R&B

After the wildly successful first compilation of lovers rock covers of soul songs curated by Sam Don for the label Athens of the North in 2020, it was a no brainer to introduce a second volume in late 2021. Unfortunately there was a licensing dispute...

After the success of their full-length LP earlier this year, Night Owls are back for more and ready to take the bar even higher! This first 45 from a new string of recording sessions features two heavy hitters in the funk/soul community; N'Dea Davenport...

After the success of her recent releases J. Lamotta (165K monthly listeners on Spotify and more than 10M cumulative streams) is clearly becoming an international name. She keeps this prolific momentum alive with "Searching Skies", the collaborative album...

After the hugely successful Batman soundtrack album, Prince returned in 1991 with yet another OST, this time featuring songs from his self-directed movie Graffiti Bridge, the follow-up to Purple Rain. Features the hit Prince single "Thieves In The...

After the huge success of their last album 'The Wild Root' Alan Evans Trio (Ae3) returns with a brand new album release - 'Elephant Head'. Elephant Head is an epic instrumental album of cinematic funk, in the pocket grooves, and infectious melodies. The...

After releasing a collaborative EP with Warp's Bibio, who is also featured as a producer on "Ever since the fall", this 2nd solo release by the Olivier St. Louis marks the starting point of worldwide liveshow efforts for Olivier 2017. After a successful...

After reissuing his much sought-after Time and Place LP, many questions still remained (Lee was a mysterious man!) - but the one asked most was, "where's "Bad Girl"?!" Not included on his lone LP, "Bad Girl" is an undisputed Southern soul classic -...

After meeting and working with Janko Nilovic - the extraordinary French library maestro - on a new album, while traveling and performing together around the world for almost 10 years, Igor Zhukovsky & Romeo Miussky - the multi-instrumentalist production...

After his stunning introduction to the world of modern funk on Mofak's Drunk Of Funk album (2018), Emcee Originate has taken the baton and is up next to represent his loose-knit musical collective with The Journey. Indeed, the project feels like a...

After having been requested by many followers of the funk, XL Middleton brings you the instrumental version of his previously-released 2 Minutes Till Midnight LP. The deftly crafted, synth-heavy tunes which backed XL's incisive raps and infectious...

After half a century of constant development, inspiration and hothouse flowerings, certain genres have found their perfect expression - soul-funk is one of them. Dojo Cuts are one perfect expression of this perfect expression. Lean, mean and heavy (in...

After half a century of constant development, inspiration and hothouse flowerings, certain genres have found their perfect expression - soul-funk is one of them. Dojo Cuts are one perfect expression of this perfect expression. Lean, mean and heavy (in...