Soul/Funk/Disco

Surprise Chef - All News Is Good News (2021 Rei...

Released 30th July 2021. There is something simultaneously both brand-new and retro about ‘AllNew...

Released 30th July 2021. There is something simultaneously both brand-new and retro about ‘AllNews Is Good News’ - the debut album from Melbourne’s instrumentalsoul group Surprise Chef. Now reissued on light blue vinyl with poster insert. It sounds like something dreamt up by lo-fi cousins of David Axelrod and JankoNilovic, with dramatic Library-music-eqsue cinematic arrangements echoingboth light and dark, delving into moments of dissonance and positivity. Thereis a meticulous education of 1...

Lou Hayter - Private Sunshine

Released 24th September 2021. SK says: "An irresistible love letter to 80s and 90s electropop fro...

Released 24th September 2021. SK says: "An irresistible love letter to 80s and 90s electropop from the former New Young Pony Club vocalist/keyboardist, featuring two extraordinary covers: a cool, synth-led reading of Steely Dan's classic "Time Out of Mind" and a radical recasting of actor Brian Protheroe's '70s cult hit "Pinball"." Effortlessly hopscotching between vintage acid and 80s R'n’B, insouciant Francophone pop and twinkling electro house, Lou Hayter has delivered something at once ut...

Diana Ross - Thank You

Released 5th November 2021. Diana Ross sings “Thank You” to the world.  “This collection of songs...

Released 5th November 2021. Diana Ross sings “Thank You” to the world.  “This collection of songs is my gift to you with appreciation and love. I am eternally grateful that I had the opportunity to record this glorious music at this time,” said Ms. Ross. Her new album, “Thank You” is scheduled for release this fall through Decca Records / Universal Music Group. The title track and first single,” Thank You,” will be available for streaming and download on June 17. Recorded in her home studio, ...

Various Artists - The Ladies of Too Slow To Dis...

Released 19th June 2020. SK says: 'The peerless Too Slow To Disco series digs up more lost gems f...

Released 19th June 2020. SK says: 'The peerless Too Slow To Disco series digs up more lost gems from the West Coast era, including some hiding in plain sight like (disco banger from Lulu, anyone?) and diggers' favourites like Marti Caine's epic 'Love the Way You Love Me'. 

Various Artists - Pacific Breeze: Japanese City...

SK Says: 'Light In The Attic's essential primer for the smooth melange of jazz, R&B and synth...

SK Says: 'Light In The Attic's essential primer for the smooth melange of jazz, R&B and synth that makes up the City Pop sound- Japan's answer to the West's airwave-ruling yacht rock and adult contemporary movements. Essential summer listening featuring YMO's Haruomi Hosono and a host of household names in Japan unlikely to be familiar to anyone further ashore.' Pacific Breeze documents Japan’s blast into the stratosphere. By the 1960s, the nation had achieved a postwar miracle, soaring t...

Lee Fields - "Let's Get A Groove On"

RSD 2020.

RSD 2020.

Durand Jones & The Indications - Private Space

Released 30th July 2021. Private Space, the group’s third album, is a previously untapped vibe at...

Released 30th July 2021. Private Space, the group’s third album, is a previously untapped vibe at the heart of The Indications. Pushing beyond the boundaries of the funk and soul on their previous releases, Private Space unlocks the door to a wider range of sounds and launches boldly into a world of synthy modern soul and disco beats dotted with strings. It’s an organic, timeless record that’s as fresh as clean kicks and familiar as your favorite well-worn LP. Developed after being apart for ...

Robert Finley - Sharecropper's Son

Released 21st May 2021. ‘Sharecropper’s Son’ is a soulful masterpiece and career-defining album f...

Released 21st May 2021. ‘Sharecropper’s Son’ is a soulful masterpiece and career-defining album from Robert Finley, “the greatest living soul singer”, written by Finley and co-written and produced by Dan Auerbach. With songwriting by Finley, Auerbach, Bobby Wood, and contributions from respected country songwriter Pat McLaughlin, ‘Sharecropper’s Son’ also features an all-star band, who have worked with everyone from Elvis to Wilson Pickett, including guitar expertise from Auerbach himself. Re...