Repetition is learning. Retrace, the new EP from Jeff McIlwain aka Lusine, moves along this line of thought, reflecting the Texas-raised/Seattle-based producer’s recurrent, iteration-embracing approach to music-making...

black vinyl version - Barbara Howard’s On The Rise is more than just another rare soul LP. It’s a love story. It’s a dream. It was an attempt to break through. And although Barbara certainly never became a...

Look who's back! Just in time for your late summer soirées, Doug "Master Plan" Shorts offers up another pair of modern soul movers guaranteed to tear up the club and backyard boogie-downs alike. The A-Side,...

Ghost Funk Orchestra are a mystery. Plain and simple. Dirty, soulful production, verbed and fuzzed out guitars, mysterious vocals that feel like a lost score to a Quentin Tarantino film. The brainchild of one-man...

Infectious house remix of the hip hop track "SaintLaurentYSL", the hit song with LIL BABY from the 2018 LIL YACHTY album "NUTHIN' 2 PROVE". The A-side re-edit by THE MARTINEZ BROTHERS is straight fire,...

"I WANT TO THANK YOU" is a killer rare groove/disco classic in its original form (not included here), but KON delivers again with an extraordinary gospel-tinged roof-raiser on both a remix and dub. Remixed from the...

The Oakland R&B singer’s latest project is a shining example of both her emotional intelligence and her balmy, lucid songwriting. It’s cliché but true; Kehlani’s voice sounds like a ray of...

FIRST WORD is commemorating its 15th anniversary with a series of releases featuring collaborations by current artists from the label. First up is this soulful jazz single featuring KAIDI TATHAM & TYLER DALEY. Includes...

A supremely rare, privately pressed, lo-fi, synth-soul fusion released on his own label SATERLITE ENTERTAINMENTS in 1989. An edited 6-song mini-album version of the 9-song original LP has been painstakingly remastered from...

Ghost Funk Orchestra are a mystery. Plain and simple. Dirty, soulful production, verbed and fuzzed out guitars, mysterious vocals that feel like a lost score to a Quentin Tarantino film. The brainchild of one-man...

Astral Industries bid adieu to Dutch ambient catalyst Jacobus Derwort [1952*-2019†], aka Bamboo Music, with a sublime collection of ambient flute recordings produced by his Chi bandmate Hanyo van Oosterom Stemming...

Move D's 'Building Bridges' is David Moufang's latest studio album. Close friends and long time collaborators, Thomas Fehlmann, Fred P, Juju & Jordash, D-Man & rEAGENZ all feature alongside Benjamin Brunn. Building...

Previously issued on three rare cassette-only editions, Joanna Brouk’s 1980 sophomore album The Space Between has finally been given spacious LP quarters. The side-long title track, performed by Brouk’s Mills...

On ‘Ways Of Seeing’ Konx-om-Pax has switched up the mood and hit gold. He has made an album filled with joy and sunshine, saturated with the feel of Berlin Techno. Tom Scholefield has moved on from the dark...

Primarily known for his work behind the boards with heavyweights KON, BOSQ, and SOUL CLAP, now CASERTA presents the first release on his new label BRIDGE BOOTS. The 1980 bedroom soul cut "OPEN YOUR EYES" by BOBBY...

Edit maestro THE REFLEX is back with two killer soul reworks. "DANCE TO THE MUSIC" by SLY & THE FAMILY STONE, along with B-side "PUSHERMAN" by CURTIS MAYFIELD, make for an unmissable...

Big Crown present their first foray into the exciting and moving world of Boogie Synth-Pop with a Big Crown super group of sorts, aptly named Synthia. Side A, "Tonight You Might", finds Lady Wray on vocals while...

EUMIR DEODATO DE ALMEIDA, the Brazilian musician, composer, & arranger, was best known for his production work for KOOL & THE GANG from '79 to '82. The remixed versions of "KEEP ON MOVIN" & "KEEP...

2019 reissue - Emotional Response do a great service here to all lovers of braindance craving new fixes since Rephlex shut up shop. Brainwaltzera's debut EP Marzipan was a self-released concern that sold out quickly back in...

Ghost Funk Orchestra are a mystery. Plain and simple. Dirty, soulful production, verbed and fuzzed out guitars, mysterious vocals that feel like a lost score to a Quentin Tarantino film. The brainchild of one-man...