CHUH Music is the digital music BRANCH of J.M.I. Recordings.
CYRUS CHESTNUT & WARREN WOLF - CHARMED
Gorgeous live duet from the two virtuosos recorded in Baltimore released in partnership with Brown Brothers Recordings. Digital release only now available on all DSPs. CHUH-1/BBR-3
JAMES CARTER/CYRUS CHESTNUT/ALI JACKSON/REGINALD VEAL - GOLD SOUNDS
2005 release of music by ad-hoc quartet covering songs by indie rock band Pavement. Recorded at Electric Lady Studios in September, 2004 and originally released on Brown Brothers Recordings on CD (now cataloged as CHUH-4/BBR-1) and currently available here. Expanded vinyl co-release with Modern Harmonic and Brown Brothers Recordings released on April 18, 2026 Record Store Day and available from select retailers in limited quantities. For CD please send a check or money order to Chuh Music at 212 East 57th Street, 16 A, NYC, NY 10022 to order CD. $25 in USA; $58 in Canada and Mexico. $60 elsewhere on Earth. All prices include shipping.
BARDONIA
Finely-tuned debut album from Rod Hohl & Steve Mandel released in partnership with Mandel’s Bardonia Records. Recorded and mixed at Electric Lady Studios. Originally released 2002. Vinyl and CD available. CHUH-2/BP-1
We’ve been waiting a long time to (re) introduce Java Jel to the world. An artist tethered to the codes of journalism. A journalist with artistic integrity. And we knew it from the first time we heard him in 1994. This is the album that won our hearts back then and here we are again. We have relocated and remastered the entire Java Jel catalog and it’s coming your way via CHUH MUSIC. Cafe is your first stop along the way. The coffee is on us.
MONROE
Sophomore triumph from Rod Hohl & Steve Mandel released in partnership with Bardonia Records. Recorded and mixed at Electric Lady 2003-2004. Released on 12” vinyl 2023. Vinyl Only. CHUH-3/BP-2
Java Jel’s Flavors (originally released on CD in 1998) gives us a sweet sip from all the different albums released between 1988-1998. We offer this classic compilation in anticipation of the entire remastered catalog arriving in the streaming world this year. Java’s music will wake you up like morning coffee. Enjoy discovering a lost pop star.
Rod Hohl & Megan Spooner’s 1998 cult classic is finally available on all streaming services via CHUH MUSIC. Capturing the sounds and smells of downtown NYC in the mid 90’s, this album will transport you backwards and forwards. We’re really proud to have this in our catalog. Produced, recorded and mixed at Electric Lady Studios by legendary soundman Andy Salas. Look for other Fellaheen releases on CHUH as well, they are all marked by high musicianship and craft.
STUDEO RATZ - THE NIGHT SURROUNDING
(BEST OF THE STUDEO RATZ)
Longtime collaborators Steve Mandel (Producer/Engineer/Songwriter) & Jeff DeOliveira (Guitarist/Songwriter) cull the very best from their first 6 albums during this first era of The Ratz (mid to late 2000’s). A double platter/gatefold affair, the vinyl version is in the works but this collection is currently available on all DSPs.
CHUH-9
FUTURE RATZ - MARBLE COMPOSITION
(BEST OF THE FUTURE RATZ)
Longtime collaborators Steve Mandel (Producer/Engineer/Songwriter) & Jeff DeOliveira (Guitarist/Songwriter) cull the very best from their final 6 albums of the second era of The Ratz (late 2000’s) as well as from their final 2 albums (2020-2024). A double platter/gatefold affair, the vinyl version is in the works and a streaming sequence with 2 bonus tracks.
CHUH-10
“We are the Ratz. We use the wrong mikes. We hang out in driveways. We like imported wines and beers and Mexican brick weed. We sweat nobody. We are the best fucking band since The Stones. These are the smash hits. These are the fucking songs that came straight out of our cheap erotic minds. Listen up.”
Former NBC engineer and undercover subversive made an unreleased masterpiece and no one cared until now. Once you are in the cult of Sinehead Doug there is no getting out.
Every note from all six sets from the once-in-a-lifetime live performances by Questlove, David Murray and Ray Angry at the Blue Note Jazz Club in NYC in August, 2024. There is Miles Complete Plugged Nickel recordings, Lee Morgan Complete Live at the Lighthouse and now there is Plumb Pie. Painstakingly recorded and mixed by Ben Kane.