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Thundercat
Drunk (4LP) [ Brainfeeder / 4 LP - released 10/Mar/2017 ] Thundercat's most realised vision of soulful jazz-fusion and boogie yet with the absolutely stunning Drunk. Calling on an A-list of who's who within his world to stop by for a drink, guest spots come from Flying Lotus, Kamasi Washington, Pharrell,... |
Tom Cunliffe
Howl & Whisper [ Lyttelton Records / CD - released 15/Apr/2016 ] Tom describes himself as a story-singer of moonlit folk songs. A little bit raucous Irish ballads, a little bit grim outlaw country, a little bit swinging protest songs. Music for midnight drunks and, the brokenhearted. Used to dragging his guitar... |
Tom Cunliffe
Howl & Whisper (LP) [ Lyttelton Records / LP - released 15/Apr/2016 ] Tom describes himself as a story-singer of moonlit folk songs. A little bit raucous Irish ballads, a little bit grim outlaw country, a little bit swinging protest songs. Music for midnight drunks and, the brokenhearted. Used to dragging his guitar... |
Tom Ludvigson & Trevor Reekie
Roto [ Trip To The Moon / CD - released 30/Aug/2019 ] The Roto sessions took place on Sundays, a creative routine Ludvigson & Reekie (Trip To The Moon) have been observing for over 20 years. Roto is their 7th album together. The album is a collection of live Electro-Acoustic-Ambient improvisations -... |
Trip to the Moon
A Traveller's Tale [ CD - released 19/Aug/2016 ] Trip to the Moon is Tom Ludvigson and Trevor Reekie assisted by a crew of long-term musical friends. Nigel Gavin- glissentar, Greg Johnson- Trumpet, Jim Langabeer- saxophones with Trevor on loops, guitars & ebow and Tom on piano, synthesisers and... |
U.S. Girls
Half Free [ 4AD / CD - released 25/Sep/2015 ] U.S. Girls is Illinois-born, Toronto-based artist Meghan Remy. Half Free is Remy's first album for 4AD and is her most realised yet, focusing on characters in everyday struggles, with narratives inspired by the work of director John Cassavetes and... |
Various Artists / Nightmares On Wax
Back to Mine - Nightmares on Wax [ Back To Mine / 2 CD - released 25/Jan/2019 ] The celebrated mix series, which has hosted everyone from Röyksopp to Tricky and Carl Cox, will celebrate 20 years with an entry from Leeds pioneer George Evelyn-the first Back To Mine since 2008. Though Evelyn is known for a downtempo sound... |
Vagabon
Vagabon (LP) [ Nonesuch / Warner / LP - released 15/Nov/2019 ] Lætitia Tamko's self-titled Nonesuch Records debut finds her in a state of creative expansion, leaning fully into some of the experimental instincts she flirted with on her previous album. This time around, she's throwing genre to the wind. Vagabon... |
Various Artists
Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs Present: Tea & Symphony: The English Baroque Sound (1968-1974) (Double Gatefold LP) [ Ace Records / 2 LP - released 7/Feb/2020 ] The English baroque sound of the late 60s and early 70s shunned guitar solos for string quartets and woodwind, drenched in summer-into-autumn melancholy, as heard on this collection of the genre's finest moments. |
Various Artists
Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs Present: The Tears of Technology [ Ace Records / CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] At the turn of the 80s, a new generation of musicians appeared who saw synthesisers not as dehumanizing machines but as musical instruments that could be coaxed into creating modern, beautiful and decidedly emotional music. It was almost as if the... |
Various Artists
Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs Present: Tea & Symphony: The English Baroque Sound (1968-1974) [ Ace Records / CD - released 7/Feb/2020 ] The English baroque sound of the late 60s and early 70s shunned guitar solos for string quartets and woodwind, drenched in summer-into-autumn melancholy, as heard on this collection of the genre's finest moments. |
Various Artists
Body Beat: Soca-Dub And Electronic Calypso (1979-98) [ Soundway / 2 CD - released 25/Oct/2019 ] 17 obscure Soca B-side versions, dubs, instrumentals and edits as well as vocal tracks influenced by disco, boogie, house-music, soul and the more conscious lyrics of roots reggae. Owing as much to New York, Toronto and London as to the Caribbean... |
Various Artists
Ernesto Chahoud presents TAITU - Soul-fuelled Stompers from 1960s - 1970s Ethiopia [ Strut / CD - released 16/Feb/2018 ] Ernesto Chahoud's 'Taitu' is a collection of soul-fuelled stompers straight from the dancefloors of 1970s Addis Ababa. A breathless journey through the unique Ethio sound that bands were forging at the time, the 24-track compilation is the result of... |
Various Artists
Fly Girls! [ Soul Jazz / 2 CD - released 31/Jan/2009 ] This double-CD narrates the story of female rap from its birth in the tenement block parties in New York City's outer boroughs through to the dizzying career heights of Queen Latifah, Missy Elliott and other modern day power brokers. 'Fly Girls!'... |
Various Artists
Gumba Fire: Bubblegum Soul & Synth Boogie In 1980S South Africa [ Soundway / 2 CD - released 9/Mar/2018 ] In 1980s black South Africa a local form of pop music evolved as the disco boom died down and slowly mutated. It was often ubiquitously described as Bubblegum - usually stripped-down and lo-fi with a predominance of synths, keyboards and... |
Various Artists
Gumba Fire: Bubblegum Soul & Synth Boogie In 1980S South Africa (Triple LP) [ Soundway Records / 3 LP - released 9/Mar/2018 ] In 1980s black South Africa a local form of pop music evolved as the disco boom died down and slowly mutated. It was often ubiquitously described as Bubblegum - usually stripped-down and lo-fi with a predominance of synths, keyboards and... |
Various Artists / Compiled by BadBadNotGood
Late Night Tales [ LateNightTales / CD - released 28/Jul/2017 ] The original trio of Matthew Tavares, Alex Sowinski and Chester Hansen formed while studying music at Toronto's Humber College (they've recently added Leland Whitty to the line-up). A shared appreciation of hip hop and instrumental covers of Gucci... |
Various Artists / Compiled by David Holmes
Late Night Tales [ Late Night Tales / CD - released 21/Oct/2016 ] DJ and producer David Holmes is welcomed to the Late Night Tales fraternity with an evocative collection of personal songs and music, peppered with exclusive new material and rare gems. By now, I think we all know David Holmes, right? There's acid... |
Various Artists
Mr Bongo Record Club Vol 2 [ Mr Bongo / CD - released 15/Dec/2017 ] Compiled by David 'Mr Bongo' Buttle and Gareth Stephens, plus a few personal favourites from Gary Johnson, Ville Marttila and Graham Luckhurst. Volume Two' picks up where the last one left off - with a touch more soul and disco - records we've... |
Various Artists
Mr Bongo Record Club Vol 3 [ Mr Bongo / CD - released 7/Jun/2019 ] Volume Three in the Mr Bongo Record club series. Another showcase of recent vinyl finds and favourites from our DJ sets and radio shows. This is an extra special one however, as it lands in 2019, the year that we celebrate 30 years since it all began... |
