Funky Record Labels and Imprints
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Soul Fire
After the demise of funk revival pioneer label Desco, founders Philippe Lehman and Gabe Roth parted ways.
DESCO
We rewind to Paris in the late '80s, where Phillipe Lehman and a friend decided to compile some of their old, obscure funk 45's for an LP to promote an upcoming party.
Check out the video that Stolen moments put together of Lee Fields talking about everything from the first heart break to playing a show with 2 Live Crew in 80′s. With his voice still raw from a show the night before, rough-and-tumble soul singer Lee Fields reached deep, fought off the morning fog and gave a passionate, stripped-down performance of “Still Hanging On” for NPR’s new video series
Truth & Soul
In preperation for Record Store Day, and due to popular demand, we've pressed The Echocentrics' Timbaland tribute EP, Echoland , on limited edition colored vinyl.
Ubiquity
Hammondbeat
Hammondbeat Records produces some of the coolest moderne recordings on the planet featuring the finest organ players, backed by the tightest bands and the hottest vocalists. Our music boldly plays notes that build into melodies which before you know become songs that you won't confuse with a blender, vaccuum cleaner or "the radio".
Universal Sound
Ocho — Ocho The first of three albums by Ocho, one of the defining bands of the Latin New York Funk sound. Led by Chico Mendoza, Ocho have been featured heavily in Soul Jazz Records "Nu Yorica" series and t...The latest post in Egon’s NPR series Funk Archaeology investigates the hard-to-describe music that shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) jazzer Minoru Muraoka recorded in the psychedelic era of the late 60s and early 70s. And, offered as a free download below, the Cut Chemist edit of Muraoka’s masterpiece “The Positive & The Negative” which Egon refers to in his piece.
Now-Again
All three albums will have subjected to our notoriously elaborate packaging and detailed liner notes, including essays by Sub Pop’s Jonathan Poneman, Love Child’s Alan Licht, and the Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd. The albums have been faithfully restored from the original masters, and are accompanied by a plethora of singles, demos, live recordings, and Peel sessions. Each album will be packaged as a double album with a CD of the same material.
Numero
Light In The Attic
A few weeks ago we featured the truly unique private press gem, The Cool-Aid Benefit Album , released by our friends at Lion Productions (with a lil' help from LITA and Regenerator Records).
Another Daptone Records imprint, EVER-SOUL Records, extending a careful selection of timeless vintage recordings to our customers.
Ever-Soul
Dunham Records is a Brooklyn based label dedicated to delivering only the finest quality Soul, Funk, Afrobeat, and Hip Hop music to the world.