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Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mighty Instrumentals R&B-Style 1962 Record Store Day 2023 Edition

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Rhythm And Blues)

38,99 €*

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Waterfall)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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RSD 2023 indie exclusive.

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The Everettes

Soul Steps

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Heat Crimes)

The Ephemeron Loop

Psychonautic Escapism

35,99 €*

Prism Citrus Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Born from the fractal innerworld of Vymethoxy Redspiders, better known as Urocerus Gigas from Leeds-based xenofeminist crisis energy rock duo Guttersnipe, The Ephemeron Loop's debut is a synaesthetic acid bath that cracks open the doors of perception to reveal a sonic landscape of ineffable beauty, divine femininity and continual transformation. "Psychonautic Escapism" sublimes Guttersnipe's teeth-gnashing spacegrind aesthetic leaving washes of dream pop ambience, dilated speedcore fusillades and shapeshifting psychedelic dub effects. It's an album that lodges itself creatively between Cocteau Twins, Arca, Basic Channel and Napalm Death, lysergically fluxing imperceptibly between seemingly contradictory sonics and philosophies. Miss VR took 14 long, difficult years to write the album, which developed cautiously as she broke through the misery of her pre-transition life with shoegaze music, rave and psychedelic drugs in Leeds' queer underground. An existence languishing in negativity, soundtracked by extreme music was replaced with the opportunity to experience euphoria, elation and ecstatic freedom, emotions that coalesce sensually on "Psychonautic Escapism". These formative experiences are the album's initial building blocks, assembled between 2007 and 2018 as Miss VR came to grips with her reality as an autistic/ADHD trans woman and the multi-dimensional psychotropic experiences that assisted that realization. And as V's worldview expanded and shifted as she lived a fresh life, the music itself developed spiritually. In 2018, after being impressed with producer Ross Halden's work with Guttersnipe, Miss VR asked him to assist her with developing The Ephemeron Loop's fragmented songs and visions. "I learned a lot about why people don't usually combine various kinds of sounds or styles in music," she admits. "It is very difficult to get it to all work together!" But after two-and-a-half years of the duo navigating a "labyrinth of fragmented Reason 5 and Logic projects," re-recording and processing, and workin...

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The Orb

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Cooking Vinyl)

Prism Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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On "Prism" The Orb"s pulsating discography grows ever more huge, with their 18th album, and 3rd helmed by core duo Alex Paterson and Michael Rendall. Despite the connotations of its title, here they continue to rollick freely without inhibition across ambient, house and dub, but also tangent into poetry, pop, full-blown drum "n" bass and actual reggae.The LP features electronic musicians David Harrow (whose CV includes Anne Clarke, Psychic TV, Razormaid, Adrian Sherwood and Andy Weatherall) and Gaudi (whose credits include Max Romeo, Capleton, Johnny Clarke and Desmond Dekker). Other guests include Orb regular Youth, violinist Violeta Vicci, Kompakt records alumnus Leonardo Fresco, Metamono man Jono Podmore, Guitarist and Alex"s old schoolchum David Lofts, plus vocalists Eric Von Skywalker, Andy Cain and Rachel D"arcy.

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The Orb

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Cooking Vinyl)

29,99 €*

LP | 2023 | Original (Be With)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Cleveland Eaton

Half And Half

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Forty Below)

Tony Holiday

Motel Mississippi

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Howlin' Blues Selected A & B Sides 1951-62

Howlin' Wolf

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Acrobat)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Goodbye Song / Just A Smile From You

Vaneese & Carolyn

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Soul Brother)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jimmy Radcliffetobi / Legenddean Parrish

Wigan Casino / Three Before Eight

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Outta Sight)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Chris Clark / The Temptations

Whenever I'm Without You / All I Need Is You To Love

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Outta Sight)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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3LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Krakenduft)

Tobias Werner

Listen! 29 Prayers

75,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2013 | US | Reissue (Merge)

King Khan & The Shrines

Idle No More

23,99 €*

Prism Natural With Black Swirl Vinyl Edition

Release: 2013 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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“It has been a lengthy hiatus, but we have finally finished our latest ‘masterpiece’ and named it after an incredible indigenous-rights movement that is happening right now called Idle No More. I was born and raised in Montreal and spent a lot of time on the Kahnawake Mohawk Indian reservation. Idle No More is probably the most refined piece of music we have made to date. The songs are about the state of the world we live in today. Originally, I was going to call the album Of Madness I Dream, but then I became very enthused about the amazing work of the Idle No More movement. Everyone I asked had never heard of it, so I contacted the leaders of the movement and, with their permission, decided to rename the album Idle No More in hopes that it would increase the world’s awareness of this miracle that is taking place for the indigenous peoples of the world. If you are not familiar with Idle No More, look it up and GET Involved! It took a long time to make, but we are very proud and pleased to bring you this album. I hope that the future will brighten up every time it is played. Ultimately, John and Yoko were absolutely right: Love IS ALL YOU Need! Peace and Love.”—King Bama Lama Khan Emperor of RnB.

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Say She She

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Karma Chief)

Closet Botanist Transparent Teal Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The highly anticipated debut LP from Say She She, the all-female discodelic soul band that will transport you with their dreamy harmonies, catchy hooks and up tempo grooves!The band's sound is a hat tip to late 70's girl groups with the three strong female lead voices of Piya Malik (featured in El Michels Affair, and backing singer for Chicano Batman), Nya Gazelle Brown, and Sabrina Cunningham - whose vocals soar through a set doused heavily with funky bass lines, rhythmic wah guitar, melodic synths and lilting bansuri flute lines, bursting into a seamless blend of dreamy harmonies and catchy hooks. A multicultural, multi-instrumental, collaborative melting pot, pulling sounds and styles from all corners of their record collections.The largely self-produced debut album `Prism' features contributions from Dap Kings Joey Crispiano & Victor Axelrod, Max Shrager (The Shacks) Bardo Martinez (Chicano Batman) Nikhil Yearwadekar (former Antibalas) Andy Bauer (Twin Shadow) and Matty McDermot (nypmh).

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Rudy De Anda

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Karma Chief)

Reeling / Don't You Dare Stop Metallic Green Vinyl Edition Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In 2020, Rudy De Anda moved his homebase out of California for the first time. He was headed East. Somewhere in the back of the U-Haul, among the boxes and baggage, was a mostly finished record. Upon arriving in Chicago, Rudy quickly found the final pieces of his new LP, Closet Botanist. The album was recorded in Austin, Texas at the Electric Deluxe recording studio. The space is owned and operated by Adrian Quesada (Black Pumas), who helped produce and engineer Rudy's new LP. "In the past, I've done most of my recording in California," Rudy explained. "The new location changed the vibe. The band and I were 100% focused on the process." Rudy's previous releases have grown synonymous with California sunshine. He was born in Los Angeles and spent most of his formative years in Long Beach. "People often tell me my music reminds them of the beach and the sun," Rudy said of his older songs. Closet Botanist isn't a total departure from Rudy's beachy, psych-rock roots, but it does sound more mature. Rudy points to The Velvet Underground and The Kinks for direct inspiration. "I glorify those bands - I'm a 60s psych-rocker at heart." For the seasoned listener, there's a trail of psychedelic breadcrumbs to find throughout the track list. Rudy dedicates the album to those who love so hard that they neglect to water their own garden. Even in a much colder climate, the closet botanist continues to grow.

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Say She She

7" | 2023 | US | Original (Karma Chief)

11,39 €* 11,99 € -5%

The Harlem Gospel Travellers & Aaron Frazer

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Reeling is Say She She's latest emboldened declaration to fight dystopia. Written as an incantation from Mother Earth to the masses to join the rising against the calamitous forces of unfettered capitalism that has left our seas and skies grappling. With soaring harmonics and perfectly in sync voices, the She She's lead the charge to "Kick the Door Down, Smash the ceiling_ Leave `em Reeling." The B-side, 'Don't You Dare Stop,' is a passionate sonnet written about a former flame who once whispered the words_Don't You Dare Stop. Brimming with a yearning so amorous it burns everything to the ground with scorching hot vocals and breathy high tones.

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Help Me To Understand Black Vinyl Edition

7" | 2023 | US | Original (Big Crown)

11,99 €*

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Hope Street)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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As a follow up single to The Harlem Gospel Traveler's acclaimed sophomore LP 'Look Up!', we present 'Help Me To Understand,' featuring the heavenly vocals of Aaron Frazer, and written and produced by Eli "Paperboy" Reed. The 45 is then backed with the electric and exciting title track from their recent LP, 'Look Up!'

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Hannah Macklin

22,49 €* 29,99 € -25%

United 8 & Tony Alvon & The Belairs

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Hannah Macklin’s debut LP ‘Mu’ is a glittering piece of cosmic orchestral neo-soul. Jazz-informed vocals & production merge triphop and prog influences and join the dots between Homegenic era Bjork or Portishead and contemporary artists like Solange. What’s Mu about? Mu is about everything: Songs about heartbreak and parting share the album with songs marveling at the scale of the universe. Mu is a concept from Zen and Chan Buddhism that means: “nothingness” and also, “pure awareness.” The awareness at the source of all things. In Hannah’s words: “There is so much life in every moment. Endless patterns, algorithms and instances repeating and changing and adapting. Spiraling outwards from the source. What source? The source.” In search of the source, Hannah has composed and arranged an undefinable, cinematic album that leads the listener on a winding path through her imagination. Sonically as well as thematically, Mu is an album of extremes and lofty ambitions. Fragile and delicate vocal and violin textures contrast with crunchy noisescapes and brooding synthesizers. Hannah’s commanding voice shares the spotlight with a string section and is backed by spacious production featuring many acoustic instruments. Sonically, producer Nick Herrera has brought a reassuring chunkiness to this unplugged palette, in particular the head nodding drums that anchor Hannah’s celestial musings . Like a film soundtrack or a symphony Mu is best listened to and understood as a whole - it circles back to themes and refrains and re-examines them. Sometimes a song is a song, sometimes it’s a soundscape dreaming of a song. “When making this album, I had a specific concept for how I wanted the music to sound. I don’t mean in terms of genre… it was more of a visceral, sensory concept which I knew I could only realise by allowing myself to experiment and create simultaneously, believing in my rough ideas enough to grow them, to weave them into stories... I have decided to call the album “Mu” to signify the empty chasm I allowed to hold within me whilst these songs were born."

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Getting Uptown (To Get Down) / Sexy Coffee Pot

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Matasuna)

13,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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I Would Die 4 You / Footsteps In The Dark

Jarrod Lawson

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Dome)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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More Boss Black Rockers Volume 2 Hokus Pokus

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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More Boss Black Rockers Volume 1 Guitar Pickin' Foo

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Soul Step)

Matt Duncan

Soft Times

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Buh)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Matt Duncan is one of the biggest artists you have not heard of yet. This particular album, "Soft Times" has almost 20 MILLION STREAMS on Spotify alone. You might not know Matt Duncan, but you have definitely heard his music. His music has been on "The Vampire Diaries," "Private Practice," and HBO's "Bored To Death." Most recently Matt was a featured performer in the Tony Award winning Broadway musical, "Hedwig and The Angry Inch." The album art was created by Robert Beatty, who has recently done art for Tame Impala, Flaming Lips, and more!Matt Duncan creates music that would have fit in perfectly on your Dad's AM Radio in the 1970's. Touches of Blue Eyed Soul await you on this LP. This album showcases the strength of Matt's arranging. Strings, horns, layered vocals all make this perfect mix of Motown and Bacharach. There is a track for any ear on this LP.

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Ale Hop & Laura Robles

Agua Dulce

29,99 €*

I'll Show You How / Wishing On A Wishing Well

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Laura Robles, percussionist with a long history in the world of jazz, and Ale Hop, guitarist and sound artist, are two of the most outstanding Peruvian artists today.Berlin-based Peruvian musicians Alejandra Cárdenas, AKA Ale Hop, and Laura Robles present their debut album together, released via Buh Records. With a foundation informed by decolonialism and organology, 'Agua Dulce' is a radical deconstruction of traditional rhythms of the Peruvian coast, in which the cajón instrument plays a central role.'Agua Dulce' is named after the most popular beach in Lima, near where both artists lived during their childhood, houses apart, without ever meeting one another. Now, years later, the pair have joined forces, with Robles on a self-built electric cajón and Cárdenas on electric guitar and electronics. Together they explore rhythmical structures that form the backbone of the complex Afro-Peruvian music and dance traditions - a broad term used for the various musical developments that occurred in the last two centuries, at the shores of the Peruvian Pacific. The cajón originated in coastal Peru as a percussion instrument that the black slaves created from wooden fruit boxes, when foot drums were banned at the end of the Spanish colonial-era, in the 19th century. From its birth the cajón was a symbol of resistance, experimentation and transformation, so Robles and Cárdenas strive to maintain the instrument's spirit and qualities by pushing the boundaries of its sound into the future. However, although buzzing with an intense voltage and proffering a fresh contribution to modern experimental/noise/low fi/percussive music, the duo's mission isn't merely capturing something sonically futuristic, but is primarily concerned with shaking off the dust: "These rhythms have become ossified nowadays, heard in Peruvian folklore shows, and on the 'global music' circuit, but our desire is to experiment and do something more radical with them, connecting to the instruments more radical past", comment...

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Cinnamon Soulettes

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Melodies International)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Last Man On Earth Red Transparent Vinyl Edition

Lee Small

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Metalville)

32,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Another Day / Watching From The Shadows

Skinshape

7" | 2022 | UK | Original (Lewis)

10,99 €*

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Arrogance Is The Death Of Men / The Eastern Co

Skinshape

7" | 2022 | UK | Original (Lewis)

10,99 €*

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Les Disques Bongo Joe)

Yalla Miku

32,99 €*

Tick Tock / Keep Growing Strong

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Bongo Joe Records is pleased to announce the release of Yalla Miku"s debut album. It is a new way of combining African, European, electronic, acoustic and electric music and cultures. The project was launched by Cyril Cyril duo, then joined by Simone Aubert and Vincent Bertholet from Hyperculte and three musicians with migrant backgrounds: the Moroccan Anouar Baouna, the Eritrean Samuel Ades and the Algerian Ali Bouchaki.

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Connie Stevens

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Measured Mile)

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Badasonic)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The new single on Bob Stanley's Measured Mile label is a terrific double-header from Connie Stevens – ‘Tick Tock’ b/w ‘Keep Growing Strong’. A northern soul monster, arranged by the late Philly soul legend Thom Bell, original copies of Tick Tock regularly fetch £250 or more.

It was originally the flip side, as Connie Stevens was handed the very first opportunity to record Thom Bell and Linda Creed's evergreen ‘Betcha By Golly Wow’, later a hit for both the Stylistics and Prince. The record label decided to retitle it ‘Keep Growing Strong’, for unknown reasons - Measured Mile have rescued it from obscurity and made it affordable once again.

A classy orchestrated floor-filler and a timeless Philly ballad. You can't go wrong.

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The Ready-Mades

Tumbling Walls

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Bible & Tire Recording Company)

Elder Jack Ward

The Storm

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Patti Williams

Do You Know

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Luaka Bop)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Dynamite Cuts & The George Semper Music Archives present you this third in a series of soulful dancers 'Do You Know' from Patti Williams! Her powerful, gospel inflected perfromance on the rare gem A, 'Do You Know' is an anthem of Women overcoming scorn. Written and Produced by George Semper, as part of her unreleased album, 'Do You Know' was recorded at Original Sound Record Hollywood in 1969. The master recording lay dromant in the vault until now!

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The Staples Jr. Singers

Tell Heaven

Take Me For A Little While / We Go Together Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Down across the railroad tracks, on a narrow road called Church Street in West Point, Mississippi, there"s a windowless brick building that"s been converted into a house of worship called The Message Center. One chilly January morning, the original members of a little-known gospel group from Aberdeen, Mississippi, called the Staples Jr. Singers gathered there to play some of their early songs for the first time in nearly 50 years. Many of these songs, which they wrote when they were just teenagers, first appeared on their only full-length release in 1975, When Do We Get Paid (Luaka Bop, 2022), but none have been revisited-until now.

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The Royal Jesters

7" | 2023 | US | Original (Numero Group)

Take Me For A Little While / We Go Together Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Royal Jesters were a household name in the 60s in San Antonio, TX. the 1960s. Formed by Henry Hernandez and Oscar Lawson, the group performed at school dances and downtown clubs and eventually leased and managed their own venue, the legendary Patio Andaluz. The group also started their own label, Jester Records, and recorded various singles, including a take on Vanilla Fudge's "Take Me For A Little While" with the towering Louie Escalante on lead. The group also recorded "We Go Together," a group harmony classic with 16 yr old Luvine Elias, Jr on a Lowrey organ. A must-have hot tortilla to keep in your bag.

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Royal Jesters

7" | 2023 | US | Original (Numero Group)

11,99 €*

I Won't Love You Again / So Funny Orange Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Dimas III

7" | 2023 | US | Original (Numero Group)

To The Forest To Live A Truer Life Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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After branching off from The Royal Jesters in the mid-'60s, Dimas Garza attempted a solo career and reinvented himself as Dimas III. Dimas recorded three singles on the Jesters' own Clown label - all tracked at Abie Epstein's studio off General McMullen in San Antonio, TX. The first was "So Funny" b/w "I Won't Love You Again," which are almost impossible-to-find records. Garza never did manage to break beyond the Bexar County limits but left a rich legacy of recordings behind for lowrider enthusiasts and obsessed collectors alike.

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Yoshimioizumikiyoshiduo

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Thrill Jockey)

I Hope You Can Forgive Me Purple Vinyl Ediition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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YoshimiOizumikiYoshiduO"s debut album To The Forest To Live A Truer Life combines the thrill and precision of masterful improvised music practitioners unearthing new sonic possibilities. Yoshimi P-We, now known as YoshimiO, is best known for her work as one of the founders and drummer in the Japanese rock band Boredoms alongside IzumikiYoshi (synthesizer, sampler, and programmed midi instruments on Vision Creation Newsun and Super æ), and multi-instrumental work in the all female group OOIOO. She has worked as a session player and vocalist on Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips. A balance of YoshimiO"s live improvisations and IzumikiYoshi"s correlated processed sounds give the pieces a sense of grounding and weightlessness in tandem. Being described by Wayne Coyne (The Flaming Lips) as "one of those strange genius musicians", YoshimiO uses the piano as her primary instrument in addition to her singular voice- every move is bent, stretched, and mutated by IzumikiYoshi"s modular synthesizer into cascades of brightly colored waves and dotted constellations of sound. Rather than taming YoshimiO"s spirited performances, IzumikiYoshi adorns every unique flutter with complementary otherworldly textures. Recorded primarily in a cafe nestled in a forest in Japan, To The Forest To Live A Truer Life is a celebration of pure potential, of music born of the moment expanding in every direction. YoshimiO has collaborated with and worked on numerous projects, most notably a raga band called SAICOBAB, an ambient project called Yoshimi and Yuka, the tribal drum OLAibi, and indie supergroup Free Kitten.

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Madison McFerrin

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Madmcferrin Music)

Soul Jazz Records presents

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Madison's latest project, I Hope You Can Forgive Me, represents an evolution in her career as she finds ways to improvise and self-produce in the midst of an ever changing global pandemic landscape. I Hope You Can Forgive Me builds upon that next step sonically while exploring themes of love, self-preservation, fear, and conjuring. What comes out of this work and Madison's career thus far is a commitment to leave - leave fear and doubt behind in order to make space for what is next to come, all with a sense of style, fun, and invitation to dance through it

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Holy Church: Gospel, Funk & Soul 1971-83 Record Store Day 2023 Red Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

Highways Of My Life Record Store Day 2023 Edition

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Record Store Day 2023 limited release with regional focus limited to 1000 copies. Soul Jazz Records’ new Holy Church of the Ecstatic Soul: Gospel, Funk and Soul at the Crossroads 1971-83 is a one-off limited-edition heavyweight red vinyl pressing + download code exclusively for Record Store Day 2023.

The album draws upon the extensive links between Black American Gospel music and Soul music, showing how the sensibilities of gospel artists such as Shirley Caesar, Dorothy Norwood, Andraé Crouch and others crossed over into secular soul music during this period.
Many of the most successful soul artists – from Aretha Franklin to Al Green, The Staples Singers to Sam Cooke – all drew upon their upbringing in the church for their musical inspiration. This album discusses how important the links between the Black church and Soul music were in creating Soul, and spotlights some of the many important (and also little-known) Gospel artists who walked this line between sacred music and soul, funk and disco in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Holy Church of the Ecstatic Soul shows how sacred Gospel music was at home with Stevie Wonder and Blaxploitation-style funk and produced music celebrated both in New York’s underground discos (The Paradise Garage, Studio 54, etc) and later sampled by the likes of Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg and Mary J Blige.

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Stardish

7" | 2023 | JP | Original (Grand Paradise Hotel)

37,99 €*

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Gospel (Vintage Sounds Collection)

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Wagram Music)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Wait Til I Get Over Black Vinyl Edition

Durand Jones

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Dead Oceans)

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Jalapeno)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Durand Jones's Wait `Til I Get Over is a memoir and a love letter. It is the story of Jones's life, his growth and revelations, the wisdom of his hometown and the wisdom he could only gain once he left. In it, he writes through Hillaryville's contradictions: the pristine beauty and the ragged roads; his teenage desire to leave and his adult desire to honor his tangled roots; the plantation history and the ups and downs of the Black community that made homes of this reparation town. "Hometowns have a way of keeping a part of you," says Jones, "and if I'm making something young-me would be proud of, Hillaryville is a big part of that." Jones finds something transformative in his memories there and the life he has led since, ultimately claiming and embracing his whole self. The result is vulnerable, personal, touching on Jones's relationship to church life, to his mother, to his queerness, to his worth. "I wish I could tell my younger self `you don't have to stick to the dreams people have for you,'" says Jones, "'you can dream bigger. You are more than capable, you are more than able. I think about some nerdy punk kid in the rural south who needs to hear that now.'" Wait `Til I Get Over does exactly that.

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Izo Fitzroy

A Good Woman

Ronfo & Kindred Spirits Orchestra / Lee Mcdonald

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Izo FitzRoy's third album 'A Good Woman' explores life as a single woman, railing against convention, battling depression, wrangling shame, and having a more embodied connection with herself. It's a masterclass in soul music, touching on elements of gospel, folk, and rock. Production comes courtesy of Kraak & Smaak's Oscar de Jong, who takes her song writing into a new territory (and he's no stranger to creating quality hits as an artist himself). The result is vibrant and ecstatic musically, with lyrics ranging from introspective and soul searching to uplifting and empowering.

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Don't Let Him Get The Best Of You

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Izipho Soul)

11,99 €* 15,99 € -25%

Be A Lover / Keep On Lovin'

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The original 1975 version on Roulette is a much loved classic. Ron Foster’s 1985 instrumental version is a completely different interpretation with a full 21+ orchestra and now it takes on a new identity with the original lead singer of Whirlwind, Sandi Everett, who recently recorded a new vocal - This composition’s 48 year journey is now fulfilled!

On the flip we are proud to present LEE McDONALD’s Let’s Play Luck, a hidden gem from his iconic LP ‘Sweet Magic’; released on a 7” for the very first time and as an extended mix!

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The Regime

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Izipho Soul)

15,99 €*

Orange Krush / Freedom Express

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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BE A Lover oozes silky soul, funk flavours, sensuous instrumentation with an effortless flow.

A glockenspiel begins the story of our sleeping subject, snoring loudly. Queue harp and chimes to set the scene, dancing guitar strings, pulsating bass and punchy brass. Lead vocalist Liam Stacey serenades the Gods with his soulful ode to funky liberation followed by Jaspar Gubbay with his oh so smooth tone. The track closes with an epic prophetic funky-mantra.

Sonic indulgence right here that will keep you listening again and again! On the flip is Keep ON Lovin’, a unique, creative full on production that only THE Regime can pull off! * Explicit content is present on Keep ON Lovin' *

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Action / Get Down

7" | 2023 | UK | Reissue (Breaks & Beats)

15,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Have't I Been Good To You / I´M Gonna Cry Till My Tears Run Dry

Lorraine Ellison

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Soul 4 Real)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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You Make Me Tremble / Come With Me

Paul Kelly

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Soul 4 Real)

16,19 €* 17,99 € -10%

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Jalapeno)

The Allergies

Mash Up The Sound

14,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Now Is The Time Record Store Day 2023 White Vinyl Edition

The Ethics

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Jamie)

38,99 €*

Coko & The Great Revivers

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Top-Werkschau der Philly-Soul-Band The Ethics, die sich 1967 in Philadelphia gründete, von Künstlern wie Madlib, Four Tet, Big K.R.I.T., Wiz Khalifa und Logic gesampled wurde und von Cratediggern verehrt wird. Mit 15 Songs, darunter fünf, die erstmals auf Vinyl erscheinen. Weisses Vinyl.

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Crosseyed And Painless

7" | 2023 | US | Original (Funk Night)

Bbc: Live At Maida Vale 1999 Record Store Day 2023 Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Boss Lady Coko teams up with The Great Revivers for a drum heavy take on the Talking Heads classic. Comes in a beautiful picture sleeve designed by Matt Manley.

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Jamiroquai

LP | 2023 | UK | Reissue (Sony)

29,44 €* 30,99 € -5%

Release: 2023 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Attn.: We did not receive this record in time for RSD, but we will get it this week.

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Mid-Atlantic Story Volume 3 Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Numero Group)

Merry Christmas To You Green Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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For the lowriders, the souleros, and for any armchair drag racer who still has a record player within reach, Mid-Atlantic Story pays tribute to the aftermarket sounds of soul music, inspired by the record industry's metric trunkload of cruising compilations, legitimate and otherwise, that soundtracked an entire subculture. This getaway ride mixtape strips aesthetics from the timeless East Side Story series, and poaches music from the greater Chesapeake Bay region. Roll with a jacked-up masterpiece.

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Joseph Washington Jr.

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Numero Group)

Merry Christmas To You Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Green VinylJoseph Washington Jr.'s 1983 holiday LP putsa soulful, funky, suave ribbon on nine frostyChristmas cuts. In that season of music'straditional descent into threadbare schmaltz,Merry Christmas to You restores joy andwonder to a blizzard of bland. Under thistree, find undiscovered classics for our cynicalage: the buoyant "Jesus' Birthday," the hotand bothered soul of "Merry Christmas," theridiculously catchy wallet-opener "Shopping."The world of records produces just a preciousfew yuletide keepers: Spector's A ChristmasGift for You; Fahey's The New Possibility;Guaraldi's indelible Charlie Brown Christmas.Down another nog and file Joseph WashingtonJr. comfortably next to those.

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Joseph Washington Jr.

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Numero Group)

III Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Joseph Washington Jr.'s 1983 holiday LP putsa soulful, funky, suave ribbon on nine frostyChristmas cuts. In that season of music'straditional descent into threadbare schmaltz,Merry Christmas to You restores joy andwonder to a blizzard of bland. Under thistree, find undiscovered classics for our cynicalage: the buoyant "Jesus' Birthday," the hotand bothered soul of "Merry Christmas," theridiculously catchy wallet-opener "Shopping."The world of records produces just a preciousfew yuletide keepers: Spector's A ChristmasGift for You; Fahey's The New Possibility;Guaraldi's indelible Charlie Brown Christmas.Down another nog and file Joseph WashingtonJr. comfortably next to those.

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24 Carat Black

LP | 2020 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

Release: 2020 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Champagne Wave VinylFrom Shrine to Stax, Isaac Hayes to Gloria Ann Taylor, The Mad Lads to The Staples Singers, Detroit to Atlanta, Kendrick to Pusha-T, Dale Warren's singular voice is the lone constant. Beneath the ethereal beauty of his productions was a genius crippled by his unbridled id. His ever-evolving 24-Carat Black project spanned the '70s, producing a masterpiece and an unfinished follow up. Discovered in a storage space were Warren's 1980s demos cut with grown n' sexy divas Princess Hearn, Vicki Gray, and LaRhonda LeGette right before his untimely death at the age of 50. III is an unfinished symphony that peels away the final layer of Dale Warren's mysterious oeuvre.

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Chinese Man)

Dig It #1

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Chinese Man)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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For the label's 15th anniversary, Chinese Man Records launches DIG IT !, a series of digital singles focused on the discovery of new artists. A breath of fresh air for CMR and an opening towards music genres not yet represented within the label. This LP offers a selection of the 10 singles chosen by the public. Bonus : Free Download included! All the vinyl tracks + other Dig It singles.Tracklist:SupaChill- Hasta SiempreElodie Rama- Letter To A Sister FriendDekay (10)-BrainlessMerdan Taplak Orkestar-Senlik RaksiMounir Otai- FranceMakoto San-44HHRecreation!- Not The SameTheo Perek-FLOODThree Oscillators & DROPPED OUT- InsomniaPhil Krilla- Pioneers

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Matteo

Matteo & Bro

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Athens Of The North)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Soul / Electro / jazz / trip hop. It was in 2019 that Matteo (one of the 3 members of the band Chinese Man and co-founder of the label CMR) met the first musicians who would be part of the project "Matteo & Bro". Starting with guitarist Karim Addadi and bassist Christophe Lincontang (with whom he collaborates on a film score), Matteo then surrounded himself with drummer Hugo Pollon and saxophonist, flutist and Duduk (Armenian flute) player Lamine Diagne. A real desire to launch a project where the musicians are at the heart of the creative process progressively grew as the meetings went on. The artists gather in Bron (near Lyon) for the composition of the eponymous opening track. On this album we also find the voices of two female artists, Isadora (Belgium) on "Sweet Shadows" and Tania Saleh (Lebanon) on "Sakakeen", as well as General Elektriks with its keyboards and its sublime groove on several tracks ("Bina" & "Prumirim"). Between programming & electronic production, arrangements and composition, the demos take shape, the groove and the universe between soul, funk, trip hop and world music extend the desire and the production of an album. Due to the health crisis, the album is finally recorded in late 2021 with the help of Sodi, sound engineer and producer of many albums (Fela & Femi Kuti, Saul Williams, Deluxe, IAM ...). For the orchestration of the tracks "Path" and "Sakakeen", Matteo also called on Franck Lebon (film music composer) to add a cinematic dimension to these two tracks.

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Marion Javius

Waiting In The Wings

14,99 €*

Shawn Robinson & Bessie Banks

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sometimes it is meant to be. I remember years ago Ian Wright (a notorious 45s collector, not a footballer) played me Marion Javius, it was about $1 at the time. I really love the record, but the "sshumwere" vocal in the chorus and the cha cha at the end of the bars did my head it a little.

Roll on 15 years and I was speaking to my record fiend and friend David Haffner who helps with releases on Aotn. It turned out he had been sitting on the multi-track tapes for Marion Javius for some time and was cool with us doing a 45. Having multi-track was an opportunity for me to fix the little bug bears with the OG mix. On first listen, I was delighted to hear a vocal take without the "Shamwooon" on the chorus, so myself and Linkwood got on the case to rebuild an Ecla version without the Game Show bar ends and "Shamons" that had been haunting me for years.

So here we are, the Ecla version, with the OG on the flip in case you think I'm talking rubbish.

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My Dear Heart / I Cant Make It

7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Deptford Northe)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Dreamin' Wild Limited Lathe Cut Picure Disc Edition

Donnie & Joe Emerson

LP | 2012 | US | Reissue (Light In The Attic)

79,99 €*

2nd Resurrection Record Store Day 2023 Edition

Release: 2012 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Essential pick! These buddy's "Baby" was recently covered by Hype Williams on their "Ebony" album, and both tunes are hella fresh!

Pacific Northwest isolation mixed with wide-eyed ambition, a strong sense of family and the gift of music proved to be quite the combination for teenage brothers Donnie and Joe Emerson. Originally released in 1979, Dreamin’ Wild is the sonic vision of the talented Emerson boys, recorded in a family built home studio in rural Washington State. Situated in the unlikely blink-and-you-missed-it town of Fruitland and far removed from the late 1970s punk movement and the larger disco boom, Donnie and Joe tilled their own musical soil, channeling bedroom pop jams, raw funk, and yacht rock.

Spurred on their high school’s music program, Donnie and Joe received a further push from their lifelong farmer father, who drew up a contract stating that he’d support his sons lofty ambitions with their very own recording studio as long as they focused on original material, sage advice for a man with zero experience in the music business. After taking out a second mortgage to help cover costs, Don Sr. also built his children a 300-capacity concert hall (dubbed Camp Jammin’) replete with ticket booth, stage, and fully functioning snack bar. The only problem was that the projected audience never quite materialized, despite a prime time TV profile entitled “The Rock And Roll Farmers” from nearby Spokane, Washington. Even the Emerson brother’s school pals were nonplussed at their privately pressed long player; hand distributed to local music stores, but not as far as Seattle, five hours away from their rural home. Somewhat rejected by the muted response, but never surrendering, both Donnie and Joe continued down a musical path and are still active as performers today.

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Stairsteps

LP | 2023 | Reissue (Dark Horse)

25,99 €*

7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Spasibo)

Release: 2023 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Record Store Day 2023 exclusive release limited to 1410 copies.
Known to many for their uplifting hit song “O-o-h Child,” Stairsteps (formerly The Five Stairsteps) were The First Family of Soul, providing the template for family bands like The Jackson 5. Originally discovered by Curtis Mayfield, they were introduced to The Beatles by Billy Preston. George Harrison signed the band to Dark Horse Records in 1975 and put out the band’s final album, 2nd Resurrection, which featured one of their biggest hits, “From Us To You.” Billy Preston played synthesizer and served as co-producer alongside Robert Margouleff.

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The Soul Surfers

Jingles Library

14,24 €* 14,99 € -5%

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Soundtracks

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LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Acid Jazz)

Dicky Continental

Un...

28,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Norman Connors

Slewfoot 45s Collection

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Why Can't People Be Colors Too?

The Whatnauts

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Investigations No.1 45's Collection

Carl Sherlock Holmes

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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F.B.I.

F.B.I.'S 45's Collection

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Roy Budd

Diamonds 45s Collection

21,99 €*

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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After The Rain 45s Collection

Frank Strazzeri

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Knowbody's Gonna Love You

George & Joanne

15,99 €*

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The George Semper Orchestra

Inner City Review / The Weight Instrumental

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Journeyman Live On The Tweed

Michael Chapman

LP+DVD | 2023 | EU | Original (Secret)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Pieces Best Of Dojo Cuts Edition

Dojo Cuts

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Colemine)

Unforgettable-Tribute To Dinah Washington

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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After half a century of constant development, inspiration and hothouse flowerings, certain genres have found their perfect expression - soul-funk is one of them. Dojo Cuts are one perfect expression of this perfect expression. Lean, mean and heavy (in the true sense) there is not a bass-note or hihat-beat out of place - everything is slave to the groove, and what grooves they are! Working from, and building upon, the original late 60s/early 70s Stax/Atlantic template, Dojo Cuts are the undisputed champions of the soul sound. Dojo Cuts go route 1 to your soul. With this Best of album, Pieces, Dojo Cuts has hugged our hearts and made us thank the universe for James Brown, Otis Redding and all the soul saints in heaven for this music. Take a listen, have a dance, heal your hurt.

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Aretha Franklin

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

28,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Fisherman / Ursa Major Grey Marbled Vinyl Edition

Rockid Sound Machine

7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Burning Sole)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Fisherman / Ursa Major Black Vinyl Edition

Rockid Sound Machine

7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Burning Sole)

14,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Nathan Johnston & The Angels Of Libra

Revelations

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Waterfall)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Real Gone Music)

Roslyn & Charles

Everything Must Change

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Boss Black Rockers Volume 9 Crackerjack

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Boss Black Rockers Volume 8 Cool It

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Providencial)

Buster Brown Band

Popsicle Toes

LP | 2023 | Original (Be With)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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For its second release, Providenciales Records was able to unearth a previously unreleased album from the Buster Brown Band, featuring Kelly McNulty (from the Tagg/McNulty Band), Roger Burton (from the Bee's Knees), Jim Casey, Gregg Bissonnette (Ringo Starr's drummer), among others ... Inspired by some of the best Soul, AOR and Funk artists, the band recorded these demos in studio in 1982 thanks to their local success in Dallas, TX, at the popular Popsicle Toes venue (the album title). “Baby Don’t Lie” starts the album with a beautiful and mellow Soul / AOR introduction, while the following tracks, “Day Or Night”, “Endless Possibilities”, “Shock Proof” and “Say It” complete the LP with their Soul / Funk touch. There is even the first version of "Baby Don't Lie" as closing track, which was recorded 5 years before, in 1977. Band members have collaborated with artists such as Lee Ritenour, Ringo Starr, Harvey Mason, The Isley Brothers, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Pore, Eric Tagg, and much more… Liner notes (including exclusive pictures) and full story of the band by the one and only Grammy awarded David Ritz (coauthor of "Sexual Healing" with Marvin Gaye)! Limited edition of 500 copies, fully remastered

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Sauveur Mallia

Spatial & Co

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Cattrack)

Chicken Grass

23,99 €*

2LP | 2023 | UK | Original (BBE)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Finland’s best kept secret Chicken Grass is releasing a long-awaited debut album - Chicken Grass Chicken Grass has been playing together for 25 years and has developed a unique sound (Swamp Soul !) over the years. The band gets inspiration from different styles of afro-american rhythm music: funk, soul, hip hop and jazz. You can hear influences from the roots but also from today’s modern music. The band consists of some of the best musicians in Finland. The members are: Tapio Wiik (voc, keys), Janne Valppu (bass), Mikko Räisänen (guitar), Olli Tuomainen (sax,flute) and Janne Mathlin (drums). Sensational singer Princess Shaw from New Orleans features on two songs. The album was recorded live in Philophon studio in Berlin with grammy awarded producer Max Weissenfeldt (Poets Of The Rhythm, Dr.John) and sound engineer/producer Stibbo Spitzmuller. The recordings were done with vintage gear, which lends the album a retro yet fresh feeling. Chicken Grass wanted to make an album like the old classics in the 60’s and 70’s, which meant recording it live without any loops or samples. Chicken Grass is not ”fakin the funk” as they say! The first 45 single from the album (Snakebites/Trading Bullet) got a lot of positive feedback from music lovers all around the world. It was released by the legendary Tramp Records. Radio shows like the Craig Charles funk soul show on the BBC Radio 6 Music have been playing the single. A Finnish radio DJ even said ”this band is going to be the future of Finnish music”. Each song in the album is unique and stands on its own. You can hear the whole spectrum of funk and soul in the album. There are vibes from James Brown and Jimmy Castro Bunch (Have A Break), Curtis Mayfield style gospel soul (Sister Rosetta’s Train), P-Funk inspired modern funk (Woman), Blue-Eyed Soul (Street Haze), Isaac Hayes and psychedelic soul (Right Face), Dubby Blues (Jailbird) and African disco-funk (Pyroclastic). The band also focused on the quality of the lyrics. All in all, the album is a perfect combination of styles and genres, old and new, hi-fi and lo-fi, but the sound is still unique Chicken Grass. The more you listen to the album, the more it grows on you. You can hear the depth of the songs and the experience of the band with each playthrough.

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Forest

40,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2022 | UK | Original (Betterdays Music)

Masterfonk

Konfynation Ii

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2023 | UK | Original (Betterdays Music)

Masterfonk

Konfynation I

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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You And Only You / Love To Make Love To You

Energy MC2

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Soul Junction)

Back In The Day / Back In Love Again

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Energy MC2 began as an energetic bunch of 10 and 11year old neighborhood kids, who initially formed a band under the name of ‘Congressional Funk’ while still attending elementary school. The founding members were Vincent Bonham, Opelton Parker (the brother of Ray Parker Jr), brothers Ufuoma and Eric Wallace, with the later addition of Fred Gordon. Within months of the group’s formation, they began entering and winning local talent shows in between performances at local churches and backyard parties. A little over a year later, they initially became the backing band for local recording artists Mad Dog & The Pups going on to feature on their earliest Magic City releases “Hep Squeeze” (MC-007) (which they provided the horn section on) and the follow up release “Funky Monkey” (MC-009). A change of name to ‘The Soulful Hounds’ followed which they are credited as on the instrumental flipside of Mad Dog & The Pups vocal version of “Why Did You Leave Me Girl” Magic City (MC-012). The age of band members now ranged from 11 to13 year old, and featured the four founding members with the addition of Leslie Bass, (Fred Gordon by then having left the group). Between recording sessions they continued playing their own stage shows mainly covering hit songs of the day. During one particular performance, Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield made an approach to Mad Dog & The Pups and The Soulful Hounds with an invitation to join Motown. Unfortunately, the kids were already under contract to Magic City and label owners Ernest and Barbara Burt was not about to let one of their acts go to a rival label.

After leaving Magic City, the band went through a several changes in both name and personnel and became one of the biggest bands on the local Detroit music scene. At this point the band hired a bass player Ben "Rat Bass" Adkins, who brought with him the name of his former band, ‘Energy’. Then by borrowing Albert Einstein’s formula for special relativity (E=MC2) which they added to their inherited name ‘Energy’ in doing so they were able distinguish themselves from Adkins former band. Energy MC2 also from time to time featured three female members Marlene Rice, Gwen Laster and Patricia King who played violin, viola, xylophone and bells. These girls would often provide background vocals when required. They were primarily recruited to add a string section to the band and became affectionately known as the MC3 Orchestra.

Ben Adkins later left the band, going on to play with Creative Source, Lonnie Smith and The Jackson’s (he, being Jermaine Jackson's replacement). ENERGY MC2 soon after began to seriously record original material which included the previously unissued 70’s dance track “If You Break It” which gained a belated 45 release on Soul Junction Records in 2016 to great acclaim. The group line up on “If You Break It” included Vincent Bonham, Ufuoma Akil-Wallace, Arnell Carmichael, Ernestro Wilson, Opelton Parker, Gordon Carlton, Eric Wallace, Leon Lopez, Marvin Carlton and Marlene Rice. While an earlier session had yielded two further unissued tracks firstly “Other Side Of The Mirror” featuring the same line up of musicians as “If You Break It” but with the addition of a second female vocalist Gwen Laster, this too also gained a belated release as the flipside of the SJ536 45 release. While the second song “Juliane” a beautiful mellifluous soulful ballad which featured Arnell Carmichael, Vincent Bonham, Ufuomo Akill- Wallace, Eric Wallace Gordon and Marvin Carlton on it’s recording. (“Juliane” was to also gain a belated release on the now long deleted Soul Junction compilation album “We Got A Sweet Thing Going On” Volume 2 SJCD 5011).

Following a later move to Atlanta GA, Energy MC2 signed on with The Greer Agency who also represented, The Commodores, Brass Construction, Mother's Finest, New Birth, Brick, Little Richard etc. This association led the band to perform it's own brand of Pop, R&B, Funk and Jazz throughout the Southern states, from Arkansas to the Carolinas. Sometime during 1974 several members of Energy MC2 boarded a Greyhound bus and took a road trip to Los Angeles. During their week-long stay in L.A. Vincent Bonham, Ufuoma Akil-Wallace, Arnell Carmichael, Ernestro Wilson, Opelton Parker, Eric Wallace, Gordon and Marvin Carlton joined lead guitarist Ray Parker Jr in a recording session that produced amongst others the following two songs the mellifluous “You And Only You” and “Love To Make Love To You” featuring Arnell Carmichael on lead vocals. A session that was to remain unissued in the can that was until a chance meeting many years later between UK Record Dealer and DJ Dave Thorley. Ufuoma Wallace allowed Dave to hear this unissued session and it was Dave who brought this session to the UK Soul Junction label’s attention. Later on Vince Bonham and Arnell Carmichael parted company with their fellow Energy MC2 members to join Ray Parker Jr and Jerry Knight in forming the band ‘Raydio’, they were also later joined by Arnell’s brother Darren London Carmichael. A teenage Ray Parker had learnt his trade as a member of Hamilton Bohannon’s House Band at Detroit famous 20 Grand Theatre during the late 60’s. Into the 1970’s he featured as a session guitarist on many of Holland, Dozier and Holland’s Invictus and Hotwax sessions with his noticeable “Choppy” guitar style being very prominent on Honey Cone’s number one single “Wants Ad’s”. Ray’s work also featured on Lamont Dozier’s first two ABC albums. Further session work with Stevie Wonder was to follow, an association that was to prompt Ray to permanently relocate to L.A. Once there he also became a part of Barry White’s Love Unlimited Orchestra. In addition to the previously mentioned artists Ray’s work and writing credits can be found on a plethora of other recording artists sessions, for example The Temptations, Michael Henderson, Herbie Hancock, Gladys Knight & The Pips, and Rufus & Chaka Khan. Ray’s first bona fide song writing hit came in 1974 with a song he co-wrote with Chaka Khan “You Got The Love”. Raydio scored a #8 billboard hit with “Jack & Jill” from the Arista album of the same name during 1978 while a second single from the album “Is This A Love Thing” reached # 20 in the same year. Their 1979 Album ‘Rock On’ spawned the hit single “You Can’t Change That” reaching #9 on billboard. By 1980 Jerry Knight had left to persue a solo career and the group became Ray Parker Jr & Raydio. Three more top 40 hits followed, “Two Places At The Same Time” again from the album of the same name #8 on Billboard (1980) and from the groups final studio album two singles “The old Song” reaching #21 on billboard and their biggest hit and title track from the album “A Woman Needs Love (Just Like I Do)” reaching #4 on Billboard both in 1981 at which point the group broke up with Ray Parker wanting to go solo.

Ray Parkers solo career would see him score six top 40 hits including “The Other Woman” reaching #4 in the pop charts and the song that he will be forever associated with “Ghostbusters” the title track of the box office hit film of the same name a#1 Billboard hit for 3 weeks in 1984. Given only 2 days to write the title song Ray duly obliged but he never actually sings the word “Ghostbusters” following his question “Who you Gonna Call” it’s the crowd on the set that reply “Ghostbusters”! Ray also became involved in small screen and video acting roles.

In 2014 original members Arnell Carmichael and Vincent Bonham joined by James Carmichael and a up and coming young singer Giovanni Rogers revived “Raydio” featuring as a support act on several major tours. As for the other members of Energy MC2, Ufouma Wallace went on to play with artists such as The Four Tops, The Temptations and Michael Henderson. Eric Wallace and Ernestro Andre' Wilson both played with Michael Henderson's touring band. Eric Wallace played and recorded with Stevie Wonder. Ernestro Wilson also played with the Franklyn Sisters Areatha and Carolyn, as well as Cheryl Lynn and Bettye LaVette amongst others. Other group members, Gordon Carlton, twin brothers Jimmy and Jerome Ali, cousin Kenny Colton and Ernestro Wilson again became the band for ‘Parlet’ (part of the P-Funk family) that helped George Clinton land the Mothership!

Energy MC2 first 45 “If You Break It/Other Side Of The Mirror” first saw the light of day during 2016 and a follow up 45 of two further songs was never far from my thoughts but I was always told that those were Ray Parker Jr’s arrangements and that I would need to deal with him. Over the ensuing years of involvement in securing licensing deals I finally got a contact number for Ray, and duly called him up (and yes he does have the Ghostbusters theme tune as his ringtone!). The Energy MC2 lost session was just a vague and distant memory to Ray but after sending him a copy of the tape transfer to listen to the memories soon came flooding back. Ray was only too pleased to agree to my proposal exclaiming let’s do it Dave it sounds like fun! and so the Energy MC2 stories circle is now complete.

Words by: David Welding & Vincent Bonham

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