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Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Chapter Two)

Tiken Jah Fakoly

Cours D'histoire

32,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Nia Songbird / Princess Linn, Jah 93

We Rise, Dubwise / Rising Sun, Melodica Cut

12" (Roots Masala)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Ras Teo, Lone Ark Riddim Force / Ras Teo

Behold, Dub / Shaka Warrior (Extended)

12" (Jah Temple)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Awa Fall, Leo Liners / Galas, Baro

Mama Never Born No Fool, Fool Sax / Chantin', Civilisation

12" (Earth Resistance)

17,99 €*

Africa Is Good, Segnorita, Meduna Medopo / Lon Lon Ba Ya, Ezan Negnon

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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paper sleeve with plastic inner

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33 Ewe

LP (A.C.Ewe Tropical)

20,99 €*

Rapha Pico & Red Riddim & Jah Rej

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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sealed

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More Than One Door

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Jah Works)

Chouk Bwa & The Angstromers

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Fresh Roots and dub from Rapha Pico on Jah Works label, produced by dub veteran Jah Rej & recorded & mixed at Earth Works Studio, Amsterdam

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Ayiti Kongo Dub

12" | 2022 | EU | Original (Les Disques Bongo Joe)

20,99 €*

12" | 2022 | EU | Original (Dig This Way)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Really cool dubbed out electronics meet Haitian folk rhythms. This is a precursor to a new album next year and follows from their Vodou Alé album released in 2020.

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Abeng

Sun Will Rise

7" | 1999 | JM | Original (Jah Music)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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We are glad to present to you the 1st Abeng Maxi 12'' : "Sun Will Rise" and "Eastern Lights" are two instrumentals based on the same riddim, one a way style Roots & Culture Music done during the LockDown of 2020. Mix and Dubwises are handled by Roberto Sanchez at A-Lone Ark Muzik Studio (es) , ready to play loud on your HiFi or Sound System!

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Glen Judah

Mr Coolie Man

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LP | 1997 | CA | Original (Joe Gibbs 21st Century)

Release: 1999 / JM – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: G+, Cover: Generic

Plays with steady background sounds and crackles.

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Eric Donaldson

Peace & Love

41,99 €*

Pay It All Back Volume 8 Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 1997 / CA – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Original pressing.
Sleeve has wear and price tag on back, small tears.
LP has hairlines and surface marks.

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V.A.

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (On-U Sound)

27,99 €*

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Travelling Man / Chakatack

Major Yo

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Sound Of Thunder)

The People Need To Be Free / Version

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Recut By The SOA Band of Freddie McKay's tune "Travelling Man". Dub on the flip side.

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Uwe Banton

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Ancient Mountain)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2017 | EU | Reissue (Earth Resistance)

Sista Awa

Money And Pollution

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (None More)

Release: 2017 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7inch and video originally released in 2017 and now reissued by popular demand after the quickly sold out

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Mali-I

In Session

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Dig This Way)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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'In Session' is the debut album from UK dub producer Mali-I released on None More Records. Mali-I is Mali Baden-Powell (Z Lovecraft / Rhythm Section / Monzanto Sound).
Huey Morgan, Don Letts and Jamz Supernova have played singles 'Heaven Sent' and 'This Place' on BBC 6music and 1extra, with regular airplay across NTS, Wwfm and Kcrw stations.
The album draws on Mali-I's deep love of UK dub and the likes of sound system innovators such as The Bug, Wackies and Channel One, but brings in contemporary London sounds via his long time affiliation with London party and label Rhythm Section. Mali-I is joined by a host of killer guest vocalists across the record, including the inimitable Natty Wylah, the heavenly vocals of Ms. Ray, J Caesar's soulful voice and Lincoln Barrett's deep and moody snarl across two tracks.

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Abeng

Run Come Rally

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Following the inspiration of the great 70's Roots, Abeng drop this brand new Heavy Weight Roots track " Run Come Rally " spreading Gathering and Unity Vibes. After a long time of de-socialization "locked in Babylon, it's time to gather and be free" he sangs.

Abeng, the multi-instrumentalist "roots-head" arranges, plays and sings the whole track. This project signs a new co-operation for our label in order to follow our ideal of worldwide connections!!! Flip side "No Botha Dub" is the dub version coming from our friend Michael Exodus at the Dub Basement Studio in Rome.

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David Jahson

Natty Chase The Barber

LP | UK (Pick A Skill)

Release: UK

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2002 UK press / sleeves have age wear

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Love Them, Dub / Elfy, Part 1 & 2

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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tightly causing bending of the sleeve

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Yehoud I / Ras Divarius

12" (Kanka)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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King Stanley, Youthie / Jonnygo Figure, Leodica & Roberto Sanchez

Ruff Tings, Trumpet Tings / Let Jah Be Praised, Riddim

12" (Jah Works Promotion)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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picture sleeve

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Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Mike Brooks / G.Vibes

Little Girl / Dub

7" (Pick A Skill)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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David Jahson / G.Vibes

Sinner Man / Dub

7" (Pick A Skill)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Hughie Izachaar

Come Mek Wi Run / Dub

7" (Jah Warrior)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Icho Candy / Jah Life

These Eyes / Hold On Dub

7" (Jah Life Time)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Barrington Levy / Jah Life

Hold On Steady / Hold On Dub

7" (Jah Life Time)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Leroy Smart / Jah Life

Give It To Me / Dub

7" (Jah Life)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Jah Bless The Child / Mama May Dub

Johnny Clarke / Jah Life

7" (Jah Life)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Send Back The Gun / The Gun Rhythm

Icho Candy

7" | JM (Captain Selassi-I)

Jah Over I / United Africa Dub

Release: JM

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2017 JA.press / all copies have handwritten phone number

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Yabby You & The Prophets

7" | 2022 | UK (Pressure Sounds)

7" | UK | Reissue (Japan Blues)

Release: 2022 / UK

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Conscious lyrics on this lesser known Yabby track. Never before pressed on 45 and comes with the correct version on the flipside. Comes in a printed Yabby bag. Tommy McCook on flute Sly and Robbie on rhythmic duties.

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Agi Jo

Hardly Living

Release: UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Get Down Cause Ain't Funky / It's Gonna Be Different Now

Theo Bylhout

7" (Ted & Way)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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You Let Me Down / Version

Joe Morgan

7" (Afro)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Les Disques Bongo Joe)

Societe Etrange

Chance

25,99 €*

Lloyd Williams & Chorus With The Diamonds / Los Caballeros Orchestra

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Chance, is the second album of Société Étrange, composed of 6 love songs without words, with equivocal rhythms, glaucous turquoise bass and melodies affectionately tinged with melancholy. The album was recorded in July 2020 in Vaulx-en-Velin from a collection of materials and collective drift. Composed in studio, it is by the live that is shaped their pieces, several years to test them together so that these three musicians let us glimpse a possible civilization. Not fantasies that cannot be apprehended, but a future that we can hope to desire. Their hypnotic compositions, drunk with dub, iron harmonics and polymetric measures, play a music that is a bit shady, one of those that provoke the space for the dance to happen, without anesthesia. Société Étrange was formed in 2012 by Antoine Bellini (Electronics) and Romain Hervault (Bass), joined in 2015 by Jonathan Grandcollot (Percussions) after the release of their first album "Au revoir"

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Rock Steady People / Make Yourself Comfortable

7" | 2022 | JP | Original (Rock-A-Shacka)

18,99 €*

Dub Of Dubs Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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A wicked piece of rock steady by Lloyd Williams backed by The Gaylettes with sweet horns arrangement... “clap your hands, stomp your feet, move your body to the beat....rock steady beat, now....”. Backed by a slow, elegant & gentle instrumental by The Los Caballeros with a sweet rock steady feel drenched in horns

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Jah Thomas

LP | 2021 | Reissue (Burning Sounds)

25,99 €*

Judah Eskender Tafari, Wellette Seyon / I-David

Release: 2021 / Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dub album by Nkrumah "Jah" Thomas from Kingston, Jamaica. Released on RED vinyl. Reggae deejay and record producer who first came to prominence in the 1970s, later setting up his own Midnight Rock and Nura labels.

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Fret Not, Gideon Times / Jegna Melodica Dub, Menelik 2 Dubwise

10" | US (Blackheart Warriors)

Release: US

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Ras Tweed

Balance

LP (A-Lone Productions)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Vanya O, Indica Meets Vibronics / Shiva, Indica Meets Vibronics

Jet Stream, Rising Dub / Jah Is Here, Dub

10" (Indica Dubs)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Broad Back / Broad Heart Dub

Tony Tuff / Jah Life

7" (Jah Life)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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I Can't Lose / Rema Skank

U Roy / Errol Brown

7" (Duke)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Wayne Mcarthur / Universal Players

Here Today / Dub

7" (S & E)

9,99 €*

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Roberto Sanchez & I-Man Cruz / Lone Ark Riddim Force

We're Going To Zion / Rest In Zion Dub

7" (Soul & Drums)

Peter Tosh / Joe Gibbs & Professionals

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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with insert

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Black Dignity / Weed Weed

7" (Pressure Beat)

Mc Baco & Blackout Ja / Prince Malachi

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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master bag

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130 Souls / Helping Hand

7" (Bronco Rotto)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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12" | 2006 | EU | Original (Hey)

Hey-O-Hansen

Fly Home

The Mighty Randells / Sky High All Stars

Release: 2006 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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/ DJ Maxximus remix

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Brimstone & Fire / Earthquake & Lightning

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (JA-Man)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Rod Taylor & The Mighty Diamonds

Love Jah Jah Always / Ja

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (JA-Man)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Virtuous Woman / Virtuous Dub

O. Banga

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Wackie S)

10,19 €* 11,99 € -15%

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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See The Dread Deh / Ism Scism

Rupert Reid / Jah Woosh

10" | 2021 | EU | Original (JA-Man)

20,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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10" | 2021 | EU | Original (JA-Man)

Dave Robinson

My Homeland / Jah Know

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Wiseman & The Fool / A Wise Dub

Abeng & Eeyun Purkins

Awa Fall & The Shaolin Sound

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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"The Wiseman & The Fool" , the last brand new Roots & Culture track arranged & played by mighty Abeng , extra deep mood with horns , falsetto voice and an extra Dark dubwise by Eeyun Purkins. Around April/May 2020 , during the toughest Lockdown we had a very productive and constructive period , Abeng aka Claudio , which arrange, play and sing almost all the instruments of all the chunes we released by him , did a great job finalizing a number of demos he sent us in the previous month and ourself as a label tried to create some fresh connections , we like , when possible to be able to work with a wide number of artists so that each production have some unique magic into it. Eeyun Purkins from the Co-Operators (uk) is surely one of the brightest lights in this Roots & Cultures movement that is bringing to light some fresh fantastic music and during that period he helped us mixing some of Abeng's chunes and passed us some of his riddim (Check Dtws009 "The Moonlight Runner") , he did a majestic job mixing this track , and we are extremely thankful for this. Last but not least , we had the shining Rootikal Horns how did some special horns finalizing and some tuff Sax and Trombone solo....that by now will remain unreleased. Final Touch by Pressure Mastering that did put all the things in order to be pressed and spreaded!

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Crack In The Lens / Crackin' Dub

9,99 €*

Calabash Rock / Calabash Dub

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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One of the goals of our label is to create special connections and this release is perfectly matching this. Around a couple of years ago we started discussing with our friend Daniel Tuffs from Shaolin Sound (uk) about joining forces to create some positive musical projects , between the various ideas we asked him to create for us an heavy Roots or Rub a Dub riddim and what we got in return exceeded our expectations...Fyah RUB A DUB , a new style of riddim that gave us a sure feeling about who to ask to voice it! Awa Fall , also known as Sista Awa , I guess for many needs no introductions , she is a super talented and versatile singer based in north Italy with countless musical contributions. We remember seeing her years ago , still very young and already felt she had a great artistic future ahead. So it is! We are glad 100% to have her included in this project , part of our little label's family. Be ready for her Powerful lyrics as this riddim deserves! Sounds Heavy!

Dubwise is handled by Shaolin Sound too

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The Rockers Disciples

8,99 €* 9,99 € -10%

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Penny)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Released in 2012 as the opening song of the CD album " Far Eye " featuring Daba Makourejah, Calabash Rock have remained unknown for most rockers reggae aficionados. And that was a shame. The Rockers Disciples and Dig This Way Records decided then to strengthen their collaboration by releasing this wonderful instrumental piece of music, deeply influenced by Aswad’s « Warrior Charge '' and Rico Rodriguez’s vibrant music. A 7 ‘’ record, including a vertiginous dub version on the flip. Enjoy the Calabash style!

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Tropicantesimo

Session 1 Ltd. Edition

Micah Shemaiah & Zion I Kings

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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Tropicantesimo is a music ritual extended over time and a celebration of sound and dance. It all started 10 years ago at the Fanfulla club in Rome. Nothing more than a party that over the years has transformed into a collective listening experience out of time and space. Meanwhile the collective animated by DJ Hugo Sanchez, Lola Kola, Rocco Bartucci, Gabor and Egeeno moved to a new club called Pescheria, and opened up to spontaneous live jams and collaborations with musicians and DJs from various backgrounds. Rhythms are incessant while the BPM is slow and hypnotic. Voices flow between songs, messages and pure sound, while music is an organism which produces energy. The fruit of all this lives through extensive production work based on recordings collected over the years. "Tropicantesimo Session 1" is the first of a series of three EPs presented as anticipations of the Tropicantesimo Gitania album release. This first EP contains three songs recorded and mixed at Pescheria, laboratory and home of Tropicantesimo. "Don’t Bla Bla Bla" is an anathema and an explicit manifesto about the need for uncompromised sounds and joy in life. When the music kick in, the usual blah blah blah becomes disturbance, as Lola Kola and Egeeno clearly sing. This is a spontaneous live session, an usual practice that generates the Tropicantesimo sound flow. "Samba e Amore" is a cover of a Chico Buarque and Ennio Morricone's song, written in the late 1960s during Buarque exile in Rome. Here the song has been processed by the Tropicantesimo sound machine with Gabor and Lola Kola claiming for freedom and self-determination in life. "Samba and Love" belongs to the Tropicalist music classic repertoire, a great inspiration for the Tropicantesimo sound and vision. "Luna Jamming" is the result of another kind of experiment. Here the DJ culture is hybridized with the improvised live performance, a meeting that can generate unpredictable encounters. Lola Kola and Egeeno bring Loredana Bertè and Bob Marley together for an unprecedented classic Reggae duet on a contemporary techno dub beat. Needless to add that such a combination of elements generates new visions and reaffirms important values such as sharing and getting together.

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Still

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Zion High)

26,99 €*

Let's Stay Together / Let's Dub Together Feat. Denise Morgan

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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For more than a decade, Jamaica's Micah Shemaiah has been crafting his musical message with a keen and steady focus on Rastafari redemption and African unification. His writing style embraces and combines several genres of music delivering unique sounds that will appeal to any ear. Coming from the original home of the sound, Kingston City, and growing up in the Rastafarian house of the Twelve Tribes of Israel, this Singer/Songwriter has certainly put down a solid foundation in the Reggae Industry and has carved a place in the hearts of reggae lovers all over the world.
This new 12' vinyl LP offers 8 vocals and 2 dubs. Produced by Zion I Kings and underpinned with their trademark style of hardcore roots reggae, showcasing a broad spectrum of Micahs vocal talents. Releasing courtesy of Before Zero Records.

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RSD

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Bump N Grind)

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (That's Why)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Bump 'n Grind Wax's newest relief channels a collective sigh of relief, one that promises to remind the world that joy and love can triumph through togetherness.

Bristol's sonic luminary, Rob Smith (aka Rsd), has offered his support in this dynamic cover of Al Green's "Let's Stay Together." With a hint of lover's rock and a dash of neo-soul, RSD invites Denise Morgan to voice this timeless tune. On the A-side, prominent piano runs, synth stabs, and RSD's iconic drum section frame Morgan's deliciously-soulful approach to this classic. RSD brings the magic for the B-side version, "Let's Dub Together." With a blown-out bassline, Denise's tricked out vocal samples, and a thoughtful caressing of the track's timing, reverb, and echo, RSD adds his undeniable signature to the latest BnG Wax tribute.

A formidable architect behind the now-beloved "Bristol Sound," Rob has been an irreplaceable thread in the development of bass-heavy dance music since the 1980s. From raves to basements, lounges to sound system dances, Rob has pushed the limits of music technology to forge a vital link between the past and future. He is a pioneer who has explored the intersections of nearly every genre through dubbed-out breaks, drops, and quintessential remixes. BnG Wax is honored to have his fingerprints on one of our releases.

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Amantido Bay Band

Flying Through The Air

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Nah Lef Ya Muzik)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Another hard hitting pair of Spencer/Hill Reggae. Originally composed and recorded by Italian brothers Duo Oliver Onions brought to a Caribbean feel of off-beat, police-band-horns and muted guitar. Check out the dynamic sound of this!

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Dean Fraser

Parade (Extended)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Black Art From The Black Ark

Lee Perry & Friends

2LP | UK (Pressure Sounds)

27,99 €*

Dan I Locks & Ashanti Selah

Release: UK

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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A tumultuous selection of recordings from Black Ark, Perry's legendary studio and hotbed of creation. Rare 12" versions, unreleased mixes and featuring a stellar line-up, including:

Drums: Mikey ‘Boo’ Richards, Lowell ‘Sly’ Dunbar
Bass: Boris Gardiner, Radcliffe ‘Dougie’ Bryan
Guitar: Earl ‘Chinna’ Smith, Ernest Ranglin, Robert ‘Billy’ Johnson, Lynford ‘Hux’ Brown
Keyboards: Winston Wright, Robbie Lynn, Keith Sterling
Percussion: Noel ‘Scully’ Simms, Lee Perry

A quick internet search brings up some extraordinary footage of Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry producing a session at the Black Ark. Taken from the film ‘Roots, Rock, Reggae’, directed by Jeremy Marre, the sequence shows Junior Murvin collaborating with members of the Congos and the Heptones on a song improvised on the spot for the film crew. Before the vocals are recorded, the Upsetters lay down the backing track. The musical director of the session is the afro-haired bass player, Boris Gardiner; unusually, it is he who counts in the band to start each take. After a long conversation with Boris a few years back, I asked Lee about his contribution to the Black Ark sound.

Lee Perry: ‘Boris Gardiner was a good person, just a humble person, and he’s the best person I ever met in the music business so far. Boris is a very top musician, and with him you could put anything together, him do “Police And Thieves” and all that. You just tell him what you want and him can do it. A very great person.’

Boris is probably best remembered today for his huge international hit from 1986, the schmaltzy ‘I Want To Wake Up With You’. Yet in the 60s and 70s he was one of Jamaica’s top bass players and arrangers, having an international hit with ‘Elizabethan Reggae’, and creating a run of classic tunes at Studio One.

Boris Gardiner: ‘I did at least seventy or eighty songs at Studio One, all in this one short period between January and April 1968. And we used to work four days per week, and we did four rhythms per day for 30 pounds a week – it was good money. I played on songs like “Feel Like Jumping”, “Nanny Goat”, “Baby Why” by the Cables, the whole “Heptones On Top” album, and “Party Time”. Lee Perry used to be at Studio One same time as me, kind of working around, so he know me from there. So he came and roped me into the group when the Black Ark studio was in progress. He built it right there at the back of his home. So Scratch called me and asked me to come and do some sessions around his studio. I was always ahead of my time as I can see it, in the music in Jamaica. So the songs that I made you always hear chord progressions and changes. Sometimes I think it’s as if I was born in the wrong country, because I just couldn’t do a two chord tune – heheh! To me it need more than two chords to give it some excitement, like it need some changes or something.’

After years of moving between Jamaica’s competing facilities, Perry had decided to build his own studio at the back of his house in Washington Gardens.

Lee Perry: ‘The Black Ark make over a pile of shit – my pile and me put it under the Black Ark. I make the Black Ark over my shit piss, so the bass always go “Poo Poo Poo Poo”! Errol Thompson put the machines in there, and make the patch panel. So the studio was all waiting, but only me could operate it. I didn’t have the Soundcraft mixer then, I did buy a lickle thing you call a Alice mixer. We didn’t have anything professional, but the sound was in my head and I was going to get down what I hear in my head. And it’s like a toy, a toy affair, that’s the way music is. You see like when you buy a kid’s toy, well you bring a joy to them, so is that way I see music. I don’t see music like how other people see it, I see it just like a toy.’

Unusually, Lee decided to do everything himself, both producing and engineering. The film clip shows Lee fully relaxed as he simultaneously directs the musicians and adjusts his recording machines.

Boris Gardiner: ‘To me Scratch always knew what he wanted. Out of all of them Scratch was a true producer, because he would be in the studio and he would listen and say change this or I don’t like that, and he was his own engineer also, so he was always around there listening. So he knew what he wanted and how to try and get it from the start, unlike Coxsone Dodd or Duke Reid, who knew what they liked or didn’t like only after they heard it. Scratch was in there with everybody, so he is really doing a full production as a true producer.’

Lee Perry: ‘I used to do them all by myself. Anybody in my studio could sit down in the visitor’s chair and look, but me do everything – me have a chair that can move from here to there, a chair that have wheels. So I could be turning in any area or any direction, so I could have my hand over here and my hand over there. Heh heh.’

And at a time when 8 and 16 track recording had become the norm in most high end studios, Lee recorded everything to a semi-professional TEAC 4 track recorder, which he can be seen casually adjusting with a screwdriver in the film clip. He explained that since he would end up mixing down to a stereo (or two track) master, more tracks would just be a distraction.

Lee Perry: ‘It was not a professional tape recorder, I was using those TEAC 4 track set that they was trying like experiment to see what would happen. Well, I have it all set up. The first thing I’d think about, all right, is you have to mix everything back down to the 2 track stereo or 1 track mono. Then you can press it and release it. So I knew what I wanted at the end, and I balance it just like that in the studio with the instruments. Sometime when you put only four or five instrument in the studio, you have a better, cleaner record, you can hear what everybody play. And if you have maybe eight musician in the studio, it’s more like a confusion, because everybody wants to play a different thing, yunno. If you is the producer and you can tell them what you want to hear it will be better. So I can put the bass and drum together on one track because me know exactly what me need. If you don’t know, then you need more tracks so you can balance it later. So for the backing, I would just do the two tracks: the bass and drum and percussion track, that is one; and the guitar, organ and piano on another track, that is two. So you still have two more tracks if you want to do vocal, that would be three. And if you want to do horns or a harmony vocal, you can do that on the fourth track. To me it’s a waste of time, a waste of energy with a 24 track machine, waste of current and waste of money. Because it all have to come down to one or two tracks in the end.’

The early Black Ark sound was stripped down and minimal, often with only one or two musicians playing keyboard or guitar. Lee would also use extreme EQ to emphasize the bass and tops, and his hi-hat sound is instantly recognisable from the earliest days of the Ark.

Lee Perry: ‘Well, I used to have an equaliser for the bass drum, and it’s like for heaviness on the beat, and then I had another equaliser for the cymbal, to give it that “Ssshhh ssshhh”. So we have different machine to send different instrument through that they can sound different. I managed to change the vibration of the music, because the music was just local music produced by rum drinkers and cannibals. So me turn on the music to a higher range.’

Boris Gardiner: ‘I think I always use a DI box to record bass at the Black Ark. Because bass want to fade into the other instruments’ microphone, so we often plug it straight into the board and then Perry sets the EQ on the board and take it straight. Then we built a drum booth so the drums really sound separate too – it give him more control.’

As the Black Ark evolved, Lee developed a richer collage of sound, built around three primary effects: the Mu-tron Bi-Phase phaser, a spring reverb and a Roland Space Echo.

Boris Gardiner: ‘One thing about Scratch was that he always used his effects – that was his sound. He always phase the ska guitar, but you don’t always know he’s recording it like that until he play it back. So until he play it back you have no idea what it will sound like.’

Lee Perry: ‘I did have a phaser that I buy, and then when I’m in the studio, in the machine room, and phasing them, the musicians don’t hear it, what I am doing, until them come in the studio, and them hear the phasing. So we did it all live. And the musicians they won’t even know what goes on! While the musicians are playing, I am doing the phasing. I take the musician from the earth into space, and bring them back before they could realize, and put them back on the planet earth. The phaser was making things different, like giving you a vision of space and creating a different brain, a phasing brain. So that’s where I take the music out of the local system and take it into space. The Space Echo also have something to do with the brain. You send out telepathic message and it return to you, so that’s how the Roland Space Echo chamber come in – what you send comes back to you. And while you know you send the telegrams out, you are waiting for what is the reply of the telegrams coming back. So that’s why the Space Echo go and come, rewinding the brain and forward winding the brain. I was also using a spring echo chamber, but just for drum, for the clash of the drum. And everything just fit in, like the thing I want to do it just come to me and come from nowhere, and then it appear and it happen.’

Boris Gardiner: ‘He loved to do things that nobody had done before, him always try a new thing. And he was a good writer too you know. Perry bring in a drum machine sometimes and we use that on some songs for the Congos and everyone. Well I actually like playing with a drum machine cos a drum machine is always steady. Most drummers they either push forward or pull back – they call it the human touch, but I call it out of time! Hahaha. “Row Fisherman Row” was really the great hit with the Congos, but that is all real drums and percussion, it’s just that Perry makes it sound almost like a machine with his echoes on the percussion. I played on “Police and Thieves” and that was a big hit too, maybe it was Sly Dunbar on that. One day Bob Marley came to him with a song on a tape and said “boy Perry, I don’t really like the bass and drum on this song here, if you can do anything to it then just change it and see if we can get something better”. Well Perry had only 4 track tape at his studio, but this was a 24 track tape that Bob bring. So Perry called me and Mikey Boo and took us down to Joe Gibbs studio and started playing the rhythm and all that on the 24 track. So I was on bass and Mikey Boo was on drums and we listen and we listen, and then we dub it back over to make new drum and bass. Well that song became “Punky Reggae Party”, so that shows you how Bob trusted Perry.’

Lee’s other great innovation was adding layers of sound effects, sometimes live through an open mic, but often pre-recorded onto a cassette tape which he would add to the collage on mixdown. Because these effects – bells, cymbals, animal noises, dialogue from the TV – were not synched to the music, they would add a layer of randomness to the sound.

Lee Perry: ‘You know cassette? I make cassette with sound track, and all those things with cymbal licking, flashing. In my Black Ark studio if you listen the cymbal was high, like “Ssshhh ssshhh”. But I did have them all recording on cassette, and while I was running the track and it was taking the musician from the studio, I was playing the cassette to balance with the drum cymbals and things like that, so them didn’t have to play that because it was already on cassette playing. You could call that sampling. And I have this “Mooooow”, like the cow, running on the cassette, and it go onto the track that I wanted to sound like that. Somebody discover it in a toilet. You know when the toilet paper is finished, and you have the roll, and the hole that come in the middle. Well you put it to your mouth and say “Hoooooo”, and it sound like a cow. You put it to your mouth and you imitating a cow and say “Moooooo”. Heh heh heh. Yeah, sound sampling. Well somebody had to start it, and we was loving to do those things.’

Boris Gardiner: ‘Well the Black Ark did have a strong vibe, but, once everybody all there, most of those guys who smoke really like it, but those who didn’t smoke didn’t really like it, like myself. Scratch is a man who never joke fi draw him herbs, you know? Heheh. But I am not a smoker cos it’s not good for my heart. I have a heart problem called tachycardia, an irregular beat of the heart. So it could be upsetting at times when there’s so much smoking going on.’

By the late 70s the relaxed atmosphere at the Black Ark had soured, as Lee attempted to extricate himself from various outside pressures, and his behaviour became more erratic.

Lee Perry: ‘What happened I did for myself not to be working with jinx and duppy called dread. And those duppies they think that me owe them favour. I open the door, and the duppies them find that me is the door opener, and then the duppies them take shape inna me yard and inna me house, and they were a jinx. Jinx mean bad luck. So to get rid of them, me had to burn down the Black Ark studio fi get rid of jinx.’

Boris Gardiner: ‘Was Scratch crazy? Well some say now that he was just putting on an act. But I think, why did he put it on? After all the problems he was having and that sort of thing, and they were saying that he was getting off his head, and he start to act strange, well I just stopped going. I stopped working there. It wasn’t a good atmosphere – nobody could really enjoy that again. So I called it a day. It is sad after all the good work we did. But when you try to be smart and try to outsmart others, well it don’t work out for long with you. He came and did a show here in Jamaica the other day, but I didn’t really know Lee Perry as a singer. He won the Grammy not long ago, but I find it surprising that he got a Grammy as a performer not a producer. He’s been very lucky: now he is successful in a sense and some people love him cos he’s a character, and they don’t see nobody dressed like that. Hahahah!’

Speaking to Lee in February 2021, via WhatsApp to Jamaica, he sounded relaxed and positive, with more praise for Boris and optimism for the future.

Lee Perry: ‘Boris Gardiner was very good, very great in the brain. He really intelligent in music, and me and him work miracle together! And remember that there was no end to the Black Ark, the Black Ark will be coming back. The Black Ark keep on living and cannot die.’

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Jah Is Love

12" | 2021 | EU | Original (Ashanti Selah Music)

8,99 €* 14,99 € -40%

Principle, Dub / Writing On The Wall, Dub

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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As we approach to the summer – it’s that time to deliver some fresh vibes in the most finest form as what we would present to be the tenth release from the Ashanti Selah Music label featuring a deep and heavy 12” alongside, Swedish reggae artist; Dan I Locks, asfeatured on other releases such as ‘Solid Foundation’, ‘Glorious Days’ and ‘Better Be Careful’ - is now stepping up to forefront once again; with some more powerful word sounds ‘Jah is Love’ – coming complete with trilogy of dub versions – This one is sure to bring that dancing feeling again to your mind, soul and body! This release project incorporates the essence of which both Ashanti Selah & Dan I Locks are best known for individually bringing that ancient sound of Nyahbinghi transitioned into the power of the modern roots steppers style (most profound through the sound system); which you can clearly hear infused within the mix – comforting the sound of the Drum & Bass; emphasised by the Kette & Thunderdrum. There is also an array of bells and retro-influenced synth melodic elements accompanying around the vocal arrangement enforced with an addition of traditional spring reverb licks & strong feed-backed delays throughout the dubbed versions of the creational work!

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Jah Mirikle / Ezy Star

12" (Mystical Roots Warrior)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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King Stanley, Zinc, Mr Kallstrom & Wardrop / I David

It No Easy, Version / Melodica, Levi Dubplate

10" (Jah Waggys)

10,49 €* 13,99 € -25%

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Robert Dallas, Zinc, Mr Kallstrom & Wardrop / Ital Horns

Worries & Problems, Dubplate / Horns, , Heavy Dubplate

10" (Jah Waggys)

10,49 €* 13,99 € -25%

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Johnny Valuti With The Ska-Tanauts / Sir Jay

Later Than Sooner / Swiss Ska Fever

7" (Tip A Top)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Lozzy And The Mountaineers

Better Let It Go / Bitter Soul

7" (Tip A Top)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Factory Benelux)

X-O-Dus

English Black Boys

28,99 €*

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Before Zero)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Manchester reggae band X-O-Dus are best known for their single English Black Boys, produced by Dennis ‘Blackbeard’ Bovell and released on Factory Records (Fac 11) in February 1980. This remastered compilation collects together 7 of their best tracks and is limited to 500 copies on 180 gsm vinyl (plus digital copy). Talent-spotted by Joy Division manager Rob Gretton, X-O-Dus performed at live events such as Zoo Meets Factory Halfway (August 1979) and Factory By Moonlight (April 1980). In time-honoured Factory fashion Fac 11 was released almost a year late, being the only reggae record to appear in a sleeve designed by Peter Saville. Digitally remastered by Peter Beckmann in 2021, this 7 track vinyl edition includes both sides of the Factory single as well as 5 album demos recorded in 1980. For optimum sound quality the album is pressed on 180 gsm vinyl. The vinyl inner bag contains sleeve notes by former manager Martin Dunlop, along with archive images including previously unseen shots from the Moonlight Club show on 4 April 1980 by Peter Anderson.

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Akae Beka & Zion I Kings

Polarities

26,99 €*

12" | 2021 | EU | Original (Turbo Guidance)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Released on CD and digital on the 21st May 2021, this eagerly anticipated LP from I Grade Records immediately soared to the number one position in the iTunes reggae charts. The LP is now being released on 12" vinyl and cassette tape courtesy of Before Zero Records.
Polarities is the 13th and final full album of new material from Vaughn Benjamin and I Grade Records, the culmination of a 20 year working relationship that began with 2001's Nemozian Rasta album, which was Midnite's 4th album released to date at that time.
Polarities was produced jointly by the Zion I Kings production team, with Tippy I of I Grade at the production helm, alongside Vaughn Benjamin himself.
The album also includes two notable guest features: Tiken Jah Fakoly of Ivory Coast on "Everything Bless" and Chronixx of Jamaica on "Black Carbon", which were both released in 2020 as the first singles off of Polarities.

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Mali-I

Fallow Tales EP

Marcus I Meets West Finga

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Turbo Guidance quest keeps going on. Our musical roughnecks decided to seek help from a wizard. They needed to empower their earing sense and their dancing skills like mutant elves. Luckily the mighty Mali-I was living in the nearby forest and had something special to share... In his hightower, it took Mali-I years to find and cook secretly the delicate mixture. It's forbidden to name the ingredients, but once you taste it you immediately feel the bouncy chords and dub delays rising. Play the mighty sound of the "Fallow Tales" and enter into the blue magic power. Full versatility to expand your mind and to reach a parallel astral plane. Exactly what our heroes need to face the coming storm. Next step is going to be darker... Vinyl sweetly pressed in 400 limited copies (no repress business) with a riso insert printed in two colors (blue and black) on a Munchen Pure Rough paper 150g/m2 (at Studio Fidele, Paris).

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2000 Years Showcase

LP (Hornin Sounds)

28,99 €*

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Baay Faal Dub Ft.Shanti Yalah

Lone Ark Riddim Force

LP (A-Lone Productions)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dan I Locks / Dr Miggy, Mathew Walker

Smash The Fasc, Antifa Dub / Flute, Dub

12" (Livity Ites)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Rakkase, Oryantal Dub / Dansoz Dub, Muge Dub

I David

10" (Partial)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Jah Wind Meets Lone Ark

Psalm 150 / Psalm 87.7

7" (Jah Love)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Awa Fall ,Dub And Future

Jah Melody

12" (Itection)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Norman Soloman / The Jays

Joy Bells Ringing/Unity Call

12" (Jammy's Records / Buyreggae)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Best Available Technology

Untitled

Tape | 2021 | EU | Original (blundar)

Gaz's Rockin Blues 40th Anniversary Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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*c50 length Cassette Tape* "Best Available Technology joins `blundar ́ C50 tape series followed by Blundar12 LP"

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Gaz Mayall

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Stag-O-Lee)

25,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2021 (A-Lone Productions)

Tacumah

Fear Culture Showcase

Release: 2021

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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King General / Dan I Locks

Vanity, Dub / Nobody Loves Me, Version

12" | 2010 (Meditative Sounds)

11,04 €* 12,99 € -15%

Release: 2010

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2021 (Jah Life Time)

Montgomery

Sensimela / Version

Release: 2021

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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12" | 2021 | EU | Original (Lion's Den)

Jah Baker

Powerhouse / Acceptance

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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10" | 2021 | EU | Original (Partial)

I David

Rakkase

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Brand new outing from dub producer I David who takes us on a dubby journey on the Orient Express into Istanbul and further into Anatolia. The track titles are mostly belly-dancing related which gives to clue to the content. Featuring an instrumental and three dub excursions of the same tune.

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Jah Embassy Players

Exile / Dub

7" | UK (Roots Youths)

Release: UK

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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George Nooks / Joe Gibbs & Professionals

Tribal War / The Sniper

7" | UK (Joe Gibbs)

Release: UK

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Dollar Discs)

O$Vmv$M & Rider Shafique

When Will We Learn

Excursions In Soul, Reggae, Funk & Dub

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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When Will We Learn Sees O$Vmv$M Reunite With Gloucester Voice Of Thunder Rider Shafique For The Spiritual Successor To 2017's Lion (Lava Lava). These Tracks Have Been Circling Around In Various Forms For A Few Years And Graced Dancefloors / Soundsystems From Riga-Bristol-Nyc - But For Various Reasons Are Only Now Coming To Light. The A Side Features Rider Delivering A Wake Up Call / Warning Over A Computer Paul Via Radiophonic Workshop Style Rhythm Track While On The B Side DJ Neek Sends It Through The Desk On The Fly And Strips The Instrumental Down To Its Core Essence.

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Soul Sugar

CD | 2021 | EU | Original (Gee)

7" | 2020 | EU | Original (Ghetto Youths International)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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Since first emerging in the latter half of the noughties, Guillaume Metenier’s Soul Sugar project has evolved considerably. Initially a trio built around the virtuoso organist’s love of ‘60s and ‘70s soul-jazz and Hammond funk – Metenier studied under jazz organ legend Dr Lonnie Smith – Soul Sugar is now a collaborative collective that draws just as much influence from classic Jamaican dub and reggae as the works of Jimmy Smith and Jimmy McGriff. The outfit’s musical evolution comes into sharp focus on Excursions in Soul, Reggae, Funk & Dub, a collection of hard-to-find tracks that have been released at different points, and on different vinyl formats, over the last three years. Taken as a whole, the set offers a stunning snapshot of Soul Sugar’s rapidly expanding catalogue of classics. Metenier is once again at the controls but this time round Soul Sugar’s cast list of contributing musicians includes Sly & Robbie, Blundetto, Lone Ark, Slikk Tim, Thomas Naim and honeyvoiced soul singer Leo Carmichael. Metenier also stars as a musician, providing lively and ear-catching organ solos under his now familiar Booker Gee alias. What’s most noticeable from the off is the richness of the reggae riddims, the warmness of the instrumentation and the effortlessly soulful nature of the music. This is particularly evident on the collective’s stunning covers of Luther Vandross’s "Never Too Much" and Marvin Gaye’s "I Want You": effortlessly sunny and life-affirming interpretations that re-imagine the tracks as sumptuous slabs of reggae-soul and provide a platform for Leo Carmichael’s inspiring and comforting voice. Metenier and friends’ take on dub reggae – toasty, authentically bass-heavy and seeped in analogue effects – can also be admired on "Matumbee" and "Cool Down", the latter a digi-dub influenced affair rich in colourful synths sounds, echoing delay trails and sub bass so deep it will rattle your teeth. Both also contain lusciously jazzy guitar licks and some incredible keyswork from Metenier.The guiding hand of Spanish multi-instrumentalist and producer Lone Ark can be heard on album opener "Aximites" – think Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry producing Jimmy Smith – and "Faith", an expertly breezy concoction that sports Jackie Mittoo-esque Hammond B3 solos from Metenier over a luscious backing track that sounds like something that may have emerged from Studio One in the mid 1970s. The collective’s love of Studio One is explored further on a sweaty, reggae-funk cover of "Greedy" that features fabulous drums, bass and guitar from Slikk Tim, while "Out In The Rain" is an authentically sparse, spaced-out dub number laden with fluid instrument solos and devilishly heavy riddim. Part compilation, part artist album, part collaborative celebration of dub-soul fusion, Excursions in Soul, Reggae, Funk & Dub is the strongest statement yet of who Soul Sugar are, and where they’re going.

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Black Am I

The Edge

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Whodemsound Meets Kai Dub: Higher Meditation / Meditation Dub

J. Robinson

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (WhoDemSound)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Clive Matthews / Mara & The Rockers Disciples

No More Victims / This Could Be Loved

12" | 2021 | EU | Original (Dig This Way)

12" | 2021 | EU | Original (Dig This Way)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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We have been on this project for months and like some of our Reggae projects took a wide international cooperation to get to the final point! When we 1st heard the riddim by Rockers Disciples we knew something good was gonna come out but we didn't expect how good! Both sides are in fact on the same riddim but comes with totally different moods, Clive Matthews's side in a conscious and militant vocal while Mara's side is mellow and sweet with a lover vocal. To complete the 12'' there's the magic touch by Roberto Sanchez who mixed the vocals and made the Dubwises!

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PSK

Spell Bound / Revolution

16,14 €* 16,99 € -5%

No Bad Intention / Intention In Dub

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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PSK - Disco Season is one of the most in demand and surely rarer Disco-Funk/Reggae LP ever made in Nigeria and for us at DTW records it is the continuation of a cooperation with our friend Austin Rigar who was also one of our references for the Jicco Funk project as being lead singer of "The Combats" For this release we decided to press the two best tracks of the LP on a phat sounding 12'' pressed at 45rpm which is housed in a full colour disco sleeve.

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Abeng /Russ D