Sounds of the Universe - Record Shop in London

Soul Jazz Records' Soho shop. New upstairs, rarities in the basement.

Shop

Sounds of the Universe

Address

7 Broadwick Street

Town

London, United Kingdom

Formats

Vinyl

Crates

Soul, Jazz, Reggae, Funk, Disco, Electronic, World

In the shop

Step-free access

Opening hours

Mo-Sa 10:00-18:30; Su 11:00-17:30

Stuart Baker started Sounds of the Universe as a second-hand stall in Camden in the 1980s, took a shopfront on Ingestre Place, and eventually landed on the corner of Broadwick Street and Duck Lane. In 1992 he founded Soul Jazz Records, the label whose compilations drew cross-cultural lines between soul, jazz and reggae, and the shop and the label have run alongside each other ever since. The ground floor carries new releases; the basement is where the second-hand stock and rarities live, filed under categories like "Disco-not-disco". The range runs from techno to jazz with a standing emphasis on music of African origin.