On wax // Peter Thomas & Mocambo Astronautic Sound Orchestra: Space Patrol (Orion 2016)
A real killer tune from the Mocambo stable, and the first with a space twist. To celebrate its 50th anniversary,
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On Wax // Tall Black Guy preps new album Let’s Take A Trip
Dan Lish is one of my favourite artists out there (his Block Party print hangs above my decks at home)
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On Wax: Mr Bongo – 3rd Generation Band’s Because Of Money / Obi Ye Saa Wui
Ghanian The 3rd Generation Band hail from Ghana, recording only six tracks in their time together, all for the
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Preview // Brookzill: Throwback To The Future
An album ten years in the making, Brookzill! consists of the renowned DJ and producer Prince Paul, Ladybug Mecca (of
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Preview // The Gaslamp Killer: Instrumentalepathy
GLK is not one to do things by halves, and this looks immense. The psych cover was created by French
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Death Waltz’s Twin Peaks reissue is ready!
UPDATE: UK peeps order from Piccadilly Records here It’s been two years since Death Waltz first announced they were
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Premiere + On Wax // Ostinato Records Presents: Tanbou Toujou Lou – Meringue, Kompa Kreyol, Vodou Jazz , & Electric Folklore from Haiti 1960 – 1981
Os·ti·na·to A continually repeated musical phrase or rhythm. The most distinctive – and hypnotic – feature of African and
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45 // Rolando Bruno y su Orquesta MIDI – Supermercado Chino (Names You Can Trust)
A lovely slice of cumbia/garage rock here from the illustrious Names You Can Trust label. Rolando Bruno sounds completely mad
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Hip Hop Family Tree’s flexi disc with #12
The mysterious flexi disc attached to every copy of Ed Piskor’s Hip Hop Family Tree #12 is a real thing,
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On Wax: Chairman Maf’s 1976 out now
I copped the CD of this when it came out back in 2013, and as of twelve minutes ago the new, vinyl
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On Wax? Help fund Chalk’s next release on vinyl
Chalk’s debut album, One For Being Me, was one of the most fire Manchester hip hop releases of recent years.
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On Wax // Atlantis Jazz Ensemble: Oceanic Suite
Founded by two members of the blazing Soul Jazz Orchestra (saxophonist Zakari Frantz and pianist Pierre Chrétien), the Atlantis Jazz
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On Wax // DJ Woody & Boca 45 supercombine to form BOCAWOODY
Happy Record Store Day! I hope you’ve managed to soak up some of today’s vinyl vibes. Manchester has been brilliant,
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On Wax // Quantic returns to Flowering Inferno: single with U-Roy and Alice Russell + Quantic on tour
1000 Watts is the first single from Quantic’s dub-style Flowering Inferno project, and comes on a nice extended 12″ with
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On Wax // Mark Pritchard: Under The Sun {Warp}
Brand new material on a heavyweight 2LP is incoming from one of the godfathers of the beat scene, Mark Pritchard.
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On Wax // Charles Bradley: Changes {Dunham / Daptone}
The brand new album from the esteemed Charles Bradley has finally dropped, the culmination of a big and well-deserved build up
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ON WAX // New 45 from Lack Of Afro imminent, ft Juliette Ashby and Elliot Cole
1. I Got The Rhythm (ft Elliot Cole) 2. All My Love (ft Juliette Ashby) Lack Of Afro is set
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On wax // Aloha Got Soul! Hawai’ian funk, soul and disco 1979-85
I’ve played this compilation over and over since I got it, it’s that good. Funk and soul with a Hawai’ian
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New, blue Mocambo 45: Pigalle Connection
Mocambo’s most recent 45 has been pressed as a very limited blue variant – grab it quickly from their Bandcamp.
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On Wax // Nx Worries – Anderson.Paak x Knxwledge: Link Up & Suede
Finally, this is on wax from the stupendous Malibu-maker Anderson.Paak (who, by all accounts, killed it dead at Manchester’s Ruby
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