Good music is in the air, Soulmusic, from Northern to Southern, via Raw, Deep, and Modern, with just a touch of Funk, Disco, Hip Hop, House, and electronic Eclecticism thrown in the mix '?? All at Germany's Baltic coast !!!...

The first offering from DJ Shadow’s Cali-Tex imprint in over 3½ years features Dayton, Ohio’s Stone Coal White. Perhaps the most underground act in a scene that was already vastly subterranean, bassist...

Perhaps you have seen him depicted in the recent feature lm; possibly watched the HBO documentary. You might even have been amazed by accounts of legal shenanigans surrounding his estate. It’s like James Brown never...

In April of 2010, Robert, Bobby, Alberta, Delouse, and Patricia gathered at the home of their parents, Raymond and Joella Walker to make a recording with Michael Reilly. It would be Reilly’s third venture to record the...

Anzano is a Metal guru who is now bringing his shredding expertise to the acid rave. Title track 'Manila Gold’ is a 13 minute vocoder rinsed shredders jaunt down to the local warehouse, which is equal parts Acid +...

This Fela Estate-approved anthology includes rare and previously unreleased music from Nigeria, Ghana, Colombia, Trinidad and more. He's best known by his first name, Fela. He's certainly Nigeria's most famous musical export...

So many times we refuse to go back and break bread with our parents, relatives and old friends... Times are tough, the economy is rough, everybody's tryin' to make a dollar. Sometimes you get away from yourself. Won't you go...

12-inch white label DJ single available now. "O.B.E." taken from Invite the Light, b/w new track "Special Friends." 33 RPM. Packaged in white sleeve. Both tracks written, produced and Modern Funked by Dam-Funk.

Limited edition white vinyl pressing of this stellar concert performance by Chic tearing through their & Nile Rodgers’ best loved songs including “Le Freak,” “Everybody Dance,” “Good...

“Skid Row started as a collection of poems, it came first as words, then grew into becoming the lyrics of Skid Row.. I was writing about the state of the world around me, living on what feels like the brink of societal...

BBE is proud to present another long-lost classic from the golden age of African music, from a figure who is still beginning to get his props internationally, Eji Oyewole. Born to a royal lineage in Ibadan, Prince Eji...

Yoruba Soul and Kaytronik (Karizma) help cap a kinetic year for the idiosyncratic soul vocalist and producer with diverse, wicked remix jobs for Universe album tracks. Baltimore's Kaytronik kills it with a tech'd out Ruff...

"YOU DONE LET THE DAYLIGHT CATCH YOU", featuring LOUIS JOHNSON, is an ultra rare disco soul gem that sells for thousands of dollars as an original! Includes B-side "SMOKE IN THE DISCO".

AFRICA SEVEN reissues this amazing 1973 LP from BISSO, a soul singer from Cameroon who recorded as JO TONGO, SOOKIE, and VENISE. His sound blends jazz, Afro-funk, soul, and disco - these eight tracks have a catchy driving...

"KEEP ON KEEPING ON" featuring LOUIS JOHNSON, with B-side "WISE UP", come from one of the most successful soul bands you've never heard of! Having toured with THE ISLEY BROTHERS, SHALAMAR, and RUFUS & CHAKA KHAN, these...

ATHENS OF THE NORTH are back with a 70's soul rarity that the AOTN label head honcho has spent the last 15 years trying to find! Includes B-side "DIMONA (SPIRITUAL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD)".

TRAMP's deep and soulful collection marches on to volume 3, 17 tracks that have been painstakingly sought out & unearthed from as far away as HAWAII, and JAMIACA. Highlights include one of the rarest 45s on the ALSON...

PPU recording artist Willie Hill (Delicate Rose) is back with 3 more selections from his Durham, North Carolina production house. Advanced funk from the original dirty south!

The soundtrack to a 1974 jazz funk musical for children that celebrated black culture and history. Includes spoken word segments from the play, as well as music featuring several great musicians such as CHICO FREEMAN,...

Legendary soul and funk singles from Atlanta guitarist/singer/songwriter Richard Marks. Includes previously unreleased tracks. Seven years in the making, Never Satisfied is Now-Again’s collection of legendary soul and...