"Trouble Man" - Marvin Gaye
1972 Blaxploitation soundtrack territory - this isn't Marvin's best, but its great stuff anyhow - some freaky arrangements and synth bits and a couple of outstanding vocals make this a must have...
"Fourth Way" - Fourth Way
Australian keysman Mike Nock blazed a jazz fusion trail with this quartet in the late 60's - violin, keys, bass and drums - bringing surprisingly funky beats to the jazzworld courtesy of a majorly stoked rhythm section - priceless...
"The Vibes Describes" - Orphy Robinson
Fine vibes and marimba led modern jazz workouts from well talented Orphy and top drawer band - plays with lots of contemporay big guns (Courtney Pin, Andy Shepherd, Jazz Jamaica All Stars) - solo work somewhat overlooked - WHY? - great album...
"Speak Your Peace" - Terry Callier
Callier made some great soul recordings on Cadet in the 60's then quit music for twenty years! - this album is the peak of his comeback - rare songwriting skills, beautiful voice and perfect production combine in a total new soul classic - essential...
"Hungry On Arrival" - Various Artists
South Africa meets Europe and Latin America - featuring UK trumpet man Byron Wallen and percussion legend Airto Moreira and a host of SA talent on a fusion tip - our track listing is wack on this, sorry - but the tunes are well hot...
"Umsindo" - Georgia Anne Muldrow
UMSINDO (which means sound in Zulu) is Muldrow's second full length album and tells this story with subject matter ranging from world politics to the metaphysical sciences-with laserlike synthwork to match. Muldrow, who birthed the new millennium hip-h...
"Question In The Form..." - People Under The Stairs
Hip-Hop. A Beat and Horn Laden, Funky Drummin Rhythmic Scratchin, Get Em Movin Party Starter Throwing Back to the Days of Pete Rock and Cl Smooth. Double K and the One Are Keepin Lyrical Time and Blowin Minds with their Rare Groove, Danceable Style of ...
"Boogie Man" - Capri
A veritable funk rainbow from Leeds - top quality indie release runs the full spectrum from JB, to soundtrack, even jazzy fusion (check Northside) - all turned out with skill and conviction - top drawer players, top drawer production - great stuff...
"Wordpower, Volume 2" - Divine Styler
Excellent positive hip-hop from the West Coast undergound - innovative and unique beats with rhymes of depth and conviction - don't miss this one…
"Afro-Latin Soul Vol 1 and 2" - Mulatu Astatke
Excellent, exact re-issue of this very rare 1966 album. Mulatu's dextrous vibes float over percolating percussion...beautiful!
Tracks are:
I Faram Gami I Faram,
Mascaram Setaba,
Shagu,
One For Buzayhew,
Alone in the Crowd,
Almaz,
Mulatu's Hideaway,
A...
"Sergio Mendes Presents Lobo" - Edu Lobo
Edu Lobo was one of the leaders of Brazil's Tropicalia movement along with the immortal Jorge Ben, songwriter and singer of distinction, composing both music of startling innovation AND songs which became worldwide standards, following the template lai...
"Peoples Market" - Misled Children
The Misled Children have worked closely with the mysterious Clutchy Hopkins. They have learned a lot working with Clutchy and bring their strong sense of organic rhythm and beats to the masses. It's unfair to simply call this music hip hop as it is muc...
"Ain't But The One Way" - Sly and The Family Stone
UK reissue of the funk legend's 1983 album for WEA. Tracks include, 'One Way' and 'You Really Got Me'.
"Authentik" - Supreme NTM
Dirty old school beats and tuff rhymes mark this 90's classic from possibly the best French rap crew ever - this one grooves from end to end - c'est la mezzle...
"Listen To The Music!" - Lower B
Max chilled electro jazz from France - subtle beats making a very cool backdrop for some great sax work from the man himself - independently produced and released, this one is well worth getting on to...
"Black Voices" - Tony Allen
Tony Allen's 1999 comeback album - an updating of the afrobeat he pioneered as Fela Kuti's main drummer in the 70's and 80's, Black Voices blends afrobeat, dub and hip-hop in an unstoppable sound clash - genius...
"Greasin The Wheels" - The Sound Stylistics
The Sound Stylistics are back! 2 years on since the release of The Sound Stylistics Play Deep Funk which one of the most sought after and best selling Freestyle albums ever, the band have returned with the Greasin' The Wheels. This absolute killer follo
"Live At The Apollo Vol II" - James Brown
Thanks to the paradigm-shifting success of his first Live at the Apollo LP from 1963, James Brown and the famed Harlem theater were all but synonymous in the '60s. By the time Brown recorded there again in early summer of 1967, his music had ...
"Homenaje" - Brownout
Scorchin latin funk from Austin, Texas - Brownout's Homenaje is just that, a homage to their latino and afro musical roots - updated and upgraded with hard-edged funk attack - with proper horn and percussion sections it's a total big band treat...
"Goblin Volume II 1975-1980" - Goblin
Collection of rarities from the kings of funky gothic soundtrackism - Italian proggers Goblin introduced a fusionistic musical edge into the movies of Argento and others - the tunes actually stand up better than the movies in some cases!...
"Beatitude" - Pepe Deluxe
Pepe's second album - a little more organic and song-based than 'Super Sound' but still highest grade beatology - another winner from Catskills...
"NuYorican Funk Experience 2" - Various Artists
Second volume of hand-picked mid 70s latino - funk - soul crossover tunes that even branch out into some jazzy fusion with the groundbreaking 'Martinez' from Monguito - bravo selectah...
"Killer Jazz Funk" - Various Artists
Killer Jazz Funk indeed - first volume (I think there are 3) focuses on funky cuts from the legendary Black Jazz vaults - 70's tunes mostly - let's hear it for tha selectah 'cuz this is a GREAT set - get it if you can...
"Afro Strut" - Amp Fiddler
Second solo album from total session legend Joseph 'Amp' Fiddler - he's played with everyone from Prince to P-Funk to Primal Scream, but his solo work is way better :) great compositions and electro-soul arrangements and some truly funkinass funkiness...
"Soul Mosaic" - Greyboy
Fourth from San Diego's favourite son - this one has a real soulful/R&B vibe as title suggests but with hallmark beat techniques of the highest order - the first artist to sign to Ubiquity and still the best imho - hats off - essential...
"Bop For Miles" - Mark Murphy
Fantastic live showcase for Murphy's astounding vocals - all songs written or played by 50's/60's Miles Davis plus a couple of other bop era classics - the band is hot and the vox of course outstanding - finest jazz gold...
"Belize City Boil Up" - Various Artists
Belizian's call it Boil Up, and it's anything but leftovers. Mix equal parts R&B, calypso, disco, funk, reggae, bruckdown, soul, folk, and whatever else can be found back on the bottom shelf of the musical pantry. Get ready to feast on passport stamped...
"A New Day!" - JC Davis
The Dons at Quannum dun it again - diggin up some simmering soulful sides by onetime Famous Flames bandleader JCD - with some soul twisters and some more laid back, funky grooves all remastered by DJ Shadow - this is a really tasty little treat...
"The Power Of Suggestion" - Karminsky Experience Inc.
A helping of finest lounge-core from Eighteenth Street Lounge - neat beats and plenty of far out far eastern stylings - yeah baby!
