About

Antal, founder of the Amsterdam-based Rush Hour Records & Store and renowned for his global DJ touring and eclectic sets spanning house, techno, rare funk, soul, and jazz, curates a personal selection from the historic label Timeless Records.

For Timeless Presents From The Archives, he handpicked highlights from 1974–1994 by jazz luminaries such as Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Pharoah Sanders, Carter Jefferson, Gary Bartz, Woody Shaw, and more. “I want to thank the Wigt family for allowing me to dig deeper into their catalog to compile a selection of personal jazz favorites. Their passion for jazz and independent labels has inspired me as a DJ and record store owner. A great song is a great song, no matter when or where it was made,” Antal reflects. For this double album, Antal shares his love for modal and spiritual jazz, celebrating a pivotal era in jazz and creating a must-have for collectors, selectors, and new explorers.

Timeless Presents From The Archives 1974-1994 is packed in a gatefold sleeve, featuring notes by Antal and artwork by Dirk-Jan Deckwitz. Affixed on the protective sleeve is the 50th Anniversary Timeless Jazz sticker. — (via Label)

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About Antal:

Since 1997, Antal runs the mighty Rush Hour Records in Amsterdam with a close group of hard working people. It’s a vast empire that encompasses a reliable distribution wing as well as a much-loved record store chock full of vinyl, often bought during on-going crate digging trips. The label, in the meantime, releases house and techno from the vanguard at the same time as reissuing long forgotten classics that serve to educate whole new generations about what has gone before. You could say Antal himself serves the same purpose when DJing. 

Preferring not to put a name to his style, the most he’ll concede is that the music is soulful and can be from any country in this world. With a record collection as huge as it is wide in taste, he is just as comfortable spinning house and techno as well as playing funk or forgotten disco from any corner of the planet. The music goes beyond space and time. He loves playing songs you never knew you needed in your life. — (via Resident Advisor)

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— 2LP, pressed on 180g black vinyl
— Housed in gatefold sleeve
— Includes pictures and liner notes

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Label: Timeless Records / Rush Hour / Music On Vinyl
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Released: 2026
Genre: Jazz
Style: Contemporary Jazz

File under: Jazz Compilations
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