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**1 per customer. Anyone ordering more than 1 copy will have their entire order refunded. A new milestone in contemporary modal/spiritual jazz is born. An overwhelmingly beautiful soundscape of rich emotion and inner energy. The album "Fukushima" by the Tokyo-based sextet led by saxophonist/flutist Shinsuke Fujieda is a truly timeless...
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“Danger” (1976) was the Lijadu Sisters’ radical first international release, featuring the politically charged anthem “Cashing In”, its powerful opening track Danger with “funk in abundance”, and the hit Life’s Gone Down Low, which later on was sampled by Nas. With lyrics mostly in English, it drew on Afrobeat, reggae...
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DJ Sodeyama returns to Sound Of Vast under his The People In Fog guise this June with the nine track 'Too Much Knobs And Cables' LP. Over the past three decades DJ Sodeyama has been a staple in Japan's underground and beyond across the globe as a DJ and releasing...
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Yamashita’s debut solo album, Circus Town, was first released in 1976. Recorded between New York and Los Angeles, the record itself reflects the contrasting environments in which it was recorded; featuring both earnest ballads as well as carefree melodies....
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Strikes Back is legendary salsa singer Héctor Lavoe’s GRAMMY® nominated 1987 solo album on Fania Records. Produced by salsa icon Willie Colón, the album is one of Lavoe’s most honest and poignant recordings, with songs like the biographic “Loco,” the Amanda Miguel cover “Ella mintió,” the Tito Curet Alonso composition...
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Orbital" is a neotropical psychedelic journey, skillfully weaving vintage Brazilian influences into a tapestry of immersive fusion soundscapes. An album that effortlessly transitions between dynamic grooves, soaring melodies, and satisfying explosions of sound. Rooted in Brazilian rhythms but unafraid to explore new sonic territories, Orbital Ensemble has a unique take...
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Berlin-based Colombian DJ, producer, and curator Edna Martinez presents a sonic journey into the electrifying world of Picó—the vibrant and dynamic sound system culture that has defined the streets of Cartagena and Barranquilla for decades. More than just a musical movement, Picó is a way of life, a bold expression...
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Brazilian-born, L.A.-based Gabriel da Rosa is a bossa nova and samba artist who puts his own twist on traditional Brazilian music. Cacofonia, his second LP, celebrates his Brazilian heritage with an L.A. touch. After the release of his debut record É o que a casa oferece in 2023, Gabriel went...
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Masahiro Sugaya is a Japanese composer with a prolific career in music for film, television, and the performing arts. Renowned for crafting soundscapes that invite deep contemplation, his music blends synthesizers, field recordings, and traditional Japanese instruments, achieving a delicate balance between minimalism, ambient, and folk influences. In addition to...
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Prolific Portuguese musician and visual artist Jonathan Uliel Saldanha - of HHY & The Macumbas/The Kampala Unit - might be best known for his noisy, experimental excursions, but he's long been fascinated by the possibilities offered by the human voice. He's already composed a slew of choral pieces, such as...
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Anchored by splintering syncopated beats and dramatic brass arrangements, 'TURBO MELTDOWN' is the forward-facing second chapter from HHY & The Kampala Unit - aka Portuguese sonic alchemist Jonathan Uliel Saldanha and Ugandan vocalist and horn player Florence Nandawula. The duo composed this one on the road, advancing the spiritual narrative...
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A selection of Sakamoto's works from his time on Nippon Columbia's Better Days label, including his debut album "Thousand Knives" and his session group "KYLYN" with Watanabe Kazumi, is released on vinyl for the first time in a 2LP format....
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The original soundtrack for the 1985 OVA masterpiece "Angel’s Egg," directed, written, and conceived by Mamoru Oshii (“GHOST IN THE SHELL” / “Innocence”) with art direction by Yoshitaka Amano (character design for “Final Fantasy”), is being re-released with the latest remastering and full jacket restoration!...
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Sold out since 2019, this re-release has long been requested by fans across the globe with copies going for over $200 online! Features expanded artwork and pressed on pink colour vinyl. For many fans out there lofi hiphop is a real sanctuary and mt. fujitive not only has the same...
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The concept is "Tokyo." The megalopolis is transformed, and the performance is full of sharp sensitivity and creativity. A new dimension of Japanese jazz has been opened here. "It doesn't matter if it doesn't sell, let's make a record that smells of culture. I want Japanese people to make Japanese...
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The finest of straight-ahead “Japanese” jazz, “Toshiyuki Sekine / Strode Road” is finally being reissued on analog vinyl! The original private pressing (1978) of 200 copies was extremely rare, and has been revered by collectors since the dawn of Japanese jazz reevaluation around 2000. “Strode Road,” a bop tune with...
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Creatively visionary and groundbreaking on numerous terms, 1973's Os Tincoãs revolutionized Brazilian music by harmonizing Afro-religious singing, heavenly vocal harmonies, and frawing on Yoruba mythology, Samba, Capoeira chants and spiritual songs....
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Another selection of eight songs following the first compilation released in late 2020 covering the same period but also venturing in the 1990s. Drissi is one of Rai's softest voices. This is more Wah-Wah driven, mid-tempo guitar-based Rai from the city where Rai's "harder' form was conceived. Sad romantic songs...
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40th anniversary reissue of the Fania classic from Celia Cruz and Willie Colón featuring hits, Dos Jueyes and Yo Lo Puedes Decir. ALL-ANALOG mastering from the original tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI....
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Malian guitar sorcery of the highest order. You shall not pass.Connecting Wasulu hunter music, griot praises, Senufo pastoral dances, Fula and Mandingo repertoire alongside Western psychedelia, blues and afro-beat, Zani Diabaté’s Super Djata Band was among Mali’s top orchestras of the 1980s. For their 1981 album, the Bamako-based orchestra discovers...
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A hurricane of turbo-charged, body-buzzing tracks collide on Road Fever, a compilation of razor-produced, road-tested instrumental riddims from St. Lucia, Dominica & Guadeloupe that showcases the producers forging the future of Caribbean music in 2025. Road Fever draws together instrumental Dennery Segment and Bouyon riddims originally made for vocalists, presented...
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The first repress of El Búho's classic 2017 classic debut Balance. Widely respected as being one of the key releases that brought the digital folklorica & natural cumbia sound to the world, the album represents a meeting of different currents that make up Búho's music; a fascination with...
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Tsapiky music from Southwest Madagascar features wild ecstatic vocals, distorted electric guitars, rocket bass, and the amphetamine beat! Unlike anything else, this is THE high life music you've always wanted - ceremonial music played with abandon and extreme intent, honoring the living and dead alike. In Toliara and its surrounding...
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Egypt’s “official” popular music throughout much of the 20th Century was a complex form of art song steeped in tradition, well-loved by the middle and upper classes, and even accommodating to certain non-Arabic influences. It was highly structured by professional musicians working an established industry centered in the capitol, Cairo....
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In commemoration of Tatsuro Yamashita’s 50th debut anniversary, "SONGS 50th Anniversary Edition" will be released on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. "SONGS" is the only album released by Sugar Babe, consisting of Tatsuro Yamashita, Taeko Onuki, Kunio Muramatsu, Mikio Wanigawa, and Akihiko Noguchi (with later participation by Ginji Ito, Jiro Terao,...
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FJLP-05 continues with Forest Jams recent trend of Japanese re-issues from the 90’s. This one is E.S. Island’s “Southwind from Hachijo” a deep ambient exploration that is more tribal and spiritual than prior E.S. Island releases. This was recorded on Hachijo Island featuring several traditional instruments with the bulk of...
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Proudly presenting our reissue of the sought-after 1978 album 'Ritmo Y Sabor' from Cuban, master bongo player, Manteca. A deep, hypnotic, sonic excursion of Afro-Cuban/mambo rhythms to get lost within. Released in 1978, there are a number of different pressings of the album coming out on labels including GRC, Desca...
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Imbued with the spirit of their late uncle, the qawwali master Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali have returned with another deeply accomplished, moving collection of songs that ache with the frenzied anxiety of falling in love and dreamy desire of devotion, At the Feet of the Beloved. Their vocals...
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Empanadas Ilegales, Vancouver’s electrifying psychedelic cumbia and salsa ensemble, have been captivating audiences with their infectious rhythms and high energy performances since 2017. Formed from late-night jam sessions among friends with roots in Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina, and Canada, the band quickly became a force in Latin American dance music, blending...
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If Hawalat sounds like a world tour that’s because it essentially is. “As much as Marzipan is a picture of Lebanon from the inside, Hawalat kind of picks up from where Marzipan finished but more looking to the outside, the diaspora, to the notion of exile.” Megarbane says he is...
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"Na Rua, na Chuva, na Fazenda" is a landmark 1975 album by Hyldon, a key figure in Brazilian soul music. The album captures the vibrant musical spirit of the 1970s and reflects the influence of the black power movement. With a mix of MPB, soul, and funk, Hyldon brought his...
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The 1969 collaboration by salsa’s legendary duo Willie Colón and Héctor Lavoe, is a fantastic stew of a bold fusion of styles like son, guajira, bomba, guaguancó and more. The album’s highlight songs include, “No me den candela,” Willie’s response to Herbie Hancock’s “Watermelon Man,” “I Wish I Had A...
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In the final month of 2024, Meitei arrived in Beppu, a city long steeped in vapor, myth, and mineral memory. Invited to create onsen ambient music commemorating Beppu’s 100th anniversary, he immersed himself in the city’s geothermal psychogeography, where sound rises from the ground and time clings to mist. Known...
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Haruomi Hosono's Tropical Dandy receives its first-ever international reissue. Originally released in 1975, Tropical Dandy is a cult classic that marked Hosono’s shift toward genre-blending, fusing exotica, jazz, and pop to lay the groundwork for Japanese City Pop – described by none other than Van Dyke Parks as "cinematic romance...
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Haruomi Hosono's Tropical Dandy receives its first-ever international reissue. Originally released in 1975, Tropical Dandy is a cult classic that marked Hosono’s shift toward genre-blending, fusing exotica, jazz, and pop to lay the groundwork for Japanese City Pop – described by none other than Van Dyke Parks as "cinematic romance...
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Deeply resonant spiritual music transmitted via piano, organ, and harmonium by beloved composer and Ethiopian Orthodox nun Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru. Church of Kidane Mehret collects all the musical work from Emahoy’s 1972 private press album of the same name, alongside two additional unreleased piano recordings, exploring Emahoy’s take on...
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Deeply resonant spiritual music transmitted via piano, organ, and harmonium by beloved composer and Ethiopian Orthodox nun Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru. Church of Kidane Mehret collects all the musical work from Emahoy’s 1972 private press album of the same name, alongside two additional unreleased piano recordings, exploring Emahoy’s take on...
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"No Warranty Dubs" is made by a logic powerhouse combination, Jimi Tenor & Kabukabu meets DJ Sotofett, with most of what you can expect from all parts involved. You're served Afro Dub & Jazz in a bold and classic sonic execution. Through all 15 cuts the echoes are real and...
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Hard Top assembles the previously unreleased 1975 recordings of revered South African saxophonist Kippie Moeketsi (credited throughout the 1970s using the spelling variation Moketsi). The 2LP vinyl edition is presented in a gatefold sleeve featuring archival artwork by Mafa Ngwenya and comes from As-Shams/The Sun on the heels of Tete...
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In the vibrant streets of Tembisa, South Africa, amidst the sprawling urbanity connecting Johannesburg and Pretoria, the story of Moskito began. Formed in 2001 by Mahlubi “Shadow” Radebe and the late Zwelakhe “Malemon” Mtshali, the group first emerged as a powerhouse of pantsula dancers. However, their undeniable passion for music...
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In Sheep’s Clothing is excited to announce our first reissue project: Electric Satie, a one-off conceptual project by acclaimed Japanese electronic music producer Mitsuto Suzuki. Originally released on CD-only in 1998, “Gymnopédie ’99” reimagines Erik Satie’s beloved piano compositions in electronic form ranging sonically from downtempo bossa-nova (featuring Brazilian percussionist...
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‘Presence’ is a triumph of improvised, elemental musicality that distills aspects of myriad folk traditions in pursuit of the artist’s own truth. For 40 minutes of singularly weird, locked-in performance, Rai Tateishi diverges his formative training in the shinobue (a bamboo flute) to applications for its elder sibling, the shakuhachi,...
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Far Out Recordings proudly presents a landmark discovery in Brazilian jazz: the long lost album by drumming pioneer Edison Machado. Recorded in New York City in early 1978 but never released, Edison Machado & Boa Nova captures a pivotal figure in Brazilian music history at the height of his artistic...
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One of master conguero and bandleader Ray Barretto's finest albums titled Barretto, and the follow-up to his triumphant Indestructible album, this newly mastered reissue celebrates the 50th anniversary of Barretto. Featuring (AAA) lacquers cut from the original master tapes and 180-gram vinyl, listeners will enjoy flavorful salsa classics like the...
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With Umwelt, room, An’archives releases the first vinyl LP by Japanese singer, songwriter and guitarist, Kotonashiso. An elegant collection of seven slow-moving, free-ranging song forms, Umwelt, room is reflective, pensive, and yet has a great, expansive sense of movement, each song’s parameters feeling almost infinitely flexible. Born in Tokyo in...
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An’archives are proud to announce the release of the debut album by Tête de Chou, the trio of Mark Anderson, Kurumi Kido, and Arlo Wynks. Some may know Anderson for his membership of Greymouth, 番長Taste, Mysteries Of Love, and Suishou No Fune; Kido and Wynks have more personal, sporadic musical...
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»Carpet Of Fallen Leaves« is an introduction to the folk-pop world of Eddie Marcon. It follows in the footsteps of other collections of Japanese artists on Morr Music, such as yumbo, Andersens, and the »Minna Miteru« compilations, »Carpet Of Fallen Leaves« draws together songs from Eddie Marcon’s twenty-two-year history, including...
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Originally released in 1974, this album features Kunihiko Sugano, often referred to as a piano magician, who is the sole leader remaining in TBM following the 5 DAYS IN JAZZ concert recordings sponsored by TBM. Echoes of Erroll Garner's "Genius KUNI" can be felt throughout the music. Now reissued by...
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