Hi friends, Recordings from the Åland Islands is back in print and at the warehouse ready to ship. We're happy to have it back in stock just in time to celebrate it's (almost) 1 Year Anniversary.

Revving up again for 2023... we are elated today to share details of this year's first edition, Lightning Dreamers, a new work written by composer, trumpeter, interdisciplinary abstractivist and modern music mogul Rob Mazurek for a compacted version of his long-running Exploding Star Orchestra, releasing March 31st.

An addendum to the Autumn Equinox LP/Digital release of Photay and Carlos Niño's An Offering, featuring remixes, expansions, and new fruits from their ever-blossoming collaboration.

On September 19th, 2022, just days ahead of the release of In These Times, Makaya McCraven assembled a special chamber ensemble to do pared down versions of tunes from his new album, for the third installment of our quarterly residency at Public Records.

Anyone who knows Dezron Douglas knows how much of a coffee aficionado he is... the highest standards, only the good shit! They also know how high his standards are for melodically massive, limber low end lumber thrums... That is: Bass Lines. Today's new single from Dezron and his quartet – "More Coffee Please" – is a perfect showcases for both those affinities.

Now available on Wax Poetics: the third episode of Charles Stepney: Out of the Shadows – a four part web series directed by Chicago documentarian Brian Ashby (known for his work on Scrappers, The Area, Hairy Who & The Chicago Imagists, and a forthcoming film about Damon Locks and Black Monument Ensemble).

In the tradition of toddler crayon scribbles on perfectly painted bedroom walls, multi-freshness composer Ben LaMar Gay expands on the teachings of Alabama star spirits and presents a collection of work involving sound, fabric, movement, rivers, shadows, Lagosian memories, light and listening.

Drummer, composer, and producer Tom Skinner (The Smile, Sons of Kemet) shares “The Journey,” the second single from his forthcoming album, Voices of Bishara, via Brownswood / International Anthem / Nonesuch today, October 18, 2022.

ATALAYA is new work by bassist Dezron Douglas, and it is alive. That is, ‘alive’ in all the ways that jazz is at its best – as a pure and personal expression of Black Music channeled through time-honored traditions by a group of musicians who practice sonic coherence through musical unity. As Dezron puts it in the opening statement of his liner notes for the album: “Mysticism, Magic, Faith, Love, Power, Discernment! These are words that embody the creative process of Music.”

It's been one month since we lost our beloved sister, friend, inspiration, and pillar of our label’s artistic ethos, jaimie branch. It’s difficult to find the right words to capture this devasting loss for our community. We will come together through music, poetry and art to heal, share some light and celebrate the gifts of such a rare individual.

Today, as Fall begins on this Autumn Equinox of 2022, we are very happy to share some seasonally appropriate music – An Offering – in the form of work by Photay, under the influence of a special creative partnership with International Anthem recording artist Carlos Niño.

"The Fours" - the latest single from Makaya McCraven's forthcoming album In These Times – is out now on all digital music platforms, along with a new video directed by Ryosuke Tanzawa.

Today we are blessed to share this new music by drummer, composer, producer, bandleader, and our brother from London, Tom Skinner

“Black Gold,” the final lead single from Charles Stepney's imminently forthcoming Step on Step, is out today on all digital music platforms.

This Saturday night, July 16th, ANTELOPER (aka jaimie branch & Jason Nazary) take the stage in The Sound Room to perform & celebrate the release of their new LP Pink Dolphins.

Today, we are immensely honored to release the latest lead single off Step on Step, the forthcoming double LP collection of home recordings by the late and under-sung legend Charles Stepney, out September 9th.

In These Times is the new album by Chicago-based percussionist, composer, producer, and pillar of our label family, Makaya McCraven.

Today we are happy to share another piece of music from Carlos Niño & Friends' forthcoming double LP EXTRA PRESENCE. " Thandi Piano EDIT (from 080619, with additions)" is aptly named for the track's pianist, Thandi Ntuli, whose beautiful, hypnotic key cascades and mantric melodies hover over subtle sonic flourishes from Niño and Nate Mercereau.

Today, we are proud to share details of Step on Step, a double LP collection of home recordings marking the eponymous debut album by enigmatic producer, arranger, and composer Charles Stepney (1931-1976), out on vinyl, CD, cassette, and digital September 9th 2022. The music that makes up Step on Step was created by Stepney alone, in the basement of his home on the Southside of Chicago, sometime in the late 1960s and early 1970s, before his untimely death in 1976.

Today, alongside our West Coast comrade Carlos Niño, we are very happy today share details for EXTRA PRESENCE – a 90 minute, 17 track, 2 LP collection showcasing the Los Angeles modern music scene pioneer's unique, highly developed, self-described “Spiritual, Improvisational, Space Collage” sound, and featuring an incredible cast of collaborators (including Jamael Dean, Nate Mercereau, Shabazz Palaces, Deantoni Parks, Sam Gendel, Laraaji, Jamire Williams, Iasos, and more).