driven by a heavy bassline & delightful melodies, dangerous situation by upcoming singer zuri nativa & producer fontoyard needs to be heard - whether it’s on a soundsystem or at home.
tchenbe! the new therapeutic album. dowdelin explores themes of depression, lifes ups and downs and resilience, served up by caribbean sounds and lyrics in creole, french and english, at the confluence of jazz, electronic music and even the most percussive soul.
walter murphy and the brothers eddie and frank dillard founded uncle louie. this is a powerful funk album including masterpieces like -full-tilt boogie-, -i like funky music-, and -sky high-.
repress - the hardest working reggae band in southern england, dubheart is on a mission to spread messages of peace, love, unity and resistance through a heady stew of contemporary roots reggae, delivered on live instruments with a hefty dose of dub in the mix. cool under pressure, their latest offering, is the band’s most compelling set to date, a ‘showcase’-style album where every vocal track is followed by its dub counterpart, and the vital contribution of the brassica horns—from rising london ska band chainska brassica—is another intriguing element that makes this album tougher than the rest.
repress - first official reissue of nigerian boogie disco grail lp produced by grotto for emi nigeria and originally released in 1978. contains dance classic bad city girl. liner notes by nigerian music expert uchenna ikkone, include previously unpublished photos and extensive interviews by temitope kogbe
compiled by legendary producer arthur baker, “breakers revenge” is a near-definitive collection of original funk, soul, latin, disco and electro classic tracks from 1970-1984.
dj support: dr packer, aston shuffle, fdel, all good funk alliance, fingerman, jordan lee, jsquared - 2 more slices of hip hop & r&b mash-up gold on 45 via cc.
reissue features the hit songs & -rock the boat- -try again- first time pressed on vinyl since 2ooi certified 2x platinum 13 million copies sold worldwide grammy nominated for best r&b album