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Soul Jazz Records’ ‘Cold Wave #1’ Is a Brilliant Collection of Cutting-Edge Dance Music

Soul Jazz Records’ ‘Cold Wave #1’ Is a Brilliant Collection of Cutting-Edge Dance Music

The collective talent on ‘Cold Wave #1’ is breathtaking, and the album is a fabulous tribute to the kinds of sounds born out of 1970s club culture.

Trees Speak Conjure Up a Mysterious, Hypnotic Sound on ‘PostHuman’

Trees Speak Conjure Up a Mysterious, Hypnotic Sound on ‘PostHuman’

Arizona’s Trees Speak offer up elements of sci-fi, prog rock, krautrock, and Italian film scores on PostHuman, and that’s a good thing.

Experimental Rock’s Trees Speak Summon Kosmische Sensations on ‘Ohms’

Experimental Rock’s Trees Speak Summon Kosmische Sensations on ‘Ohms’

On their inspiring second album, Ohms, Arizona avant-garde collective Trees Speak invoke the best of expansive electronica through motorik repetitions across a sprawling masterwork.

Pop Music and Cultural Resistance in Nigeria via Apala

Pop Music and Cultural Resistance in Nigeria via Apala

A new Soul Jazz Records compilation presents Apala songs, created to reject colonialism and celebrate recent independence in late 1960s Nigeria.

‘Nigeria Soul Power 70’ Expands to Include Even More Funky Soul

‘Nigeria Soul Power 70’ Expands to Include Even More Funky Soul

Soul Jazz packs an impressive range of vintage sounds into an expanded release of Nigeria Soul Power 70.

Brazil USA 70: Brazilian Music in the USA in the 1970’s

Brazil USA 70: Brazilian Music in the USA in the 1970’s

Soul Jazz Records investigates the brilliant intersections of stateside jazz and Brazilian samba on Brazil USA 70.

He Shoots! He Scores! Bunny Lee: Dreads Enter the Gates With Praise

He Shoots! He Scores! Bunny Lee: Dreads Enter the Gates With Praise

This brilliant Soul Jazz Records compilation of Jamaican reggae producer Bunny 'Striker' Lee hits the mark with 23 prime cuts of roots reggae and dub.

‘I’m in Love with a Dreadlocks’ Reclaims Brown Sugar As Lovers Rock Pioneers

‘I’m in Love with a Dreadlocks’ Reclaims Brown Sugar As Lovers Rock Pioneers

A new compilation shows how three teenaged girls helped pioneer the musical articulation of black consciousness in England in the 1970s.

‘Jazz Is the Teacher, Funk Is the Preacher’ Continues the Connection Between Black Power-era Art and Progressive Jazz and Funk

‘Jazz Is the Teacher, Funk Is the Preacher’ Continues the Connection Between Black Power-era Art and Progressive Jazz and Funk

Soul Jazz Record's second tie-in to the Soul of a Nation art exhibit brings the funk, alongside a wide range of progressive populist jazz from the early '70s.

‘Boombox 3’ Collection Explores the Fun of Early Rap