Cardiff's Che Ahmed produces under many aliases such as Chesus, Earl Jeffers and Metabeats, but had only one release as Earls BOOOM!!!l It was widely sought after, leading to another much needed repress here - now the third since its original release back in 2016. 'Thank You' is a thumpin' disco house monster that's looped to perfection, and its vocal is just epic throughout. The dusty, late night heads-down stomp of 'Badadu' follows, while over on the flip he remixes some golden oldies you'll for sure know from the first beat, in the form of 'D-D-D' and 'The Paper'.

A unique collaboration between Milo Fitzpatrick of Portico Quartet, and Jordan Smart of Mammal Hands, Vega Trails' 'Tremors In The Static' hears these two mega-accomplished musicians bring nine spaced out forays through melodic, solo double bass. Taking their name from the Carl Sagan novel Contact (the Vega system), Influences from Swedish fiddle to Indian Classical are woven into a minimized tapestry of ambient instrumental sounds. Verbed-out folk jazz for your pleasure.

After his debut EP Rats made such an impression, the Samurai Music label has now called up various artists to add their own spin to Presha's originals. This first of two volumes comes on great marbled wax and opens with sound design don ASC. His take on 'Vendetta' is a tough one with unrelenting drums and snares. There is just as much tightness and tension to the metallic sounds of Double O's remix then Homemade Weapons bring more edginess, industrial mood and soot-black styles to 'Mainliner.' Torn & Roho remix RATS to close out and do so with a real sense of purpose.

Calling a compilation Studio One Classics is a bit axiomatic if you ask us - just about everything the legendary reggae studio put out is a classic. Anyway, Soul Jazz have assembled a load more such seminal sounds for this special Record Store Day collection across two slabs of wax. It has plenty of big names, heavy hitters and well known tunes form all the genres most pioneering artists. The Heptones, The Skatelities, Horace Andy, The Wailers and Dennis Brown are amongst just some of the making this another essential outing.

The brand new record from Pale Waves is a high speed pop record laced with punk influences and rock energy that heads into bold new territory. It has proven a big hit with the rock press and fans alike and finds the band expanding their sonic palette as they explore new ways to connect with their die-hard followers. The Manchester group do so with big nods to 2000's punk-pop and lots of power chords, radio-friendly grooves and big choruses for festival sing-alongs. It might not be new to a certain age of music lover but for the younger generation this is sure to be a liberating listen.

Aussie producer AK Sports makes a bold debut on the always innovative Lobster Theremin label here. It is a techno outing that will blow up any club with its mix of physical beats and euphoric synth work. 'You Want Some?' embodies that from the off with its yelping vocals and gallivanting drum programming. Elsewhere 'Twin Flame' layers up busted kicks, fizzing synths and icy hi hats while 'The Humans Are Dead' is a tough drum workout with punchy synths. Good times will follow the deployment of any of these classy bangers.

Will Sessions are a serious crew of funkateers from Detroit with a sizable catalogue behind them. Electromagnetic Reality is their fourth album on their own Sessions Sounds label, breaking a four-year silence due to all the very understandable reasons. You can tell how rooted they are in the Detroit community by the cats they roll with - Amp Fiddler, Andres, Meftah, all artists with an innate sense of funk about them. With the band's co-founder Sam Beaubien joined by an ensemble of lifers, new recruits and guest collaborators, this long-awaited return marks another chapter for one of the finest groups getting down low in the D.