8 reissue labels you need to know about

Describing themselves as specialisers of 80s funk preservation, People’s Potential Unlimited have been prolific in the amount of quality they’ve reissued in the last decade.

The Washington DC-based label and store cemented themselves as the go-to place for incredibly rare boogie and disco cuts with their very first release, a 7" featuring TMS’ Get The Feeling and Candy Man by Caprice, the originals of which both going online for over £500 each.

While they also deal in quirky cassette releases and push plenty of merchandise online, their record selection is their defining feature and no re-issue more than Midnight Express’ 'Danger Zone' sums up the funked-up, squelchy boogie tracks they specialise in.

Essential listening: Midnight Express ‘Danger Zone’

Another Amsterdam label that’s quickly made a name for itself with a parade of offbeat leftfield and experimental electronic music, sometimes even sourced from artists’ self-released material. Music From Memory has a habit of putting out records from the 1980s that could easily be from 2016. Joel Graham’s 'Geomancy' is a slice of 1982 ambient techno that could easily fit on Hungarian imprint Blorp’s roster for example, and it’s this fusing of the past into contemporary dance music that’s seen the label pushed by Hunee and Pender Street Steppers.

Among all the industrial soundscapes you’ll also find a sprinkling of jazz fusion disco from Joan Bibiloni, a Spanish guitarist who’s best indulgences have been compiled into a groove-laden album, and an avant garde visionary of the New York City downtown scene, Vito Ricci, the man the label is named after.

Essential listening: Vito Ricci ‘I’m At That Party Right Now’