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Desco Records

Profile:
Now defunct independent Brooklyn based, Soul & Funk label founded and run by Gabriel Roth and Philippe Lehman between 1996 and 2000.

Both founders were renowned for strident personalities and a slight but significantly different emphasis on the sound they preferred.

Lehman and Roth parted ways in 2000, and went on to found new labels reflecting their musical preferences.

Roth went on to found Daptone Records with an emphasis on a cleaner, soulful sound, with Lehman going on to found, the now defunct, Soul Fire, to feature a dirtier raw funk sound and even dirtier new funk and Latin sounds. Lehman later went on to found Truth & Soul.
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Discography

Releases:
DESCO 001 Other Side, The (4) (Don't Look Back) Behind The Shack... (CD, Album, Promo) 1998
DESCO 001 Other Side, The (4) (Don't Look Back) Behind The Shack... (CD, Album) 1998
DS-1004 Sharon Jones Damn It's Hot (Part 1 / Part 2) (7")  
DS-1005 Sharon Jones Bump N Touch Part 1 / Hook N Sling Meets The Funky Superfly (7") 1997
DS-1006 Soul Providers, The / Bosco's Billionaires Earl's Backyard Barbecue / Freddy's Ribs (7")  
DS-1007 Soul Providers, The Soul Jasper / Let The Music Take Your Mind (7")  
DS-1009 Joseph Henry Who's The King? (You Know That's Me) / I Feel Right (7") 1998
DS-1010 Sharon Jones You Better Think Twice / I Got The Feeling (7") 1998
DS-1012 Daktaris, The In The Middle (7")  
DS-1014 Naomi Davis & Knights Of Forty First Street, The Forty First Street Breakdowne / Catapult (7")  
DS-1015 Sugarman Three* Cherry Pickin' (7")  
DS-1016 Mighty Imperials, The Kick The Blanket / Toothpick (7") 1999
DSCD002 Sugarman Three* Sugar's Boogaloo (CD) 1998
DSCD003 Nino Nardini & Pop Riviera Group, The Rotonde Musique (CD, RE)  
DSCD 003 Daktaris, The Soul Explosion (CD, Album) 1998
DSCD004 Lee Fields Lets Get A Groove On (CD) 1998
DSCD 005 Sugarman Three* Soul Donkey (CD) 2000
DSCD 201 Various Spike's Choice - The Desco Funk 45' Collection (CD) 1998
DSCD 201 Various Spike's Choice - The Desco Funk 45' Collection (CD, Comp) 1998
DSCD 202 Various Spike's Choice 2 - The Desco Funk 45' Collection (CD) 1999
DSLP-001 Other Side, The (4) (Don't Look Back) Behind The Shack... (LP) 1998
DSLP002 Sugarman Three* Sugar's Boogaloo (LP) 1998
DSLP003 Daktaris, The Soul Explosion (LP) 1998
DSLP-004 Lee Fields Lets Get A Groove On (LP) 1998
DSLP005 Sugarman 3 Soul Donkey (LP) 2000
none Lee Fields & Soul Providers, The Take It Or Leave It (7", Promo)  
PP-005 Lee Fields Let Man Do What He Wanna Do / Steamtrain (7")  
RM7 Nino Nardini & Pop Riviera Group, The No. 7 Pop, Soul Et Rock Psychadelique (LP, RE) 1997