New Grooves — Recently Added

Fast funky sounds from the Steal Vybe duo of Chris Forman and Damon "Mr Dizzy Fingers" Bennett – and a record that's overflowing with great guest help – from a lineup that includes Omar, Peven Everett, Kenny Bobien, Fertile Ground, Sara Devine, Ursula Rucker, Trizonna ... LP, Vinyl record album

A trio of deeper than deep soulful club grooves from DJ Spinna's Free Radicalz project, Alex Agore and Latin Soul Brothas! Spinna's "Open Up (Dub)" soars with cosmic key atmosphere, nicely layered bits of vocal and a nice bass rhythm. Alex Agore's "Spirit Traveling" pairs nicely ... 12-inch, Vinyl record

Club music hero Alton Miller fuses of African inspired rhythms and percussion styles with the sleek bounce of Detroit dancefloors! The beats set the pace, with the bass and future funk synth and keys kicking in on material that's very much attuned the modern urban dancefloors, with an African ... 12-inch, Vinyl record

Julien Dyne has a great sense of pulse and a chunky approach to rhythm here – almost as if he's taking a cut-and-paste approach to more conventional club music, yet still staying soulful in the process! We've liked Dyne's previous records, but this one really steps to the next level – ... LP, Vinyl record album

The jazz cats here are all pretty contemporary – younger musicians and combos on the current scene in Belgium – which turns out to have a fantastic array of really fresh sounds! Some groups play straight, some maybe use a bit more electronics – others are more acoustic than ... CD

Dreamy cosmic keys and atmospheric beats spearheaded by the brotherly duo of Dedric & Delaney Moore – working in a downtempo mode, but really kind of transcending it with some strong songwriting and soulful vocals! The synth, bass and and percussion set the scene nicely throughout, but ... LP, Vinyl record album

Sweet 80s grooves from Ourra – awash in all sorts of cool keyboards, from street electro-styled lines, to those with a darker European energy! The songs are all nice and tuneful, but also all instrumental – and are almost begging for vocals at times, because they're so darn catchy ... LP, Vinyl record album

A lucky number 13 for the Brownswood Bubblers series – a great reminder that the compilation is still one of the best places we know for getting turned onto new music from the global underground! And by that, we don't mean the lame dance music "underground" of more than a decade ... LP, Vinyl record album

A lucky number 13 for the Brownswood Bubblers series – a great reminder that the compilation is still one of the best places we know for getting turned onto new music from the global underground! And by that, we don't mean the lame dance music "underground" of more than a decade ... CD

Blinding sounds from Kaidi Tatham – an artist who's really continued the best spirit of the 4Hero sound with records like this! The set's only got four tracks, but you'll hardly miss anything at all – as Tatham packs so much into such a small space – changing up the rhythms in ... LP, Vinyl record album

Some of the lushest, most melodic material from Four Tet yet – straight up beautiful for the most part – and a pretty strong contender for his best to date! He's blending electronics and more natural sounds in ways that aren't out of character given his past work, but the title is ... LP, Vinyl record album

An excellent collection of soulful house from the current Detroit underground – one that's bubbling over with great work from lesser-known talents – all of whom come together to prove that these days, Detroit's one of the most happening music scenes on the planet! There's a really ... LP, Vinyl record album

Three versions of the sexy club groove gem by K'Alexi Shelby for Glenn Underground's Strictly Jaz Unit label! 12-inch, Vinyl record

Hi Note, indeed! Gerardo Frisina's latest is awe-inspiring – a completely seamless blend of Italian and Latin jazz, bossa rhythms and percussion, and some of the most tasteful and naturally blended electronic elements you could ever expect to hear on an album so steeped in a genuine affinity ... LP, Vinyl record album

Spiritual space explorations by the Portico Quartet – a group who are really a duo instead of a four-piece – and who use a lot more electronics than some of their contemporaries on the Gondwana label! In a way, the music almost has the same post-jazz vibe as some of the work on the Tru ... LP, Vinyl record album

This "ensemble" is really just one guy – Charif Megarbane, who recorded the whole album in Kenya – working together a fantastic array of sounds on drums, percussion, guitar, Fender Rhodes, Farfisa, flute, vibes, oud, and a number of other instruments too – all with a ... LP, Vinyl record album

Heady sounds from the Tru Thoughts label – served up here in one of their special Shapes collections – which always means a lot of special mixes and hard-to-find tracks! Tru Thoughts have been at the underground music game for years – and they've always had a fantastic ear for ... LP, Vinyl record album

It feels like quite some time since we've last heard from Jazzanova – a group who were continually exploding our musical horizons back at the end of the last century, and who really seem to have evolved their sound in more recent years! This double-length set has a tremendous sense of scope ... CD

Jazzy grooves from Mop Mop – a set that we like even more than their hip first album, and which is filled with great work from a variety of different musicians! The vibe here is a lot more acoustic than the last time around, although the sound moves past the straighter style of club jazz ... LP, Vinyl record album

Propellent club grooves on Mathematics by Giorgio Luceri! "I Am Love" features slowbuilding atmosphere and some echoey layers of soul vocals by Gregg Fore. "Giove A Favore" has a mix of beats and heavy atmosphere and "Can Move On Without U" continues that vibe nicely ... 12-inch, Vinyl record