- Soul / Funk

Various Artists | Groove of ESSR: Funk, Disco, Jazz from Soviet Estonia - LP Release date: 23.07.2021 The groovier side of Iron Curtain is uncovered by Funk Embassy Records via the 11-track LP, out on 12" vinyl and CD. Recorded...

Glass Beams | Mahal - Black 12" Release date: 17.05.2024 The genesis of Glass Beams, which formed around founding member Rajan Silva, stemmed from the rekindling of childhood memories related to his father, who emigrated to Melbourne from India in...

  Surprise Chef | Education & Recreation - Black LP Surprise Chef’s music is based on evoking mood; their vivid arrangements utilize time and space to build soundscapes that invite the listener into their world. The quintet’s distinct sound pulls from 70s...

Kamasi Washington | The Epic (3LP) A brazen release from young Los Angeles jazz giant, composer and bandleader Kamasi Washington. 'The Epic' is unlike anything jazz has seen and not just because it emanates from the boundary-defying Brainfeeder. 'The Epic' is...

Surprise Chef | Friendship EP - Sky Blue 12" Release date: 02.06.2023 Friendship is a six song 12" EP recorded during the Education & Recreation sessions that stands as "a humble monument to the most crucial principle of our band:...

El Michels Affair & Black Thought | Glorious Game - Black LP Release date: 14.4.2023 An album of Black Thought rhyming over El Michels Affair tracks. Features Brainstory, KIRBY, and Son Little. When Leon Michels and El Michels Affair released...

Surprise Chef | Superb - Black LP Release date: 16.05.2025 Australia’s world-renowned cinematic soul outfit Surprise Chef return with new album Superb. A record that represents a change in their creative approach and turns up the heat in their music....

Okonski | Entrance Music - Black LP Release date: 28.02.2025 After nearly two years, Okonski returns with Entrance Music - an album that finds the trio at the height of their improvisational prowess and celebrating the spontaneous and meditative. On...

Gil Scott-Heron | I'm New Here 10th Anniversary Expanded Edition - One green, one pink 2LP Release date: 07.02.2020 In February 2010, the late, legendary musician, poet and author Gil Scott-Heron released his thirteenth, and last, studio album. First conceptualised...

Various Artists | Groove of ESSR II: Funk, Soul, Disco & Jazz From Estonia 1973-1984- Black LP Release date: 10.02.2023 “ESSR” in the “Groove of ESSR II” stands for Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic. Yet for Estonia, there was nothing really...

Radio Trip | Music Head - LP Release date: 16.03.2009 Music Heads by Radio Trip is and remains one of the most far out releases ever had on Jalapeno Records. In the Noughties, the label was approached with some incredible music...

Mara TK | Bad Meditation - LP Release date: 07.05.2021This Spring sees the highly anticipated return of Mara TK, the golden voiced singer of the Kiwi future soul trio Electric Wire Hustle. While EWH’s globally acclaimed career has seen this Māori-Scottish singer wonder...