Funk | Soul 5359 Items

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Melbourne-based band Hiatus Kaiyote announces their forthcoming album Love Heart Cheat Code due June 28th via Brainfeeder Records / Ninja Tune. Alongside the announcement, the band shares their new single out “Make Friends,” the second offering from their upcoming project following their previously-released single “Everything’s Beautiful.” The band are also sharing a visual announcement of the album revealing the playful 3-D world of a family supermarket that the band have created to accompany the music.

A final unscripted addition to the album, “Make Friends” was inspired by words of wisdom imparted to the band by a friend who noted, “You don’t make friends, you recognize them.” Succinct yet profound, this sage insight reminded Nai of the lack of representation for deep, platonic love. “I wanted to have representation for just the different examples of people that I love from the women in my life, to the men, to my non-binary friends,” she shares, “and it was very natural and fun to work on as a formula.” The single is composed of one verse, but Nai takes that one verse through three gender permutations: female, male, and nonbinary. Nai adds, “When I sang the third verse, the ‘them/they’ verse, I actually had to stop. Just realizing that inclusivity is so often denied to some of the people that I love the most, my best besties.”

Love Heart Cheat Code is a snapshot of four musicians dancing together on the edge, 11 playful, exuberant tracks that shine light. Yet, for a band that made a name for itself with its complexity and received critical praise and multiple Grammy nominations for their embrace of maximalism, one of the most striking things about Love Heart Cheat Code is its simplicity. “I’m a maximalist. I complicate fucking everything,” Nai laughs. “But the more you go through things in life, you become more relaxed and uninhibited. Sometimes you can still have depth and reach people and really stop dancing around the fact: What do you want to communicate to people? And I feel like this album is a result of that clarity for us. We didn’t need to spell out complexity if the song didn’t call for it.”

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Cold Heat: Heavy Funk Rarities 1968-1974

2LP | 2005 | US | Reissue (Now-Again)

31,99 €*

Release: 2005 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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15 Heavy Funk Rarities Presented As A Double LP Cold Heat is Eothen “Egon” Alapatt’s a follow-up to the famous Funky 16 Corners set he curated in the early 2000s. And like that one, Cold Heat is overflowing with great bits that had barely (or never) been heard by the rest of the world at large. Egon went through a range of rare singles, masters, and demos and came up with tunes that burn with a brightness that's undeniable. The grooves are all on the harder end of the James Brown Funky People side of the spectrum and some tracks are by names that finally got their due here, thanks to Egon, Now-Again, and some of the other funky forces doing the good work over the years.

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The Best Northern Soul Album Itw Ever

2LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Spectrum)

33,99 €*

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Tramp)

William Cummings

Your Soul Searchin Love

Therapy Session Deluxe Purple Vinyl Edtion

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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** Ultra-rare Soul / Deepfunk 45 **
One of Washingtons finest 45s meets rarity and quality head on. Although rarity is not the main reason for us here at Tramp to re-release something, obviously it adds some fun to the game knowing that original copies of both William Cummings 45 RPM singles sell for a four-figured amount - if they turn up at all.

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Jiselle

LP | 2024 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

38,99 €*

Themes Et Atmospheres HHV Exclusive Orange Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Jiselle" is a talented young R&B singer from South Korea. Her first EP, Therapy Session, was only released on digital platforms, but P-vine Records came up with the idea to add some new songs to it and release it in physical format as Therapy Session Deluxe. The idea then evolved into a new series to hook up and introduce alternative Korean artists, i.e. a different type of talent from mainstream music, such as BTS and New Jeans.

Jiselle debuted in 2019 with her multiple talents, including songwriting and composing. She has performed with a number of well-known artists, including leading South Korean rappers BewhY and pH-1.

This album includes BIGNaughty, who belongs to H1ghr Music, one of the biggest hip-hop labels in South Korea founded by Jay Park, Gemeni, who has over 1 million Spotify listeners and was named 'Best K-Pop in the first half of 2022', and in the past, Apple Music Korea R&B / Soul album chart, oceanfromtheblue, which reached No. 1 on the Korea R&B / Soul album chart, participated as guest performers. Limited Colored Vinyl version with Japanese obi.

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Saint Tropez Orchestra

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Funk Night)

33,99 €*

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (30m Records)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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HHV Exclusive orange colored run of this fantastic album. Don't sleep.

Excellent French library music / soundtracks album from Saint Tropez Orchestra. Recorded at Studio Des Fontaines in just 25 hours and using the very Hammond organ owned by a former member of one of the house bands at the Zoom Zoom nightclub in Saint Tropez (which almost certainly would have been used onstage for such icons as Brigitte Bardot, Michel Polnareff, Jacques Dutronc, Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin, etc) this album is all killer, no filler.

Inspired by the classic library music sounds of 1968-75 (think The Mohawks, or even Booker T & The MG's on acid) this is the kind of collection that crate diggers, rare library fiends, and psychedelic funk fans dream of finding in some dusty old store somewhere for a dollar!

The album itself is stuffed with the kind of heavy drum-and-percussion breaks that b-boys and girls go nuts for, and the sort of sample source material that producers are constantly searching for. It's a masterpiece and you need it.

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Esfand

Piltan

28,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2024 | Original (ZZK Records)

Cruzloma

Mitos & Ritos

Watch Yourself/Instrument

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mitos & Ritos, the debut EP by the Ecuadorian group Cruzloma, consolidates in its six songs a spirit of promoting traditional rhythms in contemporary styles, a process of reinvention and self-discovery in homage to the indigenous peoples of the Ecuadorian jungle and the riches of ceremonial music all in a mix featuring electronica, global bass and dembow.The hostile times humanity is going through have awoken a need to get back to our roots, reclaim ancestral knowledge, and question where the excessive exploitation of natural resources has led us. We have heeded that urgent call to care for everything that seems unlimited but which is increasingly scarce. And so we have looked to the past to understand our relationship with what surrounds us and establish a dialogue between the past, the present and the uncertain idea of the future. Applied to music, this has aroused the interest of artists and producers who use the rich folklore and traditions of Latin America to replicate that dialogue between what was and what will be. With this in mind, Mitos & Ritos ("Myths and Rites"), the debut EP by the Ecuadorian group Cruzloma, consolidates in its six songs a spirit of promoting traditional rhythms in contemporary styles, a process of reinvention and self-discovery in homage to the indigenous peoples of the Ecuadorian jungle and the riches of ceremonial music, based around the bambuco style from Esmeraldas on the northern coast, and the bomba del chota and the san juanito from Imbabura province. On this EP there are also sacred prayers of the Shuar nation, called Ujaj and Anets, including ceremonies like the taking of ayahuasca and of the tzan tza, all in a mix featuring electronica, global bass and dembow. It is a journey into mysticism, the jungle and the dancefloor, reflecting a search for musical identity that is at once contemporary and futurist.

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Tony Hester

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Colour Him Father / I Hate Hate

Winstons / Razzy

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Techniques / The Zodiacs

Queen Majesty / Renegade

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Carlettes

Lost Without Your Love

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Swiss Movement

Trying To Win Your Love

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Soulbeats)

Eliasse

Zangoma

24,99 €*

The Instrumentals Limited Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Say no more Comorian blues or Indian Ocean rock: Eliasse is Zangoma!

This musical concept, created by Baco, the famous Comorian musician, brings together Western music and Comorian and Indo-Oceanic music. Eliasse creates his zangoma rock by mixing rock, blues and folk with typical Comorian and African rhythms. From twarab to mgodro, maloya to afrobeat, zangoma rock reveals its plural face. Its foundation is the drum (ngoma), and Eliasse's percussive rock lays claim to this common, hybrid banner!

With his third album, eponymously entitled Zangoma, due out in early 2024 (Soulbeats Music), Eliasse and his power trio once again promise to deliver groove: Fred Girard's powerful drums, Eliasse's roaring guitar, Jérémy Ortal's swaying bass and a thousand nuances of voice... In short: the Indian Ocean is dancing Zangoma Rock!

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Thee Sacred Souls

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Penrose)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Introducing the Instrumental album for Thee Sacred Souls' critically acclaimed, self-titled debut, featuring instrumental versions of their hit singles, "Can I Call You Rose?", "Weak For Your Love" and "Future Lover". Since the release of their debut, the breakout San Diego-based sweet soul group (who helped launch the Daptone imprint Penrose Records) has had a remarkable run, including 170 million streams on Spotify, performances on Jimmy Kimmel Live, CBS Saturday Morning, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and The Kelly Clarkson Show, and sold out shows in major rooms from NYC & Chicago, to LA & London. This release is limited to 10k worldwide and will not be repressed. A true collectors item for the die-hard fans.

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Voodoo Mambosis & Other Tropical Diseases 02

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Stag-O-Lee)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Cymande Black Vinyl Edition

Cymande

LP | 1972 | UK | Reissue (Partisan)

Release: 1972 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2007 | EU | Reissue (Chinese Man)

Chinese Man

The Groove Sessions 1

32,99 €*

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Jalapeno)

Release: 2007 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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THE GROOVE SESSIONS VOL.1 is the compilation of the 3 EPs released by CHINESE MAN between 2004 and 2007 since the creation of the CHINESE MAN RECORDS label.

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Wolfgang Valbrun

Flawed By Design

25,99 €*

LP | 2024 | Original (Eraserhood Sound/Colemine)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Wolfgang Valbrun carries the torch for all great soul musicians with an incredible debut album, which looks at human frailty that's shaped by his lived experiences and perception of current affairs. Straddling the lines between soul, rock and blues, Wolfgang provides introspective insights through raw unapologetic lyrics, married with the incredible musicianship of his band. Nothing is off the table as 'Flawed By Design' examines relationships, money, religion, greed, growing civil unrest and the antagonism by authorities towards the marginalised. Institutional and social matters are addressed with this refreshing body of work, which calls for humanity to reflect on who we are, and where our actions will lead us. This Lp/cd comes with two extra tracks not found on the digital version of the album.

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Angelo Outlaw

Axis Of Time

34,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Thinking Of You / Been A Log Time Purple Vinyl Edition

Lawrence Beamen

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Izipho Soul)

Thinking Of You / Been A Log Time Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Izipho Soul are incredibly proud to announce our 100th 7” single!

Lawrence Beamen - Thinking OF YOU

The unsurpassable bass-baritone voice of Lawrence Beamen originally recorded Thinking OF YOU in 2008. After years of pleas for a vinyl release; it’s finally here and sounding fresher than ever.

THE 7 Remix has added a magic touch and beefed up this classic even further!

Arranged and produced by Narada Michael Walden and Lawrence Beamen. Music Produced by Narada Michael Walden. Lyrics by Lawrence Beamen.

On the flip is a new recording entitled Been A Long Time - a banger of a tune, straight outta Oakland, California.

Packaged in a hole backed picture sleeve.

Choice of vinyl colour: Black or Transparent Purple.

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Lawrence Beamen

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Izipho Soul)

Lsd / Reloginho Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Fabio

7" | 1968 | EU | Reissue (Groovie)

The Ocean / Longest Shadow

Release: 1968 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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1968, in the Brazilian dictatorship, Fábio released this psychedelic gem LSD (Lindo Sonho Delirante), writed by him and Carlos Imperial.

A soul / garage floor killer till today. Besides the alucinated rhythm, the song was an explicit provocation to the political society of the 60’s.

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Skinshape

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Lewis)

11,99 €*

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 1962 | Reissue (Gm & Publishing)

Aretha Franklin

The Electrifying Aretha

8,99 €*

Release: 1962 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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10" | 2024 | EU | Original (Sdban Ultra)

Oriana Ikomo

The Healing

20,99 €*

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Hell Yeah)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Embark on a soul-stirring voyage with Oriana Ikomo as she unveils "the HEALING," an EP that encapsulates the profound metamorphosis she has undergone in recent years. This musical journey is an ode to personal empowerment, and Oriana's resilience echoes through each note and lyric.

The EP unfolds with a powerful, ethereal introduction where the piano and Oriana's soulful voice are in the center. With a hauntingly beautiful atmosphere, she passionately repeats the mantra, "Be kind to the mothers, the sisters, the brothers, and the sisters," serving as both an affirmation and an importantmessage to the world.

Oriana's sonic palette is a rich tapestry of genres, seamlessly weaving together R&B, Gospel, Ambient, Jazz, Electronic, and Pop influences. Her sound throughout the EP is affirmed and robust, reflecting the strength she has discovered within herself.

In each track, Oriana showcases her exceptional versatility as an artist. From the heart-wrenching 'mama, Let's GO' to the rhythmically charged 'imma Pleaser', she navigates effortlessly through different musical landscapes. The EP becomes a sonic experience, offering you a diverse and immersive experience.

"the Healing" is not just an EP; it's a musical expedition that invites you to delve into the depths of Oriana Ikomo's soul. Through her evocative lyrics and dynamic melodies, she invites you to witness the beauty that emerges from personal growth and self-discovery. Join Oriana on this transformative journey as she leaves an indelible mark on the intersection of R&B, Gospel, Ambient, Jazz, Electronic, and Pop, proving that empowerment and artistry go hand in hand.

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Aura Safari / Jimi Tenor

Sensory Blending

2LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Dippin')

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Great music is often about chance meetings and impromptu creative sessions and so it is that Hell Yeah proudly serves up Sensory Blending, a new collaborative album from Italian collective Aura Safari and Finnish musician Jimi Tenor. The nine-track record is a lush and luxurious fusion of jazz-funk styles.

This glorious record came about after Tenor was playing a Hell Yeah party at Tangram in Perugia. Aura Safari were local and, in some free time the day before the gig, everyone jumped in the studio together. They had never met before but soon found plenty of free-flowing common ground and the result of that one-off session is now served up on this vibrant new album that brims with musicality, indelible melodies and subtly uplifting vibrations.

Tenor has toured the world and previously collaborated with the likes of Japanese master Calm. He is a psychedelic space-jazz-funk king, skilled musician, composer and producer who, since the mid-nineties, has released more than 25 albums and 45 EPs. Aura Safari is made up of bass, synth, guitar and keys players Lorenzo Francioli, Ruggero Bonucci, Nicola Pitassio Andrea Moretti, Lorenzo Lavoratori, Daniele Melloni and Nicholas Iammatteo, and they are label regulars who served up their sublime Island Dreams album here last year.

Says Jimi, who enjoyed his time in Perugia and adds that 'the studio session was 100% efficient. I showed up and we started to play. Almost all that was made was material that we could use for the album. I love to work fast. Quick brushstrokes. Finish! I was amazed at how intuitively the Aura Safari guys could come up with new parts for songs. I mentioned some feeling or approach and they seemed to find it just like that.'

'Bodily Synesthesia' is the seductive opener with steamy sax notes and gentle grooves that are topped by aloof vocal whispers. 'Lunar Wind' is another slow and steamy mix of jazzy keys and soulful vocal hooks, 'Bewitched By The Sea' is a more tropical and percussive number with majestic melodies and 'My Bluebell' picks up the pace with jazz-funk grooves and hustling chords. 'Last Waltz In Perugia' has freeform sax lines soaring over meticulous drums that ebb and flow and 'Gimlet' brings a playful, samba-tinged rhythm and sunny flute leads straight from South America. There's a laidback, carefree mood to 'It's Too Easy To Love You' while 'Your Magic Touch' is a dancey number that exudes melodic joy, and 'Indigo' closes in dramatic fashion with a conversational sax that sticks long in the memory.

Sensory Blending is a seamless fusion of collaborative minds from Aura Safari and Jimi Tenor and it could well be performed live at some special select shows later in the year.

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Fabio Santanna

Asa

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Straight from Rio de Janeiro, Dippin' Records introduces the studio album 'asa', by the sizzling hot modern Brazilian Multi-instrumentalist/Producer Fabio Santanna. Flyest modern Brazilian tropical disco-boogie you'll find in the market! Following up on his most recent collaborations with JKriv and Joutro Mundo, Fabio modernizes the MPB vibes of Joao Donato, Marcos Valle, Ed Motta for the current dance music lovers.

ASA: Dia (Day) evokes a sunny Balearic boogie 'day time' feels just in time for the Brazilian summer skies opening up. So sit back, put on your shades and sip on your tropical drinks and press play to vibe with the fabulous Fabio sounds.

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If I Had A Pair Of Wings: Jamaican Doo Wop, Volume 1

LP | 2020 | UK | Reissue (Death Is Not The End)

21,99 €*

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Byrd Out)

Release: 2020 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Repressed by popular demand!
Lauren Laverne's comp of the week on BBC Radio 6 Music w/c 11th Jan.
Guardian feature: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/oct/12/a-thousand-teardrops-how-doo-wop-kickstarted-jamaica-pop-revolution-reggae-rocksteady
This collection of Jamaican doo wop from the late 1950s through to the early 1960s represents a period in which sound systems had begun to dominate the island, and were starting to step up their rivalry by beginning to record and release their own platters rather than rely on imported records to gain the competitive edge.
With the uniquely Jamaican ska explosion yet to completely catch hold, these tracks are largely imitative of the doo wop and R&B sound that had been reaching the island from American shores & radiowaves, albeit peppered with hints of what was to come ~ some of the future stars of ska, rocksteady and reggae are starting to cut their teeth on these tracks, providing a great view into the fledgling record industry on the island.

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DMX Krew

Unlikely Seeming

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Bongo Joe)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Acclaimed UK electronic music producer, DMX Krew has announced a brand new album, "Unlikely Seeming", on the Byrd Out label. The8-track album showcases his blend of joyous, melodic synth hooks, textured pads and analogue drum machine rhythms. Leaving to one side pummeling sounds, the focus of this album is on sonic fun, mining the 80s pop vibe DMX Krew does so well. BBC 6 Music"s Tom Ravenscroft describes the trailing single "Wednesday Memory" as "the funkiest thing ever ... it"s almost too joyous".

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Sami Galbi

Dakchi Hani / Rruina

You Said You'd Hold My Hand Through The Fire

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Introducing the much anticipated 7"" vinyl featuring two standout tracks from Sami Galbi. Face A is "Dakchi Hani," a poignant post-breakup anthem blending raï influences with contemporary rhythms, offering a humorous take on navigating emotions. Face B showcases "Rruina," a powerful follow-up track that delves deeper into darker, club-oriented sounds, pushing the boundaries of Swiss-Moroccan raï-chaabi fusion. Seamlessly transitioning from the raw synths and bouncing rhythms of "Dakchi Hani" to the tension-filled atmosphere of "Rruina," this vinyl promises a captivating journey through Sami Galbi"s musical evolution. With each track tailored for the dancefloors, this vinyl release is poised to explode with energy wherever it goes.

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Iceboy Violet & Nueen

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Hyperdub)

24,99 €*

Queen Of The Barrio / Goddess

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This collaboration between Spanish producer Nueen and Manc vocalist / rapper Iceboy Violet - who has previously sprinkled their magic dust across Hyperdub releases from aya and Loraine James - traces the arc of a four year relationship, memorialising its highs and documenting its lows, processing, reflecting, and then ending with the ecstatic spark of new love. It's a magical, intimate and heartfelt album, sometimes anguished but often enchanting.Nueen's music responds with foggy, but richly detailed, production. Smudgy drill-laced beats contrast with curdled, spiralling chords, at times drawing out a malevolent ambience. `You Said You'd Hold My Hand Through The Fire' is an immensely affecting and lucid album, powerfully wrought, ultimately hopeful.

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Bobby Oroza

7" | 2024 | US | Original (Big Crown)

Friday, Saturday And Sunday (Clarence Reid)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Bobby Oroza returns with a two-sider of songs paying homage to the ladies of the world.Side A, "Queen Of The Barrio" is a proclamation of love and respect for all the ladies who grew up in the barrios around the world and the unique kind of woman that it has made them. Bobby gives flowers and crowns to the women whose spirits can only be sharpened but never broken regardless of what life deals them. This is also Bobby tipping his hat to the very first group of people to show him love as an artist.Side B, "Goddess" is a rougher, more uptempo tune with a snapping drum beat where Bobby again lays it out there for the ladies. Singing praises to the incomparable magic women possess and admitting he is completely enamored by the woman he is addressing, Bobby puts his heart on his sleeve with reverence and respect.

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Potato Salad / There Must Be Something 2024 Repress

7" | 1971 | UK | Reissue (Dig)

I Can Feel It Limited Edition

Release: 1971 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2024 Repress

Co-producered by Clarence Reid & Willie Clarke in 1971 this is another gem from the vaults of Henry Stone's Miami funk empire.
Repressed and re mastered in conjunction with the rights holders on a dinked 7" for 2016.

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Men Of North Country

7" | 2024 | Original (Legere)

11,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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I Love You Pretty Baby / You Got To Know Better

Touch Of Class

7" | 1975 | UK | Reissue (Motherlode Music)

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Skyline)

Release: 1975 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Final copies of the debut Motherlode release
Airplay from Charlie Bones on Do!! You!!! Radio
First physical re-issues since the original single release in 1975

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Betty Black

Lonely Man

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sean Wheeler / The Badasonics

Moment Of Weakness

7" | 2024 | Original (Badasonic)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sinseerly Yours Turquoise Vinyl Edition

Thee Sinseers

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Colemine)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Beehive Breaks Mr. Lucky Green Vinyl Edition

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Numero Group)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A crate staple for any lover of feminine funk, Beehive Breaks gathers 15 sultry singles from across the Numero-verse. From Sandy Gaye's Cruella-synched "Watch The Dog That Brings The Bone" to James Brown's soul sister #1 Marva Whitney, teenage girl gangs The Trinikas and Promise, Miami's queen of soul Betty Wright, plus a previously unissued belter from Chicago's Sonics Band, Beehive Breaks picks up where sister funk left off.

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Beehive Breaks Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Numero Group)

LP | 1978 | EU | Reissue (RhIno)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Chaka Khan

Chaka

Release: 1978 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | US | Original (Elusive Vinyl / Pyramid)

Love Hides All Faults

29,99 €*

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Deep Gospel Soul - Selected by Jumbo. A Bottle Of Tears Production.

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Tony Joe White

The Train I'm On

28,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Big Legal Mess)

Willie Farmer

Man From The Hill

24,99 €*

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Big Legal Mess)

Jim Mize

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Son Of Davy)

Charley Crockett

Lil G.L.'S Blue Bonanza

21,99 €*

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Fat Possum)

Johnny Farmer

Wrong Doers Respect Me

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2005 | EU | Original (Fat Possum)

Junior Kimbrough

God Knows I Tried

Release: 2005 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Get Along)

Dana Fuchs

Love Lives On

22,99 €*

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2024 | EU | Original (R2)

Piscean Group

Finger It Out

Gareth Cooke / Don Carlos

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Saint Louis based Piscean Group return with a 45 showcasing their future funk jazz sound

Led and produced as always by Osunlade (Yoruba Records), this ever evolving group provide two new tracks; the first “Finger It Out” a driving groove punctuated by explosive horns and an irresistible drop, backed with “Kushti”, a beautiful downtempo meditative jam with loping beat and spaced out guitar licks that transports you to a new time and space.

Limited to 200 copies.

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Dynamik / A Room Coloured

12" | 2024 | Original (Natsukashii)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Balagan)

Bob Sinclar

Born In 69

Another Taste & Maxx Traxx

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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To celebrate the 15th anniversary of "Born in 69"", the album is reissued for the first time as a double vinyl!It features collaborations with The Sugarhill Gang, Shabba Ranks, Kevin Lyttle ant the renowned Awell. (Re)Discover the worldwide hits "La La Song", "Love you no more", "New new new" and "What a wonderful world"

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Don't Touch It Opaque Purple Vinyl Editoin

7" | 2024 | US | Original (Numero Group)

Another Taste & Maxx Traxx

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Numero's second bundle of cover 45s isall things soulful. The Rotterdam-basedAnother Taste electrifies Maxx Traxx's1984 Chicago boogie grail "Don't TouchIt," which makes its debut on the 7"format here. Colemine Records' Say SheShe delivers a glamorous rendition of JimSpencer's yacht-disco hit "Wrap Myself UpIn Your Love." Columbia Recording artistLeon Bridges effortlessly transforms PastorT.L. Barrett's "Like A Ship," updating the50 year old gospel soul classic for the 21stcentury. All three are housed in a newlyimagined Numero custom sleeve, reflectingthe many shades of our ongoing EccentricSoul 45 imprint.

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Don't Touch It Black Vinyl Edition

7" | 2024 | US | Original (Numero Group)

11,99 €*

12" | 2024 | EU | Original (Noannaos)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Numero's second bundle of cover 45s is all things soulful. The Rotterdam-based Another Taste electrifies Maxx Traxx's 1984 Chicago boogie grail "Don't Touch It," which makes its debut on the 7" format here. Colemine Records' Say She She delivers a glamorous rendition of Jim Spencer's yacht-disco hit "Wrap Myself Up In Your Love." Columbia Recording artist Leon Bridges effortlessly transforms Pastor T.L. Barrett's "Like A Ship," updating the 50 year old gospel soul classic for the 21stcentury. All three are housed in a newly imagined Numero custom sleeve, reflecting the many shades of our ongoing EccentricSoul 45 imprint.

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Dushime

Home Is Motive

LP | 2024 | Original (Legere)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Home Is Motive is the debut EP of Dushime. It will be released through the Brussels based label Noannaos.

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Super Db

Downtown Limited Edition

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2024 | UK (Sonic Wax)

Sonic Wax All-Stars

People

7" | 2024 | UK (Sonic Wax)

Release: 2024 / UK

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Friendz

Let You Down

7" | 2024 | US | Original (Reference Library)

Release: 2024 / UK

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Arawak

Library Breaks Series

Carter Lake / Must Be The Beat

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Both tracks are taken from the 1979 LP “Accadde A…….” by Arawak, which is a standout Italian Library recording. Arawak is one of a multitude of pseudonyms that Luciano Simoncini used in his career as a composer for film scores & background music for radio & television in Italy. The album laid virtually unknown until it was heavily sourced by #Madlib in 2000. Original copies fetch near $1.2K, but luckily the LP received a reissued for the first time by Light In The Attic subsidiary Golden Pavilion in 2017.

Both tracks offer up swift jazzy & funky sounds ranging between mellow dreamy moods & wicked addictive drum breaks. Side A’s “Bali” was sampled for “Real Eyes” by #Quasimoto(2000) while Side B’s “Belfast” blends bag-pipes fading in & out under punchy bass & steady drums that will have break takers & beat makers salivating.

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Carl Moore

7" | 1984 | EU | Reissue (Sweet Free Association)

Back To Rhythm Clear Lime Yellow Color Vinyl Edition

Release: 1984 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Keyboardist and composer Carl Moore originally wrote, recorded and pressed only 100 (!) copies of these tracks, grabbing a quick moment of studio time during a tour of Japan in the early 1980s. Moore’s purple patch saw him becoming peers with artists such as Phyllis Hyman, Jean Carn, Janet Jackson and ‘The King of Gospel’, James Cleveland.

Carter Lake is an energetic 2 minutes 30 second blast of pure dance floor joy, that looks back at carefree days, teenage love and love lost. Moore’s voice soars, and showcases his love for the powerful stylings of jazz and gospel. On the flip, Must Be The Beat sees him explore very different textures and could easily be a long lost Prince recording found in the vaults in Paisley Park. Sounding like something jammed late at night, this one is perfect for the afterhours when there are 30 sweaty dancers left on the floor at 5am that just don’t want to go home!

This is the first release on Sweet Free Association, a new label founded by Sam Don, the DJ and curator responsible for the recent lovers rock and UK soul comps For The Love of You and Just A Touch. Born out of the wish to find another way of sharing ‘the fruits’ from his Free Association radio show and parties, these impossibly rare disco tracks are now available to a wider audience for the first time, as the vast majority of the original copies have been long lost.

Mastered at The Carvery, the lo-fi recordings have been skilfully lifted by Frank Merritt to sound big in the club, while retaining the original charm in the sound that made the tracks stand out to Sam in the first instance.

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Akira Ishikawa

12" | 2024 | EU | Original (Nippon Columbia/Lawson (Japan))

46,99 €*

LP | 2015 | EU | Original (Nomada 57)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Japanese jazz, rare groove masterpiece re-released on clear lime yellow color vinyl!

The pleasure of feeling numb all over your body with a single drum beat. Akira Ishikawa, the super funky drummer born in Japan, runs through a wonderland of grooves!

Akira Ishikawa is a super funky drummer born in Japan. His ability to freely explore and fuse jazz, rock, and African music to create a unique musicality has been highly praised in many fields. His career includes masterpieces from jazz rock to rare groove, but this work is especially beloved for its outstanding song selection and exciting musicality. "Let's Start" is a tight cover of Fela Kuti's Afro-funk, "Bongo Rock" is a dynamic song with drum breaks, and "Pick Up The Pieces" is a jazz-funk version of the Average White Band's classic song. It is full of amazing monster tunes that are hard to believe were recorded in 1975. Support from masters such as Kiyoshi Sugimoto, Hiromasa Suzuki, and Takeru Muraoka also shines. text by Yusuke Ogawa (universounds/Deep Jazz Reality)

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Th' Booty Hunters

Brothers In Farms

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Blue Central)

Wellbad

The Rotten

20,99 €*

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Rhyme & Reason)

Bernard Fowler

Inside Out

22,99 €*

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Bible & Tire Recording Company)

Johnny Ray Daniels

Whatever You Need

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Pogo Pop)

Jimmy Reiter

What You Need

21,99 €*

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men

Tall, Dark, And Handsome

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Hot Shot)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Exit Stencil)

Cat-Iron

Sings Blues & Hymns

35,99 €*

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Blind Pig)

Altered Five Blues Band

20th Anniversary

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2005 | EU | Original (Fat Possum)

Paul "Wine" Jones

Pucker Up Buttercup

Release: 2005 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2005 | EU | Original (Fatpossum)

R.L. Burnside

Come On In

Release: 2005 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2011 | EU | Original (Blue Pig Music)

Roy Rogers

Slidewinder

Release: 2011 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2009 | EU | Original (Blue Pig Music)

Walter Horton

Fine Cuts

Release: 2009 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2024 | JP | Original (Rure)

Uebo

Lovin' You

34,99 €*

Watch Yourself / Instrumental

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Relaxin & dubby and super comfortable! This is a great acoustic cover of Minnie Riperton's classic song.

Minnie Riperton is a singer/songwriter with a laid-back sound and a "neo-surf music" theme. The cover of "Lovin You" was released on 7" in December 2023. The coupling includes an instrumental version that has never been distributed!

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Tony Hester

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Color Him Father / I Hate Hate

The Winstons / Razzy

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2024 | UK (Sonic Wax)

The Nootropics

I Really Love You

Release: 2024 / UK

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Lost Without Your Love / I'm Getting Tired

The Carlettes

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tryin To Win Your Love / Now I'm Singing Your Song

Swiss Movement

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Time & Place / I Can't Take No Chances

Lee Moses

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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My Faith In You/ I Ain't Lying

Jinny Church

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Harold Burrage / Willie Parker

Mountain Of Soul / So Glad

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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I'm Walking Away / There's No Use Hiding

Gene Townsel

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Love Your Pain Goes Deep If That's What You Wanted

Frank Beverly

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Sassy)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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My Love Is Getting Stronger

Cliff Nobles

7" | 2024 | Original (J-V)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Home Is Where The Heart Is

Bobby Womack

7" | 2024 | US | Original (Mah's)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Elaine Vassell / 3rd Zone

Release: UK

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Never Give Up / You Stole My Heart

12" | 2024 | UK | Original (Heels & Souls)

14,99 €*

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Gee Recordings)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Heels & Souls Recordings roll into reissue number eight with a double dose of early '90s UK street soul magic, splitting the sides between two sought-after cuts from Elaine Vassell and 3rd Zone.

Step back to 1993, house music has hit, UK Soul is in full flow and its rawer, DIY street soul sibling is making its mark across the UK’s underground. Fuelled by accessible, affordable production gear and ignited through enthusiasm and an influx of ideas and sounds, two acts drew inspiration from a melting pot of genres they were exposed to, providing their take on soul as they saw it.

Up first, Elaine Vassell - ‘Never Give Up’. A rough breakbeat-driven, mid-tempo groover from a North West London production triple threat, made up of Longsy D, Pinky and Murray. Utilising Pinky’s home studio with its DX7, Juno 106, LinnDrum and 808, they masterminded a track that sits at the intersection between soulful house, hip hop and R&B. Its crunching drum loop, chest-rattling low-end and serene synth lines, lay the foundation for Elaine’s powerful yet emotive voice to take centre stage. ‘Never Give Up’ should have been a future classic, but never quite found its feet.

On the flip side another 1993 gem, as Sansel Ali and twin brothers Mark and Stephen Anglin joined forces to form 3rd Zone. Conceived in Mark’s makeshift bedroom studio, the trio laid down their first foray into recorded music, ‘You Stole My Heart’. Originally promoed as a limited whitelabel in 1991, it officially landed on the group's one and only EP ‘No Real Reason' in '93.

Armed with a handful of synth modules, a drum machine and a Korg M1, Mark, Stephen and Sansel hit with a tough but tender, underground triumph. Part dance, part romance, layering synth strings, chunky breaks and M1 stabs underneath Sansel’s heartstrung vocals and Stephen’s hip house rap interlude, it provides another perfect example of house seen through the street soul prism.

Two timeless tracks that fly the flag for the fact that big studios and big budgets aren't necessary to create songs that really resonate. Each side also contains an alternate version, with the A housing a beatless reprise of ‘Never Give Up’ and the B a tougher, bassier remix of ‘You Stole My Heart’.

Licensed from Pinky Music and 3rd Zone respectively and remastered from the original DATs by Justin Drake.

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Soul Sugar

Just A Little Talk

LP | 1957 | US | Reissue (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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Authenticity is important in music culture, at least to those whose relationship with it is a lifelong love affair. As listeners, we instinctively respond to artists whose musical output is an authentic representation of their inspirations, experiences and working methods.
By any measure, Guillaume Metenier’s collaborative Soul Sugar project oozes authenticity. It began in the late 2000s as an outlet for the virtuoso organist and producer’s updated takes on ‘60s and ‘70s soul-jazz and Hammond funk, but over the years it has evolved into something entirely different: a vehicle for classic dub and reggae inspired musical fusions made in collaboration with friends and like-minded musicians. As a result, Soul Sugar albums mix impressive musicianship with great grooves and untold nods to the sounds and artists that have helped shape Metenier’s musical outlook.
This authentic approach and soul-enriching sound is naturally in evidence on Soul Sugar’s firth studio set, Just a Little Talk, which is set to be released by Metenier’s own Gee Recordings label in March 2024. This time round, Metenier’s close circle of musical collaborators includes Blundetto, Samuel Isoard, Yvo Abadi, Jolly Joseph, Jahno, Shniece, Slikk Tim and Leo Carmichael. While many are old friends who have appeared on previous albums and singles, there are some first-time collaborators too.
This familiar-but-also-fresh approach is mirrored by the blend of tracks on offer on Just a Little Talk. New songs and instrumentals sit side by side with a small selection of on-point cover versions – something Metenier has been doing since the inclusion of Jimmy Smith and Dr Lonnie Smith covers on 2009 debut album Nothing But The Truth. Memorable covers since have included ‘Why Can’t We Live Together’, ‘I Want You’ and ‘Never Too Much’, all featuring the honeyed voice of Leo Carmichael.
This time round, the headline-grabbing covers are undeniably special. You’ll find takes on Curtis Mayfield’s ‘Makings Of You’, re-framed as a languid roots reggae song featuring voiced by the returning Carmichael, and Donald Byrd’s ‘Blackbyrd’, which Metenier has brilliantly re-imagined as a fabulous fusion of Studio One dub and Blaxploitation funk.
Yet it’s the album’s original compositions that arguably stand out. For proof, check lovers rock-influenced reggae-soul treat ‘The End of Your World’ (featuring heart-aching roots style lyrics and Junior Murvin-esque lead vocals by Jolly Joseph), the similarly conscious ‘Just a Little Talk’ and recent single ‘Top of My List’– an effortlessly emotive gem marked out by Metenier’s weighty dub bassline and Shniece’s incredible lead vocal.
The original instrumentals, in which Metenier often trades licks and solos with guitarists Slick Tim and Samuel Isoard, are similarly impressive – and, to return to our theme, as authentic as they come. Fittingly, one of these – ‘Tubby’s Ghost’ – was originally written and recorded in 1998 with bassist Patrick Bylebyl, who was then Metenier’s partner in a project called Seven Dub. It is, then, a new cover of one of Metenier’s own tunes – and a pleasingly heavyweight one at that. It delivers a genuinely pleasing conclusion to Soul Sugar’s most true and authentic album to date.

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Ruth Brown

Rock & Roll

58,99 €*

Release: 1957 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tape | 2018 | US | Original (Funk House Blues)

Philipp Fankhauser

I'll Be Around

14,99 €*

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Storyville)

Sonny Terry

Wizard Of The Harmonica

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2003 | US | Reissue (Luv N'Haight)

Don Cunningham

Something For Everyone

35,99 €*