New stock just in: thousands of additional titles across jazz, funk, soul, reggae, latin, african and EDM
We've set up a new panel of indie labels and distributors, and the first big batch of stock has just landed. Thousands of additional titles are working their way into the shop, covering all the usual CBS territory plus a proper deep dive into broken beat, nu-jazz and the wider electronic side of things. If you've been after new pressings from the current wave of UK jazz, African rhythm sections, dub and dancehall reissues, or leftfield electronic LPs, this drop is for you.
New acts, new labels
This haul brings in a load of artists and labels we haven't carried much of before, from the First Word and Jazz re:freshed rosters to ATA Records, Brownswood, and various reggae and dancehall reissue specialists. Expect plenty from the current generation of London-based jazz musicians, alongside Ethio-jazz revivalists, Afrobeat collectives, and producers working the line between live instrumentation and dancefloor electronics.
The jazz / EDM / broken beat crossover
If there's one thread running through this drop, it's the ongoing conversation between jazz musicianship and dance music production. A lot of these records are made by young rhythm sections who grew up on broken beat, house and UK garage as much as on Blue Note and Mizell Brothers records, and it shows. Tight pocket drumming, chord voicings that nod to jazz harmony, but built with a club aesthetic in mind. It's a sound that's been bubbling under in West London for decades and is now very much part of the mainstream conversation in UK jazz. We've picked out ten standouts below that show this crossover in different ways.
1. Kaidi Tatham – In Search of Hope
A genuine cult classic. Originally a tiny Japanese press in 2008, this is Kaidi's solo statement and arguably the blueprint for the whole broken beat to jazz pipeline. Most tracks deliberately avoid straight 4/4, switching time signatures mid-groove while staying impossibly funky. If you want to understand where the current scene came from, start here.
2. Dego – Love Was Never Your Goal
One half of 4hero and a founding father of broken beat, still pushing it forward decades on. Deep, soulful, electronic-leaning jazz from someone who's been doing this since before most of the current crop were born.
Leeds-based crew steeped in Ethio-jazz, library music and 60s/70s horror soundtracks, recorded on vintage analogue gear at the ATA Records studio. Mulatu Astatke approved. Spooky, groove-heavy, and a lot of fun.
A collaboration between Balimaya Project and Discos Pacífico All Stars, fusing West African Mandinka rhythms with Colombian and Afrobeat influences. High-energy, percussion-led, and built for both the dancefloor and the listening room.
5. Amanda Whiting – Can You See Me Now?
Welsh harpist and First Word Records mainstay, this EP leans into spiritual and gospel-tinged jazz with a feature from Alice Russell. Spacious, meditative, and a lovely showcase for an instrument you don't hear nearly enough of in this scene.
6. Étienne de Crécy – Super Discount 2
A French house essential. The follow-up to one of the defining records of the late 90s French touch sound, still sounding fresh and packed with that warm, filtered groove. A direct line into the dance side of our crossover theme. (Not in stock just yet, watch this space.)
Deep, heavyweight dub from Sly & The Revolutionaries for the soundsystem heads. Rolling basslines, dread atmospheres and proper analogue weight. Essential for anyone building a serious dub section.
Mercury Prize-nominated and rightly so. A big band record from Cassie Kinoshi that pulls together jazz, grime, gospel and Afrobeat influences into something genuinely ambitious. One of the defining UK jazz records of its era.
9. Various Artists – King Jammy's Dancehall, Vol. 4: Hard Dancehall Lover 1985-1989
A proper history lesson. King Jammy's was the engine room for the digital dancehall revolution, and this volume captures the era when Jamaican music went fully electronic almost overnight. Essential listening for anyone tracing the roots of UK bass culture back to its source.
10. DoomCannon – Somewhere in Between
The second album from Dominic "DoomCannon" Canning, out on Jazz re:freshed. Where his 2022 debut Renaissance looked outward at the world, this one turns inward, soulful and reflective with hip-hop and jazz influences throughout, including Kaidi Akinnibi on sax. A great snapshot of where young London jazz is right now.
Get in while it's fresh
These titles are landing in batches over the coming days, so keep an eye on the shop as stock gets added. As always, if there's something specific you're after that you don't see listed yet, drop us a message and we'll see what we can do.