Reissues
Thrilling
In Thrilling, Ennio Morricone’s widescreen sense of drama condenses into a tightly wound suite of themes: tense strings, ghostly choirs and razor‑edged rhythm figures that turn suspense into something almost voluptuously atmospheric.
Wigmore Hall 1968
*Edition of 300 copies. High thickness cardboard with opaque laminated cover. Comes with a printed insert.* John Tchicai (1936-2012) was one of the most visionary free jazz saxophonists of the 20th century - a rare artist whose voice stood apart even among giants. Born in Copenhagen to a Danish mother and a Congolese father, his path to New York came through a chance encounter at a socialist youth festival in Helsinki, where Bill Dixon and Archie Shepp heard him play and urged him to make the mo…
Soul Food Taqueria
Barbara Moore's seminal 1981 library music masterpiece Bright And Shining receives its first-ever vinyl reissue, limited to 750 copies worldwide on 140g vinyl. This breezy, dreamy fusion of jazzy soul grooves, Fender Rhodes, pumping bass, and celestial male-female vocal harmonies captures "Highly Addictive Happiness Music" at its finest.
The album opens with the sophisticated title track "Bright And Shining," a mid-tempo head-nod strut featuring sax and guitars. Standouts include sunny "Fly Me …
Diana in the Autumn Wind
On Diana in the Autumn Wind, Gap Mangione turns late‑60s trio jazz into a Technicolor funk miniature: short, intricate charts, molten Rhodes, and a young Tony Levin/Steve Gadd rhythm engine that future hip‑hop would mine like sacred scripture.
Batteaux
On their self‑titled 1973 LP, Batteaux turn baroque folk into ocean‑lit folk‑funk: lush West Coast arrangements, sky‑high harmonies and proto‑yacht grooves that feel as Balearic as they do Laurel Canyon, somehow both overlooked and timeless.
Konkrete Klaenge
*42 copies limited edition*
Handmade packaging.All materials are recycled.The CDR is contained in a striped plastic (black or transparent). The plastic bag is closed with metal staples.The plastic bag has pieces of metal wire attached to the bag with a length of gray cloth tape. A sticker is attached to the tape.Inside the bag are:- a small white bag containing the black vinyl-like polycarbonate CDR. A sticker is attached to the bag.- a black and white tri-fold cover- a small sticker
Zyklusters
*36 copies limited edition*
Handmade packaging.The CD-R is contained in a 14x20 cm embossed black cardboard envelope. A sticker is attached to the envelope.The envelope has a hole closed with a piece of white satin ribbon holding three steel washers (rings/clusters).Inside the envelope are:- a black envelope containing the black vinyl-like polycarbonate CD-R. The CD-R is printed- a full-color bi-fold cover- a bookmark- a sticker
Loopspool
*36 copies limited edition*
Handmade packaging.The CD-R is contained in a 14x20 cm embossed beige cardboard envelope. A sticker is attached to the envelope.The envelope has a hole closed with two pieces of satin ribbon (grey and blue) holding a charm in silver metal wich represents the symbol of infinity.Inside the envelope are:- a plastic envelope containing the black vinyl-like polycarbonate CD-R. The CD-R is printed- a full-color tri-fold cover (13x13 cm. closed, 39x13 cm. developed)- a minip…
Organemia
*42 copies limited edition*
Handmade packaging.The CD-R is contained in a 13x13 cm brown cardboard archival sleeve. A sticker is placed on the sleeve.Inside the sleeve are:- a sleeve containing a black polycarbonate CD-R, which resembles vinyl. The CD-R is printed. The sleeve is a random color: yellow, green, orange, or blue.- a full-color bi-fold cover.- three bookmarks.- a mini poster.Layout – Antonio Benini
January 2016
*30 copies limited edition*
Celebratory release for the tenth anniversary of the first track, released digitally only.This edition is entirely handmade.The CD-R is contained in a plastic sleeve with a frozen look, sealed with metal staples.A polyester print is attached to the front of the plastic sleeve.Inside the plastic sleeve is a paper sleeve containing the CD-R and a small insert with liner notes.The envelope and insert are printed on special high-quality lined paper.
Preludes
** 2026 Repress, revised artwork ** Artist and multi-instrumentalist Flaer looks to the landscape to explore pastoral melancholy on debut release, Preludes. Ensconced in his family home in rural Leicestershire in the early months of 2020, painter and musician Realf Heygate (b. 1994) picked up his childhood cello for the first time in several years and began to play. Setting himself parameters to only record onto 4-track tape with acoustic instruments – cello, piano and acoustic guitar – he assem…
Godzilla
*2026 repress* Celebrated composer Akira Ifukube's formidable score for the legendary monster film, 'Godzilla,' continues to resonate nearly seven decades after its debut. Renowned for its groundbreaking blend of dark and evocative music, Ifukube's visionary compositions encapsulate the horror and devastation portrayed in Ishiro Honda's classic film.
As viewers immerse themselves in the unrelenting chaos unleashed by Godzilla, Ifukube’s score serves as both a powerful narrative force and an emot…
The Straight Horn Of Steve Lacy
Originally released in 1962 on Candid Records, The Straight Horn of Steve Lacy finds a young Steve Lacy stepping forward with quiet confidence and a sound unlike anyone else at the time. Stripped of excess and focused on tone, space, and intent, these sessions reveal a musician already thinking beyond convention. The soprano sax cuts clean and direct, moving between sharp angles and lyrical calm, with a small group that listens as closely as it plays. Nothing here feels rushed or ornamental, jus…
The Best Of John Coltrane
The year 2026 marks the hundredth birthday of John Coltrane, whose groundbreaking artistry as a saxophonist, composer, and bandleader made him one of the most influential musical figures of the 20th century. To honor his immeasurable impact, Craft Recordings looks back on Coltrane’s early years as a bandleader with a carefully curated collection of original compositions and standards. Produced with the full support of the John Coltrane Estate, The Best of John Coltrane draws from the saxophonist…
Flirty Ghost
Flirty Ghost is an evocative LP by Rachel Kitchlew, a jazz and contemporary harpist known for pushing the boundaries of her instrument. A blend of jazz, ambient, and experimental sounds, the album was crafted in a spontaneous, deeply personal atmosphere, recorded late at night in the cozy, smoky setting of SFJ headquarters.
Inspired by everything from Henry Mancini to Dorothy Ashby, this LP captures an eerie, playful essence, like a ‘flirty ghost’, while celebrating exploration and self-expressi…
Caetano Veloso (A Little More Blue)
*2026 repress* Lilith present a reissue of Caetano Veloso's Caetano Veloso (A Little More Blue), originally issued in 1971. Often referred to as "Brazil's unofficial poet laureate" and the "Bob Dylan of Brazil", this heavyweight of Brazilian music was also a young revolutionary who used his music to protest against Brazil's oppressive military regime. This protest music, which became known as tropicalia, first earned Veloso a stint in jail, but by the time this dour album was released in 1971, i…
Grzyby
On Grzyby, Błoto complete their mycelium cycle with a compact blast of medicinal‑and‑toxic club jazz: five mushroom‑named cuts of broken beats, sub‑heavy low end and live improvisation that argue for dialogue and interdependence in a world addicted to walls.
Dybbuk Tse!
On Dybbuk Tse!, Yoni Mayraz turns Jewish possession lore into a groove‑driven exorcism: live‑wire jazz, 90s NYC hip‑hop grit and Middle Eastern modes colliding in a story where a wandering spirit is forced out beat by beat.
Kobaia
In early 1967, John Coltrane died. Christian Vander was twenty years old, living in something close to poverty in Paris, and Coltrane's death pulled the ground from under him. He went to Italy, to Milan and Turin, and spent nearly two years in a state of deliberate self-destruction. One morning in Turin he woke up and decided to stop. He returned to Paris, met bassist Laurent Thibault, and began working on something that had no name yet.
By 1969 Magma existed as a group. By 1970 they had a contr…
Live In Pori 1984
In July 1984, the otherworldly entourage of over fifty musicians of Urban Sax swarmed across the coastal town of Pori, Finland, to perform a historic concert at the Pori Jazz Festival. The masked musicians, veiled in space suits and fencing masks, arrived at the scene of the concert in the Central Pori Church by fire engines, forklifts and water buses from all over the town, followed by an ecstatic and bewildered crowd of festival-goers and amazed locals alike. For those present, the explosively…