Funk | Soul 2935 Items

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Work to Do / Instant Love

The Main Ingredient

7" | 2018 | EU | Original (RCA)

Sittin' On a Red Hot Stove / Nassau Beat

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited Edition for Record Store Day 2018! Main Ingredient's fantastic take on the Average White Band's original funky classic - for the first time ever on 7" too.
Backed with a Main Ingredient track that's shot-up in popularity over the last few years - welcome to the long 7" version of "Instant Love" previously only available on the U.S. promo 7" which will set you back circa £80 large.
7 inch vinyl with a large dinked centre hole.

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Kool & Together

7" | 2018 | US | Original (Big Crown)

LP | 2014 | US | Original (Nacional)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Big Crown is proud to present this reissue 7 inch from Texas’s own Kool & Together.
The A side, “Sittin’ On a Red Hot Stove” is an infectious, medium-paced funk movement that chugs along with the help of some sharp drums from Joe and a rolling bass line that never quits. Originally edited by Texas record mogul Huey Meaux, the 45 version clocks in at just under two and a half minutes, and gave the band its strongest single. It’s an anecdotal tale of a woman who is lusted after but so mean-spirited, she could melt the romance away.

Side B is an unreleased demo version from Kool & Together working up the monster “Funky Nassau”. Clearly something they never finished, the raw recording and lo fidelity of it is what give what they call “Nassau Beat” it’s charm.

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Jungle Fire

Tropicoso

26,99 €*

Release: 2014 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2012 | US | Reissue (Lion Productions)

Hollins & Star

Sidewalks Talking

Clear: The Series Limited Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 2012 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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For us, this record has a trace or two of Arthur Lee and Love at their best, with dashes of maybe Terry Callier in some of the jazzier tunes. We also like that Hollins & Starr wrote a gentle tribute to one of our favorite old-time bluesmen, Mississippi John Hurt. At times this album is a gorgeous, ethereal blend of psychedelic folk and offbeat pop; but there are some funk and avant-garde moves too, all supported by an odd assortment of instruments, including flute, bells and a generous helping of fuzz guitar. Chicago-based duo Chuck Hollins and David Starr only made this one album, which originally appeared in 1970 on the Ovation label.

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Summer Walker

LP | 2023 | Original (Interscope)

33,99 €*

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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OST Thrasher Black Vinyl Edition

Brian Gibson

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Thrill Jockey)

31,99 €*

7" | 2024 | JP | Reissue (Flower)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Thrasher is the soundtrack to a virtual reality video game about a creature that has a life cycle that traverses different psychedelic realities. Thrasher was composed and performed by Brian Gibson, bassist of Lightning Bolt. It is the follow up to the acclaimed best-selling game and soundtrack Thumper. The central character in Thrasher is a giant centipede like creature, so Gibson employed a lot of melodic sequences that resonated well with its segments moving through space.The soundtrack has the drive you might expect knowing Gibson"s work in Lightning Bolt combined with complex melodic structures that are absolutely irresistible. In addition to bucking the hyperreality trend in gameplay, Gibson"s DIY ethos and warehouse culture roots permeate the entire soundtrack. He says it best: "Thumper has that combination of psychedelic and iconic that takes me back to the Fort Thunder days. Thrasher is a further exploration into some of those motifs." We recommend that you play this record VERY loudly.

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Central

Pastime Paradise

22,99 €*

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Super Bad Disco/ Pasteelo)

Release: 2024 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The second single from the well-received previous release, "Samurai," is now available. This time, the song "Pastime Paradise," written by Stevie Wonder and released in 1979 by Ray Barretto, has been updated in the Central style! In 2024, Central is preparing to release its first album in many years, but before that, another strong 7-inch is on the way. The groove created by the percussion, bass, and keyboards working in unison, and the exquisite arrangement of the horn ensemble, which is full of Central style, is a true gem.

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Joel Henry

Senses

Samidare No Ato Ni (After The Long Rain)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The bassist, singer and producer Joel Henryson comes from Stockholm, Sweden, but moved to Copenhagen in 2018 to study at the Royal Academy of Music. His stay in CPH led to close ties to the Danish modern jazz/ beat scenes, which is how he and the Super Bad Disco crew met. In conjunction with HHV, SBD has previously released acclaimed albums by, among others, Athletic Progression, Yellow Spoon, and Clapper.

Joel's musical expression is characterised by a captivating sense of melody, technical finesse, and a hauntingly beautiful vocal. Besides his bass and voice, he performs and produces with samplers, synthesizers, and effect modules, giving his music a uniquely poetic, almost ethereal expression.

His debut album Senses will be released in early August 2024 on Super Bad Disco/ Pasteelo.

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Onegram

LP | 2024 | JP | Original (Flower)

32,99 €*

Along The Beach Part 1 / Sweet Hot Lips Record Store Day 2024 Edition

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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Onegram, who sold out their cover of KIRINJI's classic song "Aliens" immediately, released a new song! The song "Samidare No Ato Ni (After the long rain)" on Side-A is a straight and mellow lovers' rock song with their unique arrangement and sound. The B-side features a Funky Disco Reggae cover of "it's Just Begun" by Jimmy Castor Bunch, a classic that appeared on the previous "Random Access Music" album and has been long awaited as a single.

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The Village Choir

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Nyc Street Sound)

It's The Same Old Story / Night Of The Wolf

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Holy Grail alert! Two stunning sweet soul cuts from New York based quintet, The Village Choir. Blending latin, soul & jazz, two dancefloor swayers of serious class. This super soulful 70’s 7 inch has regularly been changing hands for over £500 on the second hand market & for the first time ever, it has been officially licenced and lovingly reissued on heavyweight 7 inch vinyl for this RSD exclusive release. For the dancers and the romancers!

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Act 1 / Ivano Fossati

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Measured Mile)

Pratt & Moody & Cold Diamond & Mink

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The latest 7" single on Bob Stanley's Measured Mile label is a floor-filling double-sider.

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Creeping Around Black Vinyl Edition

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Timmion)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2012 | Reissue (Groove Replica)

Etta James

At Last!

28,99 €*

Release: 2012 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Can't Keep Foolin' / Little Black Woman

Funkool Orchestra

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

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This Is DJ's Choice, Volume 4 - Gu

LP | 2024 | EU | Original

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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John Reed & The Automatics

The Stardust Break / Space Break

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

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | Original (Be With)

Cleveland Eaton

Half And Half

27,99 €*

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2023 | UK | Original (Before I Die)

Falk & Klou

U.F.O

7" | 2021 | UK | Original (Dynamite Cuts)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Man, what a label ! Extraordinary new title here from Before I Die. A psychedelic Swedish Jazz-Funk library music cut withering on the vine (save for the keen-eared few who picked it up) Now available in glorious 12" format, and with an absolutely stunning Andi Hanley rework !

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Weldon Irvine

Mr Clean / Homey

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Back in the 80s I became a big funk, jazz, and soul vinyl collector; which opened the incredible world of the late, great Mr. Weldon Johnathan Irvine. Back in the 90s I was lucky enough to meet him; Mr. Irvine was such a calm and gentle person; he just oozed music. This laidback, kind quality resonates in his music. On this 45, we trip through the jazzy journey of Weldon’s innovative keyboard work through to the double bass, and horns on the A. On the B we’re in a smoky bar, with yer homies,, chillin n grooving, as the melodica and guitar head-nod us along. Sublime.

It is a great honour to be able to release some of his music from his Nodlow music label on to 7” for the first time.

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American Soul Connexion Chapter 5

2LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Le Chant Du Monde)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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L’année 1962 apparaît comme le véritable “An 1” de la Soul Music. Tous ceux qui vont régner sur le genre pendant une décennie sont au rendez-vous que leur a fixé l’Histoire. Otis Redding, Joe Tex, Solomon Burke, Mary Wells, Wilson Pickett, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Rufus Thomas, William Bell (…) accumulent les hits comme autant de signes avant-coureurs de la période faste et débridée qui s’annonce.

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American Soul Connexion Chapter 4

2LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Le Chant Du Monde)

Soul Is My Salvation Chapter 9

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tone B. Nimble

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Rain&Shine)

Johnny Jones / Gene Chandler

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Tone B. Nimble hit us with a seemingly endless list of possible songs to license, and to that end we’re blessed to be able to offer a ‘bonus’ chapter of two in-demand University gospel choir cuts - Side One from Oral Roberts University (Tulsa, OK) and Side Two from Rutgers University (New Jersey). Original LPs are hard to come across, here Tone B. Nimble selects the best two tracks, re-mastered in DJ friendly 7" 45rpm format! "Soul is My Salvation is a collection of dance friendly gospel songs. The mission is to simply uplift your spirit through music and word. Dancefloors around the world mirror the reactions of Churches from the 70’s and 80’s when experiencing these recordings" - Tone B. Nimble

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Purple Haze / There Was A Time

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Outta Sight)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (La Canzonetta)

Napoli Centrale

Jesceallah

43,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Soul Is My Salvation Chapter 8

Tone B. Nimble

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Rain&Shine)

I'm The One Who Loves You / Forgive Me

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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“Soul is My Salvation is a collection of dance friendly gospel songs. The mission is to simply uplift your spirit through music and word. Dance floor’s around the world mirror the reactions of Churches from the 70’s and 80’s when experiencing these recordings.” - Tone B. Nimble. Released as a series of eight limited vinyl-only 45, when assembled together the covers reveal a beautiful design courtesy of designer Charlotte McCrae. A true collectors item. The final chapter sees two cuts of pure gospel greatness, taking your soul to salvation via firstly the Bibleway Church Of God In Christ – Since Jesus Came Into My Life followed up by Eliezer Mass Choir - Where He Leads Me.

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Darrell Banks

7" | 2021 | Original (Outta Sight)

Release: 2021 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2021 | UK | Original (Casino)

Heart Menders

Job Opening

Give Me The Sunshine / I'm Back For More

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Matt Early & Lee Jeffries are proud to bring you a killer new version of The Del Larks £10,000 smash! Take a listen and wait for the break in the middle that will set the dancefloor on fire.

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Leo's Sunshipp

12" | 2021 | EU | Original (Expansion)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mamie Perry / Anna Belle Caesar

Lament / Little Annie

7" | 2019 | EU | Original (Outta Sight)

14,99 €*

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Johnny Maestro & The Crests

I'm Stepping Out Of The Picture / Afraid Of Love

7" | 2019 | EU | Original (Outta Sight)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Athena Black Vinyl Edition

Sudan Archives

LP | 2019 | US | Original (Stones Throw)

36,99 €*

Good Lovin' / We Still Could Be Together

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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She first emerged as an avant-garde violinist who channeled her playing through loop pedals. Then songwriter, vocal performer, and beatmaker. She's captivated audiences at festivals around the world, touring her trail-blazing EPs Sudan Archives (2017) and Sink (2018). Sudan's many identity coalesces in her debut album, Athena: a psychedelic, magnetic take on modern R&B.

"When I was a little girl, I thought I could rule the world," Sudan Archives announces in the sparse, string-plucked opening bars of Athena, on the strident "Did You Know". Her musicality and sense of self-belief developed as a young child in the church. Born Brittney Parks, but called Sudan from a young age, she moved around Cincinnati, Ohio many times as a child; religion and music were the most stable forces in her life. It was in church that Sudan began learning to play the violin by ear, participating in ensemble performances. "I remember begging my mom to get me a violin," she says. "From there I just never let it go – it felt like I had a purpose."

Growing up with a twin sister, Sudan also learned young that she was the "bad twin". Her stepdad – a one-time music industry executive – tried to turn the two into a pop duo when they were teenagers, but Sudan would miss rehearsals and curfew so frequently that the project was abandoned. Still, the experience was valuable: "My stepdad basically planted this whole idea of artistry as a career," she remembers. Though she left the band behind, Sudan clung onto the idea of pursuing music when she moved to Los Angeles at age 19. While studying and holding down two jobs, she would spend her spare time "fucking around with some beats and making some weird shit", which she released tentatively under the name Sudan Moon – a combination of her childhood nickname and her love of Sailor Moon. The ethereal quality of those early lo-fi, G-funk-inspired beats would eventually make its way into Sudan's current sound.

It was once she discovered ethnomusicology, and learned to incorporate the violin into her beats, that she really unlocked a new level. Cameroonian electronic music pioneer Francis Bebey was an early inspiration: "His music is so simple, and the way he combines strings and electronic music is such a vibe.” From there, she educated herself about other artists and ethnomusicologists, learning about the history of one-string fiddling in Ghana, Sudan, and all over the world, which "blew my mind". Now a fervent crate-digger with ambitions of studying ethnomusicology, she changed her artist name to Sudan Archives.

After she met with Stones Throw A&R and Leaving Records founder Matthewdavid, Peanut Butter Wolf signed her to Stones Throw. Her self-titled debut EP introduced the world to Sudan's fusion of North African-style fiddling, layered R&B harmonies, and pared-back production. Her second EP Sink was a resounding six-track statement that, according to Jenn Pelly at Pitchfork, saw Sudan "level up as a songwriter" — especially true of the bold self-love song "Nont For Sale".

Those EPs, Sudan says, were "like a haiku of what the album is". Athena is "more in your face, more confrontational – and that's also how I've grown as an artist. I used to be a hermit who would make beats in her bedroom, but now I'm working with other writers, producers and instrumentalists, I've learned how to communicate. It feels like I'm almost back in church." At first, it was tough for Sudan to cede any control in her creative process, but as she got stuck into the sessions with producers Wilma Archer (Jessie Ware, Nilufer Yanya), Washed Out, Rodaidh McDonald (The xx, Sampha, King Krule), and Paul White (Danny Brown, Charli XCX), she opened up. The resulting album, whittled down to 12 taut tracks from around 60, is her most ambitious work yet.

On the album's cover, she poses as a Greek goddess sculpted in bronze. Simultaneously at her most powerful — channelling the energy of her princess warrior heroes Xena and Sailor Moon — and her most vulnerable, Sudan challenges the viewer to see what's under the surface. "I'm naked!" she says. "I don't have anything to hide at all, it's all out there."

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Al Mason

7" | 2019 | EU | Original (Al & The Kidd)

7" | 2019 | EU | Original (Expansion)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The first official reissue of ‘Good Lovin’’ – a modern soul dancer with a killer groove, heavy low-end, delectable string & horn trade-offs and the husky tones of the inimitable Al Mason, that blew up on the scene in 1980 and now commands eye watering prices between collectors. This dinked 7 inch comes backed with ‘We Still Could Be Together’ off the original promo 12 Inch, with both tracks fully remastered and officially licensed for the first time since its original release.
‘Good Lovin’’ stormed dancefloors back in the early ‘80s taking Al’s undeniable, raspy vocal prowess and stirring it up with an energetic combination of funk guitars, full frontal basslines, on-point harmonies and a perfectly arranged string and brass section. It’s been a rare treasure on the second-hand market with original copies trading hands for £400 so an official reissue will be music to many an ear.
The B side, ‘We Still Could Be Together’, is an emotive ballad filled to the brim with Mason’s tangible passion alongside smoky pianos, cinematic strings and velvety backing vocals. A slow stepper with a bittersweet message behind it.

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Stephen Michael Schwartz

Get It Up For Love

Jerry Butler & Jerry Peters / Jimmy Smith

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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“Get It Up For Love” is a classic dance song written by Ned Doheny. This version from 1974 is the first, later recorded by Tata Vega, the Average White Band (featuring Ben E. King) and Ned himself. Original 7” copies on RCA Records (featuring the single version only) of this exchange hands for between £50 and £100. It is coupled with the full-length album version, generally unknown from this little known artist. The new Diplomats Of Soul label through Expansion aims to deliver lesser know gems of the highest quality and desirability alongside the group’s own releases moving forward.

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Melinda Latino / I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little Bit More Babe

7" | 2018 | EU | Original (Mr Bongo)

Wounded Woman / Midnight Affair (Remastered)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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‘Melinda Latino’ is taken from the awesome ‘Melinda’ OST written by Butler & Peters, released in 1972. This is a heavy track right from the first beat –harps and breakbeats, leading into a soul piano mood, huge strings and backing vox.

Jimmy Smiths version of Barry Whites ‘I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little Bit More Baby’. A very dope intro break leads into crazy vocal chops before heating the main melody, in true Jimmy Smith style. Taken from his ‘Black Smith’ LP forPride, released in 1974.

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Sandra Wright

7" | 2018 | UK | Original (Soul Brother)

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Freddie Chavez / Dave Newman

They'll Never Know Why / Make Up Your Mind

7" | 2018 | UK | Original (Outta Sight)

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Melba Moore / Maxine Brown

The Magic Touch / It's Torture

7" | 2018 | UK | Original (Outta Sight)

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Soul Brothers Six / Willie Tee

I‘ll Be Loving You / Walkin' Up A One Way Street

7" | 2018 | UK | Original (Outta Sight)

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Intimate Connection / Tonight

Kleeer

7" | 2018 | UK | Original (Love Vinyl)

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Easy Does It/ Kelly Green

Willie Hutch

7" | 2018 | UK | Original (Expansion)

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2018 | UK | Original (Expansion)

The Warriors

Destination

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Wish I Didn't Miss You / Hex Hector Remix

Angie Stone

7" | 2015 | UK | Reissue (Outta Sight)

Release: 2015 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2015 | US | Original (Numero Group)

Trevor Dandy

Is There Any Love

10,99 €*

LP | 2015 | UK | Original (Soul Brother)

Release: 2015 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A branch pruned from West Indian-born Trevor Dandy’s 1970 LP Don’t Cry Little Tree, “Is There Any Love” is the stand out track from our 10th release, Good God: A Gospel Funk Hymnal. Produced by composer Paul Zaza in his basement studio in Toronto’s Etobicoke municipality, the socially turned-on Don’t Cry was intended to be sold to Dandy’s congregation. When Dandy failed to hit his promised sales goal of 2000, most of the pressing was relocated to the dump. “Is There Any Love” has since gone on to be sampled by a plethora of artists, including Kid Cudi, Ghostface Killah, Monsters of Folk, and Common. In 2009 we pressed up 200 copies of a one sided version of Dandy’s signature tune in conjunction with United Record Pressing and gave most of them away. It has since become one of the most in demand 45s Numero has ever issued. This unlimited repressing ups the ante slightly, as we’ve added an identical second “bonus” side for discerning DJs and home hifi enthusiasts alike to add their own cue burns, scuffs, and scratches to.

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Sandra Wright

Wounded Woman

25,99 €*

LP | 2015 | EU | Original (Waxtime)

Release: 2015 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition for Record Store Day 2015!

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Etta James

The Second Time Around

Barry White And The Atlantics

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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180g vinyl including two bonus tracks!

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Tracy (All I Have Is You)

7" | 2014 | UK | Original (Outta Sight)

7,99 €*

Release: 2014 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2012 | UK | Original (Outta Sight)

Al Wilson

The Snake / Show & Tell

Release: 2012 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2012 | UK | Original (Outta Sight)

Dobie Gray

Out On The Floor

Release: 2012 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Erma Franklin / Laverne Baker

I Get The Sweetest Feeling / I'm The One

7" | 2012 | UK | Original (Outta Sight)

7,99 €*

Release: 2012 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Stuck-Up / When Someone's Good To You

Oma Heard

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Passion)

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Northern Soul fans have always been deeply fascinated by the never ending treasure chest of unreleased jewels in the Motown catalogue. But this must surely be the best yet. Written by Motown songwriters Chester Pipkin and Gary Pipkin, who worked out of Motown’s west coast office, “Stuck-Up” was a serious attempt to replace Mary Wells after she left the company.

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The Love I Lost / Wake Up Everybody

12" | 2024 | WW | Original (Philadelphia International)

Release: 2024 / WW – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Will Sessions & Amp Fiddler

The One Featuring Dames Brown

LP | 2018 | US | Reissue (Sessions Sounds)

29,99 €*

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Expansion)

Release: 2018 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The overlooked 2018 boogie masterpiece from Detroit maestro Amp Fiddler and jazz/funk virtuosos Will Sessions is finally back on vinyl! "The One" transports you to a time when rich arrangements and big-studio production values didn’t mean sacrificing the funk! Fronted by powerhouse lead vocals from Amp, "The One" features everything you want out of a roller disco classic: analog synths, snappy guitars, air-tight percussion, Fender Rhodes & Clavinet mastery, and plenty of slap bass. Sprinkle in some lush string and horn arrangements, and the cherries on top are supreme background vocals from the unstoppable female trio Dames Brown.

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Cornell Cc Carter

Expressions Of Soul

30,99 €*

7" | 2024 | US | Original (Spa)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The new album is ready and it’s the best! Cornell says “This is more than an album to me…. It is an up close and personal expression of the many things that move me in life and how I feel about life, love and all the things I value most. The love that went into making this album is without question a collaboration of great musicians and producers who put their Souls into it. No matter what your mood is, there is a song on this album that will relate to all of the different emotions we experience Every Day!” The first single from this album was “The Change”, released earlier in the year ahead of the massive new song “Everyday”. The album is coming 26th July on CD and will be followed up with a vinyl release (of selected tracks) 23rd August. Cornell is from Berkeley, California and raised in San Francisco where his debut album “Vindicated Soul” was released in 2017. Since then he has taken the soul scene by storm through further prolific albums “One Love”, “Absolutely” and “Next Life”. Earlier in his career he recorded with The Isley Brothers and performed on stage with James Brown. Cornell performs songs from the album for the first time at The Sussex Soul Weekender Friday 2nd August.

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Steve Spacek

Could It Be Ur Dance

19,99 €*

Conrad's Lesson Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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The prolific & visionary artist known for his work with TV ON THE Radio, and Spacek emerges from the shadows with this extremely limited 7" on his newly formed label SPA. This will not be repressed so get it while you can!

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Bronze, Silver & Brass

7" | 2024 | FI | Original (Timmion)

Release: 2024 / FI – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Timmion Records introduces a new instrumental group Bronze, Silver & Brass, an eight-piece brass ensemble that is about to make waves with their debut 7" vinyl single "Conrad's Lesson" b/w "Ward to Ward". This banger of a release blesses you with two spectacular tunes that showcases the group's influences from soulful stage band music to NOLA street funk.On the A-side, "Conrad's Lesson" delivers a pulsing midtempo groove, driven by funky drums and adorned with beautifully mellow horn melodies. Meanwhile, the B-side gem, "Ward to Ward" offers upbeat New Orleans second line funk, exuding the spirit of celebration and joy through syncopated beats and spirited horn arrangements.Inspired by the soulful sounds of Kashmere Stage Band, Curtis Mayfield - and of course contemporary trailblazers such as Young Blood Brass Band and Hot 8 Brass Band - Bronze, Silver & Brass boldly blend a gumbo that that oozes musical love without excuses. With this debut single, they invite listeners to celebrate the rich heritage of brass music while keeping things severely funky. Get ready and march to the infectious rhythms of Bronze, Silver & Brass.

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LP | 2024 | US | Original (Alligator)

Harp Attack

27,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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I Got A Feeling / My Love Is You Love (Forever)

Barbara Randolph

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Outta Sight Soul Essentials)

Durand & The Indications Jones

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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“I GOT A Feeling” was penned by Holland/Dozier/Holland for the Four Tops and first appeared on their 1966 album On Top. Great as that is – what’s not to like about the Four Tops – it is Ms. Randolph’s 1967 cover, and debut Motown recording, that stole the hearts of the emerging Northern Soul scene at the turn of the Seventies. A non-hit at the time, it has come to represent the sound that underpins and defines a Northern Soul dance record. Almost sixty years on it still fills the floor, compelling young and old to spin, stomp or shuffle to its joyous beat. Our flip-side – “My Love Is Your Love (Forever)” – is best known by the Isley Brothers and is perhaps the most treasured of their rare soul recordings (also available from Outta Sight, Sev014). Barbara’s unreleased take was completely unknown to the scene until Universal America unleashed it as a digital download in 2015. Barbara Randolph only released two singles for Motown on their Soul imprint. Perhaps Berry Gordy couldn’t see past her acting career? Whatever the reasoning at the time, a further 15+ songs were recorded and sadly remained in the vault until after Barbara’s passing in 2002.

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Witchoo / Love Will Work It Out Colored Vinyl Edition

7" | 2024 | US | Original (Colemine)

Turned On To You / Ladies Of The Eighties (Instrumental)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Colemine Records is proud to announce a brand new pressing of Witchoo / Love Will Work It Out, on limited edition "Midnight Blue" color vinyl variant. "Witchoo" is a light-as-a-feather funk number powered by Mike Montgomery's wiggly bassline, and Aaron Frazer Durand Jones' engaging high/low vocal harmonies, all imbued with quiet, but unmistakable confidence. Jazzy keys ambient conversation lend the song smoothly celebratory vibe, as do its group-chant choruses: Come through, bring crew / I just wanna be witchoo!" Driven effortlessly tight musicianship, an irresistible ode to getting together having good time_cathartic summer right around corner in States, band's timing couldn't better. Seeing Frazer, Jones The Indications moving from isolation joyous togetherness accompanying visual (dir. Weird Life) hammers excitement home."Witchoo" is a light-as-a-feather funk number powered by Mike Montgomery's wiggly bassline, and Aaron Frazer Durand Jones' engaging high/low vocal harmonies, all imbued with quiet, but unmistakable confidence. Jazzy keys ambient conversation lend the song smoothly celebratory vibe, as do its group-chant choruses: Come through, bring crew / I just wanna be witchoo!" Driven effortlessly tight musicianship, an irresistible ode to getting together having good time_cathartic summer right around corner in States, band's timing couldn't better. Seeing Frazer, Jones The Indications moving from isolation joyous togetherness accompanying visual (dir. Weird Life) hammers excitement home."Love Will Work It Out" finds Durand Jones reflecting on the state of America in 2020. Ultimately, song's message is one optimism, as declares chorus that love will work it out." That comes from my grandmother, who raised me and really believed what Dr. King stood for," he told Mojo. She's long gone now, but after George Floyd died, I was feeling despair doubt, I'd think about things she would say. And song sort thing tell me, like, it's hard right don't give up.""Love Will Work It Out" finds Durand Jones reflect...

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Eighties Ladies

7" | 2018 | Original

Release: 2018 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Rhythm Section International)

A Song For You

Home

30,99 €*

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Chulo)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Berlin"s pre-eminent vocal ensemble, "A Song For You" pioneers a new wave of choral music with their debut album "Home". A Song For You, are a groundbreaking vocal ensemble, uniting over 50 artists from all over the world, led by the visionary collaboration of Noah Slee and Dhanesh Jayaselan. The collective defies any form of categorisation, sitting in a sonic realm somewhere between Neo Soul, R&B and Gospel. A Song For You celebrates the rich tapestry of Berlin"s musical landscape while providing a critical platform for underrepresented voices.

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Maria Raquel

Mucha Mujer

25,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Shut Up & Play! Yellow Vinyl Edition

Toronzo Cannon

LP | 2024 | Original (Alligator)

28,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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My Mind Is Open / Should I

L3ni And Ian Wallace

7" | 2024 | US | Original (Soul In The Horn)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Pigeons Playing Ping Pong

Day In Time Black Galaxy Vinyl Editoin

LP | 2024 | Original (No Coincidence)

42,99 €*

Home Is Where The Heart Is

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, a veritable tour de force known for turning heads coast-to-coast with their high-octane live concerts, not only grabs life by the horns, but they harness its energy within their hypnotic hybrid of funk, rock and psychedelic groove.With a devout fanbase and trail of sold-out tours behind them, the Maryland quartet takes a major step forward on their seventh full-length offering, Day In Time.Guitarist Jeremy Schon says, "This album is the most cohesive group of songs we've ever had in the studio"."This record is a snapshot of our band as a group and as individuals at this exact moment." says Greg Ormont (vocals, guitar). "The title serves as a reminder that life moves fast, so we better make the most of each day, make each second count."

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Bobby Womack

7" | 2024 | US | Original (Mah's)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Paco Zambrano Y Su Combo / Traffic Sound

Meshkalina/Meshkalina Splatter Vinyl Edition

7" | 2021 | EU | Reissue (Vampisoul)

Forever & Ever / Sabor A Mi

Release: 2021 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Traffic Sound's 'Meshkalina' is a song with references to Incan culture which was heard all over Peru when released in 1969. It combined psychedelia, a hint of progressive hard rock and a Latin tinge. It became an anthem of its time and was covered by Paco Zambrano y Su Combo shortly after, resulting an explosive Latin dancefloor hit! Currently in high demand in the psych/garage collectors' scene and played out in all major events by top psych DJs, this 7" comprises both versions for the first time.A perfect DJ tool! It's hard to choose between the two recordings of the huge psych-Latin anthem 'Meshkalina' that were released in Peru in 1969. The Traffic Sound original was a big hit all over the country. The fierce guitars of the Peruvian band and Latin percussion sounds would be spiced with references to Incan culture. Then Paco Zambrano y Su Combo would record it again adding some extra Latin flavor resulting an explosive Latin dancefloor hit!

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Thee Heart Tones

7" | 2024 | US | Original (Big Crown)

7" | 2023 | UK (Mr. Peacock)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Hailing from Hawthorne, California, Thee Heart Tones are the newest band to join the Big Crown roster. Just out of high school their music has both the innocence and charm of young love and the intensity of young heartbreak. Their forthcoming debut album was recorded at Diamond West Studio in five days with producers Leon Michels and Tommy Brenneck. This first set of songs on this unstoppable two-sider give a glimpse of what is to come while their album is getting the finishing touches.The A side "Forever & Ever" is an instant classic that lifts your mood and gets you moving. Lead singer Jazmine Alvarado's unmistakeable and incredible voice dances over the band's backing track while she professes her desire for a sincere and lasting love. The groove will get everyone on the floor swaying and the chorus sticks in your head long after the needle bumps up against the label.The B side is their rendition of the classic "Sabor A Mi" which brought the house down live at the LA Big Crown Showcase when they performed it for the first time. Not an easy tune to take on, Jazmine does it justice and Thee Heart Tones put their version right up there with the best of them.

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Willie Jones

Where's My Money

Release: 2023 / UK

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Love And Hate In A Different Time Black Vinyl Edition

Gabriels

12" | 2024 | UK | Original (Atlas/Parlophone)

Front Line / Saving All My Love

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Jacob Lusk, Ryan Hope & Ari Balouzian; an acclaimed gospel singer and choir director, an established film director and a classically trained musician and soundtrack artist. This is the trio that fate brought together and now make up Gabriels.

Their debut EP ‘Love & Hate In A Different Time’ comprises five songs that sound instantly of another era without faltering into throwback territory. True masters of story-telling, their timeless take on vintage soul, new R&B and just a hint of ultra-contemporary altpop have seen them become firm favourites of Gilles Peterson, Off White’s Virgil Abloh, Benji B, Annie Mac, Elton John... the list goes on.

The lead track and new single, ‘Love & Hate In A Different Time’, showcases their sound perfectly. A soul-stirring song with elements of funk and that joyous gospel influence too. Jacob has one of those terrifically cavernous deliveries and understands the power of when to adopt restraint and when to let rip. It’s raw, show-stopping and combines to form a magical few minutes of cinematic sound, unlike anything else out there today.

In the song’s long-form video, directed by band member and British born musician Ryan Hope (himself a celebrated music video director), we’re taken through a history of the dancefloor in archive footage, culminating in Jacob singing Billie Holliday’s Strange Fruit to a rapt audience during a Black Lives Matter protest in LA last year. It’s an engrossing, moving watch and an evocative listen.

The rest of the EP stands tall with its lead track, shoulder to shoulder. Experimental flourishes, sultry beats and jazzy polyrhythms. Intoxicating stuff, it’s music that is hard not to like. Simply riveting and a hugely promising introduction to an already accomplished new act.

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Midnight Energy

12" | 2023 | UK | Original (Freestyle)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Wagram / Balagan Music)

Bob Sinclar

Western Dreams

30,99 €*

I Think I'm Falling In Love

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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This 4th album was one of the consecration with "Western Deream", Bob Sinclar went from DJ to Pop Star. It includes the worldhits "World, Hold On", "Love Generation" and "Rock This Party"

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Otis Corley

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Sonic Wax)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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(I'll Be) Satisfied / Tell Me

Frank Wilson

7" | 2023 (Radio Station Copy)

20,99 €*

Release: 2023

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Reissue (BGP)

Parliament

Mothership Connection

29,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Back in 1975 Parliament found the perfect groove releasing two seminal albums in the same year. First up was “Chocolate City” that celebrated the love for Clinton and his troops in the Washington DC black community and this was followed up by “Mothership Connection” widely considered to be the perfect example of P-Funk. George Clinton led his Funkadelic/Parliament troops into the galaxy long before Star Wars came along to join in on the fun. Featuring a galactic line-up that included Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, Maceo Parker, Fred Welsey, Gary Shiner, Glen Goins and even the Brecker Bothers on horns this album kicks funky butt from the opening blast of ‘P-Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up)’ right to the very last drop of ‘Night Of The Thumpasorus Peoples’. It’s a joyous album and as well as spawning the ‘Star Child’ character on the title track saw the band start to tour with a spaceship as a stage prop paid for by record label Casablanca. “Mothership Connection” went top 20 and platinum stateside. Three singles were taken from the album including an edit of ‘Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off That Sucker)’ that sold a million copies.

As time has passed and the legend of Funkadelic, Parliament, George Clinton and the entire P-Funk stable has grown new generations of fans and musicians have bought, enjoyed and sampled “Mothership Connection.” Today it is seen as a classic and essential album.'

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Chet Robinson

Your Gone / Instrumental

7" | 2023

Release: 2023

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Nyege Nyege Tapes)

DJ Znobia

Inventor Volume 1

26,99 €*

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Expansion)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The first in a four-volume retrospective of Kuduro and tarraxinha pioneer DJ ZNOBIA.Incoming unto the world for a very long time from the musseke of Rangel, home of Casa da Mae Ju, in the Angolan capital of Luanda, one if not the pivotal visionary of his country's music electronic and digital modernism - DJ Znobia, o/um/an inventor.Usually considered the first purveyor of the fluency regarding tarraxinha (drinking in its foundational slow shuffle from the city of Benguela), as well as a main player in free thinking, spontaneous, funny, depressive, silly, melancholic, hilarious all encompassing beats within kuduro, batida, techno and beyond, his influence as a producer, DJ, MC and public figure has had a great imprint in Angolan culture for the better part of the last three decades.This venture went through over 700 tracks of his archive (more than double are lost in the meantime between his and the NNT library) in order to collaboratively select a fiercely representative albeit balanced affair from his pro-duction, between instrumentals for sung kuduro, instrumental kuduro/batida, sung and instrumental tarraxinha, and other creative styling from the late 90's to the mid 2000's. Forms now heard around the world which started here, with Znobia a decisively influential contributor, along with several of his peers and collaborators, which will be also in evidence in this four volume retrospective.His story is way too far flung for this endeavor to try and make a simple narrative out of it. You have to be him, you have to be within this territory, and we ask of the people who will approach to ask him what has happened with the history of this music and what is the current reality at ground zero Luanda, as he is a mirror and visionary of its streets, in a country with such complicated dynamics and brutal treatment of its citizens.To try to put in a clean slate for this conversation, let's talk to a genius of street music. Your question. First, here's the opening collection of what we have to shar...

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Dayton

Promise Me / Eyes On You

Water Made Us Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Dayton were founded in 1980 by David Shawn Sandridge from Dayton, Ohio. David was an original member of the group Sun that began recording for Capitol Records in 1974. He later formed Magnum before founding Dayton, staying with them for all their albums and recording separately as a member of the group Colorblind in 1984. Dayton recorded four albums for Capitol/United Artists from which the songs on this 7” are the most fondly remembered (alongside “The Sound of Music”). Both have previously been released separately of each other on 7” but have become more sought after in recent times. “Promise Me” (1983) is the extended album version on 7” for the first time. “Eyes On You” (1980) is the original and now rare 7” length version.

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Jamila Woods

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Jagjaguwar)

27,99 €*

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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John E Paul / Micky Moonshine

I Wanna Know / Name It You Got It

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Paradiso Hi-Sound)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mind's Eye 45s Collection

Jon Lucien

2x7" | 2023 | US | Original (Dynamite Cuts)

21,99 €*

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2023 | UK | Original (Freestyle)

Eddie Capone's Treatment

I Won't Give You Up

7" | 2021 | EU | Reissue (Athens Of The North)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Freestyle Records drop another UK boogie 12" rarity, this time the first officially licensed reissue of Eddie Capone's Treatment "I Won't Give You Up" from 1985.

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United Spiritual Singers

Not A Minute Too Late

Aaron Neville / Al Jarreau

Release: 2021 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ok we don't want to come over all hip but here we have some mad rare Gospel disco for you, direct from the master tape as well as that's how we roll (sometimes). Wonky but insanely catchy 45, 'not a minute too late', is the big banger on this 45, but please don't sleep on the dope previously unreleased flip 'Sweet Surrender' which I rate as well.

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Hercules / Use Me

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Ramrock Retro)

What We Call Life Transculent Green Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Hot on the heels of Ramrock Retro’s debut release – Rrret001 – Gladys Knight & The Pips – Ramrock Retro is insanely delighted to present their next release – the superb double sider of Aaron Neville’s ‘Hercules’ and Al Jarreau’s ‘Use Me’. Recently covered by Ramrock artist, Ghetto Priest, Aaron Neville’s 1973 classic ‘Hercules’ needs no introduction but here’s a few facts. Originally released on Mercury, the track was co-produced by New Orleans luminaries, Allan Toussaint and Marshall E Sehorn. ‘Hercules’ enjoyed a massive renaissance in the mid 80’s on the ‘Rare Groove’ scene and was repressed 16 years ago in 2005 on Jazz Man Records. Al Jarreau’s ‘Use Me’ comes from his 1979 ‘Lonely Town, Lonely Street‘ and is a wonderful cover of the Bill Wither’s track. ‘Use Me’ has never previously been released as a 45 so this is its UK debut. Both tracks have been beautifully remastered by Darren Morris at North Street West.

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Jordan Rakei

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Ninja Tune)

25,99 €*

7" | 2019 | UK | Original (Dynamite Cuts)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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‘What We Call Life’ is Jordan Rakei’s most vulnerable and intimate album to date. Its lyrics concern the lessons that the New Zealand-born, Australia-raised, and London-based artist learned about himself during therapy, a journey that began two years ago when he started reading about the ‘positive psychology’ movement. These themes manifest on songs like lead single “Family”, which Rakei says is “the most personal” he’s ever been with his lyrics. “I wanted to hit my vulnerability barrier and be really honest. It’s about my parents’ divorce in my mid-teens but still having love for them no matter what,” he explains.

With so many artists being influenced by his style, it would be very easy for Jordan to stay in the same musical lane; but, as in life, he is determined to move his music forward. Such introspective subjects are a departure from Rakei’s last album, 2019’s ‘Origin’. Raising big questions about the way that technology and social media interferes with our sense of humanity, ‘Origin’ received praise from The Observer, Mixmag, Complex, and GQ, earned an unexpected shout-out from Elton John, led to a collaboration with rap legend Common, and saw Rakei give a show-stopping performance for NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series.

No stranger to collaboration, Rakei is closely associated with friends and collaborators like Loyle Carner (with whom he co-wrote, produced and performed on “Ottolenghi” and the Jorja Smith-featuring “Loose Ends”), Tom Misch and Alfa Mist. He has also joined Chic’s Nile Rodgers for a writing session and recorded with Terrace Martin, producer for Kendrick and Snoop Dogg, and Herbie Hancock. There’s also his tight relationship with the South London dance music scene orbiting Bradley Zero’s Rhythm Section clubnight and label, with Rakei adopting the alias Dan Kye, most recently to offer up an exclusive track for Bonobo’s ‘Fabric presents’ mix and to release his full-length, ‘Small Moments’ album in November 2020. He also recently covered Donald Byrd’s “Wind Parade” for the Blue Note Re:imagined compilation, and earlier this year showcased work from his creative community alongside some of his favourite tracks (including his own covers of Radiohead’s “Codex”, and Jeff Buckley’s “Lover, You Should've Come Over”) in his mix for the esteemed LateNightTales series. He continues to offer up production tutorials and behind-the-scenes insights into his creative process with his fan community on Patreon.

With previously sold-out US and Australian headline tours, as well as performances at iconic venues and festivals – including Glastonbury, Pitchfork Avant-Garde Block Party, Sxsw, Montreux Jazz Festival, two sold out nights at Ronnie Scott’s, and a DJ set at Fabric (under his Dan Kye alias) – Jordan played a triumphant sold-out stop at London’s Roundhouse in 2019. In April 2022 he will embark on his biggest UK and EU tour yet, ending with a massive headline show at London’s 5000-capacity O2 Academy Brixton.

On ‘What We Call Life’ Rakei dives deeper into his sound world, merging electronic with acoustic, and rugged grooves with ambient atmospheres, to create something richer, more detailed, and more textural than before. Rakei, already a practitioner of meditation and mindfulness, was curious about the potential of using therapy for further self-discovery. During the process, he began to learn more about his behaviour patterns and anxieties, and addressed his long-standing irrational phobia of birds – a fear often associated with the unpredictable and the unknown, and something explored in the album’s creative direction and visuals. “As we worked through it, it made me realise I would love to talk about the different lessons I learned from therapy in my music: about my early childhood, my relationship with my parents and siblings, becoming independent in London, being in a new marriage, understanding how my marriage compares to the relationship my parents had”, Rakei says.

Artwork was created by Canadian-born, Los Angeles-based visual artist Justin Tyler Close (who has worked previously with the likes of Laura Marling), who resonated with the themes on Rakei’s album. The image was created in a remote photo shoot, with Rakei sending images over the internet that were projected onto a sheet and photographed by Close. The melancholic images reflect the title of the record, a question that Rakei would sometimes ask himself during a period of his childhood in which he suffered a great deal of anxiety: Is this what we call life? Rather than accepting defeat, the title is today a commentary on the more happy, confident, and assured person and artist that Jordan Rakei is today.

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Steam Heat

Austin Funk

14,99 €*

LP | 2017 | US | Original (Daptone)

Release: 2019 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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WOW…. Dynamite cuts gives you for the first time on 7” two funk and soul gems from the mega rare hard to find Texas funk LP by Steamheat 1975 Fable records

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The Como Mamas

Move Upstairs

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Habibi Funk)

Release: 2017 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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With their first two Daptone albums – Get an Understanding, and as featured singers on Como Now – The Como Mamas established themselves as three of the strongest voices in gospel music today.

In December of 2015, they cemented that reputation by taking their first trip from their home in Como, MS up to Harlem, NY to crush the Apollo Theater as part of the Daptone Super Soul Revue. Taking full advantage of their presence in town, the Daptone crew brought Ester Mae Wilbourn, Della Daniels, and Angelia Taylor into the House of Soul the week after the show to join forces for the first time with the musicians and studio that has defined their label’s sound. Jimmy Hill, Thomas Brenneck, Homer Steinweiss, and Bosco Mann, all stalwarts of the Daptone stable, came together as “The Glorifiers Band,” to put down a churning musical foundation for these amazing singers. The results are some of the heaviest tracks that Daptone has cut to date. If you don’t like raw, soulful gospel music, you’re really gonna hate this one. Move Upstairs is a real mother!

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Al Massrieen

Modern Music

Beat Grinder's Monkey / Le Petit Monstre

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Al Massrieen: Disco, Funk and modernized Arabic Pop from Egypt

In the beginning of Habibi Funk, our search was focussed on vinyl records. Around a year ago though, we got to the point where we realized that it became substantially harder to discover music, that we enjoyed and hadn’t heard before. It became apparent that it was time to start looking for other formats. Cassette tapes were the obvious alternative. These were introduced in the arabic world around the late 1970s. In some countries they took over a bit earlier, in others a bit later, but eventually they pushed the vinyl format out of the market in the 1980s. In Egypt this trend already even started in the late 1970s.

Al Massrieen was one of the first bands I learned about once I discovered the tape format for myself. They were really popular in Egypt in the 1970s and the more of their music I found on either tapes or Arabic pirate mp3 sites, the more I was becoming a fan. Only very few bands from the region can match the band’s versatility as well as their strive for innovation. Hany Shenoda is the man behind the Al Massrieen band. He is a reknown figure of the Egyptian music scene and has worked with everyone from Abdel Halim Hafez to Mohamed Mounir. Al Massrieen was his attempt to introduce his ideas of modernizing Egyptian music, heavily encouraged by Naguib Mahfouz (Egypt's only winner of the Nobel Price for literature) after discussing his ideas with him.
Al Massrieen's sound goes from lush disco like “Sah” to psych rock like “Horreya” or incredible jazz fused pop on songs such as “Edba Mn Gded”. I was shocked to realize the band seemed to be hardly known outside Egypt, even though I feel they're at least on the same level as Ahmed Fakroun. An relative obscurity which I largely attribute to the fact that their releases never have been pressed on vinyl (apart from a Greece best of LP which wasn’t a strong compilation of the group’s songs). One way or another it felt like this band and especially their composer, band leader and overall brain Hany Shenoda was in need to get some recognition outside of Egypt. The release is fully licensed from the band and comes with an extensive booklet with liner notes, interviews and unseen photos.

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DJ Dard

7" | 2024 | EU | Original

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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12" | 2024 | UK | Original (Lostdubs)

Tommy Musto

The Lost Dubs Volume 2

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Extra Soul Perception)

Qendresa & Jamma-Dee

Undercover Lover

United 8 & Tony Alvon & The Belairs

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Extra Soul Perception proudly unveils a new collaboration between two of the most captivating artists from the future soul and R&B scene. "Undercover Lover" is the culmination of three years of an organic creative partnership between Jamma-Dee and Qendresa - one that has manifested itself just in time to soundtrack summer in LA and London; their respective homes.
Following Jamma-Dee's celebrated debut album, "Perceptions," and Qendresa's recent midnight soul bomb, "2 Much", "Undercover Lover" is a highly anticipated release that emerges as an effortlessly smooth summer anthem.
The genesis of "Undercover Lover" was Jamma-Dee's irresistibly heavy beat, which underpins an intricate mirage of interlocking rhythms and textures, with the eclecticism that has cemented the producer as a mainstay of the West Coast soul-funk scene. Qendresa's songwriting prowess shines through in seamless hooks and vocal melodies that flow effortlessly over the production with bold and uncompromising energy. Gary Gritness's live bassline, introduced during an impromptu studio session, injects a deep groove into the track.
At the engineering helm, K15's expertise further elevates the record with a resonating richness and vitality. An instrumental version on the B-side allows listeners to experience the production and bassline on a deeper level.
The resulting sound is a collaborative effort that transcends borders and genres, delivering a record that is as heartfelt as it is infectious.
"Undercover Lover" stands as a testament to the power of collaboration and creativity, embodyingExtra Soul Perception's mission to facilitate transformative musical exchanges between artists worldwide.
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About Extra Soul Perception:
Extra Soul Perception is an artist development program that operates as a label, music agency, event curator, and producer of international musical residencies. With a mission to facilitate artistic collaboration across borders, Extra Soul Perception has garnered acclaim for its innovative approach to fostering creativity and diversity within the music industry.

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Getting Uptown (To Get Down) / Sexy Coffee Pot

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Matasuna)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ebony Rhythm Funk Campaign

69 Cents / That Is Why

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Super Disco Edits)

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (F-Spot)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Ebony Rhythm Funk Campaign hailed from Indianapolis and consisted of quite a few members. With its early inception they were called Ebony Rhythm Band with some singles on Lamp records in 1969. Over the years with many band member changes and falling outs The Ebony Rhythm Funk Campaign was formed around 72/73. The new band acquired a recording contract with Universal City, a subsidiary of major label MCA. The group released one self entitled Lp in 1973. The group had some success but didn't acquire any further recording time with MCA. Band members Lester Johnson, Michael Woods and Pamela Tanner plus a few others went on to record a Billboard hit with "How's your wife and my child" on Carl Davis Innovation ll record label in 1975. An LP deal was negotiated which led to their 1976 Lp "Watchin' you, watchin' me" for Chi Sound records in 1976. Super Disco Edits in conversation with Trombone player Michael Woods discovered an earlier Lp that was recorded and funded by the band during 1973/74 Michael had kept the studio reels and some 47 years later we finally helped him get them baked and transferred. The A side later got released on the "Watchin you watchin me" LP but in 1976 they changed the song into a more disco funk polished version, the discovery of these 1973 reels captures a much more raw funk workout, which we feel is superior than the latter. Flip over the single to what is a beautiful sweet soul ballad written and sung by Pam Tanner. The sparse nature of the production tenderness of Pams vocals has already caught the attention of some of the Firme lowrider kats on the West Coast.

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Mestizo Beat

Left Behind / I Want You

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A band who’s been gradually making a dent in the West Coast music scene, Mestizo Beat is pushing forth with a brand new 45 that further expands on their core sound to fuse the old with the new while paying homage to the greats who came before. “Left Behind b/w I Want You” is no exception.

Taking inspirational elements from Roy Ayers, Isaac Hayes, George Benson, Eric B and Rakeem, Mestizo Beat teamed up with longtime friends Jamie Allensworth and Terin Ector to bring a fresh set of vocals and lyrical element to the bands mostly previous instrumental catalog. On Side-A we find “Left Behind”, an original collaboration between Mestizo Beat and Jamie Allensworth (Jungle Fire, Orgone, Night Owls) who’s soulful vocals and wide range takes us strait to those late night after hour jams complete with a Benson inspired guitar solo by Aquiles Magaña and vibraphone additions by Tim Felten (Sure Fire Soul Ensemble). Left Behind’s lyrical elements are about leaving wherever you are in pursuit of something you can't quite explain, but you'll know in your soul when you find it. The song is a constant state of wandering in search of where you're meant to be while the clock keeps ticking adding a sense of urgency. Then, Side-B, hits it hard with a cover of Marvin Gaye’s “I Want You” featuring Terin Ector (Organ, Moswen, Soluzion) on lead and Jamie Allensworth this time providing backup support. While staying close to the original but with added production value and vintage synthesizer strings soaring over top, these two songs together, along with production out of the band’s home studio, Spc#166 in Topanga Canyon, CA, take this record to new heights for a true “double A-side” slab of wax.

Mestizo Beat is a musical group and production team founded by brothers Aquiles and Agustin Magaña. Both songs mixed by Claudio Cueni and mastered by John Golden.

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Türküola / Arsivplak)

Pop Hits 12

Buddy Hank & The Shine Band

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Turkish disco pop funk sound compilation album. Great soul-pop and disco-funk with amazing moog organ, keyboards/synths, bass, rhythm and wah guitars.. This compilation has the unique sound in Turkish Disco-Funk music with influences of soul, jazz, pop, rock and beats. Turkish instruments with great disco tunes and great female & male vocals.

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Dust To Diamonds

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Time Capsule / Super Disco Edits)

20,99 €*