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Carl Craig meets Tony Allen – in a wonderfully warm remix of Allen's "Kilode"! Craig really helps add a lot to the tune here – taking the strong vocals and forceful rhythms of the original, and inflecting them with a slight bit of spacier soul – not nearly as cold or... read more

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A great 12-inch from BADBADNOTGOOD – with a far-reaching jazzy/cosmic funk take on Kanye West's "Flashing Lights" – plus the equally impressive "UWM". "Flashing Lights" kicks off sparely with thick keys and heavy, heavy drum sound – in a way that... read more

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An excellent upbeat club number – sung in Japanese by the lovely Bird, and produced by Shinichi Osawa of Mondo Grosso. The track's probably one of our favorites from Bird's latest LP – and it's got these kick-start beats at the beginning that are mixed with burst of strings that sound... read more

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A spiritual jazz classic by Harry Whitaker's Black Renaissance – plus a trippy GB remix on the other side! The original version of "Magic Ritual" is here in full – and it's essentially half of the group's classic Body, Mind And Spirit LP – a legendary session that... read more

Early, early work from the Heavies, with their original singer Jay Ella Ruth, working a tight funky groove that's very much like a slicked up James Brown sound, rather than the poliched modern soul vibe they'd move towards later.... read more

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Legendary Bay Area soul numbers by Darondo – as re-edited/remixed/liberally-adapted by Tall Black Guy and Dandy Teru! First up is Tall Black Guy's take on "I Don't Want To Leave" – which uses Darando's "Sure Know How To Love Me" as it's source material. The breezy,... read more

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The cover alone was enough to draw us in – a nice tribute to one of the best Dave Grusin albums of the 70s – and the spacey grooves are more than enough to keep us coming back again and again! Beats are plenty crispy, and mixed with these sweetly flowing keys – and the vocals... read more

A great one from Fanga – a fresh new track that wasn't on their Natural Juice album, presented here in a super-extended version! "Dounya" is an Afro Funk jam that runs for over 20 minutes long in both parts – split over two sides of the single, and featuring some great work... read more

The title track to Fanga's great Natural Juice album is served up here in a sweet extended version – one that spins out with all the skittish percussion, scratchy guitar, and snakey keyboards of a 70s Afro Funk number! The keyboard work is almost moogy at times, but never too thin –... read more

6 raw club tracks with a touch of acid in the classic Trax tradition!... read more

A Chicago house classic, taking off on the riff from the Isaac Hayes tune that's been re-edited and mixed as doubles in clubs for ages and turning it into a new club anthem!... read more

Larry Heard and Robert Owens what more need we say? Mr Fingers adds his soulful, jazzy touch to a classic classic Chicago house bass line, then Robert Owens lays his rich vocals over the top for a certified classic!... read more

Classic Larry Heard and Robert Owens, from the golden age of Chicago house!... read more

A spacey bit of 70s jazz gets some great mixing here from Finnish studio maestro Didier – and the result is a tune that's almost as dark as some of his original work under the Didier's Sound Spectrum banner! "Ufology" begins with lots of weird analogue electronics – clearly... read more

One of the more soulful outings we've heard from Flytronix – a soaring little groover with nice vocals by Niki King! Niki's got a very deep flavor on this one – a solid and righteous sound that works great next to the snapping electronics of the track!... read more

The groovy groovy music of Free Design – taken to places we never would have expected! Like the first volume in this series, this one features older sunshine pop tunes by the group, remixed in styles that really expand past the originals – often at a level that completely abstracts the... read more

Once upon a time we knew who was behind this great raw original acid track released on the seminal house label Trax, but honestly we can't recall right now, though that doesn't diminish how much we love this percolating Chicago classic!... read more

Nice early jazzy Chicago house, very much in the vein of Mr Fingers.... read more

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A nice later house track from the Masters At Work for Strictly Rhythm in the label's waning days, but you wouldn't know it from the sound of this cut.... read more

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Massive work from Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – a combo who manage to pack more music into a 10" single than most groups do a full LP! "Ayo" is a romping groovers that has plenty of bumping bass and drum rolls on the bottom – then lots of the group's really wonderful horns... read more

Ron Trent and Jose Rico working together as Indigenous Travels – on a single that serves as a tribute to Azymuth's Jose Roberto Bertrami – and sure enough, it's got the tropical percussion and Brazilian flavour to show for it! "Paradise Ritmito Carnival" really does show some... read more

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Wicked electro grooves from Kavinsky – five mixes of the cut "Protovision", but brought together here with the fuzzy frenzy of a John Carpenter soundtrack! The initial version is a great instrumental – with some guitars from Raw Man that have a really classic 80s vibe –... read more

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Sweet jazz funk from 70s Finland! "Boots & Roots" is a wonderful groover from the group of saxophonist Eero Koivistoinen – a snapping groover with guitar on the rhythms, and freewheeling solos on soprano sax from Eero, plus some great solo work on piano! "Roots &... read more

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Early material from Kevin Saunderson and Juan Atkins.... read more

Jesse Saunders has some fun with an 8-bit sampler and little vocal bits referencing the Amityville Horror film (we think) over this spare, almost electro-sounding early Chicago house cut.... read more

A couple of wonderfully mellow, smooth house-inflected numbers from the mind of Lil' Louis.... read more

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Heavy beats, electro funk atmosphere and accessible, hooky dancefloor sounds from Oliver on Fool's Gold label – and on a really cool Killian Eng-designed picture disc, to boot! Includes "MYB", "Night Is On My Mind", "Control" and "Mechanical".... read more

Classic mid 80s house music from one of the architects of the style, Marshall Jefferson, and mixed by the late, great Ron Hardy!... read more

After dabbling a bit in hip hop and jazz crossovers, Greg Osby moved over to the spoken word scene. This single off the Black Book LP features poets Markita Morris, Taj McCoy, Riva Parker & Bernard Collins from the Bet-mix collective delivering their vocalese over laid back grooves... read more

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A seminal late 80s techno track from Kevin Saunderson, in the days before he adopted the Inner City name. Overall the sound is a bit less dark, and a bit less electro than what would become the genre's mainstay sound, but in a late night-driving vibe with a soulful undercurrent that still sounds... read more

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Deep dubby almost techno feeling tracks from the first generation of house by Adonis with some help from Frankie Knuckles on the mix.... read more

Some of the sweetest work we've heard so far from Spinnerty – an EP that really just features three versions each of two tracks, but served up in ways that work together like a mini-suite of sound! "53 Pickup" has some great live drums – which really crackle alongside the... read more

A spacey club track, with some hip rapping from vocalist Mark Murphy! Murphy doesn't really sing or scat on the track, but he does beat-esque monologue in the middle, which breaks the track up nicely. Snowboy plays percussion, and the track's got some nice electric piano too!... read more

Mighty nice beats from Dandy Teru – chunky and crispy, and topped with some wonderful vocal work from Ty and Sarah Gessler – trading back and forth between lyrics and rhymes, and really bringing some nice energy to the cut! Quiet Dawn provide remixes on the flipside, and really add a... read more

A solid 12-inch split single from ESL and Ghostly International – pairing up the labels' top shelf talents of Thievery Corporation and Tycho! The A-side features Thievery Corporation's "Fragments", with a steady, hypnotic beat and some sweet keyboard atmosphere floating over. The... read more

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Standouts from Glenn Underground's peak-level Forgotton Art (Music)! "Shiloh (A King's Return)" pretty well encapsulates what we love most about Glenn's work from this period. It's got an unshakable dancefloor rhythm and a heavy bass groove – and kicked to a higher level with a... read more

Easily the biggest-selling song ever on Blue Note – a groovy little number that was looped out of Herbie Hancock's "Cantaloupe Island", played out on radio, in clubs, and on countless TV ads. This is the original Capitol 12", after they decided to license the track instead of... read more

A classic bit of early 80s spiritual jazz from EW Wainright – plus a re-edit/interpretation from contemporary cosmic torch carrier Carlos Nino and friends! The original version of "The Healer Don't Break" is stormer from the African Roots Of Jazz LP – kicking off with a... read more

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