2024 has been a turbulent year, the need for quality underground music, a basement, a red light and a feeling is as essential as ever. It would seem from the amount of packages we’ve sent out this year, that our wonderful customers from around the world agree with that.

We'll get compiling all the stats for our 2024 sales in January, so you’ll get those lovely numbers and charts to pore over. For now though, here's a couple of lists and lines notes, starting off with the Top 5 bestsellers of the year: 

1. Alex Kassian | A reference to E2-E4 by Manuel Gottsching | Test Pressing

2. UR | The Final Frontier | Underground Resistance

3. Another Taste | Another Taste | Space Grapes

4. Quiet Village | Reunion | The Quiet Village

5. Ron Trent | Magic Carnival | Sacred Medicine

....and, some VU crew favourites A-Z from the last 12 months: 

Attaboy | Autopsy In B Flat / Kookaburra | Toko - Did Joe help get this reissued? It’s dope.

Calm Presents K.F. | Shining Of Life Flutemental | Music Conception - Healing and life-affirming.

Cleo Sol | Heaven | Forever Living Originals - In lieu of a new Sade album. 

Coflo | Tsunami's Muse | Sacred Medicine – Serious spiritual house mission.

Common Saints | Cinema 3000 | Starsonics - luxurious and addictive psychedelic soul.

C-thru | The Otherworld | Pacific Rhythm - Just don't call it Balearic, he’s from Texas.

Culross Close (aka K15) | Learning To Let Go | Esencia - Jazz, but with that extra something.

CV313 & Federsen | Skyspace | Alt Dub - Dub. Techno.

Cybotron | Parallel Shift | Tresor - Juan back with a dark anthem.

DJ Nature | Versions Part Two | Hot Biscuit – Aidy played them all, a lot.

Gilbert | Astral Harmonics | Distant Worlds - Crystalline beats and bass.

Howard Thomas | Skin Breaker | Sound Signature - Sci-Fi basement basslines.

Kings Of High Speed | False Start Dub | Leisure Group - Dub reggae from JKriv. Proper.

Los Hermanos | Family | Mother Tongue - Eyes down, hands up.

Mal Waldron | Reminicent Suite | BBE - Jazz deepness from Tokyo, 1972.

Marcellus Pittman | Pick Yourself Up | Unirhythm - Deepest mindful Detroit house.

Paul St. Hilaire & René Löwe | Faith | Kynant. Reissue from 2003. Too deep.

ReKab | Concept (Inc Convextion mix) | Analogue Concept – Rekab. Convextion. That’s it.

Ron Trent | Sensual | Sacred Medicine - Almost went to Amsterdam to get the white label.

Vakula feat. Logich | Dinsync | Phonogramme - All 3 tracks an insane trip. Back in stock January.

Various | Vega Records 5 Pack Unreleased V | Vega – Vega packs back with a bang.

Various | Virtual Dreams II | Music From Memory - Numero uno! 

Vick Lavender | Chicago Blue Line | Cataleya – Output and quality increasing.

ZG | Out of The Unknown | Pacific Rhythm - Pure music.

Liner notes:

• Ron Trent is still the man. So it was, and so it shall be.
• Joe shipped over 22000 records, carrying them up and down the 46 stairs between the back door and the VU penthouse. Big up!
• Ritchie K knows A LOT about rave records.
• The new Basement Blog and Newsletter wouldn't have happened without Ben. Marketing legend. 
• Everyone needs at least 3 copies of UR Final Frontier in their collections.
• M-Cutz made over 10,000 listings on Vinyl Underground Discogs store in 2024, he has a genre database that even he never knew he wanted. Slowcore anyone?
• The Common Saints ‘Cinema 3000’ album. Amazing.
• VU’s first ever Sale made room in our racks for 2025’s stock. Thanks people.
• Jon, who lists all new records on the VU site, created over 1600 new titles. We even forced him to list a couple of jungle records for our new website section, thanks Jon.
• Vick Lavender vs Rahaan. Both gave Jon RSI this year with the sheer amount of output. Who will win the title fight in 2025?
• Aidy spots spindle marks at a 1000 paces. Keeping our customers safe from spindle harm at all times. Watch out Zorro.
• When our time on earth comes to an end, the soundtrack will be supplied by Music From Memory.

2024 A good one musically. We out...... 

See you in the next......

Word. The VU Crew.