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May 21, 2013

Sizzla returns with his 70th album “The Messiah”

One of reggae's most prolific artists Sizzla returns with his 70th album The Messiah. Since his emergence in 1995, the enigmatic vocalist has undeniably put his stamp on the genre regardless of the current style or trend. His latest effort showcases his m

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May 21, 2013

“The Ladies At Joe Gibbs” contains classic hits from the female artists Gibbs recorded between 1972-1984

"The Ladies At Joe Gibbs" brings together 19 classic hits from the female artists Gibbs recorded between 1972 and 1984 & includes six extended versions or extended Deejay cuts! The CD comes with a 12-page booklet with liner notes from Daddy Lion Chandell.

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May 14, 2013

Eglo Records presents a retrospective double CD anniversary compilation

Celebrating 4 years in existence, the time has come for us to look back over our catalogue with this deluxe double CD. Featuring 23 tracks, including four new exclusives and previously hard to find vinyl only releases, Eglo Records Vol.1 will be the label

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May 14, 2013

French hip-hop producer Klub Des Loosers returns with his first instrumental album

After 2012's "La Fin de L'espèce", French hip-hop producer Klub des Loosers returns with "Last Days", his first instrumental album ("Springtales" released in 2010 was more a collection of beats produced along the years). "Last Days" was originally starte

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May 8, 2013

Tripping with Dexter

Tune in, turn on, drop out! "The Trip" is Dexter's long-awaited follow-up to his seminal "Jazz Files" album. The German gold & platinum producer (Casper, Cro) and Hi-Hat Club member is letting his hair down by turning the late 60ties psychedlic rock sound

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May 6, 2013

Now-Again presents its first library offering from the producer Cook Classics

Following the release of Maker Vs. Now-Again 2, Now-Again presents its first library offering from the producer Cook Classics. Manhattan-born and Los Angeles-based, Cook Classics presents a series of songs that combine live instrumentation, modern and

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May 6, 2013

Mobb Deep founding member Havoc releases his new album “13″

As one half of legendary Queens duo Mobb Deep, Havoc has crafted countless hip hop classics, from "Shook Ones Pt. II" to "Drop A Gem On Em" to "Quiet Storm" and many more. The talented emcee/producer launched his solo career with 2007's The Kush, and rece

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May 2, 2013

Hip-hop luminary Talib Kweli will release his 5th solo studio album

Hip-hop luminary Talib Kweli will release his 5th solo studio album "Prisoner Of Conscious." Nearly 20 years into his prolific career, this Brooklyn, NY native stands as one of the most gifted lyricists, acclaimed rappers and in-demand performers in music

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April 29, 2013

Veteran emcee R.A. The Rugged Man presents his new album “Legends Never Die”

Few artists are ever as controversial as they are influential. New York legend R.A. the Rugged Man has lived up to such a moniker by simultaneously inspiring generations of rappers while being banned from every major record label's offices and even barred

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April 26, 2013

VP Records will release Meta And The Cornerstones new album “Ancient Power”

Proclaimed the next 'African Reggae Voice', Meta's unforgettable vocals are complemented by the incomparable sounds of his band The Cornerstones. Meta and The Cornerstones' music is warm and embodying, immensely addictive, and destined to forever change

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April 26, 2013

Second album for Now-Again from the UK-based collective The Heliocentrics

The Heliocentrics' debut album, Out There (2007) was a confounding piece of work. Drawing equally from the funk universe of James Brown, the disorienting asymmetry of Sun Ra, the cinematic scope of Ennio Morricone, the sublime fusion of David Axelrod, Pie

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April 26, 2013

Kalabrese presents his sophomore full-length album on his own label Rumpelmusig

Kalabrese is a curious tastemaker and bold musical force that dares to tread the murky waters between indie and electronica, playfully emphasising vocals on song based productions and presenting an album that pushes the limits and portrays dance music in

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April 16, 2013

French producer Medline presents his debut album “People Make The World Go Round”

Medline is a musician, producer and DJ from Rennes, France with roots in Chile. Born Orlando Diaz Corvalan, Medline calls his music brown music - a mix of afro, latin, funk and jazz with a hip-hop state of mind. With his debut album "People Make The Wo

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April 16, 2013

The Volume 5 in the series with all brandnew recordings by Jaki Liebezeit and Burnt Friedman

The Volume 5 in the series with all brandnew recordings by Jaki Liebezeit (Can) and Burnt Friedman - available as CD and double vinyl in an original Nonplace packaging! Over the past 12 years Secret Rhythms has become the leading Nonplace trademark. In

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April 16, 2013

Kaye-Ree’s upcoming new album is a breath of fresh air

Kaye-Ree is a rarity in the music industry. With a bold, confident, and down to earth approach to her music that fuses jazz, hip-hop, R&B, spoken word, and other genres, she gets her messages across in ways that are genuine, thought provoking, seductive,

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April 9, 2013

OY is back with another masterpiece of African inflected Electronica

OY aka Joy Frempong, the half Ghanaian and half Swiss multi versed vocalist is definitely one of a rare breed - at home in the left-of-center sound but gifted with a penchant for writing sticky unforgettable melodies. Three years after her vivacious d

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April 9, 2013

“Vintage Gal Hour” is the title of IriS Romen’s first album

Looking at the cover photo, you could be excused for thinking "Vintage Gal Hour" is an album from the Golden Fifties. A classically-cut dress, a bow around the waist and a headband in the hair, eyes gazing longingly into the distance - that is how IriS Ro

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April 5, 2013

King DJ got the funk

It's always a special occasion in the Bear Funk HQ when we get to rub shoulders with royalty, but that moment has come round again and the one and only King DJ has stepped down from his throne, graced us with his presence and delivered another prestigious

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April 5, 2013

Anika returns with a self-titled EP

On the heels of her critically acclaimed, Geoff Barrow-produced debut album, Anika returns with this seductive self-titled EP. Drawing together a number of moods, styles and genres under her own inimitable style, Anika's latest EP contains cover versions

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March 26, 2013

Nu:Logic is a collaborative partnership between Hospital stalwarts Nu:Tone and Logistics

Nu:Logic is a collaborative partnership between Hospital stalwarts Nu:Tone and Logistics. Individually, the Gresham brothers have released a total of seven long players already on Hospital, each to great critical acclaim. The sum of their combined powers

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March 26, 2013

Jazzman Records presents “Spiritual Jazz Vol.4: Americans in Europe”

It's well known that throughout the 20th century, fed up with poor working conditions and racism in their home country, many American jazz musicians chose to leave the US in order to live and work in Europe. What's less well known is how their music devel

March 18, 2013

The debut album from Angeline Morrison has landed

Already familiar to fans of Freestyle Records acts Frootful and Lack Of Afro after supplying her memorable voice to tracks by both those acts, as well as with masters of the mellow: The Ambassadors Of Sorrow, Angeline Morrisons' ability to craft subtle, y

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March 15, 2013

Olaf Hund returns with Music Is Dead

Music Is Dead is the new solo project by French producer Olaf Hund. Juggling absurdity, cynicism and intimacy, Hund wakes the dead, singing a post-punk score for guitar and electronic instruments bringing a new breath to Electro-Pop music. With the memori

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March 12, 2013

Lady is the new collaborative project by Terri Walker and Nicole Wray

All you have to do is listen to Lady once, and you'll remember-in case you forgot-why they call it soul music. The honesty, the aching sweetness, the raw power of these singers and their songs will remind you that nothing can move you as much, or touch yo

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March 12, 2013

The Xaver Fischer Trio returns with a new cast and a bang

The pianist and keyboarder Xaver Fischer founded a trio in 1997 together with Hannes Vesper (bass) and Eric Harings (drums). This trio took up the challenge to transform then up-to-date club music like lounge, house and drum'n'bass into their very own com

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March 8, 2013

Record Kicks 10th – 21 cuts of today’s explosive raw funk & deep soul scene

Yes mates, 10 years have passed since the release of SoulShaker vol.1 and now it's time to celebrate! From deep funk to (northern) soul, afrobeat, dancefloor jazz and rocksteady, what you hold in your hands is a collection of Record Kicks hits filled up w

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March 8, 2013

French DJ duo Jess & Crabbe takes us on a trip to a Venezuelan underground electronic scene

Following the much-acclaimed "Bazzerk" compilation, French DJ duo Jess & Crabbe return to curate a second collection under the Bazzerk banner, exploring a criminally unknown dance scene. "Changa Tuki Classics" takes us on an exhilarating trip to a Venezue

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March 8, 2013

The renaissance of Wayne Paul

A true renaissance. The only way to describe Wayne Paul's return. Lost in alcohol and drugs, drifting from incarceration bids to detox clinics, the British artist has been to hell and back. Fortunately he IS back. Back with a new health, more inspiration

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February 25, 2013

Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators re-emerge with their much anticipated album “Tortured Soul”

The shining stars of contemporary soul music, Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators re-emerge in early 2013 with their much anticipated album "Tortured Soul" on the Timmion Records label. The new album presents a new personal sound for the group, which b

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February 21, 2013

Never mind the Balkans, here comes D E N A

D E N A is Denitza Todorova, a Berlin-based songwriter and vocalist hailing from Bulgaria - the southeastern corner of the Balkans. Since moving to Berlin in 2005, she's been seriously honing her self-composed beats and observant-yet-positive lyrical styl

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February 19, 2013

Introducing: The Lions

Inspired by reggae, sound system culture and the myriad of musical styles influenced by Jamaican music old and new, The Lions' sound is firmly placed in soul music. "All the guys in The Lions grew up on classic Jamaican records so since we began we ha

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February 12, 2013

The new solo album from British soul sensation Alice Russell

Alice Russell is natural, pure natural talent, a natural presence, a force of nature. Whether on a big stage with her 16 piece band, charming a crowd of 4000 into staying out dancing in the rain (as she did at Montreal Jazz Festival) or rocking out an int

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February 7, 2013

BRZZVLL keep on tripping

"Polemicals" is taking the psychedelic jazz groove that the six piece band from Antwerp, Belgium is known for to the next level. It is still impossible to find the right box for BRZZVLL though. Jazz is the teacher but band leader Vincent Brijs and crew co

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February 5, 2013

Jamaican-born reggae singer Etana hopes for a Better Tomorrow

Etana, the Jamaican-born, Miami-raised songstress, returns with her third studio album "Better Tomorrow". The entire set is produced by Shane Brown with Stanley "Rellee" Hayden co-creating the title track! The CD is available with a digipak & additional 8

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February 5, 2013

New album from Mark De Clive-Lowe & the Rotterdam Jazz Orchestra

"Take The Space Trane" is the new album from producer, composer and musician Mark de Clive-Lowe in collaboration with the Rotterdam Jazz Orchestra. Joining forces for the first time here, they deliver big orchestral jazz grooves with a nod to club product

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January 29, 2013

Berlin-based Irish producer Mano Le Tough will release his debut album on Permanent Vacation

Over the past few years, Mano Le Tough has become one of the shooting stars of the international dance music scene. His impact has been so great that Kristian Beyer of Âme claimed recently in an interview that: "Thanks to Mano Le Tough, I have no fears f

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January 22, 2013

“Hospitality D&B 2013″ – an essential selection to see you through the gloomy winter months

Back for the third year running, "Hospitality D&B 2013" continues to bring you the very best in D&B across 30 tracks, all expertly mixed by Hospital director Tomahawk. Featuring the full spectrum of artists from Mampi Swift to Netsky, Calyx & Teebee to TC

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January 22, 2013

“Musik For Autobahns” – Industrial, Ambient & Electrifying New Age compiled by Gerd Janson

Gerd Janson compiles an exciting ambient-not-ambient compilation that includes exclusive tracks by Âme, Move D, Quiet Village Marco Passarani, Roman Flügel and Tom Trago. Musik for Autobahns is the result of asking Gerd Janson for a collection that s

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January 22, 2013

Collaborative album by Stones Throw and Leaving Records

Dual Form is a 53-minute dive into the musical other, a place where freedom of form meets depth of vision, where the old world rhythms meet new world means, and where your labels - wonky, lo-fi, ambient, body music, nerd shit, beat scene, No Wave, pysch,

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January 15, 2013

Acting, Thinking, Feeling: the Stark Reality’s complete works

Acting, Thinking, Feeling marks the first time that psychedelic jazz ensemble The Stark Reality's Discovers Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop album has been reissued in full (the 2003 Stones Throw Records anthology Now only contained half of the original albu

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