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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

One of the slinkier grooves we've heard in recent years from Tony Allen – served up here in 2 mixes that both make the most of the track's snakey guitar! There's a bit more atmospherics here than heavy beats – and the tune is less of a driving Afro Funk number than a snakey cut that... read more

A very dubby remix of this tune by Tony Allen – one that features plenty of brooding basslines amidst the percussion! The track almost takes us back to some of the first few Tony Allen singles during his Comet Records comeback years in the 90s – and Moritz Von Oswald brings a nicely... read more

A sweet little single – not just for the cool 10" format, but for the great grooves within! "Meus Filhos" is a classic funky track written by Jorge Ben – and delivered here in a tight Afro Funk mode that's way different than the original – lots of tight drums from... read more

Do you need a dollar? You just might get one with this stellar and soulful single by Aloe Blacc – rawly produced, memorably composed, and one of the finer underground soul singles of 2010! "I Need A Dollar" may sound familiar – it's the theme song to How To Make It In... read more

Rare work from Aurra – recorded right at the tail end of their years at Salsoul Records, and with a groove that's still very tight and in the pocket1 "Satisfaction" is a bassy groover that has plenty of bump way down at the bottom – that leaner groove Aurra used near the end,... read more

Jazzy dancefloor grooves from the legendary Azymuth – with remixes by Theo Parrish and LTJ Xperience – who work some magic on a couple of classic numbers from the Light As Feather record! Both producers are respectful of the original jams – with the spacey soul keys and funky bass... 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

A rare Beach Boys treasure – an ultra-limited 10" single that almost makes us think we're getting their music on a 78rpm disc! The heavy vinyl is packaged in a cool gatefold cover – and features the first two songs ever issued by the group!... read more

Kenny Dope takes on the funkiest sounds of the Miami Soul generation – on a single that's got more heavy funk than most full albums! Side one features a great edit of Beginning Of The End's "Come On Baby" (aka "Come Down Baby") – a groove that's just as heavy as... read more

A sweet disco cut from Maynard Parker – a cut that really takes on a whole new life here in Kenny Dope's mix! The track starts with some stark, pounding beats – almost pre-house in construction, and peppered with piano riffs and cowbell bits before giving way to some breathy, sexy... read more

A special single with some great vocals from Mario Biondi – singing here with some especially great backings from the High Five Quintet! "This Is What You Are" is a warm modal groover – one that builds beautifully from the ground up, and which is made especially nice by Mario'... read more

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

Nigerian guitar from Bombino –produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys! "Azamane Tiliade" is from the Nomad LP. "Si Chilan" is exclusive to this single.... read more

A deeply effective set from Bonobo! North Borders has beats that are as compelling as any in Bonobo's canon – often thumping pretty hard – paired with gorgeous electronic sound washes and really deft use of vocal samples and guest singers. The mix of compelling beats and lighter, more... read more

A mix of contemporary club and Afrobeat – served up in a sweet limited edition single! "More Heavy" starts with a bouncing beat, but gets more Afro Funk as things move on – adding in percussion and horns with a nice 70s vibe – then mixing things up even more with some... read more

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Massive funk from the Panama scene of the 70s – three heavy grooves together in one set! "Soul Chombo" is a funky monster right from the start – a cut that sounds almost Jamaican right at the start, but then picks up with a kicking drum part that's completely brilliant –... read more

Genius work from one of our favorite artists! Both tracks sparkle with the kind of retro-jazzy intensity that we've come to expect after Conte's brilliant Jet Sounds LP – a perfect blend of classic bossa grooves and modern dancefloor production, in a mode that blows away all the competition!... read more

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A tight 10" EP from the Dag Savage duo Exile and Johaz – joined by Aloe Blacc, Murs, Coss, Makeshift & Thurz! Titles include "Twilight", "Drugs" feat Coss & Makeshift, "When It Rains" with Aloe Blacc, "That's Just Life" with Aloe Blacc... read more

Club jazz with a funky edge and a spiritual soul twist from Dalindeo! "Willpower" has a quite a bit of funk in the drums & percussion, which really draws you in from the kickoff – with some spacey electric piano, trumpet, flute and sax giving it a nice feel – and vocals... read more

Neo-classic boogie funk genius Dam-Funk returns with a stellar 12-inch EP on Stones Throw – channeling his inner Prince a bit on the title track – and straight up covering Prince for the following track! "I Don't Wanna Be A Star!" is as infectious as anything we've heard from... read more

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

Amazing grooves from Dazzle – disco at the start, but a lot more righteous too – thanks to some great keyboards in the mix! "Explain" is worth the price of the single alone – fast bassline at the start, then these spacey keys that only get better as the track moves on... read more

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DJ Format is joined by a pair of the more innovative figures in leftfield hip hop – the ever-adventurous Edan and underground mic hero Mr Lif! "Spaceship Earth" is killer – with raw and funky backdrop, psych funk guitar in the mix and other cosmic atmospherics. Edan is is... read more

DJ Nu-Mark is joined by Aloe Blacc and Charles Bradley – plus the Gospel Queens! "Don’t Play Around" kicks off Broken Sunlight Series #6 – and it's naturally the most funky soul-based ray of Broken Sunlight we've seen to date – but in the production department, it's... read more

The third in DJ Nu-Mark's Broken Sunlight Series – and the best yet – with a killer re-edit of the funky break classic "Our Generation" by Ernie Hines! "Our Generation" and the Electrified album it appeared on is one of the more unsung should-be-classics of the Stax... read more

The fifth in The DJ Mark Broken Sunlight EP series ! "Never Be Wrong" finds Nu-Mark in his comfort zone – with a funky soul backdrop that wouldn't sound out of place on a classic Jurassic 5 track – and rhymes by up-and-coming MC Hass. "Vengeance Is Mine" is great... read more

The most global grooves inflected slices of DJ Nu-Mark's Broken Sunlight project – with a Quantic collaboration that's as great as you would hope it to be – and an equally strong collabor with Laudir De Oliviera on the other side! "Tropicalifornia" is great mix of Quantic's... read more

The second in DJ Nu-Mark's Broken Sunlight series of 10 iinch singles – joined by Tiron & Ayomari on "Feel The Way About It" – plus J-Live & Luscious Beats on "Tonight"! "Feel The Way" starts on a laidback funky tip, with a loosely thumping beat... read more

MF Doom and Ghostface Killah team up for this mighty slab of wax – a very limited Serato single, pressed up on pic-disc vinyl that's as great as the music itself! The single features vocal and instrumentals of both the core track and a Madvillainz remix – and the flipside features a... read more

"Special Kiss" is an extra-special charmer – a slow funk number with a definite 80s spin, and these cool spacey vocals wrapped around a hook you'll swear you remember from back in the day! The Tom Noble remix makes all the niceness even nicer – and "In The Dark" is... read more

As you might imagine, we're huge fans of any artist with Dusty in their name – but these guys have a really special sound we've been digging since their start! The record may well be the best we've heard so far from this cool German project – one rooted in the core contributions of... read more

Dutch Uncles cover Grace Jones with a Field Music remix on the flip!... read more

JTE's first EP on 10-inch vinyl – and on vinyl for for the first time ever!... read more

A sweet mix of twangy guitar and dubby rhythms – served up here in a limited edition single! The production's mighty nice – and definitely lives up to the Echocentrics' name on "Don Alejo" – but the groove then shifts to a nicely world-styled mode on "Dundar"... read more

The first 12" single on Soul Fire – and a real doozy! The track's an extended jazz funk number with some great guitar on the intro, and an expanded horn section that's so big, so mighty, it needed a full 12 inches of wax just to hold it. Horn work is incredible – on a par with... read more

Great stuff from Elzhi of Slum Village – sharply produced by Black Milk! Detroit hip hop worthy of the classic legacy of the city, Slum Village and MC Elzhi. The "Colors" remix is produced by DJ Spinna.... read more

Brian Eno, Grizzly Bear and Nicolas Jaar team up for remixes of material from the Lux and Shields LPs.... read more

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

Legendary hip hip figures Phil Most Chill and Paul Nice team up as The Fabreeze Brothers! "Power Man & Iron Fist" kicks off with Bruce Lee vocal snippet on the art of fighting – and all business from there – with the raw beat, no nonsense rhymes, terse scratches and some... read more

A killer Kenny Dope take on this lost club classic! "I Want To Be Loved By You" is a perfect blend of soul, club, and funk – a track that shows that the underground club vibe of the late 70s wasn't always restricted to the east coast scene of P&P and other labels! The track's... 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

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Features a previously unreleased version of "Sorrow, Tears And Blood".... 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

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Rare early 70s soul from Cinci! "Doon-Chang" by the female vocal combo 4 Jades has a little bit of a psych funk vibe going on thanks to the guitars – with a funky bassline prominent in the mix, some sax, nicely -grooving organ and solid drums. Still, it's the voices that shine the... read more

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Peoples Potential funk from the height of the 80s cosmic groove era! "I Like The Way You Do It" is by The Loni Gamble Band feat Lisa Warrington, a funky group tune with a tighter feel than some of the more electro steeped vibes of times with a nice guitar groove and spacey keys.... read more

A pair of rare club groovers from the Chicago scene – reissued back to back on a sweet 12" single! "Runnin To A Disco" has a nicely bubbling sort of groove – one that's pre-house, and nicely percolated – relatively spare, with some chorus vocals – but mostly... read more

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"Make It To Me" by Group Love and Manchester Orchestra – backed by "Archtect" by the team-up of Frightened Rabbit and Manchester Orchestra.... read more

A great set of grooves from the He3 Project – pressed up as a sweet 12" single with really great sound! "Soul Support" is a righteous funky number with a good dose of jazz in the mix – already excellent with the vocals, which you'll know from the album – and a... read more

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

The best Tony Allen project we've ever heard – largely because of the work by both artists involved! Hypnotic Brass Ensemble take on Allen's "Losun" – but they play the tune anew, as if it were one of their own – in an amazing style that features stepping rhythms from... 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

The first in the Lost Scrolls series of unreleased J Dilla recordings – and a pretty strong representation of Dilla's strength son a few different levels – with a couple cuts featuring Dilla on the mic , a prime level (almost) instrumental, plus a nice one with rhymes by his brother... read more

Wildness from J Dilla – a couple of gritty gems from the expanded Ruff Draft set! "Wild" is a flat out stunner – a previously unreleased cut that has us wondering how deep Dilla's vault goes – cause this s**t shoulda been ruling the underground for years now! It has... read more

A pair of top shelf J Dilla tracks from the archives – with rhymes by Dilla and compatriots Frank N Dank! "Anthem" is a definite gem, particularly on the production tip. It's got a raw, powerfully effective way with the beats – which are mirrored by some nice, minimalist bit... read more

"Bamba" has a great skittish grooves – contemporary Afro Funk, but a lot more stripped-down – so that the percussion and bass are really taking the lead, and providing a perfect foil for the atmospheric vocals of the tune! This quality really continues on "Walo",... 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

Solid single from King Midas Sound on Ninja Tune. Includes "Arro" and a main and alternate versions of "Funny Love".... read more

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

Three remixes from the Konomka project – all of which really expand the spirit of the original! Chico Mann remixes "Sibashaya Woza", and somehow manages to bring this really earthy, almost muddy vibe to the track – but we mean that in a good way – as his style kind of... read more

Not the classic disco tune "I Feel Love", but instead a great modern groover from Uku Kuut – one that has these great stepping keyboards over beats, with a vibe that's just like some lost instrumental street soul cut from the mid 80s! The tune spins perfectly at both 45 and 33... read more

A powerful tribute to the work of horror film director Lucio Fulci – served up in a package that's even more striking than his original movies! The super-deluxe effort is way more than just a single – as the whole thing is wonderfully put together, with a solid feel of a full... read more

Madlib & Freddie Gibbs follow up the Thuggin' EP with the superior Shame EP – with some of the most straight-up classic soul-inspired production we've heard from "Lib in a little while – which is a perfect backdrop fror Freddie's no-nonsense rhymes! "Shame" features... read more

A collaborative effort from Madlib and Freddie Gibbs – the union of the most prolific producer in abstract hip hop and hugely talented MC Gibbs – who has been poised to breakout for a few years now, and this tight handful of tracks with 'Lib is another strong step! We've said it before... read more

MF Doom and Madlib, two of the most ubiquitous characters in underground hip hop – hell, perhaps THE most ubiquitous characters in underground hip hop, pair up for an outing on Stones Throw! "Money Folder" is Doom's real showpiece of the couple of tracks here. Metal Face kicks... read more

Chico Mann's cosmic funky soul tune "Same Old Clown" – featuring some sizzling vocals by Kendra Morris – plus a trio of remixes on this great 12-inch single on Soundway! Ain't nothing funny about "Same Old Clown" – it's a straight-up scorcher of a clubby soul... read more

A killer bit of jazz funk from the great James Mason! The cut's an old one – but has never been properly issued before, save for a brief appearance on a 12" single in 1996. "I Want Your Love" is our favorite here – over 11 minutes long, and it begins with this cool... read more

Willy Mason & Brendon Benson recorded live at United in February of '13.... read more

A sweet sweet set of rare tracks from start of the 80s – all recorded in the far-out locale of Rock Island, IL – but done with a funky groove to rival the best sounds coming out of New York or Minneapolis at the time! Midnight Express were a regional show band, and they've got a bass-he... read more

A great rare tune from the Windy City – and another entry in the great run of jackin cuts to come from Chicago! The main side here features a great Frankie Knuckles remix – one that has all the classic soulful undercurrents that made Knuckles such a key link between disco and house... read more

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Neek The Exotic's Comin' In Piles EP – with guests Bumpy Knuckles, B-1, Satchel Page and Large Professor! Titles include "Get The City Warm" feat Bumpy Knuckles & Satchel Page,"Comin' In Piles" with B-1, "One Speed All Out" with Satchel Page, "Real Deal... read more

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

Dubbed out takes of Om's "Addis" from their Advaitic Songs LP – with 2 dubplate versions, courtesy Alpha & Omega! The globally-inspired Om original is ripe for the treatment – and it taking on an adventurous and wholly credible contemporary dub trip – with echoey... read more

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Two great grooves from this compelling ensemble – one who bring together Afro-styled rhythms from both side of the millennial split – into a blend that's definitely worthy of the Brownswood label! Quick-stepping beats mix with rootsy acoustic elements – percolating in the music... read more

A nice 10-inch single from Long Island mic master Oxygen – with tight production from Gensu Dean! Includes the original vocal & instrumental – with scratches by DJ Ragz and Kid Dyno – plus a fresh remix and remix instrumental with scratchwork by Chief One.... read more

The inpired paring psychedelic hip hop beatmaker Paul White and profane, yet undeniably charismatic and and versatile Detroit emcee Danny Brown! "Street Lights" is a should-be instant classic – with rumbling, continually thumping and beats and eerie atmosphere to spare – but... read more

Two of the finer tracks from Labcabincalifornia produced by Dilla – and early production genius by Jay Dee! For some reason, the Labcabin album still gets a cold shoulder in some circles, in comparison to Bizarre Ride, anyway, but you'd be hard pressed to call this Pharcyde era anything... read more

A great bit of bassy funk with a sweet 80s feel – one that steps out with lots of heavy pedal action right from the start, then brightens up with great jazzy riffs once things get going! There's plenty of "wheeet" keyboards in the mix, and the vocals have a playful back/forth style... read more

A great groove from singer Gregory Porter – the first tune that really brought him to our attention – making a debut appearance here on vinyl! The original of "1960 What" is plenty great – running for over 12 minutes, and building in this jazzy groove that's really... read more

Produced and mixed by James Murphy. Includes Soulwax remix + dub version by Pulp! Side A (45 RPM) is the Pulp Vs Soulwax vesrion. Side B (33RPM) features the original version and Pulp's 4AM Desperation Disco To Disco Dub Version.... read more

Soulful funk with Colombian touches – a real triple-header of talents that features Alice Russell on vocals, and Quantic leading his cool Combo Barbaro! "Magdalena" has a sound that's really wonderful – vocals from Russell that really surprise us – with a mix of soaring... read more

A great split record – worth it alone for the rare Sun Ra cut from 1979, but also featuring a cool remake as well! The original "Door Of The Cosmos" is wonderful – Ra and the Arkestra in a Lanquidity mode – moving with a slightly funky vibe, and some great spacey... read more

Two very different sides of the same spacey coin – an original 1971 track by Sun Ra, plus a contemporary remake! "Nidhamu" is a very weird electronic number recorded by Ra at the house of Harmut Geerken in Cairo in the early 70s – done with loads of cool moogy keyboards and... read more