The Weekly Drop 06/11/26

Every week behind the scenes, we're busy ordering and listening to lots of new music to bring you a carefully curated selection of new additions to the shop. The Weekly Drop is our way of bringing our new additions to the shop, to you. 

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This Week's Releases

Produced by legendary New York house duo Masters at Work in the early 2000s, we see the return of Los Amigos Invisibles' gloriously infectious The Venezuelan Zinga Son Vol. 1.  It's a hot slice of Latin dance music, packed with irresistible basslines, percussion and a distinctly cheeky sense of fun.  It's a proper party record. 

Another treasure trove of rare Ghanaian dance music is out this week with Borga Revolution! From Highlife to Boogie: Ghana, 1979–1988 (Volume 4).  The compilation explores the fascinating evolution of traditional highlife into the synth-heavy, disco-influenced sound of the 1980s. It's a wonderful collection of infectious and inventive African dance music. 

Batov Records is back with another cracking selection from label co-founder DJ Kobayashi. Give Me Disco Vol. 2 brings together four wonderfully off beat dancefloor edits, spanning Portuguese jazz-funk, Norwegian cosmic disco and Japanese-inspired psychedelia. 

Los Angeles soul singer Jimetta Rose brings her unmistakable warmth and spiritual energy to MettaSun. Inspired by the cosmic jazz philosophy of Sun Ra, it's an uplifting blend of gospel, jazz and psychedelic soul, with richly layered vocals.

Another in the 'cosmic' jazz bucket, Ananta's Spirit of Coltrane draws inspiration from the exploratory, transcendent music of John Coltrane. Full of hypnotic rhythms, meditative passages and Eastern influences, it has a sound that sits somewhere between spiritual and cosmic jazz.  For fans of Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders and the more adventurous corners of spiritual jazz.

Continuing the spiritual jazz theme, a very special archival release from jazz visionary Don Cherry on the Wewantsounds label. Sunrise (1977) captures a previously unreleased concert featuring Cherry alongside percussionist Collin Walcott and extraordinary vocalist Leon Thomas, their only documented performance together. Recorded in Michigan in 1977, it's a hypnotic journey through spiritual jazz, improvisation and global musical influences. 

Grime pioneer Skepta returns with The Fork & The Knife, an album that draws on the full breadth of British club culture. Grime, garage, jungle, house and electronic music all find their way into the mix, with a strong sense of his Nigerian heritage alongside sounds that shape modern London.

A lovely obscurity unearthed by Numero Group, a little slice of vintage Mexican sunshine no less.  Recorded at home in Acapulco in 1971, Mexican singer and guitarist Alejandro Bravo's self-titled album Alejandro Bravo is a wonderfully intimate blend of bossa nova, samba and Latin pop.  Spanish-language vocals give it an irresistible homemade charm. 

The Rolling Thunder Revue 1976: Fort Worth Texas, May 16th documents the complete live performance from one of Bob Dylan's most celebrated periods.  This is the second leg of his legendary tour, with Dylan and his band delivering thrilling, often radically reworked versions of his songs. Newly mixed from the original multitrack tapes, this triple LP features 22 tracks, 18 of them previously unreleased. 

The list of releases new to the shop doesn’t stop here - check out the link!  And take a listen to our ever expanding Spotify Weekly Drop playlist to sample all the new releases we have had..

Coming Soon

It's shaping up to be a bumper run-in to the end of the year, with some seriously big hitting releases on the way.    

All the records featured here are available for pre-order and we recommend you do just that to secure your copy, whether for you or for a gift!.  We'd hate to disappoint.