VA - Rastafari (The Dreads Enter Babylon 1955-83) (DOLP)
38,90 €*
Umfassende Compilation von Soul Jazz Records, die die spirituelle und kulturelle Entwicklung der Rastafari-Bewegung innerhalb der jamaikanischen Musik dokumentiert. Die Doppel-LP vereint seltene und klassische Aufnahmen aus den Jahren 1955 bis 1983 von Künstlern wie Count Ossie, The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari, Ras Michael und vielen weiteren Roots-Pionieren. Nyabinghi-Drumming, frühe Ska- und Reggae-Rhythmen sowie spirituelle Gesänge zeigen eindrucksvoll den Einfluss der Rastafari-Kultur auf die Entstehung des Roots-Reggae. Rastafari (The Dreads Enter Babylon 1955–83) gilt als faszinierende musikalische Reise durch die spirituellen Wurzeln jamaikanischer Musik.
Various – Junglist! Old Skool Ragga, D&B, Jungle 1993-95 (DOLP)
36,90 €*
Energiegeladene Compilation von Soul Jazz Records, die tief in die goldene Ära von Jungle, Ragga und frühem Drum & Bass eintaucht. Die Doppel-LP versammelt wegweisende Tracks aus den Jahren 1993 bis 1995 von Künstlern wie M-Beat, Top Cat, Cutty Ranks und weiteren Pionieren des Old Skool Ragga, D&B, Jungle. Rasante Breakbeats, tiefe Basslines und Reggae-/Dancehall-Einflüsse verschmelzen hier zu dem rohen, urbanen Sound, der Jungle weltweit prägte. Junglist! gilt als spannende Zeitreise in die frühen Tage des britischen Bass-Music-Undergrounds
VA - Soul Jazz Records Presents Studio One Women (DOLP)
34,90 €*
Limited Edition,Special Coloured VinylStudio One Women is in the series of Studio One compilations released by Soul Jazz Records. 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 inch and 12 inch 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.
VA - If I Had A Pair Of Wings: Jamaican Doo Wop, Vol. 1 (LP)
19,90 €*
This collection of Jamaican doo wop from the late 1950s through to the early 1960s represents a period in which sound systems had begun to dominate the island, and were starting to step up their rivalry by beginning to record and release their own platters rather than rely on imported records to gain the competitive edge.
With the uniquely Jamaican ska explosion yet to completely catch hold, these tracks are largely imitative of the doo wop and R&B sound that had been reaching the island from American shores & radiowaves, albeit peppered with hints of what was to come ~ some of the future stars of ska, rocksteady and reggae are starting to cut their teeth on these tracks, providing a great view into the fledgling record industry on the island.
VA - Aloha Got Soul Soul, AOR & Disco In Hawai'i 1979 - 1985 (DOLP)
26,90 €*
180g vinyl, inclusive Bonus CD
VA - Edo Funk Explosion Vol. 1 (DOLP)
33,90 €*
It was in Benin City, in the heart of Nigeria, that a new hybrid of intoxicating highlife music known as Edo Funk was born. It first emerged in the late 1970s when a group of musicians began to experiment with different ways of integrating elements from their native Edo culture and fusing them with new sound effects coming from West Africa´s night-clubs. Unlike the rather polished 1980´s Nigerian disco productions coming out of the international metropolis of Lagos Edo Funk was raw and reduced to its bare minimum.
Someone was needed to channel this energy into a distinctive sound and Sir Victor Uwaifo appeared like a mad professor with his Joromi studio. Uwaifo took the skeletal structure of Edo music and relentless began fusing them with synthesizers, electric guitars and 80´s effect racks which resulted in some of the most outstanding Edo recordings ever made. An explosive spiced up brew with an odd psychedelic note known as Edo Funk.
That‘s the sound you‘ll be discovering in the first volume of the Edo Funk Explosion series which focusses on the genre’s greatest originators; Osayomore Joseph, Akaba Man, and Sir Victor Uwaifo:
Osayomore Joseph was one of the first musicians to bring the sound of the flute into the horn-dominated world of highlife, and his skills as a performer made him a fixture on the Lagos scene. When he returned to settle in Benin City in the mid 1970s – at the invitation of the royal family – he devoted himself to the modernisation and electrification of Edo music, using funk and Afro-beat as the building blocks for songs that weren’t afraid to call out government corruption or confront the dark legacy of Nigeria’s colonial past.
VA - Feeling Nice Volume Four (DOLP)
25,90 €*
A Collection Of Superrare And Superheavy Funk 45s From The Late ‘60s & Early ‘70s.
Sticker on front says: "This is deep-funk at its best. 15 out of 17 tracks appear on a full-length album for the very first time! Incl. previously unreleased bonus 45rpm single by South Side "I Feel A Groove Comin' On"
