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An independent label specializing in recovering and curating obscure and/or unreleased soul music. Snag our limited run vinyl🔻

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Yesterday was one of those favorite days. 14 hours in the studio working on current and future projects. Nothing beats a day of music like that. Huge love and gratitude to @mcnastyici for the engineering help and providing the studio and atmosphere. And for introducing me to the hardest Hard Rock record I’ve heard in awhile. Look out for this music and more via @magneticrecordings

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Final-Boss level record collector @fosdave is dropping in to Liverpool Soul Weekender next week to hang out and spin a few 🍩 Get on this one! What can you say after 30 years of collecting records and djing? David Haffner is attracted to the underplayed, underrated, and undiscovered nooks and crannies of the record world - when he plays records, people listen. Along the way, he’s popularized a few records and broken them on various scenes.
Beginning from a Golden-era 90s Hip-Hop perspective, refined in the Deep Funk 45 culture of the 90s, steeped in rare Soul, Boogie, and Disco, and ultimately set in the subsequent years of opening and operating one of US’s premier all vinyl record shops, @friendsofsoundsa . Haffner’s distinct style champions good music of all-time, incorporating equal parts songs you know
already, songs that you feel like you know, and songs you’ve never heard before.
Owner of the music licensing company @magneticrecordings, he’s been involved in well over 150 reissue projects - scouring the US to find the original musicians, secure rights, and shepherd projects onto his own label, @preservationproject, and well regarded labels like @lightintheatticrecords, @athens_of_the_north , @thenumerogroup , @truthandsoulrecords , @bbemusic , @jazzmanrecords , @bigcrownrecords , and others.
In 2019 he released his first namesake compilation, entitled “Disco With A Feeling”
, on Athens Of The North - which has sold over 3,000 copies and been repressed 3 times. He is currently working on a follow-up to that release and a series of Gospel compilations with Greg Belson.
Not a stranger to the Rare Soul scene in the UK and Europe, he’s been invited to Seattle and Bamberg multiple times and shared the decks with the likes of Soul Sam, Butch, Dave Thorley, Johan Tollgerdt, Lars Bulnheim, and George Mahood - amongst others. Nothing brings him more joy than an event like The Liverpool Soul Weekender, where people’s ears are open to obscure and new sounds from across the Soul spectrum and are ready to enjoy and dance to them. #tufflovesoulclub #liverpoolsoulweekender #raresoul #crossoversoul #modernsoul #northernsoul #sweetsoul #boogie #funk #gospel #disco

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Got Tapes!?

The tapeography is looking kinda hefty. I've dropped a lot of tapes amd introduced a lot of music (new and old), from deep digs and breaks, to newly released and introducing to the world for the first time. Label and artist spotlights and all with themes.

Hopefully labels and artists have appreciated the work that I've put in #MakingAndBreakingRecords these records both reviewing on Nostalgia King and on these tapes during a time where media outlets for independent labels and artists is almost non existent.

📸 @djpaulcastor

#SkemeRichards #TheNostalgiaKing #ButtaTapes #cassette #cassetetape

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Some of DJ Junior’s aka @recordbreakin Favorite Releases of 2023. Many got heavy rotation on my radio show @eavesdrop_radio @twitch #streams or live gigs.

Check out the complete list at www.recordbreakin.com

SUPPORT THESE ARTIST!!!

Who says there is no new good music?

This is the fifth year I have put together this list of most of my favorite releases. (I did take time off during the pandemic) This is also my most extensive list with over 230 releases (music and a few magazines) covering all different generes in music. I say “most” because I always end up leaving a few off. Not on purpose, honestly the release slipped my mind and then I scream “How could I forget about this…or that!” Nevertheless, music is a big part of my life. I listen to a ton of music. Some I bought and others have been sent to me. (Now is probably a good time to say THANK YOU to all the labels and artist that have sent me promos. It is MUCH APPRECIATED but does not influence if they made the list or not. Good music is good music.)

Anyway, if you listen to my weekly radio show Eavesdrop Radio [Fridays on @wkdu 91.7FM from 6-9PM (EST) www.wkdu.org] that I co-host with lil’ dave this list isn’t really a surprise. This list is in no particular order but does reflect releases I went back to over and over throughout the year. It’s great that so many of these releases came out on vinyl and some even on cassette. I encourage you to click on the artwork to find out more about these projects and support their music.

I wish you all the best for the New Year and look forward to hearing more amazing music in 2024. I know Record Breakin’ Music has some tricks up their sleeves. Thank you to the all the artists on this list and the labels for releasing this music that has been our soundtrack for the past year and years to come!

PEACE & LOVE
DJ Junior

#BestOf2023
#recordbreakin
#favoritereleasesof2023
#recordbreakinfavorites2023

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@preservationproject Mixed by @skemerichards 🔥🤘🔥
Another killer mix from the Nostalgia King 🫡
#tapetuesday

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@skemerichards X @preservationproject collaboration. Graphic design by my incredibly talented sister.

Limited edition, this will sell out quick. Buy through the link in @preservationproject bio

#thenostalgiaking #skemerichards

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Not long now folks! @dorightmusic and @slowfizznorthernsoulclubto join forces for a very special edition of TRIP TO YOUR MIND! @djcher45tpm will be laying down some funky soulful wax with Toronto legend @johnkong this Saturday Night at the superior sounding @bsmt254toronto ! We're gonna set that dance floor ablaze and help you work off all those turkey dinner leftovers! Lot's of the city's finest & funkiest dancers will be in the house! We'll supply the grooves and you bring us your moves, Toronto! 🔥🪩🎶

Eventbrite ticket link in bio! Don't snooze!

🗓️ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14
⏰ 10:30PM TIL LATE
📍 254 LANSDOWNE AVE @bsmt254toronto

🎨 @patersinister

#slowfizznorthernsoulclubtoronto #raresoul #modernsoul #boogie #instagood #instafun #crossoversoul #deepfunk #raregrooves #allvinyl #danceparty #originalvinylonly #torontosoul #soulfuldisco #yyzevents #torontoevents #womeninvinyl #keeponkeepingon #afrobeats #originalvinyl #vinyldj #45rpm #funky #souljazz #hustle #afroboogie #boogie

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#tonycook #bubbhathomas #theteacherhaters #spacefunk
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#vinyloftheday #radioshow #vinylrecords #musiclover #vinyl #vinyljunkie #percussion #worldmusic #afrobeat #africanmusic #jazz #rap #electronicmusic #dub #latinmusic #reggae #hiphop #afrobeats #latinomusic #soulmusic #dancehall

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Recent find for me, an unreleased Disco acetate from parts unknown. I’m digging deep into my stuff to try to bring a few Disco records that @replay365 and @djharrya haven’t heard, two of the dopest deepest Disco heads in the world.

We are going back-to-back-to-back to close out the night at the @lasvegasgriffin this Friday with the @sundownsoulclublv. @mcnastyici, @ari843652dai, @doublepeas, and @sin_city_soul_ have been gracious enough to invite me to play.

It is free. It starts at 9:15pm and goes until 2am. I guarantee it will be the best vinyl(and acetate) dance party in Las Vegas Friday night. Hope to see you there with everyone.

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Always excited to write for print publications and of course for Disco Patrick's Hot Stuff Magazine. Each issue of the Netherlands based magazine is filled with Disco, Jazz-Funk, Hip Hop and vinyl culture as well as graffiti and art culture.

For this issue I got to cover one of my favorite labels that always digs deeper to unearth lost gems, @preservationproject.

Browse the pages now then order your physical copy on demand from @disco_patrick

#SkemeRichards #TheNostalgiaKing #HotStuffMagazine #preservationproject #vinylculture #vinylcollection #vinylcollector #Disco #graffiti #printmedia #printisnotdead

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Repost from @doublepeas
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London! This Thursday @lovevinyllondon we will be playin’ & slangin’🍩 Come through 🫳🏾///IN///

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