The fifth Flaoting Points album Cascade is a culmination of creative evolution. In late 2022, Shepherd found himself in the California desert, crafting a new sonic journey via his acclaimed Promises, where he ventured into airy dreamscapes with saxophonist Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra, earning a Mercury Prize nomination and a sold-out Hollywood Bowl show in 2023. With Cascade, Shepherd returns to his electronic roots, craving the pulse-racing communion of the dancefloor. This album serves as a sequel to Crush, diving deeper into ravey, experimental realms, unexplored due to lockdown cancellations. Tracks draw inspiration from Manchester's record shops and California's desert landscapes, blending Buchla rhythms and glitching melodies. Shepherd's journey, from orchestral collaborations to laptop productions, underscores his relentless pursuit of innovation.

TRACKLISTING:
1."Vocoder (Club Mix)"
2."Key103"
3."Birth4000"
4."Del Oro"
5."Fast Forward"
6."Ocotillo"
7."Afflecks Palace"
8. "Tilt Shift/Ablaze" More

Sam Shepherd aka Floating Points shares his first new track since 2017 in the form of 'LesAlpx'.
'LesAlpx' arrives as the next step in a career that has positioned Shepherd as one of electronic music's most surprising, innovative and uncompromising artists. The track's undeniable groove recalls breakout tracks like 'Nuits Sonores' which took over dancefloors around the world while simultaneously driving forward with the sophis... More

Floating Points' personal collection of global soul, ambient, jazz and folk treasures form the latest in the warmly revered Late Night Tales series.
TRACKLISTING:
1. Sarah Davachi - Untitled, live in Portland (Excerpt) (Exclusive track)
2. Carlos Walker - Via Láctea
3. The Rationals - Glowin'
4. William S. Fischer - Chains
5. Max Roach - Equipoise
6. Abu Talib (Bobby Wright) - Blood Of An American
7. Sweet & Innocent - Express Your Love
8. Robert Vanderbilt & The Foundation of Souls - A Message Especially From God
9. The Defaulters - Gentle Man
10. Alain Bellaïche - Sun Blues
11. Alain Bellaïche - Sea Fluorescent
12. Kara-Lis Coverdale - Moments In Love (Excerpt)
13. Azimuth - The Tunnel
14. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Milk (Excerpt)
15. Toshimaru Nakamura - Nimb#59 (Exclusive track)
16. Floating Points - The Sweet Time Suite, Part I - Opening (Exclusive Kenny Wheeler cover version)
17. Lauren Laverne - Ah! Why, Because The Dazzling Sun (Exclusive spoken word piece)






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Floating Points' personal collection of global soul, ambient, jazz and folk treasures form the latest in the warmly revered Late Night Tales series.
TRACKLISTING:
1. Sarah Davachi - Untitled, live in Portland (Excerpt) (Exclusive track)
2. Carlos Walker - Via Láctea
3. The Rationals - Glowin'
4. William S. Fischer - Chains
5. Max Roach - Equipoise
6. Abu Talib (Bobby Wright) - Blood Of An American
7. Sweet & Innocent - Express Your Love
8. Robert Vanderbilt & The Foundation of Souls - A Message Especially From God
9. The Defaulters - Gentle Man
10. Alain Bellaïche - Sun Blues
11. Alain Bellaïche - Sea Fluorescent
12. Kara-Lis Coverdale - Moments In Love (Excerpt)
13. Azimuth - The Tunnel
14. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Milk (Excerpt)
15. Toshimaru Nakamura - Nimb#59 (Exclusive track)
16. Floating Points - The Sweet Time Suite, Part I - Opening (Exclusive Kenny Wheeler cover version)
17. Lauren Laverne - Ah! Why, Because The Dazzling Sun (Exclusive spoken word piece)






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For the past ten years, all roads Shepherd has followed have been slowly leading to Elaenia - an album with roots deep in his formative years, and one that draws upon everything Shepherd has done so far. An album that provides context to the music that Shepherd has been making to date. Every DJ set he's performed, every talent he has produced, every composition he has written are thought of as precursors to Elaenia - a dazzling score which puts Shepherd in the spotlight as a composer who has produced an album that bridges the gap between his rapturous dance music and formative classical roots. Drawing inspiration from classical, jazz, electronic music, soul and even Brazilian popular music, Elaenia - named after the bird of the same name - is the epitome of the forward-thinking Floating Points vision in 2015. More

REPRESS!!!Floating Points returns with the official release of his somewhat infamous, jazzy, electric, house bumper 'Marilyn'. More

The fifth Flaoting Points album Cascade is a culmination of creative evolution. In late 2022, Shepherd found himself in the California desert, crafting a new sonic journey via his acclaimed Promises, where he ventured into airy dreamscapes with saxophonist Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra, earning a Mercury Prize nomination and a sold-out Hollywood Bowl show in 2023. With Cascade, Shepherd returns to his electronic roots, craving the pulse-racing communion of the dancefloor. This album serves as a sequel to Crush, diving deeper into ravey, experimental realms, unexplored due to lockdown cancellations. Tracks draw inspiration from Manchester's record shops and California's desert landscapes, blending Buchla rhythms and glitching melodies. Shepherd's journey, from orchestral collaborations to laptop productions, underscores his relentless pursuit of innovation.

TRACKLISTING:
1."Vocoder (Club Mix)"
2."Key103"
3."Birth4000"
4."Del Oro"
5."Fast Forward"
6."Ocotillo"
7."Afflecks Palace"
8. "Tilt Shift/Ablaze" More

Scott Hansen aka. Tycho's sixth full-length album is a worthy comeback, a self-proclaimed album about "hope for the future and a requiem for the past". Drawing on the image of Hunter S Thompson as portrayed by Johnny Depp in Fear And Loating In Las Vegas - "sitting at a typewriter looking out a window onto his past, trying to find meaning in the chaos" - so Tycho ventures to explore his own past and to sublate it in album form, with the express purpose of finding a universal sonic panacea for humankind. Tycho's cure-all is a vision in suspenseful electro-funk and thumpingly serene beats, which carry with them a signature womp and pump throughout. Focusing primarily on breaks, drums and rhythmic elements, Hansen nonetheless moves in markedly different direction compared to standout algo-choices like Dive, on which a slower pace was heard preferred. More

TRACKLIST:

Side A:

A1. Nice Town - Metronomy x Pan Amsterdam
A2. With Balance - Metronomy x Naima Bock x Joshua Idehen
A3. Contact High - Metronomy x Miki x Faux Real

Side B:

B1. My Love - Metronomy x Nourished by Time
B2. Typical - Metronomy x Lynks x SPIDER x Master Peace x TaliaBle More

TRACKLIST:

Side A

A1. Test The Sound (Extended Version)
A2. Music Takes Me Up (with Alice Russell)
A3. Donkey Ride (with Quantic)

Side B

B1. Hairy Bumpercress
B2. Whiplash
B3. Nice Up The Function (with Roots Manuva)

Side C

C1. Bang The Floor (with Danny Breaks)
C2. Get On Down
C3. Hold On (with Andreya Triana)

Side D

D1. Give Up To Get
D2. Kalimba
D3. Zen (with Skuff & Inja)

Side E

E1. This Way (with Pete Simpson)
E2. Stockport Carnival
E3. Fix That Speaker

Side F

F1. Bunch of Keys (LP Edit)
F2. Rocking Chair
F3. Nice Up The Function (Remix Instrumental) More

TRACKLISTING 2LP:

Side A
A1. Push Power ( a 1 )
A2. Hit That Spdiff ( b 8 )
A3. Azd Rain ( g 1 )

Side B
B1. Memory Haze ( c 1 )
B2. Game Over ( e 1 )
B3. Typewriter World ( c 8 )

Side C
C1. Its me ( g 8 )
C2. Chill ( h 2 )
C3. Green Blue Amnesia Magic Haze ( d 7 )

Side D
D1. Oway ( f 7 )
D2. M2 ( f 8 )
D3. Azifiziks ( d 8 )
D4. Pluto ( a 2 ) More

Peruvian artist in Berlin Sofia Kourtesis has been on an unstoppable rise since she first emerged with a pair of EPs on Studio Barnhus. Brought into the Ninja Tune fold back in 2021, she's developed her debut album in the whirlwind of a rapidly growing profile and the personal struggle of her mother's terminal cancer diagnosis. Through her tenacity, she found a gifted doctor who was able to treat her mother and give her a life expectancy no-one would have thought possible, and so Madres doubles as a tribute to her mother and to the medical professionals who achieved what was thought impossible - as such, it's a powerful, sincere listening experience which fuses deep house with melancholic pop in mesmerising fashion.

TRACKLIST 2LP:

Side A

A1. Si Te Portas Bonito
A2. Madres

Side B

B1. Vajkoczy
B2. Estación Esperanza

Side C

C1. Funkhaus
C2. Cecilia
C3. Habla Con Ella

Side D

D1. How Music Makes You Feel Better
D2. El Carmen
D3. Moving Houses More

ZEN78XX 2LP limited edition ashen and pewter grey 140g vinyl.
Housed in a rigid tip-on foiled, embossed and debossed gatefold sleeve with new liner notes and updated artwork.
Black paper inners and unseen session photography presented on a 12” double sided art card insert.

Side A
A1. The Projectionist
A2. Melody
A3. Dawn
A4. The Awakening Of A Woman (Burnout)

Side B
B1. Reel Life (Evolution II)
B2. Postlude
B3. Evolution (Versao Portuense)

Side C
C1. Man With The Movie Camera
C2. Voyage
C3. Odessa
C4. Theme De Yoyo
C5. The Magician

Side D
D1. Theme Reprise
D2. Yoyo Waltz
D3. Drunken Tune
D4. The Animated Tripod
D5. All Things

The Cinematic Orchestra have announced a 20th anniversary tour & audio reissue of their seminal 2003 album “Man With A Movie Camera.” The live shows will feature songs from the album with all new visuals, celebrating the release across Europe. The 2LP limited edition comes in ashen and pewter grey coloured vinyl, housed in a rigid tip-on foiled, embossed and debossed detail gatefolded sleeve with updated artwork and new liner notes. This reissue will include 12” double sided art card insert of unseen session photography from the time.

As part of the film festival celebrations of Porto being the European City of Culture in 2001, Jason Swinscoe of The Cinematic Orchestra was commissioned to score a soundtrack to a silent movie as a one-off performance. The film was Dziga Vertov's ‘Man With A Movie Camera,’ a 1929 early documentary cinema film from the Soviet Union, and hailed by many including The British Film Institute to be one of the greatest films of all time, nearly 100 years on from its creation. The performance took place in the historic Coliseu Porto, and ended with a standing ovation of 3,500 people. The Cinematic Orchestra have since toured the show internationally over the years, including performances at The Barbican in London, NYC’s Winter Garden at WTC, and Sydney Opera House.

The band was in the process of writing “Every Day” when the film commission occurred, which had a formative influence on “Man With A Movie Camera”. Certain tracks that made it onto “Every Day” in other forms were written specifically for the score or were already in development, which allowed Swinscoe and the band to remold motifs to the film's unfolding narrative. The title 'Every Day' was based on the narrative in the film, which portrays a day in the life of an idealised Soviet society, beginning with people waking up, moving through various workplace environments, and into leisure time & activities.

“Man With A Movie Camera” was eventually recorded and released in 2003. it was met with much acclaim. The Guardian gave it 4/5 and said “You can perform an autopsy on the jazz instruments, DJ Shadow-like grooves and repeating chord sequences, yet come away scratching your head as to how, in such simple combinations, they make such heartfelt music.” The Independent on Sunday continued, “It stands alone, proud and complete.” And dance magazines also showered it with praise such as DJ Magazine, “The genius, a word not to be used lightly, of The Cinematic Orchestra seemingly knows no bounds.”

Since debuting with “Motion”, in 1999, The Cinematic Orchestra have sold hundreds of thousands of albums, generated over a billion streams and enjoyed critical support from the likes of Pitchfork, The Guardian, New York Times, Le Monde, Resident Advisor, Fader, Crack, Rolling Stone, Gilles Peterson, Benji B, Jason Bentley and Mary Anne Hobbs. In 2007, The “Ma Fleur” album was recognised for its bold departure from the group’s sonic traditions; in the years since, it’s been continuously celebrated, with tracks like ‘To Build A Home’ reaching huge audiences. The band have performed to larger and larger audiences and sold out the likes of London's Royal Albert Hall, Philharmonie de Paris, Rome’s Auditorium Park Della and the Sydney Opera House. Coachella, Glastonbury, Fuji Rock, Montreux and Sonar have all played host to the band’s much loved live performances. They have also appeared at the Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Awards for Stanley Kubrick and New York’s Summerstage with the legendary Mahavishnu Orchestra with John McLaughlin. Their original score for “The Crimson Wing”, included the track ‘Arrival of the Birds’ which featured in the Oscar Winning Stephen Hawking biopic "The Theory of Everything”. Their last album “To Believe,” charted in the Top 20 of the UK albums chart and #1 in the album vinyl chart. More

Roisin Murphy has finally become a genuine top-tier star - an artist capable of packing-out venues with dynamic live shows, and whose every new musical move is headline news. Hit Parade is not, as the title suggests, a solo retrospective but rather a brand-new album produced not by regular collaborator Crooked Man, but rather another masterful maverick, DJ Koze. The pair has worked together before, so Murphy is in safe hands. Musically, it's a genre-straddling, style-bending affair whose strong songs - rich in sing-along choruses, thoughtful lyrics and musical hooks aplenty - are presented in vivid colour (with plenty of sparkling organic instrumentation). Recent singles 'Cuckoo' and 'The Universe', both instant classics, offer a neat summary of the album's many qualities.

TRACKLIST Deluxe 2LP + Bonus Track:

Side A
A1. What Not To Do
A2. CooCool
A3. The Universe
A4. Milf Funk (Bonus Track)

Side B
B1. Hurtz So Bad
B2. The House
B3. Fader
B4. Free Will

Side C
C1. You Knew
C2. Can’t Replicate

Side D
D1. Crazy Ants Reprise
D2. Two Ways
D3. Eureka More

Roisin Murphy has finally become a genuine top-tier star - an artist capable of packing-out venues with dynamic live shows, and whose every new musical move is headline news. Hit Parade is not, as the title suggests, a solo retrospective but rather a brand-new album produced not by regular collaborator Crooked Man, but rather another masterful maverick, DJ Koze. The pair has worked together before, so Murphy is in safe hands. Musically, it's a genre-straddling, style-bending affair whose strong songs - rich in sing-along choruses, thoughtful lyrics and musical hooks aplenty - are presented in vivid colour (with plenty of sparkling organic instrumentation). Recent singles 'Cuckoo' and 'The Universe', both instant classics, offer a neat summary of the album's many qualities.

TRACKLIST Std 2LP:

Side A
A1. What Not To Do
A2. CooCool
A3. The Universe

Side B
B1. Hurtz So Bad
B2. The House
B3. Fader
B4. Free Will

Side C
C1. You Knew
C2. Can’t Replicate

Side D
D1. Crazy Ants Reprise
D2. Two Ways
D3. Eureka More

Deluxe 20th anniversary edition of the classic Mr. Scruff album. 2LP (blue / red vinyl) with iconic artwork by Mr. Scruff & Airside plus infinity peelable trouser sticker on the cover to reveal silver and gold foiled 20th anniversary trousers. Includes MP3 download code.

Originally released in 2002, “Trouser Jazz” was the hotly anticipated follow-up to the Manchester-based DJ, producer, record collector and cartoonist’s barnstorming Ninja Tune debut “Keep it Unreal” (1999). As a DJ, Andy Carthy aka Mr. Scruff plays across the board, moving between soul, funk, hip hop, jazz, reggae, latin, african, ska, disco, house, funk, electro, breaks, soundtracks and loads more. As a producer he makes music that draws on these influences, with a large dose of cheek and good humour. His cartoon drawings illustrate gig flyers, posters, record sleeves, t-shirts and occasionally accompany him at gigs as live animated visuals.

“Trouser Jazz” – recorded largely at Carthy’s home studio with engineer Danny Evans – neatly encapsulated Scruff’s ethos, his joie de vivre and his inimitable combination of tight knit funk, expansive sonics and dancefloor dynamite.

“The album is a real mixture of moods and tempos, just like my DJ sets, twisting my influences and inspirations into different shapes,” explains Andy. “It was also the time when I started to develop my low-end addiction, as tracks such as ‘Ug’ and ‘Shelf Wobbler’ testify. The collaborations were enjoyable too, from Bernard Moss’ one-take flute that Seaming & Sneaky built a track around on ‘Valley of the Sausages’, Braintax’s medieval working-class themed rap on 'Vibrate', Sneaky’s bass and Andy Kingslow’s abrasive synth solo on ’Shrimp’ (which was the first of many tracks we did together), Andy K again on ‘Champion Nibble’, Niko’s glorious & touching vocals on ‘Come Alive’ and Seaming's otherworldly vocals on ‘Beyond’. When I listen back to Trouser Jazz, I can feel the fun and energy from those studio sessions.”

Everyone including Pitchfork delighted in the record’s joyful eclecticism: “Trouser Jazz is quite possibly the answer to all of your sugar-fueled Saturday morning disco prayers, churning out one chocolate-frosted cereal box prize after another and bringing down the house with an inspired mix of rubbery funk, hipster soul and gleefully contorted, krush groovin’ hip-hop.”

It’s tough to pick out highlights in a set of consistently top drawer productions but ‘Shrimp’ is an inspired fusion of Mizell Brothers cool and Roger Troutman’s squelchy funk; ‘Come Alive’ is a triumphant soulful jaunt blessed with Niko’s vocal and rooted by the most hypnotic bassline on the album. Meanwhile the outright dumb ‘Ug’ is “a giant teddy bear of a track… the subcutaneous bellow of the bassline, the Flat Eric keyboard squawks and slithering hi-hat snaps propel it to the top of the heap” (Pitchfork). Undoubtedly it was the aforementioned characteristics that made ‘Ug’ a stone cold backroom classic. More

TRACKLISTING:

Side A

A1. Noctuary
A2. Flutter
A3. D Song

Side B
B1. Change Down
B2. Wayward Bob
B3. Pick Up

Side C
C1. Something (Longer) for Windy
C2. Nothing Owed
C3. Light Pattern

Side D
D1. Pick Up (Four Tet Remix)
D2. Behind The Light More

TRACKLIST Ltd LP:

Side A: 1. Amöban 2. Frisco 3. Slugs of Love 4. Disco Dangerous 5. Lily’s Call 6. Stay (feat. JID)
Side B: 1. Gold 2. Kenneth 3. Glow (feat. Damon Albarn) 4. Tumbling Dice 5. Easy Falling More

TRACKLIST Ltd LP:

Side A: 1. Amöban 2. Frisco 3. Slugs of Love 4. Disco Dangerous 5. Lily’s Call 6. Stay (feat. JID)
Side B: 1. Gold 2. Kenneth 3. Glow (feat. Damon Albarn) 4. Tumbling Dice 5. Easy Falling More

TRACKLIST:

Side A
A1. Intro
A2. Blue Lights
A3. Heads Or Tails
A4. Scars
A5. Interlude: I Got Tired Of Running
A6. Lonely Back In O
A7. Your Thoughts

Side B
B1. Interlude: It Was Beautiful
B2. Meant To Be
B3. Circle Back Around
B4. When She Dance
B5. Sapphires Of Gold
B6. 15 Foot More

TRACKLISTING:

Side A
A1. Atlas
A2. Cazenove
A3. Apricots

Side B
B1. Saku (feat. Clara La San)
B2. Lido
B3. X (feat. Clara La San)

Side C
C1. Rever (feat. Julia Kent)
C2. Sundial

Side D
D1. Fir
D2. Hawk (feat. machìna)

Side E
E1. Siena (feat. Clara La San)

Side F
F1. Meli (I)
F2. Light More

Recorded over the past two years, “Capricorn Sun” delivers 12 tracks that perfectly encapsulate the emotive blend of underground electronic and hook-laden pop sensibilities

Tracklist
A1. Galdem (Intro)
A2. The Light
A3. OnlyL (feat. NIMMO)
B1. Water (feat. Oumou Sangaré)
B2. Dancing in the Shadows (feat. Clementine Douglas)
B3. Giving Up (feat. Mafro) **
C1. Anxious Mind (feat. Clementine Douglas)
C2. Time
C3. Power
D1. Running
D2. Sister
D3. Nala (Outro) More

Japanese vibraphonist and marimba player Masayoshi Fujita returns with Migratory, his masterful new solo album, where his sonic explorations into the unknown continue.

In 2020, after 13 years of living in Berlin, Fujita returned to his native Japan with his wife and their three children, fulfilling his life-long dream of living and composing music in the midst of nature. The family found their new home in the mountain hills along the coast of Kami-cho, Hyogo, three hours west of Kyoto.

Once settled in, Fujita spent his time turning an old kindergarten into his own music studio, Kebi Bird Studio, which became the birthplace of Migratory. On his new album, the composer and producer masterfully reimagines and mesmerises with his trademark sounds of vibraphone, and resumes his experimentation with the marimba and synthesisers that he first incorporated on his 2021 album, Bird Ambience, which followed the release of his acclaimed vibraphone triptych: Stories (2012), Apologues (2015) and Book of Life (2018).

On Fujita’s ever-evolving list of collaborators, Migratory introduces vocals from Moor Mother on ‘Our Mother’s Lights’ and Hatis Noit on ‘Higurashi’, as well as sho and saxophone to its soundscapes.

Whilst at a music residency in Stockholm in 2021, Fujita met Swedish sho player Mattias Hållsten. Although it was a brief encounter, the two musicians stayed in touch. During a visit to Japan, Hållsten stopped by the studio and played on three of the tracks, including the alluring album closer ‘Yodaka’, exceeding Fujita’s own expectations.

Another collaborator, American poet Moor Mother asked Fujita to contribute vibraphone to her upcoming album, and in return lent her powerful voice to the Migratory’s centrepiece, Our Mother’s Lights — “it carries a kind of African and Asian vibe, a perfect match for the energy of the piece,” he adds.

As with Bird Ambience, Fujita continues to be inspired by our feathered friends. The album’s title, Migratory, originates from an image that came to him of migratory birds, travelling somewhere between Africa, Southeast Asia and Japan, imagining them hearing the music from the land underneath, and how their point of view of the world from above blurs the boundaries of music and land.

Expanding on this, Fujita says: “these ideas and images were inspired by my experiences of living abroad and returning to my homeland, as well as by the artists featured on this album who also somehow travelled or lived in other countries across the boundaries, and being influenced by the music of other lands but at the same time somehow led to their roots."

Masayoshi’s parents too made a life abroad in Thailand for over 15 years. After returning to Japan, Fujita’s mother passed away in the beginning of 2023. So he invited his father to come for a visit, to spend time with him and his grandchildren. A lifelong musician in his own right, the two of them soon found themselves holed up in Kebi Bird Studio. Fujita senior had brought his saxophone, which he played on top of the then unfinished recordings, resulting in three breathtaking pieces. The slow jazz-tinged ‘Blue Rock Thrush’ stands out, with the saxophone and marimba blending harmoniously reaching new artistic heights.

Nature has always been a source of inspiration for Fujita, and on Migratory it takes centre stage. You can hear it on the album’s peaceful and considered field recordings, but most importantly, Masayoshi highlights – “nature is there as the image to be evoked by the listener from the music.” On the record’s sleeve notes, written by renowned novelist and travel writer Pico Iyer, we learn about the Japan that he hears as he sits down and listens to the music. It educates and encapsulates us, in the same way Fujita’s imaginary birds vividly depict the essence of musical migration. More

Repress!
The follow up to the highly acclaimed reissue of the first volume Ethiopian Hit Parade. This 2nd volume features 'Ethiopian Hits' from 1972 to 1975. The track layout is Identical reissue to the original vinyl

"After releasing around fifty 45 rpm singles and his first 33 rpm album (Ethiopian Modern Instrumental Hits AELP 10, re-released by Heavenly Sweetness HS092VL), Amha Esthèté set about compiling his best 45s on a series of now legendary albums (the originals are impossible to find) in 1972. The first four volumes of Ethiopian Hit Parade were released in September and October 1972, with the fifth volume appearing in January 1973. You are the proud owner of Volume 2.

It is worth reminding ourselves that when Amha Esthèté set up his Amha Records label in 1968-69, it was in defiance of a state monopoly designed to regulate the imports and production of records by an imperial decree of July 1948. This extravagant state privilege had produced only 78s of traditional music , which though thrilling, excluded anything at all modern. To the best of our knowledge, only sixty-seven of these prehistoric discs were pressed in Great Britain between 1955 and 1961 and released by His Master’s Voice. They were supposed to be part of celebrations of Emperor Haile Selassie’s silver jubilee . . . even though 33s and 45s had existed since 1948 and 1949 respectively! Such incompetence and servility, combined with a rejection of an effervescent contemporary music scene, were symptomatic of the decadence surrounding the end of an era.

An audacious, funky outlaw, a music lover and an entrepreneur in tune with the baby-boomer generation, young Amha Esthèté (he was only twenty-four when he launched his label) will be remembered as the instigator of a peaceful revolution thick with soul and rock’n’roll.

After the acclaimed reissue of the first volume Ethiopian Hit Parade. Here is the second volume that include all the greatest Ethiopian Hits from 1972 to 1975. Identical reissue to the original vinyl which is extremely rare and expensive.

The opening track of the compilation is the song Tezeta Slow and Fast by GETACHEW KASSA were featured on the album Ethiopiques, Vol. 10: Ethiopian Blues & Ballads. and originally released on 1972. The other tracks on this second volume celebrate such pioneers of modern Ethiopian groove as Abayneh Degene, Tèshomè Meteku, Menelik Wossenachew Mulatu Astatqe and Muluken Melesse, alongside “tradi-modern” singers representing Amhara and Oromo culture, so rich and so long marginalized." More

Reissue
Jay Dee needs no introduction. Widely regarded as the most important man in hip-hop
along with Pete Rock and DJ Premier, and Dr. Dre. Having laced tracks and remixed for the
likes of Janet Jackson, Daft Punk, Tribe Called Quest, Brand New Heavies, Busta Rhymes,
Common, Erykah Badu, Guru, The Pharcyde, The Roots, De La Soul, Royce Da '59... the list
goes on and on. There is no questioning Jay Dee's talents and abilities. Many have tried but
can't duplicate.
The Shining marked the reunion of J Dilla & BBE, who had released Welcome 2 Detroit, J
Dilla's debut album.
The Shining serves as showcase of J Dilla's talents which features him not only as a
producer, but also as a rapper, singer and musician.
Featured guests on this album include Busta Rhymes, Common, Pharoahe Monch, D'Angelo,
Madlib, Black Thought, Medaphor aka MED, and Guilty Simpson.
"Dilla's pristine blend of live instrumentation and sample loops
earned him status as the quintessential "producer's producer."
- XXL
"Mr. Yancey was celebrated for the beats he made, which tended to be
warm and slightly off-kilter... He never quite stormed the pop
charts, which seemed to suit him fine. He loved abstract, smudgy base
lines, woozy samples, tricky rhythms that deemphasized backbeats."
- New York Times
"Yancey's unique style, blending claps, drum machines and samples
helped change the sound of modern hip hop."
- Associated Press
Tracklist
DISC 1
SIDE A
1. Geek Down feat. Busta Rhymes
2. E=MC2 feat. Common
3. Love Jones
SIDE B
4. Love
5. Baby feat. Guilty Simpson & Madlib
6. So Far To Go feat. Common & D'Angelo
DISC 2
SIDE C
1. Jungle Love feat. MED & Guilty Simpson
2. Over The Breaks
3. Body Movin' feat. J. Rocc & Karriem Riggins
SIDE D
4. Dime Piece feat. Dwele
5. Love Movin' feat. More

loop based dj equipment produced by SnP 500 and PLO man back and forth between montreal and berlin. More

Patcool was recorded alongside DOO411 in 2017 at our first studio in pre-A.I. mile ex. The original self-review accompanying the email with the track (“i think it’s engaging enough to fuk wit”) proved to be true over the years, and we have kept the track frozen and perfectly preserved so that it didn’t get old. More

Strictly dancefloor biz on Terrazzo number five as Kalani, Beltrac, Macé and Iro Aka jump up and down and move it all around with a glaring selection of 303-laced tech riddims. More

Tracklisting
A1 Bop & Cortese - SK1 4AL
A2 Bop - Sparks
B1 Bop - All Of My Hellp
B2 Bop - Déjà vu More