The JBs’ masterpiece compilation album *Giving Up Food For Funk*, released in 1976, as well as Richard Hell & The Voidoids, the No Wave scene, P-Funk, and active for just three years—from 1979 to 1982…

Recorded around 1985 in Chicago, Illinois, and originally released in extremely limited quantities as a private press, High Rise’s “My Baby’s Gone”—an ultra-rare, cult-favorite indie soul, disco, and …

Soul singer Lady Jane’s only studio album, *Here I Am Baby*, was recorded in Detroit in the late 1970s, Recorded in 1980 and released in a limited run as a self-produced album, many copies were destro…

This is a rare treasure of the 1990's DIY cheap fusion yet somewhat crazy 90's smooth jazz style, which was produced for the Capel TV weather channel in the US (the channel was bought out and disappea…

"What About Me Girl," the only single released in 1973 by the little-known indie soul vocal group Sugar Bear & The Sensations from Houston, Texas, is getting its first-ever 7-inch reissue from Athens …

With an evergreen, mellow, refreshing, and comforting sound that brings to mind James Mason, Athens Of The North has unearthed some superb, high-quality, previously unreleased early 1980s soul-jazz-fu…

African Head Charge, Larry Heard, Apassionately crafted, one-of-a-kind dance music masterpiece—a collaboration between Athens of the North’s house band/disco unit East Coast Love Affair, whose sound d…

One of the very few South American groups (Brazilian/Argentine) active in Europe during the 1980s, El Calefón self-produced and self-released this album in Zurich, Switzerland in 1985 — a one-of-a-kin…

"Belvedere Point" — a hidden treasure of soft sounds by little-known Detroit artist Jeff Sova, recorded and produced in the mid-'90s: Balearic electronica, dreamy ambient dance music that plays like t…

Evergreen mellowness that can't help but call James Mason to mind — refreshing and utterly comfortable. Unearthed by Athens Of The North, this 1983 release by Roland Haynes Jr., a little-known obscure…

Athens Of The North unearths "The Golden Seal," the lost debut album by Black Axess, an obscure early-'80s Boston, Massachusetts group influenced by Funkadelic, Sly Stone, James Brown and more — recor…

バレアリック・コズミック・ブギー、ファルセット・ブルー・アイド・ソウル哀愁Athens Of The North名手James Alexander Brightからバレンタイン仕様の必殺コラボレーション・7インチ・カラーレコードが届けられた！！Faye Meanaとのうっとりするようなロマンチックなラブソング暖かなディスコ・ソウル・デュエット！！
ゆったりとした白昼夢的スローモー・メロウ・サイケデリ…

James Masonを彷彿させてくれるかのようなエバーグリーン・メロウ爽快に心地いい、USミズーリ州セントルイス出身の知られざるオブスキュア・モダンソウルジャズ・アーティストRoland Haynes Jr.による、サウスカロライナ州オレンジバーグのクラブ「クォーター・ムーン」での数多くのライブ音源からのセレクション2LPがAthens Of The Northよりリリース。ストックいたしました…

Two glorious gospel disco-funk gems by Reginald O'Neal Cuie, originally issued in 1985 on a tiny independent label out of Los Angeles, now released for the first time by Athens Of The North as a loud,…

Praised by Gilles Peterson himself — the long-awaited new solo album "Cool Cool" LP from James Alexander Bright, one half of Bright & Findlay, known for the slow-mo Balearic romantic outsider-soul mas…

内省的憂い、ロマンティック白昼夢的バレアリック・コズミック・ブギー危ういファルセット・ブルー・アイド・ソウル哀愁Athens Of The North名手James Alexander Brightによる最新アルバム「Cool Cool」からのアルバムタイトル曲が7インチ・シングルカット！！ローライダー・ソウルフル・サイケデリック・ダビーにやばいです！！！
白昼夢的サイケデリック・ローライダー・スロ…

The killer disco classic from The Fruit Band — the unsung, top-tier soul-funk-disco outfit out of Jacksonville, Florida — finally gets the long-awaited 45 RPM 7-inch treatment on Athens Of The North, …