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Wamono A To Z Volume II - Japanese Funk 1970-1977 Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (180g)

Risin' To The Top / Hang Tight

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Following the highly acclaimed Volume I, dig further into the Wamono sound - the cream of the Japanese jazz, funk, soul, rare groove and disco music developed throughout the years since the end of the sixties in Japan!

Fully licensed Nippon Columbia and Victor Japan masters available for the first time outside of Japan, featuring rarities from Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media, Hiroshi Sato, Bread & Butter, Hatsumi Shibata, Fujio Tokita and more!
Tracks selection by Japanese super diggers and Wamono specialists DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite and Chintam
Mastered and cut at Timmion Cutting Lab
Artwork by Yoxxx (Tokyo)
180g heavy vinyl pressing, reverse board jacket

Active as a professional DJ in Japan since the late eighties, DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite is also a renowned remixer, compiler and producer. An avid record collector and an expert of the Wamono style, Yoshizawa published the Wamono A to Z records guide book in 2015 which instantly sold-out. The book unveiled a myriad of beautiful and rare records from a highly prolific, but still then unknown, Japanese groove scene. After many years working as a record buyer for several stores, DJ Chintam opened his own Blow Up shop in 2018 in Tokyo’s Shibuya district. A member of the Dayjam Crew and a specialist of soul, funk, rare groove and disco music, Chintam is also an expert of the home-brewed Wamono grooves.
He supervised and wrote the Wamono A to Z records guide book together with Yoshizawa
In this second volume of the acclaimed Wamono series, Yoshizawa and Chintam dig into some of the best and rarest funky tunes produced in Japan during the seventies. Put the needle on the record, turn up the volume and dig right now into the Wamono sound - the cream of the Japanese jazz, funk, soul, rare groove and disco music developed throughout the years since the end of the sixties in Japan!

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Keni Burke

7" | 2017 | UK | Original (Expansion)

Release: 2017 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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OST Night Of The Living Dead

2LP | 2018 | US | Reissue (Waxwork)

44,99 €*

Release: 2018 / US – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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Collapsed In Sunbeams Red Vinyl Edition

Arlo Parks

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Transgressive)

Tuxedo (Mayer Hawthorne & Jake One)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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Hotly-tipped musician and singer Arlo Parks is hotly-tipped for a reason. Collapsed In Sunbeams is a pop album with an irreverent twinge; Parks’ lyricism is poignant as she recounts the mundanities of daily life — a slightly bungled kiss, an argument on a busy street, seeing your crush with somebody else — with a certain romantic awe, delivered in an irresistible mode recalling a youthful Macy Gray, backed by indie rock instrumentation which hinges on the simple and emotive. The soaring chorus hook of ‘Caroline’ is endlessly catchy, and while the LP is loaded with hit after hit, the whole thing demands repeated listens for all the tinier details.

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Tuxedo II

2LP | 2017 | US | Reissue (Stones Throw)

27,99 €*

Release: 2017 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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“The only time you wear a Tuxedo is when it’s time to party.”

So says legendary West Coast player Snoop Dogg on the opening track of “Tuxedo II”. The blessing of the Doggfather is of special importance to Mayer Hawthorne and Jake One, whose second album as a duo finds them at the forefront of a new wave of gangster boogie - one that owes as much to G-funk as P-funk.This is the territory of pre- and post-hydraulic low riders: a mélange of Cali boom-bap, analog synth bass and elegant disco that resonates truth and authenticity in an era where so many are faking the funk.

Bonding over a shared love of Chic, Parliament, and the other signs in the greater funk Zodiac, Mayer Hawthorne (Aquarius) and Jake One (Taurus) were early predictors of the sea changes that American music would undergo in 2016. Their first release of 2015 debuted at #1 on iTunes America’s RnB charts, christened as “Dance Floor Catnip” by the Boston Globe, and “Pure disco-funk hot fire” by Okayplayer. Considering their individual successes (Mayer’s four solo albums, Jake’s production work for the likes of Drake, Future, The Weeknd, and De La Soul) and five Grammy nominations between the two of them, it’s no surprise that their powers combined have yet again yielded a bevy of absolute slappers that are packaged perfectly for dance parties in 2017. The material here, while wholly original, is an exercise in honoring its forebears. “Tuxedo II” recalls the future funk wobble of Zapp, Gap, Jam/ Lewis and Junie Morrison, while nodding lyrically to Mtume, Jodeci and Cameo.The crystallization of the album’s concept comes courtesy of its message of universal love; thanks to the signature combination of soul and pop sensibility that have come to define Mayer’s hooks.

“You gotta do what you love...” says Mayer in a recent interview with Nordstrom’s style blog, one of the many fashion outlets to cover Tuxedo’s rise. After all - the transcendental ritual of the party and the rippling self affirmation of the funk are of one spirit: the spirit of self love...of self expression. “Tuxedo II” is a modern testament to unity and positivity in trying times. It is a reminder that the dance floor will always be there to welcome you, whoever you are.

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Oasis

Decca Logo T-Shirt

Mr. Maserati - Best Of Baxter Dury 2001 - 2021

Available Sizes: M, XL, 2XL

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The Oasis Decca Logo Tee is equipped with the following features:
• rib crew neck with interior tape
• Oasis Decca Logo artwork printed on chest
• regular fit
• 100% cotton single jersey

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Baxter Dury

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Heavenly)

25,99 €*

7" | 2018 | EU | Reissue (Pioneer / Reggae Fever)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Mr Maserati showcases two decades of Baxter Dury’s idiosyncratically louche music, a universe of late-night London meet-ups, shuffling basslines and comedown disco tunes, all run through with a wry bleakness and sweet love of humanity. Mr Maserati collects tracks from across Dury’s six albums, plus a new song D.O.A.

“I don’t really think I warrant a ‘best of’ album,” says Dury. He’s wrong, though, and the selection here is stellar: the oldest song, Oscar Brown, is a wistful spooky slice of pop that can somehow put you in mind of The Carpenters and Spiritualized and haunted arcade games and a rotten sadness at the heart of England; a couple of years later we’ve got Cocaine Man, with its grim-sweet singalong chorus, a signature Dury surrealist wide-boy monologue and a half-submerged hook that does sound a bit like the Bloodhound Gang; Leak At The Disco, a provincial horror story from 2011’s Happy Soup, opens with Club Tropicana birdsong and a sweet guitar pulse and ends, after a shitty Chiswick night out, with Apocalypse Now helicopters; there’s the sinister bontempi-ish serenade of Palm Trees, and the poignant, daft and tender Oi; last year’s Carla’s Got A Boyfriend is funny and sexy and sad, with some of Dury’s finest lyrics and a frankly lovely Balearic Chris Rea guitar twang. What riches we have here! Baxter Dury’s career has snuck up on us: he’s quietly built a back catalogue of absolute beauties.

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Tyrone Taylor

Move Up Black Man

Release: 2018 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Tango In The Night Remastered Edition

Fleetwood Mac

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Rhino)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Radiohead

Scribble T-Shirt

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (BMG Rights Management)

Available Sizes: M, XL, 2XL

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The Radiohead Scribble Tee is equipped with the following features:
• rib crew neck with interior tape
• Scribble artwork printed on front
• regular fit
• 100% organic cotton single jersey

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Cheap Trick

In Another World

22,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Decca)

Ólafur Arnalds

Re:Member

22,99 €*

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Classical Music

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2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Expansion)

The Best Of Uno Melodic

23,99 €*

2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Anachron Sounds)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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New Series Reflecting Soul Togeterness' Love For 70s Northern Inspired Crossover & Modern Soul Inc. Loads Of Currently In Demand Dancefloor Fillers

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VNV Nation

Automatic

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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2LP | 2017 | UK | Original (R Coup D)

Fink

Resurgam

27,99 €*

Give Me Your Love / You Can't Turn Me Away

Release: 2017 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Resurgam– meaning “I shall rise again” – is the hotly-anticipated sixth studio album from Fink: UK-born, Berlin-based founding singer-songwriter musician Fin Greenall, alongside long-time bandmates Tim Thornton (drums, guitar) and Guy Whittaker (bass). It continues an acclaimed and distinctly adventurous catalogue, from the sample-splicing debut Fresh Produce (2000), through to the beautifully heady expressions of their last album, Hard Believer (2014). Greenall has also earned global props as a film music composer, songwriting collaborator (including works with John Legend and Amy Winehouse) and solo innovator, with recent side-projects spanning the electronic Horizontalism (2015) to Fink’s Sunday Night Blues Club Vol.1 (2017). Fink have never been afraid to experiment; on Resurgam, they arguably sound more fearless than ever.

Resurgam derives its title from a Latin inscription in a 900-year-old church in Greenall’s native Cornwall. Its vital, insistent spirit pulses through the entire album, which was recorded with ground-breaking producer Flood (PJ Harvey, U2, Foals, Warpaint, The Killers) at his Assault & Battery studios in North London. Its ten new tracks were created over two months, a relatively luxurious stretch of time compared to previous Fink albums, resulting in a collection that is both assertive and richly immersive.

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Sylvia Striplin

7" | 2017 | UK | Original (Expansion)

18,99 €*

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

Release: 2017 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Two essential disco and soul cuts from Silvia Striplin orginally released in 1980. Produced by Roy Ayers.

A. 'Give Me Your Love' An umptemp disco groover for the more discerning dancefloor. Sylvia’s glorious vocals float over a sumptuous uptempo Roy Ayers tracj. Sampled by Armand Van Helden, Deepdown and Madd Rapper.

B. 'You Can't Turn Me Away' A soul breakbeat classic. Deep downtempo business, this shows Roy Ayers at the height of his powers and Sylvia more than does the track justice. Beautiful!

The instantly recognisable bassline was sampled by Notorious BIG/Junior Mafia on ‘Get Money’. Also sampled by Naughty By Nature and Backstreet Boys.

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Dee Dee Sharp

Comin’ Home Baby

Release: 2012 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A Black Mile To The Surface Silver Vinyl Edition

Manchester Orchestra

2LP | 2017 | Reissue (Concord)

38,99 €*

Release: 2017 / Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Shake Off That Dream / Try Something New

Eddie Bullips

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

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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12" | 2021 | EU | Original (Because Music)

Logic1000

In The Sweetness Of You

14,99 €*

12" | 2021 | EU | Original (Aus Music)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Hot off the heels of double track release ‘Safe In My Arms / YourLove’ released in July, Logic1000 isn’t one to keep us fans waiting. « In The Sweetness Of You » , her 5 new Track Vinyl EP will be released November 19. Includes the new single ‘What You Like’ featuring brand new artist yunè pinku, an 18-year-old South London artist/producer. Despite not yet putting any music out, yunè has already seen support from the likes of Joy Orbison who asked her to do a special guest mix on Radio 1, and has been working with the likes of Leon Vynehall. This new single is the first official original vocal performance track from Logic1000 - this year’s most exciting underground female electronic and dance music producer.

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Quantic

Heaven Or Hell

Mood Valiant Deluxe Glow In The Dark Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Quantic, aka Will Holland debuts on Aus with the ‘Heaven Or Hell’ EP a five tracker which follows last years ‘Theme From Selva’ the Studio 54 funk bomb that BBC 6 music snapped up for their A list, so far racking up 200 spins to date. ‘Heaven or Hell’ finds the balance between contemporary and heritage perfectly. Hypnotic disco grooves with lush warm melodic house licks all tied together with those signature walking basslines and live percussive funk that Quantic is known and loved for.

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Hiatus Kaiyote

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Brainfeeder)

32,99 €*

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Claudius Linton & The Inspirations

It Nice You

7" | 2018 | EU | Reissue (Spade / Reggae Fever)

Release: 2018 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2018 | EU | Reissue (Boss Records / Reggae Fever)

The Pioneers

Goodies Are The Greatest

Release: 2018 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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12" | 2018 | UK | Original (Expansion)

Debra Laws

On My Own / Very Special

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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God Is More Than Love Can Ever Be

Sun Ra

LP | 2018 | US | Original (Cosmic Myth)

31,99 €*

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Original Hip Hop Classics presented by Sugar Hill Records

2LP | 2017 | EU | Original (BMG/Sanctuary)

33,99 €*

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

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Hip Hop has come a long way since it exploded onto the globe in the early 1980’s – it’s turned MC’s into global icons, given a voice to a youth movement, helped ethnic groups to cross colour lines and inspired all manner of political change and growth. Sugar Hill Records was there from the start and gave birth to Hip Hop’s first superstars. Original Hip Hop Classics presented by Sugar Hill Records presents the definitive collection of records that defined the first wave of Hip Hop to break through into the mainstream.

Including beats and rhymes from The SugarHill Gang, Grandmaster Flash, The Furious Five, Melle Mel, The Treacherous Three and The Sequence plus ground-breaking releases such as ‘Rapper's Delight’, ‘The Message’ ‘White Lines (Don't Do It)’, ‘The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels of Steel’ and more this is a true document of one of the most exciting and pivotal musical genres of all time.

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Al Wilson

The Snake / Show & Tell

Release: 2012 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Macadelic Black Vinyl Edition

Mac Miller

2LP | 2012 | UK | Reissue (Rostrum)

36,99 €*

Release: 2012 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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2LP | 2017 | EU | Original ([Pias] Le Label)

Angus & Julia Stone

Snow

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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2LP | 2017 | EU | Reissue (BMG Rights Management)

Michael McDonald

Wide Open

25,99 €*

Release: 2017 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Pop

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2LP | 2012 | EU | Reissue (Kscope)

Anathema

Weather Systems

37,99 €*

Release: 2012 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Hushed And Grim Clear Indie Vinyl Edition

Mastodon

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Reprise)

41,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Dig Your Own Hole T-Shirt

Chemical Brothers

Our Souls Are In The Hands Of The Translator

Available Sizes: S, 2XL

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The Chemical Brothers Dig Your Own Hole Tee is equipped with the following features:
• rib crew neck with interior tape
• Dig Your Own Hole artwork printed on front
• regular fit
• 100% cotton single jersey

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An Era Of Spiritual Tenebrae

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Modern Obscure Music)

14,99 €*

2LP | 2021 | US | Original (Homegrown)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Sun Ra's disciple and multiface artist Jamal Moss is back to Modern Obscure Musicafter his debut on the label with the “The Anticipatory Organization” under The SunGod alias back in 2018. J. Moss more known as Hieroglyphic Being is back to the Barcelona based recordlabel with a new aka, OUR Souls ARE IN THE Hands OF THE Transalor. Threeyears after “s..kr.t.z.m", released on Warpfs sublabel Arcola, the chicago electronic-wizar signs “An Era of Spiritual Tenebraeh. The new EP is composed by two 18minutes long freejazz-psycodelic improvisations. A trip to the dark holes of the spaceeternity.

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Red Astaire

Nuggets Instrumentals

Jeff Mills & Rafael Leafar

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Reggae & Dancehall

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Beat smith RED ASTAIRE (AKA FREDDIE CRUGER) returns with some crucial instrumental cuts from the 3 volumes of the "NUGGETS FOR THE NEEDY" series. The NUGGETS INSTRUMENTALS DLP features 'FOLLOW ME","MOVE YO ASS","COME DOWN " & more sounds of Lo Fi Hip Hop, Downtempo & Latin in full color jacket!

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The Override Switch

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Axis)

3LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Earmusic)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Override Switch combines the talent of two Detroit natives: Jeff Mills and Rafael Leafar. The latter is a multi-instrumentalist with a strong affiliation to jazz music. Through Mike Banks, he was introduced to Jeff Mills, where the idea for The Override Switch began to manifest. The album is a homage to artists like John Coltrane, J Dilla, Kraftwerk and those who inspire experimentation with what can be evoked through music.

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Deep Purple

Live In London 2002

48,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Presidential Seal Bathrobe

Ramones

39,99 €*

Available Sizes: S-M, M-L, L-XL

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Made from cozy fleece fabric, the Ramones Presidential Seal Bathrobe is a classic design equipped with a hood, a self-fabric waist belt, twin pockets at hip height, stylish piping details as well as Ramones branding stitched at left chest plus Presidential Seal embroidered patch on the rear. Relaxed fit; 100% polyester coral fleece, 280 g/m².

Dimensions:
Small-Medium: Length 117cm, Chest 127cm, Sleeve 58cm
Medium-Large: Length 120cm, Chest 130cm, Sleeve 60cm
Large-X Large: Length 123cm, Chest 133cm, Sleeve: 62cm

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Big Daddy Kane

Ropes T-Shirt

3LP | 2021 | US | Original (ATO)

Available Sizes: S, M, L, XL, 2XL

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The Big Daddy Kane Ropes Tee is equipped with the following features:
• rib crew neck with interior tape
• Ropes artwork printed on front
• regular fit
• 100% cotton single jersey

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My Morning Jacket

Live 2015

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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2LP | 2021 | US | Original (Star Creature)

Ourra

Fantasy Point

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Star Creature)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Ourra returns to his home base aboard the international Star Creature & readies for a certified blast off. After a string of lovely releases together ranging from private jazz funk, boogie and synth pop, Ourra preps the after burners for a long haul & really spreads out over this double lp. Boogie

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M. Hook

New River

Beats From The Vaults 2008 - 2021

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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A definitive Star Creature sound LP, this one hits all corners - Super classy, electronic proto-jazz funk. SC breaking more new & unknown artists. Philly's very own M. Hook has some serious chops, most notably the bass riffs throughout. Boogie

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Grup Ses

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Souk)

12" | 2021 | EU | Original (Aus Music)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Limited edition of 500. Vinyl edition includes tracks not available on digital and streaming formats

Grup Ses, Istanbul based veteran beatmaker returns to Souk after 2 years with first fully instrumental album since 2011's sought after 'Beats and Pieces from Turkish Psychedelia'.

Grup Ses project dates back to 2007 which at the time focused on v/vm style edits and breakcore infused mash ups. Starting from 2008 Grup Ses started to build a version of Stones Throw & Brainfeeder influenced beatmaking mixed with a touch of humour. A blend including all kinds of local recorded material like records, tapes, radio broadcasts etc., which became the building blocks of signature Grup Ses sound.

'Beats from the vaults' is a showcase of beatmaking aesthetics Grup Ses visited between 2008 and 2021. Including various cuts available only on soundcloud plus unheard material compiled just for this album.

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Damiano Von Erckert

Pete

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Damiano’s ‘pete’ is indebted to those feelings of anticipation for nightlife to return, nowhere is that fell more than his beloved Robert Johnson (where he’s resident) and with a new chapter about to start this summer D’s trio of heartfelt ravey corkers couldn’t come at a better time.

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Beastie Boys

Diamond Logo Hoodie

39,99 €*

Outlines (Repurposed) 2013-2019

Available Sizes: S, M, L, XL

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The Beastie Boys Diamond Logo Hoodie´s features include:
• drawstring-adjustable two-layer hood with metal eyelets
• Beastie Boys Diamond logo printed on front
• kangaroo pocket
• stretch rib cuffs and bottom band
• regular fit
• 80% cotton, 20% polyester brush-back fleece

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Anthony Linell

12" | 2021 | EU | Original (Northern Electronics)

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Because Music)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Beautiful soundscapes and deep techno previously only released on cassette, 'Outlines (Repurposed) 2013-2019' is a compendium of Anthony Linell's sketches and supports from a seven-year period. Capturing an incongruous assignment together, these liminal works frame moments of transport between process and material that are otherwise private and archived.

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Gaspard Auge

Escapades

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Mute)

Yann Tiersen

Kerber

12" | 2021 | EU | Original (Figure)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Yann Tiersen is back with his new album Kerber. With Kerber,a new chapter in Yann Tiersen's career opens. True to his nuanced and subtle sound approach, the composer offers us here a beautifully textured, highly immersive and carefully constructed world in which he invites us to enter. In this new album, the piano is the source, but electronics is the environment in which it exists: "The piano was a precursor to create something around which electronics could work." After spending the spring writing the piano parts, he spent the summer creating a bank of sound samples inspired by these parts and playing them on instruments such as the piano, mellotron and harpsichord. Stunningly beautiful, Yann Tiersen mixes classical influences with more contemporary influences on Kerber. An atmospheric and cinematic result captivating.

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Kangding Ray

Branches

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Axis)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Ever effervescent producer Kangding Ray continues to connect experimentalism and dancefloor, hitting home hard on his newest EP on Figure. Storming out of the gate, Doppler Shift packs the momentum to take off, its dry-thumping arp-ride raising the levels from zero to hero. Meditating on murky sounds, Branches displays the producer’s extraordinary skills at splicing together seemingly disparate DNA of sounds to create otherworldly but compelling tapestries of rhythm. Turning things for the flip, from colourful dub chords emerges Terra, a driving tune reminiscent of the 90’s spacey chill-out-rooms of. Taking it a notch deeper, Robust builds its lively groove around modular experimentations, the machines ultimately becoming an extension of the artist himself. A special bonus for the digital version, final track Deeper begins unassumingly beatless, only to pick up the pace for a blissfully trancey journey.

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Raffaelo Attanasio

Nuovo Futuro

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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As each moment calls for an explicit sound, so too does Axis with it's latest release from the heterogeneous Raffaele Attanasio. The multifaceted Italian has delivered an eclectic sound over the years, from devious techno to melodious rhythmic beats. Attanasio delivers a jazz-tinged, angular, progressive and championing album by coalescing influential factors: a musician father, a multifarious palate in music, and prowess as a multi-instrumentalist.

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Glitterbox - Where Love Lives 2 Red Artwork Edition

3LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Defected / Glitterbox)

35,99 €*

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Nuggets For The Needy Volume 3

Red Astaire

2LP | 2021 | US | Original (Homegrown)

12" | 2021 | EU | Original (Axis)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Reggae & Dancehall

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RED Astaire (aka Freddie Cruger) drops the 12 more dope tracks influenced by classic reggae, hip hop, R&B, downtempo and dub vibes. Includes several hard to find/out of print gems including "ghetto Hell", "mambo EL Kingston" and a previously unreleased version of his classic "follow ME". Full pic sleeve. Don't miss!

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Millsart

Think Again

Live In Stuttgart 1975 Orange Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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"Think Again is about reviewing the plan. It's about taking inventory, reorganizing, restocking, doing away with and adding what's needed. It's a project about transition - in body and soul" - Millsart

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Can

3LP | 2021 | Original (Spoon)

34,99 €*

Release: 2021 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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The Isolation Tapes Limited Edition

Kadavar

3LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Robotor)

31,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2021 | US | Original (Nature Sounds)

Your Old Droog

Dump Yod: Krutoy Edition

37,99 €*

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (We Are Busy Bodies)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Your Old Droog is back with the much-anticipated new album "Dump YOD: Krutoy Edition". Once again, the rap savant is putting his personal story at the forefront, going even further than the themes of his previous collection "Jewelry". “My last project was about unapologetically claiming my heritage as a Jew,” explains Droog. “This one is about embracing my Ukrainian and Eastern European roots”. Executive produced by Mach-Hommy and Tha God Fahim , the album features appearances from both of those artists along with El-P (Run The Jewels), Black Thought (The Roots), Phonte (Little Brother), and Billy Woods. Rooted in raw, minimalist production, "Dump YOD: Krutoy Edition" is a perfect showcase for Your Old Droog’s transcendent lyrical skills and vivid storytelling, imbued with the Ukraine-born emcee’s reflections on growing up as a Russian-speaking immigrant in Brooklyn.

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Vis-A-Vis

Odo Gu Ahorow

Jackie Trent / Lorriane Silver

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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As both a popular live act and in-demand studio musicians, Vis-A-Vis released 13 albums between 1975 and 1982, of which Obi Agye Me Dofo remains the most sought after. Led by vocalist Isaac “Superstar” Yeboah and featuring Sammy Cropper on guitar, Slim Manu on bass and Gybson “Shaolin Kung-Fu” Papra on drums, Vis-A-Vis helped propel K. Frimpong to fame as one of Ghana’s most popular stars of the 1970s. On some of Frimpong’s albums, they also overlapped as part of his other recording band, the Cubano Fiestas.

As We Are Busy Bodies begins its roll out the Vis-A-Vis catalogue, it will also simultaneously release another essential album by the group, 1976s Odo Gu Ahorow. Original copies of both LPs are scarce and in great demand, with Obi Agye Me Dofo briefly issued as an LP in the US in 1980, and again in 2011 by Continental Records. Along with the Frimpong albums, they remain some of the most sought after West African records from the golden age. These reissues have been handled with the utmost respect — every detail has been given strict attention and care, with albums being remastered by Senior Mastering Engineer, Noah Mintz at Lacquer Channel.

About the album:

"The Vis-A-Vis have had many good things to their credit, none more so than the collection of nostalgic items that make up this album “Odo Gu Ahoroo”. It has been able to achieve its well-deserved place in the Ghanaian musical best-seller parade. Now by the titles and programming this entirely new album benefits from Ofobros latest recording experience, bringing many plus-factors of listening pleasure.

With brilliant musicianship, the Vis-A-Vis as a group leads in the field of danceably rhythmic arrangements which do not obscure the enchanting melodies, such as “Abofra Ketewa”. Highlighting the softly soothing, yet richly textured blend of the organ and Slim’s bass work are solos by Sammy ‘red” Cropper on lead guitar, and other instruments as well.

The groups’ thirteen years’ experience in the field of dance music has made their melody reign supreme, and I hope these all are songs that will become a cherished part of our musical past in the future, and an enduring part of our musical period then. This recording the Vis-A-Vis with a new lustre that promises to glow through many mood-matching moments in the future.

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You Baby / Lost Summer Love

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

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Caroline)

Inner Tongue

Favours

14,99 €*

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Nas

Life's A Bitch T-Shirt

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (WRWTFWW)

Available Sizes: S, M, L, XL, 2XL

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The Nas Life's A Bitch T-Shirt's features include:
• rib crew neck
• Life's A Bitch artwork printed on front and rear
• regular fit
• 100% cotton single jersey

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Bruno Spoerri

Rare & Unreleased

23,99 €*

12" | 2018 | EU | Original (Joule)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Beautiful 1 LP Edition 140g Vinyl, Heavy 350gsm Sleeve, Liner Notes, Sticker - 11 never-heard tracks from Synthzerland pioneer Bruno Spoerri, released for the first time on vinyl, with liner notes by the artist. WRWTFWW Records is very delighted to announce the release of Rare & Unreleased 1971-1998, a collection of never-heard and hard-to-find works by Swiss music pioneer and synth super wizard Bruno Spoerri. The album is sourced from original masters and available on a vinyl LP cut at Emil Berliner Studios (formerly the in-house recording department of Deutsche Grammophon), housed in a 350g sleeve with a superb artwork by Nicolas Eigenheer, and packed with track-by-track liner notes by Mr. Spoerri.

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Rowlanz

Jogger EP

We Insist! Freedom Now Suite Gatefold Sleeve Edition

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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2022 repress

Rowlanz signs Joule Imprint’s sixth release with a remix from Zendid.

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Max Roach

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Jazz Images)

12" | 2018 | EU | Original (XL)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Includes one bonus track!

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Jungle

Heavy, California

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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7" | 2018 | EU | Original (Black Art / Reggae Fever)

The Congos

Congo Man

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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12" | 2018 | UK | Original (XL)

Jungle

Happy Man / House in LA

12" | 2018 | US | Original (Musicandpower)

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Pop

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Here is a pretaste for the upcoming Jungle album. Exclusively available at HHV.

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Gemini Jazz (Ron Trent)

The Tantra

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Caroline)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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RON TRENT returns with his GEMINI JAZZ entity on his MUSIC & POWER imprint with 2 deep spiritual tracks "THE TANTRA" & "HARD & SOFT". "THE TANTRA" is a preview of the upcoming album "GEMINI JAZZ". "HARD & SOFT" is a hint of the future album "WHATTHEF*CKDOYOUKNOWABOUTDEEPHOUSE". Powah!

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Nine Inch Nails

Bad Witch

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Running Back)

Syclops

Pink Eye

OST Black Panther - Music From And Inspired By

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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The releases comes in a gatefold sleeve. Pink Eye Written and produced by Maurice Fulton. “An Original Dr. Scratch Mix” Published by Buttrubb Music. players. Karo Brandi, leader of all of what you see, plus all of the artwork. Hanna Sarkari ,all guitars. Mim Suleiman all drums and percussion. Maurice Fulton. All keyboards bass and drum programming. Recorded and mixed at BubbleTease Communications Sheffield UK.

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Kendrick Lamar

2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Interscope)

33,99 €*

7" | 2017 | EU | Original (Spade / Reggae Fever)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Soundtracks

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The soundtrack to Black Panther by Kendrick Lamar featuring SZA, James Blake, Future, Anderson .Paak etc.

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Harry & Radcliffe

History / Just Be Alone

7" | 2017 | UK | Original (Expansion)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Check out this classic Roots material by Harry & Radcliffe from around 1969!

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Bobbi Humphrey

Baby Don't You Know

Release: 2017 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Light It Up Colored Vinyl Edition

Hot Water Music

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (BMG)

Jackson Jones / The Hippy Boys

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Throughout the late ’90s and early ’00s, the Gainesville, Florida band Hot Water Music perfected a big, hearty, melodic form of punk rock, one that left an impact on emo without ever becoming emo. In recent years, the band has only been intermittently active, even breaking up for a few years in the late ’00s. But later this year, Hot Water Music will release Light It Up, their first new album in five years.

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I Feel Good, Put Your Pants On / Feel Good

7" | 2017 | EU | Original (Hot Shot / Reggae Fever)

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Ponderosa)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Check out this nice disco vibe by Jackson Jones & The Hippy Boys from around 1980!

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Blonde Redhead

3 O'Clock

17,99 €*

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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Northern Soul Revue: Here Comes The Night Owl

LP | 2017 | UK | Original (Outta Sight)

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (BMG)

Release: 2017 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition for Record Store Day 2017!

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Mike & The Mechanics

Let Me Fly

20,99 €*

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (BMG)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Mike & The Mechanics are Mike Rutherford, Andrew Roachford, Tim Howar, Gary Wallis, Luke Juby and Anthony Drennan. 'Let Me Fly' is the 8th studio album from the band and returns to the early Mechanics sound.

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Texas

Jump Onboard

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Idle Hands / Seeds Of Life

Harlem River Drive

7" | 2017 | UK | Original (Soul Brother)

Toeachizown Volume 2 - Fly

Release: 2017 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Check out this in demand Latin Funk floor fillers from the group that launched the careers of Eddie and Charlie Palmieri, two giants in the field of Latin fueled jazz fusion playing tohether with one of the most prolific players of the day Bernard Purdie, providing the drums appearing here on 7-inch for the first time in full length versions

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Dam-Funk

LP | 2012 | US | Original (Stones Throw)

Snorre Kirk Quartet With Stephen Riley

Release: 2012 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Finally available on single LP format! All 5 parts of Dam-Funks magnum opus!

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Going Up

LP | 2021 | Original (Stunt)

Release: 2021 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2017 | UK | Original (Dirtee Stank)

Dizzee Rascal

Raskit

Release: 2017 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 2021 | US | Reissue (Nature Sounds)

Your Old Droog

Space Bar

39,99 €*

7" | 2021 | UK | Original (Chopped Herring)

Release: 2021 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Born in Ukraine and raised in Brooklyn, Your Old Droog has become a key figure in the modern hip hop landscape. Fresh off a series of acclaimed projects, the master author is back with the new album "Space Bar".

Evoking a tavern located deep within the realms of a top secret galaxy, the collection features appearances by Lil Ugly Mane, billy woods, Tha God Fahim, and Nickelus F. Despite Droog's prolific output, each of his releases are meticulously crafted, and "Space Bar" is no exception.

"This album was conceptualized around the same time as 'It Wasn’t Even Close'," YOD explains. "Throughout the years, it has evolved and taken on many different forms and shapes." With beats by 88 Keys, Nicholas Craven, SadhuGold, and Elaquent, "Space Bar" finds Your Old Droog serving up intoxicating lyricism over spaced-out production, exploring unseen terrains.

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Senica Da Misfit

Namaste

7" | 2021 | UK | Original (Chopped Herring)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Just a one-off banger right here courtesy of Maryland MC Senica Da Misfit with beats courtesy of the excellent Fullscale and cuts from DanjahOne. Track A1 features Lords of The Underground MC DoItAll.

Absolute dancefloor murder for the heads!!!

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Golden Swords & F-Plus

Classical Weapons

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2021 | US | Original (Nature Sounds)

Blu

The Color Blu(E)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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10" | 2021 | EU | Original (Super 95)

Voiski

Megatrance

17,99 €*

The Final Unreleased Project

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Voiski’s classic hit Megatrance 2 finally gets a vinyl release after 10 years of unofficial distribution. Smuggled as a dj’s secret weapon the mega track appeared on several mixes and compilations such as the Maceo Plex Fabric mix 98 which has made it popular. This special anniversary edition comes with a previously unheard Megatrance 1 written same week, disregarded by the artist at first and finally recognized as years went by. Two timeless Megahits remastered and pressed on a limited 10" vinyl, coming out in october on Super 95.

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Godfather Don

CD | 2021 | UK | Original (Chopped Herring)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Chopped Herring)

Pseudo Intellectuals

Pizza Money

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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"Straight up one of the dopest albums I’ve ever released on Herring. Yes it’s a big statement – but this one is sheer perfection. Loads of sick jazz samples, killer drums, played bass lines, interludes, wicked scratch sections and incisive, satirical lyrics make this project by Buffalo, NY natives a stand out album of our time. One of the Aoty for me and straight into my top 20 Herrings – NO DOUBT!!"

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MF DOOM

Pass The L T-Shirt

42,99 €*

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Heist)

Available Sizes: S, M

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The MF DOOM Pass The L Tee is equipped with the following features:
• rib crew neck with interior tape
• MF DOOM NYC branding printed on front
• Pass The L artwork printed on the rear
• relaxed fit
• 100% ring-spun cotton single jersey, 6.1 oz
• garment dyed, soft touch finish

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Makez

City Of All

23,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Makèz have come a long way since they first sneaked into Amsterdam’s studio 80 at the age of 17 to hand over their demos to Dam Swindle. Those demos led to their debut EP ‘Different planets’ on Heist in 2019 which gained major support from artists like Seth Troxler and Chez Damier. Quickly after, they signed two records on New York based label Let’s Play House. Fast forward two years, and here we are: the release of their debut album “City of all”. “City of all” shows an admirable level of sophistication and matureness and effortlessly bridges genres across its 13 tracks. You can feel the amount of thought that has been put into this record, with songs happily blending into each other as Makèz submerge themselves in their concept of accidental encounters, inclusiveness and what it means to live in a city like Amsterdam. On “City of all”, Makèz bring together all the musical influences they’ve picked up in their life as music fans, clubbers and art students. The jazz-funk of opening track “The entrance” feels breezy, casual almost, like the freeform rhythms that are played in a jazz club during soundcheck. That energy also oozes from “Not so different”, which features the smooth vocals of Lyma. There’s a hint of the house-meets-R’n B vibe that made Anderson .Paak the star that he is now. The song is brilliantly funky and shows the songwriting and arrangement talent of Makèz, who cleverly use pop & soul cues to create one of the album’s highlights.

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CD | 2021 | UK | Original (Chopped Herring)

Foundation Entertainment

12" | 2021 | EU | Original (DisDat)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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So Joe City aka Third Eye Ent hits me up and says B, hook up with my man Strez, he might have some ish you are looking for. So outta Norfolk, Virginia, this is the Foundation Entertainment EP. Most of these tracks appeared on an extremely rare couple of cds from 97 & 99 as well as one off a demo tape and one unreleased from the House of Reps unreleased stash!!! Peep this short interview with DJ Strez for some background info:

Where did you grow up? “I grew up in the Park Place/Villa Heights section of Norfolk Virginia born & raised.”

What are your earliest memories of the culture? “My earliest moments of the culture are begging my mom to go to the record store to buy The Fatboys first album, LL Cool J “Radio”, Run-D.M.C. “Raising Hell” & Beastie Boys “Licensed To Ill” albums. When I got home that day I played these albums non stop. That’s when I knew I was in love with Hip Hop.”

Who were your fav beatmakers coming up? “My Favorite Beat Makers/Producers coming up was Marley Marl, Pete Rock, The Bomb Squad, DJ Premier, Large Professor, Diamond D & Joe City (VA Native)”

What was the VA scene like? “The VA Scene Between 1991-2001 was a great time to be involved with music.A lot of local artists that were coming out started making tapes and selling them at shows or in the clubs.We had so many outlets back then and the major artists were also coming down checking the scene out as well. We definitely had hidden gems as far as talent.”

When did you start making beats? “I started making beats when I was around 16 years old. I was always fascinated with making music and always wanted to learn. The music that was made between “87-99″ was always mind blowing to me. Once i realized that they were taking loops from old records,sampling and making beats out of them i knew that that is what i wanted to do”

What were your first bits of gear? “My first bits of gear was a Casio Sk-1, a Gemini Sampler Ds-1224, a Korg M1, a Boss Dr-5 & a Pair of technics belt drive turntables.”

When did you set up Foundation Ent? “Foundation Ent was formed around 93-95 through my partner Carlton Barnard and he was also my manager. We met at a mall out here in VA called Military Circle in 1996 and we chopped it up and immediately clicked. It all started and developed when he said he had equipment that wasn’t really being used and i asked him if i could use it and eventually it led to us getting a building for a studio and signing artists.”

How did you hook up with all the mcs? “Before Foundation Ent, I was in a group with a friend of mine named Stratagee Real which later became an artist on Foundation Ent so we were already connected. Carlton did beats and had the group Coalition & a female artist named Bad News already so we started teaming up and recording music together in the studio. The other artists that were on the roster were mostly people that we came across that rap and sing.”

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Andrew Weatherall

Volume V