$39.00
Kung Fu Afrobeat!
With a globetrotting 20-year career renowned for being a voice for the people across four decades of political and societal upheaval from the late ‘90s to today, Antibalas celebrates its 20th Anniversary with a stark return to their Williamsburg roots on its latest Daptone Records studio album, Fu Chronicles. Pre-gentrified Williamsburg serves as the backdrop for Fu Chronicles–voyaging back to the early days of when Antibalas and Daptone Records spawned out of lead singer Duke Amayo’s kung fu dojo. A senior master of the Jow Ga Kung FuSchool of martial arts, Duke Amayo along with Antibalas founder/baritone saxophonist Martín Perna guide listeners through an epic journey of where kung fu ingeniously intersects with Afrobeat on Fu Chronicles. - Antibalas on Bandcamp
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Label: Daptone Records – DAP060LP |
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Format: Vinyl, LP |
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Country: US |
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Released: 2020 |
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Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul |
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Style: Afrobeat |
$48.00
Reunion of Madlib and Oh No!
Marking their first full length album as The Professionals, the LP mixes Madlib’s production with Oh No’s rapping, alongside cameos from Chino XL, Elzhi, and Adub.
The Professionals follows Madlib’s collaboration with Freddie Gibbs as MadGibbs for their 2019 LP Bandana. - The Vinyl Factory
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Label: Madlib Invazion – MMS-034 |
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Format: Vinyl, LP, Album |
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Country: US |
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Released: 17 Jan 2020 |
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Genre: Hip Hop |
$39.00
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Label: RCA – NL 86994, Bluebird (3) – NL 86994 |
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Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered |
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Country: Europe |
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Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul |
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Style: Jazz-Funk |
$30.00
A laid back EP best suited for long drives on empty roads!
'Gospel, zydeco, underground Texas rap, country, R&B, and Tejano music are all layered on the album—led by Khruangbin’s Mark Speer on guitar, Laura Lee on bass, and DJ Johnson on drums, and featuring Leon Bridges on writing and singing duties—to produce a sound that’s distinctly of the Lone Star State' - Texas Monthly
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Label: Dead Oceans – DOC214 |
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Format: Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP, Limited Edition, Orange Translucent |
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Country: UK & US |
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Released: 07 Feb 2020 |
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Genre: Funk / Soul |
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Style: Psychedelic, Soul |
$39.00
Recorded in April 1964, In ‘N Out falls square in the middle of the formidable run of five classic Blue Note albums that launched tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson’s legendary career. The line-up featured the transcendent frontline of Henderson and trumpeter Kenny Dorham along with a powerful rhythm section with pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Richard Davis, and drummer Elvin Jones. The music charted expansive post-bop territory on three Henderson’s originals (“In ‘N Out” “Punjab” “Serenity”) and two by Dorham (“Short Story” “Brown’s Town”). The brilliant album cover design by Reid Miles is a quintessential example of the bold typography that made his style so influential.
This Blue Note 80 Vinyl Edition is all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on180g vinyl at Optimal.
Tracklist:
A1: In 'N Out
A2: Punjab
B1: Serenity
B2: Short Story
B3: Brown's Town
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Label: Blue Note – BST 4166, Blue Note – ST 4166, Blue Note – 00602508027734 |
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Series: Blue Note 80 Vinyl Reissue Series – |
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Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, 180g |
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Country: USA & Europe |
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Released: 11 Oct 2019 |
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Genre: Jazz |
$39.00
Released in 2012 on 30 hand dubbed cassette tapes, "Oblique Kitchen" sautees a medley of mid-tempo rhythms in a frying pan of aromatic loops and stewed softsynths. the cover collage depicts immenent transcedance amidst the faces of absurdity. - HHV
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Label: Mndsgn – MND002 |
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Format: Vinyl, LP |
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Country: US |
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Genre: Hip Hop |
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Style: Instrumental |
$48.00
Visions of a New World is an album by keyboardist Lonnie Liston Smith, featuring performances recorded in 1975 and released by the Flying Dutchman Label. Digs in deeper into the style of Soul Jazz - bringing that late-night and meditation feel to our ears.
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Label: Flying Dutchman – BDL 1 1196 |
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Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Test Pressing, White Label, Gatefold |
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Country: US |
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Released: 2020 |
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Genre: Jazz |
$39.00
1967 album from the legendary Brazilian singer, composer & producer, Marcos Valle. Arranged by Eumir Deodato. Superior high-quality audio reproduction - mastered from original tapes. - Linear Notes | Mr Bongo
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Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
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Country: UK |
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Released: 14 Feb 2020 |
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Genre: Latin |
$39.00
XL Recordings
Gil Scott-Heron, Makaya McCraven – We’re New Again (A Reimagining By Makaya McCraven)
$39.00
For Makaya McCraven, sampling is a means of remembrance. The Chicago-based drummer and producer has spent recent years honing his studio style to incorporate samples of his own improvised live performances, overwritten and rerecorded. The result is a series of palimpsest records: In the Moment (2015), Where We Come From (2018) and Universal Beings (2018) – all exercises in using the studio as another means of improvisation, finding difference in the repetition of the same motifs.
This self-remixing style makes him an ideal interpreter for a 10th-anniversary reimagining of Gil Scott-Heron’s final album, I’m New Here. Not only are they both musicians from Chicago but McCraven’s drummer father played with Scott-Heron’s proto hip-hop contemporaries the Last Poets. And it is this playing that McCraven Jr samples on his reworking of New York Is Killing Me, adding a punchy phrasing to Scott-Heron’s inimitable, pain-stricken growl.
I’m New Here was already remixed by Jamie xx in 2011, making a hit of I’ll Take Care of U after it was sampled by Drake. McCraven’s version retains the original track’s bluesy introspection, placing a jittering beat beneath the entreating vocals. He breathes life back into these 18 compositions, enlisting the likes of fellow Chicago players Jeff Parker and Junius Paul to improvise on the arrangements, and situating Scott-Heron’s work back within the improvisatory tradition.
Ultimately, it is a pleasure to hear Scott-Heron’s voice – whether in scratchy falsetto or in soliloquising baritone – and McCraven’s rearranging, often minimising instrumentation, pays beautiful homage to it. By sampling and placing his work within the radical future of Chicago’s jazz scene, McCraven honours Scott-Heron’s memory anew. - The Guardian
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Label: XL Recordings – XL1006LP |
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Format: Vinyl, LP, Album |
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Country: Europe |
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Released: 07 Feb 2020 |
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Genre: Jazz |
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Style: Soul-Jazz |
$45.00
The second, more adventurous album from the Texas soul singer bends toward the present while keeping the warmth of classic R&B in his melodies and songwriting.
Leon Bridges never set out to be a nostalgia act. Growing up in the ’90s, he was devoted to the R&B of Usher and Ginuwine and his earliest performances at open-mic nights in his native Fort Worth were of neo-soul songs sketched out over readymade beats. Though his debut album, 2015’s Coming Home, was a study of early ’60s soul music written at the altar of Sam Cooke, Bridges strives to be considered among his contemporaries as well as his forebears. He’s shared bills with One Direction expats, appeared on songs with Macklemore and ODESZA, and popped up in a music video with Portland rapper Aminé.
Perceived obligation pulled Bridges into the fold of traditional soul music, he’s said: As a young singer considering the profound legacy of black musicians like Cooke and his peers, Bridges felt compelled to pay them homage. If Coming Home was a remittance of dues, then, Bridges’ sophomore album, Good Thing, is a widening of horizons. His music remains broadly “retro” with a veil of analog fuzz built into the tracks, horn licks and references to the American South, and those buttery, laid-back vocal runs that drew a line from Bridges to his idol in the first place. But his temporal fixation has loosened, making room for a more elastic, eclectic approach to songwriting that feels perfectly contemporary. - Pitchfork
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Label: Columbia – 19075830351 |
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Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, 180 gram |
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Country: US |
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Released: 04 May 2018 |
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Genre: Funk / Soul |
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Style: Soul, Contemporary R&B |
$48.00
To celebrate the ten-year anniversary of Gil Scott-Heron's seminal, I'm New Here, this expanded version features the original album plus two unreleased tracks - a cover of Richie Havens’ 'Handsome Johnny’ and a previously unheard Scott-Heron song 'King Henry IV’ - as well as a selection of other recordings from the original "I’m New Here" sessions that were only previously available on a rare, vinyl only deluxe version of the LP. Limited double album, with one green and one pink vinyl - XL Recordings
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Label: XL Recordings – XL1005LP |
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Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, pink and green vinyl |
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Country: Europe |
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Released: 07 Feb 2020 |
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Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop, Jazz, Funk / Soul |
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Style: Spoken Word, Poetry |
$39.00
Headless Heroes Of The Apocalypse is an epic album by American soul artist Eugene McDaniels. It's a vinyl classic with an eclectic mix of funk, soul and folk. The jazz band which is backing McDaniel adds the swing to all the incredible arrangements. "Supermarket Blues" is a song in which he focuses on the racial acts, while "The Parasite (for Buffy)" is a ten-minute tribute to the Native Americans. The album has been prized and sampled by the hip-hop community dozens of times. It's dark and political psychedelic soul album with excellent grooves, a masterpiece which is now available again on vinyl. The album is dedicated to Roberta Flack who is credited: "Special thanks to Miss Roberta Flack for not being afraid to help a brother. She, in my opinion, is a lady of quality, grace, humanity and talent of the highest order. I love you, Bert-G."
Eugene McDaniels (1935-2011) was an African-American musician who rose to fame during the early 1960s. After his first hit, "A Hundred Pounds of Clay", reached number 3 in the Billboard Hot 100 chart he released a couple of other hits. He has been living for years out of the spotlights before launching a series of YouTube videos with thoughts about his music in 2010. A year later he passed away. - Music On Vinyl
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Label: Music On Vinyl – MOVLP 2272, Atlantic – MOVLP 2272 |
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Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, 180 gram |
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Country: Europe |
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Released: Oct 2018 |
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Style: Fusion |
$39.00
Placebo's eponymous third album is glossy, elaborate Benelux Jazz-Rock which could be labeled Library music as well - having themes that could easily accompany a cult 70's detective series. Its seductive rhythms, combined with tasteful arrangements, make this LP difficult to walk away from. The grooves go deeper compared to their earlier works and the solos are intense and unique.
Marc Moulin (1942 - 2008) was a Belgian musician and journalist. In the early Seventies, he was the leader of the Jazz-Rock group Placebo. Moulin was one of Belgium's jazz legends, making jazz-influenced records for over 30 years. Marc Moulin's three Placebo albums are the 'Holy Grail' for the rare groove crowd, a sector of music fans who love that unique 70s style of cool. - Music On Vinyl
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Label: Music On Vinyl – MOVLP1093 |
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Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, 180 Gram |
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Country: Netherlands |
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Released: 2014 |
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Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul |
$48.00
Revisited, with additional takes, texts and photos, here is the very first ECM session, recorded in Ludwigsburg in November 1969, featuring the great American pianist Mal Waldron, whose resume included work with Coltrane, Mingus, Dolphy and Billie Holiday. In his original liner notes, Mal wrote: “This album represents my meeting with free jazz. Free jazz for me does not mean complete anarchy… You will hear me playing rhythmically instead of soloing on chord changes.” As Jazz Journal noted, “tough, two-handed modal blues” predominates, and the music sounds as fresh now as the day it was recorded. Indeed, the tersely-grooving “Boo” and “Rock My Soul” could be club hits half a century later. The Extended Anniversary Edition of Free At Last is issued as an audiophile vinyl double album. - ECM Records
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Label: ECM Records – ECM 1001, ECM Records – 779 8632 |
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Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered |
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Country: Germany |
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Released: 15 Nov 2019 |
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Genre: Jazz |
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Style: Hard Bop, Contemporary Jazz |
$90.00
Back on Indiana Avenue: The Carroll DeCamp Recordings is a collection of previously-unissued recordings from jazz guitar legend Wes Montgomery captured live and in studio in his hometown of Indianapolis, Indiana in the mid-to-late 1950s by renowned arranger/pianist Carroll DeCamp (Stan Kenton, Les Elgart), who played and hung out with Wes around that time. The deluxe, limited-edition 180g 2LP set includes an extensive liner notes insert with rare photos, essays by jazz scholar Lewis Porter and producer Zev Feldman, interviews with guitar icons George Benson and John Scofield, plus guitarist and Carroll DeCamp's nephew Royce Campbell and saxophonist/educator/publisher Jamey Aebersold. Back on Indiana Avenue Again is mastered by the legendary Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood, CA and pressed at Record Technology, Inc. (RTI). - Record Store Day 2019
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Label: Resonance Records – HLP-9036 |
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Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Special Edition, 180 gram |
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Country: US |
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Released: 13 Apr 2019 |
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Genre: Jazz |
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Style: Hard Bop |
$36.00
Modern R&B Sophomore LP from Ivan Ave!
In 2017, we’ve only caught a few glimpses of what Ivan has been working on, namely the soulful Kaytranada x Kiefer produced loosie “Also” and the jazzy MNDSGN produced single “Young Eye”. As it turns out, these two cuts are a good indication as to what the Oslo based artist has in store for us with his next LP release. On November 10h of this year, Ave presents his sophomore LP “Every Eye”.
“Every Eye”, with its symbiosis of different producers, musicians and vocal styles puts Ivan Ave in his own lane. Leaving behind the sample heavy sound he’s gained recognition with, Ivan embarks on his first musical journey free of chopped up jazz, soul and funk records. But it would be an understatement to say that “Every Eye” still has jazz, soul and funk for days. Enlisting musical homies like Fredfades, MNDSGN, DJ Harrison, Kiefer, Kaytranada and Dâm- Funk on the production side, Ivan carves out his path as an ever-growing MC and singer.
All-though “Every Eye” sometimes hovers in a state of weightlessness genre wise, there is no shortage of gravity in Ave’s lyrical universe. Ivan seems to have written this record as his own self help book, dealing with the mechanisms of the mind, the heart, and the world he sees (or doesn’t see).The title “Every Eye” refers to our various angles of view; the ones we choose and the ones we are assigned to. - Jakarta
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Label: JAKARTA – JAKARTA127 |
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Format: Vinyl, LP, Album |
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Country: Europe |
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Released: 10 Nov 2017 |
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Genre: Hip Hop, Jazz, Funk / Soul |
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Style: Jazzy Hip-Hop, Jazz-Funk |
$36.00
As the title suggests, Magnetic Syndromes is the sonic description of a life filled with unpredictable changes, carved out from the lens intensive view of Gypsy Mamba’s life. It can also be seen outside of the artist, defining the inner conflicts many conquer in their lifetime. Gypsy Mamba finds a battleground between the darkness and the light in Magnetic Syndromes. A unique music environment where tracks fluctuate between the frenetic and the subdued. It’s all pulled off with a wild array of colors and rhythms that can’t be associated to any other artist. - Alpha Pup Records
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Label: Alpha Pup Records – APR090 |
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Format: Vinyl, LP, Album |
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Country: US |
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Released: 27 Jan 2017 |
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Genre: Electronic |
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Style: Hip Hop, Experimental, Ambient |
$36.00
Produced by Mndsgn!
Great signature Mndsgn beats with Ivan Ave's lyrical flow guiding you through this laid back Beats album.
| A1 | Obedience | 3:01 |
| A2 | Toast | 3:13 |
| A3 | Ominelude | 2:17 |
| A4 | Find Me | 3:27 |
| A5 | Keep Looking | 2:17 |
| B1 | Obedience Instrumental | 3:01 |
| B2 | Toast Instrumental | 3:13 |
| B3 | Ominelude Instrumental | 2:17 |
| B4 | Find Me Instrumental | 3:27 |
| B5 | Keep Looking Instrumental | 2:17 |
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Label: JAKARTA – Jakarta 073R |
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Format: Vinyl, 12", EP, Repress |
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Country: Germany |
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Released: 15 Sep 2017 |
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Genre: Hip Hop |
$39.00
Gabriel Garzón-Montano became famous when Drake sampled his voice for “Jungle,” but his debut album stands on its own, heavy on pearly funk and pop, live instrumentation and harmony.
Montano's album marks him as part of a current of rising singers pointedly and successfully ignoring the latest wave of hip-hop/R&B hodgepodge. This varied group includes Guordan Banks, who landed a No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult R&B chart in 2016; Yuna, whose album Chapters spawned a pair of radio hits; and KING, who recently earned a Grammy nomination for last year’s We Are KING. Montano has been tactful about his tenuous connection with Drake in interviews, but Jardín represents a soft rebuke to the star—as well as a rich, buffed debut from an adept young artist. - Pitchfork
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Label: Stones Throw Records – STH2381 |
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Format: Vinyl, LP, Album |
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Country: US |
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Released: 27 Jan 2017 |
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Genre: Funk / Soul |
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Style: Rhythm & Blues, Funk, Psychedelic, Neo Soul, Soul |
$39.00
The first widely-released album from French-born, Montréal-based artist Joni Void is a found-sound project that reflects the anxiety of cities.
Jean Cousin’s story to date has followed a typical 21st-century DIY-artist narrative. For the past six years, the Lille, France native has flooded his Bandcamp and Soundcloud pages with several self-produced albums. The first, soundtrack for a film that doesn’t exist, spelled out his m.o. in no uncertain terms; the second, still images & other dreams, provides a handy subtitle. And while Cousin assumed the sort of alias—Johnny Ripper—you’d expect of some bass-bin-rattling EDM deviant, his early music gently tiptoed along the porous borders separating post-rock, IDM, and modern classical, often sounding like a piano recital remixed by Boards of Canada. After moving to Montreal in 2012 to study film (a medium that informs both his music and visually enhanced live performances), he’s now found a natural home at Constellation Records. But if Constellation has given him the means to execute his first proper album release, Cousin is using the moment in the spotlight to make himself even more anonymous.
For his latest release, Johnny Ripper has been reborn as Joni Void, a nom de punk better than anything the creators of “Vinyl” could’ve come up with. But in the context of Selfless, it symbolizes absence as much as attitude. Where he once composed on piano, and even occasionally sang, Cousin approached Selfless as a purely found-sound project, with melodies and rhythms emerging from intricate editing rather than performed parts. The limited vocals we hear—spoken-word poems, guest raps, or even just breathing—were captured through field recordings or phone messages, a tactic that reinforces Cousin’s shadowy presence. At times, the malleable, corroded nature of his music yields to the crisply captured sound of Cousin manipulating his machinery, like the unseen wizard pulling levers from behind the curtain. - Pitchfork
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Label: Constellation – CST125 |
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Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, 180g |
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Country: Canada |
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Released: 05 May 2017 |
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Genre: Electronic |
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Style: Abstract, Ambient, Sound Collage, Experimental |
Top 5 essential LPs currently at the Vault in the month of January 2020. For this round, we will be highlighting records only from Latin America!
It was a wax-only affair at the Vault' for our 17th edition of OutIn with guest selectors Itch and Vinylheavy!
A truly excellent pairing! Both are champions of sounds from our region, each with a deep knowledge of the music and a collection to match.
