World Music: Sourcing the best New Vinyl Releases & Reissues at STP

For Volume 4 in this series we continue in the same mould as with previous editions, selecting current favourites and rare lost gems from the Brazilian, African, soul, funk, and disco genres.

Various - Mr Bongo Record Club Vol. 4

£22.99

Pulsing Afro-Latin roots and UK jazz combine on Grown, the latest album by London-based quintet Waaju, released via Olindo Records.

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Waaju - Grown

£18.99

Rush Hour Recordings Soichi Terada - Sounds From The Far East

Compiled by Hunee, highly sought after material by legendary Japanese house producer Soichi Terada and fellow producers Shinichiro Yokota, Manabu Nagayama!

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Soichi Terada - Sounds From The Far East

£24.99

Luaka Bop Various - Afro-Peruvian Classics: The Soul Of Black Peru

Once again a ground breaking album, the first Afro Peruvian music heard outside of Brazil and the album to introduce Susana Baca to the world.

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Various - Afro-Peruvian Classics: The Soul Of Black Peru

£31.99

Luaka Bop Os Mutantes - World Psychedelic Classics 1: Brazil (Everything Is Possible!)

The late 60's in Brasil produced an explosion of creativity that is still reverberating throughout the world... and Os Mutantes (The Mutants) were the most outrageous band of that period.

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Os Mutantes - World Psychedelic Classics 1: Brazil (Everything Is Possible!)

£21.99

With a mind-blowing selection of tracks that cross borders and cultures, Khruangbin’s deep love of global grooves are steeped in eclecticism.

Various - Khruangbin: Late Night Tales

£24.99

Victory Haruomi Hosono, Shigeru Suzuki, Tatsuro Yamashita - Pacific

Long awaited reissue of Pacific, originally released in 1978. Reuniting the best session musicians Japan had to offer to evoke the atmospheres of the South Pacific islands.

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Haruomi Hosono, Shigeru Suzuki, Tatsuro Yamashita - Pacific

£21.99

Killer selection of music from Arabesque singer and film / TV star, Nese Karaböcek best and her grooviest tracks from the 70s. Remastered sound; Color insert with photos.

Neşe Karaböcek - Yali Yali

£24.99

Sexadelic disco-funk, boogie, and Italo sounds by Spanish actress and singer Susana Estrada. Master tape sound; Includes color insert with photos and memorabilia.

Susana Estrada - Amor Y Libertad

£24.99

Tokyo Dreaming is a superb selection picked from the highly collectible Nippon Columbia label and its Better Days sub-label.

Various - Tokyo Dreaming

£29.99

Buy Cuba: Music and Revolution: Culture Clash in Havana Vol. 1 is a new album compiled by Gilles Peterson and Stuart Baker.

Various - CUBA: Music and Revolution: Culture Clash in Havana: Experiments in Latin Music 1975-85 Vol. 1

£29.99

2 is thoroughly grounded in Turkish traditional music, the understated delivery holding just a touch of psychedelia and a proto-disco undercurrent in the mix.

Erkin Koray - 2

£21.99

Number 81 in Mr Bongo's Brazil.45 series sees further digging into the magical world of Jorge Ben's lesser-explored 1980's productions.

Jorge Ben - Ma Ma Ma Ma Ma

£8.99

Number 80 in Mr Bongo's Brazil.45 series, aptly sees a double-sider focusing on the awesome 80's recordings by one of the giants of Brazilian music, Jorge Ben.

Jorge Ben - Curumin Chama Cuh t Que Eu Vou Contar (Todo Dia Era Dia De Índio)

£9.99

Velly Joonas is a mysterious Estonian singer, who once wanted to become a soul singer, but later choose folk music instead.

Velly Joonas - Stopp, Seisku Aeg!

£10.99

From Mexico’s most established and prolific jazz musician, Brownswood Recordings is proud to present the new album from Tino Contreras, ‘La Noche de los Dioses’.

Tino Contreras - La Noche De Los Dioses

£18.99

Ryuichi Sakamoto's landmark 1981 album reissued for the first time in decades outside of Japan featuring the rare Japanese edition in a superb blend of Electro, funk and ambient.

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Hidari Ude No Yume

£34.99

One man’s bizarre odyssey into Colombia’s coastal music underground, and the wild, hypnotic sounds he helped bring up to the surface.

Various - La Locura De Machuca

£27.99

Limited violet coloured vinyl edition.

Various - Pacific Breeze 2: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1972-1986 (Violet Vinyl)

£49.99

Sought-after cult classic instrumental LP by legendary Egyptian musician Omar El Shariyi (aka Ammar El Sherei), first released on Soutelphan in 1976.

Omar El Shariyi - Oriental Music

£25.99

El Rey del timbale aux percussions features an all-stars line-up consisting in Mongo Santamaria, Wilie Bobo, Carlos “Patato” Valdes, Bobby Rodriguez and Tito himself.

Tito Puente - El Rey Del Timbale

£21.99

Third Man Records Various - How the River Ganges Flows: Sublime Masterpieces of Indian Violin, 1933-1952

How The River Ganges Flows is a transcendent collection of Carnatic violin performances captured on 78 rpm disc between 1933 and 1952.

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Various - How the River Ganges Flows: Sublime Masterpieces of Indian Violin, 1933-1952

£21.99

Mike Hanapi was a brilliant steel guitarist and vocalist from Honolulu, whose recordings remain among the highest peaks of 20th century Hawaiian music.

Mike Hanapi - With Kalama's Quartet

£24.99

Braziliance! takes things back to the early heady days of Marcos' career with the bright and optimistic sound of Rio's Bossa Nova scene.

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Marcos Valle - Braziliance

£23.99