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Om Unit surprises us with a second volume of his 'Acid Dub Studies' project, once again fusing his love for the 303 with studio techniques given to us by musical heroes such as King Tubby, Adrian Sherwood, Jammys and Basic ChannelThis second volume further solidifies the convincing narrative created by its best-selling... -
This new Studio collection on Soul Jazz Records delves deep into a melting pot world of reggae and funk and dub created at the music laboratory of 13 Brentford Road, Kingston in the 1970s - an intense collaboration of crack musicians, singers, DJs and engineers under the guidance of producer Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd Here you... -
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“one of the hardest dub albums ever released” Reggae The Rough Guide There's not a lot we can add to that brief description of this set which features the production talents of Jimmy Radway and the mixing skills of Errol Thompson Dub music simply doesn't get any better than this The set has been totally remastered,... -
A perfect showcase of the remarkable production skills of undisputed dub master Lee “Scratch” Perry, this is the final Upsetters LP to be recorded at The Black Ark studio before its closure! "There are rare instances of a sequel being better than the original, and while some might argue that Lee Perry’s muggy mid-’70s... -
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Emotional Rescue returns to what it does best by unearthing musical gems of the British post punk scene with a double pack compilation of Bristol’s short lived Recreational Records Teaming up with Bristol Archive Records, 10 songs are remastered, reissued and cut loud for DJs and collectors What is most striking is, although... -
LA based reggae drummer, Shakaman presents two solo productions featuring completely unorthodox drumming journeys losing all sense of time or realityhakaman on the drums, is all the credits you will find on this solo release of his, previously unreleased material he recorded deep in the unknown of his home studio A pure honesty is... -
It gives me the greatest honour to finally be able to announce the release of this amazing triple vinyl masterpiece by log(m) and Laraaji on Invisible, Inc It's been over a decade since Laraaji first joined forces with log(m) in their Canadian studio in early 2007 Over the following ten years the trio recorded many hours of... -
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Reissue, originally released in 1982 Officially the latest album released by the British super group, Lows & Highs is the triumphant epilogue to these fascinating adventure in rhythm Featuring vocals from Crucial Tony and Lizard Logan this is probably the most straight-ahead reggae album in their whole discography Producer... -
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1970s Jamaica suffered an unprecedented stretch of political turmoil and violence, and as the country’s economy and morale collapsed, reggae and its offshoots exploded worldwide Boris Gardiner enjoyed great success leading bands, issuing albums that mixed reggae, ska, soul and funk, and collaborating with the likes of Lee... -
Horace Andy's Midnight Scorchers on On-U Sound "A companion album to the critically acclaimed Midnight Rocker, this is Adrian Sherwood’s ‘sound system’ take on the original sessions Featuring new tracks; radical dancehall re-works with MC interjections from Daddy Freddy and Lone Ranger; and stripped back instrumental... -
Hand Stamped, Hand numbered, Limited press, with insert An oddly familiar/familiarly odd entity floating about the relatively cohesive surface of contemporary electronic music, Belgium-via-Italy based duo Front De Cadeau has been knocking genres askew and blowing overused terminologies out of the water with unrelenting panache... -
Krikor rolls out a bass flexing mutant dancehall rhythm on the a side with some deep hypnosis synth on the flip Ltd edition 12" Big... -
Following on from 2020s acclaimed album Vodou Ale (and preceding the release of a new album in 2023), Chouk Bwa turn up the heat for this exhilarating trip into their bush of ghosts by introducing a new stripped down line- up to fire up the dance floor, based exclusively on the drums and rhythms of the Haitian kongo rite and deep... -
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Arguably the greatest Jamaican record producer of all time, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry was instrumental in transforming the island’s national sound throughout the Sixties and Seventies, with his unique approach to music making pushing the music beyond previously perceived boundaries To mark the first anniversary of his passing,... -
A classic and highly influential dub set from 1989, regarded by some as the one of the album's that kick-started the UK dub scene revival along with the likes of Jah Shaka and Mad Professor Produced by Sound Iration (Nick Manasseh and Scruff) and originally released on Youth's Mr Modo label Eight pieces of bass-heavy dub cuts with... -
A welcome reissue of this long-deleted classic digital dub album from the deadly dub duo -- The Bush Chemists Originally surfacing on the Dubhead label in 2001, Dub Fire Blazing was the follow-up to Light Up Your Chalice Ten slabs of throbbing heavy-weight bass pressure from The Bush Chemists crew Edition of... -
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Arguably the greatest Jamaican record producer of all time, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry was instrumental in transforming the island’s national sound throughout the Sixties and Seventies, with his unique approach to music making pushing the music beyond previously perceived boundaries To mark the first anniversary of his passing,...
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Jolly Discs' sweet ode to the white isle Six sun-kissed instrumental machine jams that nod to the club whilst keeping things somewhat distant and melancholic - like browsing a Thompson's summer holiday catalogue on the tube during a drizzly October... -
The Three Lives return with Across & Beyond, a 5 track EP taking their digi-dub explorations to unexpected... -
Classic set of horns instrumentals from 1976, featuring sax players Herman Marquis and Tommy McCook, trumpet player Bobby Ellis and trombonist Vin ‘Don D Junior’ Gordon blowing hot across resilient rhythms built by bassie Lloyd Parks and drummer Sly Dunbar in their Gibbs guise as The Professionals with legendary engineer Errol... -
1979 Clocktower reissue of UK release of Prince Jazzbo's Natty Passing Thru (1976) with a different tracklist and sleeve "The full-on Black Ark sound from the Super Ape era Riddims include Max Romeo's 'One Step Forward'" Produced by Lee Perry, The Upsetters, and Brad Osborne Features Earl Smith (guitar), Mikey Boo (drums), Keith... -
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Originally released in 1983, 2017 reissue "Originally released in 1983 on his own Rockers imprint, Augustus Pablo's King David's Melody collects singles from the years 1975-1982 The liner notes do a good job of pointing out that most of the tracks are considered instrumentals instead of dubs, which only means Pablo's more... -
Despite productions appearing here and there since 2015, Yuzo Iwata has kept a relatively low output Contributing tracks to compilations and releasing singles under aliases Fabio Lazaro and Almost East, Iwata is also affiliated with Junki Inoue’s recent SAISEI label, editing pioneering early Japanese techno from the likes of... -
Previously unreleased, Manchester, 1991 Betonska hits hard with their second release travelling back to an essential period of dance music history A record blending rave, downtempo, ragga, dancehall, and early hardcore/breakbeat; a crossover which continues to shape and define some of the most innovative sounds of contemporary... -
Nigel Ayers ov industrial pioneers Nocturnal Emissions supplies cranky, offbeat dubs to Príncipe’s weirder sibling, Holuzam ‘In Dub’ holds Ayers most concerted effort in the echo chamber, committing his formative, longtime love of its etheric spatialisation and meditative appeal after some 30 odd years of dicing with its... -
Dub as we know it begins here Prior to 1973, there existed in Jamaica instrumental takes of songs - B-sides that were labeled 'versions' - and vocal-less acetates produced as one-offs for sound systems to give their mic men something to toast over But there was nothing that fit the radical mixing board athleticism and psychedelic... -
'KING TUBBY'S CLASSICS: THE LOST MIDNIGHT ROCK DUBS, CHAPTER 1' - It's impossible to think about 'dub' without thinking about the late Osbourne Ruddock - the great King Tubby, the singular most creative human being of the great many who've plied their trade behind a mixing desk in the name of reggae since the early 1970s Dub may... -
'KING TUBBY'S CLASSICS: THE LOST MIDNIGHT ROCK DUBS, CHAPTER 2' - The early days of the man affectionately known to his peers as Tubbs are chronicled in some detail in the notes to this LP's predecessor and companion volume, not unreasonably titled 'King Tubby's Classics Chapter... -
'KING TUBBY'S CLASSICS: THE LOST MIDNIGHT ROCK DUBS, CHAPTER 3' - When dubwise music really started to come into its own in the early to mid '70s, it made overnight stars of backroom boys who had hitherto worked behind a mixing desk to serve those who were beginning to hoist reggae to an international stardom that it had long... -
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Reissue of albert bailey and clifton howell aka earth and stone's album kool roots which came out initially in 1978 wicked mixture of roots and lovers but with the balance tipped to the culural... -
Far I's rhythms, built with Jamaica's top session musicians, were always powerful and formed the backdrop to some of his most popular deejay hits 'Cry Tuff Dub Chapter One' showcases the talents of Sly Dunbar and Flabba Holt as the rhythmic powerhouse, Crucial Tony on guitar (Tony was later to become one of Creation Rebel) and... -
Seventeen track set of Jimmy Riley self productions Some real obscurities mixed with classic material Jimmy started out with the Uniques as a harmony singer and then moved on to become a lead vocalist after Slim Smiths death Jimmy worked with Jamaica's best producers as well as crafting an excellent body of work that were released... -
Just when you thought the Bunny Lee catalogue was exhausted a rummage around Bunnys never ending supply of tapes has brought you this gem Next Cut has a plethora of outtakes alternate mixes and slipped down the back of the sofa gems!!! A fine album that gives you a listen to the studio banter and a small talk that permeated... -
A journey through Jamaica from Kingston to Saint Ann’s Bay on the north coast reveals the bountiful nature of the island, once described by the plundering Christopher Columbus as the ‘fairest isle that eyes ever beheld’ For a Jamaican in the late 60’s, travelling the well-worn roads in a minibus might well have been a joy... -
Originally released on Cash & Carry in 1978, the Ossie Hibbert and Errol Thompson mixed “Leggo Dub” set boasts six mind-expanding Cool Ruler dub treatments plus four further speaker-shakers to showcase Ossie All-Stars, in fact being The Revolutionaries and Soul Syndicate, in full effect Included are dub versions of... -
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In 1980 Gerald Moore -- of GT Moore And The Reggae Guitars and Heron fame -- was in Kingston, Jamaica working with Lee Perry on the Return Of Pipecock Jackxon LP Gerald went into Harry J's studio with James Lascelles (Global Village Trucking Company, The Breakfast Band) and Bud Beadle (Ginger Baker & Salt) alongside members of... -
Akuphone is pleased to present the first compilation dedicated to musician John Bolloten, aka The Rootsman As a precocious punk, he formed his first band, State Oppression, in his teens Yet he is best known for his dub music, a genre that gave him international recognition Largely influenced by the rhythms of North Africa and the... -
Hailing from the late seventies through 1980 originally, this has a state of the art Blackbeard mix from Dennis Bovell, production of the Well Pack Band from Winston Edwards and stands as a convincing album - which goes some way to explain the advanced poularity entire dub sets went on to experience after punk’s early love... -
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Mirroring the tracklisting of their 1979 debut, Y in Dub is a 9-track collection of heavyweight dub versions that match the prodigious intensity of their source material, reflecting the enterprising originality of the dub and reggae music that inspired The Pop Group, as well as the legendary ingenuity of their longstanding...
Dub … Legendary A&O 90’s album reissued in 2 volumes incl previously unreleased tracks! The vintage UK Dub sound: roots, spirituality and heavy basslines Bass-music, play...
Dub … Legendary A&O 90’s album reissued in 2 volumes incl previously unreleased tracks! The vintage UK Dub sound: roots, spirituality and heavy basslines Bass-music, play...Out of stock
Heavyweight dub album from Lee Perry's Black Ark Studios, originally released in 1984 featuring a killer dub of The Congos "Row Fisherman Row" and many...Out of stock
Rhythm & Sound inaugurates its Wackies reissue series with 'Lovers Rock', by the Love Joys For this recording the duo were cousins Sonia Abel and Claudette Brown, originally from Brixton, England This women's roots album is a milestone in reggae, a refreshing departure in a tradition dominated by men With the classic Wackies...
A serious must have for roots / dub heads, originally released in 1978 produced by Augustus Pablo & Everton Da' Silva Rockers All Stars on fire mixed at King Tubby's & Harry J's featuring "Jah Dub" "Clean Sweep" "Santic Dub" Killer no...Out of stock
Mega rare heavyweight roots dub album originally released in 1978, on Carl's records from the USA In fact it is The Revolutionaries on fire in the late 70s at Channel One with unknown DJ announcing each track then going into the heaviest dub music you've ever Great pressing as...Out of stock
Reissue of crucial, highly spiritually, late 80s UK Roots...Out of stock
Majestic Dub’ was a ten track set released on the Lazer record label in the UK and the Joe Gibbs record label in Jamaica in 1979 This was a time when the disco craze was hitting the island of Jamaica hard so the organ / synths and guitars recorded on top of some of the riddims showcased on this LP have a very recognisable disco...Title
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