The Sorcerers' latest long player lands in perfect time for the summer, offering a further progression into their unique take on Ethio-inspired jazz.

Set for release on July 11th via Brownswood Recordings, ‘Tuff Times Never Last’ is a spirited and vibrant collection of songs serving as an optimistic reminder to tightly hold and embrace the many dualities that occur in life. Over the course of the 11-song suite, the album explores togetherness, community, sensuality, childhood, loss and above all perseverance.

Impressive collection from the Wagram label, which compiles in 4-CD packs the best of the most commercial music styles imaginable, in this case in the Spirit of Electro Swing.
Caravan Palace, Mr. Scruff, Tape Five, Club Des Belugas, Lazlo, In-Grid, Swing Republic and many more.

For their 20th anniversary Club des Belugas are releasing a 3-CD album "Best of 2002 - 2022", with 51 tracks and a total playing time of 3 hours and 50 minutes. A compilation of the best-selling tracks on the one hand, and what the band believes to be the best tracks on the other (which is often, but not always, identical). Club des Belugas is one of the leading Nujazz bands in Europe, perhaps in the world. They combine contemporary European Electro, Lounge & Nujazz Styles with Brazilian Beats, Swing and American Black Soul of the fifties, sixties and seventies using their unique creativity and intensity. Since 2002 they released 12 studio albums, a 2CD live album, a live DVD, 22 singles, 1 EP and a 3 CD album BEST OF 2002 - 2022.

You don't have to imagine any image of the mellow and full voices of Jazz divas. Just open your ears and enjoy it with ease. The four-dimensional floatation of electronic particles insinuates and creates the vivid appearances for the improvisation sound in modern times. Nu-Jazz Divas takes perfect interpretation of voices and extraordinary recording quality as main considerations and displays the absorption and remake of traditional Jazz in electronic generation. The two CDs contain the nuances between "Happy Hour" and "After Hour". The Cha Cha beats mixed with Funk, the inseparable House and Soul, even the blood linkage of Fusion and Urban, they all exquisitely express the variable characteristics of Jazz, which can be uplifting and exultant or soothing and enchanting. Artists include Alice Russell, Parov Stelar, Dephazz, P-Jay, Mo'Horizons, Nils Krogh, the Quantic Soul Orchestra and many others.

With his 9th studio album, Moonlight Love Affair, Austria's Parov Stelar returns to his exploration of the love affair between electronic dance music and organic elements. Moonlight Love Affair is meant to represent a relationship in which there are no boundaries. Longtime fans will find familiarity in tracks like "Candy Girl" or "Dirty Mariposa" with their retro-chic aesthetics, while vocalist Mani Hoffman (of Supermen Lovers fame) ignites "Better Believe" and "Black Bird." "Toxic Lover" revels in the use of a sample from the now-ubiquitous Shangri-Las' song "Remember (Walking in the Sand)." As with his last musical efforts, the artwork is done by Parov Stelar himself, this time with a captivating piece entitled "I Can See Music, I Can Hear Art." Moonlight Love Affair shows all facets of the artist: raw and unvarnished, thereby vulnerable, powerful and beautiful.

Jazz like lightning! As quick as lightning (until you almost go blind), dublon conquered the hearts of many jazz lovers by finding the perfect harmony between jazzy sounds and groovy house.

Fresh off the back of Warp Records repressing their legendary debut album 'Reeled and Skinned', the iconic UK band Red Snapper returns with eight brand-new tracks for their upcoming album, Barb and Feather, marking 30 years since their groundbreaking arrival on the scene. Following the success of their 2023 live LP, Live at the Moth Club, Red Snapper felt an undeniable creative momentum. This new album is a testament to their ongoing evolution, channeling the electrifying energy of their live performances into fresh, dynamic compositions.

The expansion into and incorporation of jazz in the electronic scene is a concept far from new, but its impact is best felt on a disc like Coco. Parov Stelar approaches the double album from an innovative standpoint, dismissing the habit of ignoring less prominent tracks on an album by creating something of enviable proportions. Jazz and swing shine through on Coco, the bold brass and beautiful arrangements blending with minimal house and electro elements, melancholic piano and sax. With six singers from different genres making appearances, Stelar creates a melodious patchwork of sounds across 26 tracks. The first disc plays more with guest vocals (with eight of the 13 tracks collaborations), hitting the mark with songs like the evolving "True Romance" (featuring Lilja Bloom) and "Distance" (featuring Lylith)…

Erik Truffaz received an early introduction into the world of a professional musician, thanks to his saxophone-playing dad. When he was ten years old, the French trumpeter began performing in his father's dance band. As he grew older, Truffaz performed with other bands in the region until he was 16 and heard Kind of Blue by Miles Davis. The great jazz trumpeter's music inspired him to learn more, and he set off for Switzerland's Geneva Conservatoire, where he became a student. Truffaz's repertoire expanded to works by Mozart and Verdi, and he performed as part of L'Orchestre de Suisse Romande. He also played in cover bands before establishing a group called Orange. The band concentrated on Truffaz's compositions…

Here comes a "Best of Tape Five" collection with swinging tracks recorded between 2010 and 2023. These songs gained millions of streams on the usual platforms, and were included on and inspired hundreds of compilation CDs. As Tape Five's older CD albums are out of stock now, they have bundled their favourite and best known Swing tracks on this compilation. In 20 years TAPE FIVE have released a variety of cool retro genres from Lounge to Electroswing - and in between performed live around the world from South America to Asia. Tape Five will also release a "Best of - Lounge Edition" later this year. To be continued…

Moss Side Story is an album by Barry Adamson released in 1989. The album is a concept album, a soundtrack album to a non-existent crime film. The music is almost completely instrumental except for occasional screams, vocal samples and a choir. To achieve the soundtrack effect the song titles are descriptive of a film noir plot outline. The inner sleeve came with a short story written by Dave Graney which added to the concept. This complemented outer sleeve which displays the tag line: "In a black and white world, murder brings a touch of colour…". The overall style is reminiscent of the work of Angelo Badalamenti who often collaborates with the film director David Lynch. Adamson would go on to contribute music to Lynch's film Lost Highway (1997). Moss Side is a neighborhood in the city of Manchester, Great Britain, where Adamson was born. The album title is a play on words and a reference to Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story. The title of "The Swinging Detective" plays on Dennis Potter's series of television plays The Singing Detective, while "Round Up The Usual Suspects" is a line made famous by Claude Rains in Casablanca. The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

If there is truly such a thing as elegant sound, it can be found on Prive: The Lounge Anthology: a luxurious 6 disc compilation that reunites the best of chill-out, trip hop and lounge classics. On this album we find all of the music that comprised the 'new cool' sound of the early 90's and today is part of a style that has changed the way young people listen to music. Prive: The Lounge Anthology offers tracks by artists such as Alex Gopher, Thievery Corporation, Jose Padilla (DJ and creator of the infamous Cafe Del Mar series), Emiliana Torrini, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Beirut, Kevin Yost, Pink Martini, Stephane Pompougnac (DJ and creator of the Hotel Costes saga), Angie Bowie and many more. The eye-catching package is this time but a compliment to what is truly a meeting of the greatest minds of contemporary music.

"Sinners Lounge - Pure Pleasure" (2008) is a compilation album in the chillout, lounge, and ambient genres. Released under the Sinners Lounge series, this album showcases a collection of smooth, laid-back tracks designed to provide a sensual, relaxing, and sophisticated atmosphere.

Wah Wah 45s celebrates 25 years as an independent record label with a deep and soulful selection of their most loved, and often perhaps most overlooked releases.From the jazz inflected Scandinavian soul of Sesong and Espen Horne, to all time classic cuts from Allison Crockett, Part-Time Heroes, Stac, Colman Brothers and Dele Sosimi & The Estuary 21; from folky faves from Speeka, Bev Lee Harling and Isaac Birituro & The Rail Abandon to Afro-soul nuggets from Léa Mondo, Afla Sackey & Afrik Bawantu and Eparapo; from canny covers courtesy of Honeyfeet, Henri-Pierre Nöel and the Hackney Colliery Band to electro-soul beauties from Jamie Finlay, Lawne, Hunrosa, Paper Tiger and The Milk, remixed by Scrimshire; from dubbed out reggae moments from Youthsayers, Resonators and Soothsayers remixed by Prince Fatty, to under-the-radar gems from Max Cole, Sam, Scrimshire, TALC, Hardkandy, The Gene Dudley Group, Kutiman and Gideon Conn - Wah Wah 45s is a label that's been committed to unearthing and sharing sonorous sounds and serious song-writing for a quarter of a century, and this is probably their most heart-felt and complete compilation to date.