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Early 70 s exotica obscurity reissued! Created decades after the exotica boom of the 50 s, Jungle Obsession is a something of an oddity. On the surface, the album looks right in line with lounge classics from Martin Denny and Frank Hunter, but in actuality, the sounds contained were a sort of an homage to…
The first full length compilation on Egon s Now Again record label. The track selection is a choice trip through NA s catalogue, featuring both standout hits and sleeper b-sides. You have to give it up to the greatest high school cut, the Kashmere Stage Band s long cover version of Scorpio. It s all about…
This has been on heavy rotation in the Lab office ever since we got the promo. It s one of those albums you can put on and know that every song is gonna be awesome, no fillers or skippers… basically, it rules. Soul Cal compiles the best releases from the Soul Cal label, which means you get…
High profile samples pilfered from Numero Group s extensive back catalog! A sly nod to the Shaolin Soul compilation series, Shanghai d Soul – Episode 4 contains a diverse selections of Numero tracks sampled by the likes of Phantogram, Common, Kanye West, Talib Kweli, Kendrick Lamar, Run The Jewels, and more. However, this compilation is way more than…
Jazz album from American saxophonist Oliver Nelson. The Blues and the Abstract Truth was originally recorded in 1961 and features a lineup of notable musicians: Freddie Hubbard, Eric Dolphy, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers and Roy Haynes. Nelson explores the mood and structure of the blues throughout the album. The best known cut is Stolen Moments,…
Love is the answer. Orgone keeping the funk flames burnin on this in-demand 45 (already on its 5th pressing!) from 2014. Don t Stop finds the L.A. funk veterans teaming up with vocalist Tiffany Austin for some dance floor ready grooves to keep the crowd moving. Worth it for this one alone, but the flipside Powerfeed hits you…
The Shape Of Jazz To Come, so named for its unique instrumentation, musicianship and arrangement at the suggestion of Atlantic Records producer Nesuhi Ertegun, is widely considered the impetus for the free jazz movement (or the ‘new thing’ as it was called at the time). While Coltrane is unquestionably the master of the ‘free jazz’…
Nice up the dance! Two tunes from the Studio One vaults that are ready to set the place on fire. Papa Michigan and General Smiley s dancehall anthem Jah A De Creator kicks the set off with some mighty toasting from the two DJs over Dawn Penn s No, No, No riddim. The B side…
Gospel grail reissued! Like A Ship is one of those mega-rare albums that tops many digger s wishlists (and is seldom found) making this Numero repress all the more welcome. The Youth For Christ Choir was 40 kids strong, and under the direction of Reverend T.L. Barrett, a completely self-taught musician, they recorded Like A Ship…
Breaks for days, you ll be amazed. Veteran DJ digger breaks historian Paul Nice does it up once again for the 3rd installment of his Ultimate Block Party Breaks. Here he hooks up another round of classic foundational breakbeats, expertly edited and extended for your mixing pleasure. The style of these edits is directly in line…
Fire music. Recorded at Englewood, NJ s Van Gelder Studios in 1966 while Pharoah Sanders was still working with John Coltrane, Tauhid is the saxophonist s debut album for Impulse! Records. Starting with Upper Egypt & Lower Egypt, a deep 16-minute journey that s emotional, uplifting, and full of layered mosaic rhythmic grooves and poly-melodic…
Serious soul heat reissued! Phillip Wright s rare soul jam gets the deluxe 12 treatment for the 1st time and we couldn t be more stoked about it. Originally released on the TK Disco s tiny Dash sub-label in 1976, Keep Her Happy was Wright s only release and has since becoming a highly coveted…
Oooh that s funky! Pino Presti is obviously no stranger to the funk, and on this 12 from 1979, he s letting it flow oh-so freely onto the dance floor. Here the Italian producer-bassist-karate-master is getting it off with a killer bass-driven disco groove that sure to heat up the joint. Check the sound sample, some serious floor burning…
The first ever live performance and recording by Marc Moulin’s deep jazz-funk band Placebo is a doozy. Never before released, this recording – made during the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1971 – was a precursor to the Belgian band s three highly obscure and sought after albums, Ball of Eyes, 1973, and their 1974 self-titled…
Placebo s final album just might be the most divisive in their catalog. By the time Marc Moulin and company recorded their eponymous album they seem to have been bitten by the prog bug. The rhythms are a little less straight ahead and the solo sections are more expansive. Moulin was definitely stretching out more…
Vinyl reissue transferred from 2 x 1 4 analog reels at 192kHz 24-bit and half-speed mastered at Abbey Road. Seminal funk-rock album originally released on Rare Earth in 1970. The drum beat from Sorcerer of Isis has been one of the most sampled in hip-hop music, including KRS-One, Kanye West, Jay-Z Cyprus Hill, Tribe Called…
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