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A nice early single from 4 Hero – with their early squelchy techno meets breakbeat sound, a far cry from the elegant modern tones they make now. ...

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Fantastic stuff – and an instant classic! East West Connection have come up with an incredibly soulful batch of deep house tracks here – mixing together classic soul, touches of jazz funk, and some incredibly warm and moody rhythms. The result is a beautiful batch of grooves that will ...

From the dancefloor, to the jazz combo, and back again – the Re:Jazz project takes a surprising twist with this remix follow-up to their brilliant first album! On that outing, Re:Jazz re-made recent dancefloor tunes in new jazz-based versions – going for the warmest, most soulful ...

D*Note's first full length, before Charlie Sexton delved into the jazzy drum and bass thing, when he was still working in the tight modern jazz funk vein! Includes "Judgement", "Babel", "Now Is The Time", "Aria", "The Mandarin & The Courtesan",& ...

A hard-driving mix of soulful house tracks – put together by Yukihiro Fukutomi, whose own work is pretty darn soulful too! The set skips along in a really pulsating groove – one that has a surprising amount of acoustic percussion percolating around the bottom of the rhythms, while ...

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The cover's got a retro look, but the music is all modern – a great selection of contemporary cosmic soul numbers, all picked by the mysterious Black Finger! There's a style here that's very much in the vibe of Especial Records – and like that label, most of the work here is from both ...

Do these guys ever get tired of making great records? We think not – and this sweet little 8 track set is more than proof of that fact! The album's a slice of Jazztronik's mellower side – the warmer, jazzier, more Brazilian-styled tunes that have always set them apart from most other ...

We've got to be honest and admit that we always felt that Brooklyn Funk Essentials were one of those second generation bandwagon jumpers of the acid jazz scene, though this LP is not without some redeeming moments, principally the Masta Ace remix of their take on the Pharoah Sanders classic "Cr ...

One of the pseudonyms 4 Hero issued drum & bass under, with their signature jazzy soulful tones, but some serious breakbeat action too, reminding you they mean business. 11 tracks in all, including "Fragments Of A Lost Language", "The Naphosisous Wars", "The Chase The ...

New grooves, but with an older dancefloor style – recorded here in a sound that's got lots of the dark electronics that showed up on the European scene in the early 80s! At many levels, this record is one that could have played big in the clubs in Berlin or Manchester, circa 1983 – as ...

Great stuff from the early days of the New York Giant Steps/8 Ball/acid jazz scene! Despite the title, most of the track have house music at the base – but in keeping with the New York approach to acid jazz in the early 90s, most of the cuts are seasoned with a very healthy dose of real ...

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Afro club thumping grooves from South Africa's Spoek Mathambo – a far reaching world of sounds blending expertly crafted electro funk, South African kwaito, and globally enriched grooves of many kinds. It's unpredictable from on cut to the next, and it's compelling where ever it goes! ...

Another amazing moment from the Ricky Tick label – an imprint we've trusted since their very first single, and one who never lets us down! As with other Ricky Tick projects, which seek to revive the best sounds of European jazz from years back, this big band set sparkles with the sort of ...

Better days, indeed – as the set takes us back to our favorite club sounds of the late 70s – thanks to careful crafting from maestro Al Kent! The album's got a solid, soulful approach that's totally great – a return to a time when making dance music involved a full range of ...

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Spacious, airy blowing from trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer – sliding out nicely here in warm sonic territory! Molvaer's one of a host of European players who've taken a 70s ECM aesthetic into rich new places – and on a set like this, he really shows his best colors by blowing with ...

The second album from Berlin's Efdemin – abstract dance music and a deeply diverse tapestry of sounds! It's not a classic Chicago house styled effort, if you might have a expected that from the title – there's a lot going on here, woven in a uniquely wonderful way. Bits of house, jazz ...

The second album from Berlin's Efdemin – abstract dance music and a deeply diverse tapestry of sounds! It's not a classic Chicago house styled effort, if you might have a expected that from the title – there's a lot going on here, woven in a uniquely wonderful way. Bits of house, jazz ...

Diplo & Switch's full length debut as Major Lazer – a heady, thumping set that's steeped in dancehall and pulsating club sounds, often with clean, laser guided sound bits searing through – with appearances by Mr Lex & Santigold, Mr Vegas & Jovi Rockwell, Jah Dan, Future ...

A mad mix of spaced out jazz funk from Madlib – working here in a style closer to his benchmark Yesterday's New Quintet mode of forward looking band-based grooves – but also taking it even further and into deeper realms! The Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble ...

Sublime samba grooves from the great Nicola Conte – one of his most 60s-styled recordings yet, and that's saying a heck of a lot, given his other work! The set definitely lives up to its title – jazzy sketches of samba tunes, two by Conte, the other two by Sergio Mendes and JT ...

Stellar 10-inch EP featuring a trio of the best tracks from Modern Sound Of Nicola Conte – Versions In Jazz Dub! The compilation is a long-overdue collection of all the mixes, side-projects, and rare "Nicola Conte version" tracks that have cropped up in the past decade or so – ...

Root Source have definitely changed their groove a bit since the last time we heard them – moving from straighter jazz funk into a wonderfully sophisticated sound that really wraps together all the hippest elements of the 70s soul jazz underground! There's bits of Fantasy Records, Strata ...

Galactic funk & synth soul from Dam Funk – his epic full length debut Toeachizown for Stones Throw – and a record that should be a game changer for the southern Cali ambassador of cosmic funk beats, heavy bass and synth grooves! Dam Funk is part throwback to the electro era – ...

Soulful and blissed out funk grooves from producer DJ Center – bringing in a world of influences into a tight package steeped in soul – with guests including underground hip hop mainstay Oddisee, singers Renee Neufville, Njimole, Gretchen Parlato, Middle Child and Samia Farah. This is ...

Diverse dancefloor rock, soul & psychedelia from from Daniel Collas & Sean Marquand and their NYC collective Phenomenal Hand Clap Band – a mix synth and keyboard groovers, percussion rich cosmic grooves! The only previous material we've heard from the Phenomenal Hand Clap Band was a ...

Dam Funk's entry in Stones Throw's Rhythm Trax series of instrumental beats on wax – elevating the art of the DJ geared vinyl genre! RTV4 is a funky set of untitled instrumentals that blend elements of the spacey 80s club sounds without getting bogged down in token revivalism – loads ...

Spacey club soul from SK Radicals – the most soulful material we've heard from the group to date – and also more rooted in jazz than we remember from earlier work – done with clean modern sound! The group gets off a variety of moods, from the contemplative soul of the opener ...

Finally! The fourth pillar in the quartet who put Detroit back on the map musically in the 80s, Juan Atkins, finally gets his due next to Derrick May, Carl Craig and Kevin Saunderson as one of the architects of futuristic modern soul! This collection brings together 23 essential tracks of ...

Incredible grooves from Gerardo Frisina – only an EP, but a package of tracks that has all the depth of his full length albums! The sound here is almost all acoustic – save for a bit of rhythms from Paolo Fedreghini – real 60s-styled bossa/samba jazz, played by a tight combo that ...

Wonderful work from trumpeter Jukka Eskola – a set that's every bit as hip and jazzy as his work with the Five Corners Quintet! The sound here is different, though, as the core group features some sweet Fender Rhodes alongside Jukka's soulful trumpet lines – a blend that's somewhere in ...

Get ready to fall in love with a new bossa singer! The lovely Rosalia De Souza is a sweet-voiced vocalist with a sound that's very much in keeping with classic 60s work from Brazil – and she's got the added benefit of working here with new arrangements from the great Nicola Conte, the ...

An incredible full length debut from vocalist Mario Biondi – a jazz singer we'd rank right up there with the legendary Mark Murphy – supported here with great backings from the High Five Quintet! The grooves here are in a soaring, tightly-stepping style – very much the best club ...

Mavis isn't the name of an artist, but a special project headed up by UK producer Ashley Beedle – one that draws vague inspiration from the older genius of Mavis Staples, but which also encourages a range of hip contemporary singers to seek out fresh new territory! The actual sound is a bit ...

A warm blend of soul and laidback jazzy beatcraft from Sun Circle – the duo of producer/DJ/soundscape generator Simon S of Break Reform and lovely & soulful UK singer Deborah Jordan – taking the broken beat and jazzy future soul groove to a higher level! It's the glowing natural ...

Two great cuts by Gerardo Frisina – given a bit of a twist from their album versions! "Will You Walk A Little Faster" is a vocal number that has the legendary Norma Winstone joining the group – and this time around, it's got a lot more beats on the bottom than the album cut ...

Beautiful bossa from Rosalia De Souza – and a set that's got a sweet little difference from some of her earlier Schema albums! This time around, the sound is warmly acoustic throughout – very jazz-based, and wrapped around Rosalia's vocals wonderfully – sometimes with a groove ...

The Latin Kick – with a jazzy groove! Gerardo Frisina's long been one of our favorite talents on the international groove underground, and like his labelmate and sometime musical partner Nicola Conte, he's got a way of crafting tracks that are awash in classic jazz touches. Frisina himself ...

Moody, evocative late night kind songcraft from the trio Sem'Bro – featuring Stefano Ghittoni and Cesare Malfatti of the Dining Rooms and collaborator Dodo NKishi of Mouse On Mars – working here in a bit of a folk soul mode mixing live instrumentation and some sample based soundscapes! ...

Stellar 10-inch EP featuring a quartet of the best tracks from Modern Sound Of Nicola Conte – Versions In Jazz Dub! The compilation is a long-overdue collection of all the mixes, side-projects, and rare "Nicola Conte version" tracks that have cropped up in the past decade or so ...

Amazing sounds from Quasimode – one of the hardest-hitting, piano-driven combos you could ever hope to find! The album's their first full set of original work for Blue Note Japan, and it may well be their best set so far for the label – a really massive batch of music that features the ...