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Classy club from Dimitri – served up with plenty of his own remix work to freshen things up! The set's got a joyous, rollicking bounce that's very much the sound of Dimitri at his best working the floor – a great blend of modern house, soulful club, and a few classic disco moments ...

The sound of Chicago pumps again, in this great collection of tracks from the glory days of the Trax Record label! Trax was instrumental in the Chicago scene – often releasing a record a week, cooked up in the label's southside studios, quickly pressed up on dodgy vinyl, and booted round to ...

The funkier side of disco – and the later side too – given that most of the material here is from the early 80s! The set follows strongly in the same wonderful sound as previous volumes – heavy on boogie rhythms, stepping basslines, and electric instrumentation – a blend of ...

Funky club galore – a smoking set of early 80s numbers that really runs the gamut! The groove here isn't exactly underground, but it's nicely away from the charts, too – in a hip territory that's heavy on beats, keys, and basslines – mixing in some electro modes with funkier ...

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An excellent companion to the legendary first Disco Spectrum set – and like the first, this one's a stunning batch of rare club tracks, expertly selected by Joey Negro! This one's even more soulful than the first set – and is more a great set of rare club and dancefloor tracks, than it ...

Strong proof that the early 80s had plenty to offer in the way of dancefloor greatness – and another fantastic volume of the Nighttime Lovers series! As before, the tracks here are a great blend of club and commercial – tracks that are heavy on the hooks, but still groove in a way that' ...

Spacey Far Out Brazilian grooves from the stellar label's roster – some of the wilder, more tripped out and psychedelic sounds on the label – from leftfield dancefloor grooves, to psyche rock inspired grooves, to some of the more experimental numbers by Brazilian music legends! The 2CD ...

A second round of Secret Disco compiled/spun/edited by Million Dollar Disco DJ Al Kent – rare exclusive tracks from the supposed Brooklyn funk & soul sanctuary of The Brown Brothers – who as lore has it, recorded reels and reels of heavy disco in the 70s at their Brooklyn basement ...

A much-needed look at one of the hippest Italian labels ever – the legendary Horo Records, home to some of the most groundbreaking jazz in Europe during the 70s! Horo's never reissued their work – at least not yet – so this collection makes the first time that most of these cuts ...

Genius! Pure mad genius – and one of the best volumes in this always-great series! After 10 volumes, the folks at Easy Tempo have become incredibly well skilled at picking groovy soundtrack tunes – and this beautiful 20 track package is as much a delight for the ears as it is for the ...

A masterpiece of obscure jazzy groovers – the excellent 2nd entry in the Tempo Jazz series, and every bit as wonderful and eye-opening as the first! The vibe is incredible – soulful, spiritual, and free-thinking – with just the right touches of modernism to keep things sharp, but ...

Spacey Far Out Brazilian grooves from the stellar label's roster – some of the wilder, more tripped out and psychedelic sounds on the label – from leftfield dancefloor grooves, to psyche rock inspired grooves, to some of the more experimental numbers by Brazilian music legends! The set ...

Soundtrack funk doesn't get any better than this – thanks to a head-expanding of tracks from the Italian scene of the 60s and 70s – served up with the usual ear for a great cut by the folks at Easy Tempo! The groove here is far from the "easy" you might expect – and ...

Mindblowing work from the Italian soundtrack scene of the 60s and 70s – a true treasure of tracks that more than lives up to the "psycho beat" promise of its title! The tunes are a heady brew of tripped-out styles – floating organ, slinking bass, stepping strings, fuzzy ...

One of our favorite volumes in this now-legendary series – a set of grooves that runs from 70s electric back to 60s groovy – with plenty of space in between! There's a number of cuts on here that feel like they were lifted from lost CTI sessions of the 70s, thanks to warm keyboards and ...

This great series keeps on redefining itself! While previous volumes have focused on funky, jazzy, and Latiny cuts – this fab 8th volume features a beautiful blend of tracks with a spare easy feel, and an exploration into the Italian minimalist groove – that ethereal, almost ...

A special Japanese-only collection of jazz material from rare French soundtracks – cool cuts by both French and American players, originally issued as part of film scores for overseas movies back in the day! All the numbers here have been issued separately as part of the Ecoutez Le Cinema ...

There's few people we'd trust more with our ears than Gilles Peterson – and once again, the man shows that our trust in him wasn't misplaced! This time round, Gilles takes us on a heady trip through the hippest side of the Impulse Records label – the imprint that's quite well known for ...

The kind of record that makes us mighty proud to live in the Windy City – and a long-overdue look at the wealth of rare club, disco, and soul cuts bubbling in the Chicago underground at the end of the 70s! During the early part of the decade, the city was widely known for some super-huge ...

We hardly need tell you about this one – especially since you've been ringing our phone off the hook for it since it was first announced! The set is a monster compilation of rare funky material, put together by the legendary Keb Darge, and the enigmatic Josh Davis (known to most of the world ...

A second great volume of funky work from high school bands – put together by DJ Shadow with even more great grooves than the first! The album goes far far deeper than even most crate-diggers would dare – into the hinterland of self-produced albums issued by school bands in the 1970s, ...

The Verve vaults are open again – and as with other Remixed sets, they've let in a host of hip talents to change up their classics! This time around, the results seem even better than before – thanks partly to a very strong array of mixers, including some of our own personal funky ...

Cut Chemist mixes things up wonderfully here – bringing together a hip host of African and South American rarities from the 60s and 70s – joined up in a whirlwind mix with plenty of twists and turns! The album's put together live, and it's not only a perfect illustration of Chemist's ...

Cut Chemist mixes things up wonderfully here – bringing together a hip host of African and South American rarities from the 60s and 70s – joined up in a whirlwind mix with plenty of twists and turns! The album's put together live, and it's not only a perfect illustration of Chemist's ...

A wonderfully offbeat strain of European pop from the 60s – rare recordings from the Catalonian area, that weird space in Spain that's also linked to southern France and the Mediterranean islands as well! There's a really playful feel to most of these numbers – and although many cuts ...

A fresh collaboration with underground hip hop & deep funk champions Stones Throw Records and Serato Control Tones – to use with Serato's Scratch Live Software – with tracks by Dam Funk, James Pants, Peanut Butter Wolf, Mayer Hawthorne, CX Kidtronik, MED & Madlib, and J Rocc! ...

Excellent stuff! This 3CD-only set features 1 full disc of funky classics from BBE's Strange Games & Things series, all mixed together by DJ Spinna, plus 2 more discs that feature the songs in unmixed versions! The whole thing's a beautiful batch of funky and jazzy cuts that have been sampled ...

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80s groove galore – and a stone smoking set that's filled with completely obscure numbers from one of the most under-reissued eras in classic soul! The style here is very much in the mode of bigger 80s groove acts – like BB&Q Band or TS Monk – but most of the tunes are pulled ...

Electro soul galore, and a really great collection of lesser-known numbers from the early 80s – most of which are served up in rare 12" mixes! The style here is less of the "disco funk" than you'd guess from the title – and more in a mode that brings together loping 80s ...

Another Masterpiece of 80s grooves in this great great series – a collection of tracks that are mostly so obscure, you probably even missed them back in the day! The vibe here is really great – much more on the underground tip of early 80s dancefloor – with tracks that retain a ...

More classic club tracks from Prelude, with 11 cuts in all, and all 12" single versions! Titles include "Happy is The Only Way" by Sine, "I'll Cry For You" by Kumano, "Never" by Center Stage, "Hot Lover" by U.N., "Another Knife In My Back" by ...

11 classic 12" single tracks from Prelude, with a lot of stuff that was never issued on LP, and some that were promo only, too! Titles include "Body Movement" by Conquest, "Blowin Your Mind" by Jazzie Ladies, "Rotation" by Sine, "Get Tough" by CDIII, ...

5th volume, and the club classics keep on coming! A dozen rare 12" cuts, including "Inch By Inch (garage groove mix)" by The Strikers, "I Want Love" by Onyx, "I'm The Boss" by Amazing Kid & Cut Master Lee, "Nothing Can Separate Me From Your Love" by ...

Simply the best Philly 70s collection we've heard – ever! This one goes way past the hits, and moves into work from a variety of labels – not just the famous tunes on Philly International, but all of the Philly-produced gems that were coming out from other sources and other singers ...

An absolute funky monster! This set lays out an incredible batch of funk era singles from the vaults of Galaxy Records – and it shakes and burns all the way through, with lost funk bombs Bobby Rush, Rodger Collins, Bill Coday, Bobby Eaton, the Debonairs and others! It's comprised of mostly ...

A great 2CD compilation of essential West End disco – classic dancefloor tracks by Loose Joints, Sesso Matto, Taana Gardner, Billy Nichols, Raw Silk, Barbara Mason and many more – and it's also the sweetest and most affection West End compilation we've seen, as it's a loving tribute to ...

The Disco Discharge team is Diggin Deeper – a solid 2CD set of classic club soul and relative rarities – including a handful of gems debuting on CD for the first time ever! Includes ruling dancefloor stormers, both powerhouse funky rhythms and airy string accented sweetness, punchy ...

Heavy funk from 70s Brazil – and a collection that digs even deeper that the legendary first Black Rio volume! These tunes are all Brazilian in origin, but draw plenty on American funk and soul of the 70s – not just rhythms, but also instrumentation, vocals, and production styles too ...

Great grooves galore – and a wicked little set that goes way past the obvious! If the words "euro" and "disco" together send a chill down your spine, here's a set to really reshape your thinking – as the grooves here are totally great – and proof that over on ...

Groovy, moddish, magnificent and sunny girl pop from The Land Of The Rising Sun – pummeling drums, jumping arrangements and groovy vocals from the mid-to-late 60s Japanese scene! This is fantastic stuff, any kitch or novelty appeal you might be expecting is kind of muted by the exceptional ...

Way more than just classic disco – hardly the hits package you might expect, and a really well-chosen batch of grooves that gets right down to the music that really mattered on the dancefloor back in the day! As you'd hear in the best clubs of the late 70s, the grooves here come from a range ...

Marvelously mixed-up work from the Horse Meat Disco team – a great way for all of us to sample the revolutionary grooves they've been laying down at their famous club night in London! The work here is hardly the conventional disco you'd find on other compilations (although maybe you already ...

Marvelously mixed-up work from the Horse Meat Disco team – a great way for all of us to sample the revolutionary grooves they've been laying down at their famous club night in London! The work here is hardly the conventional disco you'd find on other compilations (although maybe you already ...

Sublime soul from 70s Philly – not just the hits, but a great range of lesser-known gems as well! The set follows strongly on the first volume of the series, but goes even deeper – and presents a range of rare singles here for the first time on CD, and a few more previously unissued ...

The sweet sound of 70s Blue Note – a really wonderful stretch for the label, and a time when the company was stretching out in a range of sublimely soulful directions! This period's probably best known for the influence of Larry Mizell on some of the label's key players, but it's also got ...

Beautifully spiritual jazz from the post-Coltrane generation – a wealth of righteous grooves from the early 70s – brought together in one mighty collection! If you dig the work of Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltrane, and other giants on Impulse Records, this is a great way to dig even ...

Looking for funky Brazilian grooves? You'd have a hard time doing better than this tasty little set – 20 slices of rare soul, funk, and jazzy tunes from the Brazilian scene of the 70s – all hand-picked by Patrick "Da Lata" Forge! The set's a tremendous introduction to the ...

The title's almost redundant – as the words "Westbound" and "Funk" mean virtually the same thing! From the late 60s through the mid 70s, Westbound was one of the key record labels in the sound of raw heavy funk – working with hit groups like Funkadelic and the Ohio ...