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1LP - HI-TEK MUSIC
2023

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169 => 2023

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1LP - HARLEM SHUFFLE RECORDS
2020

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1LP - NOW AGAIN
2020

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1LP - NOW AGAIN
2020

BIS => 2025 05 30
1LP - KENT
2002

BIS => 2025 05 30
1LP - BGP
1974 => 2023

BIS => 2025 05 30
1LP - WESTBOUND
1972 => 2020

BIS => 2025 06 13
1LP - URBNET
2023

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TRANSLUCENT BLUE VINYL
1LP - GET ON DOWN
1988 => 2021

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BLUE
2LP - SOUL JAZZ RECORDS
2021 07 17

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2021 03 26

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1979 => 2021

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1LP - NOW AGAIN
2020

BIS => 2025 01 31
2LP - ACE
2024

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RSD ESSENTIAL INDIE COLORWAY - SMOKE
1LP - PHASE ONE NETWORK
1988 => 2022

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2024

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2020

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1LP - NOW AGAIN
2020

BIS => 2023 12 01
2LP - ANALOG AFRICA
2019

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1988 => 2010

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1LP - GET ON DOWN
1986 => 2017

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
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1LP - NOW AGAIN
2020

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BLUE VINYL
1LP - NOW AGAIN
2023

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2LP - BBE
2001

BIS => 2024 02 09
2LP - TIMEC / PARIS DJS
2016

BIS => 2025 05 30
1LP - BGP
1974 => 1999

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
2LP - EXPANSION
2015 => 2022

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2LP - TOMMY BOY MUSIC
1991 => 2022 09 23

BIS => 2023 04 28
3LP - EVERLAND
COLORED VINYL - HOUSED IN WOODEN BOX
2022

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1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
1974 => 2019

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1975 => 2022

BIS => 2022 08 26
ORANGE
1LP - LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
2022

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2LP - BBE
2013 => 2022

BIS => 2022 08 26
SO LONG, BABE BLUE SWIRL
1LP - LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
2021 09 17

BIS => 2022 05 27
VELVET MORNING SUNRISE WAX
LIMITED - 2LP - LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
2021 02 26

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8-TRACK - LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
2021 09 17

BIS => 2022 08 26
1CD - LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
2022

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1LP - LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
2022

BIS => 2022 08 26
1LP - LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
2022

BIS => 2022 08 26
1CD - LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
2021 09 17

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
1LP - EVERLAND
1977 => 2018

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LIMITED - 1LP - TIDAL WAVES MUSIC
2021

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2LP - LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
2021 02 26

BIS => 2022 04 01
1LP - EVERLAND
2018

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
2LP - BBE
2013 => 2022 03 25

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1LP - 8TH RECORDS
2017

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
1LP - ACE RECORDS
2019

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SUMMER WINE SUNBURST ORANGE
2LP - LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
2021 02 26

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CD DELUXE
1CD - LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
2021 04 02

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BLACK FRIDAY
LIMITED SPLATTERED COLOR WAX - 7 INCH - LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
2020 11 27

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1LP + 7 INCH - NATURE SOUNDS
2017

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2LP - LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
2012

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
1CD - LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
1973 => 2007

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5LP - NOW AGAIN
2020 09 11

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
1LP - BIG BEAT
2016

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RED / GOLD SWIRL
2LP - LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
2012
2021 04 30

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DIGIPACK
1CD - LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
2021 04 02

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
1LP - MOBILE HOME RECORDINGS
2022

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
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2020 => 2023

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RSD BLACK FRIDAY 2024
LIMITED 3000 COPIES
BLACK & WHITE TRANSLUCENT VINYL
1LP - CULTURE FACTORY
2010 => 2024

BIS => 2025 04 18
2LP - HIEROGLYPHICS IMPERIUM
2009 => 2024

PRE ORDER => 2025 05 30
2LP - BGP
2025

TRACKLIST
SIDE ONE
1. LOS CONQUISTADORES CHOCOLATÉS - Johnny Hammond
2. BRAZILIAN SKIES - Bill Summers
3. QUIET FIRE - Roy Haynes
SIDE TWO
1. NUTHER'N LIKE THUTHER'N - Willis Jackson
2. SENTIDO EN SEIS (SIX FEELING) – Louie Bellson & Walfredo De Los Reyes
3. VERA CRUZ (EMPTY FACES) - Flora Purim
SIDE THREE
1. VISIONS OF A NEW WORLD (PHASE II) - Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes
2. NO MATTER WHAT - Pleasure 3. NJIA WALK - Fatback Band
4. GUNKY - Johnny Lytle
SIDE FOUR
1. JUBILATION - Patrice Rushen
2. MAMBO MINDORO - Cal Tjader
3. YATRA-TÁ - Tania Maria
4. BRAUN-BLEK-BLU - Dom Um Romao

DESCRIPTION
Why ask Chris Bangs to do a compilation for Ace?
Maybe because of my long, varied and unusual musical career. I started off as a failed guitarist with space rockers the Mighty Om, then went on to become a club DJ playing jazz, funk and soul across London and the south of England six nights a week. I then diversified to play more varied DJ sets that featured modern soul, rare groove, Baptist beat, Brazilian samba, bossa and beyond.
As I got established, I was offered DJ residencies. My first was playing five nights a week at Bogarts in West London which had the first Technics SL1200 record decks in the UK, previously only found in swish American venues like Studio 54. Then there was two years playing every Saturday at the Exeter Bowl, Bournemouth, where I also teamed up with DJ/promoter, Bob Masters to run the legendary Bournemouth soul weekenders through most of the 80s.
In 1982 I met 16-year old Gilles Peterson, playing his first DJ gigs in a local wine bar. This led to a partnership that spanned the best part of a decade. Our first sets were in a tiny function room above the Derby Arms near the Belvedere Arms in Sheen, West London where, in the late 80s, Gilles played his celebrated DJ sets. There were one-off nights culminating in our Mambo Madness parties and the Original Jazz Bops, promoted in tandem with Gilles’ Mad On Jazz show on Radio London. Just imagine 1,600 hardcore jazz clubbers dancing to class tunes and live acts at the Town & Country Club in Kentish Town.
My musical journey as a DJ peaked in the mid- to late 80s with the legendary Cock Happy and Special Branch nights and Doos At The Zoo, spread across various venues in London. There were other joint one-offs, including a memorable night dropping tuff jazz tunes from the likes of Art Blakey and Charles Earland surrounded by giant Victorian machine generators at Kew’s Museum of Steam where instead of our usual banners and posters, we decorated the room with toilet paper. I also guested fortnightly on Gilles’ Monday jazz night at the Wag Club getting home at 5am and at work, in body if not in mind, at 8am.
There were also Special Branch holidays in Ibiza and Corfu, Rockley Sands, Prestatyn and Caister weekenders, dropping jazz dance, funk, rare groove and even a bit of Cliff Richard on the holidays and playing classic Blue Note jazz and Santana at Cafe Del Mar.
I was credited with inventing acid jazz after a particularly wild night in early 1988 DJ-ing at a Nicky Holloway Special Branch Doo in Brentford, London. We were playing hard Latin jazz tunes while the words “Acid... Acid... Acid...” were projected onto the giant screens behind where Gilles and I were DJing. We stopped the music , I said “acid jazz” on the microphone and we both collapsed laughing. Acid jazz was never meant to be more than a mild piss-take and really was just a reaction to the hype that acid house was getting in clubland. We never intended it to be that specific, but acid jazz went on to become a genre that conquered the world. It gave me the freedom to play Jimi Hendrix, psychedelic poetry and early hip-hop tracks alongside hard bop and tough Latin tunes.
As time marched on, many of the DJs I had been working with such as Pete Tong, Paul Oakenfold, Trevor Fung, Simon Dunmore and Johnny Walker got involved in the world-leading UK dance scene, raking in cash by making records. I thought ‘I’ll Have some of that!’ This led to my first foray into the studio creating the proto-acid jazz classic 12”, ‘Psychedelic Jack (That’s Where It’s At)’, which cheekily sampled Frank Zappa, Soft Machine and Gong. With me and Gilles on vocals, it got us signed to Acid Jazz Records, who released in 1988 under the name of Extasis.
That was just the start and nearly 35 years later (gulp!) I’ve had a ball, producing Galliano and Paul Weller, working with Mick Talbot, Roy Ayers, Linda Clifford and Sharon Redd, remixing Will Downing, Ce Ce Rogers and Blaze. I’ve made house tunes with Faith’s Terry Farley, run the legendary Dadhouse Records label with Dave Jarvis. I also set up my own studio and released music under a variety of names, both for my own labels and Acid Jazz Records. Recent releases include my solo albums “Firebird” (2023) and “Dream World” (2024). There was also “Back To Business” with Mick Talbot, released in 2023.

PRE ORDER => 2025 06 13
7 INCH - LOVE TOUCH RECORDS
2025

- Legacy soul artist in the vein of Sharon Jones, Lee Fields, Charles Bradley.
- Notable past releases on Daptone and Cherries Records.
- Hot Potato music video to be released in conjunction with the single.
- Produced by Gil Masuda (MIA, Saucy Lady, Wado Brown, Maya Killtron, Amalia, The Precious Lo's).

TRACKLIST
Hot Potato
On Our Way To Love

DESCRIPTION
Doug Shorts is back on the scene after decades away from the limelight. His band, Master Plan Inc., released two 45rpm singles in the early 80s, then quickly faded into obscurity. Original copies, rarer than hen's teeth, will now set you back upwards of $1000 on the second hand market. It wasn’t until he was discovered by local Chicago label, Cherries Records, that he began releasing new music again. He’s been on a steady climb ever since. In 2019, he recorded the EP, “Casual Encounter” on Daptone Records, produced by Homer Steinweiss and Frank Dukes. It was a hit with funk fanatics and DJs alike. Doug is now back with a full-length album “Love’s Touch” featuring 10 brand new songs reminiscent of early to mid-80s R&B and Boogie. The album’s lead single “Hot Potato” is a Nigerian Afro-Boogie inspired banger. Doug describes his love interest: “She’s a rump shaker, I knew it from the start, the kind of girl you reel in…then she’ll tear your heart apart”. The b-side, “On Our Way To Love” is a future wedding anthem with it’s sweet lyrics: “We walk this path together, this vow we make is forever”. Doug's falsetto weaves over a steady mid-tempo drum machine loop - a nod to MTUME's "Juicy Fruit". Lush Rhodes chords and chirpy synths make way for a funky slap bassline. At age 74, Doug shows his youth, wisdom and life experience but more importantly, he shows us that he’s still got it!