Listen to a previously unheard J Dilla mixtape from 1999

Harry Smith’s iconic Anthology of American Folk Music reissued on tape for the first time

HMV to open vast second-hand record shop in Tokyo

George Clinton to release album on Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder label

Grandmaster Flash on the “scientific approach” he used to pioneer turntablism

Vince Staples’ Prima Donna EP gets limited edition signed vinyl release

Afro-funk outfit Vaudou Game to release voodoo-inspired new album on vinyl; stream ‘Cherie Nye’ now

Forbidden music of Cape Verde unveiled with “the best funaná album ever made”

Roland hints at new TR-909 drum machine

Almost Holy soundtrack by Atticus Ross, The Haxan Cloak gets limited vinyl release

Wolfgang Tillmans to release Frank Ocean-approved EP Device Control

Otis Redding’s classic Dictionary Of Soul gets 50th anniversary vinyl reissue