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Over the course of two decades and 14 albums (more or less), The Roots have simultaneously become the most hip-hop group in hip-hop, and the least hip-hop group in hip-hop. While the legendary Philly crew began as the embodiment of hip-hop in its purest form - no image, no swag, just an intense focus on making better music than everyone else - they've slowly but surely expanded far beyond their original 'dope rhymes x dope instrumentation' foundation. That means that some hardcore purists will listen to the group's new album undun and long for the days of the group's classic head-nodding music. Instead of Mellow My Man's organic funk or Adrenaline's house party sparking, on undun we get a four track, purely instrumental series of Movements based on a Sujan Stevens piano soundscape. (Who Exactly.) It's not exactly music you can step into a b-boy circle with; that's that least hip-hop part. But on its largest level hip-hop has always been about taking whatever you have around you - cardboard boxes, empty walls, Sufjan Stevens records - and transforming it into something new and entirely your own. And on that level undun is the most hip-hop album of the year.

It's hard to reconcile the supremely high energy Roots that fans watch live every year with the increasingly slow, thoughtful and minimalist Roots we've heard on their last few albums, and undun is the most slow and minimalist one yet, but perhaps their lives shows are exactly the reason. The Roots hit a mind boggling 200 stages a year, so maybe their albums are where they go to breathe. Their live shows tear down buildings, their albums construct narratives that follow the life and death of characters like Redford Stephens, and by extension the black urban struggle.

Undun clocks in at well under an hour, Questlove said he wants it to be 'ADD proof', a running time that also magnifies the importance of the third of the album that's purely instrumental. It's on these vocal-free tracks that The Roots truly show what they're capable of. Adding rhymes to the ambient into Dun would have only weighed the piece down. The same goes for the aforementioned four track instrumental section that closes the album, starting with Redford (For Yia-Yia and Pappou) and ending with Finality (4th Movement), that somehow manages to incorporate '70s funk, experimental jazz, classical violin and more impossible to label styles than I can identify. It's not simply that The Roots are a hip-hop group that dabbles in other genres, sometimes they're just a straight up jazz group, or a punk rock group, or whatever else they feel like becoming. And that ability to change themselves seemingly at will is the most hip-hop thing about them.

I won't front. When I feel like listening to some Roots I'm most likely going to turn to You Got Me or The Seed 2.0 or Distortion to Static, but that's equal parts nostalgia and the Roots. In the 13 years since I bought my first Roots album, Things Fall Apart, with money I earned from an after school job, they haven't moved away from hip-hop, they haven't stepped outside of hip-hop, they've pushed hip-hop forward. You can either come along and enjoy the ride on this special Limited Edition Vinyl, or get left behind.

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The phenomenal, pioneering first album from the group that epitomized the spontaneous, simultaneous and glorious emergence of the Hip-Hop and Electro Funk genres! The song "Where's The Beat" has been extracted due to its not actually being made by the group, but every other note and beat is included as it was originally released, from the opening narration and the sound effects joining the songs to the classic Hip-Hop and Electrofunk in-between. Also included are the full 12inch versions of "Jam On It", including the instrumental! Finally, this release is rounded out with the original studio arrangement of "No More Runnin'", which was taken from a rough mix of the song made right after the original studio session. This has never been released on any commercial recording anywhere! Whether you are a big fan of Newcleus, or a serious connoisseur of Old School Hip-Hop or Electro, or just a lover of good music, your collection is incomplete without this incredible reissue of Newcleus' classic Jam On Revenge!

This reissue of the acclaimed second album from true Hip-Hop and Electro Funk pioneers Newcleus sounds even better than it did when it was first released! The original album is presented in its entirety and digitally re-mastered to sonic perfection! In addition, included as a bonus track is the 12inch version of "Na Na Beat", the last authentic Newcleus release of the era. Also, the 12 Track Definitive Version of "Why", which contains the original instrumentation of that song as originally arranged and recorded by the group. Finally the release is rounded out with the 12inch Dub version of "Let's Jam", which showcases the outstanding musical arrangement and instrumentation of that song and is being made available for release for the first time since the original 12inch. If you're a Newcleus fan, Hip-Hop fan, Electro fan, or just a music fan, Jam-On Productions' reissue of Newcleus' Space Is The Place is a must-have!!!

Deep4life brought a breath of fresh air to house music in the late 90´s. A handful of really good synthetic and timeless house music releases made it a cult label. Now the owner, Chris Gray and one of the leading figures, DaRand Land, meet to do it again. They give us a delicious LP with large amounts of deep moods; Atmospheric and emotional house music (but not only) with synthesizer lines, synthetic basses, voices and breathing sequences. Chris and DaRand are a winning combination. No doubt.

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Breakin Bread are back on boom bap hip hop tip with two old school legends showing how it should be done.
Prince Whipper Whip and Charlie Chase are two Puerto Ricans who made hip hop their life when it emerged in the Bronx in the 70's. Chase was part of The Cold Crush Brothers and Whip was in the Fantastic Five. If you're not sure of their background check them in the seminal Wildstyle film.
Breakin Bread brought the duo over to tour Europe as part of the 25thanniversary of the Wildstyle film. The guys stayed at Skeg's house during downtime between shows and this 7" is the result. Paul T from UK funksters Color Climax was called in on beat duties and the rest is history.

Chicago based beat maker & visual artist w/dusty fingers, circuit bent drum computers, distorted kalimbas, wonky tape reels, vintage organs, fuzzy guitars, & low frequency oscillation. Super cool die-cut pic disc that has to be seen. 7 tracks.

Two years and 13 releases since its first installment, Night Slugs present the second volume of our Allstars compilation series. To be released on CD and digital, it's a consolidation of our activity during 2011-2012 as well as a glimpse into some of what's lined up for 2013.

That Allstars Vol 2 plays more as an album and less like a compilation, despite its various contributing artists' diverse styles, is testament to the gradual collective process of evolution that we have been undergoing since the label's inception in early 20

Allstars 2 charts Night Slugs' move away from the early-digital world in which our music spent its infancy, and into a more developed, more textured universe.

Proceedings open with the "Street Mix" of L-Vis 1990's 2011 single "Lost In Love", a collaborative rework by Jam City, Bok Bok and L-Vis himself, that sets the tone for what's to come: a combination of emotionally-charged intimate zones and agile, austere workouts of drums and bass that permeates this release. Many of the songs here can be considered trax, love songs, pop songs all at once, because we believe club music can be no less than all those things.

Allstars Vol 2 traverses many territories, from Girl Unit's replicant Latin Freestyle on "Ensemble", Lil Silva's percussive half-time banger "The 3rd", the dread-vogue of Kingdom's "Stalker Ha" to the uniquely warm stadium-size Club of Jam City's "How We Relate To The Body", exuberant carnival techno on Helix's "Drum Track" (seeing digital release here for the first time) and the chrome-plated modern grime classic that is Bok Bok's original mix of "Silo Pass". Yet the threads that link these apparently disparate tracks together far outweigh their differences and make for an immersive long-playing experience.

Night Slugs is about looking simultaneously forwards and backwards, and so Allstars Vol 2 debuts several brand new tracks. L-Vis 1990 contributes "Not Mad" from his forthcoming Ballads EP - a spacious workout of high-tech funk, laserbeam disco synth stabs, huge electric bass and claps on the one. Kingdom gives us "Bank Head", a club track in suspended animation that slowly unfurls, snap percussion and rolling bass bathed in a golden pad chorus. Egyptrixx gives a hint of the direction of his 2nd LP on the seismic deconstructionist, no-kickdrum techno of "Adult". Girl Unit expands the much-discussed outro of his warehouse-filling rap beat "Double Take" into a fully-fledged song of its own on "Double Take Part 2", with anthemic results. Finally, newest Night Slugs recruit, Kansas City's Morri$ contributes "White Hood", marrying the skittering 808s of Southern rap with sumptuous layers of melody that bring Allstars 2 to a fittingly epic close.

Recent Wah Wah signings out of Leeds, Paper Tiger, have spent the last few months preparing an arsenal of bass worrying electronic music ready to unleash upon the masses in 2013.

Their debut Priceless EP for Wah Wah 45s, released last summer, was a visceral, uncompromising concoction of hip hop, post-dubstep and electro-soul music featuring resident wordsmith Raphael Attar (of 'Gary Barlow' fame) and led to the band playing at festivals across the UK including Lovebox, Mostly Jazz and the Secret Garden Party to much acclaim.

Brand new hip-hop/ beats album from Nick Speed (UR) on Moodymann's label Mahogani Music . Think Andres meets Dilla. Limited copies!

Who the f_ck is Blockboy
In his recording studio and atelier in an old building flat in Munich, Blockboy regularly descends into spheres of visual art and sound, while swinging between bliss and desperation because of his perfectionism. With attention to detail, the communication designer plays and records all instruments himself, strictly according to the motto: keep it real!
To put a label on Blockboy's sound is not easy, since he moves between Ambient, Downbeat, HipHop, TripHop, Dubstep and Turntablism - always enhanced by an affection for detailed samples of vinyl treasures.
The vinyl collector's edition of Heartbox is limited to 300 copies. Affectionate collages of sound surrounded by real vintage instruments, spiced by the masterful art of scratching, refined by selected features like the US Rapper Mista Min and the Jazz-Singer Carolin Roth, while staying deep, real and from the heart - this is Heartbox!

The last track on Mr Manuva's acclaimed 2011 album, "4everevolution," "Banana Skank" is here reimagined by WAFA as a hyperkinetic club smasher, all intricate changes of direction and emphasis, but without losing any of the original's joyful reggae pulse. Not be outdone, Smith links up his own sequel to the original, a kind of motoric good trip/bad trip which reminds you yet again what a uniquely talented producer he is. "Party Time" and "Natural" reinforce the point, showcasing the stripped back, icy productions Manuva has been making at his secret Tottenham base over the last year or so. He is joined on both tracks by long time Banana Klan collaborator Kope and together the two trade lines and verses in the best traditions of hip hop, their voices (and imaginations) bouncing off each other in an intertwining stream of consciousness that almost demands to be read across both tracks

Sixth single in FORT KNOX FIVE'S "RADIO FREE DC REMIXED" series. THOMASBLONDET puts his hands on "SAO FUNKY", FUZZBOX gets heavier with "PAPA WASSTONED", and STEREOTYP gives two version of "THE WONDER STRIKES AGAIN"because one wasn't enough (FORT KNOX loved them both.)

Every essential release and remix of the timeless Hip-Hop / Electro-Funk classic in one incredible package!
1. Jam On It (Definitive Version)
2. Jam On It (12 Inch Vocal)
3. Jam On It (12 Inch Instrumental)
4. Jam On It (Bonus Beats)
5. Jam On It (Psychosis Remix)
6. Jam On It (Jam for Your Jeep Remix)
7. Jam On It (The Turn Hip Remix)
8. Jam On It (Phuture Phunk Remix)
9. Jam On It (Alek Stark Remix)
10. Jam On It (Accapella)
11. Jam On It (Sample Elements)

Reggae-meets-disco 10 outta London keeping the vibes homegrown w/2 reworks of Linton Kwesi Johnson. "Reggae Sounds" a slo-mo stomper w/extended & hypnotic dub intro. "Mista G" is a driving re-working of "Making History" into a dancefloor killer

Beats & scratches & battle breaks ! Limited qty !

Limited hand numbered vinyl of North Carolina's L'Orange featuring appearances by yU (Diamond District), Blu (Blu & Exile), Has-Lo (Mello Music Group) and Erica Lane!

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The first official 10YRS MPM release is a limited edition 7' box set, consisting of five out of print MPM classics and five brandnew tracks / unreleased ish / remixes. Featuring DJ Day, Suff Daddy, Fleur Earth, Miles Bonny, Dexter, A-ko, Twit One, Hulk Hodn, Breakout, Funkommunity, TBRCK, Eric Lau and Hade. Compiled by Olski. Cover Photo by Robert Winter. Artwork by Chicken George. Limited to 2.000 copies.

For their 10th release Manchester based label My First Moth present a collaboration between two visionary artists from opposite sides of the Atlantic. New York born rapper BluRum 13 should need no introduction after lacing countless records from the last decade with his distinctive gravel-voiced flow, most notably the classic Ninja Tune album "Children of Possibility" which he recorded as one-third of One Self alongside DJ Vadim and Yarah Bravo. Producer Frameworks is a relative newcomer although still fiercely prolific, having notched up collaborations with Long Island legends QnC and UK rapper Bang On amongst others. With releases on First Word Records, Hero Records and Organik Recordings, Frameworks is quickly forging a reputation for a solid production technique, fusing old-school sensibilities with a touch of live instrumentation and a keen ear for a killer sample.

This 12" features two tracks from the forthcoming Brickbuilders LP along with heavy remix treatments from four distinctly individual producers. First up, MFM's own Neko Neko drops an afro-funk tinged dancefloor bomb not dissimilar to his recent "Trouble in the Streets" 12" which sold out in a matter of weeks. Mixkings' Bunty Beats follows this with some next-level slowmo reversed sampling on a tripped-out atmospheric tip. Flip for some darker leftfield leanings from Danny Drive Thru, fresh from recent outings on Project Mooncircle, Fat City and Mind On Fire Records. And lastly Wah Wah 45s finest Part-Time Heroes wind things up nicely with an epic uptempo cinematic workout reminiscent of some of Bonobo's instrumental productions.

UNDER 100 CUTS is a snapshot of the current musical melange in Budapest, a city bisected by the mighty Danube, a nexus between the modern European dynamism of Berlin and the thrusting re-invention of ancient Istanbul which results in many an unexpected juxtaposition creating otherworldly moments and magical fusions.

A special 7" single done with DUBSPOT featuring the original "CULTURE OF FEAR" with vocals from MR. LIF on the A-side and on the B-side the DUBSPOT remix winner KALIEDOSCOPE JUKEBOX, handpicked by THIEVERY's ERIC HILTON & ROB GARZA themselves. Printed sleeve.

Boris Bunnik goes under many aliases. Numerous smaller projects, some huge faceless projects but mostly known and well respected for his Conforce project. As Versalife he found his way to the Clone familia for his Night Time Activities project, and around this same period we just managed to pull out the best suitable tracks for Frustrated Funk. Versalife is electro-techno in it's purest form. Deep and intense analog rhythms with crisp percussion patterns slightly touching the more experimental side of things. This ep is a nice balanced mixture of industrial drone material to more classic sounding electro with Versalife's own signature strength. Highly recommended as always!

Two flips from Dexter.
First heard at the Beat Fight #2 event causing major damage!
Limited white label pressing!
Side A is dedicated to Homer S., Side B is inspired by James B.

FUILL COLOR 7' SLEEVE

Nach dem sensationellen Charterfolg in Österreich rein durch digitale Verkäufe und dem Erreichen der Top10 Download-Charts in Deutschland, veröffentlicht Deutschlands Raplabel Nr. 1, Selfmade Records, das Debütalbum "Voodoozirkus" der Rap-Newcomer Genetikk nun auch für den regulären Handel. Eine logische Konsequenz nach 10.000 verkauften Einheiten ausschließlich über den labelinternen Online-Shop und den digitalen Markt, mittlerweile fast 80.000 Fans der offiziellen Genetikk-Seite auf Facebook, 3,7 Millionen Aufrufen des Musikvideos "König der Lügner auf Youtube" und durchweg positiven Resonanzen auf das Erstlingswerk der Newcomer aus Saarbrücken, die im Oktober auf große Deutschland-Tour gehen. Die großartige Resonanz auf das Album schlägt sich schon jetzt auf die Ticketverkäufe für die Ende Oktober startende Tour von Genetikk, den 257ers und DCVDNS nieder: Bereits jetzt sind fünf der achtzehn Konzerte komplett ausverkauft und vier Zusatzkonzerte hinzugekommen, eine restlos ausverkaufte Tour bahnt sich an. Bevor 2013 das neue Genetikk-Album folgt, erscheint "Voodoozirkus" auf CD und Doppel-Vinyl+CD!

The latest of Muro's Super Breaks series to be given a debut on CD is this disco-heavy dose of dance classics, block party breaks, hip-hop and soul. Originally out on a now tough to track down double tape in the early '00s and featuring the likes of Tommy Stewart, Reuben Howell, East Side Conection and Magic Disco Machine.
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