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6 never before released songs on long play 33rpm 12" EP! From the man who gave us "Bump & Hustle Music" (JM12.016)

Whatchathinkinabout~! / Don't Step On My Flower [Be Yourself]

Limited to 500 copies only

DJ Nature is the alter ego of legendary DJ Milo a.k.a Milo Johnson.DJ Milo is well known as the member of Bristol's Hip Hop origin group WILD BUNCH..(famous as the predecessor of MASSIVE ATTACK),
This project started from around 1992 ,with his back ground of underground disco/house sound.He mixed his hip hop roots and love of soul and jazz music...with his synchro-vibe for modern beat science like DIlla or chicago/detroit house way...

Another release of the LOVEMONK series ... Part 5 with a Cocktail of BRASS Sound and Lovemonks ..

Kicking off a trio of 45s handpicked from the legendary Wand back catalogue we're proud to present Milwaukee born Betty Moorer's sassy, Latin influenced "Speed Up" a record that never fails to please the crowd. Listen carefully and you can hear the Esquires keeping it in the family and providing backing vocals - two of Betty's

Part 3 of the LOVEMONK series ... Latin for Lovers and Dancers .. Do you know the series before~ Order before the end comes

Checking out some of the nicest grooves beyond funk, soul, popcorn and vintage R&B the mysterious producer unleashes four big, gritty and unresistable tracks to the world of vinyl lovers out there. The Nova Gain Records team says: This is rocking good stuff!!

Brazilian band credited w/re-igniting the samba lineage by updating classic works of Jorge Ben, Luiz Vagner, Bebeto, Branca Di Neve, Marku Ribas, Orlandivo, etc. Their 3rd expands the boundaries finds them moving more to jazz, soul & samba roots. LTD 300.

Limited to 1000 Numbered Vinyl Copies

REPRESSED !!

Vibraphone and keyboard player, master arranger and bandleader, Mulatu Astatke is one of the all-time greats of Ethiopian music and the creator of his own original music form, Ethio jazz. Through the acclaimed Ethiopiques album series and through featuring on the soundtrack to the Jim Jarmusch film Broken Flowers, his music has belatedly reached a global audience and a new, younger generation of fans. In November of last year, he recorded an inspired new album with London psych jazz band The Heliocentrics for Strut's 'Inspiration Information' studio collaboration series. Now, Strut are proud to present, for the first time anywhere, the definitive Mulatu career retrospective covering his landmark 60's and 70's recordings.
Mulatu is a true pioneer of African music. He was the first Ethiopian musician of his generation to travel extensively and to record abroad - he studied in the UK in Wales and at Trinity College Of Music in London, cutting his teeth on the buoyant London jazz scene of the early 60's. He became the first African student to attend Harvard and he lived and recorded in New York, developing a unique sound that fused Western jazz with traditional Ethiopian melodies.
Tracing the progression of his Ethio jazz experiments with full access to all of the labels for whom he recorded, Mulatu Astatke: New York-AddisLondon is the essential Mulatu. Covering his first recordings in the UK during 1965, his groundbreaking fusions for the small Worthy label in New York and his key '70s recordings back in Addis on Amha, Phillips and Axum, the album features comprehensive sleeve notes by Miles Cleret, boss of the excellent Soundway Records imprint, and rare, previously unseen photos from Mulatu's personal archive.

1. Serenity
2. Uno Esta
3. Vola
4. Sem Pressa
5. The Wave
6. Baixo Partido
7. 4 Eyed Viper
8. Corpo
9. Copa A Noite
10. Solar
IG Culture beatz up Banda Utopia
11. The Wave (IG's Original Twist)
12. The Wave (The Plan Mix)
13. Uno Esta (Remix)
14. Uno Esta (IG Dub)

1 - Safari
2 - Pirulito
3 - Charlie 1
4 - Pau Grande
5 - April 7th
6 - Dance
7 - Prince Samba
8 - Groove in the Head
9 - Bananeira
10 - Hip Baião

A great Original soundtrack released by Mario Nascimbene with Roberto Pregadio to the low-budget Italian Spy movie from 1967. It included fuzzy shaker, lounge-jazzy tunes, samba and bossa (the movie is filmed in Brazil). Available for the first time on LP on a top notch reproduction on 180gm vinyl

1- Deixa a Nega Gingar
2- Brincando de Samba
3- Bebete
4- Mestiço
5- Bruxaria
6- Pourquoi~ (Nega sem sandalia)
7- Uala Ualalá
8- Que Besteira
9- Mais Valia Não Chorar
10- Vai Devagarinho
11- Tamanco no Samba
12- Jeito Bom de Sofrer
13- Balanço Zona Sul
14- Samba de Negro

1. Azymuth - Jazz Carnival
2. 4 Hero present Natures Plan - Somewhere Beyond
3. Brazilian Groove Band - Dance
4. Marcos Valle - Poweride
5. Trouble Man - Strike Hard
6. Future Warriors - Pembe
7. Grupo Batuque - Keyzer
8. Sabrina Malheiros -
New Morning
9. Jose Roberto Bertrami -
Eighties Times
10. Roc Hunter - Magnetic Feel
11. Azymuth - Chameleon (Offworld Re work)

1.) Ecstatic 70
2.) Brilliante
3.) Eighties times
4.) O Pescador
5.) Maixa
6.) Joanna
7.) Aventura
8.) No Tempo Da Bossa
9.) Danca De Salao
10.) Laranjeiras
11.) Choro
12.) Conversation with Maixa

1) BANANA
2) CLAREANA
3) METRALHADEIRA
4) NACIONAL KID
5) TUDO BONITO
6) Suite: part 1-MEMORIAS DO PORVIR
Suite: part 2. VISÕES DO AMANHECER (Visions of Dawn)
7) Suite: part 3: CARNAVALZINHO (Little Carnaval)
8) JARDIM DOS DEUSES
9) CHEGADA

1) Vera - Sambinha
2) Cláudia - Deixa O Morro Cantar
3) Janinha - Amanhã
4) Maria Lucia - Maria Moita
5) Flora - Maria Fulô
6 )As Meninas - Redondo Sambão
7) Tenório JR. - Consolação
8) Tema Três - Tema Três
9) Anamaria Bom - Queimada
10) Márcia Com Manfredo Fest Trio - Miss Bikini
11) Lygia - Se A Tristeza Chegar
12) José Roberto Bertrami - Kébar
13) Cesar Roldão Vieira - Sem Deus Com A Família
14) Sansa Trio -Bossa Só
15) Bobby Mckay - Bossa Nova
16) Zil Rozendo - Balanço Do Mar
17) Tenório JR - Sambinha
18) Dick Farney E Sua Orchestra - Ninguém Na Rua

1. Brisa Mar (Nicola Conte Re-work)
2. Connexão
3. Vou Voar
4. Nova Estação 5. Ginga De Amor (Previously unreleased Track)
6. New Morning (Nicola Conte Re-work)
7. Sintonia (Instrumental version)
8. Além Do Sol
9. Essa Canção
10. Brisa Mar (Instrumental version)
11. Connexão (Paradiso Re-work)
12. Eira Nem Beira (Ritmo)
13. Eira Nem Beira (IG Culture Re-work)

His work displays remarkable amounts of depth and no-nonsense old school aesthetics delivered with a highly personal touch.

Follow up to their collaboration on the highly acclaimed DETROIT EXPERIMENT project, here's the amazing new album from jazz legends tribe, produced by carl craig

Schema / Italian jazz-head Nicola Conte returns with 2 different 10" Samplers taken from his double-cd "The Modern Sound Of Nicola Conte"