Soul
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This highly anticipated album is the epitome of analog transcendence, a sonic world fueled by a 30-piece orchestra, analog synthesizers, breakbeats and Brazilian vocalists that carol psychedelic melodies in Portuguese. Something About April III (SAA III), Adrian Younge pushes the musical franchise forward with fearless conviction, surpassing its predecessors as...
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This two-volume, 732-page set offers a comprehensive look at soul music from Illinois, covering over 3,200 artists, 1,200 record companies, and 10,000 releases from 1960 to 1990. From Chicago to Cairo, East St. Louis to Kankakee, and artists ranging from The Accents to Ze-Majestiks, Soul Music of Illinois serves as...
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Shelved for over 20 years, Sam Cooke's Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963, stands alongside Otis Redding's Live in Europe and James Brown's Live at the Apollo as one of the finest live soul albums ever made. It also reveals a musical, spiritual, emotional, and social journey played out...
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In 1973, the musical collective 24-Carat Black released an unheralded masterpiece on Stax Records-and then disappeared. Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth, a soul-funk concept album primarily written by the ex-Motown arranger Dale Warren, was too bleak, ambitious, or just outright bizarre to reach mainstream audiences. 24-Carat Black collapsed when...
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With his roots in Assam, northeast India, and his hustle now based in Brooklyn, the psychedelic soul-savant known as jitwam. will officially drop his second album on the Copenhagen-based label Tartelet Records in May 2019. To mark its release, a music video to the album’s opener “busstop” was shot in...
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A smash of jazz and rock, Second Time Around spawned two top 20 R&B singles but more importantly, landed Etta James on the Pop charts with three separate singles: the devastating lead-off track “Don’t Cry Baby,” the slow burn of “Fool That I Am” and the swing from the rafters/twist...
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The vinyl debut of The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959-1968! As one of two major mid-century R&B studios, Stax and Volt demonstrated the evolution of R&B in the U.S., delivering a comprehensive map of gritty, deep Southern soul. This set is a master class in deep southern soul. The collection was...
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The vinyl debut of The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959-1968! As one of two major mid-century R&B studios, Stax and Volt demonstrated the evolution of R&B in the U.S., delivering a comprehensive map of gritty, deep Southern soul. This set is a master class in deep southern soul. The collection was...
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Includes the classic tracks "Silhouettes," "Lips Of Wine," "Changing Times" and "I Didn't Know" Limited edition of 500 numbered copies on orange colored vinyl Dennis Brown was a Jamaican reggae singer and one of the most popular artists in the history of Jamaican recorded music. During his prolific career, which...
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On Chrystia Cabral’s fourth album as SPELLLING, the Bay Area artist transforms her acclaimed avant-pop project into a mirror. Cabral’s lyrics for Portrait of My Heart tackle love, intimacy, anxiety, and alienation, trading the allegorical approach of much of her previous work for something pointed into her human heart. The...
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The name implies the diverse nature of the music, the substantial genre blending throughout, and the general psychedelic vibe of the songs. It's a cross-continental trip across time, styles, languages, and rhythms. In just five years, BALTHVS has carved out a unique space in the global music scene, emerging as...
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In Latin, the word Gemini denotes “two together” or “twins”. In astrological terms, Geminis are noted for, amongst other things, being curious and versatile. For San Diego’s 9-piece (mostly) instrumental combo The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble, Jazz and Funk have always been the two genres that they’ve consistently and effectively...
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Goya Gumbani loves getting dressed, guided not by stylists or trends but by his own research and self-expression, an excitement for fabrics, fits, and fundamentals. The Brooklyn-born, South East London-based artist approaches Warlord of the Weejuns, his first LP on Ghostly International, after years of acclaimed self-releases with the same...
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There are poets like the great Mary Oliver, who might suggest that one’s primary function when moving through the world, for as long as they have life and the ability to move through the world, is to play close attention to that which others may foolishly call small, or quotidian....
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Door 154 is the debut album from multi instrumentalist Jack Erin Brown coreleased on Nudie Records and Tunnel Records. Recorded in spurts from 2022-24, the record is a multi genre instrumental voyage blending influences from hip hop, krautrock, library music, to jazz and beyond. The journey to Door 154 began...
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Clear Blue Wave Vinyl. A collection of the best gospel - soul thumpers from the Boddie Recording Company and BOS Records by way of The Numero Group. Great Lakes Gospel Vol 1 features some of Cleveland's purest and sweetest gospel rarities. An overflowing chalice of funky gospel gems from the...
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"What is disco, if not a call for yearning? What is gospel, if not a call for redemption? What is praise, if not a call back home? It is in the murky waters of gospel, Blackness, queerness and Black performance of Step II that we find Sylvester, a legend...
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Back to Back captures the instrumental aspect of the ’67 Stax-Volt European tour (“Volt” is the name of Stax’s subsidiary label). Immediately apparent is that the live versions of these songs are played much faster than the recorded ones. Exuberant? Definitely! These folks were racing across unfamiliar cultures and landscapes,...
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Welcome to 'Instrumental Dubs #3', the ongoing series that delves into the world of the Dub Version and beyond. Side one explores the axis of UK Street Soul and Reggae with the opening two tracks produced by Howard Hill and originally released on his Passion Enterprises label in the late...
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Another in a series of superb wandering groove albums from the premier sweet soul singer. He took the standard three-minute pop soul song and expanded the format. It is Gaye that is responsible for today's smooching urban r&b; he was for much of his career many years ahead of the...
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Continuing our commitment to shining a celebratory light on classic and influential music from Detroit, Third Man Records is honored to re-introduce the world to the undeniable importance of the Detroit Cobras.Here is one of two reissues of classic Detroit Cobras debut records — "Mink, Rat or Rabbit" and "Life,...
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Gloria Scott’s What Am I Gonna Do is considered by many as one of the greatest soul records of all time. A masterpiece produced by Barry White, that oozes class, lush instrumentation and the remarkle vocal talent and emotive delivery of Ms Scott. From the impecable opener ‘What Am I...
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This rare Gospel/Soul record, originally released on the short-lived US funk/disco label Cheri Records, sees it's first reissue since 1982, for Record Store Day 2025. Original copies are almost impossible to get a hold of, with only a limited amount of first edition copies in circulation. Produced by the legendary...
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'Rhyze to the Top' is the debut LP by the American funk and R&B band Rhyze, released in 1981. It’s an essential album for fans of funk and R&B, offering a snapshot of the vibrant and dynamic music scene of the early 1980s. Second hand copies regularly change hands for...
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Michi, a Latinx artist from California, releases her debut album Dirty Talk on Stones Throw, produced entirely with Blake Rhein of Durand Jones & the Indications and close collaborator Paul Cherry. Dirty Talk blends eras into a singular sound, mixing early-aughts inspired R&B vocals with 70s funk & soul-inspired...
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This anthology follows Now-Again's Loving On The Flipside, issued more than a decade ago. And that anthology itself got its start in a different time, a decade even earlier - the era in which Now-Again's Egon and his friends chased down funk 45s and the odd LP for their testosterone...
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Townies, homecoming queens, and big men on campus manifest a homegrown and revolutionary sound in Civil Rights-era Greensboro. Among presidential hopefuls and future astronauts, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, located in Greensboro, was a hotbed of black excellence, activism, and raw talent. At the helm of a half-dozen...
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Audiopile Review: Aussie instrumental soul-funk outfit Pro-Teens, once again led by the busy drummer Hudson Whitlock, who also mans the kit in Karate Boogaloo and Surprise Chef, return after a half decade dormant period, dishing a funky ode to the late MF DOOM on their newest. Reaching all the way...
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“Multi talented Alex Figueira is back with a vibrant fusion of tropical rhythms layered with a dazzling array of synth driven psychedelia” Finally, a collaboration between Jazzaggression and Music With Soul’s Alex Figueira! A true workaholic, Alex is as much a record digger as he is a musician—and he’s that...
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Helsinki funk legends Kuja Orchestra is back with a new line-up and new set of tight grooves. Latin, soul, blues and disco-funk melt with african and oriental influences. Recorded at studio Pelto for over a two years period, Kuja Orchestra’s Seasons in Rhythm is Jazzaggression’s fourth new library series instalment....
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"Broadcasting 44 minutes of uninterrupted yacht, easy-glide, AOR, and blue-eyed disco that’ll rock your boat. These 13 selections are anchored in the deep blue waters of the American private press—a life preserver for any BBQ, birthday party, or bris. Let W3NG be the sonic wind at your back."...
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After several wildly popular singles out on Penrose Records, alongside labelmates Thee Sacred Souls, The Altons gear up to release their debut album on Daptone Records. With lead vocals shared between Adriana Flores and Brian Ponce the interplay between their unique timbres brings a romantic quality to the music that...
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Vincent Fenton is a French multi-instrumentalist and producer. Under the name of FKJ, aka French Kiwi Juice, his free and colorful compositions have already conquered a fanbase that extends to the four corners of the world. A platinum-selling artist with over 2 billion streams to date, FKJ embodies a unique...
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Audiopile Review: After flooring us with his debut back in 2023, London-based producer and multi-instrumentalist Sholto returns to Funk Night for a sprawling 2xLP set that raises the level of ambition hinted at previously. Sholto’s expansive vision is ably captured across these 26 tracks with the activation of a large...
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Irma Thomas, The Queen Of New Orleans soul's masterpiece LP. Recorded in 1966, 'Take A Look' is an all time classic and a must own LP for anyone who loves deep soul. This is a limited edition with excellent monaural sound and an old school "tip on" cover. Don't sleep....
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This is it! The great lost whatsit of soul music. In 1967 Irma Thomas, the Queen Of New Orleans Soul, showed up to record at Muscle Shoals studio, the best studio working at the time. Irma was backed by their classic house band and churned out an incredible session that's...
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In commemoration of soul singing legend Ural Thomas's 85th birthday, Cairo Records and The Albina Music Trust present 'Nat-Ural'! This giant tribute to Ural's 70 year music career includes an LP, a 7", a thirty six page 12" x 12" full color book, five postcards, a newspaper fold out, a...
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Gerson King Combo's 1977 album is a masterpiece of Brazilian soul, emerged within the Black Rio movement, which was recorded with União Black as the backing band. It features the kind of full-on funky sound you'd only expect to hear from a rare few American groups of the time. Its...
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Pop music history is littered with albums whose provocative covers promised something steamy and sensual inside but delivered a musical cold shower instead. This is not one of those albums. Fresh from arranging/conducting such Broadway shows as The Wiz and also forging a successful career penning jingles for such clients...
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The opening act of Louis Wayne Moody’s mid-century spy caper trilogy, 1962’s Call Me Old Fashioned put a tail on Agent Cara Seaworth’s debut undercover operation, fresh out of the Eastern Star Spy Academy for Young Ladies. Her assignment: to pose as songbird and nest, one thrush-like performance...
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2025 repress; double LP version. Midnight In Tokyo is a compilation series that aims to be the perfect companion to nights in Tokyo, collecting tracks by Japanese artists that sound best at night. Vol. 2 focused more on '80s jazz fusion, but the latest installment, Vol. 3, picks up where...
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By the time this iconic album came out in 1981, Susana would have already lost her passport and her right to vote in Spain as punishment for her sexually scandalous activities, from cutting edge theater performances in full nudity to her allegedly "immoral" sexology advice column on Play Lady Magazine,...
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Releasing now for well over a decade - Neue Grafik: known to friends as Fred, has successfully transplanted from Parisian rookie to one- man London Institution. Beginning as a solo producer and DJ, Fred spread his wings upon relocating to South London - at first with his Neue Grafik Ensemble...
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At 88 years of age, the Ghanian highlife and afrobeat pioneer Ebo Taylor traveled to the US for the very first time to perform at the now iconic Jazz Is Dead concert series, selling out venues across the country. It was during this time that Ebo recorded a psychedelic afrobeat...
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Linear Labs: São Paulo sparks a new golden era of musical genius defined by the maestro Adrian Younge, encapsulating what he’s learned in building the first era of Linear Labs and its successor label Jazz Is Dead. Linear Labs: São Paulo marks the evolution of this journey.Step into...
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Strut proudly reintroduces a classic from the Topomic catalogue, Ice’s ‘Each Man Makes His Destiny’, officially available on vinyl for the first time. First-Ever official vinyl release. Predecessor to Lafayette Afro Rock Band: Recorded before they adopted the Lafayette Afro Rock Band name, this album marks the origins of their...
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Nourished By Time's debut album, Erotic Probiotic 2, tells his transformative story through impeccable songwriting, infectious ear worm melodies, vivid storytelling and intimate DIY production. The album traveresses a broad spectrum of sound, allowing his songwriting to dictate the ever changing mood he orchestrates; whether it is love or loss....
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FKA twigs releases her highly-anticipated third studio album, EUSEXUA via Young Recordings. Eusexua is a state of being. A feeling of momentary transcendence often evoked by art, music, sex, and unity. Eusexua can be followed by a state of bliss and feelings of limitless possibility. Also used to refer to:...
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