Browse by Label: SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)

Artist:	GRUPO OBA-ILU
Title:	Santeria
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	SJR 038LP

CD is deleted; probably the last copies on vinyl... "As the final cornerstone of Soul Jazz's Nu Yorica releases, this release shows the authentic music of Cuba's Santeria -- which lies at the heart of all Afro-Cuban music and influenced the music and ideas of artists such as Eddie Palmieri, Machito, Grupo Folklorico, Milton Cardona and Mongo Santamaria on Nu Yorica 1 & 2. Recorded by Soul Jazz records in Havana, Cuba and featuring the Bata drumming and songs of Santeria. The music is performed by Grupo Oba-Ilu. Made up of members of the Grupo Folklorico of Cuba, the Cuban state's most famous music, folklore and dance group -- plus members of various Santerian temples. An important stage in Cuba's opening up to the West, as Soul Jazz was one of the first non-Cuban companies allowed to record at the state owned ICAIC studios in Havana."

Artist:	VA
Title:	100% Dynamite!
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 040CD

Repress of the first volume in this series, originally issued in 1998. "100% Dynamite explores the links between reggae, jazz, funk and soul. The album is jam-packed with reggae tunes that have crossed-over and become cult dancefloor hits in clubland such as 'Greedy G,' 'Rocksteady' and 'Granny Scratch Scratch.' Fourteen tracks of music that show the influence that American jazz, funk and soul music has had on Jamaican reggae. The proximity of the West Indies to the U.S.A. meant that many Jamaican musicians would continue to be influenced by American styles of music whilst at the same time continuing to define new styles of their own such as ska, rocksteady and dub. 100% Dynamite features some serious Jamaican funk by Jackie Mittoo, the Brentford All-Stars, The Upsetters and The Maytals, the cream of Jamaica's jazz musicians such as Tommy McCook, Cedric Brooks and Lennie Hibbert and also features revolutionary tunes such as 'Armageddon Time,' 'Drum Song' and 'Cuss Cuss,' songs which helped define a unique sound for Jamaican music in the '60s and '70s."

Artist:	VA
Title:	200% Dynamite!
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 041CD

2001 release, repressed. "Carrying on perfectly from 100% Dynamite, this new compilation simply features more funk -- soul -- rocksteady -- jazz -- dub and ska tracks tracing the history of Jamaican reggae and the influence that American styles such as funk and jazz had on this music. 200% Dynamite features some serious funk and rocksteady from the likes of The Upsetters and Toots and The Maytals through to long out-of-print cult club classics such as Tenor Saw's mighty 'Ring The Alarm' and the Skatalites' much in-demand funk classic 'Candlelight,' through to Jamaican jazz from masters such as Tommy McCook and Byron Lee as well as some serious dub from the likes of Augustus Pablo and Jackie Mittoo. Whereas 100% Dynamite took tracks mainly from Studio One, 200% Dynamite delves further into Jamaica"s classic labels such as Treasure Isle, Techniques and the Upsetter label. Taking music primarily from the '60s and '70s, 200% Dynamite takes you further into Jamaica"s music such as ska, rocksteady, dub, etc., showing at the same time how the proximity to the USA meant that Jamaican musicians were still being influenced by U.S. styles such as funk, jazz and soul."

Artist:	VA
Title:	300% Dynamite!
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 043CD

2009 repress. "Third installment in the immensely popular Dynamite series and, as you'd expect, it's packed with top tunes from the cream of Jamaica's producers and artists. Here you'll find super heavy reggae funk from the likes of Shark Wilson, Randy's Allstars, Lee Perry and Jackie Mittoo (whose track 'Jackie's Theme' has never previously been released), ska from Toots and The Maytals and Prince Buster, rocksteady from Byron Lee and Hopeton Lewis, classic dancehall killers from Wayne Smith and Sister Nancy, roots from Johnny Clarke and Augustus Pablo, calypso from Lloyd Price and a sweet reggae version of Al Green's soul classic 'Here I Am Baby'."

Artist:	VA
Title:	New Orleans Funk
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 047CD

2007 repress of this SJR classic from 2000 -- has been o/p for a couple years. "This is a definitive collection of New Orleans funk, featuring acknowledged masters of funk such as the Meters, Eddie Bo, Allen Toussaint and Lee Dorsey next to some of the earlier artists from the area who helped shape the meaning of funk (Professor Longhair, Robert Parker, Huey 'Piano' Smith). The album is also filled with many rare, sought after, and undiscovered funk tracks from artists like the Explosions, Marilyn Barbarin, Sonny Jones, Mary Jane Hooper, and many more. The album covers the period from the emergence of the New Orleans sound in the early 1960s through to the mid-'70s. Jam packed with classics like Aaron Neville's 'Hercules', Eddie Bo's 'Hook and Sling', and 'Check Your Bucket', the Gaturs 'Gatur Bait', the Explosions' 'Hip Drop', and the Wild Magnolias' 'Handa Wanda,' to name but a few. This record is an essential part of anyone's record collection who is interested in funk. Other artists featured include: Ernie K. Doe, Cyril Neville, Gentleman June Gardner, Betty Harris, Danny White, Ernie & the High Notes, Dr. John, Chuck Carbo."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Studio One Rockers
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 048CD

"Following on from the success of their 100% Dynamite series, Soul Jazz Records are entering into the vaults of the most important reggae label of all time, Studio One. Owned and founded by Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd, Studio One's output serves as a comprehensive guide to the history of reggae music. The music on Studio One Rockers covers all areas of reggae, such as ska, rocksteady, roots and dancehall, areas in which Studio One led the field. And Studio One Rockers features many legendary tracks brought together for the first time by Soul Jazz Records. From the beginning of reggae, when the Skatalites developed the new sound of ska in 1962 up until today, Studio One has been the number one innovator in Jamaican music. Included in this compilation are classic ska tracks ('Phoenix City'), rocksteady ('Feel Like Jumping'), roots music ('Truth & Rights'), dancehall (Freddy McGregor, Michigan & Smiley), and many more. From Dawn Penn's legendary 'No No No' to classics such as Horace Andy's 'Skylarking' and Marcia Griffith's 'Feel Like Jumping'. The Coxsone sound system in the early 60s was one of the three main systems operating in Jamaica, alongside competitors Prince Buster and Duke Reid. The Studio One catalog is possibly the largest in all Jamaican music, and this release is the first in a series of Studio One compilations on Soul Jazz Records."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Studio One Soul
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 050CD

"More classic Reggae from Jamaica's most important label ever! Following on from Studio One Rockers, this second journey into the vaults of Studio One tells the story of the important link between American Funk and Soul and Jamaican Reggae. Ranging from music taken from the mid-1960s (and the arrival of rock steady) through to the beginning of the 1980's, Studio One Soul features versions of US Funk and Soul hits (many rarely heard before) from some of the many classic artists who recorded at Studio One. American Soul music has always been an important influence on Jamaican Reggae. The beginning of the Jamaican recording industry at the end of the 1950s started with Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd (owner of Studio One) and a group of select in-house musicians (originally The Skatalites) recording their own version of American R'n'B . Playing on the off-beat this music became ska and a new music was born. As American R'n'B progressed through Funk, Soul and Disco, Jamaican music was going through it's own musical changes from rock steady through to Reggae and Roots music. The house-band at Studio One known variously as The Skatalites, The Sound Dimension, The Soul Vendors, The Brentford All Stars and The Brentford Disco Set recorded on a daily basis behind all Studio One vocalists as well as recording instrumentally in their own right. These musicians are as important to the development of Jamaican music as were the equivalent musicians at Motown, Stax, Muscle Shoals and Philadelphia International in the US. Some of the main musicians were Jackie Mittoo (Keyboards), Pablove Black (Keyboards), Roland Alphonso (Sax), Lloyd Brevett(Bass), Leroy Sibbles(Bass), Johnny Moore (Trumpet), Lloyd Knibbs (Drums) and Leroy 'Horsemouth' Wallace(Drums). Soul singers such as Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions (Queen Of The Minstrels) had a profound influence on Jamaican artists and many other US artists were constantly re-interpreted and re-worked. Artists such as Aretha Franklin (Respect), Charles Wright (Express Yourself), King Floyd (Groove Me), Otis Redding (How Strong) were all very popular in Jamaica in the 1960s. At the end of the 1960s Black Consciousness became an important part of American Soul music. At the same time many Jamaican artists were starting to look to their roots. Many artists would shortly become involved in Rastafarianism. The 'conscious' lyrics of American Funk and Soul again struck a chord with Jamaican artists. 'Message From A Blackman' (originally by The Temptations), 'Is It Because I Am Black' (Syl Johnson) are examples of this. Through the 1970s Soul/Disco artists such Barry White ('Can't Get Enough' and 'Deeper and Deeper') and The Detroit Spinners ('I'll Be Around') became the flavor of the day. This CD finishes with Willie Williams interpretation of Macfadden & Whitehead's classic 'Ain't No Stopping Us Now'."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Studio One Roots
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 056CD

"Studio One Roots is an important collection of some of the deepest roots music to come out of Studio One Records, Reggae's most important record label ever. This release features many rare and classic tracks that have been unavailable for over thirty years. As Soul Jazz Records continue to delve into the largest Reggae catalogue in the world, this release is literally ram-jam packed with classics that you cannot find elsewhere. Whilst Studio One led the field in all forms of Reggae, this collection shows how the depth of its roots music outshone all others. Due to the uniqueness of the release, Soul Jazz Records have commissioned sleeve notes to Studio One Roots by Lloyd Bradley, author of Bass Culture: When Reggae Was King. This is the third in the series of Soul Jazz Records' Studio One releases following on from Studio One Soul and Studio One Rockers."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Studio One DJ's
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 058CD

"Soul Jazz Records are releasing the fourth journey into the vaults of Studio One Records, the legendary foundation label of Reggae, owned and founded by Sir Coxsone Dodd. For this release we return to the roots of Reggae music -- The Soundsystem. Throughout the late 1950s and 1960s Soundsystems such as Sir Coxsone's Downbeat and Duke Reid (the Trojan), Prince Buster, Tom the Great and King Edwards played throughout the city of Kingston, Jamaica. These Soundystems were the birthplace of much of Jamaica's musical culture -- Soundclashes, Dancehall and the idea of the Toaster who sang over records -- the DJ. As ever Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd led the field, so for this release the focus is on DJ's at Studio One and features legendary toasters such as Denis Alcapone, Dillinger and Prince Far I as well as a host of rare material by lesser known artists. Also included is Count Machuki -- the original DJ -- the first man ever to speak over the mic at Sir Coxsone's Downbeat Sound System -- from where it all began. As Steve Barrow (author of The Rough Guide to Reggae/Blood and Fire Records) writes in the sleeve notes, Jamaican deejay music is the source for all Rap music: From Count Machuki talking over records on Sir Coxsone's legendary Downbeat Sound System the idea of recreating tried and tested rhythms with the DJ toasting over the top was taken into the studio to create a new style. This style would eventually travel to America when the Jamaican-born Kool Herc began playing at Block parties (a version of the Kingston Soundsystem parties) in the Bronx. Cutting up rare-groove classics for the first B-Boys to rap over, Hip-Hop was born and the DJ music that had started on the early Soundsystems of Kingston would go on to conquer the world! Studio One DJs (compiled by Mark Ainley) is the next in the series of releases where Soul Jazz Records are showcasing the music of Studio One, the label that literally defines Reggae."

Artist:	SANDOZ
Title:	Sandoz In Dub: Chant To Jah
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 059CD

"Sandoz is the solo moniker of Richard H. Kirk from Cabaret Voltaire. Inspired by twenty years of listening to Jamaican music, Richard H. Kirk has now mixed contemporary electronic dance music with Jamaican reggae and dub styles on Sandoz In Dub-Chant To Jah. As a founding member of Cabaret Voltaire, Richard H. Kirk has been a pioneer of electronic music for more than twenty years embracing all the new developments in electronic dance music: In 1978 Cabaret Voltaire signed to a fledgling Rough Trade records releasing experimental electronic/post-punk classics such as 'Nag Nag Nag' and 'Do The Mussolini.' Ten years on and Cabaret Voltaire were sharing musical ideas with Chicago house pioneers such as Frankie Knuckles and Ron Hardy as well as their counterpart Detroit techno stars such as Derrick May and Ritchie Hawtin. With Sheffield's Warp Records acknowledging the debt that local group, Cabaret Voltaire, had played in defining electronic music, it was fitting that Richard H. Kirk started his solo project, Sandoz, on Warp's seminal Artificial Intelligence series. Twenty years on and Richard H. Kirk has made the logical link between his twenty years of experiments in electronic music and a similar process that Jamaican dub pioneers such as King Tubby, Lee Perry and Augustus Pablo were making in the 1970s. Sandoz in Dub -- Chant To Jah also makes the connection with contemporary Jamaican dancehall styles -- mixing elements of ragga, digital drum and bass and steppers into the equation."

Artist:	A CERTAIN RATIO
Title:	Early
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	SJR 060CD

2008 repress. "The" definitive anthology of ACR recordings from 1978-85". Well-packaged per the Soul Jazz standard, with a 36-page booklet of historical photos and a long interview with the band. "A Certain Ratio were the first group (alongside Joy Division) to sign to Manchester's infamous Factory Records in 1978, future home of New Order, Happy Mondays. etc. As purveyors of dance music in the aftermath of punk, A Certain Ratio led the field. After punk, a new set of groups emerged who wanted to mix dance music -- funk, soul, reggae, disco with the spirit of punk: groups such as A Certain Ratio, Cabaret Voltaire, 23 Skidoo and The Pop Group were the first UK groups to bring dance music into their sound. In New York's dance clubs, ACR's 'Shack Up' became an underground dance hit in places like Paradise Garage and The Roxy, leading to them playing live in New York's Danceteria with seminal New York group ESG and their first album being recorded in New Jersey mixed by legendary Factory producer, Martin Hannett. Here, ACR first encountered Nu Yorican Latin percussion/street music in Central Park. The following day, ACR bought bongoes, whistles and congas and didn't look back! Mixing punk, funk and Latin percussion together to make a unique sound, their sets often ended in ten-minute percussion jams, and they occasionally dressed in Brazilian football gear! When Factory opened their new nightclub, The Hacienda, ACR played at the opening night along with ESG. A Certain Ratio were a band ahead of their time, mixing dance music with punk spirit. When asked by Tony Wilson (founder of Factory) what ACR sounded like, style guru Peter York replied that they sounded 'Early.' 'Early what?' asked Wilson. 'No, just Early,' came the reply. Soul Jazz Records are releasing a definitive compilation of ACR featuring classic tracks along with lots of rare stuff, interviews and original photos."

Artist:	ESG
Title:	Step Off
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 064CD

"The legendary New York group ESG are releasing their first new album in ten years. ESG are made-up of the Scroggins sisters, Renee (vocals), Valerie (drums) and Marie(congas). The group now also features two of their daughters Chistelle (guitar) and Nicole(bass)! Hailing from the Bronx, ESG were formed at the start of Hip-Hop. They became the most sampled of groups ever among their contemporaries such as Public Enemy, LL Cool J, Marley Marl and Grandmaster Flash. Shortly afterwards they were adopted by the underground dance scene. ESG are indeed the only group to play at the opening night of Manchester's legendary Hacienda and the closing night of New York's equally legendary Paradise Garage where they shared the night with Larry Levan! Originally signed to Factory Records in the UK their first album was produced by Martin Hannett and recorded at the same time as A Certain Ratio's classic To Each album. In the US they released music on New York's underground 99 Records label alongside New York's No Wave groups such as Liquid Liquid, The Bush Tetras and Konk. In the late 1980s they released the telling Sample Credits Don't Pay Our Bills. ESG have continued to release their own unique music. Their sparse, raw, percussion led sound continues to inspire and influence new generations. Current artists such as Le Tigre and Peaches constantly cite ESG as inspiration. Twenty years on and ESG's latest record is as sharp as the first."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Hustle! - Reggae Disco: Kingston, London, New York
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 066CD

"Soul Jazz Records brings you classic Disco reggae style! From the nightclubs of New York to the dancefloors of Kingston and London. Anita Ward's 'Ring My Bell', Chaka Khan's 'I'm Every Woman', Michael Jackson's 'Don't Stop Till You Get enough', Jean Carn's 'Don't Let It Go To Your Head', The Whisper's 'And The Beat Goes On' , Sugarhill Gang 'Rapper's Delight', Diana Ross 'Upside Down', and William De Vaughn's 'Be Thankful'. As Lovers Rock and Rare Groove met in London in the 1980s, these disco reggae tracks are mix of UK artists such as the Blood Sisters, Carol Cool, Family Choice and Black Harmony and Jamaican artists and DJs such as Kingston's Derrick Laro and Trinity, Xanadu and Sweet Lady." Last copies of this now deleted release.

Artist:	VA
Title:	Studio One Scorcher (Instrumentals)
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 067CD

"The fifth Soul Jazz Studio One release after Rockers, Roots, DJs and Studio One Soul. Studio One instrumentals are the foundation of Reggae. These rhythm tracks became the basis for all Dancehall as countless artists and producers re-versioned these classic Studio One instrumentals. This release features Jamaica's finest ever musicians ?- Don Drummond, Tommy McCook, Jackie Mittoo, Cedric Brooks, Vin Gordon, Lester Sterling ?- all the key players in the legendary Studio One house-bands: The Skatalites, The Sound Dimension, The Soul Bros, Brentford Rockers and The Soul Defenders. This release features classic and super-rare instrumentals from Studio One: Ska, Funk, Roots, Rocksteady, Reggae from the 1960s to the 1980s. Studio One is the Motown of Jamaican Reggae. This release contains sleevenotes by Noel Hawkes (Dub Vendor), is compiled by Mark Ainley, features exclusive photos and a special DVD sampler (a bonus preview video track from the forthcoming Studio One Story full length movie/DVD)."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Studio One Story
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD/DVD
Price:	$32.00
Catalog #:	SJR 068CD

"One and a half years in the making! Studio One Story is a definitive guide to Jamaica's greatest ever record label and it's founder Clement Dodd. The package includes 16 track CD featuring Studio One's greatest releases. From Theo Beckford's groundbreaking 'Easysnappin' to The Abyssinians 'Declaration of Rights' this CD and limited edition double vinyl is back-to-back classics. The DVD is a 4 hour film that tells the full story of Studio One and Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd. Filmed in Kingston, the documentary has interviews with many of the artists who Studio One made famous -- Horace Andy, Alton Ellis, Ken Boothe, Sugar Minott, Dennis Alcapone, The Ethiopian, Lone Ranger, King Stitt and more. Part-documentary, part-music video the film also features rare footage of artists such as The Skatalites, Jackie Mittoo, Count Ossie, Marcia Griffiths, Ernest Ranglin and more. Studio One is the foundation label of Jamaican Reggae. Often described as the Motown of Jamaica, Studio One is where the career of literally hundreds of Reggae artists began -- Bob Marley and The Wailers, Alton Ellis, The Heptones, Ken Boothe, The Skatalites, Burning Spear -- everyone! As well as the CD/double vinyl and DVD this package also comes with 100 page booklet featuring rare photos and text." We are only carrying the NTSC version of the DVD, produced for viewing in North America and Japan.

Artist:	CLAYTON, KIT
Title:	When Cedars Fall
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	SJR 071EP

"Soul Jazz Records is releasing this new single by San Francisco electronic/techno pioneer Kit Clayton as the first in a series of new electronica releases under the banner 'Microsolutions For Mega Problems'. This twelve-inch is super-limited to 1000 copies worldwide.Kit Clayton is at the front of a movement of 'lap-top' electronic artists such as Herbert, Bola, Sutekh, Pole etc. These two tracks are firmly in the electronic dance field and have been specially recorded for Soul Jazz Records."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Miami Sound: Rare Funk and Soul from Miami, Florida
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 072CD

..1967-1974 2009 repress, originally released in 2003. "With Soul Jazz Records' first albums now reaching prices larger than the originals on e-bay, the label continues to release some of its seminal, most in-demand back-catalogue. Miami Sound features rare and classic funk and deep soul from Miami, Florida from 1968-74. The album features million-selling artists such as Gwen McRae, George McRae and Timmy Thomas alongside artists unknown outside of the Sunshine State such as James Knight and The Butlers, Frank Williams and The Rocketeers and All the People. Miami Funk, Soul and Disco was dominated by TK Records, founded by Henry Stone in the late 1960s. Through a myriad of associated record labels such as Alston, Blue Candle, Dash, Glades, Cat and more, TK Records made international artists out of Gwen McRae and her brother George McRae, Betty Wright and KC and The Sunshine Band in the mid-70s crossover period between Soul and Disco. The music on this compilation shows the roots of this Miami Sound. All the artists and musicians on this album continued to work together throughout the heyday of TK Records when it produced hit after hit. The house band (that could be said to be equivalent to Motown's Funk Brothers) included songwriters such as Clarence Reid (AKA Blowfly, the adult comedian!), Casey Finch (KC from KC and The Sunshine Band) along with musicians Little Beaver, Frank Williams and Robert Moore. As well as being the in-house band, most of these artists also ran successful solo careers, making Miami one of the most musically creative hot spots in the USA. The artists on this compilation include Helene Smith, Miami's first lady of Soul, Frank Williams and The Rocketeers (featuring a very young Little Beaver on vocals), George McRae's rare-groove classic 'I Get Lifted' (written by Casey Finch), Timmy Thomas' truly experimental track 'Funky Me', Gwen McRae's classic '90% of Me' as well as a host of practically unknown Miami artists who never managed to make it outside the city borders! The album comes with loads of unique original photos and sleevenotes."

Artist:	SUTEKH
Title:	Hands On Feet EP
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	SJR 073EP

"Second in a series of new electronica releases under the banner 'Microsolutions For Mega Problems'. Sutekh has been releasing music since 1997. As well as two albums released on Force Inc he has also had music released on labels such as Mille Plateaux, K7, Source and Plug as well as releases on his own Context label which he runs from his base in San Francisco. Sutekh is at the front of a movement of 'lap-top' electronic artists such as Herbert, Bola, Kit Clayton, Pole etc. These four tracks are firmly in the electronic dance field and have been specially recorded for Soul Jazz Records." Last copies, deleted.

Artist:	VA
Title:	Nice Up The Dance
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 074CD

"Soul Jazz Records next release mixes new classic Dancehall, original Ragga Hip-Hop and party anthems to bring you a record like no other! Featuring some of the biggest names from both the Reggae and Hip-Hop worlds such as Kenny Dope, Sean Paul, Tenor Saw, Chaka Demus and Pliers alongside current Jamaican Dancehall artists such as Ward 21 and Ms Thing. The connection between Hip-Hop and Reggae begins in New York when the Jamaican Kool Herc moved there and in the mid-70s laid the foundations for the arrival of Hip-Hop. With two turntables and a microphone, Kool Herc (and later Grandmaster Flash, also of Jamaican descent) took the elements of Jamaican Dancehall and DJ culture and invented Hip-Hop. Ever since this point, artists have been aware of this relationship -- from Kenny Dope making music with some of the finest MCs from the New York dancehall scene (including a young Shaggy) to current Jamaican Dancehall artists re-inventing US Rap and R'n'B. Nice Up The Dance brings all these elements together along with classic anthems like the definitive Dancehall version of Dawn Penn's 'No No No', Sean Paul's classic 'Infiltrate' and Tenor Saw's rare Hip-Hop mix of 'Ring The Alarm' as well as underground UK Reggae/Hip-Hop (Soldier Blue), current NY Hip-Hop from J-Live and Cutty Rank's party classic 'Who Say Me Dun'."

Artist:	VA
Title:	New York Noise: Dance Music From the New York Underground
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 077CD

"Features the cream of New York's punk-funk bands from the early 80s. Bands such as ESG, Liquid Liquid, Bush Tetras, Arthur Russell's 'Dinosaur l' etc -- all bands that have had a huge influence on the current wave of New York groups such as The Rapture, Metro Area, The Liars, The Strokes etc. New York Noise sums up the point where dance music and punk rock first met. It features New York no wave artists such as DNA, Glenn Branca, Bush Tetras etc alongside New York dance music's experimental pioneers such as Arthur Russell (Dinosaur l), Bill Laswell (Material), Konk and Joe Bowie's funk/jazz classic group Defunkt. Two more classic ESG tracks (not featured on any of the earlier Soul Jazz-ESG releases), Jean Michael Basquiat's classic production of the proto-electro-hip-hop classic 'Beat BOP' as well as super rare New York artists such as the dance, and the bloods. Featuring exclusive photos, text and super loud pressing this is the latest musical journey by Soul Jazz records and another essential release." Artists: Liquid Liquid, ESG, Konk, The Dance, Material, Lizzy Mercier Descloux, Rahmelzee vs K.Rob, Bush Tetras, Glenn Branca, The Bloods, Dinosaur l, Theoretical Girls, James White and The Blacks, Defunkt, Mars.

Artist:	MITTOO, JACKIE
Title:	Last Train To Skaville
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 080CD

"Jackie Mittoo is one of the most important artists in the history of Jamaican music. As founding member of the legendary Skatalites, as in-house arranger/producer at the equally legendary Studio One and as a solo artist in his own right leading groups such as The Soul Brothers, Sound Dimension and Soul Vendors. The Soul Brothers recorded at Studio One between 1965-1967, the transitionary period between Ska and Rocksteady. Their music was a mixture of Jamaican Funk, Latin and Jazz sometimes with a reminder of Ska and the hint of Rocksteady. The previous era of Ska had been dominated by the Skatalites. The Skatalites were made up of Don Drummond, Roland Alphonso, Jackie Mittoo, Johnny Moore, Lloyd Knibbs, Lloyd Brevett, Tommy McCook, Ernest Ranglin and Lester Sterling. Clement Dodd described the Soul Brothers mix of musical styles as Ska, Jump-Up and Soul sounds. The opening track 'Train to Skaville' signalled the end of the Ska era, as the Soul Brothers started to forge a new sound.

The classic and rare recordings included here, however, are all from the short period 1965-67 when Jackie Mittoo was developing his new style and the Soul Brothers bridged the gap between Ska and Rocksteady. As Clement Dodd stated at the time 'The Soul Brothers possess a Crystal Clear Sound. Obviously it would be better to Cut the Chatter and Spin the Platter'."

Artist:	RUSSELL, ARTHUR
Title:	The World of Arthur Russell
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 083CD

"Soul Jazz Records are re-releasing their seminal retrospective on Arthur Russell (currently fetching over $300 on e-bay!). Since the initial groundbreaking release of The World of Arthur Russell five years ago, Russell has become the subject of intense media interest. With the recent release of a film about his life (A Portrait of Arthur Russell), as well as a new album of unreleased recordings, (Love Is Overtaking Me), Arthur Russell's stature as a great artist has grown to is current height. ('One of the great songwriters of the 20th century' --The Wire). Arthur Russell holds a unique place in the history of dance music. As an artist he had the admiration of everyone from Philip Glass to Todd Terry. As well as his solo work he also formed the seminal groups Dinosaur L and Loose Joints in the 1980s. With tracks such as 'Go Bang' and 'Is It All Over My Face?', Russell redefined Dance music in the 1980s as both an intelligent and subversive form. At the center of the New York Dance scene in the 1980s, Russell was co-founder of Sleeping Bag Records along with Will Socolov. As well as releasing Russell's own material, Sleeping Bag would release seminal music from Mantronix, Larry Levan, Patrick Adams, EPMD, Joyce Sims and Todd Terry amongst others. As a regular visitor at David Mancuso's 'Loft', and Nicky Siano's 'Gallery' nightclubs and even Studio 54, Russell immersed himself in the New York Dance scene whilst continuing to create avant-garde experimental music. These two elements in his life and music make him truly unique. Larry Levan, Walter Gibbons and Francois Kervorkian all played pivotal roles as remixers of Russell's work and feature on many of the tracks featured here. Arthur Russell died in 1992 from AIDS leaving behind an enormous body of work. This release features both the classic tracks of Arthur Russell such as 'Go Bang', 'Is It All Over My Face', 'Wax The Van' etc alongside impossible-to-find collectors tracks such as 'In The Light Of The Miracle' and the private-pressing only 'Pop Your Funk'. This is the first collected work of Arthur Russell who has been for many years one of the most respected iconic artists in the history of dance music."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Studio One Ska
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 085CD

"Studio One ska is the latest in Soul Jazz Records series of releases from the mighty Studio One Records. Studio One Records and it's in-house band The Skatalites defined ska music and made Jamaican music famous throughout the world. This compilation features classic vocal and instrumental tracks from The Skatalites, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Delroy Wilson alongside super-rare tracks from the likes of Ken Boothe, The Maytals, Jackie Mittoo, Tommy McCook and many more. Independence came to Jamaica in 1962. The musical soundtrack to this era was the upbeat, energized ska, the first truly Jamaican music. ska music and Studio One are synonymous with each other. Whilst ska was only one style of Reggae that Coxsone Dodd and Studio One Records would release in it's forty year history -- with Rocksteady, Roots, Dancehall, Dub and much more still to come -- ska was the first and defined Jamaican music as having it's own identity throughout the world. The inspiration for the rhythm of ska came from the Southern US Rhythm and Blues records of the 1950s. Coxsone Dodd had initially encountered this music while working as a migrant farm worker in Florida. It was here that he first decided to start a Soundsystem on returning to Jamaica and began importing R'n'B records that would soon become the staple musical sound of any Kingston dance. The main R'n'B artists of the day were Roscoe Gordon, Wynonie Harris, Amos Milburn, Fats Domino, Louis Jordan. Listening back to these records it is possible to hear the roots of this new Jamaican sound.

Young artists such as The Wailers, The Ethiopians, The Maytals and Delroy Wilson all began their careers making joyous uptemposkaa at Studio One. The group that accompanied all these artists were The Skatalites. The Skatalites were Tommy McCook, Roland Alphonso (tenor saxes), Lester Sterling (alto sax), Don Drummond (trombone), Johnny Moore (trumpet), Jackie Mittoo (piano), Jah Jerry (guitar), Lloyd Brevett (bass) and Lloyd Knibbs (drums). Whilstskaa music became easily identifiable by playing on the off-beat (usually the piano and guitar) The Skatalites brought their wide influences into the music.skaa could include Modal Jazz, Pop, Jump Up R'n'B, Rastafarian and Burro music, US Western and film soundtracks, Easy Listening and even classical music. Consequently this CD includes proto-Rastafarian music such as Don Drummond's 'Addis Ababa' alongside interpretations of UK mod songs (El President is based on Georgie Fame's 'Yeh Yeh').You will also find Latin-tinged tunes such as 'Don Cosmic', jump-up Gospelskaa from the Maytals, Eastern-flavoured modal instrumentals such as 'El Bang Bang' . The young singers who The Skatalites backed in turn also brought their own influences into the music. The youthful Rude Boy culture became the lyrical subject of manyskaa songs whether you were for them or against them. By 1965skaa music was over. The musical mood of the country was changing. Independence had brought Jamaica a new set of issues and the music had to reflect this, heralding the arrival of Rocksteady, which had a slower beat and was based on the emerging Soul music of American artists such as Curtis Mayfield. In 1965 The Skatalites split-up to form two new groups -- The Soul Brothers who became the new house-band at Studio One and Tommy McCook and the Supersonics who moved over to rival Duke Reid's new Treasure Isle studio.skaa, however, had made it's mark and Jamaican music was now known throughout the world. And despite the brevity of their time together (just over a year!) The Skatalites left behind a legacy of literally hundreds of classic recordings."

Artist:	HU VIBRATIONAL
Title:	Beautiful
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 088CD

"New album that mixes deep percussive Afro- Jazz with elements of Hip-Hop recorded in Los Angeles, California. The album features members of the West Coast left-field Hip-Hop/Electronica community such as Daedelus and Carlos Nino A/K/A Ammon Contact alongside Adam Rudolph and Hamid Drake. Adam Rudolph and Hamid Drake have between them played and recorded with Pharoah Sanders, Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell, Jah Wobble, Don Cherry and many more. With previous releases on Scott Heren's (Prefuse 73) Eastern developments label, Hu Vibrational's deep spiritual music draws on the links between Jazz music and avant-garde Hip-Hop. Adam Rudolph co-founded the Mandingo Griot Society and has been working together for over recent years as musical partner to the great Yusef Lateef. He also runs the Go:Organic Orchestra a 22 piece percussion group. Carlos Nino A/K/A Ammon Contact has had releases on Soul Jazz Records, Eastern Development and Plug Research. As well as being an integral part of Hu Vibrational he has also produced Build An Ark who feature on the recent tribute to Sun Ra release alongside Theo Parrish, Recloose, Jimi Tenor, Alex Attias and more."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Soul Jazz Records Presents Studio One Dub
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 089CD

"Soul Jazz Records brings you the much-anticipated Studio One Dub as the latest in their Studio One series. This album features classic and rare Dub tracks from Studio One, many available for the first time in over thirty years. Studio One Dub includes the dubs of many classic tracks such as Horace Andy's 'Skylarkin', Johnny Osbourne's 'Truth and Rights', John Holt's 'Hooligan', Freddie McGregor's 'Bobby Bobylon' plus many more rare tracks. In short, this is an essential album! Studio One Records history in Dub is vast. Originating in the idea of the dub-plate as an exclusive for sound-system operators, this evolved into the version-side of singles that still exists for 99% of Dancehall singles today. The Dub/Version quickly evolved from being simply the instrumental to sonic experiments with bass, drums and the mixing desk. Many of these Dubs were created at Studio One by the great engineer Sylvan Morris. In the early 1970s, Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd created a vast set of classic dubs in the Dub LP series under the alias of the Dub Specialist. Albums such as Roots Dub, Zodiac Sounds, Bionic Dub, Juk's Incorporation, African Rub-A-Dub were made for a new generation of young DJs/toasters to perform with at sound-systems. These consequently had a huge influence on the evolution of Dancehall in the second part of the 1970s. Originally released in lavish silk-screen covers, many of these Dub albums have gone on to become serious collectors pieces."

Artist:	KONK
Title:	The Sound of Konk
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 090CD

Subtitled: Tales of the New York Underground 1981-88. "Soul Jazz Records are releasing this new compilation from the cult US Dance/Post-Punk group Konk. Konk first featured on Soul Jazz Records' earlier New York Noise (which also featured Arthur Russell, ESG and Liquid Liquid) this album compiles all their rare and classic material. Konk were formed in New York in 1980. They played an important part in the link between New York's Disco scene (Paradise Garage/Loft/Gallery etc) and the New York No Wave/Post-Punk scene (Liquid Liquid, ESG, James White etc). This compilation brings together the classic Konk recordings in the 1980s from their releases on labels as diverse as Rough Trade, Sleeping Bag, 99 Records, Les Disques Du Crepuscle and Celluloid. Konk's pioneering interest in electronic and musical technology also put them at the forefront of the burgeoning worlds of Electro/Hip-Hop and House. Their use of DJ mixers (breaking down a track to it's individual elements) predated the arrival of samplers and enabled DJs such as Larry Levan to extend their mixes to up to 25 minutes. As well as being a key group in New York's Post-Punk dance scene where they regularly played alongside groups such as Liquid Liquid, Bush Tetras, ESG, The Peech Boys and The Lounge Lizards, Konk found favour with DJs such as David Mancuso and the legendary Larry Levan and were one of a select few bands to play at both the Paradise Garage and the Loft. Konk featured in it's line up members of Jean Michel Basquiat's band Gray, Sonic Youth and members of Glenn Branca's ensemble. Founding member Dana Vlcek later went on to work with Francois Kervorkian. The wide range of it's members is reflected in the music which fuses Disco/Post-Punk/Electro/Latin and proto-House together. This new compilation makes available Konk's left-field Disco classics (many for the first time in twenty years!). The album also comes with extensive sleeve notes, interviews and photographs."

Artist:	AMMONCONTACT
Title:	Beat Tape Remixes
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	SJR 091EP

"Super heavyweight 6 track remixes EP new from Ammon Contact on Soul Jazz Records sub-label Microsolutions To Microproblems. This is the second release on Soul Jazz Records from Ammon Contact. Featuring remixes and re-constructions from Smyglyssna, Sutekh and Telefon Tel Aviv as well as three new songs from Ammon Contact. Ammon Contact is Carlos Nino and Fabian Contact. As well as Ammon Contact, Carlos Nino is also the producer of Hu Vibrational (recently released on Soul Jazz) and Build An Ark (who featured on the recent Sun Ra tribute album along with Carl Craig, Theo Parrish, IG Culture and more). Smyglyssna (from Sweden) has earlier releases on Plug Research, Vertical Form and Background. San Francisco-based Sutekh has releases on Soul Jazz, Context, Orthlong Music and many more. Telefon Tel Aviv have just released their new album on Hefty Records. This epic new track is their first new material since then and features John Herndon (from Tortoise) on drums."

Artist:	HU VIBRATIONAL
Title:	Remixes
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	SJR 092EP

"This features three new remixes from Ammon Contact, Daedelus and Corker/Conboy. Both Ammon Contact and Daedelus are part of the burgeoning US West Coast left-field/avant Hip-Hop/Electronica community and Ammon Contact's remix features rapper Lil Sci on vocals. This record is a perfect match of Hip-Hop with the Deep Afro-Jazz of Hu Vibrational. 'Friends and Gardens (For Don Cherry)' is remixed by Corker/Conboy is a deep eight minute sonic excursion. Hu Vibrational is Adam Rudolph and Hamid Drake who between them have played and recorded with Pharoah Saunders, Yusef Lateef, Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell, Don Cherry and many more. As well as their recent album on Soul Jazz they have also had releases on Chicago's Hefty Records. Carlos Nino AKA Ammon Contact has had releases on Soul Jazz Records, Microsolutions to Megaproblems, Eastern Developments and Plug Research."

Artist:	BELL
Title:	Seven Types of Six
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 094CD

"This is the second album from Bell and is a mix of robotic funk electro, funked up twisted disco and classic 808 acid. Four years making this album (!), Bell give us analog synthesizers and digital techniques to bring you robotic arcade-system electro. Deeply complex electronic material, deep basslines, superb production, ranging from unremittingly catchy to dark, creating truly a formidable electronic album. Supporters of Bell range from Andy Weatherall to Carl Craig. This is the latest new electronic artist from Soul Jazz Records. The album comes on CD and super-loud double vinyl."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Studio One Classics
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 096CD

"Soul Jazz Records are releasing this latest Studio One compilation which features non-step 100% stone-cold classic Studio One killers! Spanning 40 years of the legendary label, this album is a fitting tribute to Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd and is a who's who of Jamaican Reggae greats. Often described as the University of Reggae, Studio One was the foundation label of Reggae and made stars out of Bob Marley and The Wailers, Horace Andy, Sugar Minott, The Heptones, Dennis Brown, John Holt, Alton Ellis, The Skatalites (all featured here) and many, many more. Studio One Classics features Ska, Rocksteady, Roots, DJ and Dancehall classics back-to-back digitally remastered. CD comes with original text and photos, vinyl is on super-loud double vinyl." Artists: Horace Andy, Carlton and the Shoes, The Skatalites, Dennis Brown, Slim Smith, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Sugar Minott, Alton Ellis, Lone Ranger, Heptones, Sound Dimension, The Paragons, Johnny Osbourne, Don Drummond, Jennifer Lara, Prince Jazzbo.

Artist:	VA
Title:	Studio One Funk
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 097CD

"This latest Soul Jazz/Studio One album was conceived and compiled by Soul Jazz Records and Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd in Jamaica shortly before he died. The album is a first as it is compiled of mainly unreleased material from the vaults of Studio One. This CD shows how American Funk influenced Jamaican artists as heavily as Soul music had been an influence in the Rocksteady era and Rhythm and Blues in the Ska period. Studio One Funk features heavyweight Funk and Reggae from start to finish. Jackie Mittoo, Alton Ellis, Sound Dimension, Cedric Brooks, Jacob Miller and many more bring you classic original Reggae Funk from American funk anthems such as 'It's a Shame', 'Shaft', Booker T and The MG's' 'Melting Pot' and 'Hang Em High' to heavyweight versions of 'Beat Down Babylon', 'Skylarking', 'Westbound Train' and many more. Most of these tracks have never been released before making it an essential release for anyone interested in Reggae. Studio One Funk comes with the usual Soul Jazz Records slipcase, comprehensive sleevenotes, exclusive photos and the vinyl comes on super-loud double vinyl."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Soul Jazz Records presents Nicky Siano's The Gallery
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	3LP
Price:	$25.00
Catalog #:	SJR 100LP

2009 repress; triple LP version. "The Gallery, The Loft and The Paradise Garage were the three most important clubs in New York's underground Disco scene. The DJ Nicky Siano, whose club The Gallery ran from 1972-77, had the distinction of being connected to all three. He was also the DJ when the most celebrated of all clubs, Studio 54, opened it's doors -- playing as Bianca Jagger entered on a white horse. The Gallery ran to packed houses for five years. It ran alongside David Mancuso's Loft. Mancuso was a mentor of Siano -- who would later work at The Loft -- and encouraged the young DJ to open The Gallery. Siano was only 18 when the club first opened. Two of The Gallery's most celebrated regulars were Frankie Knuckles and Larry Levan who, inspired by Nicky Siano, soon elevated themselves to working at The Gallery and eventually to DJing (Levan would also became Siano's lover). From here Frankie Knuckles went on to open Chicago's infamous Warehouse and Larry Levan opened The Paradise Garage. The Gallery became a stepping stone for many future stars -- Grace Jones made her debut at the legendary club -- and Nicky Siano became the first DJ to obtain star status. He was also the first DJ to mix records together, which brought him a growing crowd of musical admirers and future DJs. In 1978 Siano turned his hand from DJing to making music. Along with a young Arthur Russell, another regular at the Gallery, he formed Dinosaur and released the groundbreaking Kiss Me Again on Sire Records. The record featured David Byrne on guitar, who himself would shortly go on to form Talking Heads. By the end of 1978 Siano's prodigious drug habit had caught up with him. He closed The Gallery and was eventually sacked from Studio 54 after playing the whole of Kraftwerk's Trans Europe Express! Siano left the music world, de-toxed and then in the 1980s devoted his time to working with the Aids community in New York. Twenty-five years on and Soul Jazz Records are releasing The Gallery." Artists: Jeanie Browne, Undisputed Truth, The Temptations, Dinosaur, Vernon Birch, Loleatta Holloway, The Isley Brothers, The Pointer Sisters, Bobby Womack, Gloria Spencer, The Bar-Kays, The Tramps, The Supremes, Bill Withers, Bonnie Bramlett.

Artist:	VA
Title:	Studio One Disco Mix
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 103CD

"Studio One's music in the 1970s took the label to new heights. The new style of Disco Mix brought many areas of Reggae together -- Roots, Lovers, Disco and Dub all came together in extended form, re-versioning classic hits, experimenting with new studio technology, over-dubbing, syn-drums and more producing what many fans describe as the most creative and innovative phase in the history of the legendary Studio One Records. This Studio One Disco Mix album includes many sought after classic tunes only ever released in very small quantities (on Studio One's very first 12" records as well as it's infamous Music Lab 10"s out of New York) and consequently many of these track s have been unavailable since their day of release. Studio One Disco Mix features many of the classic Studio One artists such as Alton Ellis, Sugar Minott, Jackie Mittoo and Willie Williams (with his classic re-versioning of his own 'Armigideon Time') alongside less well artists such as Doreen Schaeffer, Judah Eskender Tafari and George Dudley and many more."

Artist:	MINOTT, SUGAR
Title:	Sugar Minott at Studio One
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 104CD

"Sugar Minott began his career at Studio One in the early 1970s. After auditioning in front of Coxsone Dodd, where he performed over original Studio One tapes, Sugar Minott became one of the first artists at the label to record new songs over classic rhythms. Other artists followed suit at the label such as Freddie McGregor, Johnny Osbourne and Michigan & Smiley leading to one of the most creative periods for the label. This is the first retrospective of Sugar Minott at the label and most of these recordings have never been widely available outside Jamaica. Sugar Minott went on to a huge career in Reggae and is today one of the biggest stars in Jamaican music. This album includes classic cuts as well as super-rare singles only recordings, all of which have been digitally re-mastered for this release. The release also comes with extended interview with Sugar Minott and exclusive photos."

Artist:	SPIRITS OF LIFE
Title:	Haitian Vodou
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	SJR 105LP

Double LP version; CD is now deleted. "Voodoo music recorded by Soul Jazz Records in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Voodoo is the sacred African-based religion of Haiti famous for it's Hollywood-styled image of spirit- possession, sacrifices and walking dead. The music of Voodoo features intense, complex African drum rhythms alongside vocals. The music of voodoo is used to bring spirits into the body of worshippers who become possessed by the spirit that enters their body. Voodoo was brought to Haiti by slaves and later bought about the revolution that made Haiti the first Black republic. Voodoo flourishes in Haiti today and is the lifeline of it's society. Haiti is next to Cuba, Jamaica and Puerto Rico in the West Indies and consequently the music is a mixture of heavy African rhythms alongside Latin and Jamaican music. The CD comes with sleeve-notes, photos and a short film of the music recorded in Haiti and the LP comes on super-loud double vinyl."

Artist:	GREENMAN, A.
Title:	Discoethique EP
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	SJR 106EP

Last copies, deleted. "Soul Jazz Records subsidiary Electronic label whose recent releases have included Kid 606, Rekid, Telefon Tel A Viv, Sutekh, Ammon Contact, Kit Clayton, Secondo brings you more from the cream of electronic dance music. This twenty minute electronic/disco/dub/house EP shows A.Greenman's influences from Chicago House greats such as Larry Heard and Marshall Jefferson through to Post-punk/Proto-house Factory stars New Order." Last copies of now deleted edition.

Artist:	VA
Title:	Soul Gospel
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 107CD

"The album Soul Gospel tells the story of the link between two of America's most important Black music styles: Gospel and Soul. Both Soul music and Gospel music grew out of Black American migration into urban cities. Whilst the sacred Gospel music took it's influences from the spirituals and work-songs of working in the field, Soul music matched the fervor of Gospel music with the rhythm and passion of Rhythm and Blues. But for many Soul artists the link between Gospel and Soul is more profound and many artists have managed careers both inside and outside the Church. The shared spirituality of these two styles has also led to some of the most profound and uplifting music. This album features many of the most famous Gospel/Soul crossover artists such as Aretha Franklin, The Staple Singers, Odetta and The Voices of East Harlem alongside lesser-known artists such as Clarence Smith, Gospel Artistics and many more. From Aretha Franklin's father, the Reverend C.L. Franklin, being one of the most famous ministers in America and friend of Martin Luther King, to The Sweet Inspirations being the in-house vocalists to literally hundreds of Soul artists for Atlantic Records (as well as including group-member Cissy Houston, mother of Whitney Houston), this album shows how two of America's most important musical forms are inextricably linked. Lovingly compiled and featuring many classic and extremely rare tracks accompanied with comprehensive sleeve-notes and exclusive photos, Soul Gospel shows how Gospel influenced all styles of Soul music from 1960s Soul and Funk right through to the evolution of New York's underground dance clubs in the 1970s and 1980s -- with David Mancuso's 'Loft' and Larry Levan's 'Paradise Garage' making anthems out of Gospel tracks such as Staple Singers 'Tripping On Your Love' and Jessy Dixon's 'Love Lifted Me'."

Artist:	REKID
Title:	Era EP
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	SJR 108EP

Last copies, deleted. "Soul Jazz Records Electronic offshoot label whose recent releases have included Kid 606, Sutekh, Ammon Contact, Kit Clayton, Secondo, Telefon Tel Aviv brings you this monster new electro/dub/house release by Rekid. Rekid is the pseudonym of Radio Slave (Matt Edwards), one of the most in-demand remixers at the moment. Recent remixes include X-Press 2, Paul McCartney and Kylie Minogue as well as a stream of underground mixes for underground labels. He also recently appeared alongside James Murphy/DFA's LCD Soundsystem. The EP features 'Tranzit', a dark, viscid disco dub in slow motion which will appeal to the fans of Theo Parrish and Moodymann. Alongside is 'Diamond Black' an 8 minute claustrophobic 'trip' to the twilight regions of house music." Last copies of now deleted edition.

Artist:	VA
Title:	New Thing!
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	SJR 110CD

"Soul Jazz Records New Thing! is a history of Deep Jazz in the USA. Post-Civil Rights, Post- Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, Post-John Coltrane this album showed how musicians continued to develop musically, politically and spiritually in this time. Featuring heavyweight Jazz artists such as Alice Coltrane, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Sun Ra and Archie Shepp alongside many other less-well known, but equally important artists such as Rashied Ali (who played alongside John Coltrane) and Stanley Cowell (who started Strata-East Records along with Stanley Cowell). The music on New Thing! ranges from the deep street funk of 'Street Rap' and 'Funky AECO' to hypnotic eastern-influenced tracks such as 'Tibetan Serenity' and radical left-field tracks such as Rashied Ali and Frank Lowe's 'Duo Exchange'. This double CD and loud triple vinyl comes with extensive sleeve-notes, interviews and exclusive photos." Artists: Art Ensemble of Chicago, Archie Shepp, Sun Ra, Alice Coltrane, Paris Smith, Steve Davis, Maulawi, Robert Rockwell III, Hannibal Marvin Peterson, The Sunrise Orchestra, Stanley Cowell, Travis Biggs, Lloyd McNeill, East New York Ensemble of Music, Claudine Myers, Eric Gale, Rashied Ali.

Artist:	VA
Title:	Can You Jack? Chicago Acid and Experimental House 1985-95
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	SJR 111CD

Definitive 2CD set, includes 52-page booklet with original text, exclusive photos and artist interviews. Although there have been a lot of Chicago Acid comps over the years, this one seems definitive and euphorically sequenced beyond belief! "Soul Jazz Records are releasing this double CD/ double vinyl vol 1/ double vinyl vol 2 which tells the story of the evolution of house and acid in Chicago and how a number of creative artists from the city developed a sound that came to influence the world. The album features all the major artists from the city -- from the originators like Marshall Jefferson, DJ Pierre, Lil Louis, Adonis to second wave artists like Cajmere and Roy Davis Jnr -- artists who continue to make Chicago a unique musical environment today. The album traces how the sound developed as clubs like Ron Hardy's legendary 'Music Box' and Frankie Knuckles 'Warehouse' put Chicago on the map along with radio shows from the Hot Mix Five. The album features all-time classic tracks such as Phuture's 'Acid Trax' and Sleezy D's 'I've Lost Control' alongside many rare and experimental tracks such as Lil Louis's 'Video Clash' and Marshall Jefferson's 'Go Wild Rhythm Tracks'. With sleevenotes by Tim Lawrence (who wrote Love Saves The Day), exclusive photos and interviews with Marshall Jefferson, Adonis, Tyree and more, the album shows how Chicago's unique culture and artists led to some of the most important music ever. The album comes in double-CD format and super-loud volume 1 and volume 2 double-LP format."

Artist:	VA
Title:	The Sexual Life of the Savages
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 112CD

"A Brazilian Post-Punk compilation called The Sexual Life of The Savages. The Sexual Life of The Savages traces the story of a set of Brazilian groups who took their inspiration from US groups such as ESG, Liquid Liquid, Arto Lindsay (himself a Brazilian) and DNA, James White and The Contortions as well as UK groups such as A Certain Ratio, The Pop Group, Joy Division, Gang of Four, Cabaret Voltaire and New Order. With groups like LCD Soundsystem, The Rapture, Chicks On Speed, Le Tigre, Liars, Radio 4 and other contemporary punk/dance bands taking their influences from this period, the music of these groups (all of whom have remained unknown outside of Brazil until now) will be a revelation. The title from the album relates to the complicated relationship Brazilian musicians have with the music of the US and their ironic perception of how Brazilian music is seen outside the country. The album comes with sleeve-notes and exclusive photographs that catalogue this underground Brazilian music scene."

Artist:	STEWART, MARK
Title:	Kiss the Future (feat. The Maffia & The Pop Group)
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 113CD

"This album spans the entire musical career of Mark Stewart, The Maffia and The Pop Group. Curated by Mark Stewart, Kiss the Future is a mixture of new material (with new collaborators such as The Bug, Sanjay T), classic material from the legendary Pop Group ('We Are All Prostitutes,' 'We Are,' 'She Is Beyond Good and Evil') as well as Stewart's groundbreaking solo-work from the 1980s to the present day with the legendary Sugarhill Records/Tommy Boy rhythm section (as The Maffia) along with producer Adrian Sherwood (On U Sound). With unlimited access to the vaults Kiss The Future also includes rare and unreleased material. Mark Stewart (at aged 17!) was the lead vocalist and revolutionary sloganeer behind the Pop Group, now cited as one of the most influential post-punk bands. In the 1980s and thru the 1990s he went on to form Mark Stewart and the Maffia releasing a range of heavily politicised, boundary-pushing albums fusing electronic, dub, twisted disco, and industrial-strength hip-hop into a unique ground-breaking sound. The music ranges from post-punk/funk to electro-funk, hip-hop and dub. Mark Stewart (with The Pop Group and The Maffia) brought black music influences into punk for the first time influencing a generation. This continues today with the punk electronic/dancehall/desi/dub experiments of the new material ('Radio Freedom,' 'Puppet Master,' 'The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum'). Mark Stewart is one of the most respected musical figures in music. LCD Soundsystem, DFA, The Liars, !!!, Radio 4, etc and the whole new wave of New York bands are heavily influenced by the sound. He has constantly surrounded himself with creative artists. His group The Maffia features legendary New York musicians Doug Wimbush, Keith Le Blanc and Skip Macdonald. From their early days playing alongside Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaata and Sugarhill Gang the group have since played with everyone from Mos Def to The Last Poets, from James Brown to George Clinton. The co-producer of The Pop Group is legendary Jamaican mixer Dennis Bovell and for his solo career Mark to this day works with Adrian Sherwood (On U Sound) who himself has an incredible list of credits that include Lee Perry, Junior Delgado, Bim Sherman, Einsturzende Neubaten, Andrew Weatherall, New Age Steppers, Primal Scream and many more. As well as the original punk/funk outfit The Pop Group (which he founded) inventing what became The Bristol Sound and influencing the music of Massive Attack, Tricky (with whom Stewart collaborated) etc, Mark Stewart himself is the artists' artist: Two new recent Channel 4 TV programmes quoted both Nick Cave and Daddy G as choosing Mark Stewart as their favourite ever artist. With everyone from Carl Craig to Sonic Youth, DJ Hell to David Bowie (!) citing Mark Stewart as an influence, this album is the first to ever bring his musical career together."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Studio One Roots Vol. 2
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 114CD

"This album delves deeper into the vaults of the legendary Jamaican Reggae label and features rare and classic roots as well as an unprecedented seven unreleased tracks that up till now have never seen the light of day. Roots and Rastafarian music was being recorded at Studio One by Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd from the early 1960s onwards to the 1990s and this album reflects the depth and diversity of roots music at the label. From the slow-ska of Dudley Sibbley, to the deep instrumental jazz cuts of Cedric Im Brooks over classic roots rhythms such as 'Satta Massagana' to Winston Mathews stunning eerie version of Bob Marley and the Wailers 'Sun Is Shining.' The Zion All Stars features the Burro Rastafarian drumming of Count Ossie and the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari. This album features many of the classic Studio One artists -- Willie Williams, Tommy McCook, Cedric Brooks, The Gladiators, Vin Gordon -- as well as many less well known artists -- all who produced classic roots music under the guidance of producer Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd and recorded at the legendary Studio One Records which Chris Blackwell, founder of Island Records, describes as 'The University of Reggae.'"

Artist:	VA
Title:	Microsolutions to Megaproblems #1
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 115CD

"Soul Jazz Records subsidiary electronic label Microsolutions to Megaproblems celebrates two years of releases with this new album. Microsolutions to Megaproblems brings together many of the finest experimental electronic artists working in their respective fields today -- whether it be electronica, avant hip-hop, twisted disco, deep jazz and more. This album features tracks from all the earlier 12" releases plus unique exclusives for this album. Established electronic pioneers such as Kit Clayton, Kid 606 and Sutekh are present alongside West-coast left-field hip-hop/beat-heads Daedelus and Ammon Contact. From the UK, underground remixer to the stars Radio Slave, A/K/A Rekid (Kylie Minogue, Paul McCartney!), tech-disco artist Secondo (with a unique to this album acid mix), A.Greenman are featured alongside exclusive new music from Tim Exile. The album also features deep electronic left-field jazz remixes from pioneers Hu Vibrational and Chicago's finest Telefon Tel Aviv. Most of the artists on this album not only have recorded earlier material for other labels, many in fact run their own labels. They include Kit Clayton who owns and runs Orthlorng Musork, KID 606 who runs Tigerbeat 6, Sutekh with Context, Secondo with Dreck, Hu Vibrational with Metamusic and so on. Between them they have recorded with labels as diverse as Force Inc, Moving Shadow, Hefty, Ninja, Planet Mu, Classic and many more. Microsolutions to Megaproblems and Soul Jazz Records have been cataloguing the expansion of this new type of electronic artist who remains in control of their music and are happy to defy traditional concepts moving in and out of musical styles whilst still remaining 'electronic.' This is the first CD to be released on Microsolutions to Megaproblems."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Studio One Lovers
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 116CD

"Lovingly compiled, this album features only the finest Lovers from Jamaica's finest label. From blues parties in London, Birmingham, Bristol etc., Lovers Rock quickly became one of the UK's finest-ever musical movements. Sweet harmonies, soulful reggae, love songs -- the key ingredients of Lovers Rock -- were all based on the revival of many of the classic rocksteady harmony groups of the late '60s and early '70s, such as The Heptones, Carlton and The Shoes, Larry & Alvin, The Paragons, that Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd's Studio One and rival Duke Reid's Treasure Isle label produced hit after hit as they fought for dominance in the dancehalls of Kingston. As well as these classic harmony groups, this album also features fine contributions from many of the reggae greats -- Horace Andy, Alton Ellis, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Delroy Wilson -- all artists who became stars at the legendary Studio One Records which Chris Blackwell, founder of Island Records, describes as 'The University of Reggae.'"

Artist:	AS MERCENARIAS
Title:	The Beginning of the End of the World
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 117CD

"As Mercenarias are an all-female punk/funk post-punk group from Sao Paulo, Brazil. They began their career over 25 years ago and this is their first ever retrospective and first ever release outside of Brazil. With influences as diverse as The Dead Kennedys, The Slits, Public Image Limited, The Pop Group, Nina Hagen and many more, As Mercenarias manage to combine the energy, rhythm and sensibilities of American and British post-punk along with a uniquely Brazilian aesthetic. Today their music sits next to the punk/dance attitude of strong female artists such as Peaches, Mia, Chicks on Speed, Le Tigre and ESG. As Mercenarias are made up of Sandra Coutinho on bass, Ana Maria Machado on guitar, Lou on drums and Rosalia Munhoz on lead vocals. As Mercenarias were first featured on Soul Jazz Records earlier The Sexual Life of The Savages -- which told the story of underground post-punk in Sao Paulo, and how As Mercenarias led a musical movement in Brazil that included many other bands such as Gang 90 and The Absurdettes, Smack, Fellini, Patife Band, Nau and Akira S. These groups all took their influences from UK/USA groups such as Joy Division, Gang Of Four, New Order, A Certain Ratio, Liquid Liquid and mixed it all up into a new Brazilian sound that was a million miles away from the traditional sounds of Brazil -- samba, bossa nova and MPB (Musica Popular Brasil). The album comes with full sleeve-notes, exclusive photos and the vinyl comes with a super-limited free 7" that features early demos from the group."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Tropicalia: A Brazilian Revolution in Sound
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 118CD

Repressed. "As championed by David Byrne, Beck, Kurt Cobain, Stereolab and many more -- Tropicalia in the late 1960s revolutionized Brazilian music mixing Psychedelic Rock, avant-garde musique concrete (tape loops, sound experiments), Samba, Funk and Soul into a truly unique combination. This is the first album to bring together all the artists involved in Tropicalia -- Os Mutantes, Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Tom Ze, Gal Costa and more. Under the backdrop of the most violent and repressive days of the Brazilian military dictatorship, these artists created a new style of music so radical that both Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil were seen as such a threat by the Brazilian dictatorship that they were arrested, imprisoned and finally deported in 1969. Os Mutantes, the sophisticated musical anarchists from Sao Paulo not only became the musical template for Beck, they were also discovered by Kurt Cobain on tour in Brazil who tried (and failed) to get them to support Nirvana. David Byrne has also released a collection of their work in the USA. Tom Ze, a true Brazilian original avant-garde singer was brought into the open in the 1990s when he toured in the USA backed-by post-rockers supreme Tortoise. This is Soul Jazz records latest release and comes complete with the customary extensive sleeve-notes contextualising Tropicalia, exclusive photos, slipcase and the LP comes on super-loud double vinyl."

Artist:	SUTEKH
Title:	Two Vireos
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	SJR 119EP

"Soul Jazz's 'Microsolutions To Megaproblems' series continues with a new single from San Francisco's minimal electronic pioneer, Sutekh. Manipulating and abusing computers, samplers, synthesizers, various acoustic instruments, and found sounds, he has created everything from deep, minimal house and techno to dense, dissonant noise collage. Sutekh's latest single Two Vireos is his latest double-sider. 'Red Eye' is a Sa Ra styled broken beat with acid-bassline under an epic arrangement with strains of Theo Parrish/Moodyman and even Kraftwerk. 'Black Capped,' in contrast to the A-side -- returns back to the sounds of early Aphex Twin and Detroit's Underground Resistance style minimal techno."

Artist:	MOULTON, TOM
Title:	A Tom Moulton Mix
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	SJR 120CD

"Tom Moulton is one of the most important people in the history of dance music. From inventing the first ever 12" single to remixer to the stars, the trademark A Tom Moulton Mix is a mark of quality given to only the finest records -- From Grace Jones' seminal 'La Vie En Rose' to the million-selling MFSB disco anthem 'Love Is The Message,' to over 4000 remixes. 'As in life, there are musical benchmarks against which other works are usually sized up in their field. When thinking of dance music, and its now long and proud heritage, there is no denying that one of the yardsticks everyone comes back to time and time again is the visionary body of work that Tom Moulton has accumulated over the course of his long and illustrious career.' --Fran�ois Kervorkian, January, 2006. Tom Moulton began his career in the early 1960s as a promotions man at the legendary R'n'B label King Records, home of James Brown, Little Willie John, Hank Ballard and The Midniters and many more. In the 1960s he also began a career in modelling that would run parallel to his music. In 1971, he visited New York's Fire Island, the infamous gay holiday resort where he describes seeing 'white men dancing to black music' for the first time. It was here that Tom Moulton first began splicing up tapes for the discotheque. In the early 1970s DJs played 45rpm seven-inch singles which lasted around 3 minutes. Tom Moulton wanted to extend the time of a song in order to keep people on the dancefloor. His first remix was BT Express 'Do It Til You're Satisfied,' followed by 'Peace Pipe' which he 'extended' to over 6 minutes long -- and with this invented the 'remix.' He then took this further with Gloria Gaynor's 'Never Can Say Goodbye' which Tom Moulton mixed together as an 18-minute medley, once again designed for dancers. This is the first album to bring together some of the classic and rare tracks that have been blessed with A Tom Moulton Mix on the record label. It is the story of one man and his amazing role in the history of the rise of disco from it's funk and soul roots to the hedonistic days of Studio 54 and the Paradise Garage." Artists: Al Downing, Eddie Kendricks, Grace Jones, Isaac Hayes, B.T. Express, Don Downing, Camouflage, Patti Jo, South Shore Commission, Clara Lewis, Detroit Emeralds, Orlando Riva Sound, The Lovers, MFSB, Andrea True Connection, Udell.

Artist:	VA
Title:	Studio One Women
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 121CD

"Ska, rocksteady, funky reggae, roots, dub mixes, disco mixes, they're all here from the queens of the Jamaican music scene. Studio One Women features a wide mix of classics and obscurities from the finest female voices in reggae. Until now most of these tracks have only ever been available as extremely hard to find Jamaican 7" and 12" singles and even if you were lucky enough to find them they'd cost you a small fortune. Marcia Griffiths and Rita Marley (here with her first group The Soulettes) are two of Jamaica's most famous female singers hugely popular today. Both these artists became internationally famous as The I-Threes (along with Judy Mowatt), Bob Marley's backing singers alongside The Wailers. Also featured are Hortense Ellis, sister of Alton who cut many smash hit on the island and Jennifer Lara, a lady who had a long career with Studio One, singing on countless sides until she sadly passed away earlier this year. Studio One is the greatest label in the history of reggae and is the foundation of all reggae music. It's where virtually every world renowned Jamaican superstar started out, Bob Marley and The Wailers included. Under the guidance of the legendary Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd the musicians at Studio One recorded hundreds of instrumental rhythms which still provide the backbone for many of the records made in Jamaica today. This release will satisfy hardcore reggae fans but it's also accessible enough to connect with a far wider audience. As you'd expect with a Soul Jazz release it is beautifully packaged with extensive sleeve notes accompanied with rare, previously unseen photos from the Studio One vaults. Sound quality is excellent, all tracks have been digitally re-mastered and the vinyl appears in super-loud double format for DJs." Artists: Claudette McLean, Jennifer Lara, The Soulettes, Della Humphrey, Denise Darlington, Hortense Ellis, Angela Prince, Jerry Jones, The Tonettes, Marcia Griffiths.

Artist:	LARA/HORTENSE ELLIS, JENNIFER
Title:	I'm In Love/I'm Just a Girl
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	SJR 121EP

"Super-limited 12" (500 copies one-off pressing) as a taster for the forthcoming Soul Jazz Studio One Women album featuring queens of reggae such as Marcia Griffiths, Rita Marley, Angela Prince and more. This 12" features full-length extended versions of two classic Studio One cuts -- Jennifer Lara's two-step anthem 'I'm In Love' and Alton Ellis' sister Hortense's super-rare 12" disco-mix reply to the classic 'I'm Just A Guy.' Essential!"

Artist:	REID ENSEMBLE, STEVE
Title:	Spirit Walk
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 122CD

"After a number of groundbreaking live shows between Kieran Hebden (Fourtet) and legendary New York drummer Steve Reid, these two artists have embarked on two amazing new recording projects. The first release is the Steve Reid Ensemble (featuring Kieran Hebden) Spirit Walk. This will be followed by a second album by Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid which will be released by Domino. Both albums blend electronic experimentation within the frame-work of Steve Reid's musical heritage. Steve Reid is a true pioneer of boundary-breaking music. This latest project/collaboration is a continuation of a musical path that stretches back to the late 1960s. A self-taught master jazz drummer Steve Reid played in Sun Ra's Arkestra as well as being a session musician at both Motown Records (he plays on for instance Martha and The Vandella's 'Heatwave') and in James Brown's in-house band at the legendary Harlem Apollo. In the mid-'60s Reid went to West Africa, playing and learning the music of Ghana, Nigeria (playing with Fela Kuti), Liberia, Sierra Leone, Senegal. On returning to New York he joined Sun Ra's The Science Myth Solar Arkestra. In 1968 as a conscientious objector to the Vietnam war he was sentenced to 4 years in prison where he then taught a Black history course to his fellow inmates. In the 1970s Reid formed the Legendary Master Brotherhood as well as running his own record company, Mustevic Sound, which released a series of his albums (2 of which have earlier been released by Soul Jazz Records). In a career now spanning over 40 years Steve Reid has worked with artists such as Lester Bowie, Miles Davis, Charles Tyler, Arthur Blythe, Ornette Coleman, Gary Bartz, Chief Bey, Archie Shepp, Sam Rivers, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Leon Thomas and more. This new project is the latest part in Steve Reid's musical odyssey."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Big Apple Rappin'
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	SJR 125CD

Subtitle: 'The Early Days of Hip-Hop Culture in New York City 1979-1982.' "Big Apple Rappin' tells the story of the birth of rap/hip-hop culture in New York City, featuring an amazing collection of the first rap records along with original flyer art, exclusive photos, interviews and more. Starting in the Bronx in the late 1970s rap grew out of a combination of disco and funk breaks alongside the Soundsystem culture of Jamaica (Dancehalls, DJs, soundclashes) first brought to the New York block party jams of the first hip-hop DJ, Kool Herc. This album brings together for the first time all the key ingredients that gave birth to hip-hop culture -- independent record labels, flyer art, the first photos. The first record producers were both American and Jamaican-emigrees. Featuring interviews with artists, producers, one of the first-ever photographers to document the scene, Joe Conzo, flyer-designer Buddy Esquire -- Big Apple Rappin' is an incredible overview of the birth of hip-hop culture. The music on this album features both classic and unbelievably rare tracks from the first days of rap most of which have never been re-issued and unheard outside of New York in the last 25 years! This is a double CD with slipcase and 64-page booklet. The vinyl comes in two super-loud double-vinyl albums (vol 1 and 2) for all DJs."

Artist:	VA
Title:	New York Noise Vol. 2
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 126CD

...Music From The New York Underground 1977-1984. "The new wave of New York art/rock groups such as DFA, the Rapture, Juan McLean, James Murphy, The Strokes, The Liars and Radio 4 all have their roots in the early 1980s New York No Wave music scene. This is the second volume of Soul Jazz Records' New York Noise and delves further into the post-punk/dance world of New York in the 1980s. The music ranges from the guitar-driven experimentation of Sonic Youth, Red Transistor and minimalism of Rhys Chatham to the dubbed-out disco of Arthur Russell and Nicky Siano and Pulsallama. All alongside a healthy dose of punk-funk from the likes of Y Pants, Vortex and more. Glenn Branca, Rhys Chatham (minimalist classical composer), Jim Jarmusch (film-maker and founding member of Del Byzantines), Arthur Russell, Ned Sublette (writer), Thurston Moore -- all included here -- played key roles in bringing the New York music and art scene together in the early 1980s alongside the artist Jean Michel Basquiat, actor Vincent Gallo, poet Lydia Lunch and a host of other characters. This album features text, original photos and interviews documenting this amazing period."

Artist:	SOUND DIMENSION
Title:	Jamaican Soul Shake Vol. 1
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 127CD

"The Sound Dimension were the second most important musical group at Studio One Records (after The Skatalites) and in the late 1960s created the funkiest reggae known to mankind. Featuring a classic line-up that included Jackie Mittoo, Leroy Sibbles, Cedric Brooks, Vin Gordon (aka Don Drummond Jnr), Ernest Ranglin, Leroy 'Horsemouth' Wallace and more, The Sound Dimension literally invented the sound of reggae with their unique style. During this period they played on hundreds of hits at Studio One with Jamaica's finest vocalists such as Alton Ellis, John Holt, Larry Marshall, Cornell Campbell, Dennis Brown, Horace Andy, The Heptones, Bob Andy, Marcia Griffiths, Freddie McGregor -- to name a few! The name Sound Dimension came from an echo-box machine that Sir Coxsone Dodd bought in England whilst on tour in 1967 with Jackie Mittoo and The Soul Vendors (on one gig they were even supported by Jimi Hendrix!). On returning to Jamaica, the new in-house band were christened The Sound Dimension, and the distinctive double-time echo on the guitar and keyboards that they created has become at the heart of all reggae music ever since. This is the first- ever collection of the music of The Sound Dimension in the world and features a mixture of classic tracks alongside super-rare singles only ever released in Jamaica."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Studio One Soul 2
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 128CD

"Studio One Soul 2 takes us further into Jamaican music's fascination with American soul and funk music. Featuring a host of classic reggae artists -- Horace Andy, The Heptones, Ken Boothe, Jackie Mittoo, Jacob Miller and many more covering equally classic American soul and funk tunes by the likes of Curtis Mayfield, The Five Stairsteps, Marvin Gaye, The Stylistics, Lee Dorsey, Al Green and Syl Johnson. Studio One Soul 2 will appeal as much as an introduction to classic reggae as to connoisseurs and is another essential Studio One release. This selection features a mixture of classics, super-rare and unreleased tracks from Studio One -- few of which have ever been on CD -- all lovingly digitally re-mastered for this release. The vinyl edition also comes on super-loud double vinyl."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Soul Gospel 2
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 129CD

"Soul Gospel 2 mixes elements of soul, gospel, rare groove funk and New York Underground Disco. In this second volume of Soul Gospel, Soul Jazz Records once again brings you celebrated gospel artists such as The Staple Singers , Clara Ward and Marion Williams, alongside many lesser known gospel artists like The Sensational Cymbals, and The Lovers of God, who you're unlikely to find mentioned in any discography of either gospel or soul music. All the artists on this album are unique in that they grew up in the church and their music includes the emotional and spiritual depth and soaring vocals of what would become the defining ingredients of gospel's secular counterpart -- soul music. This depth comes from a vocal schooling in the environment of the church, against a background of social hardship and political change. This specific characteristic is present in many different performers, and is in many ways unique to Afro-American culture. Funk, soul, New York disco and more combine in the music of Soul Gospel. The album comes with extensive text, exclusive photos, slipcase and super-loud double vinyl."

Artist:	SANDOZ
Title:	Live in the Earth: Sandoz in Dub Chapter 2
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 130CD

"New album of electronic and digital dub and reggae from legendary post-punk pioneer Richard H. Kirk. Richard H. Kirk founded the group Cabaret Voltaire in Sheffield in 1973 alongside Stephen Mallinder and Chris Watson. One of the earliest signings to Rough Trade records, the group created a unique industrial sound that perfectly fit into the post-punk ethos of the late 1970s. The name of the group was taken from a meeting of Dadaist artists in Zurich, Switzerland in 1910. Cabaret Voltaire were at the centre of the burgeoning Sheffield music scene that also gave rise to The Human League, Clock DVA, Heaven 17, Pulp and is now the Arctic Monkeys. In the 1980s, Cabaret Voltaire left their punk roots and moved into a post-industrial dance territory - even recording an album with Marshall Jefferson in Chicago -- citing him as a similarly inclined maverick artist of the house community. As early as 1978, Richard H. Kirk had started his solo career with the album Disposable Half Truths, releasing material under his own name as well as under a stream of pseudonyms such as Electronic Eye, Sweet Exorcist, Trafficante, Blacworld, Nitrogen and more. His work has continued to appear on Rough Trade, Mute, Warp and numerous small independent labels. Since 1992, Kirk has been using the name Sandoz and in 2002 released Sandoz in Dub: Chant to Jah on Soul Jazz Records, an album of electronics mixed with reggae and dub. Live in The Earth is the second chapter in Richard Kirk's journey into the heart of dub. Taking his influences from dub producers King Tubby, Lee Perry, Scientist and more, Kirk has mixed these sounds together with his trademark electronic experimentation to produce a remarkable album."

Artist:	JBP
Title:	Aphrotalk/Amongstone
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	SJR 131EP

"Amazing slice of deep, deep electronic Detroit meets Japan music from the supreme Japanese production team, JBP. Sounding like Theo Parrish/Moodyman meets Sun Ra with a touch of Carl Craig, 'Aphrotalk' and 'Amongstone' has been the exclusive property of Gilles Peterson who has been playing the track on acetate (one copy made!) for the last six months. JBP are Tsukasa Yamaguchi, Eiji Takehana and Yasuhiro Nara from Tokyo, Japan. Yamaguchi runs his own Audio Sutra label working with artists as diverse as Bill Laswell and John Zorn. Takehana runs the TG Electronic label and performs as Takehana and Golden Lotus. Together they have released music with United Future Organisation in Japan. NARA is in charge of the column 'Zen and the Art Of...' in the music magazine Straight No Chaser, functioning as a pipeline introducing and connecting Japanese culture to the world." Last copies of this now deleted release.

Artist:	REKID
Title:	Made In Menorca
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 132CD

"Rekid is the alter-ego of Matt Edwards aka Radio Slave, remixer to the stars and dance music's man of the moment whose work with DJ Hell, Kylie Minogue (where he famously mixed Kylie with New Order's 'Blue Monday'), Carl Craig, Talking Heads, Chicken Lips, Pet Shop Boys and even Kate Bush has made him currently one of the most in-demand remixers working today. Rekid is the pseudonym he uses for his more serious/underground work and Made in Menorca is his first album released under the Rekid moniker and released on Soul Jazz Records. With numerous recording projects (Rekid, Radio Slave, Quiet Village, Mathew E, Sea Devils) under his belt, Matt Edwards' music breaks down the traditional barriers of dance music -- house, broken beat, techno, electro, hip-hop, disco cut-ups -- and influences from Walter Gibbons to Andy Weatherall to DJ Harvey to create a truly unique sound. After two extremely well-received singles Rekid's hotly anticipated full-length debut Made in Menorca is already getting support from the likes of Lindstrom, DJ Hell, Tiga, Trevor Jackson and Carl Craig Made In Menorca is quite literally the most refreshing piece of electronic dance music we reckon you'll hear all year. Moving between stark cold European machine music, sophisticated electronic disco to the futuristic hip-hop of the late J-Dilla and the abstract house music of Theo Parrish Made In Menorca is a journey in 21st century electronica in Matt's slick accomplished style."

Artist:	REKID
Title:	85 Space/Retrospective
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	SJR 132EP

"Rekid is the alter-ego of Matt Edwards A/K/A Radio Slave, remixer to the stars and dance music's man of the moment whose work with DJ Hell, Kylie Minogue (where he famously mixed Kylie with New Order's 'Blue Monday'), Carl Craig, Talking Heads, Gwen Stefani and even Elton John has made him currently one of the most in-demand remixers working today. Rekid is the pseudonym he uses for his more serious/underground work and '85 Space/Retrospective' are two more amazing slabs of tech/disco/slowed down house, his trademark sound as a taster for his forthcoming album Made In Menorca. With numerous recording projects (Rekid, Radio Slave, Quiet Village, Mathew E, Sea Devils), Matt Edwards' music breaks down the traditional barriers of dance music -- house, broken beat, techno, electro, hip-hop, disco cut-ups -- and influences from Walter Gibbons to Andy Weatherall to DJ Harvey to create a truly unique sound."

Artist:	SISTERS LOVE, THE
Title:	Give Me Your Love
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 133CD

"'Ahead of their time' is a much used phrase to describe some of the most creative groups and The Sisters Love were most definitely that. In 1980 New York DJ Danny Krivit released an extended eight-minute cut-up of a track called 'Give Me Your Love' by The Sisters Love. Already an underground disco classic (partly on account of its rarity), this release brought it to a new audience of disco and rare groove fans. Twenty years on and Soul Jazz Records are bringing together an amazing collection of soul/funk/early disco cuts from this cult group who only ever released singles (on Motown and A&M), the scarcity of which has made some of them �100 records! The track 'Give Me Your Love' originally came out in 1973 and subsequently became the property of the New York underground disco cognoscenti of DJs David Mancuso, Nicky Siano, Walter Gibbons and Larry Levan et al., who made it a regular party anthem. The Sisters Love worked with producers such as Willie Hutch, Leon Ware, Gloria Jones and Richard Evans, toured the world with The Jackson Five, and appear in the Blaxploitation movie The Mack. They made some classic music previously only available to the cognoscenti and this release makes available many rare tracks as well as bringing the music to a new audience."

Artist:	DIGITAL MYSTIKZ
Title:	Misty Winter/Conference
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	SJR 134EP

Limited-edition one-off re-press of the first two classic Digital Mystikz tracks on Soul Jazz Records (originally issued 2006). "First of two 12"s from South London's premier dubstep team to be released on Soul Jazz Records on the same day. Mixing dubstep, Jamaican dancehall science, heavy sub-bass lines like no-one else -- making Digital Mystikz one of the most talked-about groups of the moment. Otherwise known as Mala and Coki, Digital Mystikz hail from Norwood in South London. Mala & Coki's alternately militant and melodic first releases have been on Big Apple Records, Rephlex and their own DMZ label. To this they have recently added high-profile sessions on Radio One (including Pete Tong, Mary Anne Hobbs and John Peel tribute event) as well as running their own bi-monthly Soundsystem night which has become a benchmark for the current dubstep scene. Super-loud DJ pressing!"

Artist:	DIGITAL MYSTIKZ
Title:	Walkin' With Jah/Earth A Run Red
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	SJR 135EP

Limited-edition one-off re-press of the first two classic Digital Mystikz tracks on Soul Jazz Records. "This is the second of two 12"s from South London's premier dubstep team, originally released on Soul Jazz Records on the same day in 2006. These two 12"s have been fetching over �50 on eBay, making them two of the most in-demand dubstep singles around. This is a one-off re-pressing, so if you haven't got one, get it now! Otherwise known as Mala and Coki, Digital Mystikz hail from Norwood in South London. Their alternately militant and melodic releases on their own DMZ as well as Soul Jazz Records, Rephlex and many more put Digital Mystikz in a league of their own -- as do their solo recordings as Mala and Coki for numerous labels and their legendary DMZ club-nights. They are the dons of dubstep!"

Artist:	TUMBA FRANCESA
Title:	Afro-Cuban Music from the Roots
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 136CD

"Tumba Francesa la Caridad de Oriente is a 140-year old institution in Cuba. The music of Tumba Francesa is a unique combination of African drums and French patois vocals alive in Cuba today. This is the first in a series of albums reflecting Afro-Cuban culture newly recorded by Soul Jazz Records in Cuba. The Tumba Francesa La Caridad de Oriente won Cuba's National Award for Community Culture and, in 2003, the title of UNESCO Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, the first such award to be bestowed on Cuba. This music was recorded in EGREM studios, the state owned studio in Santiago, eastern Cuba. Tumba Francesa la Caridad de Oriente is situated in the economically poor Los Hoyos district of the city, a vibrant epi-centre of Afro-Cuban culture. In the 19th century there were hundreds of Tumba Francesa throughout Cuba. Now only two remain; Tumba Francesa of Santiago de Oriente and nearby Tumba Francesa de Guantanamo. Originally mutual aid societies for the ex-slaves who fled the neighbouring Haitian Revolution, Tumba Francesas would put on elaborate shows during carnival dressed in ballroom costumes of 18th century France playing purely African music. Tumba Francesa La Caridad de Oriente continue this tradition today. The music of Tumba Francesa la Caridad de Oriente is at once both modern and traditional, both an important aspect of contemporary Cuba and coming with a vast cultural legacy. The CD comes complete with extensive sleevenotes and spoken introduction by the Afro-Cuban poet and writer Pedro Perez-Sarduy and photography by the New York writer, musician and broadcaster Ned Sublette."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Studio One DJ's 2
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 137CD

"This second volume of DJs from reggae's legendary 'University of Reggae,' Studio One Records features some of the finest toasters ever to record in Jamaica. The album features classic tracks from DJ greats Dennis Alcapone, Lone Ranger, Prince Jazzbo, King Stitt alongside super-rare tracks from artists such as Bobby Jackie, Jah Jesco and Little Joe all recorded under Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd's supervision at the legendary recording studio and record label. Musical backing comes from the legendary in-house bands -- The Skatalites, The Sound Dimension, Soul Vendors and Soul Defenders -- who provide the classic Studio One rhythms. So influential in the history of reggae. As well as eighteen killer tracks the album comes with new sleevenotes by Steve Barrow (Blood and Fire/Rough Guide to Reggae) and photography by Dennis Morris making this another essential Studio One reggae release for connoisseurs of reggae and newcomers alike."

Artist:	ESG
Title:	Keep On Moving
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 138CD

"The legendary ESG return with their first new album in nearly five years on Soul Jazz Records. The new album features their trademark stripped down punk/funk style that has spawned a whole generation of fans and bands thirty years on from their first release, Moody EP on Factory Records (and the infamous 99 Records in America). First produced by Martin Hannett, ESG were instantly accepted into the worlds of punk/new wave, hip-hop and dance music -- a unique position which still holds true today. From playing at the opening night of Manchester's legendary Hacienda to the closing night of Larry Levan's equally legendary Paradise Garage in New York, ESG have remained one of the all-time cult-bands. Their track 'UFO' is one of the most sampled tracks in the history of hip-hop (Public Enemy, Big Daddy Kane, LL Cool J, Marley Marl) which lead them to record 'Sample Credits Don't Pay Our Bills' in the 1980s. Courted by the punk/new wave community they played with groups such as The Clash, A Certain Ratio, Public Image, Gang of Four. Through 99 Records in New York, they also became associated with the No Wave groups such as label-mates Liquid Liquid and others such as Mars, DNA, James Chance and The Contortions. The amazing history of ESG begins in the South Bronx where they grew up in the tenements. Four sisters, Renee, Valerie, Marie and Deborah Scroggins, encouraged by their mother, began playing music together as teenagers as a way to keep themselves out of trouble with neighborhood gang life. Taking their name from their birthstones -- Emerald, Sapphire and Gold -- this was soon shortened to ESG. Thirty years on and ESG remains a family affair with sisters Rennee, Valerie and Marie along with Renee's daughter Nicole and Valerie's daughter Chistelle."

Artist:	ESG
Title:	Insane
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	SJR 138EP

"The legendary ESG return with their first new release in nearly five years with this super-limited one-off pressing on Soul Jazz Records. Featuring their trademark stripped down punk/funk style that has spawned a whole generation of fans and bands thirty years on from their first release, Moody/UFO EP on Factory Records (and the infamous 99 Records in America), ESG return to the fold with this awesome piece of minimal dance. This will be followed by a new album Keep On Moving." Last copies of deleted version.

Artist:	HU VIBRATIONAL
Title:	Universal Mother
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 139CD

"Soul Jazz are releasing this new album that mixes deep percussive African rhythms and Afro-jazz with elements of hip-hop and electronica recorded in Los Angeles, California. Produced by West Coast left-field hip-hop/electronic/jazz artist Carlos Nino aka Ammon Contact, the album features Adam Rudolph, Hamid Drake and Brahim Fribgane as well as special guest and deep jazz legend Yusef Lateef. Adam Rudolph and Hamid Drake have between them played and recorded with Pharoah Sanders, Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell, Jah Wobble, Don Cherry and many more. With previous releases on Soul Jazz Records (Beautiful) and Scott Heren's (Prefuse 73) Eastern developments label, Hu Vibrational's deep spiritual music draws on the links between Africa, jazz music and avant-garde hip-hop. Adam Rudolph co-founded the Mandingo Griot Society and has been working together over recent years as musical partner to the great Yusef Lateef. He also runs the Go:Organic Orchestra, a 22 piece percussion group. Carlos Nino aka Ammon Contact has had releases on Ninja, Soul Jazz Records, Eastern Development and Plug Research. As well as being an integral part of Hu Vibrational, he has also produced Dwight Trible and The Life Force Trio, Build An Ark and the Go; Organic Orchestra."

Artist:	SAND
Title:	The Dalston Shroud
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 140CD

"Third album of post-punk/art-rock from Sand to be released on Soul Jazz Records. Influenced by the New York Art/punk scene of Sonic Youth, The Swans, Liquid Liquid, this is the group's follow up to Still Born Alive (Soul Jazz Records, 2003) and Beautiful People are Evil (Soul Jazz Records, 2001). This new album brings in a number of guest vocalists -- Norwegian experimentalist artist/singer Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje as well as Austrian cabaret singer Louie Austen (Kitty Yo Records) who provides a chilling vocal on the Patrick Pulsinger produced 'Doctor Crop.' Sand have performed onstage accompanied by cows and sheep for the Japanese Ballet troupe, Karas. They have also performed at the Vienna Opera House alongside techno guru Patrick Pulsinger. In 2005, they composed and performed a new soundtrack to the Tarkovsky film Stalker at the ICA as well as toured cinemas with a series of specially commissioned work from video artists. This new album was recorded in Paris, Tokyo, Vienna and York in 2006."

Artist:	CAPRACARA VS. KIT CLAYTON
Title:	Opal Rush Remix
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	SJR 141EP

"Amazing new acid 12" from Soul Jazz Records featuring infamous Rimini-based DJ/Playboy Nick Glider. This is a new version of 'Opal Rush' released earlier this year with two stunning remixes (now with added vocals) from renegade electronic wizard Kit Clayton. Managing to appeal to both the new school and old school DJs alike, this is the closest thing to Chicago acid and it's brand new! 'Opal Rush' (Body Mix) is an old skool, mid-tempo acid houser that rekindles those fond memories of when you first heard Phuture's 'Acid Tracks' back in the old warehouse days with dark and moody vocals from Kit Clayton giving it a true warehouse style!"

Artist:	SUBWAY
Title:	44110/Persuasion
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	SJR 142EP

"Subway have been making machine music since 2000. Influenced by the first wave of house and techno artists, electro old and new, and pioneering krautrock artists like Michael Rother, Cluster and Can. Subway (Alan James and Michael Kirkman) have had releases on a number of labels (such as Rob Da Bank's Sunday Best) as well as releasing material on their own 3 Tone label. '44110' is classic old skool Detroit techno mixed up with Italo-Disco. 'Persuasion' mixes the driving punk -dance of the 80's New York no wave with the electronic improvisations of early '70's Cologne and Dusseldorf. As with all the best combinations the whole adds up to way more than the sum of it's parts. Equipment used in the creation of this record includes three computers, two mixing desks, nine synthesizers and an acoustically challenging studio space featuring panoramic views of east London."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Studio One Scorcher Vol. 2
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 143CD

"The latest Studio One release to be released on Soul Jazz Records features a stellar line-up of Jamaica's finest ever musicians. The legendary Skatalites, alongside the later Studio One in-house bands -- the Soul Vendors, Sound Dimension, Soul Defenders and Brentford Road All Stars -- were as much a part of the classic Studio One sound as were the singers that they accompanied such as Alton Ellis, Horace Andy, Marcia Griffiths and Bob Marley and The Wailers. This album features many of the musicians involved with Studio One who literally defined reggae music. From the Skatalites members Tommy McCook, Roland Alphonso, Jackie Mittoo to killer sidemen such as trombonist Vin Gordon (aka Don Drummond Jnr), saxophonist Cedric 'Im' Brooks, keyboardist and Twelve Tribes of Israel member Pablove Black. Many of the rhythms that these musicians created became the back-bone of the Jamaican musical world and their songs have been replayed and re-versioned by 1000s of reggae producers ever since. The album features classic and super-rare tracks all recorded under Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd's supervision at the legendary recording studio and record label. As well as seventeen killer tracks, the album comes with new sleevenotes and photography by Dennis Morris and Adrian Boot making this another essential Studio One Reggae release for connoisseurs of reggae and newcomers alike."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Cinco A�os Despue (Five Years On)
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	SJR 144CD

"Mighty 2CD/2LP release of the best from Osunlade's many production works and artists that he has worked with over the past 5 years released on his own label, Yoruba Records. Featuring all the collectable first tracks released originally in New York and long out of print, (such as Erro 'Don't Change' and Osunlade 'Ochun's Arrival'), as well as numerous Yoruba Soul mixes and classic tracks from artists such as KB, Djinji Brown, Atelewo, Nadirah Shakoor and more. This collection is a long overdue overview of the deep, spiritual Afro-inspired soul and deep house sound of Osunlade's many production works and the artists that he has worked with over the years." Artists: Osunlade, KB, Marie St. James, Ebbo, Latina Cafe, Frank I, Sin Palabras, Erro, Atelewo, Djinji Brown, Santos, Nomumbah, Lotus and Strauss, Nadirah Shakoor.

Artist:	SOUL 223
Title:	All City EP
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	SJR 145EP

"Monster 20-minute EP by Steve Pickton (aka Stasis) under his latest experimental Detroit-influenced deep funky techno/house guise Soul 223. Steve Pickton has numerous releases under many pseudonyms releasing material on labels such as Mo Wax, Kirk Degiorgio's Op-Art, Peacefrog, spanning the last 10 years. As Paul W. Teebrooke, Stasis, Otherworld Collective, Sky, he has pushed the boundaries of electronic music and Soul 223 is his latest incarnation. His pioneering music places him alongside the other originators of UK electronic experimentalism: Black Dog, Aphex Twin, Plaid." Last copies of now deleted edition.

Artist:	VA
Title:	Dynamite! Dancehall Style
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 146CD

"Soul Jazz Records/100%Dynamite returns with a massive slice of dancehall bringing together music from the last 25 years up to the present. The album mixes up classic cuts, rare tracks and brand new material from the likes of Digital Mystikz -- who leads the current UK dub step movement -- and Ladybug (aka The Bug and Warrior Queen) -- two artists at the front of cutting edge of the digital/dancehall/grime scene as well as featuring classic dancehall from the originators -- Dillinger, Lady Saw, King Tubby, Beenie Man, Kiprich, Michigan & Smiley and many more. This album features non-stop dancehall party classics and comes in all its many styles -- digital rhythms, Nyabinghi drumming, dub step and more. From the electronic wizardry of King Tubby to the Digital Mystikz and from the lyrical poetry of Tippa Irie, Shinehead, Lady Saw and many more, this is dancehall all styles!"

Artist:	VA
Title:	New York Noise Vol. 3
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 147CD

"Latest installment in Soul Jazz Records' journey into the underground music of New York City in the 1980s, this time focusing on the electronic dance/post-punk mutations and proto-electro music that originally came out on mainly small D-I-Y labels. Today the new wave of New York art/rock groups such as DFA, The Strokes, the Rapture, Juan McLean, James Murphy, The Liars, Yeah Yeah Yeahs all have their roots in this early 1980s New York Noise music scene. This album features text, original photos and interviews documenting this amazing period. The album will be followed later in the year by a book of photographs of the New York scene as well as an exhibition and series of concerts at the Barbican, London. New York Noise Vol. 3 is compiled and annotated by Stuart Algabright, an important participant in the New York music scene during this period and features music from Implog, Suicide, Snatch, James Blood Ulmer, Dominatrix and many more. Beginning in the mid-1970s, the East Village of New York City, aka Downtown, became a hotbed of musical and artistic ideas. In this small ten-block area practically every musician was also an artist, every artist a film-maker and every film-maker was in a band. Experimental music clashed with the aftermath of punk and groups such as Snatch, Dominatrix and Implog blurred the boundaries of art, punk and dance music. New York City at this time featured a bewildering array of musical communities: the birth of hip-hop in the Bronx: the punk scene of CBGBs and Max's Kansas City (Ramones, Talking Heads, Television): the emerging art music scene of Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson: the underground disco scene of David Mancuso's Loft, Larry Levan's Paradise Garage; The free jazz loft scene (James Blood Ulmer, Rashied Ali) and the no wave art/rock scene of James Chance, Lydia Lunch et al. The artists featured here created new music influenced by all these scenes." Artists: Dominatrix, Ike Yard, Dark Day, Boris Policeband, Implog, James Blood Ulmer, Martin Rev, UT, Snatch, Judy Nylon.

Artist:	LADYBUG
Title:	Dem A Bomb We
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	SJR 149EP

2008 repress. "Kevin Martin (aka The Bug)'s latest electronic/dancehall/dubstep project, Ladybug. Kevin Martin has been releasing killer tech/dancehall/dub as The Bug for the last few years on labels such as Rephlex, Razor X and Fat Cat. Ladybug is his side project featuring female MCs. 'Dem A Bomb We' is a radical reworking of an earlier project with UK dancehall/dubstep MC Warrior Queen. 'Miniaturu De Lulu' is a blast of heavyweight Baile funk dancehall featuring Brazilian MC Deize Tigrana. As well as The Bug, Kevin Martin has released music as Pressure, Techno Animal, God, Ice and his unique mixing of dancehall, noise, grime, hip-hop, dubstep and dubtronica over the years has made him one of the UK's finest artist/producers. This single is the first to be taken from the forthcoming Dynamite Dancehall album featuring UK artists such as Digital Mystikz and Ladybug alongside Jamaican artists such as Beenie Man, Dillinger, Cecile, Lady Saw, and more."

Artist:	ESG
Title:	Come Away With ESG
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 150CD

"Amazing 2nd album by ESG available for the first time on CD and super-loud double vinyl. Soul Jazz Records are re-releasing this classic album by ESG originally issued on 99 Records in New York in1983. The album features classic tracks such as 'Moody (Spaced Out ),' 'The Beat' and 'Dance,' and many more. ESG are the Scroggins sisters Renee, Valerie and Marie now joined by daughters Nicole and Chistelle who all hail from the South Bronx. Their place in history is legendary placing them at the heart of post-punk, hip-hop and dance music. Soul Jazz Records have recently released their new album Keep On Moving as well as A South Bronx Story and Step Off."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Studio One Groups
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 151CD

"Latest Soul Jazz/Studio One Records release featuring legendary groups from the foundation label of reggae. Bob Marley and The Wailers, Toots and the Maytals, The Heptones -- just three of reggae's greatest groups who all started at Clement Dodd's Studio One Records, 'The University of Reggae.' Studio One Groups brings together classic artists alongside lesser-known artists and covers Studio One's musical output from the 1960s and '70s featuring ska, roots, rocksteady, dub and more. Clement Dodd's role in launching and nurturing reggae groups/singers is unsurpassed. Launching Bob Marley and The Wailers' career also meant that Dodd both housed Marley in a flat at Studio One, and employed him to check new American 45s that came out for Studio One artists to cover. From vocal training under luminaries such as Horace Andy and Larry Marshall, to musical education (Leroy Sibbles, lead vocalist with the Heptones, became the key in-house bass player after being taught from scratch by Jackie Mittoo), Studio One's success was due to Clement Dodd's ability to see talent, surround himself with it and nurture artists. Careers were launched from even minor roles at Studio One, such as Lee Perry (from handyman to singer and producer), Prince Buster (from security to singer and producer), and so forth. Studio One Groups are at the heart of the label's success. The sweet three-part harmonies, so close to the heart of Jamaican music, can be heard throughout every stylistic change of reggae music -- ska, rocksteady, roots and beyond, all featured here." Featuring artists: The Wailing Souls, Righteous Flames, The Gaylads, The Bassies, The Mad Lads, The Clarendonians, The Consummates, Carlton and the Shoes, The Viceroys, The Maytals, The Heptones, The Royals, The Gladiators, Bob Marley and the Wailers, The Stingers, The Cables, The Ethiopians, The Purpleites and The Silvertones.

Artist:	TETINE
Title:	A Historia da Garca/Slum Dunk
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	SJR 152EP

"Killer Brazilian tech/ /baile-funk/punk-carioca 12". Tetine are Brazilian artists/musicians Bruno Verner and Eliete Mejorado and are stars of Sao Paulo's avant garde music scene -- uniting electronic music with Brazilian dark sambas, performance art, spoken word, super 8 movies and whatever came into their heads. Their musical influences range from bands such as Throbbing Gristle, Peaches, Tuxedomoon to Kraftwerk, Can, but it also incorporates heavily the more experimental side of Brazilian musicians such as Paulinho Da Viola, Os Mutantes, Chico Buarque or the Tropicalists and Rio Baile Funk artists."

Artist:	VA
Title:	D-I-Y: Do It Yourself
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 153CD

...The Rise of the Independent Music Industry After Punk. "Do It Yourself charts the rise of the independent music industry after punk -- from the hundreds of bands and tiny labels that sprung up with like-minded ideals, to the network of shops, manufacturers, studios, printers etc, all connected via a loose network of record distributors that would help define independent music over the following thirty years. Beginning with The Buzzcocks' Spiral Scratch EP released in early 1977, on the newly formed New Hormones label, in Manchester, it soon seemed that every town in Britain had its own music scene complete with bands, small labels, record shops and studios. Directly influenced by the ideals of punk -- self-determination, freedom of expression, etc -- as much as the music meant that these bands were interested in alternatives to the status quo in managing their careers. This meant finding new ways of getting their music heard outside of the mainstream music industry. It also meant new ways of making music away from the traditional guitar, bass, drums and vocals line-up of rock bands. The reasons for these two factors would be sometimes practical (they couldn't get signed/they couldn't play) and sometimes ideological. Pivotal to the development of the scene was the Rough Trade Records shop run by music fan Geoff Travis."

Geoff Travis: 'The first records I remember bands bringing into the shop were The Buzzcocks' Spiral Scratch, Scritti Politti Skank Bloc Bologna and The Desperate Bicycles.' Rough Trade Records had started as a second-hand record shop. In 1977 customers began to bring their own newly pressed-up records into the shop, Travis soon began distributing the records to a handful of like-minded shops throughout the country. This developed into a network and bands soon found they could sell 1000s of their own records with no marketing, management, agents etc. At first, the records were all coming from people bringing in music to Rough Trade in London, but soon new bands would turn up at their local store with their locally-pressed record and this led to the emergence of a music scene in each town. All the bands on this record released their music independently, either themselves or on a small label. Some went on to be incredibly famous and others didn't. This record celebrates all factions and discusses the social and economic conditions that allowed independent music to thrive in the years to follow up to the present day. It comes complete with interviews with label owners, bands, studios, mastering and pressing plants and even printers!" Artists featured are: The Buzzcocks, Kleenex, A.P.B., Fire Engines, The Naffis, Swell Maps, Patrick Fitzgerald, Artery, Blurt, Glaxo Babies, The Flys, Russ McDonald, Scritti Politti, Windows, Icon A.D., Thomas Leer, The Frantic Elevators, Throbbing Gristle, The Last Gang, Biting Tongues, Tom Lucy and Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry.

Artist:	VA
Title:	Studio One Rub-A-Dub: Studio One In The 1970s
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 154CD

"Latest Soul Jazz/Studio One Records release featuring classic '70s tracks from the foundation label of reggae. In the 1970s, Clement Dodd's legendary Studio One Records went through an amazing period of re-birth working with new artists such as Willie Williams, Lone Ranger, Michigan and Smiley, Horace Andy, as well as continuing to work with classic artists such as Alton Ellis, Freddie McGregor, etc. Re-versioning classic Studio One rhythms became the order of the day in the 1970s, not just with Studio One boss Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd, but with every Jamaican producer of note employing their own in-house musicians to copy the music emanating from Brentford Road. The music on Studio One Rub-A-Dub features classic and rare tracks from this amazing period, from the likes of Cornel Campbell, The Heptones, Johnny Osbourne and many other legendary artists. Sleeve-notes are by Chris Salewicz, the acclaimed writer who has written books on Joe Strummer, Bob Marley, The Rolling Stones and many more."

Artist:	SUTEKH
Title:	Notes From Doctor Island
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	SJR 155EP

"Killer glitch-tech-funk 12" on Soul Jazz Records! Since 1997, Seth Horvitz, aka Sutekh, the San Francisco-based artist, has released consistently inconsistent electronic music on a wealth of international labels; Force Inc./Mille Plateaux, Soul Jazz Records, Source, Background, Plug Research, Leaf, Cytrax/Delay, Tektite, and his own Context. Manipulating and abusing computers, samplers, synthesizers, ping pong tables, and found sounds, he has created everything from minimal house and techno to dense, dissonant noise collage."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Studio One Kings
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 156CD

"Latest Soul Jazz/Studio One Records release featuring all the classic male vocalists from the foundation label of reggae. Studio One's list of singers launched at the famous label reads like a roll call of Jamaican music. Horace Andy, Alton Ellis, Ken Boothe, Freddie McGregor, Johnny Osbourne and more. This album features classic and rare tracks that span the breadth of the legendary Studio One catalog: ska, roots, rocksteady, lovers and more from the 1960s and '70s. Sleeve-notes are by Chris Salewicz, the acclaimed writer who has written books on Joe Strummer, Bob Marley, The Rolling Stones and many more."

Artist:	VA
Title:	New York Latin Hustle!
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	SJR 158CD

...The Sound of New York. "New York's melting pot of Puerto Rican, Cuban and Afro-American musicians led to stunning culture clashes in the 1960s and '70s when Latin styles mixed with funk, disco, soul and jazz to produce new hybrids such as boogaloo, Latin jazz, disco and salsa. All these are featured in Soul Jazz Records' latest journey into Latin music, New York Latin Hustle!. The record features all the kings of Latin music -- Tito Puente, Machito, Eddie Palmieri, Candido, Ray Barretto and many more, alongside rarer, lesser known names. In the 1960s, Fania Records and Tico Records released stunning Latin boogaloo, descargas, Latin soul from the emerging New York Latin scene. In the 1970s, Salsoul Records similarly mixed salsa, soul and funk to release stunning Latin disco crossover material such as Candido's 'Dancin and Prancin,' which would go on to be a million seller. New York Latin Hustle! brings all this together and features Latin music from all these styles, labels and eras. The album comes with extensive sleeve-notes and exclusive photography. The CD comes in customary slipcase and the LP is on super-heavy and loud vinyl."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Rumble In The Jungle
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 159CD

"In the early 1990s, jungle was on the rise in the UK. After initially emerging out of the post-rave scene, jungle quickly evolved, and by 1993 was now drawing on the slow, heavy bass-lines and ragga vocals of Jamaican music. Whilst many would come to see this era as a short-lived phase in the evolution of drum and bass history (ragga-influenced jungle was all but over by 1995) this album counters this theory, showing that the roots of jungle started much further back -- in the UK's vibrant dancehall scene of the 1980s. Ragga-influenced jungle always works best as a clash. The double-time drums against the slow bass-lines, the Jamaican or Jamaican-influenced vocals against the dark, contemporary rhythms of young UK producers. Both London's Fashion and Greensleeves record labels had championed Jamaican and UK-based Jamaican music throughout the 1980s, so it was a logical progression for them to start making jungle records in the following decade. As numerous young UK jungle producers sampled their favourite Jamaican ragga artist, Fashion and Greensleeves (as well as UK reggae distributor Jetstar) invited young UK-based jungle mixers to legally work with Jamaican artists. Bounty Killer, Beenie Man, Barrington Levy all got re-worked by the likes of junglists Congo Natty, DJ Monk and more. Soul Jazz Records' latest journey features all-time classic jungle anthems such as General Levy's 'Incredible' and UK Apachi and Shy FX's 'Original Nuttah' alongside some serious ragga heavyweight tunes like Cutty Ranks' 'Limb By Limb' and Congo Natty's classic re-make of Barrington Levy's Under Me Sensi.' The album tells the story of how jungle developed out of acid house but with its roots in the UK dancehall scene of the 1980s and comes with extensive sleevenotes, exclusive interviews and photography."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Box of Dub: Dubstep and Future Dub
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 161CD

"The Box of Dub album features an all-star cast of dubstep pioneers: Skream, Burial, Tayo, Scuba, Digital Mystikz, Kode 9 and more. The album is a unique project for Soul Jazz Records, featuring all-newly recorded exclusive tracks of future dub and dubstep from key artists in the scene. After two killer Digital Mystikz singles on Soul Jazz Records last year and an amazing amount of publicity around the Dub-step movement, this album shows clearly the influences of original electronic dub pioneers such as King Tubby, Scientist and King Jammys on this new generation of artists and producers. Emerging out of South London, Dub-step has grown from its roots in Grime and Drum and Bass scenes to create a new movement of artists -- such as Digital Mystikz, Kode 9, Burial -- influenced by Sound-system culture as well as technology. With heavy bass-lines and complex drum patterns, this is dance music that also works for the mind, being both progressive and innovative (Burial's album was album of the year in The Wire, Observer and Guardian newspapers). With a distinctly UK urban sound, this new album also shows a nod towards Jamaican dub and electronic wizardry. The CD comes in Soul Jazz customary packaging and super-loud DJ triple-vinyl."

Artist:	DIGITAL MYSTIKZ/KODE 9
Title:	Wait/Magnetic City
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	SJR 161EP

2008 limited repress. "One-off pressing white-label promo of two killer dub-step tracks from the forthcoming Box of Dub album on Soul Jazz Records. Digital Mystikz and Kode 9 are at the forefront of the dubstep movement. The forthcoming Box of Dub album features an all-star cast of Dubstep pioneers: Skream, Burial, Tayo, Scuba, Digital Mystikz, Kode 9 and more. The album is a unique project for Soul Jazz Records, featuring all-newly recorded exclusive tracks of future dub and dubstep from key artists in the scene."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Afro-Cuba: Drums of Cuba
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 162CD

"New album of heavyweight Afro-Cuban rhythms recorded in Havana, Cuba by Soul Jazz Records. Comes with extensive sleeve-notes. This album features the many Afro-Cuban rhythms associated with the various religious cults existing in Cuba today. These drums are used to bring spirits and gods (Orishas) into the body of worshippers who are then possessed. The music originally came from Africa and spread into the new world through the movement of slaves; Soul Jazz Records have recorded and released similar projects in Haiti (Voodoo Drums, Spirits of Life) and Brazil and these new recordings from Cuba feature heavyweight complex rhythms played by some of Cuba's finest master drummers, all of whom are initiated in the cults including members of the secret Masonic-type Abakua faith. Featuring an array of instrumentation -- bata Drums, Conga drums, bongo, eribo -- many of which are sacred in themselves and only used for religious ceremonies. The music and dance of the Abaku� (or ��igo) secret societies are considered by many the most original not least because the history of the societies themselves, the most complex and impassioned of all the organizations of African origin established in Cuba and linked to key political and social events. For anyone interested in Latin music this is a fascinating guide into the roots of Afro-Cuban music and features extensive sleeve-notes giving the music a cultural and social context. Recorded at the Cuban state-owned ICAIC studios, these are high-quality recordings and the vinyl comes on super-loud heavyweight vinyl for all DJs!"

Artist:	AGUAYO, MATIAS
Title:	A Night at the Tilehouse EP
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	SJR 163EP

2007 repress. "Amazing new EP on Soul Jazz Records of glitchy deep Italo-disco and dark electronic grooves from international DJ and producer, Matias Aguayo. Matias Aguayo has been releasing music for the last ten years on labels such as Kompakt, Closer and Mute and working with and remixing artists such as Tiefshwartz, Michael Mayer and Macondo. As well as his own releases, he has done numerous collaborations such as Closer Musik (with Dirk Leyers), Zimt (with Michael Mayer) and Broke (with Marcus Rosskecht). Born in Peru, Aguayo moved to Cologne where he became deeply involved in the electronic club scene, working closely with Kompakt records. He currently lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina and travels the world DJing. In 2005 he released the album Are You Really Lost on Kompakt and began a creative partnership with Marcus Rosskecht who also mixed these tracks."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Brazil 70 -- After Tropicalia
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 164CD

Subtitled: New Directions in Brazilian Music in the 1970s. "Soul Jazz Records follow up to their incredibly successful Tropicalia: A Revolution in Sound mixes Brazilian funk, rock, samba and soul in equal measures. Brazil 70 follows Brazilian music in the 1970s in the aftermath of Tropicalia and as the country's dictatorship entered its most oppressive phase. Musicians and artists from the Tropicalia period of the late-60s such as Gilberto Gil, Rita Lee (Os Mutantes lead-singer) and Gal Costa entered a new phase mixing rock, funk, samba and soul alongside a wealth of like-minded new artists such as Novos Baianos, Raul Seixas, Nelson Angelo and Joyce and more. With the constant threat of imprisonment, artists nevertheless managed to produce radical music that, like Tropicalia before it, managed to deal with questions of identity, sexuality and society in a revolutionary manner. Brazil 70 chronicles this period in Soul Jazz Records customary style with extensive sleeve-notes, exclusive photography and killer tunes! Vinyl comes on super-loud DJ pressing."

Artist:	COURT, PAULA
Title:	New York Noise
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	Book
Price:	$32.00
Catalog #:	SJR 165BK

Released by Soul Jazz Records in conjunction with their series of New York Noise compilation CDs. Subtitled: Art and Music from the New York Underground 1977-88. Beautifully produced oversized softcover book of photography. 205 pages, b&w photographs, with various small texts by the featured artists. "New York Noise features amazing photos of the New York music and art scene during the 1980s alongside text from some of the most important artists of the period. The photographs taken by Paula Court over a ten-year period capture the vibrancy of this era when everyone in a band was also an artist, every artist was also a film-maker and every film-maker in a band. The book shows how hip-hop, punk, no wave, free jazz, underground dance and experimental music scenes collided with the art world. With hundreds of stunning photographs of everyone from Warhol, Africa Bambaataa, Keith Haring, Patti Smith, John Cage, Michael Stipe, Liquid Liquid, Julian Schnabel, Futura 2000, Madonna, Jean Michel Basquiat, ESG and many more, the book is a who's who of New York's downtown scene. Accompanying text and essays by the likes of David Byrne, Laurie Anderson, Cindy Sherman and others brilliantly evoke this period. With over 400 images, many of them previously published, this is an essential document of a fascinating era in New York's music and art scene."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Studio One Dub Vol. 2
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 166CD

"Studio One Dub 2 is the latest installment from Soul Jazz Records' journey into the mighty vaults of the legendary Studio One Records. A mighty slab of dub featuring loads of rare and classic dub versions of Studio One's foundation tracks. This album collects together some of the finest dubs of tracks like Marcia Griffiths 'Feel Like Jumping,' Sound Dimension 'Real Rock,' Abyssinians' 'Declaration of Rights,' and many more alongside super-rare dub outings and classic versions. Since the late-1960s, Sir Clement Coxsone Dodd began including a Version on the flip-side of Studio One singles, enabling Soundsystem DJs to toast and chatter over original rhythms. Incorporating dub, echo, reverb and heavy on the bass and drums, these versions have come to be as collectable as many of the original tunes. At the start of the 1970s Coxsone Dodd (and sound engineer Sylvan Morris) also released a series of classic dub albums, featuring innovative dub and mixing techniques. These albums were originally released with very-limited special silk-screen covers, again making them treasured collectors' items. Studio One Dub 2 brings together the best tracks from both these original Dub albums plus many rare and classic versions from Studio One's original 45s."

Artist:	ESG
Title:	A South Bronx Story 2
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 167CD

"Soul Jazz Records release an album of rarities and alternate versions from New York punk-funk legends ESG. ESG are the Scroggins sisters Renee, Valerie and Marie, hailing from the South Bronx. Their place in history is legendary, placing them at the heart of post-punk, hip-hop and New York dance music. From playing the opening night of Manchester's Hacienda to the closing night of Larry Levan's Paradise Garage, ESG are a truly unique phenomenon. A South Bronx Story 2 gathers together rarities from the group's 25 year career (and still going strong!). Featuring alternate mixes of classic tracks such as 'You're No Good,' alongside the legendary New York cut-up mix of 'Moody' and 'The Beat (Dance To The Beat of Moody),' as well as super-rare tracks, out-of-print for over twenty years, makes this album essential for any ESG fan."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Studio One Roots Vol. 3
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 168CD

"Latest Soul Jazz/Studio One Records release featuring a killer selection from the classic roots period at the foundation label of reggae. Roots music flourished in the 1970s as Rastafarianism, Black consciousness and self-determinization became the most important aspects of reggae music. Bolstered by the international success of Bob Marley and Burning Spear (both who began their careers at Studio One), roots music became the major musical development of reggae in the 1970s. Coxsone Dodd and Studio One's connection to Rastafarianism had begun long before the arrival of 'roots music' as a distinct genre that arrived at the very tail end of the 1960s. By the start of the 1960s, Coxsone Dodd was making his way to Count Ossie's Wareika Hills Rastafarian compound to hear Rastafarian drummers play whilst the Skatalites' front-line horns -- Tommy McCook, Don Drummond, Johnny Moore would jam alongside. Similarly, Count Ossie would appear during Sir Coxsone's dancehall sessions, performing live at the height of the evening. This is the third in the series of Rastafarian inspired music from Studio One, and features classic foundation artists alongside some seriously rare tracks from the label. With the involvement of the crack studio house bands -- be it the Sound Dimension, the Soul Defenders or the Brentford Road All-Stars -- as well as Clement Dodd and Studio One's seriously high quality control, these tracks are all a healthy addition to the pantheon of roots music at Studio One."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Soul Jazz Records Singles 2006-2007
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 170CD

"Featuring exclusive Soul Jazz Records singles over the last two years for the first time on CD. Some of the finest artists around have chosen to work with Soul Jazz Records over the last two years. As well as working with all the top dubstep producers recently such as Digital Mystikz, Skream, Kode 9, etc, Soul Jazz have continued to release new music by the likes of Rekid, Ladybug (The Bug), DJ Rupture and many more while continuing to work with legendary dance music pioneers such as ESG. Dancehall, reggae, Italo-disco, Baile funk, dubstep, German rock, post-punk, deep techno and house all feature. This album brings together tracks that have only been available on 12" vinyl." Artists include: Digital Mystikz, Capracara, Ladybug (feat. Warrior Queen), Kode 9, Subway, Soul 223, Private Lives, Skream, Tetine, Matias Aguayo, Secondo, Capracara/Kit Clayton, Rekid, ESG, DJ Rupture/Sister Nancy/Kid 606, Ladybug (feat. Deize Tigrona), Sutekh, JBP.

Artist:	VA
Title:	Jamaica Funk: Original Jamaican Funk and Soul 45's
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 171CD

"Soul Jazz Records latest selection of original reggae, funk and soul. Returning to the original style of their 100% Dynamite series, this is a stellar selection of rare reggae funk and soul 45s that clearly show the influences of American musical styles in Jamaican music and Britain's long standing interest in the music of the Caribbean. Mostly released in Jamaica in the early 1970s, these 45s feature versions of songs by Betty Wright, The Temptations, Al Green, The Stylistics, Bill Withers, The JBs and more as well as original cuts. The music featured comes from many of the island's finest producers -- Lee Perry, Winston Riley, Lloyd Charmers, Derrick Harriott, Harry J, Niney the Observer as well as a number of super-rare independent releases." Artists include: Earl Brown, Derrick Harriott, Jah Lloyd, The Chosen Few, Cedric "Im" Brooks, Glen Adams, Herman and The Aquarians, The Heptones, The Studio Sound, Winston Wright and The Upsetters, The Now Generation, Jackie Paris, Sidney, George and Jackie, The Rebels, Big Youth, Augustus Pablo, Ansel and The Meditations.

Artist:	VA
Title:	Box of Dub 2
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 172CD

"The Box of Dub album returns for a mighty second volume featuring an all-star cast of dubstep pioneers: Skream, Digital Mystikz, Kode 9 and more. Featuring all newly-recorded exclusive tracks of future dub and dubstep from the key artists in the scene, this album is simply some of the finest music being produced in the UK at the present time. After the killer Box of Dub album on Soul Jazz Records earlier in the year and the amazing amount of publicity around the dubstep movement that continues to get bigger by the day, this album once again shows clearly the influences of original electronic dub pioneers such as King Tubby, Scientist and King Jammys on this new generation of artists and producers. Box of Dub 2 continues the onward journey of dubstep as all the young producers involved step up the music drawing on new sounds and influences to bring some of the finest sounds for the future of music. With a distinctly UK urban sound, this new album also continues to show the music's nod towards Jamaican dub and electronic wizardry. Emerging out of South London, dubstep has grown from its roots in grime and drum and bass scenes to create a new movement of artists influenced by sound-system culture as well as technology. With heavy bass lines and complex drum patterns, this is dance music that also works for the mind, being both progressive and innovative."

Artist:	DIGITAL MYSTIKZ/KODE 9
Title:	Thief In The Night/Stung
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	SJR 172EP

2008 repress. "One-off pressing white-label promo of two killer dubstep tracks. Again featuring all-newly material recorded exclusively for this album, Box Of Dub 2 features tracks of future dub and dubstep from the key artists in the scene, capturing some of the finest music being produced in the UK at this moment. This super-limited 12" white label features both Digital Mystikz and Kode 9, two names at the very head of the scene. Essential!"

Artist:	SOUND DIMENSION
Title:	Mojo Rocksteady Beat
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 173CD

"New compilation of classic recordings from the funkiest group in the history of reggae! Sound Dimension have recorded some of the most important songs in reggae music; songs such as 'Real Rock,' 'Drum Song,' 'Heavy Rock,' 'Rockfort Rock,' 'In Cold Blood' -- all classic songs that have become the 'foundation' of reggae music, endlessly versioned and re-versioned by Jamaican artists since the time they were first recorded to the present day. As the in-house band at Studio One in the late 1960s, Sound Dimension played alongside everyone from The Heptones, Alton Ellis, Ken Boothe, Marcia Griffiths and more. Similar to their U.S. counterparts, The Funk Brothers at Motown and Booker T. and The MGs at Stax, Sound Dimension recorded on a daily basis incredibly catchy and funky tunes and matched by a seamless musicality. Featuring musicians of the calibre of Ernest Ranglin, Jackie Mittoo, Eric Frater, Leroy Sibbles, Don Drummond Jr., Deadley Headley and more; Sound Dimension existed from around 1967-70 and all the recordings featured here were originally released during this period."

Artist:	TAYO MEETS BAOBINGA (FEAT. MC SPYDA)
Title:	Style & Trend/Choppa Riddim
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	SJR 175EP

"This unique heavyweight release mashes up ragga/grime/dubstep/dancehall and is the latest release from the ever forward-looking Tayo (this time with his studio partner Baobinga), and features original jungle/drum and bass MC Spyda on the mic. Hard-as-nails, this tune has been destroying dancefloors worldwide on dubplate for the last few months and now sees a full release on Soul Jazz Records. Most recently, Tayo featured on Soul Jazz Records' successful Box of Dub series alongside artists such as Skream, Digital Mystikz, Kode 9 and Burial. With residencies at both Fabric and Radio 1, Tayo is currently one of the UK's busiest DJ/producers releasing numerous projects on a variety of labels and has remixed artists as diverse as Basement Jaxx and Lady Sovereign. MC Spyda started out MCing on reggae sound systems in the '80s and when jungle came along in the early '90s, his reggae style vocals fit the music perfectly and has been in demand ever since! Heavyweight!" Last copies of now deleted edition.

Artist:	VA
Title:	An England Story
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	SJR 177CD

...From Dancehall To Grime: 25 Years Of The MC In The UK, 1983-2008. "An England Story is a unique album featuring over 25 years of MC culture in the UK from past to present and includes everyone from Roots Manuva to Tippa Irie, Warrior Queen to General Levy, Estelle to Papa Levi. From dancehall to dubstep, hip-hop to jungle, grime to garage, the MC has been present through all these UK music fashions: from the 'fast-chat' dancehall style of the 1980s (artists such as Papa Levi, Tippa Irie, Smiley Culture), the history of UK hip-hop (London Posse, Roots Manuva, Ty), original jungle MCs (General Levy, Navigator, Tenor Fly), or the new wave of current grime and dubstep artists and producers (Wiley, Stush, Warrior Queen, Riko Dan). An England Story shows how these artists defined black identity in the UK by taking the influences of Jamaican reggae and U.S. hip-hop and writing songs about their UK surroundings and subject matter. The album comes with extensive sleevenotes, interviews, song lyrics and exclusive photographs and follows a path from the arrival of UK dancehall in the 1980s to today's grime, garage and dubstep. An England Story also shows the importance of the Jamaican soundsystem culture -- its dubplates, specials, clashes and heavy, heavy bass -- that has been a constant throughout these different stylistic mutations over the last 25 years. Similarly fashions, slang, dance moves and much more continues to be influenced by the clash between contemporary Jamaican and U.S. music and culture."

Artist:	WARRIOR QUEEN AND THE HEATWAVE
Title:	Things Change
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	SJR 177EP

"New killer dancehall bomb from Warrior Queen on Soul Jazz Records! Warrior Queen is one of the most in-demand vocalists on the dubstep, dancehall and grime scenes at present. She has released records with Skream, The Bug, Kode9, DJ Zinc and many more (on labels such as Rephlex, Soul Jazz, Hyperdub, Tempa, Casual and more). Warrior Queen began her career in Jamaica, MCing on her uncles soundsystem in Kingston and quickly elevating to releasing dancehall tracks on the Penthouse label. Since first releasing records in the UK she has worked with some of the finest underground producers in the country. Her previous release on Soul Jazz Records was as Ladybug (with Kevin Martin, aka The Bug) with 'Them A Bomb We,' about the 7th of July Tube bombings. This new track 'Things Change' is about the politics of life between Jamaica and the UK. Heatwave's original productions and re-mixes have previously been released on their own Scandal Bag, Punchline and Heatwave labels including their infamous DJ-friendly dancehall versions of Kelis's 'Trick Me' and Lily Allen's 'LDN.' Warrior Queen's 'Thing Change' is taken from An England Story, a history of UK MC culture featuring an incredible array of dancehall/hip-gop/grime MCs over the last 25 years."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Steppas' Delight
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	SJR 178CD

"Steppas' Delight tells the story of dubstep -- from its South London roots up to its present status as the most vibrant musical sub-culture in the UK -- and its subsequent virus-like growth throughout the world. The album is made up of exclusive new tracks alongside some choice tracks from dubstep's recent history and features many of the original groundbreaking names alongside the current underground new wave of dubstep producers. In the early 2000s dubstep was a marginal music made by a handful of young producers in the concrete-coated suburbs of South-West London. Using free PC software like Fruity Loops or PlayStation's music-making software Music 2000 and making their own left-field versions of dark garage records. Fast forward eight years and dubstep is easily the most vibrant scene in the UK with many of the original dubstep artists now the most in-demand producers, remixers, DJs and label-owners in the UK today. Steppas' Delight traces the musical journey of dubstep from these small beginnings to the current new wave of young artists and producers on the scene today. This release is both a snapshot of the present and future and an essential guide to dubstep, and tells the story of the music -- the artists, labels, clubs, radio stations, cutting houses and more. This release is a continuation of Soul Jazz Records' prolific dubstep releases such as the Box of Dub albums and singles from the likes of Digital Mystikz, Skream, Ramadanman, Cotti, Kode9, Ladybug, Warrior Queen and many more... Complete with extensive sleeve-notes, interviews and exclusive photographs the album comes as deluxe-double CD pack with booklet." Other artists include: Benga, Search and Destroy, Plastician Featuring Skepta, Uncle Sam, The Bug and Warrior Queen, Goth Trad, Seventeen Evergreen, Martyn, Shackleton, TRG, Joker, Quest, Ikonika, Silkie, Geiom Featuring Marita, Shonx, Gatekeeper Featuring Grizla and Peverelist.

Artist:	COTTI/KING SOLY
Title:	The Search/Bassface/Takeover
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	SJR 179EP

"One of three killer dubstep 12"s released on the same day on Soul Jazz Records. Cotti's numerous white label heavyweight dubstep releases ('I Don't Give A Dub,' 'Calm Down') have made him one of most in-demand producers of the moment. Cotti also features on Soul Jazz Records' Box of Dub. These 3 new exclusive cuts are heavy, dark dub-influenced cuts with plenty of sound effects and killer bass-lines. Heavy club and radio support from Digital Mystikz, Benga, Skream, Mary Anne Hobbs and more."

Artist:	TETINE
Title:	I Go To The Doctor!
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	SJR 180EP

"Killer punk-funk/new wave 12" featuring the S�o Paulo based group Tetine along with a wicked reworking on the CSS Remix. Tetine are Bruno Verner and Eliete Mejorado. This is their second release on Soul Jazz Records and is a taster for their forthcoming album Let Your X's Be Y's, a wild mix-up of punk-funk/new wave/post-punk/baile-bass. Integral to the same vibrant S�o Paulo music scene in Brazil that has now produced both CSS and Bonde de Role, Tetine's music is similarly a mixture of raw punky energy and attitude mixed with bass-heavy dance music. Tetine are in-fact the forerunners of this scene having now released 8 albums in Brazil since they formed in S�o Paulo in 1995."

Artist:	SECONDO
Title:	Kuwait/Macula
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	SJR 181EP

"Soul Jazz releases this great new super-funky minimal discofied electronic dance track from Italian/Serbian Secondo -- producer and founder of minimal house label Dreck Records. Secondo's discofied cut-up funky electronic dance music has been appearing sporadically on Soul Jazz Records since 2003 and has been releasing music on his own Dreck Records since 2000. Secondo tracks feature thousands of micro-samples. This single is a taster for the forthcoming Secondo album A Matter of Scale, on Soul Jazz Records."

Artist:	RAMADANMAN
Title:	Carla/Offal/Kablammo Eleven
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	SJR 183EP

"This 12" features 3 exclusive new killer tracks by Ramadanman, one of the shining lights in the new generation of dubstep artists who has releases on Soul Jazz Records (featured on Box of Dub), Bare Dubs, 2nd Drop Records and his own Hessle Audio. Ramadanman has performed alongside Digital Mystikz at DMZ, Skream, Benga, Kode9, Rusko, Plastician and this track is being played by everyone from Skream, Kode9, Benga, Mary Ann Hobbs, Gilles Peterson, Distance, Ikonika and more."

Artist:	VA
Title:	New Orleans Funk Volume 2
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 185CD

"This is Soul Jazz Records' new journey into the heart of New Orleans and a guide to the city's finest funk music produced in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Featuring everyone from The Meters to Eddie Bo, Lee Dorsey to Betty Harris, this is a who's who of the Crescent City's most famous and most funky! The city of New Orleans has deep musical roots that stretch back to Africa. New Orleans first gave birth to jazz music, a black musical form centered on rhythm, improvisation, freedom and collectivity at the turn of the century. Similarly in the late 1960s, New Orleans funk came to define a unique sound, mixing Caribbean rhythms, New Orleans second-line syncopation and rhythm and blues, all played by the Big Easy's finest musicians. While jazz and funk music spread throughout the world, many African-American musical traditions remained within the city limits such as Mardi Gras and Carnival, Saturday Night fish fries, funeral marching bands and much more, which partly explains why New Orleans music is so unique. The album comes with extensive sleeve-notes, exclusive photography and more, and is an essential guide to the musical landscape of New Orleans and -- together with Soul Jazz Records' earlier New Orleans' releases -- presents the definitive story of New Orleans funk. Although on the mainland coast, New Orleans is also surrounded by lakes, giving the city an island feel. Similarly, its proximity to Puerto Rico, Cuba, Haiti and the other West Indian Isles means that Latin and Caribbean musical influences are in its veins as much as American musical traditions. The upside of this city's isolation is that New Orleans musical traditions flourished away from those of the rest of America. A thriving city full of artists, musicians, singers, producers, record companies, studios (well, one studio, actually) led to a 24-hour, 7-day-a-week musical life, playing in clubs, bars, brothels, carnivals and parades. The downside of the city's isolation from the rest of the U.S. was that the city never developed a solid music industry to back up the creative over-supply. While New York had Atlantic, Detroit had Motown, Memphis had Stax, Chicago had Chess, Los Angeles had Modern, New Orleans had a multitude of small businesses fighting for space -- and often each other. Without the marketing, promotional weight, business and financial clout, New Orleans labels found it hard to get the nationwide distribution necessary to fill the million-odd jukeboxes throughout the country. So while every family in America knows the music of Gladys Knight or Smokey Robinson, few could tell you about -- let alone hum a tune from -- Benny Spellman, Inell Young, Warren Lee...this is far from being a reflection of the artists' creativity or musicality -- as anyone can tell you, New Orleans' melodies are the catchiest of all -- more it is a reflection of the limitations of the local music industry. Some New Orleans artists became successful throughout the U.S., such as Fats Domino in the 1950s and in the late 1960s, The Meters and Lee Dorsey, but many artists remained within the city limits. This makes for a fascinating goldmine of music released by a complex myriad of small labels run mainly by New Orleans producers, promoters and artists themselves. New Orleans Funk 2 brings together many of these artists along with text, sleeve-notes and photographs that gives social and historical context to the incredibly funky music of New Orleans."

Artist:	TETINE
Title:	Let Your X's Be Y's
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 186CD

"A wild debut album of baile-bass/punk-funk/new wave from Brazil/London-based group Tetine (includes limited edition bonus track CSS remix on CD). While Tetine may appear to be the most recent addition to the growing Brazilian post-punk/baile funk scene that includes the groups CSS and Bonde do Role, the group have actually been in existence the longest, and have an infamy in the Sao Paulo scene that they helped create. Bruno Verner and Eliete Mejorado formed the group, Tetine, in Sao Paulo in 1995. The pair now spend their time between London and their hometown and while Let Your X's Be Y's is their first album to be released in the UK, it is in fact their eighth release in Brazil. A wild mix-up of punk-funk/new wave/post-punk/baile-bass, Tetine's music is a mixture of raw punky energy and attitude mixed with bass-heavy dance music. Tetine have carved an unusual musical path between music, art, video and performance and their infamous live events range from rock gigs to gallery installations; from opening last year's 'Tropicalia - A Revolution in Brazilian Culture' festival at the Barbican Centre in London to numerous performances for galleries, art spaces and festivals from Paris (Palais de Tokyo), to Chicago (The Wire's Adventures in Modern Music Festival) and Sonar in Spain. As celebrated producers and DJs from the U.S. and UK such as Diplo and Sinden are bringing this new punk/funk/bass/dance music from Brazil to a new audience, Tetine -- who have played alongside everyone from Dizzie Rascal to Deize Tigrona -- have a serious set of artists as fans from around the world; 'Tetine are feminists, un-followers and inventors of their own scene; an uncut diamond. If art is really dead, then Tetine belong to a "nameless" genre -- the makers of something wild, something alive.' --Chicks On Speed. Aside from their own music, Tetine have also been instrumental in bringing the Brazilian underground music scene to the attention of the UK for a number of years. They compiled and presented the first ever album of baile funk outside of Brazil (Funk Carioca, 2005) as well as an essential primer to early '80s post-punk from Sao Paulo (Sexual Life of The Savages, released on Soul Jazz Records in 2007). Both these albums have influenced a new generation of DJs and beat-makers in the UK and U.S. Let Your X's Be Y's includes their two previous singles on Soul Jazz Records, A Historia da Garca and their most recent I Go To The Doctor. This album also comes with a limited edition bonus track -- the CSS remix of 'I Go To The Doctor.'"

Artist:	SECONDO
Title:	A Matter of Scale
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 188CD

"Soul Jazz Records release Secondo's first album of super-funky micro cut-up disco and electronic music. Secondo is Italian/Serbian producer Radovan Scasascia. Born in Zurich in 1975, his super-funky minimal discofied electronic dance music has been appearing sporadically on Soul Jazz Records since 2003 and on his own minimal electronic label, Dreck Records since 2000, where he also releases the music of artists such as AM/PM, Antonelli and Strategy. His most recent appearance was on the Soul Jazz Singles CD alongside Rekid (aka Radio Slave and one half of Quiet Village), Kode9, Subway, DJ Rupture and other similarly like-minded electronic pioneers. Secondo's love of disco and minimal European electronic music produces a unique funky-electronic cut-up style that shows his close links with the micro-house sound of Germany's Kompakt label as much as that of the New York disco labels of the late '70s and early '80s. This led to earlier releases such as his celebrated Tom Tom Club cut-up a few years back. Secondo's music features thousands of micro-samples and on A Matter of Scale, his first album on Soul Jazz Records, the music successfully reflects his aim of reconstructing these minute sonic fragments into new compositions that somehow maintain the atmosphere of the originals as well as creating new worlds. As much at home with his own material as other peoples, his remixes have appeared on a diverse set of European and American electronic artists -- Felix da Housecat, Richie Hawtin, Harrison Crump, James Din A4, Kammerflimmer Kollektief and many more."

Artist:	SUBWAY
Title:	Simplex/Hal
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	SJR 189EP

"Killer Italo/New York disco meets Detroit techno meets Krautrock bomb in a DFA stylee! Subway's new 12" single is a startling cosmic marriage of influences -- German electronic rock music from the 1970s (Cluster, Kraftwerk, Neu, Harmonium, Ash Ra Tempel), '80s Detroit science fiction techno (Carl Craig, Juan Atkins, Jeff Mills) and a hint of Italian and European disco (Baldelli meets Cerrone, Space, Moroder and Jean Michel Jarre). This new single features a killer mix (featuring live guitars, handclaps and more) by current DFA/Dissonant man-of-the-moment artist Gatto Fritto which adds a sublime Arthur Russell/New York experimentation, ambiance and feel to the title track 'Simplex.' Subway are Michael Kirkman and Alan James and have been releasing music since 2000 on a variety of labels including Sunday Best and their own Threetone Records. These exclusive new tracks and remix are a taster for their forthcoming album to be released on Soul Jazz Records in autumn 2008."

Artist:	RAGGA TWINS
Title:	Ragga Twins Step Out
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	SJR 190CD

"The Ragga Twins are the link between UK dancehall reggae, jungle and hip-hop. This is a retrospective of their classic (and now very rare) early tracks produced by Shut Up and Dance at the start of the 1990s. The Ragga Twins (alongside producers PJ and Smiley, aka Shut Up and Dance) revolutionised UK dance music at the start of the 1990s bringing reggae and hip-hop styles together to create jungle. As drum and bass approaches its 20th anniversary and as new developments such as grime, UK garage, and most recently dubstep, create artists and producers who continue to cite jungle as a pivotal moment in the UKs musical history, Ragga Twins' Step Out chronicles one of the most important groups of this time. The Ragga Twins (Deman Rockers and Flinty Badman) began their careers as MCs for North London's legendary Unity reggae sound system. The Ragga Twins were born after Shut up and Dance sampled the pair's introduction on a dancehall mix-tape and then offered them a deal. At the height of rave culture, the Ragga Twins found themselves playing at raves up and down the country. With one album (Reggae Owes Me Money) and a steady stream of killer singles over the next couple of years the Ragga Twins' musical blueprint of basslines, breakbeats and ragga defined Jungle music in the years to come. As well as a serious overview of the Ragga Twins tracks with Shut Up and Dance, this album also features the super-rare bonus tracks 'Iron Lady' and 'Hard Drugs,' dating back to their pre-Ragga Twins, dancehall days with the Unity Soundsystem. The album comes with extensive sleeve notes, photographs and interviews. Essential!"

Artist:	ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO
Title:	Les Stances a Sophie
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 191CD

Previously released on Soul Jazz's subsidiary imprint, Universal Sound. Recorded in France, 1970. "To coincide with the release of the Les Stances a Sophie DVD, Soul Jazz are also re-issuing the Art Ensemble of Chicago's Les Stances a Sophie album on CD. The album features the epic 'Theme de Yoyo,' the Art Ensemble of Chicago's finest ever moment featuring the soaring vocals of Fontella Bass and the super-heavy funk drums of then current newcomer to the Art Ensemble Don Moye. The Art Ensemble of Chicago were living in Europe in 1970 when the film was made along with a host of other US jazz �migr�s such as Archie Shepp, Ornette Coleman and more."

Artist:	ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO
Title:	Les Stances a Sophie
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	DVD
Price:	$24.00
Catalog #:	SJR 191DVD

"Soul Jazz Records are releasing for the first time-ever a long lost cult classic of French New Wave cinema on DVD. Les Stances a Sophie has been out of print for over 30 years and this is its first release ever outside of France. Filmed in Paris in 1970, this fully-subtitled film features killer music, groovy clothes and post-1968 revolutionary ideals. This super-rare film is now perhaps best known for its soundtrack from the legendary Art Ensemble of Chicago (who also feature in the film). The album (and DVD) features the epic 'Theme de Yoyo,' the Art Ensemble of Chicago's finest ever moment featuring the soaring vocals of Fontella Bass and the super-heavy funk drums of then current newcomer to the Art Ensemble Don Moye. The Art Ensemble of Chicago were living in Europe in 1970 when the film was made along with a host of other US jazz �migr�s such as Archie Shepp, Ornette Coleman and more. The DVD also features an hour long interview with Art Ensemble member Joseph Jarman where he talks about the making of the film as well as the history of The Art Ensemble, The AACM in Chicago and more." Only available in European PAL format, region free.

Artist:	ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO
Title:	Les Stances a Sophie
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	LP
Price:	$24.00
Catalog #:	SJR 191LP

"To coincide with the release of the Les Stances a Sophie DVD, Soul Jazz are re-issuing the Art Ensemble of Chicago's Les Stances a Sophie as a one-off super-luxury U.S.- heavy card gatefold limited edition LP edition (strictly limited to 1000 copies). The album features the epic 'Theme de Yoyo,' the Art Ensemble of Chicago's finest ever moment featuring the soaring vocals of Fontella Bass and the super-heavy funk drums of then current newcomer to the Art Ensemble Don Moye. The Art Ensemble of Chicago were living in Europe in 1970 when the film was made along with a host of other US jazz �migr�s such as Archie Shepp, Ornette Coleman and more."

Artist:	KALBATA (FEAT. WARRIOR QUEEN)
Title:	Shooting Range
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	SJR 192EP

"Heavyweight dubstep dancehall digital bomb featuring Warrior Queen! Warrior Queen is one of the most in-demand dubstep vocalists working in the UK today. The line-up of producers she has worked with make for a who's who of dubstep, dancehall and drum 'n' bass scenes: Skream, The Bug, Kode9, DJ Zinc and many more on labels such as Rephlex, Soul Jazz, Hyperdub, Tempa, Casual and more. Warrior Queen began her career in Jamaica, MCing on her uncle's soundsystem in Kingston and quickly elevating to releasing dancehall tracks on the Penthouse label. Since first releasing records in the UK, she has worked with some of the finest underground producers in the country. Her previous release on Soul Jazz Records was as Ladybug (with Kevin Martin, aka The Bug) with Them A Bomb We, about the 7th of July Tube bombings and Things Change (with Heatwave), a song about the politics of life between Jamaica and the UK. Her lyrics, a unique commentary on contemporary London life, place her at the cutting-edge of UK music today. As part of the fast expanding global family of dubstep, Kalbata is 26 year-old Argentinian-born producer/DJ Ariel Tagar who now lives and works between Tel Aviv and London. Kalbata has many releases to his name, including remixes of the likes of London Wiley grime collective Roll Deep, Fat Freddys Drop and US hip-hop artist Spank Rock. This is his first release on Soul Jazz Records and is shortly followed by a new collaboration with original '80s UK dancehall artist Clapper Priest." Last copies of now deleted edition.

Artist:	KALBATA (FEAT. CLAPPER PRIEST)
Title:	Solution
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	SJR 193EP

"One of four new dubstep 12"s released on Soul Jazz Records on the same day. Heavyweight dubstep dancehall digital bomb featuring original U.K. dancehall MC Clapper Priest! Following on from Kalbata's earlier first single on Soul Jazz featuring Warrior Queen comes this seriously heavyweight, moody dubstep/dancehall cut featuring the amazing vocals of legendary first-generation U.K. MC Clapper Priest on two killer tracks ? 'Solution' and 'Saxon Londinium.' This single is definitely one of the heaviest tracks you are likely to hear this year! As part of the fast expanding global family of dubstep, Kalbata is 26 year-old Argentinian-born producer/DJ Ariel Tagar who now lives and works between Tel Aviv and London. Kalbata has many releases to his name and this is his second release on Soul Jazz Records."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Soul Jazz Records Singles 2008-2009
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	3CD
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	SJR 194CD

"Featuring exclusive Soul Jazz Records singles spanning 2007-9 for the first time on this monster 50-track triple CD (which includes a one-off pressing free limited-edition mix CD) all for the price of a single CD! Some of the finest artists around have chosen to work with Soul Jazz Records in the last two years and we are proud to present these exclusive tracks here. As well as featuring once again the cream of the UK's dubstep master producers such as Kode 9, Digital Mystikz and Cult of the 13th Hour (Kevin Martin AKA The Bug and Space Ape), this triple-CD also features many second-generation artists such as Pinch, Cotti, Ramadanman, Kutz and more. Soul Jazz have also continued to release the very best in new forward-thinking electronic music -- be it glitchy house, baile funk, Italo-disco and more -- by the likes of Subway, Matias Aguayo, Tetine (with a killer remix by CSS), Secondo and more and these all also feature here. This album brings together all the exclusive 12" vinyl releases on Soul Jazz Records over the last two-years alongside a super-limited mix CD featuring loads of extra tracks."

Artist:	LESSER, BETH
Title:	Dancehall: The Rise Of Jamaican Dancehall Culture
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	Book
Price:	$32.00
Catalog #:	SJR 195BK

"This heavyweight deluxe flexi-bound 215 page book is a definitive study and essential guide to the 1980s Jamaican dancehall scene and features hundreds of amazing, unique, never seen before photographs with accompanying text, interviews and biographies. Gregory Isaacs, Sugar Minott, Sister Nancy, Tenor Saw, Sly & Robbie, King Jammy, Eek A Mouse, Yellowman, Frankie Paul. This book is literally a who's-who in stunning photos and text of dancehall's phenomenal rise. The book captures a vibrant, globally influential and yet rarely documented culture that has been mixing music, fashion and lifestyle with attitude since its inception. With unprecedented access to the incredibly rich music scene during this period, Beth Lesser's photographs and informed text are a unique way into a previously-hidden culture. Dancehall is at the center of Jamaican musical and cultural life. From its roots in Kingston in the 1950s to its heyday in the 1980s, dancehall has gone on to conquer the globe, spreading to the USA, UK, Canada, Japan, Europe and beyond. Dancehall is a culture that encompasses music, fashion, drugs, guns, art, community, technology and more. Dancehall is an essential reference book for anyone interested in reggae, as well as a unique photographic and textual source book of all things musical, cultural and political in Jamaica. This jam-packed visual history of dancehall from its roots to its eights is told from that rare vantage point of the true, respected insider. In the early 1980s, as Jamaica was in the throes of political and gang violence, Beth Lesser ventured where few others dared, and this book is a never-before-seen record of the exciting, vibrant and sometimes dangerous world of dancehall. To coincide with this book, Soul Jazz Records is also releasing a deluxe 2CD set and two volumes of double-vinyl albums featuring killer dancehall tracks from many of the artists who appear in the book -- 100% essential!"

Artist:	VA
Title:	Dancehall: The Rise Of Jamaican Dancehall Culture
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	SJR 196CD

"100% essential jam-packed monster dancehall double-pack compilation on Soul Jazz Records released to coincide with Beth Lesser's amazing dancehall book also published by Soul Jazz Records! This is an A-Z of dancehall's finest moments. A mammoth 2CD pack and two heavyweight double-album vinyl additions featuring killer tracks back-to-back from the finest dancehall artists ever! Gregory Isaacs, Tenor Saw, Sugar Minott, Sister Nancy, Eek A Mouse, Sly & Robbie, Yellowman, Frankie Paul, Lone Ranger and many more. Dancehall is an absolutely essential guide to the music featuring classic tracks and classic artists. If ever you wanted a party album of stone-cold floor-filling party classics -- this is it. As well as the stellar line-up and tracklisting, the album comes complete with a selection Beth Lesser's amazing, unique, never-seen-before photos throughout the CD and album booklets (all of which also feature in the new book published at the same time) as well as concise newly written sleeve-notes and Soul Jazz Records' distinctive packaging."

Artist:	RAGGA TWINS
Title:	Spliffhead
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	SJR 197EP

"Seminal rave/jungle anthem gets serious dubstep remix on Soul Jazz Records. Absolutely killer dubstep remixes of The Ragga Twins classic 'Spliffhead' -- cut up, reworked and dissected by two of dubstep's most creative artist/producers working today: Ramadanman, AKA David Kennedy (founder of Hessle Audio and regular on Soul Jazz Records' releases such as Box of Dub, Steppers Delight etc) and Kutz, the young Croydon producer best known for his work with Benga ('I'll Kut You') and Skream as well as some fine singles on Soul Jazz Records."

Artist:	COTTI/KING SOLY
Title:	Truth Hurts
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	SJR 198EP

"One of four killer dubstep 12"s (two of which are by Cotti) released on the same day on Soul Jazz Records. Cotti's numerous white label heavyweight dubstep releases (I Don't Give A Dub, Calm Down, Sensi Dub), and his appearances on Soul Jazz Records' seminal Box of Dub albums have made him one of the most in-demand producers of the moment. These two new exclusive cuts are heavy, two-step-digi-steppas, dark dub-influenced cuts with plenty of sound effects and killer bass-lines. Heavy club and radio support from Digital Mystikz, Benga, Skream, Mary Anne Hobbs and more."

Artist:	RAMADANMAN
Title:	Core/Dayrider
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	SJR 199EP

"One of four killer dubstep 12"s released on the same day on Soul Jazz Records. This 12" features two exclusive new killer tracks by Ramadanman, one of the shining lights in the new generation of dubstep artists whose releases on Soul Jazz Records' seminal Box of Dub, Bare Dubs, 2nd Drop Records and his own Hessle Audio have shown him to be one of the most-sophisticated producers and artists in dubstep today. These two new tracks continue to push dubstep in new directions with hints of rave, ambient and electronica throughout. Recommended! Ramadanman has performed alongside Digital Mystikz at DMZ, Skream, Benga,, Kode9, Rusko, Plastician and this track is being played by everyone from Skream, Kode9, Benga, Mary Ann Hobbs, Gilles Peterson, Distance, Ikonika and more." Last copies of now deleted edition.

Artist:	VA
Title:	Dub Echoes
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	DVD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SJR 200DVD

"This film marks both the 40th anniversary of the invention of dub and the 20th anniversary of the death of King Tubby, the genius legend of this far-reaching musical revolution. Dub Echoes is an amazing newly produced documentary about dub and its influence on the development of contemporary electronic music worldwide. Three years in the making and featuring an incredible array of artists -- both Jamaican legends (U Roy, King Jammy, Lee Perry, Sly and Robbie, Bunny Lee, to name a few), alongside a similarly awe-inspiring array of artists who have taken dub into new directions in electronic dance music in the 21st century (Kode9, Roots Manuva, Howie B, Adrian Sherwood) and many more. Directed by Bruno Natal and released on Soul Jazz Records, this film has already received many awards throughout the world and is hotly anticipated -- a killer film that can be watched again and again. The DVD comes with loads of extras." NTSC/PAL dualdisc DVD (region free). Running time: 75 minutes.

Artist:	VA
Title:	Dub Echoes
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	SJR 201CD

Sonic Excursions In Dub And Beyond: Jamaican Kings Meet Electronic Futurists In Dub Worldwide "Soul Jazz Records' journey into dub and beyond, released to coincide with the new DVD film featuring an array of both legendary and current artists and producers connected to dub. Dub Echoes celebrates both 40 years of dub! This double-CD is a lightning journey through dub, featuring Jamaican originators such as King Tubby, Lee Perry, Prince Jammy and Bunny Lee alongside electronic futurists and dubstep artists such as Kode9, Harmonic 313 (Warp), IV (Hyperdub) as well as hip-hop pioneer Roots Manuva and original junglist Congo Natty. Musical worlds collide as Francois Kervorkian meets Jamaican DJ legend U-Roy, and German techno giants Rhythm & Sound meet Cornell Campbell. This album is a celebration of all things dub and related, featuring rare classic and new tracks from the pioneers and futurists of this electronic musical form." Other artists include Rebel MC, Disrupt, Dub Syndicate, Andre 'Suku' Gray, The Congos and The Upsetters.

Artist:	SUBWAY
Title:	Subway II
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	SJR 202CD

"Subway II, the debut album by Subway on Soul Jazz Records, is a startling cosmic marriage of influences -- German electronic rock music from the 1970s (Cluster, Kraftwerk, Neu, Harmonia, Ash Ra Tempel), '80s Detroit science fiction techno (Carl Craig, Juan Atkins, Jeff Mills) and a hint of Italian and European disco (Danielle Baldelli meets Cerrone, Space, Moroder and Jean Michel Jarre). Subway are Michael Kirkman and Alan James and have been releasing music since 2000. Subway II was recorded at home in East London using a plethora of analog equipment and techniques that enabled them to create sound reflecting cityscapes such as Berlin, Dussseldorf, Detroit and Paris whilst at the same time creating a contemporary musical commentary of London in 2009. This album is a cosmic progression of post-dance music, focused more on meditative thought and space than one made for the dancefloor, yet still encompassing the rhythm and constant beat at the heart. Their most recent appearance is on Soul Jazz Records Singles 2008-9 alongside Kode9, Digital Mystikz, Tetine, Secondo, Ramadanman and other forward thinking electronic pioneers. With three previous sell-out singles on Soul Jazz Records (Simplex, Satellites and 4410), an album Empty Head (released in 2005) as well as a string of one-off projects, the group are currently name-checked by everyone from Hot Chip to DFA, Prinz Thomas to Carl Craig with good reason. Subway II is a fitting conceptual statement of their current sound. Cosmic, post-dance, organic, meditative and hypnotic."

Artist:	VA
Title:	100% Dynamite! NYC
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	SJR 204CD

..Dancehall Reggae Meets Rap In New York City. "Includes Shinehead, Super Cat, Kenny Dope, Shaggy, Fu Schnickens, Rayvon, Rankin Dan, Red Fox, Nikey Fungus, Super C and more. 100% Dynamite NYC is jam-packed full of New York's finest dancehall reggae and hip-hop sounds! From the 1980s onwards, New York developed its own dancehall and soundclash scene away from Jamaica. Nearly all the artists involved were first and second-generation Jamaicans living in New York who took both reggae and hip-hop as their points of reference. Starting with the first ever DJ and inventor of hip-hop, Jamaican-born Kool Herc, artists have continued to join the dots. This underground scene led to a number of artists becoming famous -- Shaggy, Shinehead, Fu Schnickens, but many of the artists featured here remain unknown except to hardcore NYC dancehall fans. 100% Dynamite NYC features a stellar line-up of New York/Jamaica's finest -- everyone from Kenny Dope to Supercat and a heavyweight selection of the finest reggae/dancehall/hip-hop tunes you will ever hear!"

Artist:	COTTI VS CHEFAL
Title:	Eat Dirt
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	SJR 205EP

"Second of four killer dubstep 12"s (two of which are by Cotti) released on the same day on Soul Jazz Records. Cotti's numerous white label heavyweight dubstep releases (I Don't Give A Dub, Calm Down, Sensi Dub), his appearances on Soul Jazz Records' seminal Box of Dub albums have made him one of most in-demand producers of the moment. This time joined by Chefal, one of the most-important backstage names in dubstep -- engineer, DJ, record cutter making his debut with this some pure, unadulterated rough dubstep/two-step single. Killer! Heavy club and radio support from Digital Mystikz, Benga, Skream, Mary Anne Hobbs and more."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Fly Girls!
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	SJR 206CD

Subtitled: B-Boys Beware:Revenge Of The Super Female Rappers. "Killer new compilation of funky, female rap on Soul Jazz Records featuring classic tracks alongside super-rare cuts from the queens of hip-hop. Spanning over four decades, this double CD features a stellar line-up of female artists who have all defined hip-hop over the years: Roxanne Shante, Tanya Winley, Queen Latifah, Sweet Tee and many, many more. The album covers all areas of female rap and includes female funky hip-hop, old-school, electro (and even Miami bass) from the 80s, 90s and beyond as well as proto-rap from Sequence (featuring a young Angie Stone) and Nikki Giovanni (from 1969!). As well as classic artists and cuts, Fly Girls! also features lots of rarities, obscurities and unknown (but great) female emcees. Fly Girls! comes as a deluxe double digipack CD." Includes 24-page booklet. Artists include JJ Fad, Princess MC, MC Lyte, Two Sisters, Cookie Crew, Sequence, Bahamadia, Sparky D, Lady B, Camille Yarborough, Dimples D, She Rockers, Sarah Webster Fabio, Tina B and Roxanne Shante.

Artist:	KUTZ
Title:	Drums Of No Return/Tarantula
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	SJR 207EP

"Soul Jazz Records are pleased to introduce to you, Kutz! Some of you may not be familiar with the sound of fresh new talent, but Kutz -- hailing from Croydon aka the dubstep mecca!! -- has been a busy bee deep in the studio producing tunes for some years now, some of which have been co-produced alongside his buddies Skream and Benga. Kutz' track 'Twilight Zone' featured on Skream's latest mix CD, Watch The Ride! became one of the highlights of the mix and Kutz recently guested on Skream's infamous radio show The Stella Sessions on Rinse FM to roaring success. Kutz also co-produced the 'Ill Kut Ya' with Benga, which has been blowing up dances on the underground dubstep scene for some time now and appears on Benga's latest offering for Tempa.

Artist:	AGUAYO, MATIAS
Title:	The 99 Seconds EP
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	SJR 209EP

"Amazing, sublimely catchy new EP on Soul Jazz Records of glitchy deep techy, dubsteppy, dark electronic beats from celebrated international DJ and producer Matias Aguayo. Matias Aguayo has been releasing much praised music for the last ten years most notably on Kompakt records as well as Soul Jazz and working with and remixing artists such as Tiefshwartz, Michael Mayer and Macondo. As well as his own releases he has done numerous collaborations such as Closer Musik (with Dirk Leyers), Zimt (with Michael Mayer) and Broke (with Marcus Rosskecht). Born in Peru, Aguayo moved to Cologne where he became deeply involved in the electronic club scene, working closely with Kompakt records. He currently lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina and travels the world DJing. In 2005 he released the album Are You Really Lost on Kompakt and began a creative partnership with Marcus Rosskecht who also mixed these tracks."

Artist:	SOUTHSIDE STEPPERS FEAT. 2-ICE & JUNIOR LAWLESS
Title:	When She Moves/Super Storm Decay
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	SJR 216EP

"Twisted UK dancehall/dubstep bullet as Kingston MCs meet the sounds of South London in a soundclash style! One of three dubstep releases today, Southside Steppers' heavyweight beats with the killer MC skills of 2-Ice and Junior Lawless that are reminiscent of both Skepta's grimey juggling artistry at the same time as adding a heavyweight Jamaican vibe to the dark, stepping rhythms."

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Artist:	VA
Title:	500% Dynamite
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	SJR 055LP

Artist:	VA
Title:	Studio One Scorcher Instrumentals
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	3LP
Price:	$25.00
Catalog #:	SJR 067LP

Artist:	AS MERCENARIAS/FELLINI
Title:	Panico / Rock Europeu
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	7"
Price:	$5.50
Catalog #:	SJR 112-7EP

Artist:	VA
Title:	Big Apple Rappin' Vol. 2
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	SJR 125.2LP

Artist:	VA
Title:	Dynamite! Dancehall Style Volume One
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	SJR 146.1LP

Artist:	VA
Title:	Dynamite! Dancehall Style Volume Two
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	SJR 146.2LP

Artist:	VA
Title:	New York Latin Hustle! Volume 1
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	SJR 158A-LP

Artist:	VA
Title:	New York Latin Hustle! Volume 2
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	SJR 158B-LP

Artist:	IRKUK AKA BULGARI, BOGDAN
Title:	Everything Is Changing/The Laws of Physics
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	SJR 174EP

Artist:	VA
Title:	Steppas' Delight Volume 1
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$24.00
Catalog #:	SJR 178A-LP

Artist:	VA
Title:	Steppas' Delight Volume 2
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$24.00
Catalog #:	SJR 178B-LP

Artist:	CULT OF THE 13TH HOUR
Title:	Wickedness
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	SJR 182EP

Artist:	VA
Title:	100% Dynamite! NYC Vol. 1
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$24.00
Catalog #:	SJR 204A-LP

Artist:	VA
Title:	100% Dynamite! NYC Vol. 2
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$24.00
Catalog #:	SJR 204B-LP

Artist:	VA
Title:	Fly Girls! Vol. 1
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$24.00
Catalog #:	SJR 206A-LP

Artist:	VA
Title:	Fly Girls! Vol. 2
Label:	SOUL JAZZ RECORDS (UK)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$24.00
Catalog #:	SJR 206B-LP