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Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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For Thee Sacred Souls, the first time is often the charm. The band’s first club dates led to a record deal with the revered Daptone label; their first singles racked up more than ten million streams in a year and garnered attention from Billboard, Rolling Stone, and Kcrw; and their first fans included the likes of Gary Clark Jr., The Black Pumas, Princess Nokia, and Timbaland. Now, the breakout San Diego trio is ready to deliver yet another landmark first with the release of their self-titled debut on Daptone Records.

“Every step of the way has just been so organic,” says drummer Alex Garcia. “Things just seem to happen naturally when the three of us get together.”

Indeed, there’s something inevitable about the sound of Thee Sacred Souls, as if Garcia and his bandmates—bassist Sal Samano and singer Josh Lane—have been playing together for a lifetime already. Produced by Bosco Mann (aka Daptone co-founder Gabriel Roth), Thee Sacred Souls is a warm and textured record, mixing the easygoing grace of sweet ’60s soul with the grit and groove of early ’70s R&B, and the performances are utterly intoxicating, with Lane’s weightless vocals anchored by the rhythm section’s deep pocket and infectious chemistry.

Hints of Chicano, Philly, Chicago, Memphis, and even Panama soul turn up here, and while it’s tempting to toss around labels like “retro” with a deliberately analog collection like this, there’s also something distinctly modern about the band that defies easy categorization, a rawness and a sincerity that transcends time and place.

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Come Around And Love Me Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Daptone)

No Time For Dreaming Expanded Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Artists like Jalen Ngonda come around once in a lifetime, so it is our privilege and distinct pleasure to announce the release of his debut album Come Around and Love Me. Anyone who has had the pleasure of seeing Jalen perform live knows that he is one of the most captivating performers on today's soul scene. His voice, equal parts raw feeling and elegance, exudes confidence and charm-disarming packed rooms of rowdy concert goers, leaving them silent as they hold fast to every syllable sung. Plans for the album were struck just months before the Covid 19 pandemic shut the world down. Notwithstanding, Jalen eventually made it to Hive Mind Studios in Brooklyn, NY where he began writing and recording with the help of producer/arrangers Mike Buckley and Vincent Chiarito (both members of Charles Bradley's Extraordinaires) and a crack team of a-list musicians from the Daptone family. The team skillfully blends heavy arrangements and introspective lyrics with motown sophistication, leaving the listener in a blissful wash of wonderment. Jalen has been writing songs since he was 14, and his compositions are also very much of these times. He explains, "I love music from the 20th century- I listen to it all the time, but I?m in this world and the 21st century. ...to a stranger, I?d describe my music as modern soul and R&B, while trying to fit in the Beach Boys and the Beatles somewhere in between." Come Around and Love Me reveals how he creates a classic approach that is rooted in the sounds of revered pioneers, without falling into imitation-leaving no doubt that Jalen will continue to shine within the superlative, timeless musical tradition that is Daptone?s hallmark. Now it's your turn to come around and love one of the finest soul albums of the decade.

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Charles Bradley

LP | 2011 | US | Reissue (Daptone)

17,99 €*

Got A Story To Tell Magenta Vinyl Edition

Release: 2011 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Includes 2 bonus cover versions!
(Bonus songs are not available on the LP format but ARE available for download via MP3 coupon that comes with every LP.)

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Thee Sacred Souls

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Daptone)

Heartache In Room 14 Ltd Sky Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The highly anticipated follow-up to Thee Sacred Souls's breakout 2022 self-titled debut, Got A Story To Tell, features 12 all original new songs, a soaring statement of exquisite craftsmanship from this young band from San Diego whose story grows bigger by the day. Recorded and produced by Gabriel Roth at Penrose Recorders, in Daptone’s Riverside, CA studio, and written in the throes of supporting their 2022 album, which was met with significant excitement and major touring that brought them across the world. What swirls together on Got A Story To Tell is an appreciation of decades of soul music, and beyond - a sound and feel that is timeless, lived in, and very much in the now. Album opener “Lucid Girl” champions independent women, set to some of the toughest sounding drums and bass the band has yet to put to tape. “Waiting On The Right Time” slinks with a touch of slow-burning psychedelia. A plea for empathy punctuates “One and the Same,” with Lane singing: “We’re one and the same, I feel one day / We learn to live with each other / In love, not fear / Just for a moment, why can’t we be together.” “On My Mind” is a sweeping orchestration, with Lane navigating the complexities of finding happiness while balancing the good with the bad. The album is punctuated with strings and squelching guitar, trundling piano, pops of conga, horns - it makes for a thrilling, layered listen that rewards with multiple spins.

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The Altons

LP | 2025 | US | Original (Daptone)

Heartache In Room 14 Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2025 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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After several wildly popular singles out on Penrose Records, alongside labelmates Thee Sacred Souls, The Altons gear up to release their debut album on Daptone Records. With lead vocals shared between Adriana Flores and Brian Ponce the interplay between their unique timbres brings a romantic quality to the music that is absent in many of today's soul offerings. Steeped with moody ballads, soulful, tejano-kissed duets and Bond theme psychedelia-Heartache in Room 14 is poised to be the "must have" album of 2025.

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The Altons

LP | 2025 | US | Original (Daptone)

LP | 2005 | US | Original (Daptone)

Release: 2025 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Budos Band

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Daptone)

Release: 2005 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Psychedelic Afro Funk featuring members of the mighty Dap Kings and Antibalas !

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Thee Sacred Souls

Got A Story To Tell

LP | 2007 | US | Original (Daptone)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The highly anticipated follow-up to Thee Sacred Souls' breakout 2022 self-titled debut, Got A Story To Tell, features 12 all original new songs, a soaring statement of exquisite craftsmanship from this young band from San Diego whose story grows bigger by the day. Recorded and produced by Gabriel Roth at Penrose Recorders, in Daptone’s Riverside, CA studio, and written in the throes of supporting their 2022 album, which was met with significant excitement and major touring that brought them across the world. What swirls together on Got A Story To Tell is an appreciation of decades of soul music, and beyond - a sound and feel that is timeless, lived in, and very much in the now. Album opener “Lucid Girl” champions independent women, set to some of the toughest sounding drums and bass the band has yet to put to tape. “Waiting On The Right Time” slinks with a touch of slow-burning psychedelia. A plea for empathy punctuates “One and the Same,” with Lane singing: “We’re one and the same, I feel one day / We learn to live with each other / In love, not fear / Just for a moment, why can’t we be together.” “On My Mind” is a sweeping orchestration, with Lane navigating the complexities of finding happiness while balancing the good with the bad. The album is punctuated with strings and squelching guitar, trundling piano, pops of conga, horns - it makes for a thrilling, layered listen that rewards with multiple spins.

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The Budos Band

The Budos Band 2

17,99 €*

LP | 2016 | US | Original (Daptone)

Release: 2007 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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the Budos continue to rule ... 10 new Instrumental Staten Island Afro Soul coldcuts

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Charles Bradley

Changes

18,99 €*

Release: 2016 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Charles Bradley's third album is highly anticipated and very emotianal again.

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7" | 2025 | US | Original (Daptone)

Illusions / Rapture

Release: 2025 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2016 | CZ | Reissue (Daptone)

The Frightnrs

Nothing More To Say

22,99 €*

Get With The Program / Heads Or Tails

Release: 2016 / CZ – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Frightnrs escort Daptone into the world of long-playing reggae with both the sweetest and the roughest record of the decade.

Crafted under the meticulous eye of black-belt reggae mastermind/producer Victor Axelrod (aka Ticklah), Nothing More to Say is a rocksteady masterpiece the likes of which has not reared it's head since the golden era of Studio One. However, you'll find no imitation here - none of the faux-jamaican cliches of lesser reggae bands. Like all things Daptone, this record is above all soulful and honest.

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Doug Shorts

7" | 2019 | US | Original (Daptone)

7" | 2016 | US | Original (Daptone)

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Look who's back! Just in time for your late summer soirées, Doug "Master Plan" Shorts offers up another pair of modern soul movers guaranteed to tear up the club and backyard boogie-downs alike. The A-Side, “Get with the Program,” drops hard with a bass line and groove reminiscent of ESG at their best, but the relaxed feel and smooth vocal lend the tune a sophistication that elevates it to another level altogether. As Doug pleads with his potential lover to "Get with the Program" it's hard not to imagine that he's also speaking to the greater soul community. For those not already down with Doug's program, now's the time... act like ya know! On the flip we find our protagonist pleading with yet another prospective ladylove, this time accompanied by a bouncy, mid-tempo groove and Mary Jane-esque synth line. “Heads or Tails” would have been well at home on Chicago's boogie scene in the early '80s, but it doesn't ever sound dated. Both sides of this superlative disc drip with positive vibes and unassailable groove. Summer of 2019 NEEDS this record!

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The James Hunter Six

(Baby) Hold On / Carina

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Charles Bradley / Menahan Street Band

Release: 2016 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Behold! The dishy new platter from England's finest export since its eponymous Muffin, James Hunter and his cheeky band-o-blokes, the James Hunter Six, is here. Side A features the title track of his brand new SMASH long player, “(Baby) Hold On” - a classic shuffler that delivers an honest blast of raw R&B the way it's meant to be done. Flip the little bugger over and rejoice to a classic Hunter cut that, much to the chagrin of low-rider and rocksteady DJs alike, has eluded the 45 format. TILL NOW!

Rerecorded during the sessions for Hold On!, “Carina” now possesses a more relaxed, classic rocksteady feel. Coupled with gorgeously simple background vocals and James' pleading lead - this tune now boasts a truly dizzying level of emotional intelligence. If you don't like this song, you're an emotionally bankrupt soul, deaf to beautiful things.

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Stay Away / Run It Back

7" | 2012 | US | Original (Daptone)

7,99 €*

Release: 2012 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The public has spoken and Mr. Charles Bradley has listened. What started as a SPIN tribute promotion honoring Nirvana's landmark album "Nevermind," has turned into an international
sensation. Widely cited as a high point of the compilation, Bradley’s version of “Stay Away” has been in high demand across the globe since it hit the airwaves last fall. Public outcry has been answered as Dunham Sound Studios' newest production team The Community adds a must-have 7-inch to the Daptone Records catalog, showcasing their unique brand of raw, gritty analog
sound.

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Menahan Street Band

The Wolf

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Two Jobs / Save Your Tears For Someone New

Lee Fields

Heartbreak / Cut Both Ways

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tracklisting: Side A - Two JobsSide B - Save Your Tears For Someone New

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Leon Dinero

Always Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tracklisting: Side A - HeartbreakSide B - Cut Both Ways

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The Frightnrs

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Daptone)

29,99 €*

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2016 | US | Original (Daptone)

The Olympians

18,99 €*

LP | 2014 | US | Original (Daptone)

Release: 2016 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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After repeatedly being visited by a strange messenger in his dreams while on tour in the islands of Greece, Toby Pazner became consumed with a vision to tell the stories of The Olympians through music. Chosen by the gods as a messenger for not only his musical gifts, but for his unique position at the center of the Daptone family, Toby built a home studio from scratch and employed some of the top soul musicians in the world to help him breath life into this album. The result is a dramatic and cinematic journey to the outer limits of instrumental soul music, built on a foundation laid by the same craftsmen who’s bricks built the legacies of Sharon Jones, Lee Fields, Charles Bradley, The Budos Band, and Menahan Street Band, and painted with lush strings, harpsichord, harp and horns. The Olympians is destined to be the instr umental gem of the year.

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The Budos Band

Burnt Offering

19,99 €*

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

Release: 2014 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Budos Band return with Burnt Offering, a wild, booze-fueled ride of hazy riffs and takeno-prisoners horn lines that summons the occult – an evolved sound for this mighty 10-piece band sparked by their love of Black Sabbath and Pentagram.

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Naturally

LP | 2004 | US | Original (Daptone)

18,99 €*

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

Release: 2004 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Featuring the Woody Guthrie classic 'This Land Is Your Land', the title track of the new George Clooney Film 'Up In The Air' !!! Sophomore album from contemporary vintage soul queen Sharon Jones on Brooklyn's Daptone imprint bringing us back to the 1970s with sincerity, integrity, melody, and an unwavering loyalty to rhythm!

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I Learned The Hard Way

LP | 2010 | US | Original (Daptone)

17,99 €*

Release: 2010 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The huge Daptones horns and Sharon Jones’ massive voice strike once again!

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Leon Dinero

One Way Love / Version

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Leon Dinero returns with "One Way Love", another magical rendition from the James Hunter catalogue. Dinero, along with the Inversions and produced by Victor Axelrod, transforms the uptempo R&B classic into a rocksteady mover whose relaxed groove and soulful vocal give the track an authenticity that may have folks scratching their head as to which version came first. A testament to the incomparable songwriting savvy of Mr Hunter, "One Way Love" is a track that defies the constraints of genre labelling with unfettered elegance and lyrical prowess.

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Here To Stay / If You Don´T Want My Love

One Step Ahead The Instrumentals

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tracklisting: Side A - Here To StaySide B - If You Don't Want My Love

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Sugar Minott

11,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Come Around And Love Me / What Is Left To Do

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Come Around and Love me", the title track from Jalen's smash debut album, is a modern, mid-tempo masterpiece whose lush arrangement and laser-sharp groove provide the perfect foundation for Jalen's profoundly soulful vocals. The track exudes charm and manifests positivity in a way rarely captured on today's soul scene. On the flip is the moody, previously unreleased beat-ballad, "What is Left to Do", whose gorgeous strings, plaintive, call and response chorus and tasteful delay create the kind of subdued psychedelic that was coming out of Motown in the early 70's. But contrary to the trends of that era, both sides of this disc are presented in glorious mono.

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The Frightnrs

You, Still / Tuesday

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings

Dap Dippin' Remastered Edition

LP | 2022 | US | Reissue (Daptone)

22,99 €*

Release: 2022 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Antibalas Black Vinyl Edition

Antibalas

LP | 2012 | US | Reissue (Daptone)

CD | 2022 | US | Original (Daptone)

Release: 2012 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The unstoppable, irresistible rhythms and melodies of Antibalas have influenced scores of artists across rock, hip hop, afrobeat and beyond. Born in a Brooklyn warehouse in 1997, 12 piece ensemble Antibalas is credited with introducing Afrobeat to a wider global audience, influencing countless musicians and developing a live show that is the stuff of legend. Members of Antibalas served as musical directors and the house band in the Broadway hit Fela! and penned original music for the show. Members have also recently collaborated/performed with Iron and Wine, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Mark Ronson, TV on the Radio and The Roots. On the heels of the hit musical Fela!, Antibalas ended up reuniting with former member and producer Gabriel Roth, who was at the helm for their first three albums. This self-titled album was their first on Daptone Records.

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Lee Fields

Sentimental Fools

13,99 €*

Brooklyn To Brooklyn Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Lee Fields is arguably the greatest soul singer alive today. In an age when the shelf life of an artist largely depends on posturing and trends, he has proven to be an unassailable force of nature. His prolific, decade-spanning career continues to reign supreme on the modern soul scene.

In early 2022, Lee reunited with Daptone Records and producer Gabriel Roth to record Sentimental Fool, a deep, blues-tinged, wholly-conceived soul album. From his first line to his final plaintive lyric, the beauty, power, and raw humanity of Leeʼs voice is on full display here; the culmination of an astounding career that has seemed to defy gravity, rising to only greater and greater heights.

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Scone Cash Players

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Daptone)

It Choose Me / Prattle (Earl Maxton)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Daptone Records is proud to present Brooklyn to Brooklin, the Scone Cash Players inaugural release on Daptone Records. Longtime Daptone Hammond ace, Adam Scone was seduced when his traveling performances brought him from Brooklyn, New York to Brooklin, Brasil, where he found a trove of new love and music. Produced by Bosco Mann, and featuring Jimmy James (True-Loves, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio) on guitar and Neal Sugarman (Sugarman 3, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings) on tenor sax the group took this newfound inspiration into the studio and tracked some of the freshest soulful music we've heard in some time.

With help from his intergalactic choir, the opening track, "Cold 40's", leaps out of the speakers with the screaming organ sound that has put Scone on the short list of goto organ players. The Hammond then gives way to a dreamy, funky groove that's perfectly seasoned with ethereal background vocals that will transport you to a place where summer is on repeat. "Brooklyn to Brooklin” brings you deep into a fever-dream of tropical rhythms and seductive flourishes of psychedelia, sure to delight dancers and dreamers alike. Come take a trip!

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Mikey General

7" | 2022 | US | Original (Daptone)

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Daptone Records is proud t o present! Mikey General "It Choose Me" b/w Ear l Maxt on "Prattle" - t he latest of fering from producer extraordinaire, Victor Axelrod - AKA Ticklah. Jamaican reggae and dancehall singer Mikey General reconnected with Axelrod during the pandemic to create “It Choose Me,” a t hrowbac k t o t he ear l y 1980s analog r ub-a-dub sty le t hat has become a t ouc hst one f or reggae's global appeal. Axelrod had used t he bac king trac k years ago wit h Rob Symeonn f or a song called .Jah Only,' Luckily for us MG loved the track and blessed us with this instant classic. On the flip is the instrumental/dub mix, “Prattle,” featuring keyboardist Earl Maxton on clavinet. Axelrod, known for his signature analog productions and dub mixes created at his Brooklyn studio, was able to coax the enigmatic Maxton back to the studio af ter a 15-year hiatus in St. Lucia, where he has been handcraf ting soundsystem loudspeakers using paper made from indigenous plant fibers. So sit back and enjoy the fr uits of these three legends!

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It's A Holiday Soul Party! Colored Vinyl Edition

LP | 2015 | US | Reissue (Daptone)

24,99 €*

Release: 2015 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2021 | US | Original (Daptone)

Cochemea Gastelum

Vol 2: Baca Sewa

Exciting Sounds Of Menahan Street Band Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Dap-Kings' electro-sax space warrior returns with a groove-heavy sequel to All My Relations. Vol. II: Baca Sewa, an expressive, transcendental voyage through the archives of his indigenous roots and beyond. Drawing on ancestral memories and family histories to wrap new flesh around the bones of history, this album is a bold, semi-autobiographical work that leads us deeper into the annals of family histories, mythology and the cultural imaginary.

“Baca Sewa” is Cochemea's original family name prior to Spanish colonization and the fracturing or erasure of ancient knowledge and ways. The melody for the title track was composed by Anthony Gastelum and features vocals and drumming by the Baca Sewa Singers- a group composed of several generations of family members. The album runs thick with sonic tributes and remembrances. “Chito's Song” is a contemplative, ethereal tribute to a beloved uncle. “Curandera” conjures the memory of the irrepressible healing power of medicine women. “Black Pearl” recalls his great grandfather, heir to a legacy of indigenous peoples enslaved as pearl divers in the Sea of Cortez.

Leading a 7-piece ensemble composed of New York's top percussionists and members of Daptone's rhythm section, Cochemea recombined ancient elements of drums, winds, and voice, creating his own world of emotional textures and rhythmic possibilities. His musical and spiritual synthesis is made possible through his deep reverence of the horn and of the music and traditions preceding him. Vol II: Baca Sewa - is an offering and continuation of Cochemea's explorations, part of a musical process of cultural reclamation and healing through connection, relations, memory and imagination.

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Menahan Street Band

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Daptone)

LP | 2020 | US | Original (Daptone)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Menahan Street Band, a veritable supergroup of some of today's most prolific songwriters, arrangers, and producers return with this beat-forward, cinematic masterpiece.

Their unique brand of instrumental soul has not only been the foundation for some of modern hip-hop's most successful beats, it has also become the perennial soundtrack and veritable vibe-generator for countless parties, art shows, and restaurants throughout NYC and abroad.

While this album carries the aesthetic torch that MSB has skillfully woven into the tapestry of their DNA, it also delves deeper into the experimental, exotic sounds that fill many of the coveted Sound Library and Soundtrack LPs of the late sixties and early seventies - an amalgamation of moog synths, electric pianos, drum machines, and a bevy of analog instrumentation, that ebb and flow in lush swells of Morriconian grandeur.

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Lee Fields

Let's Get A Groove On

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Long In The Tooth Black Vinyl Edition

Budos Band

LP | 2020 | US | Original (Daptone)

Midnight Movement / Stand Tall

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Celebrating 15 years from the release of their debut album, Daptone's Royal Court from Staten Island delivers a truly epic collection of new material that finds the group further bridging the gap between the farfisa-fueled Ethio-Funk stylings of their early recordings, with the psychedelic, Sabbath-inspired hellfire of late.

“In some ways, it's reminiscent of our first two albums The Budos Band and Budos II,” says Tom Brenneck. “We branched off on Burnt Offering and Budos V. Now, we're still moving forward. You can play these songs on the dance-floor. We knew the horns had to stand out too. Thinking about hip-hop allowed us to put the bounce back into The Budos.”

This is evident from needle drop to final rotation. Heavy drum breaks, reminiscent of the BBoy approved grooves of their early output reign supreme, setting the stage for the pulsating, hallucinatory wall of organ, menacing horns, and rugged guitar riffs to permeate your soul - leaving the listener in a rhythmic wash of Budonian rapture.

Long in the Tooth represents the culmination of a 15-year journey by a band that has consistently carved its own distinct path through the grooves of history.

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The Olympians

7" | 2019 | EU | Original (Daptone)

Soul Explosion Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Daptone Records is proud to present a banger of a two-sider: "Midnight Movement" b/w "Stand Tall." Released for the first time together on 45, these two tracks were originally released as separate limited pressings on the now defunct label Truth and Soul Records. Recorded in producer Toby Pazner 's Bedroom on a Tascam 388, t hese tracks paint a vivid picture of the early development of the sound that has become synonymous with The Olympians: heavy drums, lush strings, and layered horns, all woven together by a group of New York's most sought after studio musicians and Pazner's production. "Midnight Movement" is a moody, psychedelic shuffle, reminiscent of an acid trip gone incredibly well! Backwards guitars, vibes, and tremolo strings are there to help you through the journey. You'll have no problem spinning this one till the ride's over. The B side, "Stand Tall," floats along with bass, drums, keyboards and vibes by Pazner while melodic horns by Leon Michels and Michael Leonhart punctuate over wah-wah guitar. Get down to your nearest independent record shop and break out the bean bags. Shops are gonna be hard pressed to keep this freak 7” in stock.

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Daktaris

LP | 2006 | US | Reissue (Daptone)