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Omasta — Hits Different
Jazz / Instrumental Hip-Hop / Jazz-Funk

Omasta

Hits Different

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Omasta, a young band from Kraków steeped in hip-hop culture, draw on the lazy beats of J Dilla and Madlib and the jazz of Donald Byrd and Roy Ayers, blending instrumental hip-hop, jazz-funk and '70s fusion. Their name comes from local dialect for the fat that gives a dish its flavour — and the music is just as rich without being greasy. Their second album swings between hazy and bouncy, from the EWI lines of "Pillow Talk" to the sax-and-trumpet duel on "OG-Shock".


Ann Sally (アン・サリー) / cambelle — Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want / Curtain
Neo-Acoustic / Japanese Pop

Ann Sally (アン・サリー) / cambelle

Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want / Curtain

A limited 7" spun off the Neo-Acoustic for Café Après-midi covers compilation. Jazz singer Ann Sally takes on The Smiths' "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want," while Tokyo trio cambelle — with a languid air recalling Nekoise and Lamp — cover Marden Hill's "Curtain." Limited pressing, likely to sell out on release.

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Kaori Takeda (武田カオリ) / Seikatsu no Sekkei (生活の設計) — Perfect / Just Got Lucky
Neo-Acoustic / Japanese Pop

Kaori Takeda (武田カオリ) / Seikatsu no Sekkei (生活の設計)

Perfect / Just Got Lucky

The second limited 7" from the Neo-Acoustic for Café Après-midi project. Kaori Takeda covers Fairground Attraction's "Perfect" with production by Keiichi Tomita (Tomita Lab), backed by Seikatsu no Sekkei's take on JoBoxers' breezy "Just Got Lucky."

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V.A. — Neo-Acoustic for Café Après-midi
Neo-Acoustic / Indie Pop / Compilation

V.A.

Neo-Acoustic for Café Après-midi

Curated by selector Toru Hashimoto (SUBURBIA) around the theme of blissful afternoon café hours, twelve artists cover gems from the golden age of '80s neo-acoustic: Hideki Kaji on Aztec Camera's "Oblivious," Keiichi Sokabe on Ben Watt's "North Marine Drive," plus Carnation, Swinging Popsicle, Tetsurō Yafune with Maki Nomiya and Miyuki Hatakeyama tackling XTC, The Style Council and Everything But the Girl. Cover art by Jiro Fujita, mastering by Calm.

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Mobb Deep — The Infamous
East Coast Hip-Hop / Hardcore Rap 1995

Mobb Deep

The Infamous

Mobb Deep's hardcore portrait of Queensbridge streets and life's darker side became their signature. With Nas, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah and Q-Tip guesting, it stands as a defining record of the '90s East Coast revival. Double LP via Sony.

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Laufey — Everything I Know About Love
Jazz Pop / Vocal Jazz 2022

Laufey

Everything I Know About Love

Icelandic singer Laufey's debut album wraps young-love confessions in tender, standards-style jazz arrangements. Long out of stock on vinyl, now back at a price not seen in a while.

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Earth, Wind & Fire — Greatest Hits
Funk / Soul / Disco 1998

Earth, Wind & Fire

Greatest Hits

A double-LP best-of covering Earth, Wind & Fire's essentials — "Shining Star," "September," "Fantasy," "Let's Groove," "Boogie Wonderland," "After the Love Has Gone" — the funk-soul giants' party anthems and ballads in one place, at what the shop calls an all-time low price.

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Bill Evans — You Must Believe in Spring
Jazz / Piano Trio 1981

Bill Evans

You Must Believe in Spring

The final studio session by Bill Evans' trio with Eddie Gomez and Eliot Zigmund, recorded in 1977 and released only in 1981, after his death in 1980. With "B Minor Waltz (For Ellaine)," the title track and "Gary's Theme," it's quiet, introspective and gently melancholy — one of his most moving late records. This is French label Klimt's 2024 electric-blue and mint-green 2LP edition with bonus tracks.

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Pra Gira Girar — Uma Celebração a Os Tincoãs
MPB / Afro-Brazilian / Vocal 2026

Pra Gira Girar

Uma Celebração a Os Tincoãs

Rio project Pra Gira Girar pays tribute to Os Tincoãs, the legendary Bahian vocal trio whose songs fused Brazilian tradition, African culture and spirituality. Led by Alvaro Lancellotti with Kassin, Zé Manoel and Michele Leal, it rearranges the original harmonies and adds female voices. The starting point was "Atabaque Chora," from Os Tincoãs' 1977 self-titled album.

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Infiniti (Juan Atkins) — Skynet
Detroit Techno / Minimal 1998

Infiniti (Juan Atkins)

Skynet

Detroit techno originator Juan Atkins' Infiniti project at its peak, from 1998, with fellow legend Terrence Dixon on several tracks. Blending Detroit techno, minimalism and industrial textures, it delivers dancefloor drive while letting spare, repetitive structures evolve into something subtle and soulful. Tresor ranks it alongside Jeff Mills and Drexciya; repressed on 2LP in 2026.

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Karizma — Can't Call !t Remixes
Deep House / Downtempo / Soulful

Karizma

Can't Call !t Remixes

After the original Can't Call !t vinyl became near-impossible to find, Baltimore producer Karizma returns with a full remix set from Osunlade, Atjazz, Toribio, Ian Friday and Baronhawk Poitier, plus his own alias Knevrm!nd. It also adds nine unreleased downtempo cuts in his signature thick-beat, soul-soaked style. Limited purple 2LP.

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The Internet — Ego Death
Neo-Soul / Alternative R&B 2015

The Internet

Ego Death

The Internet's third album pairs Syd's languid vocals with the band's loose neo-soul grooves, earning a Grammy nomination for Best Urban Contemporary Album. A rare good price on the double LP.

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Laufey — Typical of Me
Jazz Pop / Vocal Jazz 2021

Laufey

Typical of Me

Laufey's debut EP, with "Street By Street," "Magnolia," "Like the Movies" and a cover of "I Wish You Love" among its seven songs, set out her gentle blend of jazz standards and modern pop. Back in stock on 12".

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Low Roar — Low Roar
Indie Folk / Ambient Pop 2011

Low Roar

Low Roar

The debut from Low Roar, the project Ryan Karazija started after moving to Iceland. Featuring "Nobody Else," the title track, "The Painter" and "Puzzle," its fragile, airy songs later found a wide audience through Death Stranding. Long unseen on vinyl, the shop unexpectedly turned up stock.

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Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata & Hajime Wakai — The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Original Soundtrack)
Video Game Soundtrack / Ambient 2018

Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata & Hajime Wakai

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Original Soundtrack)

The Breath of the Wild soundtrack's first vinyl release outside Japan, with 34 fan-favourite cues — Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata and Hajime Wakai's sparse piano and open space evoking the vastness of Hyrule. Wide-spine jacket and printed inner sleeve feature the development team's artwork.

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Metro Boomin — Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Soundtrack)
Hip-Hop / Trap / Soundtrack 2023

Metro Boomin

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Soundtrack)

Diamond-certified producer Metro Boomin's soundtrack to Across the Spider-Verse assembles a superhero roster — A$AP Rocky, James Blake, Future, Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Wayne, 21 Savage, Nas — on cuts like "Annihilate," "Am I Dreaming" and "Calling." 2LP restock due in December.

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Justin Hurwitz — La La Land (Original Motion Picture Score)
Film Score / Jazz 2016

Justin Hurwitz

La La Land (Original Motion Picture Score)

Director Damien Chazelle, a drummer in his youth, followed Whiplash with La La Land, and Justin Hurwitz's score is full of small-combo jazz about chasing musical dreams. The score-only edition is getting hard to source and may be nearly out of print.

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V.A. — La La Land (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack / Jazz / Musical 2016

V.A.

La La Land (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

The La La Land soundtrack, with Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling singing alongside Justin Hurwitz's breezy jazz — one of the soundtracks customers most often take home from the shop.

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