Jiro Inagaki & His Soul Media - Funky StuffJiro Inagaki & His Soul Media's Funky Stuff returns on LP via Nippon Columbia, and the title really does tell the story. Fat bass, crisp drums, bright horns and organ led movement make this one of the most instantly accessible entries in the Japanese jazz funk canon. It is loose, driving and full of groove, with the band locking into that sweet spot between soul jazz warmth and dancefloor friendly funk.

unpretentious simplicity

across four gorgeous re-edits

faded Stonedenjoe (House) and his Black Sunday masterpiece melding gospel

Dorothy Ashby and Frantz Tuernal

First Weapon Drawn is an audio-adventure all unto its own

combines unconstrained consciousness and uninhibited feeling for evolutionary experiences

Pointing back towards A-Side

A1 - Veronica Mars

Dorothy Ashby’s „For Some We Loved“immediately took me back to that feeling and opened up in front of me an otherworldly-world through it’s free flowing polyrhythms and sparkling Koto playing

Physical Attraction 6:35

alive with endless possible interpretations of its inner mysteries

Across the double LP