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The latest by Chicago trio Purelink unspools an alchemical suite of fractal ambient, dusted dub tech, and interstitial electronica, born from a spirit of unity and flux: “All hands on the mixer, forever finding the sound” Since forming in 2020, Tommy Paslaski (aka Concave Reflection), Ben Paulson (aka kindtree), and Akeem... -
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This reissue is of two extremely rare LPs that came out on Musicism in 1983, a couple of years after dub had declined in popularity as an album form in Jamaica They were released in the generic 12-inch sleeves of the American label TK Disco, which had recently ceased trading, picked up on Herman’s travels to Miami The labels...
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Label head DJ SUPERHERB debuts under this alias on Full Dose, in collaboration with fellow Glaswegian compatriot, TEN YEARS LOST " Concrete City Merchandise " is a timely selection of iced out beats - a perfect companion to an unusually sweltering summer A surprising collision of minds has produced an album of near-horizontal...
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Augustus Pablo is the master of melodica and one of the most revered talents in reggae music A re-release of the classic Augustus Pablo album "Original Rockers" Recorded originally between 1972–1975, the album was originally released on Greensleeves' label Reggae all-stars like guitar-ist Earl "Chinna" Smith, bassist Aston...
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"Cries From The Youth' rounds up ten in-demand 80's roots anthems Produced by King jammy 'Cries From The Youth' showcases the rising stars of the '80s 'longside '70s elders like Dennis Brown & Junior Murvin Conscious reggae very much standing the test of time!" Cries From The Youth by King...
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Founded in 1971, Matumbi was among the earliest and best British reggae bands They did, however, also record under different guises, including 4th Street Orchestra In their acclaimed Rough Guide to Reggae, Steve Barrow and Peter Dalton rate this album (and its counterpart Ah Who She Go Deh!) as 'the best showcases for Matumbi's...
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The legendary Skatalites, alongside the later Studio One in-house bands - the Soul Vendors, Sound Dimension, Soul Defenders and Brentford Road All Stars – were as much a part of the classic Studio One sound as were the singers that they accompanied such as Alton Ellis, Horace Andy, Marcia Griffiths and Bob Marley and The...
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Visionary artist Augustus Pablo is among the most important figures in reggae history Widely credited with popularizing the use of the melodica in reggae, Pablo was a talented musician and an innovative producer who became an early dub pioneer Now regarded as classics, his memorable 1970s recordings were part of the remarkable...
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Jah Lloyd meets David Cunningham on The Secret Dub Life Of The Flying Lizards from The Flying Lizards These legendary recordings from 1978 are now available on vinyl for the first time "The source tapes for this LP were recorded in Jamaica by Jah Lloyd (Patrick Francis) as part of a series he made for Virgin Records' Front Line...
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Music Mania and Indica Dubs present the 26th release on the Mania Dub label: Another Moses by UK's legendary reggae dub pioneers Alpha & Omega, a brand-new killer album of heavy dubwise bass-music This release will be a one-time limited-edition vinyl ANOTHER MOSES by ALPHA & OMEGA by Alpha And...
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Reissue, originally released in 1976 After running a sound system and studying electronics overseas, Spanish Town-based Harry Mudie began releasing rhythm and blues recordings by local performers, enjoying more concerted success during the reggae era of the late 1960s and mid-1970s, crafting lasting hits with artists like Dennis...
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African Head Charge return to On-U Sound with their first new album in twelve years Titled A Trip To Bolgatanga, the recordings are led by founder member Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah, with close friend and co-conspirator Adrian Sherwood once again at the controls A Trip to Bolgatanga is a stunning return, bringing together the talents of...
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"24 track double LP in gatefold jacket LP1 is vocals, LP2 is dubs/versions LP1 features one previously unreleased track Jacket features extensive liner notes and many never-before-seen photos and flyers of both groups Some tracks are reissued from the master tapes for the first time" " we put together this 2LP collecting the...
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Another much needed reissue from DINTE sub-label 333 in the form of Rupie Dan's My Black Race 12", originally released in 1982 A huge Shaka selection featuring one of the heaviest dubs available from this era of UK roots production Originally written and produced by Rupie for his Flag Records label, with engineering from Tony...
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"You know we had to do it, so here's the near companion dub album to our recent Roots from the Record Smith compilation This LP features the B-side dub versions from the original 45's of almost all the tracks from the vocal comp, nearly all taken from master tapes For the curious and studious, here's a breakdown of the deviations...
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Fruit Express is here! This is their debut 12" EP and "they" are Roma and Madis A mellow electronica producer meets multi-instrumentalist and old time guitar hero The outcome Funky shit with its roots in dub and what seems like some smoky country music The title track is prominently catchy & poppy, while "Harlan County Line"...
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’Pressure’ is MAL’s rude resistance to an increasingly tense socio-political climate Finding strength in collaboration, it organises a phalanx of contemporary club pioneers, programmers, dynamos and disruptors under a clarion call to dance away our worries Shoulder-to-shoulder, Equiknoxx’s Bobby Blackbird does aerobic...
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Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread is a studio album by Jamaican reggae legend Lee “Scratch” Perry, released in 1978 Although Perry had been in the Jamaican music business for a long time by 1978, this album, produced by himself at his Black Ark Studio, was the first album he released that only included songs sung by...
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Classic seventies roots reggae album reissued by France's Onlyroots crew in its original JA sleeve, with Pablo Moses channeling an iconic dread Che Guevara look in spectacular spectacles, a different shot to the more common, but equally classic UK Klik issue Even though it is built around a quartet of classic singles; Give I Fe I...
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Deejay Jah Thomas was one of the creative figures making a dramatic impact on the Kingston sound system scene of the late 1970s and early 80s, the rhythms he laid at Channel One studio with the Roots Radics helping to steer reggae towards the emerging dancehall style Voicing and mixing his work at King Tubby's studio, typically...
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Second vinyl volume of specially selected tracks from Soothsayers' celebrated project with New York-born, São Paulo-based producer-engineer-bassist, Victor Rice Soothsayers Meets Victor Rice & Friends Volume 2 features 10 instrumental recordings, lovingly assembled between London, São Paulo and Lisbon Five uplifitng...
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Emotional Rescue continues its quest to bring obscure, left of centre dance to a wider audience with a reissue of Adu’s reggae-pop song Burkina Faso, starting the next series of releases where the label teams up with DJ / producer for a series of reissues featuring their edit / mixes that add to and update the original for...
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Following the success of the 2021 reissue of Ambient Warrior’s cult classic Dub Journey's (1995), Isle of Jura is pleased to present their previously unreleased second album, II The album was recorded from 1995 to 1999 and is born from the same oceanside fusion of instrumental dub, reggae, bossa nova and tango music that made...
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"1978's Slum in Dub album re-issued on 180 gram red vinyl in its original cover Coupled with the succinct Revolutionaries band and Isaacs quality songwriting, the deconstructed cuts, weave and flow like any good quality dub album should with some of the track names giving more than a hint of the original song title such as Public...
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Named for a banned 60’s psychoactive stimulant, Indopan is the splinter entity of Irish producer Andrew Morrison, aka “tape throb” godfather The Cyclist Its sound runs distinct but parallel, a fusion of blasted house and ghosted soul, smeared with dub, breaks, and redline grit Yupana collects nine new tracks for a 50-minute...
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The Fire crew meets dub legend Adrian Sherwood for a live performance that is finally released on record today A sonic clash between electronica, jazz and dub whose live mixes and dubs are crafted by British producer Adrian Sherwood Great interplay between the musicians and the dubmaster This audio work has accompanied some...
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1984 mandatory re-issue for british dub-roots combo Co-produced by On U Sound and Cherry Red, the album shows the masterful production of wizard Adrian Sherwood and a series of sublime vocal performances by stalwarts Bim Sherman, Mikey Dread and Prince Far I The sublime line-up is completed by master musicians Crucial Tony,...
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UK dub pioneers Alpha & Omega represent the foundation of soundsystem culture and bass music migration from Jamaica, via the UK, to the world Formed in the 1980s and with over 30 studio albums to their name Finally, for the first time in three decades Steppas Records has launched the A&O full LP reissue series The latest...
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Skanking in the proximity to Om Unit’s ‘Acid Dub Studies’ the groggiest Tapes cuts or Black Zone Myth Chant’s screwed psychoactive slugs, Froid Dub play it down and wobbly with the seven parts of ‘Deep Blue Bass’ One for loosey-goosey bodies up for a slow bop, or the horizontally-inclined, it works to a dubwise bias of...
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After the recent Experiments re-issue with 90's off-style unclassifiable tracks composed by the legendary Dub producer - The Disciples - Androo (NS Kroo) sets out to re-create and freely adapt this material The fact that Sound Metaphors chose Androo to re-construct these works in to new material is not random Androo has been...
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"Most of these tracks are taken from Studio One’s superb long out-of-print series of dub albums released between 1974 and 1980 such as Zodiac Sounds, Ital Sounds and System, Roots Dub, Dub Store Special, Juks Incorporation and others Many of these classic dub albums were originally released only in Jamaica in short-run pressings...
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Returning to what the label does best, bringing to light music that might be otherwise overlooked, Emotional Rescue again examines the melting pot of West London music scene of the 1970s and 80s and the music of Dambala Following the 7” reissue of the cult song Lorraine (ERC122) from their only album, Azania, as part of the...
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Lee 'Scratch' Perry was a pioneer of dub music and worked together with artists such as Bob Marley and the Wailers, The Clash and The Beastie Boys At the age of 84, he passed away in 2021, but will be remembered as a true icon This legendary album of Lee Perry's studio band The Upsetters brings together the very best of...
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This album is dedicated to the memory of both Ariane 'Ari Up' Forster and Lincoln Valentine 'Style' Scott with whom the project started 'Dub No Frontiers' is inspired by and features women vocalists we knew from the UK or had met while travelling around the world Many of the singers said they felt the Dub/Reggae arena was a bit of...
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Hopeton Brown, better known as Scientist, has been a pioneering figure in the world of dub for 40 years His early love of electronics proved fruitful when (still a teenager) he was hired at King Tubby’s studio in Kingston Brown quickly ascended the ranks and became heir to Tubby’s throne, producing imaginative and technically...
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The Jamaican reggae group The Revolutionaries were set up in 1975 as the house band of the Channel One Studios With Sly Dunbar on drums and Bertram “Ranchie” McLean on bass, The Revolutionaries created the new “rockers” reggae style that would change the whole Jamaican sound Recorded at the Channel One studios, the 1979...
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In-demand slab of revolutionary dub that was originally released on the Boom-Shacka-Lacka label in 1994, featuring three mixes of an instrumental sound system shaker in the shape of "Dub Revolution" Highly regarded for their custom built dubplate cuts for Jah Shaka The Disciples have a sizable following worldwide, particularly in...
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Versions' leaves out the vocals and exposes the production as it drifts off into instrumental bliss All-time classic, life-changing biz The hallmarks are all there; Mark Ernestus and Moritz Von Oswald have already set the world ablaze once, twice, three, four times with their work as Basic Channel and its legendary offshoots...
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All-time classic, life-changing biz Mark Ernestus and Moritz Von Oswald already set the world ablaze once, twice, three, four times with their work as Basic Channel and its legendary offshoots by way of the M series, Main Street, Chain Reaction, Rhythm and Sound and, of course, Burial Mix This is, in fact, the second Burial...
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Brand new album featuring non-stop killer Studio One cuts from The Skatalites, Heptones, Lone Ranger, Horace Andy and loads more Album comes in jewel case with slipcase style CD, limited edition gatefold heavyweight double vinyl and EXCLUSIVE DIGITAL DOWNLOAD from here This is the first new Studio One/Soul Jazz release in...
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Another chance to cop one of the most essential dub 10"s ever Rhythm & Sound · No...
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Rhythm Shower is the 1973 studio album by The Upsetters, but also features tracks by Dillinger and Sir Lord Comic Many of the rhythms on the album are known as those done by Lee “Scratch” Perry Originally released in a very limited Jamaican pressing with no sleeve, it became better known after its reissue by Trojan Records as...
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This set of Al Brown dub mixes by Paolo ‘DubFiles’ Baldini was a project that Pressure Sounds had been itching to tackle for some time They finally got around to starting on the mixes during the lockdown period, when everyone had a little more time and headspace!! Al Brown is a fine Jamaican singer who came closest to...
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Limited double purple colored vinyl LP pressing Includes photo cards and digital download Soul Jazz Records are releasing Count Ossie and The Mystic Revelation's seminal 1975 album Tales of Mozambique in an expanded edition, fully remastered and with the inclusion of two bonus rare single-only tracks, full sleevenotes, exclusive...
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Series One of two simultaneous roots vinyl releases from the redoubtable Barry Issac, presented in a "showcase" style; four vocals followed by their...
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Series Two of two simultaneous roots vinyl releases from the redoubtable Barry Issac, presented in a "showcase" style; four vocals followed by their dubs Showcase Series #2 - Children Of The Emperor by Barry...
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Reissue, originally released in 1980 Welcome to the realm of creator and mentor Michael Wadada, the man behind the exotic maneuvers of Suns of Arqa, one of the most sought-after world beat fusion project of the early eighties His main goal was to increase the vibrations of classical Indian raga with the rhythms of Niyabinghi...
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