For our October in-store, London DJ and collector XELA stepped up to the decks to provide his favourite afro gems, disco and house flavours. If you don't already know, you can check him out playing at Brilliant Corners or Voices Radio, as well as many other London spots! If you're interested in hearing more can check out his new DJ collective project All Corners: Expect sounds both far and near, from samba to salsa, bossanova to breakbeat, house, disco, boca and more - this show is about introducing you to new flavours from around the world...

Rook Records welcomed Maz to the decks on our launch of 9th Sep. Having DJ'd at various bars and clubs around London, as well as being part of the successful hip hop night Racailles, Maz stepped up to the Rook decks with an excellent bag of 45s, spanning hip hop, latin and jazz-funk.

Rook welcomes Bruce La Danse, Sheffield based digger, collector, selector and dancer. Westival and Tzara resident DJ and co-owner of the forthcoming Painted Lady Records. For his episode he'll be taking you through some disco and afro sounds, with a touch of Zouk chucked in for good measure!

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Another incredible DJ set from our shop launch, this time from Vandorta. When she's not flipping records at Soho's Sounds of the Universe, she's out spinning across London. Her distinctive brand of reggae and dub always brings the vibes and never fails to put us on to new music!

The first video from our official shop launch on September 9th, and what a way to kick things off! Mukatsuku Records head-honcho Nik Weston paid us a visit with some incredible 45s, from reggae to dub, rare groove and beyond! 

To celebrate our private shop launch in July we invited a few of our favourite local DJs down to spin some records. Deejay Nye came through with a bag of Japanese City Pop records to make you dance and smile!

The first in our brand new series, Barry Cohen joined us for our first in-store at Rook Records! Barry is a world-class DJ and radio host with extensive experience in curating playlists for radios all over the world, most notably Radio Hakaze in Israel, and @tachlesberlinfm in Berlin as well as London's Netil Radio. While he was at the shop last month, he dropped some amazing jazz and obscure global grooves!

Born in cosmopolitan Paris and of Ugandan heritage, Mr Boogie was never going to be the type of person who just played any old record. Having spent his formative years split between France and West Africa, he moved to the UK in his early teens and set about putting his burgeoning love for music to good use. A keen traveller with a penchant for a dusty basement or two, Mr Boogie took full advantage of frequent stopovers in cities such as New York, Havana, Lagos and Buenos Aires to dig deep into the vast history of Afro Latin music and beyond. For his Rook Radio set he takes you through some of the gems from his vast and varied vinyl collection...

Cambridge-based DJ and collector and self-confessed record crank, Bozak checks in for the latest RR. Expect a journey through soul, funk and hip hop with some obscure global gems chucked in for good measure!

Rook welcomes DJ Oneofakind for the latest episode. The Hastings based member of UK DJ crew Steel Devils has over 30 yrs DJ experience and is a master of heavy funk, soul, hip hop & deeper dots in between!