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True school Hip Hop veterans PSEUDO SLANG (aka EMCEE SICK and DJ FORM) serve up a new 7" with a pair of jazzed-out,
hypnotic, boom-bap stylings. The title track is produced by GRAP LUVA (PETE ROCK & INI, J-LIVE) and the remix of "CYCLICAL" on the flip comes from MAKER (GLUE, QWEL & MAKER).

Fresh off the release of So Much Trouble In My Mind' Sir Joe recorded the funky arrangement No Time for Dreamin '' locally at track studios 1970 with the Free Soul lineup of Jackie Lee/leon rodgers/leon whimpy johnson/frank - congoas/gregory hammonds bass/Steptoe. Another scratch from the GSF album release Find Yourself' is a funkier grittier arrangement than the original released on Sir Joe's inaugural LP and serves as a choice alternate take! The session features musicians from the original Free Soul lineup.

AK1205 features the first issue of three Sir Joe and Free Soul titles. Sir Joe's LP has been recognized by Rolling Stone Magazine as one of the 500 greatest LPs of all time. titles i'm a young man full version! Recorded locally in 1975 at track studios, engineered in New York by Tony Bon Jovi, Young Man featured one of the Free Soul original lineups Charles Steptoe milton smith drums /jack e lee guitar /bass - elliot adams, keyboards Wayne Anderson.
 
This original version of so much trouble in My Mind was recorded along with fool in love in 1969 at track recording studio with the original Free Soul lineup. This original version of so much trouble in My Mind was recorded along with fool in love in 1969 at track recording studio with the original Free Soul lineup. Although initially rejected by GSF Records, who preferred a more uptempo version. Sometimes this version would be played live to round out a funkier set by Sir Joe and Free Soul.

Next Phase Records present the second volume of the Wound Up Beat Tape series showcasing experimental downtempo music from around the world. This limited edition cassette and digital release features 11 exclusive tracks ranging from instrumental hip hop to jazz fuelled break beat.
Like the rst volume it's aim is to deliver a unique and personal auditory experience stretching an array of BPM's. This adventurous approach to compilations is reminiscent of classic Mo Wax albums that remain a constant source of inspiration for producers today.

The release begins with a delightful slew of uplifting samples and colossal drums before a trademark Next Phase excursion into unconventional fusions and monstrous soundscapes takeover.

Flipping the traditional concept of a Beat Tape on
its head the Wound Up philosophy is a clear one: to deliver a variety of fully produced tracks that demon- strate character, diversity and emotion whilst keeping that funk alive!

The cassette is limited to 100 copies with each one being personally assembled by label curator Robbert Peperkamp. This edition contains exclusive atmospheres and skits that form an enhanced cinematic style experience. It comes complete with a download/code to the digital version of the LP.

Modernism goes vinyl! After two successful CD volumes, Kent's look at the sort of R&B and club soul that could have been danced to by the original mods - if only they had known about it - arrives with a special vinyl edition.

Gathering up favourite discoveries from the CDs, this 14-track LP is augmented by other tracks culled from the mod jazz series together with a couple of exclusives.

This compilation is a selection of high spots, with something for every mod fan whatever the style. Classic club soul from Bob & Earl, Bessie Banks and Jeb Stuart jostles with jazzy R&B from Floyd White and Clarence Daniels plus some almost-funk from Chuck Higgins and Chet Ivey.

Three tracks are released on vinyl for the first time whilst many others are seeing their first reissue on the format. One of these is the super rare 'Go' by Little Johnny Hamilton and the Creators, a band that would go on to become 1970s chart-toppers War.    

01. Stand Alone
02. Riding High
03. Soul Almighty
04. Memphis
05. Brain Washing
06. All In One
07. Caution
08. Mellow Mood
09. Rebel's Hop
10. Do It Twice
11. Cheer Up
12. Soon Come
13. Can't You See
14. Try Me
15. It's Alright
16. You Can't Do That To Me
17. Touch Me
18. Treat You Right
19. No Water
20. Corner Stone

* Two brand new Reggae Roots vocal tracks featuring Danny Red and Paul Fox are now available on a double A side 12" Vinyl EP.

* Both singers have been busy in the UK Sound System scene since the early nineties. Also featured are, A side: Ras Happa (Bongos) & Fullness (Drums). AA side: Jahman Dan (Bongos) & Fullness (Drums).

*The two songs are called 'Lion in Me' and 'Still Chanting'. Each song features both singers in collaboration style and also has two dub versions. It is a joint project between Sound Business and AbabaJahnoi labels on the newly formed Red Fox label.

*12" in Plain Sleeve, poly sealed outer.
*Vocals & Dub recorded at Sound Business.
*Produced By: Paul Fox.

Das neue Album des englischen Gentleman's Dub Club auf dem amerikanischen Easy Star Label folgt dem 2015er Release "The Big Smoke". Für "Dubtopia" ist das Konzept den Fokus aus Songwriting vom Vorgänger mit dem bassbetonten, uptempo Drive ihrer Liveauftritte zu fusionieren. Das Album wurde vom Bassisten der Band, Toby Davies ,produziert und featured Gäste wie Taiwan MC, Lady Chann, Eva Lazarus and Parly B. Die LP erscheint als limitierte transparente Edition mit Download Code.

The long established and critically acclaimed DJ-Kicks series kicks off 2017 with suitably accomplished DJ, producer, vocalist and instrumentalist Matthew Dear at the helm.A man of many musical hats, Texas born, Detroit raised Dear has a wide reaching discography that takes in face melting techno as Jabberjaw, dark avant-pop under his own name and intricate minimal as Audion.Often with a gothic slant and full of curiousness, his pensive but playful music is an intoxicating distillation of many different influences, often withhis own stylised vocals at the centre.

Olim in latin can be used to indicate a time in the past or in the future. It can mean 'once upon a time' and 'someday in the future'. A name and a project to try to move away from trends and genres, by taking inspiration from the past but at the same time leaving it, moving forward to shape a different and more narrative sound. The first attempt to do so is Recursively: an 8 track album, opening with a sentence from Bunny Marrett sampled from an old documentary about St Paul's and the Jamaican immigration in Bristol during the 80's. Inspired by those intro words, Recursively is a journey born from many years moving around, packing and unpacking suitcases, leaving villages, finding cities,leaving friends and finding more, emigrating, integrating. It's a story about an entire generation trying to find the peace somewhere, somehow, sometimes by repeating the same steps in a loop of actions which seem to be the same but ultimately never are. It's a soundtrack of those feelings and at the same time a message of hope to continue the journey through the faith that the meaning is the infinite journey itself. An infinite loop masterfully represented in Carol Rollo's illustration. A story to be continued.

Black Pepper from Guyanese artists Yoruba Singers. Amazing 1984 version of a track of the same name released in 1975. Super rare original 12" reissued for the first time by Left Ear Records.

Record Producer/ DJ / Record Plugger and Record Shop Owner Herman Chin-Lay operated out of his Aquarius Record shop at Half Way Three ,Kingston ,Jamaica.
It is from this base that he started his recording studio where he not only put out the first ever Dub album 'Aquarius Dub' but was also responsible for naming future artist Horace Swaby.
By allowing him to use his exotic fictitious working name 'Augustus Pablo' for his own recording career.
Although called 'Aquarius Dub' the tacks that make up this album were cut at Dynamic Sounds, Harry J's and Randy's Studio 17.
It was not long after this release that Herman opened the first ever twenty four track studio Aquarius Studios.
We have compiled this set of Dub tracks that were worked on at Aquarius studio's itself.
Using the legendary studio for some of the recordings and/or it's mixing and voicing facilites.
Hope you enjoy the set...Dubbing at Aquarius Sounds...

Record Producer/ DJ / Record Plugger and Record Shop Owner Herman Chin-Lay operated out of his Aquarius Record shop at Half Way Three ,Kingston ,Jamaica.
It is from this base that he started his recording studio where he not only put out the first ever Dub album 'Aquarius Dub' but was also responsible for naming future artist Horace Swaby.
By allowing him to use his exotic fictitious working name 'Augustus Pablo' for his own recording career.
Although called 'Aquarius Dub' the tacks that make up this album were cut at Dynamic Sounds, Harry J's and Randy's Studio 17.
It was not long after this release that Herman opened the first ever twenty four track studio Aquarius Studios.
We have compiled this set of Dub tracks that were worked on at Aquarius studio's itself.
Using the legendary studio for some of the recordings and/or it's mixing and voicing facilites.
Hope you enjoy the set...Dubbing at Aquarius Sounds...

Storming northern soul/ R'n'B crossover monster issued with original B side and on the original looking labels.

Massive on the northern scene and issued here with original B side

Vinyl only label based in Berlin - London - Hamburg. Spreading the good stuff with unique Hip Hop & Funk infused Edits. Exclusive

The Need of Love was Earth Wind & Fire's second album released in 1971. It opens with a ten-minute piece named "Energy," inspired by everything from free jazz to funk and is undoubtedly the stand out track of the album. Although it wasn't particularly commercially successful at the time of release, 'The Need of Love' highlights the bands diversity of genre and skill making it essential to any fans collection.

1976 release, on the Ethnic Fight label, Junior Delgado once again, backed by the Ethnic Fight Band and produced by Larry Lawrence.

The master tapes were lost in a fire years ago. This 2015 release was meticulously remastered from Mike Lundy's only remaining copy of the LP, which was still sealed. In 1980, Mike Lundy originally planned to record just two songs for a single. That never happened because Mike's producer realized they had enough material to do an LP. The two songs would have been The Rhythm Of Life' and Tropic Lightning".

Previously unreleased dubplate with version.
Small run, no re-press, label artwork to follow.

Killer two sided R'n'B rockers from the legendary Groove label

A familiar sound returns....like an old friend. The gorgeous vocals of Caron Wheeler and the rhythmic vibe of Simon Law. Simon was a key member of Soul II Soul, co-writing their two Grammy-winning songs  Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)' and African Dance'.  He has worked on all their albums except one, producing and co-writing many of their hit singles.  He still performs regularly with the band at festivals and on major TV appearances. 

Now living in Toronto, he has also enjoyed success as a writer, producer and remixer with the likes of Chante Moore - for whom he produced the Top 10 R&B hit Love's Taken Over' -  Brenda Russell, Maxi Priest, George Michael, Robert Palmer, Duran Duran, Johnny Gill, Masters At Work and Shabba Ranks.

On his debut solo album Look To The Sky Simon reunites with Caron - on the uplifting lead single Morning Love' -  as well as Jazzie B, Chante Moore and Maxi Priest, whose Sunshine Girl' is the second single.  His main writing collaborator, who sings lead vocals on the hooky Rocket Ship' and a number of other tracks, is Lain Gray, originally a member of UK vocal group Nu Colours and now living in Texas.  Jamaican singer Nadine Sutherland, a Bob Marley discovery who was the first signing to his Tuff Gong label at the age of 11, turns in an outstanding performance on Love Comes Back To You'. 
An album that is at turns funky, ethereal, majestic, with a strong rhythmic groove.
In the UK Morning Love' has already attracted airplay on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio London, Jazz FM, Mi-Soul, BBC Manchester, and many more. In Holland it is playlisted at national station Sublime FM. Simon will be visiting the UK for promotion in May and June, when he will also be performing in London with Soul II Soul.

T.I's debut album I'm Serious gets its first vinyl reissue release since its original release back in October 2001, via Omerta Inc for RSD 2017. Credited as being one of the founders of Trap Music, I'm Serious was the album that launched T.I's career. Featuring production from the likes of The Neptunes and Lil Jon and guest appearances from Pharrell and Beenie Man Remastered specifically for vinyl and limited to 500 copies pressed on to 180gm split red and white colour vinyl all individually hand numbered in gold pen. Each copy will come housed in a high quality matte finish sleeve with original artwork and insert.

This anthology extra-terrestrial funk focuses on vocal delights in Portuguese Brazilian
(No English singing Songs)

Smoky, sweaty rhythm & blues heavily on American soul and funk jazz-funk, samba rich grooves, disco, luscious orchestration, boogie gems Killer tunes

Tim Maia father of Brazilian soul music have released over 30 albums during his career.
Iconoclastic, ironic, outspoken, polemical (but always humorous), and openly addicted to cocaine and marijuana, he was known for lightheartedly missing appointments and even big-time gigs, and also for being boycotted by recording companies, TV networks , and other media that didn't swallow his disturbing presence.
Maia spent a couple of years involved with a religious group called Cultura Racional that held the belief that humans are really aliens that need to reconnect with an elemental form of energy through the teachings of a book called Universo Em Desencanto).
Tim Maia was never satisfied. Brazil's number one soul brother had a voracious appetite for both carnal and philosophical indulgences. Died at age 55 in 1998
With the help of cream-of-the-crop session musicians and songwriters, Tim blazed the way for a unique fusion of Brazilian styles and American soul music, something timeless and wholly original.

Originally released in 2007, this highly sought-after album lived only on CDs for years before being released digitally in 2015. Now for the first time you can purchase Blockhead's classic album Uncle Tony's Coloring Book' on vinyl. This 2xLP set features 13 tracks including The Strain,' NYC Bounce' and Cheer Up, You're Not Dead Yet.'

One of the sweetest and most idiosyncratic voices in reggae, tenor singer Cornell Campbell also has one of the longest-running careers of any Jamaican recording artist. Taken under Studio One founder Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd's wing at a very young age, Cornell cut his first recordings in 1956, long before ska was even established. He remained based at Studio One for many years (working as a label printer as well as a recording artist), and also voiced sides for King Edwards in the ska years. He then briefly joined the Sensations in rock steady and recorded at Treasure Isle, before moving back to Studio One as leader of the Eternals when reggae arrived, cutting huge hits there such as 'Stars' and 'Queen Of The Mistrel,' and giving early coaching to Slim Smith, Jacob Miller and bassist Robbie Shakespeare. Joining forces with ace producer Bunny 'Striker' Lee in the mid-1970s brought a dramatic new surge in popularity that greatly boosted his profile overseas. The Ropin' LP was issued on Third World's Justice subsidiary in 1980—a sub label set up to handle Striker's product in the UK (though hits like 'Mash You Down' and the title track had been handled in Jamaica by Joe Gibbs). One of the album's outstanding moments is 'Bandulu,' an anti-rude boy epic voiced on the 'Late Night Blues' rhythm, while opening cover, 'Just My Imagination,' has an uncredited toasting portion from Errol Scorcher.

One of the sweetest and most idiosyncratic voices in reggae, tenor singer Cornell Campbell also has one of the longest-running careers of any Jamaican recording artist. Taken under Studio One founder Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd's wing at a very young age, Cornell cut his first recordings in 1956, long before ska was even established. He remained based at Studio One for many years (working as a label printer as well as a recording artist), and also voiced sides for King Edwards in the ska years. He then briefly joined the Sensations in rock steady and recorded at Treasure Isle, before moving back to Studio One as leader of the Eternals when reggae arrived, cutting huge hits there such as 'Stars' and 'Queen Of The Mistrel,' and giving early coaching to Slim Smith, Jacob Miller and bassist Robbie Shakespeare. Joining forces with ace producer Bunny 'Striker' Lee in the mid-1970s brought a dramatic new surge in popularity that greatly boosted his profile overseas. The Ropin' LP was issued on Third World's Justice subsidiary in 1980—a sub label set up to handle Striker's product in the UK (though hits like 'Mash You Down' and the title track had been handled in Jamaica by Joe Gibbs). One of the album's outstanding moments is 'Bandulu,' an anti-rude boy epic voiced on the 'Late Night Blues' rhythm, while opening cover, 'Just My Imagination,' has an uncredited toasting portion from Errol Scorcher.