Stone classic Detroit techno.

On the Chopper version of Billie Jean.

Virtuosic, sor-led molam music from Isan, the province bordering with Laos and Cambodia — sprightly melodies through haunting dirges, over woozy basslines, drones, clattering percussion.

Says Mississippi — ‘Some call them the thinking man’s AC/DC & some call them the working man’s Roky Erickson but really there is nothing that compares to Dead Moon. D.I.Y on every imaginable level, brilliant song writing, perfect elemental stripped down playing, honest & intense vocals. It’s all here.’

Lost album of reggae-soul by the young Kilburn-resident, recorded at the Black Ark in 1977. It fell through the gaps in Perry’s crumbling deal with Island Records — but here it is as originally planned.

Ace UK steppers.
Imperious singing-chanting over a masterly, swirling Mad Prof mix, with Black Ark-lineage flute.
Here are the two of them, dishing it out live and direct.
So sick and tired of those evil forces.

Sublime soul and funk by the Cleveland legend, 1967-77. Including the LPs Hot Chocolate and Understand Each Other, rare-groove holy grails; plus an unreleased live album.

The complete Motowns — two albums and a pair of out-takes.

Singers like Jimmy Thomas, Stacy Johnson, Vernon Guy, Jessie Smith, Bobby John, Jackie Brenston, Venetta Fields, Tina Turner, Ernest Lane, Dee Dee Johnson — fronting a super-tough Kings Of Rhythm lineup.

Killer diller guitar blues.
‘Rock and blues guitarists alike owe a gargantuan debt to Ike Turner. His ferocious whammy-bar hammering, choppy chording, and ultra-aggressive string-bending solos were way ahead of their time from the mid-1950s onwards.’

Plenty of killers, old friends like The Soul Children and William Bell alongside nuff new discoveries. Check the samples (if you think you’re hard enough).

Fizzing, talk-of-the-town soul-jazz crossover by fine singer and prodigious bassist, loaded with promise. Joe Lovano and Lalah Hathaway amongst the guests.

Hot 1981 mix of ESG-style no wave, revolutionary jazz rap, Latin, loft harmolodics and plain old nasty funk, with players from Prime Time and Defunkt, and the bands of Rollins, Eddie Gayle and Johnny Pacheco.