VA - Can You Feel It? Vol.4: Modern Soul, Disco & Boogie 1976-85

Tramp Records' Can You Feel It series, which here reaches its fourth instalment, has always been one of the more reliable sources of obscure, hard-to-find modern soul and boogie, with many tracks plucked from the vaults of tiny labels or private press releases. Naturally the selections this time round are spot on and will be unfamiliar to all but a handful of dedicated diggers. Highlights include (but are in no way limited to) the flash-fried, solo-heavy psych-funk of Vantage Point's 'All Night', the disco rush of Keith lowery's 'Super Dude', the low-slung, War-esque brilliance of 'You Shake 'Em Things' by Synod, the horn-heavy jauntiness of Street Life 80's 'Steps On A Cloud', and the killer boogie-funk badness of Ditto Memo's 'Upside Down'.

Tracklist:
1. Matter of Taste - Step by Step
2. Vantage Point - All Night
3. Kim McCrae - I'm Feeling It Too
4. Frankie Staton - Bi-Centennial (feat. Speckled Rainbow)
5. Kathy Lowery - Super Dude
6. Royal Touch - What Am I Gonna Do Baby
7. Synod - You Shake Them Things
8. Pat Carpenter - Love You Use to Be so Easy
9. Swankk - If It Takes All Night
10. Ocean Orchestra - Skinflint
11. Street Life '80 - Steps on a Cloud
12. Jackie Berns - I Still Love You
13. Tory Wynter - Real True Voices
14. Chatham - I'll Be Good to You
15. Dalton Reed - Giving on into Love
16. Panama Gold - Gettin' Lucky

VA - Tramp 45 RPM Single Collection, Vol. 16

Another volume in the '45rpm single collection' series. 19 tracks representing a wide selection of rare grooves, covering genres like vocal jazz, mod-jazz, modern soul, deep funk and afro beat.

Tracklist:
1. The Echomen - Let's Get Together
2. The Echomen - Talk Is Cheap
3. Dianne Elliott - When He Speaks
4. Dianne Elliott - The Ring
5. Wayne Powell Octet - Tutzy
6. Wayne Powell Octet - Blue and Easy
7. Van Buren - Bronco Queen, Pt. 1
8. Van Buren - Bronco Queen, Pt. 2
9. Frederic Rabold Crew - Beatschön
10. Frederic Rabold Crew - Open House
11. Rosie & Eddie - Undun (Short)
12. Earl Turner - S'Port City Rock
13. Earl Turner - Sunshine
14. Hanns G. Schmidt-Theissen - Dedicated to the Stars
15. Hanns G. Schmidt-Theissen - Blowing Blue Beat
16. The New Lucky Seven - Woodhead (Pt.1)
17. The New Lucky Seven - Woodhead, Pt. 2
18. The KutiMangoes - Fire
19. The KutiMangoes - Money Is the Curse (45 Edit)

Sunbörn - Sunbörn

The KutiMangoes change their name to Sunbörn.

On their first album as Sunbörn, the Danish 6-piece digs into what connects us as human beings: we are all born under the same sun and are connected by the same forces of nature. Meeting the world and connecting through music has been a vital mission for our band from day one, and again and again on our travels we have experienced how music can cross borders, build bridges and connect us with people from different backgrounds and cultures in shared experiences. In times when the world is tearing itself apart it is clear that music has the power to reach across divides and remind us of our common humanity. Sunbörn's self-titled ablum features collaborations with artists from all over the world: Caio Marcio (BR), Ida Nielsen/Bassida (DK), BIGYUKI (JP/US), DJ Opolopo (S), Clap! Clap! (I) & Moderator (G).

Tracklist:
1. Dancing in the Dusk
2. Night Sweats
3. Metropolis
4. Echoes
5. Under The Same Sky
6. Beach Chase
7. Mankind?
8. Apple Blossom