As years go, if 2026 were a treasure chest and new early reggae-style releases were the contents, said chest would be positively overflowing. Alongside a
Taiwanese ‘Soulful Gent’ Yufu channels the sound of early 70s Stateside soul on new single Side Effects May Include by way of a follow-up to,
A second slice of heavyweight hiphop on the Little Beat More label this autumn (following Whatafunk’s Hood Thangs-featuring Unlearn The World) is this brief (at
It’s not immediately clear why European producers (especially these from the UK and France) should fly the flag of boom-bap hip-hop more than stateside ones
Combining forces for a fourth long player entitled A Day Of Unrest, Eleven 76 (a.k.a Paul Elliott and Dan Smith) once more venture back half
The Rayvelles return with a new 45 and find the overlap between their more cinematic sounds and lowrider soul. On aptly-named B-side Heavy Hearts the
Berry Geordie strikes again! Yep, that’s right, somehow Smoove’s gained access to yet more multi-track master recordings on Multitrack Reworks Vol. 15 – this time
Just out, Hood Thangs finds Whatafunk adding to the rich bonanza of boom-bap hip-hop dropping this autumn. The track is the first from the forthcoming
Roots Organisation, aDUBta and The Black Oak Roots Allstars combine swing-era horns-rich melodies with rocksteady riddims on a full LP shortly entitled Caribbean Serenade. Before
The Break Cracker follows his previous Latin-flavoured release on Echo Edits with straight funky and jazzy business this time around. First up is I Want