Record Shopping Etiquette
The do’s, the don’ts, and best practices when it comes to shopping for vinyl.
BeatCaffeine’s Weekly Record Rundown 06.20.25
For this edition of BeatCaffeine’s Weekly Record Rundown, we dive into the remarkable Marc Decho EP for Colin Curtis’s label, the debut 12inch by the new duo project from Italian producers Nicola Conte and Nico Lahs, Right Tempo’s compilation highlighting the golden era of jazz-infused house music, and a superb lo-fi jazz recording by Netherlands-based multi-instrumentalist Ruben Drenth dedicated to the Bonsaika.
BeatCaffeine Radio on Motion FM, June 14, 2025
Listen back to this past Saturday, June 14th BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast included the new Cozmos 7″ from Jazz Room Record, jazz dance classics from Opa, Azar Lawrence, Webster Lewis and Papaya, “nu jazz” gems by Povo, Nicola Conte and more!
Jazzman Records goes ‘Behind The Iron Curtain’ for 18th Spiritual Jazz compilation
Over the span of two decades, London’s Jazzman Records’ remarkable Spiritual Jazz compilation series has been uncovering and celebrating deep, esoteric jazz from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, with each volume often focusing on a different region, theme, or influential label. For its latest installment, Spiritual Jazz 18: Behind the Iron Curtain, the label ventures deeper than ever into the hidden world of Cold War-era jazz from the Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe.
BeatCaffeine’s Weekly Record Rundown 06.06.25
Tons of great releases over the last several weeks. For this edition of BeatCaffeine’s Weekly Record Rundown, we dive into the highly-anticipated new album from legendary Brazilian jazz fusion trio Azymuth, the third and final chapter of their cosmic album trilogy from the seventies-era inspired jazz-funk quintet Aldorande, the brilliant debut album from rising star jazz vocalist Tyreek McDole, and a massive vocal jazz dance 7inch from the Super Disco Edits label.
BeatCaffeine Radio on Motion FM, May 31, 2025
Listen back to this past Saturday, May 31st BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast celebrated the late Sun Ra and the Arkestra’s longtime music director Marshall Allen, who recently both had birthdays, and also included selections from Chris Bang’s new compilation Playbox, jazz dance classics from Cedar Walton, Don Cunningham, and Raul De Souza, new released remix from Joaquin “Joe” Claussell of Daymé Arocena’s Yambu’, a brilliant track from Ten Lovers Music’s latest Best Of Various and more!
BeatCaffeine’s Weekly Record Rundown 05.30.25
This week’s BeatCaffeine’s weekly record rundown features the latest offering from Italian producer and “nu jazz” pioneer Gerardo Frisina, the funky latin jazz dance recording from the Romero Bros, Angel Bat Dawid and Naima Nefertari cosmic excursion into ancient astrology and spiritualism, and the brilliant and highly meditative new full-length on Gondwana Records from California’s Phi-Psonics.
Legendary DJ & producer Chris Bangs releases dancefloor jazz compilation ‘The Playbox’
Legendary UK DJ, producer and acid jazz pioneer Chris Bangs has just released an incredible new compilation for Ace Records, titled The Playbox, which is essentially his love letter to the jazz dancefloor featuring signature 70s era jazz funk and jazz dance classics.
Tramp Records unearths previously unreleased 70s jazz-fusion recording from Baobab
German-based Tramp Records, who have been one of the leading labels over the past two decades when it comes to unearthing some of the rarest funk, soul and jazz recordings, has just put out a previously never-released-before album from the Stuttgart-based jazz fusion combo Baobab.
BeatCaffeine Radio on Motion FM, May 17, 2025
Listen back to this past Saturday, May 17th BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast celebrates the late legendary vocalist Andy Bey, who sadly passed away recently, and also includes a number of jazz dance classics from Idris Muhammad, Norman Connors, selections from Chris Bang’s new compilation Playbox, new tracks out of Italy from Emanuele Cisi, Gerardo Frisina and Collettivo Immaginario, the latest from Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange and more!
Melbourne’s Don Glori returns with superb genre-defying new album ‘Paper Can’t Wrap Fire’
Melbourne-rooted London-based multi-instrumentalist and producer Don Glori returns with his most eclectic and adventurous album to date, and first for the UK-based Mr. Bongo label, titled Paper Can’t Wrap Fire.
Italian jazz-funk trio Collettivo Immaginario returns with brilliant new album ‘Oltreoceano’
Following the release of last year’s superb 12inch for the Space Grapes label, and before that, their breakthrough 2022 debut recording Trasforma, the Italian jazz-funk trio Collettivo Immaginario returns with their highly-anticipated sophomore release for Domanda Music, titled Oltreoceano.
BeatCaffeine’s Weekly Record Rundown 05.02.25
Catching up on some recent standout releases, here is BeatCaffeine’s weekly record rundown (just a few days late) featuring the latest by Melbourne-based “future-jazz” collective Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange, Emma-Jean Thackray’s highly personal and eclectic album Weirdo, Italian saxophone great Emanuele Cisi’s brilliant new offering on the Right Tempo label, and Ten Lovers Music latest Best of Various EP.
BeatCaffeine Radio on Motion FM, May 3, 2025
Listen back to this past Saturday, May 3rd BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast includes a number of jazz dance classics from Chick Corea, Jack McDuff, and War, funky Brazilian selections from Sérgio Mendes and Dom Um Romao, new tracks from Azymuth, The Sultan’s Swing, Takumi Moriya Black Nation and more!
