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𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙙-𝙟𝙖𝙯𝙯 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙙-𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙨𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙙, 𝙅𝙖𝙯𝙯 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙖𝙧𝙮’𝙨 "𝘿𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙖 𝘿𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙎𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙤 𝙂: 𝘾𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙧'𝙨 𝘼𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙫𝙚 (1970–2009)" 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙖 𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙣-𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙡𝙞𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘.

Since the 1940s, these behind-the-scenes recordings have quietly shaped the sound of film and television, threading their way through everything from BBC dramas to cult sci-fi. In the process they’ve been rediscovered and flipped by generations of producers — not only 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 and 𝗧𝘆𝗹𝗲𝗿, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿, but also dug deep by samplists like DJ Shadow, Madlib and MF Doom, who tapped this very universe of themes, cues and mood pieces for their own visionary beat alchemy.

At the heart of it all is Studio G, a label whose catalog could be heard on everything from Doctor Who to obscure classroom films and late-night oddities. Long confined to dusty shelves and promo-only pressings, many of these cues have become holy-grail pieces for library heads and international diggers — records whispered about in want lists and forum threads, now finally gathered and made widely available on this compilation.

Jazz Dispensary curates some of Studio G’s most evocative and collectible sides, moving through psych-tinted themes, pastoral jazz interludes and star-gazing cosmic funk. Composers like James Harpham, Paul Lewis and Trevor Nightingale steer the journey, with a tracklist that drifts across seasons, dream states and space-age experimentation while always remaining rich with hooks, textures and sample-ready moments.

The package is rounded out with liner notes from Bob Stanley of Saint Etienne and original illustrations by Ivan Minsloff, framing the music in vivid colour and context — part history lesson, part fever dream. This is a rare chance to experience the source material that has quietly powered soundtracks, beat tapes and sample libraries for decades.

𝘼 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩-𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙨, 𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚-𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙤𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙤 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙣 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙣.