MP3s NOW AVAILABLE

Soul Jazz Digital MP3s available now! After a year in development we are happy to tell you that the Soul Jazz Records website now allows you to download MP3s. Most titles (though not all) are available. Simply go to the MP3 Store dropdown in the left hand column and put in the country you live in. Then go to any release page and if there is an MP3 button then the release is available to download. (Check FAQ's for MP3s for more info). Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any problems as we start this up and we hope you like this new facility.
Latest Albums
Tetine — Let Your X's Be Y's
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Whilst Tetine may appear to be the most recent addition to the growing Brazilian Post-Punk/Baile Funk scene that includes the groups C.S.S. and Bonde do Role, the group have actually been in existe...
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New Orleans Funk — The Original Sound of Funk: Volume 2
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This is Soul Jazz Records’ new journey into the heart of New Orleans and a guide to the city’s finest Funk music produced in the late 1960s and early 1970s.’ Featuring everyone from The Meters to...
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An England Story — The Culture of the MC in the UK 1984-2008
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The development of Black music in the United Kingdom owes much to the influence of Jamaican and US music on each succesive generation of Carribean immigrants to the UK - from Windrush to the presen...
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Latest Singles
Goth Trad / Silkie — Genesis / Dam 4
AVAILABLE NOW
Two heavyweight exclusive tracks as a taster for forthcoming 'Steppah's Delight' compilation. This 12" features 2 killer tracks; from Goth-Trad delivering a reggae soaked percussive bassbin destoye...
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Cult Of The 13th Hour — Wickedness
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Cult of the 13th Hour is the pseudonym of two of the biggest names in Dubstep at the moment. “Wickedness” first appeared on Soul Jazz Records’ “Box of Dub” alongside Digital Mystikz, Ramadanman, Sk...
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Ramadanman — Carla
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This 12” features 3 exclusive new killer tracks by Ramadanman, one of the shining lights in the new generation of Dubstep artists who has releases on Soul Jazz Records (featured on Box of Dub), Bar...
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Latest News / Forthcoming Releases
Steppa's Delight Launch Party 17th May
To Celebrate the release of our forthcoming heavyweight, dubstep compilation Steppas' Delight (due to be released on May 19th) we are having a one-off Steppas' Delight all-night party on SATURDAY MAY 17TH!!!!!

Playing will be KODE 9, HATCHA & CRAZY D, CHEF & LD, GEIOM, IKONIKA and SOUL JAZZ SOUNDSYSTEM!
At Electrowerkz on Torrens Street EC1 (behind Angel tube)
10PM -6AM £8 Before 12AM/£10 AFTER.

For more information please contact Pete@soundsoftheuniverse.com or 0207 734 3341

ITS GONNA BE A ROADBLOCK!!!!
Steppas' Delight upfront 12"!
Hurry, hurry, hurry to get your promo white-label only pre-release of 2 killer exclusive tracks by Japan's Goth Trad and a 2-step monster from Silkie. This is a taster from the upcoming Steppas' Delight dubstep double album that's on its way. See singles
Dubstep exclusives!
Just out are three new killer Dubstep 12" singles on Soul Jazz Records. They are available in all good record stores from Monday 21 April 2008 and are also available physically and digitally to buy right now here. The three singles are Ramadanman’s “Carla” (single of the month in the new DJ magazine), Cult of the 13th Hour “Wickedness” (we still can’t tell you who the Cult are except that they are two of the most important names in Dubstep at the moment!), and Cotti’s new release featuring three killer tracks.
These exclusive singles are just a part of Soul Jazz’s forthcoming Dubstep output and will be followed with more upcoming singles from Pinch, Goth Trad, Silkie, Zombi and more. In May a new double album Steppas’ Delight features a heavyweight selection of classic and exclusive tracks from the first wave and new wave producers (Benga, Kode9, The Bug, Shackleton alongside the likes of Geiom, Plastician, Gatekeeper and more!).
Soul Jazz Fan Club Editions 1000
Welcome to the Soul Jazz Fan Club Edition 45's. These are limited-edition rare seven-inch singles re-issues that are only available on the Soul Jazz Records and Sounds of the Universe websites and in our London store. That's right - nowhere else! First-up is the killer New Orleans female funky soul rare groove "Inell Young - What Do You See In Her". These are super-limited to 1000 copies so when they are gone, they're gone! Go to the singles page.
England Story
England Story is a heavyweight double CD/ two volume double LP release tracing the history of the MC in the UK. From the arrival of UK sound-systems such as Saxon and Unity and their fast-chatting DJs such as Papa Levi, Tippa Irie and Smiley Culture (who all went on to have huge hits in the UK) through to UK hip-hop artists such as London Posse and Roots Manuva, on to Jungle with General Levy, Navigator and Tenor Fly. Finally this is all brought up to today with grime and dubstep from the likes of Stush, Doctor and a killer new exclusive track from Warrior Queen. The album comes packed with extensive sleevenotes, interviews and photographs. Available now! 100% Essential!
Sounds of the Universe
Sounds of the Universe is our sister shop where we sell everything we like that is not on our labels. Reggae, Dubstep, Funk, Latin and Brazilian, Disco, Post-Punk, Jazz - it's all here! The shopping cart between the two sites are the same. So after browsing the Soul Jazz Records site take a look at 1000s more related releases. You can swap between the sites at ease. Just press on the "Sounds of the Universe link" button at the top of the left-hand side of this page
Sounds of the Universe Radio show on Resonance Fm
Our weekly Sounds of the Universe radio show is live on Thursdays 3.30-4.30pm on Resonance FM and repeats on Saturdays at 10.00 pm. For those of you listening in London the frequency is 104.4FM; worldwide listen at resonancefm.com. Remember this show is LIVE (not podcast), so set your clocks!