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25th August 2025
Mr Fingers – On A Corner Called Jazz [MCA Records]
Rick Asikpo & Afro Fusion – Got To Be Me [Soundway Records]
Land Of Echo – Don’t Talk (Just Dance) [Wah Wah 45s]
Han Litz Group – Unity In Diversity (Yoruba Soul Remix) [Wicked Wax]
beatsbyhand – Aphotic Zone [Stay True Sounds]
NATE08 feat. Dishaan & Mallika – Where Are You Tonight [Needwant]
Turbojazz feat. Rona Ray – The Joy [Last Forever Records]
Sabrina Chyld feat. P.M Project – I’m Fine (Abel Remix) [Atjazz Record Company]
Rich Medina Vs Kemetic Just – Minstrel Speak [Diaspora Recordings]
Gonky Business – Blow My Mind [Astralwerks]
WAAN – Talking Trees [Sonar Kollektiv]
Submotion Orchestra – All Yours (Jack Sparrow Remix) [Exceptional]
[K S R] x Dogger – Sweet Jungle [Polarface Recordings]
Oversight – Jotnarr [Celsius Recordings]
Bravil – Ocean Mist [Fokuz Recordings]
Evidence feat. Theravada – Greatest Motivation [Rhymesayers]
Heather B. – Send Em Back [White]
Balimaya Project Meets Discos Pacífico All Stars – Yo Te Vi [Jazz Re:Freshed & Discos Pacífico]
Tambores en Benirras – Extensor Entregado (Steve Cobby Remix) [NuNorthern Soul]
Sim Fossil – Null Meridian (Project Sandro Remix) [Dream Chimney]
Mal Waldron – Red Match Box [Strut Records]
The Circling Sun – Evening [Soundway Records]
Plunky & Oneness Of Juju – Made Through Ritual [Strut Records]
“Made Through Ritual” is the first album in forty years from Plunky & Oneness of Juju. James “Plunky” Branch and Jimmy Grey founded Black Fire records in 1975 and released their debut “African Rhythms”. They were part of a musical Afro centric revolution that sparked a number of independent labels to express their message. Plunky was inspired by the artists of this era, specifically Pharoah Sanders and Archie Shepp. “Black Unity”, an early recording by Oneness of Juju, was written by Sanders. Plunky would go on to compose spiritual compositions filled with seventies funk grooves and African polyrhythms. This new release is produced by Plunky’s Son Jamiah and Grey’s Son Jamal Grey. The opener “Share This Love” is warm and mellow soul highlighted by vocalist Charlayne “Chyp” Green. “Shades of Light” is another mellow burner filled with hypnotic tenor and flute melodies. The powerful finale “Children of The Drum” features poet Roscoe Burnem. Jamiah and Jamal capture the essence of their elders’ compositions. They blend samples from earlier recordings along with live instrumentation to re-imagine these poignant recordings. It feels as though they haven’t skipped a beat.
https://onenessofjuju.bandcamp.com/album/made-through-ritual
18th August 2025
Kutiman – Fog Ahead [Siyal Music]
People’s People – Monica [Frederiksberg Records]
Tom Skinner – Kaleidoscopic Visions [Brownswood / International Anthem]
Ruby Rushton – Walk To Regio’s [22a]
Till Brönner – Viva La Felicità [earMusic / Edel]
Sababa 5 & Canay Doğan – Gaip [Batov Records]
Mecca:83 feat. Jonny Tobin – Elevation [Rockwell Product Shop Label]
Àbáse feat. Phat Kat & Guilty Simpson – Shango (BluntOne Remix) [Oshu Records x Bridge The Gap]
De La Soul feat. Snoop Dogg – Pain [AOI Records]
MF Robots – Hello Sunshine [Good People Records]
Sault – S.O.T.H. [Forever Living Originals]
Sunbörn Meets Clap! Clap! feat. Carolina Lelis – Vuvuzela Dourada [Wah Wah 45s]
Four Ears – My Favourite Things (Peshay & Flytronix Remix) [Compost Records]
Mystific – Everything Has Changed [Celsius Recordings]
Hygienic Product x Alex Briza x Monowoman – Contra A Selva [Kos.Mos.Music]
Meitz – Phasen [Heard & Felt]
Slimy Ape – Footprints [Menace]
NameBrandSound & Nuff Pedals – Pedal & Wheel [CoOp Presents]
Real Love Seeker x BB James – I Want You [Soul Quest Records]
DJ 3000 – Laya [Motech Records]
Phylliss Bailey – Dance, Dance [Celestial Echo Records]
Offshore and Coen – Grayston Drive [OAC Recordings]
Louis Baker – Keep On (Hollis P Monroe Remix) [Best Works]
Setwun – Honesty [Extra Soul Perception]
Laurin Rinder & W. Michael Lewis – Envy (Animal Fire) [Be With Records]
11th August 2025 inc Slimy Ape Guest Mix
John Beltran presents Sol Set – War Of The Hearts [All Good Music]
Joe Dukie And DJ Fitchie – This Room [Best Seven]
Joe Dukie & DJ Fitchie – Seconds [Especial Distribution]
Cyne – Running Water [City Centre Offices]
Tom Caruana feat. Leaf Dog – Tea Leaf [Fluid Ounce Records]
Rick Asikpo – Love Love [Soundway Records]
Shokazulu – Navigate Your Soul [2000 Black]
Baron Retif – Citrus Flute [Almost Musique]
Calculon & Dave Owen – Ben Carlos Instrumental (Zero T Remix) [Shoot Recordings]
Marcos Valle – Disfarça E Vem [Far Out Recordings]
Aldorande – Carnaval Ao Sol [Favorite Recordings]
Guest Mix by Slimy Ape
Skee Mask – Bandprobe Dub
Calibre – Blame Dub
Fonzo – Pink Shells
Om Unit – Rolling Stock (Beatrice M. Remix)(unreleased)
Pharma – Adaptation (unreleased)
SeekID – Love In Exile (unreleased)
Truant – Y2
Rareman – D20
Pharma – Wait There
WZ – Stroke It
Mia Koden – Skank Steady
Pariah – Orpheus
Proove – Flavours Of May (unreleased)
Haida – Migrant
Sub Basics X Beatrice M. – ID (unreleased)
Sub Basics – Latch On (unreleased)
Slimy Ape – Organs Ain’t Dead
Heritage 44 – Croatian Summer (unreleased)
Rareman – Power Ballad
Pharma – Wicked Rule
J.Sparrow – Back Roots
Slimy Ape – Onstera (Dubrunner Remix)(unreleased)
XL Regular – What?
Leod – Untitled 01
Cheek – Venus (Beatrice M. Touch My Step Edit)(unreleased)
Leod – Untitled 09
++++ End Of Mix ++++
MVA – Chaos Control
A Hundred Birds – Welcome To The Club [BBE Music]
Land Of Echo feat. Kathy Diamond – Don’t Talk (Just Dance) [Wah Wah 45s]
4th August 2025
Trip Tease and Alain Vice – Palcon Funch [Astrolead Recordings]
Phreek Plus One – Bumpin’ [Compost Records]
Jiri Jiri – Gino [Batov Records]
Daniel Grau – Atlantis [Sonar Kollektiv]
Casomado & Luis Machuca feat. Tim Fuller – Feels So Good [Friskybeat Records]
NATE08 feat. Dishaan & Mallika – Where Are You Tonight [Needwant]
Rachid – Pride (Mood II Swing Club Mix) [Universal]
Jerk Boy, Marcel Vogel, Million Miles – Real Love (Oliver Night’s Brukwise Remix) [Lumberjacks In Hell]
Oliver Night – Reach Out [Tru Thoughts Recordings]
Martin Iveson – Pocket [Atjazz Record Company]
Rowpieces – And Even Sky Is No Limit [Rowtown Records]
[K S R] x Dogger – Sweet Jungle [Polarface Recordings]
Shimon & Andy C – Nightflight [RAM Records]
Brubaker – Back To Basics [Nuphonic]
Grupo Batuque – Keyzer [Far Out Recordings]
Banda 22 – A Luz Que Brilha Meu Viver [Mr Bongo]
Luisa feat. Azymuth – Lenha Na Fogueira [Far Out Recordings]
Rogê – Road To Nowhere [BBE Music]
Milton Nascimento – Vera Cruz [A&M Records]
Belleruche – 5 Fold [Hippoflex Recording Industries]
Evidence – Outta Bounds [Rhymesayers]
Camouflage Large – Cocbacda 9 [Close Range Records]
Mecca:83 feat. Phat Kat x Guilty Simpson – Don’t Stop [Rockwell Product Shop Label]
Mecca:83 – The Light Inside [Rockwell Product Shop Label]
Besøk – Det Ble Noe Vakkert
28th July 2025
J’von & Ackryte feat. Whitegroove – Keep It Movin’ [Cascade Records]
Common feat. Cee-Lo – A Song For Assata [MCA]
Jill Scott – Blessed [Warner Bros.]
Mecca:83 feat. Nardo Says – Proof of Life [Rockwell Product Shop Label]
Mecca:83 – Moving Dream [Rockwell Product Shop Label]
Robin Mullarkey – Bring Own Ball
American Gypsy – Inside Out [Music On Vinyl]
Quarteto Em Cy – Tudo Que Voce Podia Ser [Mr Bongo]
Antonio Adolfo, Brazil & Brazuka – SOS Amazonas [Far Out Recordings]
João Selva – Menina Me Encanta [Underdog Records]
The Circling Sun – Flying [Soundway Records]
The Sorcerers – Abandoned Satellites [ATA Records]
The Expansions – Cannonball [Albert’s Favourites]
Herbert & Momoko – Someone Like You [Strut Records]
EVM128 – Desert Island Bruk [CoOp Presents]
Piers Kirwan – Arps With Hats [Last Forever Records]
Cyberworks – Cosmic Drive (9th dB Remix) [DBR]
Dobie – Hustle With Speed [Big Dada]
Alix Perez feat. Sabre – Hemlines [Shogun Audio]
Tenshu – Aerials (Slimy Ape Remix)
Deeper Connection – Mystics [Fokuz Recordings]
Bassment – Up In Smoke [Warm Communications]
Zero dB – Come Party [Fluid Ounce Records]
Kraak & Smaak – Corsica ’80 (Opolopo Remix) [Dafia Records]
Offshore and Coen feat. Ernesto & The Basement Gospel – Show ’em Up [Foliage Recordings]
Aroop Roy feat. Andre Espeut – Let Me In [Kaoz Theory]
Belabouche – Luv In The Dark [JDP Disco Records]
21st July 2025
Joe Henderson & Woody Shaw – Power To The People [Real Gone Music]
Bruno Repsold Quinteto – Quimera [Agogo Records]
Plunky & Oneness Of Juju – Shades Of Light [Strut Records]
Aldorande – Riviera Serenade [Favorite Recordings]
Marcos Valle – She Told Me, She Told Me [Verve]
Sault – K.T.Y.W.S. [Forever Living Originals]
Scuba feat. Imani Izuri – Bare Naked [Five Six]
Potatohead People & Slippery Elm feat. Bahamadia – Up Close [Mysterybox Records]
DJ Marrrtin & Tino – Paris Fashion District [Stereophonk]
Kuna Maze – Layered Memories [Tru Thoughts Recordings]
Havana Candy – Curious George
Sue Wright – I Believe In You [Canopy Records]
Liberation Of Man – Lovely Day [Mr Bongo]
Rome Jefferies – Good Love [Backatcha]
Tryangle Man – House Of Desired Funk [Tryangle Man Records]
Cool Affair – Motoric Patterns (Kaidi Tatham Remix) [Cataleya Music]
NBI – Alphawaves [Burnin Music]
The Creeps – Change It (Simonelli’s Disco Family Sensation) [Clubvision Recordings]
Don Kamares – HausDans [Mousetrap Records]
Max Sinàl feat. Hutch The Great & Melodi Marsh – Let You In [Soul Quest Records]
SPD – Ferment [eatmybeat]
Bassment – Gumshoe Blues [Warm Communications]
14th July 2025
Evidence – Nothing To See Here [Rhymesayers]
The Expert feat. Defcee & Jehst – Remember The Summer [Rucksack Records]
Dabrye feat. MF Doom – Air (K15 ReMiX)
Besøk – Rommet Snakker Tilbake
Tania Maria – Ficou Na Saudade [Jazzybelle Records]
Brigitte Fontaine – Il Pleut [Wewantsounds]
Space Travelers Union – Heliocentric [Folded Music]
Sault – S.I.T.L. [Forever Living Originals]
Mulatu Astatke – Netsanet [Strut Records]
Bembe Segue – Pyramids
Airplay – Nothin’ You Can Do About It [RCA]
Slimy Ape X Wintour feat. Pablogyal – Peace Of Mind
Benga – Killerstep [Bengabeats]
Artwork – Red [Big Apple Records]
Currency Audio – Adder [Exit Records]
Deeper Connection – Mystics [Fokuz Recordings]
Kelmo – The Function (Mutt Remix) [Lately Bass]
Rowpieces – Between Melancholy And Confidence [Rowtown Records]
Horatio Luna – Bubbly (Dufresne Remix) [La Sape Records]
China Charmeleon & Brandon Dhludhlu – Birds Sing [Stay True Sounds]
Offshore and Coen feat. Kali Mija – Always (Alone] [Atjazz Record Company]
Sunbörn Meets Clap! Clap! – Acarajé do Salmão [Wah Wah 45s]
gutinstinct – Pueblo [Fortunea Records]
Anghel & Prayon x Idd Aziz – Kipekeele [BBE Music/Batakari]
Mad Cliff – Goin’ To The Disco [Soul Brother Records]
Don Glori – Paper Can’t Wrap Fire [Mr Bongo]
Gordon Li, aka Don Glori returns with his third release. “Paper Can’t Wrap Fire” has plenty of the same flavors his previous compositions. That means an array of fusion forays combining soul, jazz and Brazilian rhythms. Vocalist ML Hall jumps on three tracks. One of those tracks, “Brown Eyes” combines Hall’s falsetto vocals with Glori’s sublime piano arrangements. Glori’s warm and melodic arrangements shine on “Song For Ants”. The tune begins with a flurry of horns layered over wordless phrasing. Glori tops it off with rhythmnic and harmonically adventurous soloing. “Power” is another highlight that begins with a heavenly choir layered over vibrant fender rhodes and a samba groove. Glori has built an impressive catalog. This release from the multi-instrumentalist may be his best.
Aldorande – Trois [Favorite Recordings]
“Trois” is the latest release from the Parisian band Aldorande. The five member group led by bassist Virgile Raffaelli deliver an array of cosmic jazz funk bangers. The compositions may transport you to the late seventies jazz funk period and give off Lonnie Listen Smith vibes. Florian Pellissier’s spacey synths and multiple variations of keys elevate burning tracks like “Gulf Of Mexico” and “Back To Mother Love”. He’s not alone. Laurent Guillet’s plucky guitar adds a touch of spice as well. “Opium Des Nuits” is one of a number of simmering mellow tunes highlighted by the rhythmic percussion work from Erwan Loeffel. If you want to journey through the galaxy of jazz funk then this is the record for you.