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Relocating from Australia to Zambia during the pandemic, award-winning hip-hop star Sampa The Great wrote her second studio album. ‘As Above, So Below’ thematically presents the listener with a duality within Sampa’s spirit - the outward-facing public persona and her private self - in this literate, heartfelt recounting of her experiences growing up in Africa.

Tirakat’ brings together Jakarta-based trio Ali and Lebanese composer and multi-instrumentalist Charif Megarbane in a collaboration rooted in long histories of cultural exchange between Indonesia and the Arab world.

Lady Sings the Blues is an album by the American jazz vocalist Billie Holiday, released in December 1956. It was Holiday's last album released on Clef Records; the following year, the label would be absorbed by Verve Records. Lady Sings the Blues was taken from sessions taped during 1954 and 1956. It was released simultaneously with her ghostwritten autobiography of the same name.

Man On The Run (Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack) is taken from the Amazon MGM Studios feature documentary Paul McCartney Man on the Run directed by Academy Award winner Morgan Neville. This set contains deep cuts and fan favourites from McCartney’s post-Beatles career, soundtracking the journey of Paul’s emergence from the dissolution of the world’s biggest band to proving to critics and fans that not all great acts are impossible to follow.

Glass Minds’ is the follow-up to the band’s 2022 triple-album set, ‘Call to Arms & Angels’, which charted Top 10 in countries right across Europe and saw the band headline their biggest live shows to date, culminating at the 15,000 capacity Paris Accor Arena in November 2023.

Gondwana Records is pleased to announce ‘Interlude’, the second album from Estonian-born, London-based composer and pianist Hanakiv. Showcasing an expanded sound, the compositions trace a journey of overcoming the past, unfolding into a seductively unconventional style imbued with hope and a therapeutic quality.

Killer Groove Records proudly presents the self-titled debut album by Italian cinematic funk trio Atabasca. A sonic journey where funk, psychedelia and desert groove merge into a timeless narrative suspended between rhythm and vision.

lovetempo is the solo project of Mattie Safer, former member of the beloved New York electroclash band The Rapture, now channeling his club-rooted background into contemporary disco and electronic soul.

The group's third studio release, Buhloone Mindstate released on September 21, 1993, saw the group evolve into a new sound as they continued to grow stylistically and musically.

French Touch icon and electro-pop-songwriter dandy, Sébastien Tellier, is back with “Kiss the Beast”.

For years before the release of Exit Planet Dust, the production duo of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons were cranking out slabs of the biggest sounds around on the label Junior Boys' own.

Presented on this LP are some of Aretha Franklin's greatest recordings from her early years with Columbia Records, recorded between in 1960 and 1962.

Few producers have had the same seismic impact on techno and rave music as Joey Beltram.

Voom Voom Music was an independent Italian record label based in Turin, founded and managed by record producer Ivo Lunardi (Turin, December 6, 1940 – December 9, 2010).

A compilation of the finest early ’90s underground club sounds presented by Eddie Piller and Dean Rudland.

Also released as 'Soul Pioneers' (in the 1960s/70s), 'Milt Jackson Quartet' is one of most important albums of this fantastic vibraphone player and composer.

Ricardo Eddy Martinez's Expreso Ritmico from 1978 is a prized album fusing funk, disco, and orchestrated influences with Afro-Cuban percussion, Latin breaks, and lush vocal harmonies.

Habibi with their 13th release and it is from Sharhabil Ahmed, the actual King of Sudanese Jazz (he actually won that title in a competition in the early 1970s).

Originally released in 1998 "First Floor” is Detroit/Chicago auteur Theo Parrish’s debut album. Released on vinyl in two parts for maximum playability; the raw bluesy, soulful offbeat grooves have long since buried themselves deep under the skin of the house community.

Originally released in 1998 "First Floor” is Detroit/Chicago auteur Theo Parrish’s debut album. Released on vinyl in two parts for maximum playability; the raw bluesy, soulful offbeat grooves have long since buried themselves deep under the skin of the house community.

Barry Adamson, original member of Magazine and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and a celebrated solo artist and composer, returns with the soundtrack to ‘SCALA!!!’, the acclaimed documentary chronicling the history of London’s most infamous independent cinema.

Elipsis is the convergence of three musical personalities deeply rooted with one foot in the tradition and one foot in the future.

Habibi Funk is digging deep to present the songs of Ibrahim Hesnawi, otherwise known as "The Father of Libyan Reggae." Kingston meets Tripoli in this incendiary collection of Arabized roots, dub, dancehall and more. 

Robert Glasper’s holiday album In December.

World Without Form was originally released in 2012 on CD format only, the album is now being made available on vinyl for the first time.

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Daft Punk’s chart-topping third album Human After All, comes a Limited Edition 2LP gatefold version of the companion album Human After All Remixes. This marks the very first vinyl edition of the complete collection.

Munich quintet Fazer release their second album, Nadi. Nadi follows the underground success of their self-released debut Mara (2018), which quickly sold out and became one of the most-streamed jazz records of the year. 

They don't come anymore classic than this.

SML is the quintet of bassist Anna Butterss, synthesist Jeremiah Chiu, saxophonist Josh Johnson, percussionist Booker Stardrum, and guitarist Gregory Uhlmann.

John Legend rose to fame in the mid noughties, after making a name for himself as a guest musician for Lauryn Hill, Slum Village, and Kanye West among others.

Through 35 hedonistic highlights stretched across three volumes, Music For The Radical Xenomaniac delivers the first ever deep dive into The Netherlands’ colourful house sound of the 90s.

Through 35 hedonistic highlights stretched across three volumes, Music For The Radical Xenomaniac delivers the first ever deep dive into The Netherlands’ colourful house sound of the 90s and the under-celebrated producers and record labels whose music soundtracked a countrywide cultural movement.

Six new tracks from Detroit's deep house hero Theo Parrish mark his most significant release since the Wuddadji album three years ago, based around the 18 minute dancefloor epic 'Dance Alone' and the Afro-slanted 'Cleo's Theme', closing in on 11 minutes, alongside a host of other cuts of varying sizes and types.

Originally released in 1995, Dah Shinin’ remains one of the most celebrated albums of hip hop’s golden era. Includes two essential remixes — "Wrekonize" and 'Sound Bwoy Bureill" — plus the previously unreleased “Nuttin’ Move But Da Money,” officially available for the first time after years on white label.

The third release in our psychedelic/garage rock RSD trilogy.

Sofie’s SOS Tape’ is a compilation of 26 hip-hop, soul, electronic and alternative tracks curated by Sofie Royer - who has since gone on to release three solo albums on Stones Throw, the most recent of which is ‘Young-Girl Forever’.

Out Of/Into, the all-star collective that began its life as the Blue Note Quintet in celebration of Blue Note Records’ 85th anniversary.

Or Kantor returns with his sophomore album Snake Island, a vivid and cinematic journey through imagined landscapes and lost love, for fans of Eden Ahbez and other seekers of sound and spirit.

Blurring the lines between fiction and documentary, the seminal film Wild Style, directed by Charlie Ahearn and developed alongside Fred Braithwaite aka Fab Five Freddy, offered an iconic snapshot of the emerging New York hip hop scene in the early '80s.

The next instalment in the classic DJ-Kicks series is a selection of rapturous house, blissed-out breaks, and transcendent rave from the high priestess of the motherbeat herself, Chicago’s Eris Drew

"Oh hell! This is this year's touch of self indulgence", Dean Rudland compiler of many a dancefloor friendly compilation, both here and at previous places of fitful employment such as Blue Note and Acid Jazz, is trying to explain his latest BGP release.

Soulville is quintessential Ben Webster: intimate, tender, endlessly expressive. Webster was internationally recognized as one of jazz's elder statesman when he recorded this album in 1957.

System Olympia presents a bold, cinematic compilation that redefines the sound of sensuality.

The producers of the new hit Broadway musical BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB and WORLD CIRCUIT RECORDS present the show’s Original Broadway Cast Recording, to be released in July 2025, recording produced by Dean Sharenow and David Yazbek.

The first notes of the opening track immediately set the tone: the journey begins. Take the album title literally and allow yourself to be comforted by the tenderness the British band is about to offer.

It’s Paul here, and I can’t tell you how excited I am to finally share my debut album "Smiling Through The Pain" with all of you this June.

Delve into the quirky and psych-tinged world of Brazilian pianist, composer and multi-instrumentalist Mauricio Fleury.

A BAG FULL OF NASTY R&B, ROCKIN' COUNTRY SOUL AND CRUDE GARAGE ROCK!

Imagine curating a dream lineup of MCs and producers from every corner of the rap world—sounds impossible, right? Not for artist and illustrator Gangster Doodles, who has been bringing this vision to life for the past decade. Now, with “Gangster Music Vol.3”, the trilogy reaches its grand finale, and it’s bigger, bolder, and more unpredictable than ever before.

After years out of print, this classic 2017 album is back on 2LP vinyl. Loyalty Is Royalty features appearances by Method Man, Redman, Sean Price, RZA, GZA, Prodigy, KXNG Crooked, Inspectah Deck, Cappadonna, and more.

Originally released in 1973 and pressed in very small quantities, Emerge is the second album by the McCrary family and their non-gospel debut. Long sought after by collectors and modern-soul and funk connoisseurs, it's an exemplar of what was considered "progressive soul" in the early 70s as well as what emerged a generation later as "neo-soul."

Phylipe Nunes Araujo's songs are as rich and varied as the diverse landscapes they were written in.

The first reissue of Tony Scott's iconic "Manteca" album originally released in 1973.

Kraak & Smaak Announce New Album Velvet Seas.

This set captures a still-growing Dylan on the edge, just before he makes the jump to rock and roll, continuing to expand the notion of folk music with openhearted, unprecedented compositions and performances.

From the introspective "Mojo uno", Gelbard's solo piece on Moog, to the wild "Alevacolariea", featuring the prolific Uruguayan Rubén Rada, Gelbard's solo album offers no chance to remain indifferent.

Limited edition Ultra Clear Vinyl set to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the album

Elvin Jones’ 1968 Blue Note debut Puttin’ It Together marked the start of a new chapter in the master drummer’s career following his six years with the seminal John Coltrane Quartet, and Coltrane’s death in 1967.

The final album in Pastor T.L. Barrett’s 1970s four-part suite of gospel funk LPs, Do Not Pass Me By finds the fiery preacher getting spaced out on God’s love.

In 2005, while making his Saturday morning yard sale rounds around town, collector Blake Oliver stumbled upon a box of curiously marked tapes.

What exactly is Spiritual Soul anyway? At the confluence of congas and Fender Rhodes, the Civil Rights Movement and vegetarianism, jazz-funk and gospel-soul, a Black-to-the-land movement in song sprung forth in the 1970s.

EVOLUTION is a mesmerising new album by singer songwriter Marcina Arnold –The album is a scintillating body of work crafted over 3 decades of life cycles it offers an intimate glimpse into an incredible artist and her creativity.

This first volume of a two-volume series presents a selection of the best of early Syliphone recordings.

Featuring the classic line-up with Gene Clark and David Crosby, the record cemented their status as folk-rock pioneers. Its title track became a Number 1 hit on the US Billboard chart, while the album itself reached the Top 20, showcasing the band’s trademark blend of chiming guitars, close harmonies, and poetic songwriting.

Released at the height of his cosmic creative powers, ‘Cosmos Nucleus’ finds Panamanian saxophonist Carlos Garnett expanding his bold vision of jazz as liberation, healing, and outerspace expression.

Tom Caruana Remixes from classic Masta Ace albums such as Slaughtahouse, Sitting On Chrome, The Falling Season, plus more obscure cuts. With features by Guru, Wordsworth, Phonte, Edo G, Large Professor, Torae & Stricklin.

2000black releases it's second LP '27'.

After five years marked by loss, grief, and transformation, keiyaA returns with new album hooke’s law — a radiant statement of reinvention and healing. On lead single “take it”, the Chicago-born, NYC-based artist bends jazz, R&B, and hip-hop into something entirely her own, pairing raw vulnerability with visions of Black womanhood and liberation.

Machito and His Afro-Cuban Jazz was a pioneering ensemble that fused Afro-Cuban rhythms with big band jazz, laying the foundation for Latin jazz.

Greg Belson and Cultures of Soul team up again to explore the world of Gospel Funk. Belson is one of the world's leading collectors and DJs of gospel music.

Reissue of the legendary debut album from Magic In Threes.

He continues to embrace a vintage electronic sound that has become synonymous with his work on Chicago Bee Records, while also preserving the haunting, atmospheric textures heard on his previous album A Nice Random Meet. The result is a stunning collection of filmic instrumentals, steeped in the spirit of the late 1970s / early 1980s synth music.

Reissue of the legendary second album from Magic In Threes.

Live from Brooklyn Paramount’ captures the ‘Electric Church’ live experience created by Eric Burton, Adrian Quesada and their six-piece band.

In 1963, Sam Cooke, the true inventor and King of Soul, recorded the album Night Beat, which was bluesier and moodier than anything we had heard from Cooke before. If Sam Cooke had lived longer, we might have had more music of this rare quality. As it stands, we must make do with the treasures he left behind

4-piece instrumental band Yuuf release a new EP ‘Alma’s Cove’, their debut release on Ninja Tune’s Technicolour imprint.

Yukimi, the celebrated vocalist and co-founder of Grammy-nominated outfit Little Dragon, announces the release of her debut album For You, which is set for release on March 28th on Ninja Tune.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome – the bonkers sound collage / 2000 skratch odyssey from the musical genius that is Kid Koala – gets the 25th Anniversary reissue treatment from Ninja Tune.

Tower Of Power is the third album release for the Oakland-based Funk band Tower of Power.