a reissue of 3 must-have dancefloor glisteners taken from their tough to find us boogie lp >the exoutic touch<. the exoutics were a group of ny-based muscicians who in the 80s released their album on the privately owned dee gee records. nows its an in demand boogie rarety. the soulful lead vocals are complemented with sweet background arrangements. the vocals are closely coupled with the music resulting in an almost playful interaction.

special 2014 re:issue
deep disco and boogie vol.1 compiled by zaf, is a must have for disco and boogie collectors around the world, featuring 8 in-demand disco stompers. tip.

limited 12inch release of tom tragos take on the obscure boogie banger soul with milk. on the flip youll find the original of funkin in your mind as featured on the surinam! compilation. tip!

seasons is produced by carlos nino and features many great are sts from the l.a. region such as dwight trible, the life force trio, miguel atwood-ferguson and mark de clive-lowe. artwork made by machine.

part 2 of the deep disco & boogie series, containing an obscure 12inch promo mix of roy ayers rock your roll b/w cash - hot thang!! a big tip! this is from the new series of rare and in demand disco + boogie winners. deep disco & boogie vol.1 , is compiled by uks #1 disco dealer / digger zafar chowdry a.k.a zaf a.k.a pussclod. the a-side features a rare 12inch promo mix of the underrated rock your roll by roy ayers. on the b-side youll find an incredible boogie slammer cash - hot thang. once again fully licensed and remastered, no bootleg, and limited quantities!

3 unreleased tracks from the art yard vaults.on the a-side along came ra ft. june tyson. the b-side comes with a beautiful edit of the sky is a sea of darkness and we travel the spaceways.

limited single-sided white label of an exclusive theo & i.g track, >traffic<!! youll have heard this one if youve been paying attention to mr parrishs dj sets over the past year or so...tip!

yep. its back... !

last year the kindred spirits ensemble dropped their debut album love is supreme. amsterdams tom trago has stepped up to remix he shining liberation track into a house gem! limited press. only 300 copies available. get them while they last! tip

finally available the collectors edition of >disco3000< as part of the kindred spirits x artyard collaboration. featured in a heavy duty sleeve, 180 grams vinyl and extensive liner notes, limited to 500 copies worldwide!
january 1978 was a fruitful month for sun ra. as well as days spent in the recording studios in rome, ra, along with john gilmore, michael ray and luqman ali, played several gigs in italy before flying back to the us. the magic music from one night in the teatro cilak, on 23/01/1978 in milan, is preserved on disco 3000. disco 3000 is arguably among the most important documents of sun ras long musical career, are now once more available in a limited edition!

a tribute to sun ra & >latino in cairo<. this record represents the cairo jazz band responding to the american jazz scene of the 60s & 70s with influences from mongo santamaria to randy weston and sun ra. these tracks were first presented by the ministry of culture in cairo as a prism music production and released with an additional disk by the composer soliman gamil musical images. this release marks the first time salah ragab and the cairo jazz bands definitive works are presented to the west. salah rageb r.i.p
now available on limited edition with 180grams vinyl and a heavy cardboard sleeve!

already my favorite jazz album of 2010 jose james - perpetual shows a different side to gideon van gelder, the pianist we already know from tracks like touch on brownswoods soul jazz conjurer jose james lp black magic, and championed by the likes of gilles peterson.

the official release of the 1976 recording the tribe. previously only a handful of ultra-rare test pressing copies were floating around of this beauty. finally after more than 35 years, this essential spiritual jazz recording will see its official release. big tip!

the definitive compilation of super biton de sŽgou, one of malis most important orchestras during its golden age of music. this album contains the best of the 2 early 70s albums previously released on mali kunkan and recorded under the aegis of sound wizard boubacar traorŽ. tip!

>the evolution of afrobeat< - tony allen jungle by night drops their first full studio album on kindred spirits. hidden is the first full studio album from this group of dutch lads, who retain their youthful exuberance and innocent energy, and delve deeper into their own sound. moving slightly away from the afro-beat blueprint that characterized last years self-titled debut lp, the nine-piece have added gamelan tones and studio effects to their afro-funk template, as well as exploring other parts of africa like malis desert soul and djembe rhythms from senegal. after two years of playing, and having performed over 80 gigs last year, the group have settled in their own rhythm, and hidden sees them trying out new ideas and forms.

touki ba banjul is a compilation of the gambian psych sensation guelewar who played a major part in the development of the afro manding sound. from 1979-1982 the band released four albums, featuring some of gembias best funk tunes.