Reggae/Dub
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Freddie McKay’s self-produced 1977 LP Harsh Words has finally returned to circulation. Initially released in Jamaica on Gorgon Records, a subsidiary of Sonic Sounds, it was issued in the US by Salsoul Records’ sister label Salsoul Salsa Series in 1982. The album includes 10 tracks, featuring previously issued singles from...
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Presented by Acid Jazz on Roots Records, a first-time reissue of classic dancehall recorded for Jah Thomas ‘Midnight Rock’ label, previously only issued as a promotional ‘white label’. Midnight Rock was home to many of the great voices of dancehall, with producer Jah Thomas at the helm, adding vocals to...
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Audiopile Review: Three years on from his last entry into the Acid Dub Studies series, Om Unit returns with a third volume, rounding out his heady exercises into a tidy trilogy. With each release, Om Unit still seems to find new corners to explore, revealing the endless uses and timeless...
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Audiopile Review: Prince Far I is perhaps best known as the Voice of Thunder that graces so many On-U Sound releases. He is surely the most distinctive deejay in reggae history, and his commanding tones could be heard echoing through On-U releases long after his tragic death in 1983. Of...
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Flora Adams recorded this outstanding vocal for Winston Jones' Brooklyn based Flames label at S&S Sound Studio in Canarsie in the mid-1970s. Backed by Flames' in house band. "Fire Fire" is based on Tina Charles' disco hit "You Set My Heart On Fire", the then-teenage member of the Nairobi Sisters...
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Japanese musician MERMAID focuses on new roots dub, with the low end built on sine waves. His music mixes echoes of chamber music, Japanese folk, and chopped-up bits of his own voice, creating an atmospheric sound with an offbeat sense of humor. :) MERMAID is a member of DDM (Dangerous...
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Special new 25th anniversary edition of this most popular and highly-acclaimed of all Soul Jazz Records' Dynamite! series - 300% Dynamite is jam-packed with reggae tunes that crossed-over to become dancefloor hits and are 100% guaranteed to rock any party! Out of print for the last 15 years, this new...
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Audiopile Review: Is it possible to be legendary and yet still underrated? Sure, look at the godlike Peter Hammill blah blah etc. etc. And then you have Mark Ernestus of dub-techno originators Basic Channel and Rhythm & Sound. In the almost two decades since the last new Rhythm & Sound...
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Audiopile Review: French digi-dub cosmonauts Froid Dub return with a new mini-album after their brief move to soundtrack work last year. With a few years lapsed since their last release proper, 2023’s towering Synch Unity, the duo have been sharpening their craft, each track is like a deployment of their...
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Audiopile Review: Titling an EP ‘The Grand Designer’ might suggest the artist has a bit of a god complex. But then, On-U Sound’s Adrian Sherwood (for it is he what done the titling) is undoubtedly one of the truly godlike figures to emerge from the UK’s punk-straddling, genre-inclusive 1970s underground....
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By the time Bob Marley died, he was one of the world's first global superstars, famous and lauded from Europe through Africa and the Americas. Some even saw him as not just a reggae singer but as a folk hero, a sort of freedom fighter, and to this day his...
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When Rastaman Vibration was first released in America in 1976 it did what some in the music industry considered nearly impossible at the time. It took Bob Marley into the Top Ten alongside disco records and corporate rock, points out Rolling Stone, which rates the album 4 stars. Despite the...
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The first album proper from Bangladeshi-Canadian producer Raf Reza explores his obsession with all things dubwise, heavily referencing his UK connections via soundsystem culture bleep nostalgia whilst simultaneously serving as a research outlet for his fascination with late-era internet arrival in the Bangladeshi cultural landscape. Growing up in Tokyo with...
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Ten song showcase LP featuring 5 previously unreleased cuts, the hard stuff with Radics & Scientist in the mix New showcase LP collecting a couple long requested classics coupled with a trio of rare and previously unreleased heaters from the early '80s Roots Radics era. This new LP now makes...
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"No Warranty Dubs" is made by a logic powerhouse combination, Jimi Tenor & Kabukabu meets DJ Sotofett, with most of what you can expect from all parts involved. You're served Afro Dub & Jazz in a bold and classic sonic execution. Through all 15 cuts the echoes are real and...
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Dark moody vocals meet super disco beats: This is what it sounds like when pioneering DJ and producer Jens Mahlstedt invites Saâda Bonaire over to his studio. Stephanie Lange and Claudia Hossfeld, the original singers of legendary Eighties band Saâda Bonaire, plus founding member Ralph “von” Richthoven are teaming up...
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Legowelt and Takafumi Noda aka Mystica Tribe with their third Noda and Wolfers album, this one is for the real dub headz!...
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No less deep, in fact debatably deeper still, Ghost Dubs aka Michael Fiedler returns after the runaway success of his highly acclaimed 'Damaged' LP('Dub/Reggae album of the year' for 2024 in The Wire Magazine), with 'Extended Damaged Versions'. Six dubbed out reworks of tracks from last year's album, deconstructed by...
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By the close of the 1960's, Lloyd 'Charmers' Tyrell was firmly established as one of Jamaica's premier talents, having previously made his mark as a key member of leading vocal outfits, The Charmers and The Uniques. His move into record production in 1968 swiftly resulted in numerous Jamaican hits, with...
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Audiopile Review: Keith Hudson’s classic dub albums have a similar vibe to classic Norwegian black metal. Weird comparison, we know. But he was known as The Dark Prince of Reggae, so there’s something to it. The pointedly rudimentary graphic design that his albums were often housed in helps. But, mostly,...
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Among one of the most sought-after English dub albums, Black Jade's Contempo is still somewhat of a mystery. Definitely ahead of its time, their deeper dub style was very sophisticated indeed. The material was originally recorded between 1975-76 and then collected in their self-produced debut. The vinyl first appearance was...
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Originally conceived as a promotional pre-release dub version of Man From Wareika, this album is enhanced with an array of rare and previously unreleased bonus tracks from the Island vaults, ensuring that this is by some way a finest collection of the trombone maestro's timeless work. Available for the very...
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Following the Nairobi Sisters 45 in 2023 and Revolutionaries LP in 2024, 333 is back for 2025 with another rare mid-1970s cut out of Winston Jones' Flatbush-based Flames label catalogue. It is issued here under license from Jones, aka the original singer and composer of Stop That Train (later made...
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Drum and bass reggae legends, Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespear, are the featured strongholds of The Revolutionaries, a conglomeration of many of reggae's finest studio musicians, brought together to create some of the best dub of the late 70's. "Black Ash Dub" is a wonderful example of the group at...
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Lloyd Parks, born on May 26, 1948, in Kingston, Jamaica, is a renowned reggae icon known for his soulful melodies and skillfully played bass lines. In the late 1960s, he performed with the Invincibles band, which included notable talents such as Ansell Collins, Sly Dunbar, and Ranchie McLean, before joining...
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The first in a series of mini compilations exploring instrumental Dub versions of sought after and long out of print titles from the world of Reggae, Disco, Boogie and House. Many of these versions still contain vocals, snippets here and there drenched in delay or reverb, a style you’ll recognise...
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"This record is the sound of dreams fulfilled, dashed, then fulfilled again. Candy McKenzie, a young singer from North West London, had endured a hard life before she flew to Jamaica in pursuit of a dream that she didn't fully understand. Candy McKenzie was a young talent in need of...
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Includes the classic tracks "Silhouettes," "Lips Of Wine," "Changing Times" and "I Didn't Know" Limited edition of 500 numbered copies on orange colored vinyl Dennis Brown was a Jamaican reggae singer and one of the most popular artists in the history of Jamaican recorded music. During his prolific career, which...
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This blissful example of Lover’s Rock from 1985 showcases the very specific sonic template of a portion of Reggae music that was coming from the United Kingdom during the period - steeped in a soulful, Pop sensibility. We are also treated to a version by Lindel Lewis aka The Gentle...
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Reissue of Lexx’s „Young Corner“ EP. Originally released on Phantom Island Records as a three track 12“ in 2014, now additionally contains „All That Is Now“ which was previously only available on 7“. This EP contains some of the producers most acclaimed works from 2005 to 2014 and is back...
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Brand new expanded double album edition of Showcase 45 includes 8 bonus tracks! Soul Jazz Records' Studio One Showcase 45 features a roll call of classic Studio One reggae legends including Horace Andy, Cormel Campbell, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Jackie Mittoo, The Heptones, The Skatalites and more - seminal...
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DIN SYNC DUB is an exploration of communication through sound. Six tightly packed experimental dub tracks use bass-heavy vibrations to rattle both body and mind, pushing the limits of self-expression in the hope of fostering deeper human connection. The drive for more efficient and precise communication tools—whether between man and...
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Welcome to 'Instrumental Dubs #3', the ongoing series that delves into the world of the Dub Version and beyond. Side one explores the axis of UK Street Soul and Reggae with the opening two tracks produced by Howard Hill and originally released on his Passion Enterprises label in the late...
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Sailing beyond the boundaries of electronic music, Purelink embrace liquidity on their second album, washing live instrumentation and exposed vocals over their patented cascade of dubbed ambience and ebbing rhythmic experimentation. Since 2020, Tommy Paslaski (aka Concave Reflection), Ben Paulson (aka kindtree) and Akeem Asani (aka Millia) have channeled their...
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EXOTIC GARDENS is the dub focused solo project of Aaron Coyes. As a member of PEAKING LIGHTS, LEISURE CONNECTION, and a mainstay on both NTS and DUBLAB radio (among many other credits), Aaron should be nothing less than a household name. But here, in EXOTIC GARDENS, Coyes' only collaborator is...
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Emotional Response is proud to welcome renowned multi-instrumentalist Alan Briand aka Shelter, to the label with a striking new EP that delves deep into the realms of modern Digi-Dub. Over a myriad of releases Shelter’s dextrous ability to straddle genres, from ambient, Balearic, improvisation and most recently a series...
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Another classic set of prime Dub Syndicate on this 1996 album, with Style Scott gathering even more crack Jamaican players together for the rhythms, featuring musicians who between them had done time in the likes of the Roots Radics, Soul Syndicate, Joe Gibbs’ Professionals, and Bunny Lee’s Aggrovators. This incredible...
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Classic Dub Syndicate album that sees drummer "Style" Scott and bassist "Flabba" Holt holding together the monstrous reggae riddims, while Adrian Sherwood works his magic at the controls. Features guest appearances from Lee “Scratch” Perry on “Dubbing Psycho Thriller” and “Dubaddisababa”, and Michael Franti (Beatnigs/Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy)...
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Efficient Space honours the memory of producer and MC Ali Omar with Hashish Hits, a posthumous selection from the dub rebel’s self-released discography. One of ten children in working-class Liverpool, Omar drew deep influence from his father's Arabic heritage—a thread central to his identity and sample origins. After art school...
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A beautiful strange beast suddenly spawning at the centre of the Studio Barnhus universe: Here comes Phatness, the mysterious side project of two Stockholm producers with connections to Trensum Tribe, Soft Pace, Otonos and other more or less shadowy institutions of Swedish soundsystem culture. On their joint debut Fillerkiller, true-school...
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Audiopile Review: There’s a certain type of record. If you were just coming of age when that record came out, it might just mean the world to you. But if you weren’t in the right place at the right time, you might not know it all. So,...
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Audiopile Review: New LP of dankest digi-dub and frazzled electro from Noda & Wolfers, the cross-continental collab between Taka Noda (best known as the Silent Season-backed ambient-dub warrior Mystica Tribe) and the prolific Dutch synth wizard Danny Wolfers (aka Legowelt). Their first release, 2022’s Tascam Space Season, took us by...
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Audiopile Review: British reggae was always kind of a thing. Arguably, the UK produced golden-age reggae groups every bit as awesome as the finest Jamaica had to offer. Birmingham’s Steel Pulse is an obvious example. And London had Matumbi, featuring guitarist and producer Dennis ‘Blackbeard’ Bovell. Blackbeard was a quintessential...
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Dennis Bovell is a producer, musician, and engineer who is an indispensable part of the history of British reggae. In 2008, P Vine compiled a collection of Dennis' master recordings under the title "Rebirth of British Reggae" and released it on vinyl for the first time. Marie Pierre's version of...
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"This compilation is dedicated to the memory of the late great 'Prince' Philip Smart -- the first apprentice of King Tubby and the first engineer at Tubby's studio besides Tubby himself. Alongside Tubby, Philip was integral to the innovation that took place at Tubby's studio in the mid-1970s, where the...
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Reissued here for the first time, in an extended version, the UK reggae band’s only album, originally released on Ball Record in 1978. One of the best-kept secrets of the late 70’s/mid 80’s British reggae scene who, with Steel Pulse, competed for the title of best reggae band in Birmingham....
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Two years on from the seductive disco deviance of his previous full length, Mystic Jungle returns to his home base Periodic Records with a two track 12” single titled “Words of Love.” Masculine and feminine vocals interplay amidst textures of dreamy dub delirium, their tones smooth, yearning and androgynous as...
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Emotional Rescue is delighted to again present the music of Glen Ricks, finally reissuing his solo debut release, the classic and highly sought after Disco Reggae cut, Keep On Dancing. After the success of reissuing, I’ve Been Waiting For You in its Boogie and Digital Reggae form back in 2019,...
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