The German studio geniuses go to town on some of the best work of the late 90s – remixing a host of tracks that range from the junglist musings of Birtish artists like Roni Size and Alex Reece, to the jazzier riffings of the Compost crew. Remixed titles include "Heroes" by Roni Zie, "Rollin On Chrome" by Afrodelics, "Eastwest" by Mama Oliver, "Donaueschinge" by Rainer Truby Trio, "Going Under" by Rocker's Hi Fi, "Where Shall I Turn" by Sin, "Jazz Master" by Alex Reece, "Speechless" by Count Bassic, and "Bug Powder Dust" by Bomb The Bass. Heck, these guys even make us like Depeche Mode on their remix of "Useless"! CD

The German studio geniuses go to town on some of the best work of the late 90s – remixing a host of tracks that range from the junglist musings of Birtish artists like Roni Size and Alex Reece, to the jazzier riffings of the Compost crew. Remixed titles include "Heroes" by Roni Zie, "Rollin On Chrome" by Afrodelics, "Eastwest" by Mama Oliver, "Donaueschinge" by Rainer Truby Trio, "Going Under" by Rocker's Hi Fi, "Where Shall I Turn" by Sin, "Jazz Master" by Alex Reece, "Speechless" by Count Bassic, and "Bug Powder Dust" by Bomb The Bass. Heck, these guys even make us like Depeche Mode on their remix of "Useless"! LP, Vinyl record album

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Moody and atmospheric vocals from Dani Siciliano – a singer with a voice that has lots of strange twists and turns! At one level, Dani could be a classic vocalist from older jazz years – but the backings on the set hearken more towards a New York downtown style of the early 80s – a bit electronic, a bit avant, but also still soulful and swinging throughout. The approach is really unique – far better than the usual "female vocalist with beats" sound that seemed to come across endlessly in the post-trip hop years – and overall, Dani seems like a much deeper artist with a heck of a lot to offer in years to come! Titles include "All Thee Above", "Extra Ordinary", "She Say Cliche", "Come As You Are", "Canes & Trains", "Walk The Line", "One String", and "Collaboration". CD

George Evelyn – aka Nightmares On Wax – serves up a tasty batch of chillout tunes, all mixed together with a blend of mellow hip hop, funky beats, and a few older grooves. The mix features 22 tracks in all – including "Get On Down" by Kenny Dope, "Chocolate" by Syrup, "Overoope" by Smokers Blend, "Sand Steppin" by Martin's Brew, "Alphabet Aerobics" by Blackalicious, "Swamp Fever" by John Cameron, "Award Tour" by Tribe Called Quest, "Burn Me Slo" by Nightmares on Wax featuring OC, "Break It Down" by DJ Paul Nice, "Ay Ay Studder" by Saukrates, and "Slow Process" by Type. CD

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Tracks from Nicolas Jaar, Clark, Dorian Concept, Condry Ziqubu, The Invisible, JR Seaton, Blood Orange, Tanner Ross, Teengirl Fantasy, Tony Allen, and more. CD

A very different entry in the DJ Kicks series than usual – as Theo Parrish has created a whole new set of exclusive tracks – working with his underground contemporaries to make a record that's bristling with energy at every twist and turn! And although this series usually comes across as a various artists collection, this entry is more a "Theo Parrish & Friends" sort of record – filled with wonderful tracks that push the energy of the Detroit scene forward into the global cosmos – on titles that include "Full" by John C & Meftah, "Simba's Theme" by Donald Lee Roland, "When The Sun Falls" by Meftah, "Psalm 23" by De'Sean Jones, "Moonlight (Duality/Detroit live version)' by Ian Fink, "Surrounded By Trees" by Jason Hogans, "Hudsons" by Raj Mahal, "Don't Know" by Whodat & Sophiyah.e, "Again (T's edit)" by Mbthelight, "Janis" by Sterling Toles, "Green Funk" by Raybone Jones, "The Upper Room" by Specter, and "Experiment 10" by Howard Thomas. LP, Vinyl record album

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French downtempo and hip hop producer put together this nice set, one of the earliest in the long running Studio K7 series! Like other vinyl installments in the DJ Kicks series, this set isn't mixed, and it features a great lineup of cuts, including "Unassisted" by Rasco, "Juggling" by the Ragga Twins, "Milan" by Tommy Hools, "Things In Time" by Rodney P, "Zero G" by Minus 8, "Tell The World" by Sci Fi Select, "Freestyle 2" by Awesome 2 + Jem and "Dark Jazz (DJ Cam rmx)" by Daphreephunkateerz. CD

Keyboardist Kamaal Williams has given us some great records under his own name – and here, he turns in a stunning set for the DJ Kicks series – a record that's overflowing with a mix of cosmic jazz, soul, and club from some of Kamaal's key contemporaries – mixed with a few great contributions of his own! All the criss-crossing of styles that we love in Williams own music is present in his selections on this set – and there's a majestic flow that really shows an understanding of all the changes in the underground during the past decade or so – as Kamaal takes us on a musical journey through its landscape of sound! Titles include "Hey There" by Steve Spacek, "Buggin Out" by Seiji, "Summer Madness SA" by Karriem Riggins, "Stuck (orig)" by Peven Everett, "Southern Freeez" by Freeez, "Ein Kola Bitte" by Ratgrave, "Peace & Love's Comin" by Phil Asher, "He's So Crazy" by Wbeeza, "Pregnant" by Awanto 3, "It's All In The Groove" by City People, "Lowrider" by Yussef Kamaal, "Nuts" by Dego, "Cause I Love You" by Diggs Duke, and the cuts "Strings (ATL)", "Snitches Brew (live)", and "Shinjuku (DJ Kicks)" by Kamaal Williams himself. CD

Tommy Boy includes a little bit of everything on each volume of it's Greatest Beats series – from the early Soul Sonic Force classics and dance tracks up through the latest hits. We'll admit there's a few filler tracks (why'd they include the K7 trash??) but there's still a lot of hard-to-obtain 12" versions of Tommy Boy classics. This one includes Afrika Bambattaa & Soul Sonic Force "Looking for the Perfect Beat 12" mix", De La Soul "Me Myself & I", Paris "Break The Grip of Shame", Naughty By Nature "OPP", Stetsasonic "Go Stetsa 1 12" remix", Digital Underground "Same Song", Coldcut/Lisa Stansfield "People Hold On", Club Nouveau "Why You Treat Me So Bad", Information Society, Latifah, Coolio, Force MD's, and more. CD

A very cool miniature reproduction of a famous creation from the legendary Techniques company – inventor of the turntable the revolutionized DJ'ing back in the 80s! Your selection will include one of five different possible choices – either a model of four different turntables – the SL 1200 MK2, SL 1200 MK7, SL 1200 GLD, or SL DZ 1200 – or a tiny model of the SH DJ1200 mixer with EAH DJ1200 headphones! All items are very faithfully reproduced – just super-tiny (and of course, they don't actually play records!) Turntable