Now-Again Records

Une Voix M’Appelle: The Modern Lebanese Sounds of the Voix De L’Orient Label, 1967-1984

Now-Again Records presents – Une Voix M’Appelle: The Modern Lebanese Sounds of the Voix De L’Orient Label. Vol. 1. 1967 – 1984

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Arabic Pop, Oriental Funk, Jazz Fusion and Experimental Synth: the birth of the modern Lebanese musical adventure, presented as a survey spanning the high points of two decades of releases on the groundbreaking Voix De L’Orient label.

Those profiled include Egyptian guitarist Omar Khorshid, maverick producer/arranger/composer Elias Rahbani, mysterious talents like Nicolas Dick and Robert Maalouf and the father of the label’s founder, Abdallah Chahine, a pianist of immense talent. MORE

Egon’s Pop Up Record Shops at Now-Again In 2025

Egon and the team are hosting a regular series of pop up events throughout 2025 and 2026 at the Now-Again Space in Los Angeles. Our next event celebrates our Lebanese anthology One Voix M’Appelle: The Modern Sounds of the Voix De L’Orient Label, 1967-1984.

And our last event, a weekend long pop up record shop with Joel Stones of Tropicalia in Furs, was so amazing that we extended it for a second weekend. And that went so well that we decided we had to do something for everyone that wasn’t available to fly in. More info linked below.

Une Voix M’Appelle
Pop Up Record Shop At Now-Again

June 28th.
Noon-6
5638 York Blvd, Los Angeles

Vintage vinyl. Our Voix De L’Orient Lebanese LP release party. Libations. Live performances. MORE

Deep Dayton Disco Soul: Record Player’s Unreleased Album Out Now

Unreleased disco and boogie from Dayton, Ohio’s Record Player: their full album, recorded in the late ‘70s, and unreleased until now. Contains oversized booklet detailing the Record Player’s story and the history of the Ohio music scenes that allowed for their rise.

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In 1979, Record Player privately pressed and issued a solitary 45 on their Gem City Records imprint in Dayton, Ohio. Though they had recorded a host of other songs, and were on the verge of signing to a major label, their trajectory stalled and the band splintered by the early 1980s. In the early 2000s, Record Player principle Charles Jackson surfaced with their unreleased songs. To date, only two Record Player songs have been reissued, as part of Now-Again’s long-running Soul Cal series. Now, the entirety of their oeuvre is presented here as Free Your Mind, and their story detailed in words by Bret Sjerven in the oversized booklet contained within. MORE

SoCal Soul, Psych, Funk and Folk: The Complete Lennan Records Discography

Streaming Everywhere Now: The Complete Lennan Records Discography

Over twenty years ago, when we went to reissue Lil’ Lavair and the Fabulous Jade’s funk masterpiece “Cold Heat,” we had one source for the audio: a CD-R that the Scottish collector and DJ Keb Darge had given Egon. At the time, Egon had only heard the group’s A-side, “I’ll Be So Happy,” once, at Keb’s Deep Funk night in London, where he played the Northen Soul classic as a favor to our erstwhile founder. He’d owned the record for years, but never really rated the track. And it was in that Deep Funk era in which Lil’ Lavair’s fortunes changed, and with them, those of Leonard Wojtowicz and his small Southern California concern, Lennan Records. MORE

The Definitive Reissues of Paul Ngozi and the Ngozi Family’s Zamrock Albums

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The first commercial issue of Ngozi Family drummer and vocalist Chrissy Zebby Tembo’s lost second album. LP includes oversized 8p. booklet detailing Ngozi’s arc, rare photographs, discography and annotations. Released under license from the Estate of Paul Nyirongo and Chrissy Zebby Tembo.

Zamrock was a bona-fide rock scene, with albums released through independent labels based in Zambia. This music scene was complete, encompassing the genres of rock, acid folk, fusion, Afro-beat, South African jazz and traditional Zambian melodies. It quickly became a uniquely Zambian movement, befitting of its name. The Ngozi Family,WITCH and Amanaz sound nothing like other rock music from the African continent or elsewhere. MORE