Outkast - Stankonia (25th Anniversary)

Celebrate 25 years of Outkast’s iconic Stankonia with this expanded 3LP set, pressed on eye-catching purple marble vinyl. Featuring exclusive bonus tracks, unreleased photos, and cover art by André 3000, this collector’s edition also includes a glow-in-the-dark fold out “flag” poster.

Tracklist:
1. Intro
2. Gasoline Dreams (with Khujo Goodie)
3. I'm Cool (Interlude)
4. So Fresh, So Clean
5. Ms. Jackson
6. Snappin' & Trappin' (feat. Killer Mike & J-Sweet)
7. D.F. (Interlude)
8. Spaghetti Junction
9. Kim & Cookie (Interlude)
10. I'll Call B4 I Cum (feat. Gangsta Boo & Eco)
11. B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)
12. Xplosion (feat. B-Real)
13. Good Hair (Interlude)
14. We Luv Deez Hoez (feat. Backbone & Big Gipp)
15. Humble Mumble (feat. Erykah Badu)
16. Drinkin' Again (Interlude)
17. ?
18. Red Velvet
19. Cruisin' In The ATL (Interlude)
20. Gangsta Shit (feat. Slimm Calhoun, C-Bone & T-Mo)
21. Toilet Tisha
22. Slum Beautiful (feat. Cee-Lo)
23. Pre-Nump (Interlude)
24. Stankonia (Stanklove) (feat. Big Rube & Sleepy Brown)
25. Speedballin'
26. Sole Sunday (feat. Goodie Mob) (Dirty Mix)
27. So Fresh, So Clean (feat. Snoop Dogg & Sleepy Brown) (Stankonia Remix)
28. B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad) (Zack de la Rocha Remix)
29. B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad) (Cutmaster Swiff Remix)
30. B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad) (Beat Bullies Remix)
31. So Fresh, So Clean (feat. Snoop Dogg & Sleepy Brown) (Stankonia Instrumental Remix)
32. B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad) (Instrumental) 

Oliver Night - Between The Lines

London-based producer, DJ and multi-instrumentalist, Oliver Night, steps forward with his first album on Tru Thoughts, ‘Between The Lines’, a rich, genre-spanning project that traces the evolution of his sound. Blending deep-rooted influences from UK sound system culture with forward-thinking production, the album features legendary British rapper and producer, Roots Manuva, alongside celebrated innovators KAYA FYAH, TREV, Goldbar, Megatronic, David Mrakpor (of Blue Lab Beats) and Jay Phelps, each adding their own unique energy to the record.

Rooted in community, collaboration and experimentation, the album moves fluidly through broken rhythms, lush harmonies and soulful textures. Energetic album opener “Undefeated”, features West London producer and musician Goldbar; the broken beat stepper is about staying grounded and moving with purpose, while still clocking the wonders around us. Goldbar laid down the beat with Phoebe (who co-wrote the topline alongside Oliver), delivering a vocal line that cuts right through.

Other previously released singles include the soulful call to liberation and self-belief, “Run Like The River”, featuring long-time collaborator and CoOp Presents affiliate TREV. Solo effort “Reach Out”, which showcases Oliver’s skills as a producer, and the percussive and heartfelt “Friends” featuring KAYA FYAH, nods to their shared African heritage.

On album focus track “Boss” featuring respected torchbearer, Roots Manuva, Oliver reconnects with one of his heroes. “I’d wanted to make a track for Roots for years,” he shares. Built on a broken beat backbone, the track serves as a reminder to stay true to yourself. “Vibez” featuring KAYA FYAH - originally conceived as an interlude - brings a dreamy, floaty energy to the album. “It’s about keeping that internal light bright” Oliver notes. “We Are Love” featuring Megatronic, is a future-disco inspired call to the dancefloor, while “Wait and See” sees Oliver reflect on building a relationship rooted in love and strong foundations.“The City” features trumpeter Jay Phelps, Timmy boom bap on drums and Sam Leak on keys, bringing a live, jam-session feel to the project. “It’s Alright” also features the vocals of DJ, producer and songwriter Megatronic, as well as a sublime flute line from Tito - blending jazzy bebop with gospel undertones, the track captures the uncontrollable rush of love at first sight.

Title track, “Between The Lines”, nods to Oliver’s indie band roots, pairing a down-tempo feel with broken beat edges. “It’s a reminder not to take things at face value,” he says. “I wanted space to let the message breathe.” Closing track “Trance End” featuring David Mrakpor (of Blue Lab Beats) on vibraphone, pushes into psychedelic, trance-like, jazz territories, with tuba and live drums rounding off the album in hypnotic style. “It’s about snapping out of a trance, but the track itself has that trance-like quality”, Oliver explains.

A former member of Roots Manuva’s Banana Klan, Oliver’s live CV includes appearances at Glastonbury, Tate Modern, Boiler Room and sessions for Rinse FM and Worldwide FM. He’s collaborated with a wide array of artists including Bel Cobain, Marcel Vogel, Quiet Dawn, Jimpster, Jay Phelps and Natasha Diggs. His releases on CoOp Presents and beyond have earned widespread support from Gilles Peterson, Jamz Supernova, Kerri Chandler, Honey Dijon, Tony Humphries, Jazzie B, Seth Troxler, Kid Fonque and Rainer Trüby. Editorial praise has come from outlets like Bolting Bits and Music Is My Sanctuary, cementing his place as a standout in the evolving bruk and soul landscape.

Stylistically, Oliver resists neat definitions. His tracks move fluidly between moods and genres, broken rhythms, hip-hop sensibility, house textures and jazzy chords often coexisting in one piece. But no matter the format, there's a distinct signature that ties it all together. “MATICA (Dance Regular) said recently there’s a definite ‘Ollie groove’ that runs through all my music,” he says. “And I think that’s true.”

With ‘Between The Lines’, Oliver Night stakes his claim as one of the most versatile and forward-thinking voices in the bruk and soul landscape - a record built on community, instinct and the joy of making music that moves. 

Tracklist:
1. Undefeated (feat. Goldbar)
2. It's Alright (feat. Megatronic)
3. Boss (feat. Roots Manuva)
4. Vibez (feat. Kaya Fyah)
5. Run Like The River (feat. TREV)
6. We Are Love (feat. Megatronic)
7. Reach Out
8. Friends (feat. KAYA FYAH)
9. Wait & See
10. The City (feat. Jay Phelps)
11. Between The Lines
12. Trance End (feat. David Mrakpor)

Brian Jackson - EP One

Take Brian Jackson and Gil Scott-Heron’s iconic track “The Bottle”, add a sublime vocal performance from UK soul legend Omar, and put it in the hands of house music pioneers Masters At Work—and you get a version that’s both timeless and urgent, filled with joy, fire, and social consciousness, and built for the dancefloor.

Driven by Masters At Work’s signature attention to detail, and elevated by the calibre of the musicians and vocalists involved, this reimagining of “The Bottle” evolved into something truly epic. In fact, the final mix turned out too long to fit on Brian Jackson’s upcoming 3LP album, Now More Than Ever—but everyone agreed: fans had to hear it in its full glory.

So here it is, released exactly as intended on this twin 12" vinyl and digital EP.

Also included are exclusive versions of:
“Winter in America” featuring sonorous vocals from Rich Medina

“New York City”, reimagined as a deeply soulful, downtempo groove featuring Cindy Mizelle, Dawn Tallman, and Ramona Dunlap

This EP is a love letter to the role of music in Black Liberation, reconnecting the powerful legacy of Brian Jackson and Gil Scott-Heron with the voices and vision of 2025.

A powerful taste of what’s to come on Now More Than Ever—but also a vital standalone statement, delivered by legends at the top of their game.

Tracklist:
1. The Bottle
2. The Bottle (Dub with Omar)
3. The Bottle (12" Version)
4. The Bottle (MAW Bass Hit Dub)
5. New York City
6. Winter in America (12" Version)
7. The Bottle (MAW Harlem Dub)
8. The Bottle (Masters At Work Dub)

SML - How You Been

SML is the quintet of bassist Anna Butterss, synthesist Jeremiah Chiu, saxophonist Josh Johnson, percussionist Booker Stardrum, and guitarist Gregory Uhlmann. Their second album, How You Been, finds the supergroup of prolific composer/producers pushing ever further into the hyperrealist, collectivist approach to music creation nascently explored on their debut Small Medium Large, which was lauded as “awe-inspiring” by Glide, “exuberant” by the Los Angeles Times, and “an exciting milestone” by Pitchfork.

How You Been represents a breakthrough in the musical language of the group. This new work was crafted via extensive post-production of recordings from a handful of shows in a similar fashion to their debut, but whereas Small Medium Large was constructed from analog tapes of the band’s very first (and very modest) shows at bygone Highland Park LA venue ETA, How You Been was built with a higher level of self-awareness and a far deeper pool of source material.

Behind the thrust of the first album’s success, the band approached every performance in late 2024 and early 2025 as a generative opportunity to hone their sound and document their expansion across a new landscape of audiences, venues, and cities. Despite the premeditation driving their commitment to record every moment, the band started every show without musical direction, improvising intuitively, completely. Within every performance is an impressive display of the band’s total trust in one another and confidence in their own instincts.

As SML has evolved and spread out in space-time, their fluencies, both as an improvising unit in performance and as a production team in the studio, have sharpened. At inception the band inspired disparate but distinctive artist comparisons like Essential Logic, Oval, Herbie Hancock’s Sextant, and electric Miles Davis, as well as assorted genre touchpoints like Afrobeat, kosmiche, proto-techno and new-jazz. With How You Been their work manages to both collapse and explode such derivatives, displaying a new, high resolution version of SML, fully-flowered into a new strain of sound, bound to incite its own copycats in due time.

“SML might signal a new iteration of jazz, or it might not be jazz at all, or it might not matter.” - Pitchfork

It’s important to note that SML’s sound wasn’t created in a vacuum. The band is part of an extensive community of creative musicians who collaborate in a multitude of ways, and that community has proven to be essential to a growing family tree of innovative, genre-expanding music. Los Angeles in the 2020s is a musical Petri dish in the same way that Cologne & Dusseldorf were for the birth of Krautrock; Canterbury for progressive rock in the late 60s; NYC for No Wave & the Downtown sound in the late 70s and 80s; Chicago for genreless, Tortoise-adjacent sounds in the 90s. The musicians of SML represent the core of a new school within the Los Angeles jazz and improvised music scene that seems to breed infinitely overlapping combinations, including Jeff Parker’s ETA IVtet and Expansion Trio, the Uhlmann Johnson Wilkes trio, Anna Butterss’s own band (as heard on 2024’s Mighty Vertebrate), and various other solo and ensemble projects encompassing every single member of the SML, respectively.

On How You Been the curatorial challenge of the capture-cut production employed by SML is met by the delightful happenstance of each member being a seasoned producer on their own merit. Accordingly, SML’s perspective on what is a moment to expand upon with the post-producer’s knife and glue is five-strong. Each member’s proclivities, penchants, and predelections get their chance to filter the always-evolving elements of the group concept.

“Chicago Four” uses a live recording from treasured Chicago haunt The Empty Bottle as its foundation. It begins with interlocking synth and percussion loops before the entry of Uhlmann’s wobble-effected electric guitar melody and Butterss’s picked bass counterpoint. Stardrum’s swinging traps slide in, catching up to a couple of added percussion layers, before Johnson adds distorted chordal hits that sound like hard horn samples from a golden era Bomb Squad or Rakim beat. It all intertwines perfectly and makes an otherworldly vehicle for Johnson and Chiu’s cascading keyed melody, which soars above and between, complimenting either side of a hypnotically shifting, infectiously repeating modulation.

“Brood Board SHROOM” is a temporary touchdown on an alien planet where rhythm moves in timeless, breath-like undulations, with repetitions cut from a very different cloth than the lock-step polyrhythmic grooves of “Chicago Four.” The track’s opening lines evoke the soft throbs of the beloved ambient works of Aphex Twin (or perhaps a Robitussen-drenched take on Steve Reich’s Different Trains), before frothy curtains of textured sound drape into the mix, overlaying like distant, minimalist symphonies in a gentle, synthetic recreation of free time — slackening and accelerating as each layer of tonal pulses hovers to front-and-center or retreats into the distance. It’s a gut feeling rather than an academic exercise, and it’s all in the service of forward motion. “Plankton” occupies a similar space albeit in bite-sized form, centering Buterss’s low end melodicism and high-string visitations surrounded by skittering tonal chatter from their bandmates.

Of course, SML’s experiments with this kind of pulsating freedom are heavily balanced by muscular turns and body mechanics fit for the dancefloor. “Taking Out the Trash” is a perfect pace-setter for How You Been, a punchy nugget encapsulating the essence of SML. Chiu’s percussion synth establishes the groove before Stardrum and Butterss drop in on a heavy breakbeat. Uhlmann comes in with a searing, plucked staccato funk line on his guitar that would give Glenn Branca and Larry Coryell something to high five about. Things eventually trip into a total breakdown, with only the perc synth still looping. When the band explodes back in, the key has changed, and Johnson is letting loose on a wailing, distorted saxophone solo.

“Is there a way to dim the lights a little more?” Chiu asks at the start of the album’s closer “Mouth Words.” Moments later SML takes us out with a mid-tempo 4/4 groover dressed in swelling glissandos and punctuated by insistent, rapid-fire phrases from Johnson’s alto. As the final tune dissolves into a layer of arpeggiated chirps and sampled crowd sounds, Chiu’s voice is back again to say what we’re all thinking: “Very good. Thank you.”  

Tracklist:
1. Gutteral Utterance
2. Chicago Four
3. Taking out the Trash
4. Plankton
5. Chicago Three
6. Daves
7. Old Mytth
8. Stepping In / The Loop
9. Brood Board SHROOM
10. Odd Evens
11. How You Been
12. Moving Walkway
13. Mouth Words

Wagon Christ - Planet Roll

It’s been over thirty years since Luke Vibert dropped the first solo record of his career, Wagon Christ’s Phat Lab Nightmare, kicking off a prolific and pioneering electronic legacy, and he’s keen to keep the Wagon Christ name alive. After a string of records for Ninja Tune, things lay dormant for almost a decade until he revived the project in 2020, and how he’s back yet again with Wagon Christ’s 8th album.

Planet Roll shows off both Vibert’s humour and expert craftsmanship with psychedelic orchestral flips threaded into fluttering, hypnotic boom bap rhythms. Eager to welcome us aboard, the title track is crisp with vintage vocal samples and choppy rhythms driven by soulful Hammond organ vibrations, a woozy curtain open before stitching samples into a tongue in cheek mythology on Wagon Christ’s disappearance over the jaunty piano chords of ‘Boy Zero’, and taking a funky, playful tour through one of pop culture’s favourite words on ‘Bitch [Original Ruler]’ as melodies switch between light, tropical and spiky zigzags.

Acid has been Vibert’s weapon of late as he joined De:tuned in 2023, and when Vibert does say ‘Acid’, he means acid, (Well, what were you expecting?) amplifying the anticipation the track title bodes with eerie choirs and throaty low brass before snapping beats tie everything together. ‘Sidney Groovey’ continues on that dancefloor tip with a steely, leery, imposing electro beat, splashed with the colour of prismatic synth shredding and a frantic buzz slipping around.

Through kaleidoscopic passages of sampledelic hip hop rhythms and breakbeat grooves, Luke Vibert brings Wagon Christ back into view.

Tracklist:
1. Planet Roll
2. Snatch

3. Get It?
4. Boy Zero
5. Bitch (Original Ruler)
6. I'm Sorry
7. Can't Stop (Don't Stop)
8. Supagroovy
9. THIS
10. Boom Bip 
11. Acid
12. Housin'
13. Sidney Groovey
14. Unsure
15. Style

Norah Jane & MOR.LOV - A Minute

Amsterdam-based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Norah Jane joins forces with producer MOR.LOV for 'A Minute', a five-track EP that drifts between hazy romance, dub-tinged grooves and soulful, melancholic reflection. Rooted in friendship and creative spontaneity, the record feels as much like a document of moments shared as it does a carefully crafted release.

The title track, 'A Minute', sets the tone with its reflective mood, brought to life visually by director Kate Hummel, whose video concept beautifully mirrors the song’s understated intensity. From there, the project moves into 'Godspeed', a collaboration with SB ARRA of Amsterdam collective Benkel, written in an off-the-cuff session that captures the ease of making music with friends.

'Come Around' introduces vocalist Razeen, who Norah first met while working at a vintage shop. What began as a friendship rooted in a shared love of fashion grew naturally into a creative partnership, with Razeen becoming a regular presence in the studio alongside Norah, MOR.LOV, and other collaborators. While Norah and Razeen’s connection came about organically, Razeen’s collaboration with MOR.LOV formed on a more professional level - a balance that brought both ease and focus to the track’s creative process.

Elsewhere, 'N1 Dub' emerged from a playful exchange at Groove God Jaïr Darnoud’s home studio. Norah had promised to fetch food if Jaïr and MOR.LOV would make a dub beat, and the track that followed stuck with its working title, “N1” - a fitting name for a song that captures the spontaneous, free-flowing energy that runs through the EP. At the time, MOR.LOV had been jamming regularly with Jaïr in his now-legendary home setup - part studio, part kitchen, part bedroom. “It was bound to happen that we’d throw a collab together,” MOR.LOV says. “Norah and I were super excited to have him on the project. The drums, the arrangement, the sound design, Norah’s impeccable vocal dynamics - and the solo was a one-take while we had the track looping in the background. Jaïr’s is low-key and in my experience, notorious for secretly recording your jams, and blessed he did so, I am pretty sure that was one of those ‘I am sure I won't play that again exactly like that, haha’”

Closing track 'Is It' unfolds in a cloud of smoke and soft reflection - an intimate snapshot of emotion laid bare over MOR.LOV’s spacious production. It’s one of the duo’s most instinctive moments, a song born entirely in flow. “It’s probably my favourite track I’ve produced,” MOR.LOV recalls. “I was at Norah’s place, completely in the zone - each drumline just came out naturally. She’d gone to make food, and I was jamming on the keys until the chords came through. When she came back and got excited, I knew we had something.” That spark of connection carried through to the finished song - Norah’s vocal gliding effortlessly over layered drums and warm, fluid keys. “She’s got such a good ear,” he adds. “Not easily impressed, which makes her excitement in that moment really special. It gave me a confidence boost that helped me keep the track exactly where it needed to be.”  

Tracklist:
1. A Minute
2. Godspeed (feat. SB ARRA)
3. Come Around (feat. Razeen)
4. N1 Dub (feat. Groove God Jaïr Darnoud)
5. Is It

Tara Lily - Quiet Nights (Early Takes) feat. King Krule

South London’s restless pulse runs through British-Bengali musician Tara Lily’s latest collaboration with the enigmatic King Krule. On ‘Quiet Nights (Early Takes)’ (Friday 7th November), the pair craft shadowy soundscapes where hazy jazz chords and warped synths blur into something raw and hypnotic.

“Tropical Storm,” described as a “lucid dream playing in our minds again and again” captures flashes of early King Krule chaos, refracted through Tara’s sleek and sleepy vocals, over a bed of guitar pedals, synths and DIY beats. Talking about the project Tara says:

“‘Quiet Nights’ are some of the early sketches from a deadly quiet and beautiful period of time. For myself it was a time of stripping back, dropping down into the ground and channelling something raw and real.”

This release aligns with Tara Lily’s first UK & EU tour, promoting her critically acclaimed debut album ‘Speak In The Dark’, with a flagship performance at the Royal Albert Hall, Elgar Rooms, as part of London’s EFG Jazz Festival.

EP focus track and project opener “Flying To Kolkata” is a sensory journey that captures the essence of a 5am flight through the night sky into the jazz capital of India. “It’s Never the End” sees a flood of white noise set the scene for Tara’s idiosyncratic, melancholic and brooding vocals, while “Corcovado” closes the tape with a silent nod to the classic bossa nova and jazz standard.

‘Quiet Nights (Early Takes)’ follows the release of Tara Lily’s debut ‘Speak In The Dark’ , a record about “speaking your truth - things that go unsaid—secrets and desires”. Transgressing jazz, electronica, trip-hop, and alternative R&B with Indian soundscape ‘Speak In The Dark’ is an artistic representation of Tara’s emotional highs and lows with ADHD. The album was praised to critical acclaim by Dazed, Crack Magazine and The Face, along with key support from tastemakers like Jamz Supernova, Jamie Cullum and Jack Saunders.

Archy Marshall, AKA King Krule, is an artist who needs little introduction. A singer, songwriter and producer from Peckham, South London who is considered an indie music veteran, beloved by a cult following all over the world. Boasting releases on XL Recordings, True Panther, and Beggars, the Mercury Prize-nominated artist has remained one of his generation’s most enduringly treasured songwriters.  

Tracklist:
1. Flying to Kolkata
2. Tropical Storm (feat. King Krule)
3. It's Never the End
4. Corcovado

Joe Nora - Shapeshift

Shapeshift is a swirling tapestry of color, texture, and emotion - a constantly evolving sonic form that drifts between the familiar and the abstract. The album showcases some of Joe Nora’s most refined and expressive instrumental work to date, capturing the dynamic range of his production over the past year.

Much of the project was shaped by a pivotal trip to Japan, where Joe performed a series of shows. The experience left a deep imprint on the music, with several tracks composed in anticipation of the tour and others created afterward, still echoing with its inspiration. The opening track, “Osaka,” originated from a sample Joe recorded while in the city. He later shared it with fellow tourmate el., who reinterpreted it in his own way — a version that appears later in the project. Upon returning home, Joe crafted his own beat from the same sample, setting the tone for the album’s journey.

The title Shapeshift reflects Joe Nora’s fluid production style, but also his personal evolution - who he was before the Japan tour, and who he became after. It’s a document of change, both internal and artistic.

From the detailed, high-energy cuts like “Osaka” and “Backflip” to the meditative calm of “Fakie,” a collaboration with longtime friend and collaborator Chief, Shapeshift is a wide-ranging statement. It’s an immersive world built from Joe Nora’s distinct sonic language - a project that reaches beyond words to express an ever-shifting spectrum of emotion and form.

Tracklist:
1. Osaka
2. Backflip (feat. Sara Kawai)
3. Blue Jeans
4. River Loop
5. Balcony Day
6. (Dream) Interrupt
7. Shapeless
8. Osaka (El.'s version) (feat. El.)
9. Rain Or.. 
10. Fakie (feat. Chief.)
11. Watercolor

Medline feat. Roni Alkekengi - Wind Parade

Second single of a series of five 7" vinyl by Jet Set records / Kyoto.
Each limited to 300 copies manufactured in Japan.

Twins killer covers made by Medline and Roni Alkekengi, reissue picked by Jet Set from his debut album released in 2012 "People Make The World Go Round".

Like Leon Michels of El Michels Affair, Medline plays every instruments himself, delivering a fine and exquisite reinterpretation of two jazz funk classics.

Side A features a new version of Wind Parade, adding fresh vocals, violins section, bass and guitar as huge musical update. 

The song sounds at his best in respect to the legacy of the Mizell Brothers and Dr Donald Byrd. The classic jazz funk anthem will make your dj set shine.

On the B-side, Medline's cover of "People Make The World Go Round" make an impressive and soulful fusion between, soul, jazz, funk, hip hop and classical arrangements. 

The song is a universe in itself, with many layers of emotions and a core of swetness while it keeps you pulsing all along. Unique and ultimate cover.

Tracklist:
1. Wind Parade (45 Edit)
2. People Make The World Go Round

Wun Two & SwuM - Floran

Tracklist:
1. Cascade
2. Cloudz
3. IDK
4. Sao Paulo
5. Blue Spirit
6. Yuji 

Squarepusher - Stereotype

Originally self-released under the artist name 'Stereotype' in 1994, an hour of raw, dancefloor-focused early Squarepusher productions, fuelled by pirate radio and rave, remastered from the original tapes. A companion of sorts to the debut album under the Squarepusher name, Feed Me Weird Things, which was recorded around the same time before emerging on Rephlex Records in 1996.

Stereotype will be released on 24 October via Warp Records, recut as a 2 x LP vinyl edition (the original release crammed nearly an hour of music onto one 12” single!), and available on CD and digitally for the very first time.

Tracklist:
1. Whooshki
2. 1994
3. O'Brien
4. Greenwidth
5. Falling
6. O'Brien (Darkness)

Chihiro Yamanaka - Ooh-La-La

"Ooh-La-La" by Chihiro Yamanaka, a leading Japanese jazz pianist based in New York and active internationally, is a long-awaited and completely new recording, his first in about a year since "Carry On" in 2024. While centered on Brazilian music, including bossa nova by Antonio Carlos Jobim and others, Yamanaka's arrangements of Stevie Wonder's classic "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" and even J-POP songs such as "Sneaker Blues" are all vividly fresh and varied, with a sound that is unique to Yamanaka. The arrangements are fresh and diverse. Yamanaka also took on the vocal challenge with his original song "Piyo The Little Bird. The album is a richly varied and rewarding listen that fully demonstrates Yamanaka's unique musicality that is not bound by genres or boundaries.

Tracklist:
1. Curumim
2. Desafinado
3. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
4. Vera Cruz
5. Marionette
6. The Girl From Ipanema
7. Piyo The Little Bird
8. Sneaker Blues
9. Tristeza

DJ Muggs - Soul Assassins Instrumental Library, Vol. 3

Welcome to Vol. 3 of the Soul Assassins Instrumental Library series

Featuring instrumentals from songs from

MF DOOM
ROC MARCI
CONWAY THE MACHINE
WESTSIDE GUNN
FREDDIE GIBBS
HOLOGRAM
ROME STREETZ
CRIMEAPPLE
CAPPADONA
ETO

Soul Assassins Projects

Tracklist:
1. Assassination Day (Instrumental)
2. Ace Of Swords (Instrumental)
3. Push Your Wig (Instrumental)
4. Don't Ride With The Drugs (Instrumental)
5. Every Season (Instrumental)
6. Street Religion (Instrumental)
7. Rose Bowl (Instrumental)
8. Mr. Dynamite (Instrumental)
9. 900K (Instrumental)
10. Worm Hole (Instrumental)
11. S.A. Mobbin (Instrumental)
12. Dominate (Instrumental)

Nightmares On Wax - Bang Bien (feat. Yasiin Bey)

Oh No - Nodega

Oh No helped shape the texture of modern independent hip-hop, introducing the world to his turbulent lyricism with the 2004 Stones Throw classic The Disrupt before establishing himself as one of the world’s most dynamic beat architects. Ranging from soulful to sinister, hypnotic to chaotic, Dr. No's psychedelic production has become a vital force in hip-hop, while his acclaimed sample-themed instrumental collections have mined Mediterranean psyche funk, the work of jazz icon Roy Ayers, Italian library music, rare Ethiopian grooves, and more. Now, the renowned California artist is back with Nodega, his first vocal album in more than a decade. Conceptualized as a corner store where microphone assassins stop through to lay down their street tales, the project finds Oh No cooking up a fresh batch of wild creations as the drama unfolds. While contributing a handful of memorable verses himself, Oh No mostly focuses on crafting soundscapes for a staggering array of guests, including Logic, Ghostface Killah, Talib Kweli, Tha God Fahim, Alchemist, Guilty Simpson, Blu, CRIMEAPPLE, Rah Digga, Esoteric, Vic Spencer, Wildchild, Tash, and more. This concept is brought to life by music Oh No describes as a "cinematic landscape ranging from dark stabbing pianos to melodic jazz interludes, raw gutter loops to funk grit, dirty synths to nighttime thrills." A visceral experience elevated by immense collective talent, Nodega is a compelling one-stop shop for Oh No's expansive artistry.

Tracklist:
1. Broken Radio Intro
2. No's One Stop (feat. DJ Romes)
3. Community Trenches (feat. Blu, Kazi, M.E.D. & Roc C)
4. Around Here (feat. Rah Digga & Talib Kweli)
5. Rooftop Shottas (feat. Aloe Blacc, Ghostface Killah & Tristate)
6. Dr. Nodega Infomercial (Interlude)
7. Gutter Streams (feat. Gangrene)
8. Watch Ya Steps (Interlude)
9. Grounding Stars (feat. Guilty Simpson, Montage One & Vic Spencer)
10. Nodega Run (feat. J. Sands)
11. Money Everyday (feat. Big Twins & Tha God Fahim)
12. Nobody Told U (Interlude)
13. How Crime Works (feat. CRIMEAPPLE)
14. Alley Loitering (Interlude)
15. No Parking Zone (feat. Logic)
16. Czarnobyl Torture (feat. Esoteric)
17. Good Beer Therapy (Interlude)
18. Likwit Smoke (feat. Tash & Wild Child)
19. ICU With Bottle Service (feat. Bishop Lamont & Khrysis)
20. Corner Goons (feat. Jayo Felony & Roc C)

Lafayette Afro Rock Band - Disco Frankenstein

From the crypts of Parisian funk obscurity comes the long-lost Halloween holy grail, Disco Frankenstein from Ice AKA Lafayette Afro Rock Band. A teasing album of horror-disco oddities originally released as a compilation—a misnomer cloaked in mystery, as the tracks themselves hail from the group’s playful experiments in the mid-to-late ’70s.

This album unearths a twisted treasure trove of grooves, originally scattered across obscure side-projects and international pressings, brought back to life by Strut on blood-soaked vinyl exclusively for Halloween 2025.

Originally released as a 1976 Japan-only compilation featuring the Lafayette Afro Rock Band under a plethora of pseudonyms—Sweet Exorcist, Captain Dax, Hot Blood, Krispie and Co., and more, the release was masterminded by producer Pierre Jaubert and led by bandleader Frank Abel with the funk-virtuosity of the Lafayette Afro-Rock Band group, the minds behind the much sampled ‘Soul Makossa’ and ‘Malik’ albums.

Disco Frankenstein represents the band at their most creative—layering wah-wah guitars, thunderous Afrobeat rhythms, and creepy-crawly synths into a funky stew of horror-disco gold. Tracks like “Dr. Beezar (Soul Frankenstein),” “Disco Vampire,” “Zeke the Zombie,” and “Igor’s Reggae” blur the line between Halloween novelty and dancefloor fire, conjured with full seriousness by studio wizards who knew how to raise the funk.

Resurrected by Strut Records and remastered by The Carvery, this compilation finally gets the deluxe treatment it deserves: pressed on limited blood-stained vinyl just in time for Halloween 2025.

Tracklist:
1. City Beast
2. Disco Vampire
3. Godzilla
4. Creature From The Freak Lagoon
5. Disco Frankenstein
6. Dr Beezar "Soul Frankenstein"
7. Zeke The Zombie
8. Vampire Blob
9. Igor's Reggae
10. She Devil

Vier - IIII

VIER is HIER with their grand opening. Their debut album 'IIII' is coming, available now for pre-order on vinyl.

VIER = Thys, Machinedrum, Holly, and Salvador Breed.

Tracklist:
1. IS HIER
2. CONTROL
3. SOLAAR 42
4. THE SOURCE
5. WHERE WERE YOU
6. FRANKFURT
7. SOLITU
8. VAI PULANDO
9. QUEMA QUEMA
10. LOOK AT THE TREES

Carlos Dafé & Adrian Younge - Carlos Dafé JID025

Carlos Dafe, born in Vila Isabel, Rio de Janeiro, grew up surrounded by music and poetry. His father, a chorinho player, and his mother, a poet, nurtured his talent from a young age. By four, he was correcting
notes in his father’s rehearsals; by eleven, he was studying at the Conservatory of Music, and by fourteen, he was performing with ensembles and orchestras. In the 1970s, Dafé became a pillar of Brazil’s Black music movement, alongside Tim Maia, Cassiano, Wilson Simonal, and Banda Black Rio. Known as “The Prince of Soul,” a title bestowed by Nelson Motta, Dafé brought samba, soul, and funk into harmony, creating enduring hits like A Beleza É Você Menina.

Dafé’s career spans decades of collaborations, accolades, and cultural influence. From touring internationally with the Marine Corps band to composing film soundtracks, his contributions have shaped Brazil’s artistic identity. In Trem do Soul, a 2021 documentary about Rio’s Black cultural scene, Dafé’s work is celebrated as a cornerstone of the movement. His deep voice, poignant lyrics, and innovative sound have made him a mentor and a cultural icon for generations.

Adrian Younge first discovered Dafé’s work through the song “Pelas Sombras” from Arthur Verocai’s groundbreaking 1972 album, a work sampled by artists such as Dr. Who Dat? and Michael Da Vinci. They were introduced by Verocai himself, which led to their collaboration on Jazz Is Dead 025, which marks a bold new chapter in Dafé’s career. In Los Angeles, Dafé was captivated by Younge’s creative process. “I was in awe of the stupendous arrangements Adrian had created, so I made sure to leave plenty of space for the instrumentals to shine,” Dafé said. Alongside collaborators BID, Gabriel Moura, his wife Marilda, and son Jorge Mário Dafé, he wrote melodies, lyrics, and spoken-word passages inspired by stories he once told his children.

Dafé also sought spiritual inspiration during the recording process, visiting a nearby church to pray for guidance. Reflecting on a conversation with Tim Maia from the 1970s, he noted how Maia had predicted the rise of spoken-word pop music, foreshadowing rap. With this in mind, Dafé infused the album with vocal textures inspired by Barry White and rhythms that echo his soulful roots while embracing modern innovation. With Jazz Is Dead 025, Carlos Dafé reaffirms his legacy while venturing into uncharted musical territory.

The album celebrates Dafé’s extraordinary ability to bridge the past and present, blending soul, samba, and funk with contemporary experimentation. His story, voice, and artistry continue to inspire, making him not only a cornerstone of Brazilian Black music but a timeless figure in global music history. 

Tracklist:
1. Amor Enfeitiçado
2. Bloco da Harmonia
3. Jazz Está Morto
4. Verdadeiro Sentimento
5. E Um Pouco de Paz
6. O Baile Funk Vai Rolar
7. Como Entender O Amor
8. É Real … É Verdade…
9. Esse Som é Verdadeiro

Jazzanova - In Between (Remixes)

To continue the celebration of the 20th anniversary of In Between, Jazzanova and Sonar Kollektiv present a forward-looking reinterpretation of the original 2002 landmark release: In Between (Remixes) — a full-length remix compilation that breathes new life into the original LP’s iconic tracks.

In Between helped define the sound of nu-jazz, broken beat, and future soul. Now, over two decades later, a new generation of producers—alongside longtime collaborators—revisit the Jazzanova catalog with genre-bending approaches, fresh ears, and global perspectives.

The album features 11 brand-new remixes from a carefully curated lineup, including:
Jacana People, Eric Hilton (Thievery Corporation), The KBCS, Nautilus, DJ Slowz, Magro, Crackazat, Paskal & Urban Absolutes, Kid Fonque, Groove Chronicles, and Satin Jackets.

Each remix honors the spirit of In Between while reimagining it through a different lens—ranging from deep house, nu-disco, and broken beat to downtempo, jazz-funk, and future soul.

Tracklist:
1. Another New Day (Jacana People Remix)
2. No Use (Eric Hilton - Trust A Thief Remix)
3. The One-Tet (The KBCS Remix)
4. Mwela, Mwela (Here I Am) (Nautilus Rework)
5. L.O.V.E. and You & I (DJ Slowz Remix)
6. Keep Falling (Magro Remix)
7. No Use (Crackazat Remix)
8. That Night (Paskal & Urban Absolutes Remix)
9. Another New Day (Kid Fonque Refix)
10. The One-Tet (Groove Chronicles Broken Step Refix)
11. No Use (Satin Jackets Remix)

Theo Croker - Dream Manifest (Deluxe)

Theo Croker’s seventh studio album "Dream Manifest" pushes his blend of post-bop, neo-soul, hip-hop and more to new recombinations, showing more dimensions of his heady style with each track. On today’s preview, the Grammy-nominated trumpeter and composer embraces electronic abstraction to tremendous, hypnotic effect.

This album marks a milestone moment for an artist who has worked with the Berlin Philharmonic, received multiple GRAMMY nominations, and contributed to platinum-selling albums by J. Cole, Ari Lennox, and Common. Collaboration is at the heart of this album, featuring an all-star lineup including Estelle, Kassa Overall, Tyreek McDole, MAAD, Gary Bartz, Natureboy Flako, Malaya, and D’LEAU—each bringing a distinct energy to the record.

Croker first picked up the trumpet after being inspired by his grandfather, the GRAMMY-winning jazz trumpeter Doc Cheatham, and later attended Oberlin Conservatory, where he was mentored by Donald Byrd. After graduation, he split seven years between Shanghai and New York, immersing himself in diverse musical collaborations that shaped his signature sound. His major label debut album Afrophysicist (Sony Masterworks)—produced with Dee Dee Bridgewater—is a result of these collaborations. On Dream Manifest, Croker continues to honor jazz and funk while seeing how far he can take them through his exploration of other genres.

“[Theo’s music is] timeless and of the moment.” - Wall Street Journal

"Theo Croker [has] an unmistakable air of chill… That chill is the result of a clear musical approach and determination." - NPR

“Theo Croker is a trumpeter, vocalist, composer and bandleader whose powerful and eclectic take on modern jazz pays respect to the tradition of the music while moving the genre forward.” - TIDAL

"[Theo] seeks to break away from narrow definitions of jazz" - Jazzwise

“With two feet planted firmly in the jazz world, as well as tentacles reaching into hip-hop, R&B, ambient, world music, and experimental genres, Grammy-nominated producer, composer, and trumpeter Theo Croker makes his voice heard far and wide.” - Tape Op

Tracklist:
1. prelude 3
2. one pillow
3. 64 joints
4. up frequency (higher)
5. light as a feather
6. high vibrations
7. crystal waterfalls
8. we still wanna dance
9. postlude 3
10. sound(e)scape
11. my friend
12. eyes wide open (noema)
13. beyond
14. mantra (outerlude)

Scrimshire - Red Weather

Red Weather feels like a humid heat haze, the shimmer of disappearing water vapour in an increasingly overheated environment. The regular red weather warnings of our summers, longer and harder each year. There's a sparse beauty to the track that gently drifts towards an ethereal climax where harp turns into synthesiser and soars above enveloping low-end bass, all anchored to earth by the heartbeat that pulses throughout, solid and ever-present.

Scrimshire and Amanda Whiting have been growing a beautiful collaborative relationship for some years now although the work has remained mostly unreleased until now.

Earlier this year Scrimshire produced Amanda's "Can You See Me Now" EP for First Word Records, but back in July 2022 Amanda contributed to this idea for an unfinished Scrimshire album called Believers Vol. 2. That record ended up being mostly shelved and the Paroxysm album sprung up and out in its place. But now Scrimshire is continuing to share some of his unreleased projects.

And the next few years seem to promise the delivery of many more ideas the two have been sharing since meeting at the Lush Life stage at We Out Here back in 2019.

Tracklist:
1. Red Weather

Alina Bzhezhinska - Altera Vita (Sly5thAve Remix)

Two-time BBC Jazz Award winner Tony Kofi (Jazz Warriors, Abdullah Ibrahim, Cymande) and harp innovator Alina Bzhezhinska (Jazz FM Award nominee, HipHarpCollective) created Altera Vita as a heartfelt tribute to Pharoah Sanders. Composed by Kofi in the wake of Sanders’ transition, this masterpiece has been adroitly remixed by Texas’ own Sly5thAve — the saxophonist/producer Prince once called “the cat with the golden horn” — tears it up with two killer versions.

Known for turning Dr. Dre, Kendrick Lamar, and Nas into orchestral epics — and for rocking stages with Questlove, Quantic, Ghost-Note, and Prince himself — Sly takes Kofi’s soulful saxophone and Alina’s hypnotic harp and drops them into head-nodding hip-hop beats and lush, lofi-jazz soundscapes.

Altera Vita means Another Life, and this two tracker remix is aptly dropping on the eve of Pharoah Sanders’ heavenly birthday — Keeping the spirit and appreciation for the career of Sanders’ alive. It’s a bold, boundary-smashing salute to a spiritual jazz giant who constantly redefined what music could be. DJs, selectors, and crate- diggers: expect deep grooves, serious musicianship, and two cuts built to stay in your rotation.

Tracklist:
1. Altera Vita (Sly5thAve Extended Remix)
2. Altera Vita (Sly5thAve Extended Remix Instrumental)
3. Altera Vita (Sly5thAve Remix)
4. Altera Vita (Sly5thAve Remix Instrumental)

Black Milk - BLURS

Tracklist:
1. 20/20
2. THE YAP
3. Giant Stepped
4. Steps of Wah
5. Face Odyssey
6. OG
7. Have A New
8. Noooo Where
9. Brazil Feels
10. All I Ever
11. I Wonder
12. BLURS
13. G'TAR
14. willialwayshearyou
15. Hippie
16. Numb
17. No Uh
18. Lucid Luv
19. GEEZE
20. Shuggy
21. So So
22. Bravo

Krautrock Discovery - A Journey from Jazz to Prog Rock

When rock music from Germany gained international recognition under the label 'krautrock' in the 1970s, it was far more than a mind-expanding phenomenon.

In basements, youth centers, and improvised studios, a vibrant scene emerged-shaped by fearless curiosity and a strong will to transcend traditional musical structures.

Some bands produced only a single recording; others became experimental platforms for established musicians or transient fixtures in local underground milieus.

What united them was a desire to cross boundaries: rock met jazz, folk merged with electronics, soul touched the avantgarde.

These intersections produced soundscapes that remain powerful documents of a creatively restless era.

The recordings collected here reflect that spirit-not only from the krautrock period, but also from the decades that followed, including contributions from both Germany and Austria.

Tracklist:
1. Skyline – Tashiro
2. PSI – Unter Der Schurze Liegt Die Wurze
3. Toto Blanke – PPG
4. Ragawerk & Max Clouth – Das Modul
5. Lychee Lassi – Shades Of Mosley
6. Abadie – Lady
7. Zoppo Trump – Wellengang
8. Epsilon – Before
9. Radio Noisz Ensemble – Space Fasching
10. Mocolage – Caspar
11. Dschinn – Let's Go Together
12. Frob – Wassertropfen
13. Emotion – Take Your Time
14. Join In – Dreams
15. Morpheus – Oktober '74
16. Opossum – Amina
17. Zyma – We Got Time
18. The Terrible Two – Staubig

Greg Foat - 6 Days in Leysin

Unstoppable London-based keyboardist and composer Greg Foat returns with his new album, '6 Days in Leysin'. Greg's first memory with the piano goes all the way back to his Aunt's house at aged 3 - where he fell off the piano stool. Since then, his relationship with the piano has evolved into a fulfilling, and successful career. He began taking an interest in composing at the age of 11, and truly ignited his love for Jazz after attending a workshop with Jeff Clyne, Olaf Vas, Trevor Tomkins and Nick Weldon at the age of 15. He then studied jazz at Middlesex University, followed by 6 months in Sweden on an Erasmus grant which lead to his first professional studio session there at 21. Greg has worked as a professional musician ever since, and has moulded a wonderfully multifaceted career within the Jazz music genre. 

'6 Days in Leysin' is a concept album is inspired by the beautiful Swiss Village of Leysin. Written and recorded over 6 days high in the Alps, the album features Moses Boyd on drums, Alex Burke (Forest Law) on guitar and the legendary Swiss bass player Elie Ghersinu. The Quartet effortlessly glides through Spiritual Jazz, Italian Library Funk, Alpine Ambient and New Age Synthesiser sounds. The album is a musical postcard and the compositions commemorate the highlights of 6 wonderful days Greg, his family and friends spent in Leysin.

Tracklist:
1. Oxygene des Alps
2. Source de Bryon
3. Les Airelles
4. Zalfa's BBQ
5. Forest Walk
6. The Pigeon
7. Mountain Cat
8. Leo & Marina
9. Rainy Day in Leysin

The Sugarhill Gang - Essential Cuts

This will be the first time, that classic cuts on this compilation, will be made available on Zoetrope vinyl, including a brand new remix of “Rapper’s Delight”, the biggest selling track in the history of The Sugarhill Gang.

Rapper’s Delight is widely regarded as one of the biggest, if not the biggest, commercial hip-hop tracks in the history of Hip-hop. It is widely regarded as one of the most influential hip-hop tracks of all time, credited with bringing rap music to a mainstream audience. Artist’s influenced by this track include; Jay-Z & Nas, Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg, Run DMC, to name a few.

Tracklist:
1. Rapper's Delight
2. Apache (Jump On It)
3. 8th Wonder
4. Rapper's Delight (Greg Wilson & Ché Wilson Remix) (Edit)
5. Kick It Live from 9 to 5
6. Livin' In the Fast Lane
7. The Lover In You (Edit Version)

Antibalas - Hourglass

With Hourglass, Antibalas returns to its instrumental roots. Previous albums featured lyrics that addressed topics like patriarchy, climate change, militarism, late stage capitalism, oligarchy, white ethnonationalism, and the genocide of Native Americans. In this album the group rearticulates these themes, however speaking through melody and rhythm. “Once a song has lyrics, everyone who doesnʼt speak that language is on the outside. We use rhythm and melody to translate the emotions in the album and make it universally accessible,” explains the co-producer/founder Martín Perna.

The new album draws on compositions written by several current and emeritus members of the group. "Hourglass" begins with a plaintive and ecstatic tenor saxophone solo before digging into an intense 12-8 groove. The group pivots with “Lo-Life” highlighting the groupʼs ability to swing a lá Machito or the 1970s Ghanaian dance band leaders like Gyedu Blay-Ambolley. Others like “Solace,” “Escape” and “La Ceiba,” conjure echoes of the classic Lagos afrobeat sound, albeit spoken with a Brooklyn accent. “Oasis,” the albumʼs finale, is a step into a psychedelic unknown future, with a deep sense of liberatory funk eternally at its core.

Tracklist:
1. Solace
2. Lo Life
3. Escape
4. Hourglass
5. La Ceiba
6. Oasis

2000Black - 27

The album is a continuation of an afro-futuristic sonic exploration, kept in its raw form. The music is a blend of London boogie and house (not house) with strong jazz influences, crafted for dancers' footwork in heavy club grooves.

Tracklist:
1. Searching for Ntu People
2. You Can Not Kill Ideas
3. Hungry Again
4. You (feat. Lady Alma)
5. No Time to Waste
6. GG2
7. 950 Runnings
8. Early but so Hungry
9. Constant Disappointment

The Diasonics - Ornithology

Cinematic funk visionaries The Diasonics deliver another solid set of Eastern-infused psychedelic, cinematic, disco-funk with their new album “Ornithology”, set for release on October 3 via Record Kicks.
 
Following their 2022 critically acclaimed debut album “Origin of Forms”, named Library Music Album of the Year at PopMatters, the Moscow-based instrumental outfit The Diasonics return with “Ornithology”, a sophomore album that pushes their sonic boundaries forward while staying true to their unmistakable style. Recorded at their custom-built Studio 23—housed in a repurposed Soviet-era lamp factory—the album captures the result of two years of intense creative exploration and experimentation.

With their very signature blend of cinematic funk, Eastern-flavored melodies, instrumental hip-hop and analog soul, The Diasonics have carved out a unique space in the global funk scene. “Ornithology” marks a new chapter: inspired by recurring avian themes in their surroundings, from trains and stations to local folklore and the cries of birds circling their studio, the record channels ideas of movement and freedom, both thematically and musically.

“The theme of birds and ornithology emerged all by itself – we simply began noticing birdlike names all around us: trains and stations, shops, places, people’s surnames, books, and films,” the band says. “We got our hands on some vintage synthesizers and have been tuning oscillators while listening to the cries of seagulls flying around the factory where our studio was based. The ideas of flight, freedom, and space became central to the new album’s music.”

Sonically, the essential features of Ornithology include not only synthesizers but also Diana Greb’s mesmerizing vocals, which blend seamlessly into the sound palette, breathing life and soul into instrumental funk. “Balancing in our imagination between the earth and the skies like birds, we’ve tried to create our own musical language within the concept of ornithology, reflecting every human’s desire to get closer to birds and soar freely, beyond physical or mental limits.”

Formed in 2019, this five-piece instrumental unit — Daniil Lutsenko (electric guitar), Kamil Gazizov (keyboards), Maksim Brusov (bass), Anton Moskvin (drums), and Alexander Shingaling (previously Anton Katyrin) (percussions) — quickly gained cult status through a series of sought-after 45s on Mocambo and Funk Night Records. Their critically acclaimed debut album “Origin of Forms” mixed by Henry Jenkins, producer of the Australian cult band Surprise Chef, came out on Record Kicks in 2022. The vinyl went sold out in few weeks and is now in-demand on the international cinematic funk scene. “Origin of Forms” was chosen as record of the month on FIP (Radio France) and received great reviews from outlets such as Wax Poetics, Mojo, Rolling Stone FR, Clash, Uncut and support by Jamie Cullum (BBC2), KEXP, Radio France and Huey Morgan, Don Letts, Cerys Matthews and Tom Ravenscroft of BBC 6 Music.

With the new album Ornithology, The Diasonics dive into lush synthesizers, stripped-down grooves, and raw instrumental interplay, drawing from 1970s library music, Soviet jazz fusion, and disco-funk, and deliver another super solid release that confirms and pushes forward all the uniqueness that made “Origin of Forms” so alluring. Unmissable for fans of Khruangbin, Surprise Chef, and instrumental funk grooves.

“With The Diasonics funk rises in the East” Wax Poetics Magazine
“From Russia with love. The Diasonic are simply cool, you have to say it” Rolling Stone France
“A cinematic, ‘70s-steeped blend of funk, soul, psych-rock and various East European influences, combining guitars and keyboards with chunky funk and hip hop rhythms” KEXP
“Russian Federation instrumental combo embraces the groove” Mojo Magazine
“The champs of the Russian vibrant funk scene” FIP Radio France (Album of The Month)
“Elevating psychedelic soul to new levels, their cinematic sweep displays an awareness of hip-hop culture, and its crate-digging tendencies” Clash Mag (UK) 

Tracklist:
1. Jay
2. Black Owl
3. Мockingbird
4. Larks
5. Peregrine
6. Finch
7. Storm Petrel
8. Oriole
9. Guineafowl
10. Chickadee
11. Cuckoo

Wun Two - Cobra

With „Cobra“, German producer and lofi pioneer Wun Two presents an 18-track LP showcasing his signature boombap sound with the gentle sway of bossa nova and jazzy melodies. Warm guitar loops, hazy textures, and raw drums shape a journey through tropical moods and laid-back nostalgia.

Featuring instrumental contributions from FloFilz, Gabiga, and dennisivnvc, the album also includes a standout rap feature by Oakland-born, New York-based newcomer Ovrkast. Known for his collaborations with Conway the Machine,Rejjie Snow and many more, Wun Two once again proves his unique ability to create timeless, raw atmospheres with his instrumentals.

Cobra will be released digitally and as a limited 300-copy vinyl edition on September 26th, 2025 via Sichtexot Records.

Tracklist:
1. Rio Pinsa
2. Borraro
3. Bonfabulissimo
4. Agosto (feat. FloFilz)
5. Risteza
6. Jequibau
7. Frutos
8. Bumbatino
9. Bonfabulis
10. Seeso Rio
11. Flyjequibau
12. Albero Wasser
13. That Time in Brasil (feat. dennisivnvc)
14. Gala Brashill
15. Nifu
16. Ormir (feat. Gabiga)
17. Totenlied
18. Pregui (feat. Ovrkast)

Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu Plays Mulatu

Strut presents Mulatu Plays Mulatu, the first major studio album in over 10 years from the father of Ethio-jazz, Mulatu Astatke.

Featuring masterful new arrangements of some of his classic compositions, Mulatu Plays Mulatu finds Mulatu revisiting the sounds that helped to change the face of Ethiopian music during the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. The album was recorded between London and Addis Ababa, working with his long-standing UK band, a tight, intuitive ensemble honed through years of live performance, alongside cultural musicians resident at his Jazz Village club in Addis.

Mulatu Plays Mulatu realises Mulatu’s long-term vision of Ethio-jazz, intricately balancing Western jazz arrangements with the rich sounds of traditional Ethiopian instruments including the krar, masenqo, washint, kebero and begena. Throughout the album, he reshapes familiar material with rich textures, expanded improvisations and a deepened rhythmic complexity, creating a body of work that feels as vital and contemporary as it does steeped in tradition. Familiar tracks like ‘Yekermo Sew’, ‘Netsanet’ and 'Azmari', composed by Either/Orchestra's Russ Gershon, are reinvented here as elegant big band performances. 

“Ethio-jazz brings us together and makes us one,” explains Mulatu. “This album is the culmination of my work bringing this music to the world and pays respect to our unsung heroes, the original musical scientists in Ethiopia who gave us our cultural music.”

Bridging continents and generations throughout his 50-year career, Astatke now offers us an invitation to hear his music again, with a completely fresh perspective. Ethio-jazz, like its creator, is always in motion.

Mulatu Plays Mulatu was produced by Dexter Story and features contemporary artists LA-based artists Carlos Niño and Kibrom Birhane. The album was recorded and mixed by Isabel Gracefield at RAK Studios in London and by Dexter Story in Addis. The inspired album artwork was created by acclaimed Oslo-based Ethiopian artist, Wendimagegn Belete with photography by Alexis Maryon.  

Tracklist:
1. Zèlèsègna Dèwèl
2. Kulun
3. Nètsanèt
4. Yèkèrmo Sèw
5. Azmari
6. Chik Chikka
7. The Way To Nice
8. Motherland Intro
9. Motherland
10. Mulatu
11. Yèkatit