by the artistic crew (money wasted on women, dinners and night clubs …) and it was not enough to be able to produce an LP on vinyl and only very few copies were...
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Born in 1949 in Recife (Brazil), Roberto De Melo Santos, despite a very light discography, is among the true icons of the Brazilian Soul music under his artist alias, Di Melo He’s indeed only needed an eponymous album, released in 1975 on Odeon, to assert himself as a star in his native country, but also as a legend for all...
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Reissue, originally released in 1974 An aura of mystery is hidden on this magnificent album released on EMI Nigeria in 1974 and today a collector's cult object was the only one named Moonrakers Band Steve Black tells: "We were the original members of The Moonrakers and were based in Zaria, then in 1972 we left band management and...
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From dark and dusty days in Tucson, AZ to Long Beach sunshine, ZACKEY FORCE FUNK is back with another collection of bonafide gangster funk His new album '4X4 SCORPION' is an assemblage of sentiments from Zackey’s life experience that spans from the streets of Arizona to outer space Classic synth lines and bright funky...
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Reissue, originally released in 1978 A little masterpiece of soul Afrofunk with carpets of dreamy keyboards on their swirling, seductive sound and their really cool voices The second album of Black Children Sledge Funk Band released in 1978 is a delight Repressed for the first time Black Children by Black Children Sledge Funk...
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Mansur Brown returns with the Naqi Mixtape - an LP that combines both Naqi EPs from earlier in the year Side A finds Mansur exploring the influence of ‘00s hip-hop innovator Timbaland and Afrobeats artists like Burna Boy and Wizkid Side B pares things right back: a laid-back set that showcases Brown’s mercurial,...
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Even if you’ve never heard this 1974 album, you’ve heard it What do we mean Well, the drum break from the song “Ashley’s Roachclip” is probably the single most sampled track in all of hip hop Everybody, and we mean EVERYBODY, has used it—Run-DMC, Eric B & Rakim, and LL Cool J to name a few (and Public Enemy sampled...
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