***NOW AVAILABLE!!! 79rs Gang originally formed in 2013 when Big Chief Romeo Bougere of the 9th Ward Hunters and Big Chief Jermaine Bossier of the 7th Ward Creole Hunters put their differences aside and came together to build a bridge with music, releasing a traditional Mardi Gras Indian music album (Fire On The Bayou) in 2014. Today, Jermaine and Romeo—working alongside writer/ producer Eric Heigle (Arcade Fire, The Soul Rebels, Lost Bayou Ramblers)—have created an album that is rooted in the unique traditions of New Orleans Mardi Gras Indian culture, while launching that culture forward, bringing each track to dance floors and block parties around the world.
LP $21.95
02/09/2024
***NOW AVAILABLE!!! Skrontch Music is the ambitious debut recording by award-winning New Orleans-based composer and clarinetist/saxophonist Byron Asher. This five-movement, research-based suite for ten-piece ensemble explores the intertwined histories of New Orleans jazz and anti-Jim Crow activism during the early twentieth century. Skrontch Music juxtaposes contemporary composition with collective improvisation, archival recording sound collage, and excerpts from the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson U.S. Supreme Court ruling. A contemporary investigation into the early jazz tradition, Skrontch Music highlights that the development of the music was itself a form of resistance to the racist Jim Crow regime. Packaged in paste on sleeve with risograph print
LP $21.95
02/09/2024
***NOW AVAILABLE!!! New Orleans Free Jazz Party band comes on strong with their first vinyl release. Two sax (Byron Asher and Aurora Nealand), Two Drums (Bradd Webb and Zach Rhea) plus lots of synths (Daniel Meineke) make for some fusion some freakout and some vibes. 4 stars in Downbeat, 7.0 from Pitchfork.
LP $21.95
02/09/2024
***NOW AVAILABLE!!! Forged in the rhythm, joy, and despair of New Orleans, Tasche and the Psychedelic Roses, deploy four part vocal harmonies, grunge guitar riffs, and elements of punk, doo wop, surf, cabaret, and psychedelia, all the while swaying on a thin wire between sweetness and destruction. Produced by Tasche and Eric Heigle.
LP $21.95
02/09/2024
***Based out of NOLA Delores Galore is creating sounds inspired by '70s disco '80s synth-pop '90s house classics and beyond. Galore's album Don't Get It Twisted reflects their battle with everyday obstacles and how they push forward with resilience. Two cassette EPs released on one 12”. Future soul, freestyle, dance music.
12" $21.95
02/09/2024
***NOW AVAILABLE!!! "Michot Melody Makers are an electric string band pushing the boundaries of Cajun traditional music. Under the direction of fiddler and Lost Bayou Rambler co-founder Louis Michot, the Melody Makers reinvigorate historic compositions and introduce sublime new melodies, all while evoking soundscapes inspired by a time when drums and amps first electrified Cajun music."—Ryan Brasseaux
LP $17.25
02/09/2024
***NOW AVAILABLE!!! Classic New Orleans bounce rap including the infamous "Shake It Fo Ya Hood" and many more street/school dance anthems combined onto LP for the first time.
LP $18.85
02/09/2024
***Each producer handles a beat tape side. Sep crosses genre with hilarious original interludes and Prom comes with that boom bap. Cover art by Squatdeadface.
LP $21.95
02/09/2024
***NOW AVAILABLE!!! Malabar marks the first time on vinyl for Singleton’s compositions, and was executed by a stellar and versatile sextet employing trumpet, electronics, guitar, vibraphone, saxophone, clarinet flute, and of course Singleton’s commanding and adventurous bass playing. At times romantic, at other moments chaotic, Singleton’s writing––and leadership––allows for the players to stretch out, but never beyond an engaging and fully engaged sense of narrative. We may not be sure exactly what the story is, but there is nothing but fierce focus in the dramatic and soulful sense with which these players execute the narrative’s implications.
LP $21.95
02/09/2024
***NOW AVAILABLE!!! Sophomore solo LP from the untouchable Charm Taylor is hip hop, soul, funk, future soundtrack for creating a beautiful future possibility together. Many incredible producers and musicians in the mix.
LP $21.95
02/09/2024