Heat alert! Athens Of The North hooking up the funk fiends in a major way with two sides of fire from Aaron Broomfield s personal archives. I m Gonna Miss Ya is a highly sought-after piece of boogie soul (fetching $$$ on the cogs) and is featured here on the A-side, as transferred from original tapes by…
Adam Chini bringing the funk on his debut release for Hobo Camp. The San Diego-based producer proves he is extremely well-versed in the ways of the boogie with two tracks that are sure to heat up the dancefloor. Peep the funky 80 s vibe on Don t Tempt Me complete with fat synth bass, shimmery chords, and sexy vocals to…
Marvel s Luke Cage is back with another season, and the crime & corruption-fighting superhero has finally cleared his name. But another dark forces looms about: the mysterious and powerful Bushmaster. It goes down once again in Uptown, and of course, the onscreen action is supported by a distinguished soundtrack from Adrian Younge & Ali…
Super bad team up! Gifted producer-musician extraordinaire Adrian Younge connects with William Hart of The Delfonics for a soul album that seamlessly bridges the old and the new. Heads will recognize Younge as the mastermind behind the Black Dynamite soundtrack (as well as the more recent 12 Reasons To Die with Ghostface Killa) and here…
Adrian Younge enlists opera singer Brooke deRosa and jazz singer Rebecca Englehart for this project. Entitled Adrian Young Presents: Voices of Gemma, the 10 tracker is informed by r&b, funk, jazz, as well as late- 60s and early-70s psychedelic soul, and the prolific composer lays down a backdrop that elevates the already immense talents of…
Psychedelic soul visions from the man Adrian Younge. You might know Younge for scoring (and editing) Black Dynamite, but for Something About April the talented multi-instrumentalist producer goes under the Venice Dawn moniker for a batch of gritty cinematic instrumentals with a hip-hop aesthetic. If you put the sound of Ennio Morricone, Wu-Tang, Otis Redding, King Crimson, and Portishead in the blender, you can sort of get…
I hope to see you.  Originally released in 1977, Iroha Ni Konpeitou found Akiko Yano at a creative peak, and arguably at her funkiest. Here the charismatic Japanese singer songwriter is backed by an all-star line-up of musicians from Tokyo and New York (both locations where recording took place), including YMO mastermind Haruomi Hosono, Shigeru Suzuki, Tatsuo Hayashi,…
Limited edition pink vinyl reissue for Breast Cancer Awareness month. Al Green s 1977 studio full length. This one came following Greatest Hits Vol. 2 and is one of the last secular albums Green would make before becoming a reverend and going completely gospel. It is also the first to be produced without his longtime collaborator Willie…
52 tracks on twenty six 7 records includes a Hi Records 7 adapter and 52 page hardback book. packaged in a sturdy, case-wrapped box Originally released individually throughout the ‘70s, the 26 Al Green singles collected here for this Record Store Day release are compiled together for the first time music label: Fat Possum 2019…
Edit master Al Kent s second release on G.A.A.M.! Groovy, funky, and lush, Vince is a mid-tempo Philly jam (s o Vincent Montana, member of MFSB and the founder of Salsoul Orchestra, for the original, Warp Factor II ) that should properly set the early-night vibe on the dancefloor. On the b-side is Esther, for…
A lot of the culture in New York was moving further and further downtown in the 1970s and the jazz scene was no different. The 4-story loft at 501 Canal Street doubled as a performance space and home to alto sax player Alan Braufman, pianist Gene Ashton (better known as Cooper-Moore) and a handful of…
Originally marketed on the albums rear as: Hard afro pop featuring large percussive rhythm section and front line, Afro Rock is way deeper than the relatively bland description espouses. Recorded at Morgan Studios in London by John Cameron and Alan Parker in 1973, Afro Rock features a collection of stripped-down African rhythms, virtuoso jazz instrumentation,…
2015 repress on 180 gram vinyl. Seriously out-there free jazz vibes from the Albert Ayler Trio. Recorded on July 10, 1964, Spiritual Unity is the album that made Albert Ayler famous (or infamous, depending how you look at it). This is some advanced listening material, over the top for the average listener, but open your…
Trick your dog-hating friends by inviting them to read the name of this movie aloud. Okay, maybe it was a little too reliant on tropes, but Wes Anderson’s Japan-by-numbers claymation film Isle Of Dogs was one of the more original and fun animated films of the past few years (although would’ve been way more sick if Anderson made…
7 vinyl pressing edition of 750 originally recorded in 1967 first ever vinyl reissue a single produced by the highly-revered Saravah label at the time, featuring the Art Ensemble of Chicago backing the poetry of the little-remembered Alfred Panou music label: Souffle Continu Records 2019 sign up for Stock Email above for leftover notification. view…
Alice Clark s 1972 self-titled is one of those rare wantlist albums that s quality from beginning to end. More people should know about this gem. Clark grew up in Bed Stuy, put together a few successful 45s before recording this lone album with arranger Ernie Wilkins and a band that included Bernard Purdie and Cornell…