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"‘Monty Python’s Life Of Brian’ is the second soundtrack album by Monty Python, released in 1979 alongside the film of the same name."

Portico Quartet announce Monument, the electronic driven follow-up to their acclaimed ambient-minimalist suite Terrain, presenting the band at their most direct.

Monument is one of Portico Quartet’s most accessible, direct records to date.

Hiatus Kaiyote return in 2021 with their new album Mood Valiant, on Brainfeeder Records / Ninja Tune. The twice-Grammy-nominated band is comprised of Naomi “Nai Palm” Saalfield (guitar, vocals), Paul Bender (bass), Simon Mavin (keys), and Perrin Moss (drums) and the new album is the follow up to their 2015 album Choose Your Weapon, which Rolling Stone described as "a stunning step up".

Originally released in 1978, 'Moods' is a fantastic example of the 'Modern Soul' sound which bridged the gap between Northern Soul and Disco, introducing synthesisers alongside incredibly tight vocal harmonies and lush instrumental arrangements. 

The original Bill Evans Trio, featuring Bill on piano, Scott LaFaro on bass and Paul Motian on drums, was on the verge of greatness when tragedy struck. In July 1961 LaFaro was killed in a car accident, an event that took an enormous emotional toll on Evans, who withdrew from all work for nearly a year as he struggled to come to terms with the loss of his musical counterpart.

Moon Child by Pharoah Sanders is available as a limited edition of 1000 individually numbered copies on translucent red coloured vinyl and is printed on heavy cardboard with linen laminate finish.

Grammy Award winning release from 1989, this later work sees a move away from the screeching avant gardism of earlier works, revealing Sanders to be equally masterful at thoughtful, pensive improvisation. A less heralded part of Pharoah's cannon, making it a lost treasure deserving rediscovery.

Moon Safari' is the debut studio album by the French duo Air, released in 1998.

The tracklisting largely corresponds to the B side of the Moon Safari - 25th anniversary edition/Rarities which was released on the 2CD/Blu-Ray physical product and on digital platforms on March 15th this year..

Van Morrison went a long way towards defining his wild Irish heart with his first two classic albums: the brooding, introspective Astral Weeks (1968), and the expansive, swinging Moondance.

Full of melodic, melancholic yet sun-drenched songs, rich with colour and contrast, it was composed by self-taught jazz pianist Roger Webb and features vocal performances by Barbara Moore. That's right; the powerhouse library music duo! It makes Moonshade the perfect precursor and accompaniment to Barbara Moore's eternal classic Vocal Shades And Tones. It will come as no surprise that original copies, if you can ever find them, will set you back north of 200 notes.

House, balearic, broken beat and everything else. Resident dj at Ice Cream. Occasional guest at The Windmill. Balearic Sunrise radio show on Voices Radio first Friday of the month

On their third album, the dubby band’s feel for a groove remains intact, but they often render vibrant sounds from all over the world as impeccably stylish mood music.

Khruangbin are no slouches when it comes to the remix themselves. They’ve been reworked before, in 2016, with the highly collectible EP on Boogiefuturo. But this time, they’re taking it a step further with an album dedicated to the art.

The first Pulp album for almost 24 years!

Back in 2017, Moderat announced that they'd be taking an extended break following a final concert in front of 17.000 people in their hometown of Berlin. And now they return. MORE D4TA, the group’s fourth album, arrives more than six years after its predecessor (2016’s III).

Bristolian producer Claude Cooper has joined forces with Brooklyn vocalist Brain Fog on More Myriad Sounds an inspired, turbo-speed bonus round to Coope's hotly received 2022 debut.

The Talking Heads recorded their second album in March of 1978 at Compass Point Studio's in the Bahamas.

More Trouble by Marvin Gaye is an album of outtakes from his soundtrack to the 1972 film Trouble Man.

Raw, quirky and lo-f, it's a debut album brimming with attitude and youthful energy, characteristics that would go on to define their sound.

Both tracks move between diffuse drifts of electronic tones and skittering drum programming, and they tap into an expansive, emotional vein.

Beck returns with his first album of new material since 2008′s critically-acclaimed 'Modern Guilt'.

With a clear back to basics approach, The Doors fifth album Morrison Hotel released in 1970 was a showcase for all members of the group to highlight their artistic strengths. 

Mother, Logic1000’s debut album.

The 12-track offering, which includes a few hidden tracks, was inspired by Sol’s journey into motherhood. It's reflective, intimate and private and just as essential as her debut Rose in the Dark.

Before Brian Eno did it, Mort Garson was making discreet music. Julliard-educated and active as a session player in the post-war era, Garson wrote lounge hits, scored the 1969 moon-landing and plush arrangements for Doris Day, and garlanded weeping countrypolitan strings around Glen Campbell's By the Time I Get to Phoenix.

This album was another brainchild of Marshall Chess' regime at Chess Records. Here, he's getting Ramsey Lewis, supported by an orchestra conducted and arranged by Charles Stepney, to do jazz improvisations on ten songs from The Beatles (aka The White Album).

Revered DJ and radio veteran Lefto Early bird releases his album Motherless Father on Brownswood.

With our Africa Airways series flying high we felt it is time to introduce a new compilation focusing on the unique contribution from some of Africa's most recognised female artists and some lesser known ones for good measure.

The seminal 1975 P-funk release, Mothership Connection, was the first George Clinton album to feature Maceo Parker and Fred Wesley, who had recently left James Brown's backing band, The J.B.'s.

Welcome to the world of 'Motion' a new (and old) type of audio-visual project where your ears create images. Jazz collides with film soundtrack collides with sample culture the future and the past crushed together in a moment outside of time.

The late, great J Dilla is widely regarded as one of the greatest hiphop producers of all time.

The Sound of Detroit by one of it's unsung heroes, Amp Fiddlers new album Motor City Booty coming straight off the D Funk assembly line, a full on dance floor affair from Motown to P-Funk, Techno and Neo Soul.

2019 marks the 60th year of Motown, and this anniversary is commemorated with a brand new Greatest Hits compilation featuring tracks from across the label’s unique history.

The Mouse and the Mask was produced by Lex super-producer Danger Mouse and masked supervillain MF Doom. 

The debut album from New Order

1975 - The First Minute of a New Day is the 1st album to feature "Winter in America", the title track of Scott-Heron's previous album which was not featured on that release. Past GIL SCOTT-HERON releases from Culture Factory USA for RSD include Winter In America & From South Africa to South Carolina which have sold out, selling over 4k units each in the US. This Vinyl has been out of print and completely unavailable. Vinyl package includes: OBI side strip, Cardboard jacket with original art work, printed inner sleeve and gold color vinyl.

Curating and ordering the tracks for a Mr Bongo Record Club is always special.

In this collection, we have curated new finds alongside old, treasured tracks that hold a special place in our hearts, selecting music inspiring us from the Brazilian, Latin, soul, disco, gospel, cosmic, dancehall and downtempo genres.

I currently have three main dj gigs in Brighton and Lewes. Along with D'Novo I set up Brighton Sundae which ran for six months at Platf9rm in Hove, but is moving Patterns in February. Brighton Sundae is a lively afternoon dance party, held on the first Sundae of the month. D'Novo and invite guest dis to play alongside us. Last year our afternoon with Rob Luis was incredible. We cover all bases with the music. I particularly love playing soul, funk, latin and afro at Brighton Sundae. As well as Brighton Sundae I am resident dj at Blue Juice on the first Friday of the month at the legendary Jolly Brewers on Ditchling. I do this night alongside Charlie Chas Charles, my oldest dj friend. Wee play soul, funk, latin afro and lots of reggae roots. This night rocks every month. Finally I am just about to set up a new residency at The JohnHarvey Tavern in Less on the last Saturday of the month. This night will focus on soul, funk, reggae and afro.

For the first time, Brandt Brauer Frick’s seminal album Mr. Machine is reissued on coloured vinyl.

Sam Cooke, inventor and true King of Soul, recorded Mr. Soul in the same year as Night Beat, and seems to be its more adult counterpart, with soulful ballads taking up most of the album.

1967’s Mr Soul of Jamaica was the first album by rocksteady star Anton Ellis. As one of the innovators of this genre who was given the informal title “Godfather of Rocksteady” he wrote some original reggae hits which contains a lot of soul.

Action Bronson, the Flushing, Queens chef-turned-rapper / food show personality releases his major label full length debut 'Mr. Wonderful,' via Vice / Atlantic. 

Rare soul, funk, disco & boogie vinyl dj

KMD (Kausing Much Damage, or a positive Kause in a Much Damaged society) was a Hip Hop group in the early 90s perhaps best known for launching the career of acclaimed MC/Producer MF Doom (known during his KMD tenure as Zev Love X).

The double album is Lamar's first studio album release since Damn (2017), his first album release under his creative collective PGLang, and his final project with TDE (under which he previously released four albums and was one of their flagship artists).

Stanley Turrentine’s 1964 recording Mr. Natural featured the soulful tenor saxophonist and Blue Note stalwart at the helm of a cutting-edge modern jazz group with Lee Morgan on trumpet, McCoy Tyner on piano, Bob Cranshaw on bass, Elvin Jones on drums, and Ray Barretto on congas for three songs.

As one of the innovators of this genre who was given the informal title "Godfather of Rocksteady" he wrote some original reggae hits which contains a lot of soul.

If ‘Alma’s Cove’ was Yuuf’s invitation to drift into a dreamlike escape, ‘Mt. Sava’ is where the horizon opens wider - a panoramic journey that climbs through shifting grooves, textured atmospheres and cinematic sound.

Resurrecting the MTV Unplugged program, she has gone before an audience with an acoustic guitar in her hands to sing a new group of songs. But that unadorned approach is only the beginning.

Much Love is the debut album by British singer Shola Ama. Ama worked with songwriting collective D'Influence on much of the album.

The Muggs Presents The Soul Assassins (Chapter 1)album was originally released in 1997 and is produced by DJ Muggs.

An iconic figure of the Bossa Nova, Brazilian pianist, composer, and arranger Joao Donato (1934-2023) created and introduced a new rhythm pattern to the genre.

Strut present the first official reissue of a landmark album in the field of African music, Mulatu Astatke’s Mulatu Of Ethiopia from 1972.

Strut presents Mulatu Plays Mulatu, the first major studio album in over 10 years from the father of Ethio-jazz, Mulatu Astatke.

The third Unknown Mortal Orchestra was recorded during a tumultuous time in Ruban Neilson's life, when his ideas about love and marriage were blown apart, forever changed, and then carefully rebuilt.

Craft Recordings and Jazz Dispensary kick off the new year in style with a heady cult favorite from Joe Henderson, 1973’s Multiple. Returning to vinyl after more than 50 years, the albumfeatures a world-class ensemble of musicians—including Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, Larry Willis, and James “Blood” Ulmer—while it finds the influential saxophonist at the apex of his fusion period.

His mysterious frequencies, percussive drums, and otherworldly sounds seem to take you on spiritual journeys through beautiful electronic soundscapes. Working with instrument players worldwide bringing together real electronic orchestrated pieces. Credit: Electronic Groove

2024 is the 30th Anniversary of Various Artists "Murder Was The Case".

Intuitive, authentic, and full of ruthless rhythms, Madalitso will make you clap, dance, smile, and rethink everything you thought you knew about African sound and instrumentation.

Fronted by former South London lovers rock vocal harmony group, Alpha (sisters Jackie & Jean Heron and Marlene Richardson), Take Three was the brain-child of writer/producer trio "S.H.E." - Steve Sinclair, Peter Hinds & Kevin Ellis.

Label Two-Piers release new compilation Music Against Misogyny, released for International Women’s Day 2023. 

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

This compilation is a fitting tribute to his status as one of the greatest living musicians and film composers.

Home recorded on a minimal setup of keyboard and Fender Rhodes, Music for Nine Post Cards was Yoshimura’s first concrete collection of music, initially a demo recording given to the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art to be played within the building’s architecture.

Music For Psychedelic Therapy carves a new path for Jon sonically and philosophically. 

Music for the Masses is the sixth studio album by Depeche Mode. It was originally released on 28 September 1987 by Mute Records. 

This is pure machine soul, reminiscent of some forgotten Japanese animation soundtrack or a rusting Commodore 64 just about to give up the ghost.

In the Noughties, the label was approached with some incredible music by the super talented Mixmonster and Schoolmaster, founding members of the Israeli jazz funk band 'The Apples'. Produced under their 'Radio Trip' moniker, the album was a glorious cut & paste journey into sound, with overtones of musique concrete, brought to life by their fascination with vinyl culture, turntablism and sampling.

Nkrumah Jah Thomas is one of the great Deejay voices of Jamaican music.

2000 Blacks Got To Be Free is a musical collaboration between the African American vibraphone player Roy Ayers and Fela.

Music That Inspired Buena Vista Social Club

On his new album Music Will Explain (Choir Music Vol. 1), Mocky attempts to capture the essence of humanity in an increasingly digital and artificial world.

Malek's music effortlessly switches between thematic jazz, funk, reggae and Algerian folk – creating indelible soundscapes that intersect the musical innovations made in African jazz by Mulatu Astatke, Bembeya Jazz National along with some of Europe's finest experimental composers like Piero Piccioni and Janko Nilovic.

Les Amazones d’Afrique is a creative force that embraces international voices; sweet, strong harmonies that summon the rights of women and girls; and a meltdown of heritage and new gen talent.

Mwandishi is one of Herbie Hancock’s first departures from his traditional jazz sounds.

Four times Brit nominated, Raye returns with My 21st Century Blues. This is Raye part two.

The Outlaw Posse evolved from two school friends Kgee & Bello.B that were heavily into hiphop.It all began in the basement in Hammersmith Grove where they started creating demos just for the fun of it.One day when digging for funky breaks