USDMeine Sprache
Meine Währung
Hilfe
BestellenProbleme beim BestellenHäufig gestellte FragenKontaktiere unsKontaktiere uns (Lieferanten)Über JunoJuno DailyNeuerscheinungen dieser WocheDJ & Studio StoreTagsFeedbackDatenschutzregelungReturns & refundsAGBFinanceJuno Vinyl DistributionJuno Vinyl WholesaleJuno Marketing and PR departmentPromote your label / releases
Filter
Stock
Artist
Label
Featured
Release Title
Price
Tags
Back catalogue: All genres
Juno's full catalogue of All genres
Singles
Kunden kauften auch...
out of stock $6.42
Kunden kauften auch...
Gespielt von: AfroBase (Radio Chart), [email protected], Afro Beat Foundation, I Love 45's!, Originals
out of stock $5.58
Kunden kauften auch...
Review: Ten years deep, First Word showcase just how timeless their output has been by exploring their vaults and repurposing some of their finest classics 10" re-releases. Never press to vinyl before, each of these cuts surges at the very forefront of hip-hop, funk and world music. Each track is a highlight; "African Kings" is quintessential Afrofunk laced with warm keys and undeniable groove infection, "The Nuts" is futuristic homage to Danny Breaks, Marc Mac conjures the spirit of the Steve Miller Band on his Homecut remix and the Capstone remix of the Andreya Triana-fronted "Good Morning What's New?" is a drum-heavy jazz daydream you'll never want to awake from. Here's to another 10 years!
… Read moreout of stock $8.66
Kunden kauften auch...
Review: Like a cool sea breeze on a hot summer's day, First Word is keeping things fresh with another dancefloor rocker for the selectors. Our resident jazzy beat maestro Cedar has been hard at work in the studio, orchestrating an EP of broken beat bombs to set floors ablaze. Influenced by 70s soul-jazz/funk and 80s electronica his tracks blend lush pads and jazzy overtones with finely tuned beats & rhythms. "Cedar Is My Man" Domu, Co-op, "Cedar mixes are the bomb!" Zero dB, Ninja Tune, "The coolest EP I've heard this year" Afronaught, Bugz In The Attic.
… Read moreout of stock $5.58
Kunden kauften auch...
Excess Baggage (B-STOCK) (12")
Cat: FW 195 (B-STOCK). Rel: 30 May 19
Hip Hop/R&B
B-STOCK: Creasing to corner of outer sleeve but otherwise in excellent condition
Vibrations (Short album edit)
Vibrations (Zed Bias remix)
Slow Down (Zed Bias remix)
10 Toes (feat HMD)
Ghost
No Sunshine Tomorrow (Sunset version)
I Want You
Review: ***B-STOCK: Creasing to corner of outer sleeve but otherwise in excellent condition***
If you've yet to succumb to the charms of Children of Zeus - and there can't be many out there who haven't - then this "odds and ends" LP offers a neat introduction. Five of the seven tracks have been plucked from the Manchester crew's previous full-length excursions, while the other two - seductively soulful two-step garage reworks of "Vibrations" and "Slow Down" by fellow Manchester resident Zed Bias - have previously been almost impossible to get hold of. Setting aside the club-ready remixes, what "Excess Baggage" proves is that Children of Zeus are one of British music's most essential outfits right now, delivering sensual and life-affirming cuts that brilliantly blend the best aspects of hip-hop, R&B and modern soul.
… Read moreIf you've yet to succumb to the charms of Children of Zeus - and there can't be many out there who haven't - then this "odds and ends" LP offers a neat introduction. Five of the seven tracks have been plucked from the Manchester crew's previous full-length excursions, while the other two - seductively soulful two-step garage reworks of "Vibrations" and "Slow Down" by fellow Manchester resident Zed Bias - have previously been almost impossible to get hold of. Setting aside the club-ready remixes, what "Excess Baggage" proves is that Children of Zeus are one of British music's most essential outfits right now, delivering sensual and life-affirming cuts that brilliantly blend the best aspects of hip-hop, R&B and modern soul.
out of stock $5.54
Kunden kauften auch...
Review: If you've yet to succumb to the charms of Children of Zeus - and there can't be many out there who haven't - then this "odds and ends" LP offers a neat introduction. Five of the seven tracks have been plucked from the Manchester crew's previous full-length excursions, while the other two - seductively soulful two-step garage reworks of "Vibrations" and "Slow Down" by fellow Manchester resident Zed Bias - have previously been almost impossible to get hold of. Setting aside the club-ready remixes, what "Excess Baggage" proves is that Children of Zeus are one of British music's most essential outfits right now, delivering sensual and life-affirming cuts that brilliantly blend the best aspects of hip-hop, R&B and modern soul.
… Read moreout of stock $9.23
Kunden kauften auch...
Cat: FW 229. Rel: 08 Jul 21
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz/Nu Soul
Review: The Description Is Not The Described is a much anticipated debut solo release from the hotly tipped Nathaniel Cross. Rolling Stone Magazine once dubbed him The Quincy Jones Of Catford for his mad and diverse skills, and the arranger and trombone player has walls backed up that talk with action. He has recorded and performed with pop giants like Stormy, Emile Sande, Kano and Solange and worked on both Moses Body albums. on his own EP, he masterly draws on the rich heritage of black music from gospel to soul to hip hop and dancehall, but arranges them all in slick jazz styles.
… Read moreGespielt von: DJ Kobayashi
out of stock $24.03
Kunden kauften auch...
Review: If you've not yet copped the debut album from Cardiff twosome Darkhouse Family, The Offering, we'd suggest tracking down a copy - it was one of last year's most overlooked beats albums, joyously joining the dots between hip-hop, jazz and neo-soul. Here First Word offers up "An Extra Offering" featuring a quintet of new remixes of album tracks. The quality threshold naturally remains high throughout, with Kaidi Tatham's synth bass-propelled, head-nodding rework of "The Accession" providing an early high watermark. Naturally, DJ Spinna's two reworks are both superb. His "Galactic Soul" version of "Another World" is a string-laden, house tempo synth-soul treat, while the "Galactic Funk" remix of "Just So You Know" brilliantly wraps spacey synth bass and sweet soul vocals around a slipped, off-kilter hip-hop rhythm.
… Read moreout of stock $15.96
Kunden kauften auch...
Review: A warm welcome back to the Darkhouse Family, Cardiff's finest purveyors of soul-fired instrumental hip-hop and jazz-funk flavoured broken beats. The good news is that "All The Way", which features the combined talents of guests Tyler Daley and Kaidi Tatham, is every bit as good as anything on their superb 2017 album "The Offering". The A-side original version, in particular, is superb - a languid chunk of head-nodding hip-hop soul rich in double bass, drowsy jazz horns, twinkling pianos and impassioned, emotive vocals. That said, the instrumental flipside revision, which includes extended flute solos where the vocals once say, is also impeccable.
… Read moreout of stock $18.16
Kunden kauften auch...
Review: Eye Of The High make a welcome debut on the mighty First Word Records label here with some stellar Brit-funk goodness. This vinyl-only release from the collaborative project headed by DJ and producer and see time Talking Loud artists Femi Fem and Glen Scott opens with the glorious 'Seismic Shift.' The drums are tinged with an Afro skip, the vocals are reminiscent of a 90s heyday for this sound and the cosmic synths stretch out to the sun. 'Elevate' has more funk in its bones and steel drums laced into the skipping groove. Two fresh and feel-good gems for sure.
… Read moreGespielt von: Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz
out of stock $13.26
Kunden kauften auch...
Gespielt von: Diesler
out of stock $5.58
Kunden kauften auch...
out of stock $6.14
Kunden kauften auch...
out of stock $6.14
Kunden kauften auch...
Cat: FW 98. Rel: 07 Feb 13
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz/Nu Soul
Gespielt von: Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz
out of stock $5.31
Kunden kauften auch...
Gespielt von: Powlo Thirsty Ear, The Invisible Man (Sublogic / GLR), E's E (NYCTrust), Marco Febbraro, DJ GOODKA FROM THE GROOVOLOGISTS, Tropical Fever, Onur Engin, Mehdi, Manmade / CMC-Silenta, Rob Coley, Mr. Confuse, Juno Recommends Funk, Urban Allstars, I Love 45's!, ITSU UNO, Whiskey Barons
… Read moreout of stock $6.69
Kunden kauften auch...
out of stock $5.58
Kunden kauften auch...
Review: Earlier this month, First Word Records dropped an epic, digital-only compilation in which members of the label's large family of artists either collaborated with or remixed each other. This 12" boasts four of the collection's undoubted highlights. The EP begins with a simply stunning Kaidi Tatham remix of Allysha Joy's soul-jazz treat 'Better' - think deep broken beat meets liquid jazz-funk and sultry neo-soul - and ends with a fiercely sub-heavy and surprisingly spaced out K15 broken beat rework of Teotima's 'But I Can't'. Sandwiched in between you'll find a jazz-funk-goes-bruk re-wire of Takuya Kuroda's 'Fade' by KEARL (that's K15 and Darkhouse Family's Earl Jeffers) and a wonderful fusion of squelchy synth-jazz and broken beat courtesy of Quiet Dawn and Sarah Williams White.
… Read moreout of stock $9.50
Kunden kauften auch...
Review: Wonky meets jazz in this impressive new jazz mini-LP from Japan. Takuya Kuroda is a highly respected trumpeter and arranger born in Kobe, Japan and based in New York City. 'Midnight Crisp' is Takuya's seventh studio album, entirely self-produced and following 2020's highly acclaimed 'Fly Moon Die Soon'. Learning jazz in a higher education environment, he's reapplied his skills to a new solo outing here, blending with his one true loves, afrobeat and hip-hop. The ensuing album is one of myriad midnight moods, tempered by many a virtuosic and mournful piano, digitally-edited drum brush, and trilling trumpet from the mouth of Kuroda himself.
… Read more in stock $24.03
Kunden kauften auch...
Review: Takuya Kuroda is a highly respected trumpeter and arranger from Kobe, Japan but now based in New York City. Midnight Crisp was his seventh studio album and now First World has had a selection of cuts from it remixed. 'Choy Soda' gets superb treatment in the form of Waajeed's Hi-Tech Jazz remix which jumbles the trumpet motifs with shuffling drums and future soul. On the flip, 'Dead End Dance' gets a signature Kaidi Tatham remix that brings the broken beats and sunny sounds to the fore with more languid jazz notes adding sultriness.
… Read moreGespielt von: Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz, Ney Faustini
in stock $12.02
Kunden kauften auch...
Cat: FW 175. Rel: 21 Jun 18
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz/Nu Soul
Review: After her magnetic debut EP for Running Circle in 2017, Nottingham's Yazmin Lacey lands on our charts with her follow-up 12", a piece of work that sounds deeply accomplished and expansive for being her second EP to date. Largely roaming within the jazzo-sphere, When The Sun Dips 90 Degress is a beautifully seductive five-tracker, with the artist's voice reigning supreme over the cascading showers of piano keys and subtle electronics, somehow tapping into the Alice Coltrane sort of vibe. There's no harp here, but plenty of soulful charisma. Fear not thy devout jazz fanatic - this can get real deep and real smooth. It's a broken beat fan's dream some true. More from Lacey is, indeed, expected in the remainder of the year. Marvellous stuff.
… Read more in stock $12.85
Kunden kauften auch...
out of stock $13.98
Kunden kauften auch...
Cat: FW 211. Rel: 05 Mar 20
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz/Nu Soul
Gespielt von: Fradinho, Andrea passenger, DJ ROCCA, ReeKee (Wrong Notes), Giovanni Damico, LEGO EDIT
out of stock $8.93
Kunden kauften auch...
out of stock $6.14
Kunden kauften auch...
Review: For those with intimate knowledge of the original West London broken beat scene of the late '90s and early 2000s, the return of IG Culture's New Sector Movements project is big news. Remarkably, 'These Times' contains the first new 'NSM' material in 15 years and sees IG Culture joined by a swathe of guest vocalists and musicians including Allysha Joy, Mike City, Natalie May, Wonky Logic and Alex Phountzi. Musically, it's as on-point as you'd expect, with IG Culture and his merry band confidently striding between rolling, horn-sporting future R&B ('These Times'), jazz-funk-flavoured breakbeat soul (the incredible 'Stand'), head-nodding, Latin-tinged 21st century street soul ('Hope'), Kaidi and Dego style business ('H.E.A.T') and hard-wired, sub-heavy, peak-time ready broken beat (the infectious 'Bless').
… Read more in stock $11.74
Kunden kauften auch...
These Times (B-STOCK) (12")
Cat: FW 261 (B-STOCK). Rel: 01 Jan 90
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz/Nu Soul
B-STOCK: Record ever so slightly warped, otherwise in excellent condition
These Times (feat Allysha Joy)
Stand (feat Mike City)
Hope (feat Allysha Joy & NSM Fusion Starship)
HEAT (feat Natalie May)
Bless (feat Mike City)
Review: ***B-STOCK: Record ever so slightly warped, otherwise in excellent condition***
For those with intimate knowledge of the original West London broken beat scene of the late '90s and early 2000s, the return of IG Culture's New Sector Movements project is big news. Remarkably, 'These Times' contains the first new 'NSM' material in 15 years and sees IG Culture joined by a swathe of guest vocalists and musicians including Allysha Joy, Mike City, Natalie May, Wonky Logic and Alex Phountzi. Musically, it's as on-point as you'd expect, with IG Culture and his merry band confidently striding between rolling, horn-sporting future R&B ('These Times'), jazz-funk-flavoured breakbeat soul (the incredible 'Stand'), head-nodding, Latin-tinged 21st century street soul ('Hope'), Kaidi and Dego style business ('H.E.A.T') and hard-wired, sub-heavy, peak-time ready broken beat (the infectious 'Bless').
… Read moreFor those with intimate knowledge of the original West London broken beat scene of the late '90s and early 2000s, the return of IG Culture's New Sector Movements project is big news. Remarkably, 'These Times' contains the first new 'NSM' material in 15 years and sees IG Culture joined by a swathe of guest vocalists and musicians including Allysha Joy, Mike City, Natalie May, Wonky Logic and Alex Phountzi. Musically, it's as on-point as you'd expect, with IG Culture and his merry band confidently striding between rolling, horn-sporting future R&B ('These Times'), jazz-funk-flavoured breakbeat soul (the incredible 'Stand'), head-nodding, Latin-tinged 21st century street soul ('Hope'), Kaidi and Dego style business ('H.E.A.T') and hard-wired, sub-heavy, peak-time ready broken beat (the infectious 'Bless').
out of stock $7.55
Kunden kauften auch...
out of stock $6.42
Kunden kauften auch...
Cat: FW 170. Rel: 01 Mar 18
Balearic/Downtempo
Review: First Word's first release of the year and Quiet Storm's first substantial release since his album The First Day, "Human Being: The Short Story Of A Reed" is a beautiful conceptual narrative that explores the idea of a reed yearning to be human but discovering it's not quite as easy as it looks. The music is, however, as beautiful as you'd expect from the Parisian composer. Ranging from the soft pensive vocal texture allure of opener "Human" to the eventual dizzying bewilderment of the finale "Being" by way of stimulating chapters such as the lucid bossa "The Reed" and the eerie, night fog horse ride "Risk It", this is a stunning, stirring piece of work that reveals more and more on every listen.
… Read moreout of stock $8.93
Kunden kauften auch...
Review: Chunky grooves from French production outfit Souleance, who released this brand new single ahead of the release of their debut album La Belle Vie. La Gourmandise features three tracks; first up, "Schack" has soundtrack stylised brass stabs, handclap rhythms, female wailing and a killer bassline. Up next, "La Ville Rose" uses heavy breaks underpinning a melancholic female vocal, while "Tryin" is a modern day soul fired love song with sampled vocals and stuttering beats.
… Read moreout of stock $6.99
Kunden kauften auch...
out of stock $5.58
Kunden kauften auch...
Review: Soulist and Fulgeance's Souleance project delivers a 12" of album proportions. As ever, it's every bit as funky as you'd expect it to be. At points it's a steamy, emotional, come-to-bed affair thanks to the sultry keys and vibrating bass of "Hustle" and the hip-shaking slinky lo-fi samba of "Secoue". At other points it's aimed directly at the dance with the high energy disco boogie rattles of "Tartare" and big filtered house struts of "Ratatouille". At all points it's pristinely produced and coated in a Latin soul that Soulist and Fulgeance have made their own. Complete with remixes from Debruits and Uffe and this beyond album proportions.
… Read moreout of stock $9.78
Kunden kauften auch...
out of stock $7.82
Kunden kauften auch...
out of stock $6.69
Kunden kauften auch...
Review: French funk of the highest order, Fulgeance and DJ Soulist's Souleance project comes of age with this extensive EP. Vibes range from the powerful floor-focussed, synth-heavy P-funk boogie swagger joint "Broobecker" to slo-mo hypnosis that's so distinctive it sounds like a Todd Edwards track being played at a third of the speed ("Georgian Kiss"). Elsewhere we get jiggy to lo-fi fuzzy Afro funk ("Mais Um") and step back to the 80s for an exploration of b-boyism's deepest aspects. Extensive, exciting and exhilarating, Souleance are making a serious mark right here.
… Read moreout of stock $8.66
Kunden kauften auch...
Review: Fulgeance and Soulist continue their beautiful collaborative work together with a record that will tickle you pink. Literally... 'Guili' means tickle in French. Paying homage to acts like Azymuth, 'Guili' is a full adventure that never sits still as the synths and drums lead us into a carnivalesque groove laced with plenty of acid and a delicious slap bass section. 'Toro' continues this organic, live groove feeling with even bigger keys and loose limbed drums driving us to an almighty and chaotic breakdown. For added magic Art Of Tones is on side with a crucial remix. What a session.
… Read moreGespielt von: RUSTAM OSPANOFF., Voodoocuts
out of stock $12.29
Kunden kauften auch...
out of stock $4.47
Kunden kauften auch...
out of stock $5.58
Kunden kauften auch...
out of stock $5.31
Kunden kauften auch...
Gespielt von: Lexis (Music Is My Sanctuary), JKriv (Razor-N-Tape), I Love 45's!, Rebel Soul, I Love Hip Hop
out of stock $5.58
Kunden kauften auch...
Cat: FW 204. Rel: 06 Feb 20
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz/Nu Soul
Review: First Word's latest must-have 12" sees label regulars Tall Black Guy (AKA hip-hop beat-maker Terrel Wallace) and self-proclaimed "chop artist" 14KT (real name Kendall Tucker) remix each other's tracks. The latter steps up first to re-configure Wallace's Moonchild collaboration "I Will Never Know" as a folksy, bass-heavy chunk of slipped soul/jazz fusion dripping with folksy acoustic guitars and ear-catching vocals. Wallace repays the compliment on the flip, delivering a warm, crispy and R&B-influenced hip-hop soul revision of recent single "The Power Of Same", featuring the seductive vocals of Muhsinah. If soul, jazz and hip-hop all float your boat, this should be an essential purchase.
… Read moreout of stock $6.69
Kunden kauften auch...
Thing Leaves The House (Record Store Day 2015) (limited double 7")
Cat: FW 137. Rel: 25 Apr 15
Hip Hop/R&B
out of stock $14.26
Kunden kauften auch...
Review: Record Store Day Edition: Concepts for the annual Record Store Day don't get better than this. Tall Black Guy, Eric Lau and Kidkanevil were invited to Mr Thing's gaff and explore his sizeable vinyl collection. They could sample anything they wished... But, as the title says, no vinyl could leave his house. The result is four examples of pure sample artistry. Eric Lau's "Chop For Mr Thing" takes a Latin strummer and stretches out its harmony over a nagging beats with really cool edits and space. Kidkanevil opts for a sludgier hip-hop approach where one simple loop opens and closes at different spaces over a nod-heavy beat. Elsewhere Tall Black Guy gets dreamy with a tripped out vocal sample and some stunning slippery bass action while Mr Thing provides the best schooling with a classic Dilla style loop that twists the full emphasis on one vocal cry and a weave of classic hip-hop cuts.
… Read moreout of stock $13.69
Kunden kauften auch...
Review: First Word welcome an absolute musical legend to the fold: Kaidi Tatham has recorded and/or performed with some of the very best names in contemporary funk, soul and jazz from Amy Winehouse to Bugz In The Attic. Also running a fine in silky soothing solo sounds himself, this 20 minute extended player represents Kaidi at his most relaxed, introspective and subtly euphoric. Ranging from the lounge-licking organ-massaging opener "Treacle Manifestations" to the Innervisions-era Wonder fusion frenzy "Shims", this - like everything he's done - is work of pure art. Essential.
… Read moreout of stock $8.93
Kunden kauften auch...
Review: The word virtuoso is thrown around like a rag in a laundry these days but Kaidi is definitely deserving of this title. A mind-blowingly talented multi-instrumentalist who was one of the clearest voices and driving forces in broken beat, Kaidi's skills remain just as slick, smooth and crafted with the fine art of surprise as ever as he follows up his "Changing Times" EP on First Word. "Hard Times" eases us in gently with a smooth jazz funk swoon laced with big orchestral sweeps, "I See What You See" ups the tempo with a superb steppy boogie twist that's loaded with some outrageous p-funk bass fills while "Super Lion" flexes around an afrobeat with full eyes (and feet) on the floor. Finally "We All Breathe The Same Air" closes with big dreamy drama that leaves you hanging for more... Just like all good virtuosos should.
… Read moreout of stock $11.74
Kunden kauften auch...
Review: After offering up EPs titled "Hard Times" and "Changing Times" in 2017, Kaidi Tatham returns to First Word to complete the trilogy with "Serious Times". Of course, the music contained within the EP's tightly packed grooves is as joyous, rich as intricate as ever. Check, for example, "Don't Cry Now", a samba-soaked, sun-kissed affair that wraps harmonic freestyle vocals, twinkling electric piano lines and darting jazz-funk bass around a seriously shuffling groove. Tatham's much-discussed jazz-funk influences are once again given an airing on "Sugar", while his fine piano work takes pride of place on instrumental hip-hop head-nodder "Zallom". Best of all, though, is opener "Cost of Living", which emphatically weaves together all of these strands and more besides.
… Read more in stock $9.50
Kunden kauften auch...
out of stock $4.75
Kunden kauften auch...
out of stock $21.51
Kunden kauften auch...
Cat: FW 164. Rel: 29 Jun 17
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz/Nu Soul
Review: Bruk bastions, the CoOp collective were one of the brightest, most exciting musical movements in the early to mid 2000s with their barbed, broken soul take on bass music emanating from Plastic People playing a heavy role in the forms of contemporary house music, dubstep and all things in between. Freshly reformed since a Boiler Room comeback in 2015 and loaded with new affiliates, the ensemble, First Word proudly present their first collective EP. Ranging from the jittering soundclash bashment of "Spartan Riddim" to the sensual Bias-like harp heaven of "Can't Hold It" via the technoid stutters of "2nd Intention", this marks the start of a very exciting new chapter for the CoOp crew.
… Read moreout of stock $7.27
Kunden kauften auch...
out of stock $6.69
