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'Collaboration is stimulating, it's in my blood.' Thus speaks Brian Jackson and his philosophy for making music and it's indeed collaboration that runs through this amazing album of reimagined and revisited songs from his artistic past. Featuring artists such as Black Thought, Rahsaan Patterson, Josh Milan, Moodymann, Omar, J. Ivy and others and being produced by Masters At Work, ‘Now More Than Ever’ takes the enduring classic tracks that Brian Jackson made with Gil Scott-Heron and places them in the now over nineteen tracks and across a triple vinyl LP, Double CD and digital release.

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Brian Jackson - Now More Than Ever

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Brian Jackson - EP One

Brian Jackson - EP Two

Joy Spheres Rees is the coming together of three essential innovators in contemporary music, who have fused their distinct individual sounds into a definitive collaboration for their debut album, ‘Solina’. Allysha Joy, Hidden Spheres and Finn Rees together forged a new sonic landscape which draws on vast inspirations from Balearic House to Street Soul, Alternative RnB and Jazz.

Joy Spheres Rees - SOLINA

Souled Out (remixed by Joe Claussell) / Feed the Fire Remixes (remixed by Atjazz & musclecars)

Audrey Powne - Souled Out (remixed by Joe Claussell) / Feed the Fire Remixes (remixed by Atjazz & musclecars)

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DJ Amir takes another deep dive into the back catalogue of Detroit's legendary Strata Records to curate a 2nd volume in his Strata Records – The Sound of Detroit compilations. Whereas volume one took in the soulful edge of the Strata canon this volume, as Amir says, 'leans into the label's groovier, funkier edges whilst still celebrating its bold, avant-garde spirit.'

DJ Amir presents Strata Records - The Sound of Detroit Vol. 2

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Taken from the forthcoming compilation, Danza Secreta: Hidden Grooves from Argentina (1970-1980), Disco Tango is a driving slice of dancefloor rebellion taken from the Argentinian underground music scenes that bloomed as a response to the dark period of the oppressive, military Junta government that took power in the land of silver in 1976.

Orquesta Disco Latino - Disco Tango (Ric Piccolo Rework)

''Nakupenda is the second single from my upcoming album Dala What We Must—a project that lives somewhere between documentary and celebration, tracing the threads that connect the African diaspora across continents.''

Esa Williams - Nakupenda (Ft. Nonku Phiri)

Taken from the album Visions of Dilla, Won't Do is a marvellous reimagining of J Dilla's original beats that showcases the album's absolute proof of Dilla's own, oft quoted, maxim 'I don't like to limit myself creatively. I'm always exploring new sounds and styles'. Well it's fair to say that Finnish jazz producer Valtteri Laurell together with co-producer Teddy Rok (Teppo Mäkynen of Five Corners Quintet, Stance Bros. etc.) have been true to Dilla's ethos here with an amazing big band arrangement of Won't Do which flows like aural poetry throughout its 5 minutes and 28 seconds of sublime groove.

Valtteri Laurell - Won't Do

BBE Music’s acclaimed J Jazz Masterclass returns with its 22nd release, a super rare private press from one of the unsung female jazz figures of Japan, saxophonist and composer Sachi Hayasaka, together with her band, Stir Up! Released in 1988 on the private label Mobys, Free Fight was Hayasaka’s debut album and announced the arrival of an essential and primal force onto the Japanese jazz scene.

Sachi Hayasaka & Stir Up! - Free Fight (J Jazz Masterclass )

Tony Higgins & Mike Peden

Last Night A DJ Saved My Life (remixes)

29 years deep and still pushing the sound forward.

BBE Staff Selections 2025

London-based DJ and producer Fiddla returns with IMVULA, a powerful 3Step / Afro House track that captures the energy of a movement reshaping global dancefloors. Anchored by intricate percussion, rolling basslines, and atmospheric vocal layers, IMVULA (meaning “rain” in Zulu/Xhosa) embodies the cleansing force of nature while delivering peak-time intensity.

Fiddla - IMVULA

BBE Music’s celebrated J Jazz compilation series reaches its fifth and final volume in early 2026, culminating in a track list that maintains the exceptionally high standard first set with volume one back in 2018.

J Jazz volume 5: Deep Modern Jazz From Japan 1970-1988

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Joy Spheres Rees is the coming together of three essential innovators in contemporary music, who have fused their distinct individual sounds into a definitive collaboration for their debut album, ‘Solina’. Allysha Joy, Hidden Spheres and Finn Rees together forged a new sonic landscape which draws on vast inspirations from Balearic House to Street Soul, Alternative RnB and Jazz.

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With J Jazz volume 4, the BBE J Jazz Bullet Train continues its journey traversing the expansive landscape of modern Japanese jazz.

J Jazz Vol. 4: Deep Modern Jazz from Japan - Nippon Columbia 1968 -1981

Tony Higgins & Mike Peden

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The second single to be pulled from upcoming BBE album ‘Strata Records – The Sound of Detroit – Reimagined By Jazzanova’, ‘Saturday Night Special’ features remixes by Kai Alcé and DJ Amir & Re.decay, as well as The Lyman Woodard Organization’s 1975 original.

Jazzanova – Saturday Night Special (Kai Alcé Ndatl Remix and DJ Amir & Re.Decay Remix

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Legendary American musician Brian Jackson announces his first solo album in over 20 years, ‘This Is Brian Jackson’, produced by Phenomenal Handclap Band founder Daniel Collás and released on BBE Music.

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BBE Music Celebrates Three Decades of Independence with Hackney All-Nighter

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