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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Thirty years after its original release, Sasha & John Digweed's Northern Exposure returns in a major new Redux edition, split across separate North / South double LPs. A landmark of mid-'90s progressive electronic music, it was built as a journey rather than simply a collection of club tracks, pulling in Future Sound of London, William Orbit, Rabbit in the Moon, Banco de Gaia and plenty more. The blue vinyls we had up for preorder have completely sold out, black versions incoming (but not yet delivered as I press send on this update but should be here Friday...).

Orbital’s Glastonbury 1994 captures a proper piece of UK electronic history. Their now legendary 1994 Glastonbury performance was a pivotal moment for British club culture and helped prove that dance music belonged on the festival’s biggest stages.

The Ballistic Brothers x Dub Flex EP sees Dominic Dawson let loose on five Ballistics favourites, pulling their heady mix of house, dub, reggae, funk and jazz firmly back onto the dancefloor. Big and bassy, it’s a sharp reminder of just how inventive the Ballistic Brothers were back then. Released on the Acid Jazz label.

Leon Bridges returns with Happiness Anytime, his fifth album and a particularly sunny turn from the Texan singer. Produced Lydia Kitto of Jungle, it stretches Bridges' soul foundations into Afrobeat, Brazilian music, disco and South American rhythms, while keeping that unmistakably smooth voice front and centre. 

Bonding over a shared love of soul, jazz, funk and hip-hop, rapper Essa and local producer & multi-instrumentalist J-Felix assembled a dream-team of top notch vocalists and players for The 5th Foundation. We can't wait to hear this one! 

Megiapa's Intentions is the debut album from the Ohio-born producer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist. Coming out of Chicago's underground beat scene, she brings together synth-heavy neo-soul, jazz production and woozy electronics. Released on the consistently excellent International Anthem, there's also a beautiful take on Rotary Connection's Black Gold of the Sun tucked inside.

Producer, songwriter and musician Raphael Saadiq has spent more than three decades shaping modern soul, working with artists including D'Angelo, Solange, John Legend, Mary J. Blige and Stevie Wonder. Originally released in 2008, The Way I See It is a lovingly crafted collection of original songs by Saadiq inspired by the golden age of Motown and Stax. 

Moving Continents, one of the foundational records of Brazil's Tropicália movement, Caetano Veloso's self-titled 1968 debut gets another welcome return to vinyl. Veloso folds traditional Brazilian rhythms into psychedelia, pop and the avant-garde.

And finally, a fascinating bit of New York Latin music history arrives with Joe Bataan's Drug Story. This one digs into the vaults for rare and previously unreleased material, including an entire side of unheard Bataan recordings moving between Latin funk, salsa and soul.

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..

There’s plenty to be excited about over the coming months and following last week's tease, here's the full lowdown on the Somewhere Soul Rituals Volume 02. Pre-order available. For those who don't know it, Somewhere Soul started as a music blog created by Josh Mason-Quinn and grew into a global go-to for music discovery. His outlook is simple: to showcase music he loves and provide a platform for artists from all corners of the world.

This latest release is a carefully curated collection of exclusive, genre-spanning tracks. Much like the hugely popular Volume 01, it takes listeners on a 24-hour journey, from morning to the dance floor across four sides of vinyl. Along the way it moves through soothing and gently bubbling ambient folk, jazz and soul, sunlit Brazilian pop, atmospheric instrumental psych, before arriving at more dance-friendly electronic productions.

Once again we've got the exclusive pink vinyl, available for pre-order now.

Want to see the other amazing albums we have in store? Head to the Coming Soon page by clicking the link.