Soul/Funk/Disco

Durand Jones - Wait Til I Get Over

Released 5th May 2023 Durand Jones’s Wait ‘Til I Get Over is a memoir and a love letter. It is th...

Released 5th May 2023 Durand Jones’s Wait ‘Til I Get Over is a memoir and a love letter. It is the story of Jones’s life, his growth and revelations, the wisdom of his hometown and the wisdom he could only gain once he left. In it, he writes through Hillaryville’s contradictions: the pristine beauty and the ragged roads; his teenage desire to leave and his adult desire to honor his tangled roots; the plantation history and the ups and downs of the Black community that made homes of this repar...

Lonnie Holley - Oh Me Oh My

Released 10th March 2023 ‘Oh Me Oh My’ is both elegant and ferocious. It is stirring in one momen...

Released 10th March 2023 ‘Oh Me Oh My’ is both elegant and ferocious. It is stirring in one moment and a balm the next. It details histories both global and personal. Lonnie Holley’s harrowing youth and young manhood in the Jim Crow South are well-told at this point — his sale into a different home as a child for just a bottle of whiskey; his abuse at the infamous Mount Meigs correctional facility for boys; the destruction of his art environment by the Birmingham airport expansion. But Holley...

Young Gun Silver Fox - Ticket To Shangri-La

Released 21st October 2022. SK says: "The seasoned duo of Andy Platts and Shawn Lee deliver their...

Released 21st October 2022. SK says: "The seasoned duo of Andy Platts and Shawn Lee deliver their strongest album yet as Nichol Thomson's ebullient horn lines elevate YGSF's fourth long-player into the stratosphere. "Tip Of The Flame" nods to Ned Doheny's dancefloor ready acoustic funk while "Rolling Back" recalls Hall and Oates at their hitmaking peak and on "Sierra Nights" Platts conjures Don Quixote through the prism of America-esque west coast AOR." Andy Platts and Shawn Lee need no intro...

Lady Blackbird - Black Acid Soul (Deluxe Edition)

Released 28th October 2022. Set for release on 28th October, the deluxe edition of Lady Blackbird...

Released 28th October 2022. Set for release on 28th October, the deluxe edition of Lady Blackbird’s debut album ‘Black Acid Soul’ comes with a staggering 11 additional songs, encompassing brand new material such as stunning single ‘Feel It Comin’ and remixes commissioned by the likes of electronic, jazz, funk luminaries Emma-Jean Thackray, Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy and Greg Foat. Originally released in 2021, ‘Black Acid Soul’ received enormous critical acclaim; The Sunday Times named her their B...

Thee Sacred Souls - Thee Sacred Souls

Released 26th August 2022. For Thee Sacred Souls, the first time is often the charm. The band’s f...

Released 26th August 2022. For Thee Sacred Souls, the first time is often the charm. The band’s first club dates led to a record deal with the revered Daptone label; their first singles racked up more than ten million streams in a year and garnered attention from Billboard, Rolling Stone, and KCRW; and their first fans included the likes of Gary Clark Jr., The Black Pumas, PrincessNokia, and Timbaland. Now, the breakout San Diego trio is ready to deliver yet another landmark first with the re...

Ibibio Sound Machine - Electricity

Released 25th March 2022. Even in trying times, “there is no love without electricity.” Electrici...

Released 25th March 2022. Even in trying times, “there is no love without electricity.” Electricity is the fourth and most progressive album from Ibibio Sound Machine, and like all good Afrofuturist stories, it begins with an existential crisis. “It’s darker than anything we’ve done previously,” says Eno Williams, the group’s singer. “That’s because it grew out of the turbulence of the past year. It inhabits an edgier world.” Electricity was produced by the Grammy Award and Mercury Prize nomi...

STR4TA - Aspects

Released 26th March 2021. Gilles Peterson has partnered with Jean-Paul “Bluey” Maunick to reinvig...

Released 26th March 2021. Gilles Peterson has partnered with Jean-Paul “Bluey” Maunick to reinvigorate the loose, protean energy of the early-80s Brit-funk scene. STR4TA sees them mine new musical possibilities out of that shared formative era. On “Aspects”, they revisit that important period and the spirit that guided it: self-taught, DIY vitality, and a raucous energy built on live performance. Bringing a fresh slant to a sound first developed by groups like Atmosfear, Hi-Tension, Light of ...

The Superhighway Band - Studio City

Released 5th November 2021. In March 2020, both Nichol Thomson and Shawn Lee found themselves at ...

Released 5th November 2021. In March 2020, both Nichol Thomson and Shawn Lee found themselves at home without a live gig in site. Lee called up Thomson and said: "Now is the perfect time to make our smooth jazz trombone album"! Nichol laughed but Shawn... well, didn't! The pandemic was prime time to get smooth and jazzy! The two had already been working together the past few years on Shawn Lee and Andy Platts' Young Gun Silver Fox project. Nichol Thomson's horn arrangements have become an imp...