Catalyst – Complete Recordings Vol 2, Porter Records

Reissue from this LP by the 1970s Philadelphia band from Odean Pope, Sherman Ferguson, & Eddie Green, who drew from a wide range of musical styles; jazz, funk, R & B, avant garde & fusion. With the given talents of Catalyst they could have and should have been bigger but sadly they found themselves with [...]

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Kankick – From Artz Unknown, HHV

An intriguing and surprisingly deep album from West Coast producer Kankick. Responsible for the beats on the album, the instrumentals between tracks work magically, creating a good mix between beats and lyrics for an album intended to showcase his production skills. Lots of jazzy compositions here, complete with trumpets, classical guitars, flutes, organs, rolling basslines, [...]

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GZA – Liquid Swords, Get on Down

According to legend, when the Wu-Tang Clan formed like Voltron on their debut album in 1993, GZA happened to be the head – an appropriate place for a man also called “The Genius.” Yet at the time few could have predicted that his 1995 masterpiece Liquid Swords would be considered “one [...]

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El Rego – El Rego, Daptone Records

El Rego is a true legend of African Soul Music. Here for the first time on album are 12 of his greatest recordings from the late ’60s and early ’70s hand-picked by Daptone Records !
Afro-Soul collector/DJ Frank Gossner had spent years combing West Africa tracking down 45’s by Theophile Do Rego (aka El Rego) before [...]

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Theo parrish – Parallel Dimensions, Ubiquity

In 2000, Theo Parrish released his second full album, Parallel Dimensions, on his own Sound Signature label. 4 Years later S.A.’s Ubiquity issued the tracks from the CD version, and repackaged the album on a quality 2LP pressing (plus again on CD). It was around this time (2004) that Theo was being picked up a [...]

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