Album of the week

Wild Style (Special Edition)

Blurring the lines between fiction and documentary, the seminal film Wild Style, directed by Charlie Ahearn and developed alongside Fred Braithwaite aka Fab Five Freddy, offered an iconic snapshot of the emerging New York hip hop scene in the early '80s.

Audio Sets

"I want to start listening on vinyl but don't know where to start with the player". How many times have we had that conversation in the shop?! So here we are, aiming to simplify that process for you. Each box set contains everything you need to start listening to your favourite records; turntable, stylus, amplifier, speakers and cables.
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The Weekly Drop

Every week behind the scenes, we're busy ordering and listening to lots of new music to bring you a carefully curated selection of new additions to the shop. The Weekly Drop is our way of bringing our new additions to the shop, to you.

The Listening Room

We are excited to open the doors to our new listening room downstairs in collaboration with our friends at Audio Note. Designed with creativity, flexibility, and community at its heart, this is a welcoming space to explore, enjoy, and share great sound together.

Welcome to Capsule Records

At Capsule Records, we strongly believe in the power of music and community. As an independent record shop, we started with the local area in mind. Since then, we have been on a mission to foster a musical community and make the joy of music accessible to all. 

Our stock is a carefully curated selection of LPs that we love. From soul, jazz, disco, electronica, and hip-hop to some bits in between, there’s something for everyone. For those who like to dig deeper, we also have crates like African Funk, Japanese Jazz and Modern Classical.

To help you discover something new or find an old favourite, we’ve stuck QR codes on the front of all our LPs that direct you to a listening link with information about the artist and label. If you’re without a phone, just ask, and we can play it for you on our tailor-made PMC sound system. So, take a seat in our beautifully designed coffee area, enjoy a drink of your choice (we also stock alcohol!) and relax.  

Our atmosphere in store is also aided by our weekly DJ sets, as part of our Capsule Connect initiative designed to support the local DJ community. We hope that by using our platform to promote local DJs and the venues that host them, we can bring the best of what Brighton has to offer to you. 

“Capsule Records are a breath of fresh air. Hugely knowledgeable, with a terrific collection of proper music, they go to great length to curate just what is right. My go to place!” - Dunstan Rickard

New to the shop - available for click & collect or UK wide delivery

Spearheaded by Mass Appeal’s groundbreaking Legend Has It..., a series celebrating and spotlighting some of the most important and influential Hip Hop artists of all time, the series has gifted a year long run of historic releases from culture defining artists including; Slick Rick, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Mobb Deep, Big L & De La Soul.
Light-Years (2LP Indies White Label Version)
Nas, DJ Premier
Hip Hop
£26.00
AIN’T NO DAMN WAY!’ is the latest project in the Haitian-Canadian producer's succession of sounds. A high-octane release, this album is a love letter to his dance music roots; leaning on R&B samples. Theres even a sample from one of his idols J Dilla. While still encapsulating the signature retro-modern, groove-laden, melodic bass, he provides 12 tracks ready for the dance floor.
Ain't No Damn Way! (Picture Disc)
Kaytranada
Electronica
£32.00
Max Richter’s ethereal score for Hamnet (original motion picture soundtrack), the untold love story that inspired Shakespeare's greatest masterpiece.
Hamnet (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 2xLP
Max Richter
Cinematic/Soundtrack
£40.00
Turkish Psych/Funk Instrumental Classic. Originally released in Turkey 1973, Özkent’s masterpiece (creation) of an all instrumental Turkish Psychedelic Funk album, filled with classic beats and breaks still inspires long time fans and first time listeners
Genclik Ile Elele
Mustafa Ozkent
Middle Eastern
£33.00
Celebrate 50 years of Face The Music! Originally released in 1975, this monumental album includes the legendary hits ‘Evil Woman, ’Strange Magic’ and fan-favorite ‘Fire On High’.
Face The Music
Electric Light Orchestra
70s & 80s
£29.00
Fred again.. release the next iteration of his USB series, with new songs.
USB002
Fred Again
Contemporary
£44.00
With seven releases - including this one - on Schema Records and three - considering also the Cosmorama project - on Milano 2000, Stefano Tirone has tightened his collaboration with the Edizioni Ishtar group.
Body & Soul - The Disco Experience
S-Tone Inc.
Disco
£27.00
Celebrating 40 Years of one of Britain’s most iconic and era-defining bands, The Factory Singles is the definitive tribute to a group that reshaped the sound of UK music.
Happy Mondays The Factory Singles (2LP)
Happy Mondays
90s & 00s
£30.00
50 Cent lived up to the title of his debut album Get Rich or Die Tryin' by overcoming being stabbed, shot, and assaulted while securing a million-dollar record deal.
Get Rich Or Die Tryin' 2xLP
50 Cent
Hip Hop
£28.00
The American funk/soul band Commodores peaked in the late 1970s through the mid-1980s with some wonderful hit classics, like 'Just to Be Close to You', 'Easy', 'Three Times a Lady', 'Still' and 'Lady (You Bring Me Up)'.
Collected
The Commodores
Soul
£39.00
The Collected album by the Carpenters brings a beautiful collection from the immense popular soft-pop duo. From their humble beginnings in the late '60s until today, siblings Karen and Richard Carpenter are one of the most successful duos in musical history.
Collected
The Carpenters
Soul
£39.00
From BRIT-nominated and Mercury-Prize winning Young Fathers comes their critically acclaimed score for 28 Years Later, the latest instalment of the cult franchise – now available for the first time on vinyl.
28 Years Later (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Blood Red 2LP
Young Fathers
Cinematic/Soundtrack
£35.00
The afrobeat-inspired eight-piece drop their hotly-anticipated debut. A horn-fuelled, soul-shaking introduction to the young collective. Their first solo release after featuring on london jazz primer We Out Here.
Kokoroko
Kokoroko
Contemporary Jazz
£21.00
As Rival Consoles, West’s calling card is his ability to channel hope, pain, sadness, and euphoria all at once, twisting the key in the lock of his internal world and telling stories without words. Crucially, Landscape from Memory is as much about zooming in on the details as it is about seeing past the horizon.
Landscape From Memory
Rival Consoles
Electronica
£32.00
Habibi with their 13th release and it is from Sharhabil Ahmed, the actual King of Sudanese Jazz (he actually won that title in a competition in the early 1970s).
Sharhabil Ahmed - The King of Sudanese Jazz
Sharhabil Ahmed
Middle Eastern
£23.00

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