Texan Roky Erickson was one of the true mind-blowing pioneers of psychedelic music. The original leader of the Austin-based 13th Floor Elevators formed in 1965, Erickson and band invented a brand new style of rock & roll, one that was slightly unhinged while it explored the consciousness-expanding influence of LSD on music. After three years,…
For the lowriders, the souleros, and for any armchair drag racer who still has a record player within reach, Mid-Atlantic Story pays tribute to the aftermarket sounds of soul music, inspired by the record industry s metric trunkload of cruising compilations, legitimate and otherwise, that soundtracked an entire subculture. This getaway ride mixtape strips aesthetics from the timeless East Side Story series, and poaches music from the…
40 years after the beginnings of the Italo disco movement Milano Undiscovered leads you to discover the first ferments of the Milanese post-punk dance scene. In the early 80s future producers began to veer towards a form of dance music not yet defined, what once seemed like an experimental form, today sounds like a cornerstone for future…
The second volume of the well-received collection of analogically recorded sessions held at the Odd Funk Studio in the tradition of spiritual jazz, post-bop and free improvisation.
Pacific Breeze documents Japan’s blast into the stratosphere. By the 1960s, the nation had achieved a postwar miracle, soaring to become the world’s second largest economy. Thriving tech exports sent The Rising Sun over the moon. Its pocket cassette players, bleeping video games, and gleaming cars boomed worldwide, wooing pleasure points and pumping Japanese pockets…
When Light In The Attic released _Pacific Breeze: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1976-1986_ in 2019, it was the first collection of it s kind to be released outside Japan. It proved to be just what music fans had been waiting for-a compilation of sought-after tracks that had been nearly impossible to obtain unless…
Light in the Attic s Pacific Breeze series has supplied the world s growing legions of Japanese music fans with an expertly curated selection of the most sought-after City Pop recordings-the mesmerizing and nebulous genre of Japanese bubble-era music of the 70s- 80s that encompasses AOR, R&B, jazz fusion, funk, boogie and disco. These familiar…
After half a century of constant development, inspiration and hothouse flowerings, certain genres have found their perfect expression – soul-funk is one of them. Dojo Cuts are one perfect expression of this perfect expression. Lean, mean and heavy (in the true sense) there is not a bass-note or hihat-beat out of place – everything is…
funky fuzzy psychedelic tracks from 60s and 70s nigeria, iran, turkey, russia, south korean and other exotic countries. rare and previously unreleased tracks restored and remastered, many from the original master tapes. detailed liner notes with rare photos, ephemera and full annotation and band histories. psych-funk 101- a global psychedelic funk curriculum introduces students to…
As the final chapter in the initial run of Jazz Is Dead releases, Remixes JID010 continues the creative catharsis of an exhilarating new chapter in jazz music. Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad tapped nine iconic creators to reimagine their personal favorites from Jazz Is Dead’s catalogue to-date, who created striking new versions of songs…
From the classic murder ballads “Stack O Lee” and “Frankie & Johnny” to songs of jealous pistol-yielding lovers, blues music and the gun have long crossed paths. This Rough Guide charts this troubled association with tracks from country blues legends including Mississippi John Hurt, Furry Lewis and Skip James.
This collection delves yet deeper into the archives of country blues, uncovering hidden gems by artists shrouded in mystery. From classic renditions of blues standards to intriguing novelty songs, this is a must-listen for any blues connoisseur.
Dear Santa, we just loved Santa s Funk & Soul Christmas Party, Volumes 1-3, and we have really tried to be good this year! Please bring us a whole nother album s worth of rare and obscure Christmas-themed funk and soul! When the third volume of Santa s Funk & Soul Christmas Party was released…
Fellow humans, Bureau B invite you on an expedition to Silberland, a singular span of spacetime created by Germa – ny’s sonic futurists of the seventies and eighties. Embracing the early electronics and tape experiments of the six- ties’ avant-garde, these artists aimed to boldly go, eschewing small steps for giant leaps into a nebulous…
Soul Jazz Records’ 200% Dynamite! set the benchmark for reggae meets funk compilations that has never been bettered. Out of print for over 15 years this new 2023 edition with new tracks and is being released in a one-off limited-edition heavyweight special-edition coloured vinyl pressing + download code exclusively for Record Store Day 2023. Jam-packed…
Soul Jazz Records new ‘Cold Wave’ is a new collection of current electronic artists who have all been shaped by the early European cold wave artists of the late 70s and early 80s. This second edition Cold Wave #2 comes in two vinyl editions – a one-off pressing purple coloured vinyl edition and a black…