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Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Derrick Morgan And George Dekker / Visions

Ben Johnson Day / Gleeful

7" (Hop)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Let There Be Light / You Know You Want To

Dennis Brown

7" | 2024 | JP | Reissue (Panja)

Dennis Brown / Joe Gibbs & The Professionals

Release: 2024 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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“VP x Panja” <1st Time 45 Series>, an analog reissue project by Panja Records of songs from the world's largest reggae record company “VP Records”, has started! Two titles by Dennis Brown and Cocoa TEA to be released at the same time! This is a masterpiece of 90's Jamaican Lovers, but although a pirate 7“ version appeared in the early 2000's, it was never officially cut as a 7” and was only included on the album.

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Repatriation / Jubilation Dub

7" (Joe Gibbs)

10,79 €* 11,99 € -10%

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Decibel: More Cuts And Dubs 1976-1983

Dennis Bovell

2LP | 2003 | UK | Reissue (Pressure Sounds)

27,99 €*

Hit After Hit After Hit (The Best Of)

Release: 2003 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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A giant of the UK reggae scene since the late 70s and founder member of Matumbi. Bovell went on to produce a trail of classics by a genre-defying roster of artists, from Fela Kuti, dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson, to The Slits and The Pop Group, while also recording as Blackbeard for EMI. As if that wasn't enough, he also recorded the early Lovers chart hit, Janet Kay's Silly Games, and later a slew of Lovers Rock.

An essential collection of late 70s dubs by this living legend.

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Delroy Wilson

LP | 1985 | EU | Reissue (Lantern)

Scars Of War / High Times All Star

Release: 1985 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Fully remastered and licensed, ltd to 500 copies. The soulful reggae singer "Best Of"! Originally released on Empire (Channel One's sub label). Hits from late 70's to 1984, recorded at Channel One studio with Sly & Robbie, Earl Chinna Smith, Dean Fraser, Deadly Headly and many more...

Delroy George Wilson (5 October 1948 – 6 March 1995) was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer. Wilson is often regarded as Jamaica's first child star, having first found success as a teenager. His youngest son, Karl "Konan" Wilson, has found success as part of British duo Krept and Konan. His voice matured as he left his teens, around the time of ska's transition to rocksteady and this period in the late 1960s produced many hits including one of the first rocksteady records, "Dancing Mood", "Jerk in Time" (with the Wailers), "Feel Good All Over", "I'm Not a King", "True Believer in Love", "Rain From the Skies", "Conquer Me" and "Riding for a Fall". "Won't You Come Home", a duet with Ken Boothe on a rhythm originally cut by The Conquerors for Sonia Pottinger has become one of the most-versioned Jamaican tracks ever. After leaving Studio One he recorded for other labels, with varying degrees of success, and set up his own short-lived W&C label. He enjoyed success with Bunny Lee in the late 1960s and early 1970s with tracks such as "This Old Heart of Mine", "Footsteps of Another Man", and "Better Must Come". His double A-side "It Hurts"/"Put Yourself in My Place" was a skinhead favourite and narrowly missed UK chart success. He recorded a version of "Run Run", a song he had originally recorded for Dodd, for maverick producer Keith Hudson. Wilson toured the UK and recorded for Trojan Records in 1970.

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Delroy Williams

7" | 1983 | EU | Reissue (Onlyroots)

All The Time / Jah Bull - We Know Where We Are Going

Release: 1983 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Delroy tune from 1983. Reissue on his brand new label "Prosperity" Records. Delroy started his career in the late 60's as member of the Afrotones. Later in the 70's he will join Augustus Pablo Circle with whom he released his deepest roots tunes.

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Delroy Williams

12" | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Onlyroots)

12" | 2023 | EU | Original (Moonshine)

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Delroy Williams over "555 Crown Street" rhythm. Arranged by Augustus Pablo in 1979. Reissue on the brand new Delroy's label "Prosperity" Records. Jah Bull DJ version on the flip.

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Danny T & Tradesman

Wicked City EP

15,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Danny Red / Doogie Conscious

Roots Time Daughter / Roots Time Dub

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (All Nations)

7" | 2021 | UK | Original (Emotional Rescue)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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All Nations Records offers another splendid roots tune produced at Conscious Sounds studio by master chief Dougie Wardrop. This is another great one drop riddim with the notable participation of some top musicians regularly working for that studio: I David on keys, Hughie Izachaar on guitar and bass and Zinxx on drums! With the addition of great lyricist Danny Red from Kingston Jamaica delivering another very relevant song warning all bad minded men to not trouble any roots daughter, this is a very fine roots tune fit for 2022

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Dambala

Lorraine

21,99 €*

Peace And Love - Wadadasow

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Disco Reggae Lovers series reaches a zenith with the first ever reissue of Dambala and their beautiful reggae roots song Lorraine. Long a diggers secret, it seemed only apt to ask the DJ who brought it to the attention of many, with a wonderful dub by label stalwart, Lexx. Born in Lagos, Nigera but growing up in the Harrow Road area of West London, Augustus "Gus" Anyia immersed himself in the music of area during the vibrant 60s awakening of African and Caribbean cultures. Learning drums as a boy, he quickly progressed to classical guitar and would perform at school and beyond. Jamming with guitarist Alvin Christie led to them forming Dambala in 1975. Their first releases set them on their way, produced by Jimmy Lindsey, mixed by Dennis Bovell and cut by Porky. From there more singles followed, repeatedly touring Europe and recording for a TV documentary, before pressures took hold and following a change in line up, the band recorded their sole album, Azania. Lorraine was the stand out, a wonderful love song of youth's forlorn love, it's warm drum and bass encompassing the yearning lyric. A small masterpiece of UK roots in it's own right, this special 7" comes with a simple, but perfect dub mix from Lexx and will be followed by a comprehensive reissue of Dambala by the label.

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Dadawah

LP | 1974 | US | Reissue (Antarctica Starts Here)

29,99 €*

Culture, Joe Gibbs & The Professionals

Release: 1974 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Michael George Henry (aka Ras Michael and, for this lone release, Dadawah) was born in 1943 in Saint Mary Parish, in northeastern Jamaica. Henry was raised in a Rastafari community when the religious movement was still in its infancy and marginalized within Jamaica. It was there that he began performing Nyahbinghi, the Rastafarian devotional music that combines the influences of African drumming and Black gospel. Henry found himself in Kingston in the late 1950s where he worked for Coxsone Dodd at the legendary Studio One. By 1968, he had formed the group Sons of Negus and the first overtly Rasta record label, Zion Disc. As Rasta filtered into the mainstream, Henry released more music including albums for Trojan, Dynamic and Grounation labels. Originally released in 1974, Peace And Love – Wadadasow is Dadawah’s magnum opus. Produced by Lloyd Charmers, the album features slinky basslines, wah-wah guitar, hypnotic keyboards, dubbed-out studio trickery and, of course, the propulsive drumming and rhythmic chanting characteristic of Nyahbinghi. Antarctica Starts Here presents the first widely available domestic release of Peace and Love - Wadadasow. This reissue is part of an archival series that focuses on Trojan’s essential ’60s and ’70s catalogue. Liner notes by JR Gonne.

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Two Sevens Clash / Prophecy

7" | 1999 | JM | Reissue (Joe Gibbs Record Globe)

14,99 €*

Release: 1999 / JM – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: Generic

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Soul Man & Fiwi)

Courtney John

Ecosystem

20,99 €*

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Fruits)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The reggae rocker, Courtney John unleashes his new album, Ecosystem, born from a collaboration with the French label Soul Man Records which also produced the successful album Reggae Loves Soul!
With this new LP, recorded and mixed between Kingston and Paris, Courtney John has created a lyrical painting of our world, hosted by a classic early reggae sound that will appeal to reggae aficionados and a wider audience of music lovers…

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Cosmic Shuffling

Lovonauts' Odyssey

26,99 €*

12" | 2021 | UK | Original (Jancro)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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In 2023, all sources of life across the multiverse jumped and twisted to the irresistible sound of Cosmic Quest, the second full-length record of Swiss septet extraordinaire Cosmic Shuffling. Today, the Geneva based combo returns with the second half of the quest: a Full Instrumental long play. This new record carries on the band’s journey to a realm where the stars dance to the beat of your heart. Travelling across galaxies, passing through nebulas, black holes and asteroid fields, the handsome lads disseminate the classic sound of SKA and Rocksteady with burning hot-like-plasma scorchers. Temperature rises, bodies warm up, sway, embrace and go wild. This is the effect produced by the explorers of unconditional cosmic love: the Lovonauts.

Welcome to the Lovonauts’ Odyssey – the ultimate soundtrack of the septet astral adventures. Let yourself be carried away by these ten love letters to Jamaica’s iconic sound of the 60’s and its greatest musical stars.

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Cornell Campbell

Time For Peace

11,69 €* 12,99 € -10%

Constantine Weir A.K.A. Yahya

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Legendary Reggae vocalist Cornell Campbell is to release a new E.P entitled 'Time For Peace', to mark the 52nd Anniversary of Martin Luthur King Jr's assassination, 4th April 2021. Taking its title from Cornell's lyrical addition to Black Man In A White World, "I want you to understand, I need, I need everyone to hang on, in love, peace and unity", the new 12" EP features bold interpretations of two of soul music's most iconic songs about race, identity and injustice. Both Michael Kiwanuka's 'Black Man In A White World' and 'Outernational Blues' - a take on the Marvin Gaye classic 'Inner City Blues' - evoke the sentiment and spirit of MLK's peaceful protest, and act as a reminder as to the importance of grace, pride and dignity in difficult times. Capturing a unique combination of vocal vulnerability and wisdom, this is music that demands deep listening. Cornell Campbell's voice at 75, carries a new found poignancy and depth of emotion; one which feels perfectly suited to delivering an elders perspective on such emotionally loaded topics. The E.P was recorded and produced over four countries, with the music for all tracks having been recorded in London, England at The Total Refreshment Centre, before being voiced in Kingston Jamaica at Anchor Studios. Additional backing vocals were added at Heritage Recording Co in Burbank, California, before the track was finally mixed and produced by Sergio Lopez, in Andalucia, Spain. 'Time For Peace' is the first in a series of four releases from icons of reggae, including 'Time For Love' by Tabby Diamond, of The Mighty Diamonds, 'Time For Change' by Fred Locks and 'Time For Unity' by Big Youth; all to be released on limited 12" vinyl. All music recorded by Kristian Craig Robinson at Total Refreshment Studios, London. Vocals recorded by Delroy 'Phatta' Pottinger at Anchor Studios, Kingston, Jamaica. Mixed and produced by Sergio Lopez. Keith 'Mindlink' McKintosh: MD, Arranger and Keys Ajani 'aj' McKnezie: Bass Brian 'Rim Bim' Gustave: Drums Benedict Wood: Guitar Jordi Viella: Guitar Alabaster DePlume: Saxaphone Jackson Mathod: Trumpet Tamina Johnson-Lawson, Aankha Neil and Moira Mack: Backing vocals Backing vocals recorded by Chris Rondell at Heritage Recording Co, Burbank, California and arranged arranged & produced by Brandon Eugene Owens.

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Watta Wooi / Out Of Many One People

12" | 2024 | JP | Original (Hot Buttered)

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Colonel Elliott & The Lunatics

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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In the Afro×jazz×global Bass scene, Galliano's Constantine Weir adds a new dimension. And incredibly, Congo Natty is joining as a producer. Featuring lyrics inspired by Islamic mysticism, accompanied by robust electronic bass music that floods the auditory senses. Constantine Weir initially signed with Acid Jazz Records, helmed by Gilles Peterson, and rose to prominence in the 1990s with the acid jazz group Galliano. He has also collaborated with S'Express, Paul Weller, Pressure Drop, Amy Winehouse, Outside, Ocean Colour Scene, Congo Natty, as well as contributed to works by Japanese artists such as United Future Organization (U.F.O) and Hirosi Kamayatsu.

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Interstellar Reggae Drive

LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Lantern)

27,99 €*

12" | 2023 | EU | Original (Dig This Way)

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Fully remastered and licensed, ltd to 500 copies. ‘What if Lee Perry and Lex Baxter have been caught in a firetrap altogether ?’ A weird experiment in dub & reggae coined in 1973, the sole album of this interstellar venture was a case in point. Jamaican rhythms (provided by the almighty Trojan records crew) with legendary prog/psych keyboardist KEN Elliot (former member of influential british bands such as Second Hand and Seventh Wave) creating groovy instrumental on top ! 10 tracks including the JOE Meek classic Telstar and a spacey rendition of THE Skatalities Guns Of Navarone (aptly named Guns Of The Martian Giants) for an album that might sounds like a caribbean easy listening session on dope ! A truly gem on its own, incredible strange music for the suburbs !

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Clive Matthews

Mama Afrika

8,39 €* 11,99 € -30%

LP | 1975 | EU | Reissue (Lantern Rec.)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Back in 2014 Caio linked up with the legendary singer Clive Matthews in Jamaica as he was interested in recording some specials for his Dub Foundation Sound System. Talking about it came out the idea to play the Apology rhythm from scratch, one of Clive's biggest hits from back in the days.

It took around one year to organize everything and by the end of 2015 Clive Matthews was able to get in touch and gather all the original musicians who played the riddim back in 1973 : Bagga at the Bassline , Leroy “Horsemouth” Wallace on drums , Norman Vessel on lead guitar & rhythm and Jah D on Keyboard. Music was then recorded at Anchor Studio, Jamaica, with Garfield McDonald's as Engineer.

“Mama Afrika” has been since 2015 one of the Anthem of Black Foundation Sound System and we at Dig This Way Records were lucky enough to cooperate with Caio to work on this release with a new mix of the vocal.

Mixed and dubbed by Michael Exodus at Dub Basement Studio in Rome and mastered by Matt at Pressure Mastering in Uk.

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Clement Bushay

Dread In Session

Christine Salem & Dub Across

Release: 1975 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Rare reggae collection originally released in 1975. Featuring guest musicians Ken Boothe, Delroy Washington, Bob Davis, Gene Rondo and former members of the Cimarons. Some of the tracks have been recorded at the Black Arc Studio with engineer Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry. All tracks produced by Clem Bushay.

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Kadjembawe

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Basscomesaveme)

Chouk Bwa & The Angstromers

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Get ready to unleash another fine release on BCSM Records. We present you a powerful tune
and version by singer Christine Salem from Reunion Islands and danish dub wizard Dub Across Borders (DAB) ,
combining the best of world music and dubwise business.

The characteristic, deep and powerful voice of Christine Salem first made its way to
the speakers in the Dub Across Borders studio one winter night in 2018. Through a musical
friendship in Brazil, DAB was presented with a recording of one of Salem’s live concerts.
Instantly, the stripped down vocal/percussion style arrangements of the songs resonated with a
raw authenticity and nerve which sparked inspiration. Shortly after, with a sort of ‘bootleg-approach’,
DAB was found reworking the song “Kadjembawe” into a heavy dub version, adding several other instruments
like, organ, bass, guitars, etc. Some years later when the rework had gone rounds with friends and alike,
it was presented to the Swiss bass clarinet virtuous Eloi Cálame.
From his studio in Switzerland he then transcribed and recorded the horn arrangements
with trumpeteer Jaronas Hoehener. After many e-mails with Christine and her management,
the song being reborn into its dubby self. Then it was presented to Tino from BCSM who took charge
in the endeavour to present it to the world.

The song 'Kadjembawe'' is an ancient incantation to connect and pay hommage to our ancenstors.

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Ayiti Kongo Dub

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

20,99 €*

Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey & His Inter-Reformers Band

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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Eyi Yato Remixes

12" | 2024 | UK | Original (Sol Power Sound)

15,99 €*

7" | 2023 | EU | Original (All Nations)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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Sol Power Sound is back in a big way with a reissue and remix EP from the legendary Nigerian Ju-Ju king, Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey. The double A-side EP features 'Eyi Yato' a tune from 1981 that captures Chief Commander and his band at their absolute funkiest, with a driving drum and bass groove, wah-wah guitar, and signature call-and-response vocals. Remixers include the legendary dub producer Mad Professor, the disco don Eddie C, and the Sol Power All-Stars themselves.

The Sol Power All-Stars keep things organic with chugging drums, heavy analog synth bass and sequences, as well as Daniel Meinecke’s additional keys and solos. The Canadian disco don Eddie C goes a little electro and a little acid with his analog bass-heavy flip. Like a good dub should, Mad Professor’s version accentuates the drum and bass groove and drenches everything in vintage sounding Mad Professor delay, reverb, and filtered dub-sauce, live and direct from his classic mixing desk. Alongside an extended edit of the original, the Eyi Yato EP is sure to find a permanent spot in DJ record bags around the world.

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Chazbo Meets Jah93

Holy Mountain

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (On The Corner)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Brand new release from french dub label All Nations Records. It features artists from Japan, Chazbo and Jah93, which combine their talents to deliver a soulful and powerful track. Deconstruction of the track is proposed on B side, as traditional reggae 7" requires.

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Champagne Dub

Rainbow

27,99 €*

7" | 2018 | EU | Reissue (Archive)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Champagne Dub is a collective of selected artists who come together to practice psychedelic dub rituals. Lysergic weather front top-loaded via betamax"s hippocampus trapdoor melding Catto"s studio into a rainbow of textures, formless places, and emotional sonics awash with resonant poy-rhythms. Champagne Dub is a mission in space-dub whose "crew" took a few too many wrong turns. "We are here to bring raw metamorphic rock-rituals that escaped our minds."

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Cedric Myton

Page Of Life / Version

Carl Bert & The Cimarons / Mix By Jeh Jeh

Release: 2018 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Recorded at Clement Coxsone Dodd's Studio One as part of an album project produced by Cedric Myton, utilising some of the legendary backing tracks courtesy of the Soul Vendors, Sound Dimension and The New Establishment

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Slipping Into Darkness / Dubing

7" | 2020 (Summertime)

Release: 2020

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Kinky Fly / Sweet Loving Love

Bunny Scott

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Freestyle)

Bunny Lee & The Aggrovators / Paolo Baldini

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Freestyle Records mark the recent passing of the great Lee "Scratch" Perry with this gem of 45 showcasing 2 of his stellar early Black Ark-era productions - plucked from the To Love Somebody LP reissue project from earlier this year, which unearthed the Perry-produced debut from Bunny Scott (aka Bunny Clarke aka Bunny Rugs, later of Third World).

The Blaxploitation-influenced funk track 'Kinky Fly' features members of The Chi-Lites' backing band (passing through the infamous studio whilst in Jamaica for a series of shows) - their horn section and Chinna Smith's wah-wah guitar shine through with synth overdubs adding to the mood, underpinned by the ghostly click tracks of the Conn Rhythm Unit (constituting one of Scratch's earliest experiments with drum machines). On the flip, the upbeat 'Sweet Loving Love' boasts a jaunty synthline high up in the mix and a stellar rhythm section augmenting Bunny's soulful tenor.

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Enter Into Dub / Come To Me In Dub

10" | 2019 | EU | Original (Pressure Sound)

17,99 €*

Dubbing In The Front Yard & Conflict Dub

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Bunny Lee
& The Aggrovators /
Paolo Baldini
Enter Into Dub / Come To Me In Dub
10"
PSTI037
£6
Due 25 January 2019

Enter Into Dub Part 1
Enter Into Dub Part 2
Come To Me In Dub Part 1
Come To Me In Dub Part 2

On the La Tempesta Dub label, a collection of dub versions from the Italian reggae band Mellow Mood’s latest album, Large, released last Spring. Paolo Baldini produces 12 authentic-sounding dub versions. The word “authentic” does not lack context here, since just like the original production, which was characterised by a “live & direct” approach both in the writing and recording, Large Dub was made following the spirit of the founding fathers of this musical technique when they recorded their dub versions: tracks run separately through the desk’s channels and are orchestrated in one take only, from start to finish, with no overdubs or additional computer programming.

Mastered in Austin, Texas by Chris Athens (Damian Marley, Erykah Badu, Ghostface Killa) and coming with a luxurious cover by California-based collage artist Dewey Saunders (Chronixx, Anderson .Paak), who also created the cover art for Mellow Mood’s Large and who now “dubbed” the graphics of that previous work.

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Bunny Lee presents

2LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Pressure Sound)

12" | 2023 | EU | Original (Truth And Vibes)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Bunny Lee as producer. Prince Jammy as engineer. The Aggrovators making the tracks. A Holy Trinity of Jamaican Music. Throughout the years, recorded music has been shaped by some enduring partnerships between producer and engineer, such as Teo Macero and Fred Plautt for Miles Davis, Jerry Wexler and Tom Dowd for Atlantic Records, and George Martin and Geoff Emerick for the Beatles. But possibly none were as prolific as the collaboration between Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee and Prince Jammy at King Tubby’s Studio between 1976 and 1982.

In 1977 and 1982 respectively, Conflict Dub and Dubbing In The Front Yard were released in London as white labels in extremely limited quantities. The two LPs found the triumvirate of Lee, Jammy and The Aggrovators on perfect form, with driving instrumentals, flashes of vocal beauty, and mixes that ripped apart and rebuilt traditional notions of sonic structure. Due to the nature of their limited release (not to mention the lack of artwork and even titles) the two dub LPs quickly disappeared into that mythic realm of records whispered about by only the most hard-core reggae collectors. This release is the first-ever reissue of these sought after LPs, and contains all the original songs in both vinyl form (double LP set with both albums on the original labels) and a lush double pack cd with 3 extra bonus tracks. The sleeve notes are by Diggory Kenrick with amazing photos by Howard Johnson, director of the influential Channel 4 documentary ‘Deep Roots Music’.
In 2018, Pressure Sounds celebrated its 100th album release since it’s founding in 1995. In that time, the label has been responsible for unearthing and celebrating some of the rarest, most influential and unique Jamaican records ever cut.

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Bukkha

Repatriation EP

18,04 €* 18,99 € -5%

Riding On A High & Windy Day

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Truth and Vibes label is back with its highly anticipated second vinyl release, and this time, we’re pulling out all the stops to bring you a diverse lineup of both fresh faces and familiar talents who have already graced our previous release. Our journey begins with the talented producer and our good friend, Bukkha, hailing from Spain. A notable figure on the dub scene, Bukkha has been invited to play at Dub der guten Hoffnung in Graz already twice, solidifying our productive creative relationship. The genesis of this release traces back to a track known as “Jah Praise”, which we’ve cherished as a dubplate for many years. As the years rolled on, an exciting development took place when our brethren, Joyful Lion, contributed a mesmerizing saxophone performance. It was at this moment that we knew this track deserved to see the light of day as a full release. The creative journey didn’t stop there. We embarked on a quest to infuse this already captivating tune with even more depth and soul. Enter the remarkable singer Galas, who lent his powerful voice to the project, introducing a theme of “Repatriation” that resonated deeply with our vibes. But we weren’t finished yet. To complement the rich lyrics, we sought the talents of our friend Vale from Berlin, known for his exceptional horn skills. The harmonious melodies he crafted were so captivating that we couldn’t resist asking him to contribute some solo sections, resulting in a full horns version of the track. With all the pieces falling into place, we entrusted the track to Matt from Pressure Mastering, who added the final touches to bring out its true essence. As always, we’ve teamed up with Austro Vinyl, nestled in the green heart of Austria, to deliver a high-quality pressing on heavy 180g vinyl. The release comes adorned with full cover artwork, ensuring that the visual experience matches the sonic journey.

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Breezy

7" | 2024 | EU | Reissue (Digikiller)

13,49 €* 14,99 € -10%

LP | 2022 | US | Reissue (Now-Again)

Release: 2024 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Here's the inaugural release in a new series from the archives of the late great engineer & producer Philip Smart. Philip's resume is impeccable - early friend and collaborator of Augustus Pablo, radio host and dj, first apprentice of King Tubby, and founder, producer and engineer at one of the major reggae studios of New York City history, Hc&f. Many years back our brother label Goldshop did a series of 45 reissues of the dancehall classics from Philip's Eclipse label. We always wanted to go deeper, but time moves fast, and unfortunately, Philip left us in 2014. But everything in due course, and now with his estate we've gone thru the archives to assemble a fantastic series of releases. This first release is a must - produced by Philip during his time as engineer at Tubby's studio, this is an awesome rockers style take on the moody Paragons classic. The flip features a classic blueprint mid 70s Tubby's style dub, HPF in effect with the first Prince, Philip Smart at the helm. Originally released thru Brooklyn's legendary Keith's record shop back around the time it was recorded.

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Boris Gardiner

Ultra Super Dub V.2

7" | 2017 | EU | Original (Partial)

Release: 2022 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Lost Albums In Jamaican Bass Player, Bandleader, Songwriter, Singer And Producer Boris Gardiner's Discography - First Official Issue Of These Impossibly Rare Albums. Contains Extensive Booklet, With Jeff Mao Detailing Gardiner's Career And The 70s Jamaican Music Industry. Unpublished Photos And Ephemera. 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 (Scratch) Perry and Herman Chin-Loy in their legendary studios and playing on hundreds of records. So many that he lost count. Sometime around the issue of his Boris Gardiner Happening Is What’s Happening album - a Loft classic, with David Mancuso favoring Gardiner’s take of Booker T. and the MG’s “Melting Pot” at his legendary gathering - and his soundtrack to Every N----r Is A Star, famously sampled by Kendrick Lamar and used as the introduction to the film Moonlight, two albums - Ultra Super Dub Vols. 1 and 2 - credited to The Boris Gardiner Happening - two albums so obscure that for the longest time Boris wasn’t even aware that they existed. Following classics such as King Tubby’s Dub From the Roots and Augustus Pablo’s King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown, Miami-based Alty East’s Ultra Records took instrumentals Gardiner created for a run of 45s, and created and issued these compilations of dubbed out originals and JA renditions of songs by Otis Redding, Clarence Carter, Betty Wright, Jimmy “Bo” Horne and Ultra label-mate Frankie Zhivago Young. Released in tiny runs in handmade, silkscreened, paste-on covers, they have become some of the most sought after Jamaican albums. Now, issued under Boris’ guidance, and with a detailed booklet by Jeff Mao, which delves into the deep scene which birthed these remarkable records, we can finally consider the last, unheard portion of this landmark musician’s career.

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Boombastic Crew

Automatic Sound Killer

8,99 €*

Bob Soul / King Tubby / Billy Hutch

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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• Top Drawer 90's selection from the Boombastic Crew aka Nick Raphael (Manasseh. Riz Records, Roots Garden) and Gil Gang (Tuff Scout, Riz Records) with a tune that does what it says in the tin. Sound murderation!

• A hardcore instrumental sound system bullet which has hints of King Jammy, Jah Tubbys and Unity Sounds.

• This originally came on the back of a Riz 12” back in the early 1990's which is now a costly record to secure.

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Message From The Congo / Ten Long Years

12" | 2017 | US | Original (Digikiller)

7" | 1972 | EU | Reissue (Impact!)

Release: 2017 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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At long last, in proper quality and officially licensed, here's a pair of records long worked at, historically important, largely unheard, and most of all, musically brilliant. Above all, the dub mixes on these records are known among connoisseurs as being among a handful which can not only be considered a definitive King Tubby's style statement, but also among the most radical, transformative and forward thinking mixes ever committed to tape by the King himself. This is proper King Tubby's music; Tubby the man, not just Tubby's the studio. These two 12"s represent most of the known cuts of this brilliant rhythm, played by the Wailers' Barrett brothers, alongside Earl Chinna Smith, Augustus Pablo and Gladdy Anderson, all together truly a rhythmic force to be reckoned with. "Message from the Congo" and "God Is Love" are two vocals cuts produced via the mid 1970's partnership of Milton "Billy Hutch" Hutchinson and the late Linton "Bob Soul" Williamson. Together these upstart artist-producers operated from a base of operations on King St. in downtown Kingston, nothing short of a historic location that was both concurrent with and adjacent to both the Wailers own record shop and Channel 1's first pressing plant.

With the Barrett brothers at the helm of the session, the rhythm was laid at Randy's studio with Errol Thompson as engineeer, then brought to Tubby for voicing and mixing. "Message from the Congo" finds Bob Soul & The United Stars chanting a message of rastafari over the propulsive uptempo rhythm driven by the late Carly Barrett's masterful drumming. The harmonizers in the "United Stars" as they are dubbed on this record, were actually members of both the Righteous Flames and Rocking Horses vocal groups. The dub mix, "Congo Dread Chapter 1", is actually worthy of the type of genre cross-referencing hyperbole I normally decry in music writing. In hindsight we find in this track, Tubby prefiguring not only the remix and the 'edit', but also the frantic yet orchestrated chaos of a lot of the complex electronic dance music that would being to come into its own a full decade later. To try and describe the magic herein would be pointless, you must simply listen to Tubby deconstruct and reconstruct the rhythm using a melange of his now famous tools and techniques to devastating effect. Indeed, it is tracks like this one which made the man himself and those very techniques now so famous. These two tracks were originally released in Jamaica on both the Gemini and Danger Zone labels (in identical mixes). On the flip side of this first 12" we find Billy Hutch's little known vocal on the rhythm, entitled "Ten Long Years." The soulful vocal finds Bill in top form, and this track was originally released on Bill's very first album "Reggae Showcase", released only in NYC and extremely tough to track down. Rounding out the 12" is a real treat, a previously unreleased different take of "Message from the Congo", with different harmonies, and a background voice telling you "this is a messageâ€¦", bringing the title of the song sharply into focus.

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Bob Marley & The Wailers

Satisfy My Soul Jah Jah

Release: 1972 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 1975 | JM | Reissue (Tuff Gong)

Bob Marley & The Wailers

Jah Live

14,99 €*

Release: 1975 / JM – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Jokerman / I And I The Reggae Remix Ep Record Store Day 2021 Edition

Bob Dylan

12" | 2021 | Original (Legacy)

Bob Andy And The Revolutionarys

Release: 2021 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Reggae & Dancehall

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Record Store Day 2021 Drop 2 release limited to 7000 copies worldwide. This 12” features two reggae remixes each of “Jokerman” and “I And I” by Doctor Dread. The original versions of both tracks appeared on Dylan’s ‘Infidels’ album with Sly & Robbie as the rhythm section. The two “I And I” remixes were previously released on ‘Is It Rolling Bob: A Reggae Tribute To Bob Dylan’ (2003) while the ‘Jokerman’ remixes are newly commissioned and previously unreleased. Doctor Dread has worked withBob Marley, Black Uhuru, Jimmy Cliff, Inner Circle, Gregory Isaacs, Luciano, Mad Cobra, Freddy Mcgregor, Sly and Robbie, Steel Pulse, The Wailers and many others.

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Ghetto Stays On The Mind

7" | 1977 | EU | Reissue (High Note)

Release: 1977 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2020 | EU | Original (Onlyroots)

Black Uhuru

Going To Zion / Part 2

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Hornin Sounds)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Second single by Black uhuru. Recorded in 1975 at Randy's Studio. Augustus Pablo on Melodica. Produced by Clive Chin.

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Black Stallion

We Are Men

All Day All Night / Version

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Previously unreleased recordings from 1974.

Mixed by Al Breadwinner in 2023 after restoration of the multitrack tape.

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Black Roots

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Real Rock)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 1978 | EU (Radiation Roots)

Big Joe

At The Control

Benjammin & The 18th Parallel

Release: 1978 / EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Second album reissue for Big Joe (born Joseph Spalding in 1955), Jamaican reggae deejay and record producer, who recorded extensively in the 1970s and early 1980s. This is the follow up to Keep Rocking And Swinging, released on Live & Love in 1978 and produced by Bunny Lee. A must for all the reggae and dub fanatics out on Radiation Roots.

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Warmonger

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Fruits)

7" | 2022 | UK | Original (Room In The Sky)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The four horsemen are the rhythm section of The 18th Parallel riding down the plains to the sound of an heavyweight stepper inspired by the late 70s playing of the Revolutionaries at Channel One. Slow, refined and powerful, the interaction of the drums, bass and organ leaves room to an otherworldly horns chant calling everyone to dance and sing along. Probably one of Fruits Records heaviest release ever!

The first 7“ of this series features Spanish based UK singer Benjammin known for his superb work with Roberto Sánchez. He chants down all ‘Warmongers’. His singing style reminiscent of BurningSpear’s greatest days sends shivers down your spine! Dub by Roberto Sánchez on the flip.

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Barry Issacs & Deemus J

Revolution Deh Yah

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | EU (Radiation Roots)

Barry Brown

Stand Firm

Barry Brown Meets The Scientist

Release: EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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One of a handful of singers that straddled the divide between the late roots phase and the emerging dancehall style, Barry Brown was gifted with a distinctive high tenor that rendered his voice immediately recognizable, making a lasting impression whenever heard. His lyrics had wit, grit, and feeling, since he often spoke of the harsh realities of Jamaican ghetto life, and equally addressed the aspirations of its inhabitants and the good times they enjoyed, frequently emphasizing the irresistible pull of a sound system dance in his recorded work.

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At King Tubby's With The Roots Radics

LP | 1997 | EU (Radiation Roots)

17,99 €*

Barry Biggs / Clarence Wears

Release: 1997 / EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Crucial set of dubs from Scientist! 'Barry Brown Meets The Scientist' features twelve extra-heavy Scientist mixes of Barry Brown tracks originally cut and played at King Tubby's by the legendary Roots Radics. Six vocal mixes and a further six dubs, where the peerless Scientist really cuts loose on the mixing board, nudging the EQ's and royally dubbing Brown outta sight!

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Work All Day / Working Mood

12" | 1976 | EU | Reissue (Onlyroots)

12" | 2023 | EU | Original (Hornin Sounds)

Release: 1976 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Barry Biggs hit song from 1976. On the flip, Clarence Wears guitar version. Both (vocal & guitar) followed by its dub.

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Bakery All Stars

Send Me That Love

19,99 €*

Awa Fall & The Shaolin Sound

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Tribute to the Mighty Big 3 recorded on 4-Track reel tape.

Originally as vocal only, this beauty of a track receives here the proper instrumentals, dub and rockers take.
Recorded & mixed by Alan ‘Breadwinner’ Redfern at Bakery Studio, Manchester, UK.

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Crack In The Lens / Crackin' Dub

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Dig This Way)

LP | 1986 | EU | Reissue (Bauhaus)

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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Avi Matos

Dub Im Neshama

14,99 €*

Augustus Pablo / Impact All Stars

Release: 1986 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Straight from the long forgotten tapes of Avi and never released before. The DUB version of Ish I'm Neshama (Man with soul) that was featured on his iconic Lokeach Et Hayom Leat album that was released in 1986 as the first ever reggae and dub record to be made in Israel. Produced by the greatest of the greatest Yossi Fine and Dennis Bovel.

This 7" with the special dub version sees the light of day for the first time ever, alongside its' original track. Fiyah ??

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Java / Java Version

7" | 2020 | EU | Original (Onlyroots)

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Onlyroots)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Legendary innovative instrumental tune by Augustus Pablo. Recorded at Randy's Studio in 1971. Produced by Clive Chin.

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Augustus Pablo

East Of The River Nile

19,99 €*

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Onlyroots)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Deep instrumental & dub album. Recorded in 1978 in the best Jamaican studios, including Lee Perry's famous "Black Ark" along (as always !) the cream of the musicians including members of "The Wailers". Pablo mystical & meditative sound take us far away, to the ethiopian roots.

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Augustus Pablo

Earth Rightful Ruler

18,99 €*

LP | 2001 | UK | Reissue (Jamaican)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Recorded at Harry J & Channel One in 1982 with iconic musicians as China Smith, Flabba Holt, Robbie Shakespear, along with Norris Reid and Delroy Williams on backing vocals.The album include a recut of the classic "Java" and the singing of Hugh Mundell on "Ratafari Tradition". Reissue with the artwork of the original Jamaican press.

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Augustus Pablo

Dubbing With The Don

17,99 €*

Augustus Pablo And Rockers All Stars

Release: 2001 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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If anyone in the reggae circles could be described as having their own sound it would have to be Mr Augustus Pablo, born Horace Swaby 1954 St Andrew Jamaica. He took the humble melodica a wind blown mouth keyboard and made it shine. His musical journey started one sunny day in 1969. Walking into Herman Chin- loy's Aquarius Records shop and on playing his melodica so impressed its owner that he was taken off to Randy's Studio 17, the very next day to cut his first record 'Iggy Iggy'. But it was his second tune under the guidance of Clive Chin again cut at Randy's, the seminal 'Java ' that put the young Augustus Pablo on the map. Clive Chin continued his work producing Pablo's debut album 'this IS Augustus Pablo' . An instrumental affair on which the neo-mystical ''Far East'' sound synonymous with Pablo's work emerged. Having worked with most of the top producers of the time,Lee Perry,Keith Hudson, Bunny Lee, Augustus decided to set up his own label "Rockers", named after his brothers sound system. Where many of his tunes would first be heard.The label came to define a new and exciting chapter in reggae history.Even when versioning acknowledged classic Studio One rhythms there was a precious maturity and depth to Pablo's productions that kept him at the top throughout the late 1970s and into the 1980s. His 'King Tubby meets the Rockers Uptown' set which featured some of these rhythms reworked; Swing Easy[Skanking Easy], Frozen Soul[Frozen Dub], stands as one of the true dub classic albums of any reggae education. This set of dubs are taken from his classic 70's period.All rare dubs straight from the masters. You may have heard the tune, but not these versions. So sit back and enjoy the Original Rocker..... Still Sounds Sweet. RESPECT....JAH Floyd.

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Lightning And Thunder

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Onlyroots / Pablo International)

12" | 2022 | EU | Original (Animist)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Previously unreleased recordings and dubplate from the 70's

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Apichat Pakwan

Nam Ton Tad / Dub

7" | 2000 | US | Original (Easy Star)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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‘Nam Ton Tad’ is a sun-soaked amalgamation of groove-trenched reggae & traditional Thai molam essence. Rooted with Laotian origins from the Isan region of northern Thailand, this contemporary interpretation of ancient folk melody is both lush and intriguing" - Mixmag Asia Nam Ton Tad is the new EP by Thai-Dutch electro-molam-band Apichat Pakwan, and the 9th release on Animist Records. This single is a follow-up to their international critical-acclaimed debut album Esantronics, which was released in October 2019. The album was named Best Asian Album of 2019 by World Music Central. Apichat Pakwan is a Dutch-Thai band based in Amsterdam. Their music is a mix of morlam, electronic music, dub and hiphop. They perform with their own compositions, as well as with new interpretations of classic Thai and Lao folkmusic repertory. The music collective was founded in 2015 by Dutch musician Olivier Schreuder (electronics, compositions, traditional Thai instruments) and Thai musician Angkanang Pimwankum (percussion). They compose and perform with an alternating group of musicians from the Northeast region of Thailand, also known as Isan. The group was called "most innovative molam hybrid" by The Bangkok Post.

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Anthony B

Third Eye Blind

3,99 €*

Hurt Mi Heart / Searching Version

Release: 2000 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: Generic

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Anthony B

7" (Star Trail)

8,99 €*

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Poly Dance Theatre)

Androo

Tribute To Jackie Mittoo

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Music From Memory)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Hybrid is a word used indiscriminately in our daily lives. This record isn't a hybrid; it's beyond hybrid, post-hybrid, so to speak. Does this phrase sound complicated to you, and are you never overly convinced by music theory and its caricatural aspect? Then forget what you’ve just read and listen to both sides of this record. You'll soon realise that these tracks are deliciously deft, drawing their essence from dub while leaving room for some skillful jazz writing. For those of you intrigued by melodies, the art of musique concrète or the exploration of dub music’s deviant angles, this record will easily find its place on your turntable.

The two sides of the record are cut with play, improvisation and effects, while leaving room for themes and ideas. If this record’s first chapter was born from a request to remix and pay homage to Jackie Mittoo, its themes tell another story. They have been declined and even reduced to an explosion point. The tracks are also driven by subtle details of musique concrète, giving the record the effect of an intimate musical production – but, above all, one of uncategorisable beauty.

In Androo’s case, this is hardly surprising. He is a craftsman who is unassailable in every respect, a poetic dynamiter and, for this reason, one of the most unpredictable musicians in Geneva (and beyond). His appetite for dynamite is perhaps an indication of his conception of music as, first and foremost, an experience. His highly personal and inventive tribute to figures from free jazz and contemporary music proves the point. But perhaps it is also an indication of his attachment to Jean-Luc Godard. You'd have to imagine Androo at his mixing desk without a pre-written script. The idea of editing infuses the record. The two sides are very much in this style and spirit: (un-)shot, meticulous, (ir-)reverent. In this respect, this record is a formidable proposition, and perhaps difficult to understand, but not striving to be understood.

Its combination of improvisation and composition is underpinned by a razor-sharp precision and dexterity that's hard to ignore, especially if you're curious about the art of sound mixing and the romantic accidents. It has a dexterity that transforms musical grids into romantic essays and sketches. A romanticism in which Androo takes us on a liberating musical experience that makes us forget the inertia of the ramping formatting of the record industry. In any case, this record is an invitation to (un-)think the category, and will delight any ear curious to wander into territories of intuition where the word hybrid no longer makes sense.

Text by Carl Åhnebrink

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Androo

Club Salon Theatre

7" | 2018 | EU | Original (Sex Tags Amfibia)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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Swiss based artist Androo, who previously released on MFM sub label Second Circle, returns with his debut LP 'Club Salon Theatre'.

Far from an album in traditional form, 'Club Salon Theatre' explores its potential as a musical collage of sound. Recorded during 2021 and the beginning of 2022, it is the result of Androo's desire to draw connections between diverse fragments of music and art.

Originally born out of the Dub sound-system scene in Geneva and with a continued love for the modal music of the likes of John and Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders, Androo has long put improvisation at the center of his practice. His understanding of dub music as an integral part of the experimental music tradition, with ties to the school of Musique Concrète for instance, and with trap music as another vital ingredient, has as much to do with the form as with the method. With the studio as a laboratory for experimentation, Androo utilizes a variety of outboard instruments as well as working in-the-box, but it’s his classic “dub style” technique of mixing at the hardware console that leaves its quintessential mark throughout the whole record.

'Club Salon Theatre' is a rich patchwork of imagined scenes, emotive melodies, flying rhythms, harmonic changes, loose improvisations, with an almost romantic thread running through it. Like a collection of musical poems, gently arranged in what is sometimes sparse musical language. Far from a patchwork of scattered and disjointed inspirations, there is a real unity and singularity at work, resulting in a record which can be enjoyed as a collection of sonic poems, simultaneously nonchalant and earnest, sentimental and playful.

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Andres Loo

Seto Dub

7,99 €*

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Isle Of Jura)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Deeply rooted & slowly explosive, Estonian Andres Lõo slides from loud guitar skanks to rumbling toms, all capturing periods of dub, jazz, folk music and the drama of an orchestrated band surrounding the Estonian Seto peoples musical background. B-side carries a generously beautiful xylophone, played, recorded and manipulated gently. Both sides highly polarizing his debut album Skeletons on Rock (Laton, 2009).

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Ambient Warrior

25,99 €*

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Isle Of Jura)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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180 Gram Vinyl 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 unreleased second album, II. Born from the same oceanside fusion of instrumental dub, reggae, bossa nova and tango music that made Dub Journey's so distinctive and memorable, II is an equally sublime collection of eleven unheard tracks from the brilliant minds of Ronnie Lion and Andrea Terrano.

Evoking the delights of white sands, palm trees and sunsets, all set against clear waters and endless blue skies, Dub Journey’s and II document the golden moment when Ambient Warrior came together during the mid-90s to create some of the most Balearic Dub ever made. “Music is the greatest traveler, isn’t it?” says Ronnie. “It gets to places the actual artists can’t even get to really.”

The son of an orphaned Jamaican jazz trumpet player and professional boxer who enlisted in the military after stowing away on a boat to London, Ronnie grew up between Germany, Singapore and the UK before becoming a working musician in his mid-teens. A bass player by trade, he honed his skills playing in a series of soul, jazz-funk, blues, rock and reggae bands that performed throughout the UK.

By the time Ambient Warrior released Dub Journey’s, Ronnie and his business partner Ras Joseph were running the Lion Inc. recording studio and record label in Brixton, London. Having set up distribution arrangements with Roots Records (uk) and Semaphore (deu/nl), they recorded and released a series of singles, compilations and solo albums from a who’s who of roots reggae artists, including Twinkle Brothers, Delroy Washington, Michael Prophet, Alton Ellis, Little Roy, and Ronnie’s own band The Amharic. “Lion was a regular port of call for visiting Jamaican artists,” reflects Ronnie. “When you were in London, it was on the route.”

An accomplished guitarist, producer and recording engineer from Trieste, Italy, Andrea grew up listening to Russian folk, Klezmer and the Italian harmony tradition in a Sicilian-Ukrainian family. After completing compulsory Italian military service, he moved to London to continue studying music. One night, he turned up at Lion Inc. and approached them about running audio engineering classes from the studio.

In Andrea, Ronnie found a collaborator who shared his desire to create borderless music that reflected the diversity of their backgrounds. “I wanted to do something that had no boundaries,” Ronnie explains. “If you’re working on a roots album, it has to sound a certain way, but with Ambient, especially in the nineties, it was just a license to let off. You could do whatever you wanted to do.” “It was a melting pot of influences like London itself,” adds Andrea.

Although they wrote most of II at the same time as they were recording Dub Journey’s, it took them several years to finish off the album. “Things never got done quickly,” Ronnie remembers. By the time it was complete, Roots Records had gone out of business, leaving Lion Inc. without UK distribution. Not long after, their Brixton studio flooded, bringing the label to a close.

These days, Andrea continues to work as a session guitarist, recording engineer and producer in London. Over the last two decades, he has collaborated regularly with Basement Jaxx and released several solo albums. Ronnie, on the other hand, lives on a boat equipped with an onboard studio, where he has recorded a series of oceanic dub albums off the British coast. Twenty-eight years after the release of Dub Journey’s, he recently started working on demos for a third Ambient Warrior album he hopes to record with Andrea in the not-so-distant future.

Artwork By Bradley Pinkerton.

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Ambient Warrior

Tree Of Life Volume 2 Record Store Day 2022 Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

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Alpha & Omega

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Mania Dub)

Tree Of Life Volume 1 Record Store Day 2022 Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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(Record Store Day Exclusive) 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 Loud! Incl "Jerusalem", "Stepping Up", "Promised Land", "Great Tribulations".

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Alpha & Omega

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Mania Dub)

Alpha & Omega Meets Jonah Dan

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Spirit Of The Ancients Volume 2 Record Store Day 2021 Edition

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Mania Dub)

Alpha & Omega Meets Jonah Dan

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Record Store Day 2021 Release.

Two Vinyl LPs (sold separately) Music Mania and Indica Dubs is proud to present the 20th and 21st release "Spirit Of The Ancients", featuring two legends of the UK Dub scene, pioneers Alpha & Omega and Jonah Dan! This album was originally released only on CD format in 2003, and now on vinyl for the first time, spread over two volumes!

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Spirit Of The Ancients Volume 1 Record Store Day 2021 Edition

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Mania Dub)

Another Moses Record Store Day 2023 Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Record Store Day 2021 Release. Two Vinyl LPs (sold separately) Music Mania and Indica Dubs is proud to present the 20th and 21st release "Spirit Of The Ancients", featuring two legends of the UK Dub scene, pioneers Alpha & Omega and Jonah Dan! This album was originally released only on CD format in 2003, and now on vinyl for the first time, spread over two volumes!

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Alpha & Omega

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Mania Dub)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Senghe Gold Colored Vinyl Edtion

Almamegretta

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (The Saifam Group)

34,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Imaginaria Black Vinyl Edition

Almamegretta

2LP | 2001 | EU | Reissue (The Saifam Group)

54,99 €*

Release: 2001 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Allo & Shanthi Meets The Royal Horses

Call It Life

12" | 2023 | EU | Original (Dig This Way)

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Antinote)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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After releasing the "Keithus Dimts Selassie I" vocal in 2020 on this great Royal Horses Riddim we are glad to present this 2nd version which was taken care by Radio Fontani Crew , Allo & Shanthi at the vocal with Fiaba at the mix of Side A , Side B with Michael Exodus at the mixes for a proper Dubwise!
Deep lyrics talking about the crazy reality of our times.

This is pressed in only 300 copies black.

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Alek Lee

You

27,54 €* 28,99 € -5%

7" | 2007 | JM | Original (Forward)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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Alek Lee is back on Antinote to release his debut LP ‘You’. Covering 16 songs and crafted in theproducer’s studio over the past few 4 years, the Tel Avivian has swapped the misty aura of his first two EPs for a smoked out haze. ‘You’ effortlessly blends digi-dub, boogie, and yacht rock to create a washed out, dub-pop sound befitting of its place of recording sat at the edge of the desert and the sea. If Lee’s earlier works were defined by brooding downtempo beats with kids television vocal samples sprinkled amongst them, then the album hears the producer open himself up to the process of the singer-songwriter, getting behind the microphone and optimistically speaking words of his own.

But perhaps that may be put too bluntly. Fankly, Lee fluidly moves between crooning, whispers, gasps all the way to full on ballad style singing effortlessly and with ease. His newly develop vocal experiments are too supported by an impressive array of collaborators which can be found in the LP’s liner notes. These collaborations also help to mix far-flung musical styles into the LP. For instance, take Kol Hayom featuring Keren Ilan. It’s a laid-back tune that would sit comfortably beside Rita Lee tropicália. Or Love To Puff You Baby featuring $hkuru, which upends Donna Summer’s bodily groove into a heady bop.‘You’ is a testament to Alek Lee’s prolific exploration of his own brand of dub: shimmering off-beat guitars, low-fidelity beats and deep grooves. Oh and always a melodica line found somewhere amongst it.

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Alborosie

Kingston Town

72,99 €*

LP | 2017 | UK | Original (Greensleeves)

Release: 2007 / JM – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: Generic

Record is in excellent condition, with clean labels and just a few hairlines.
Plays with surface noise in the run-ins without overpowering the music.
Close to VG+.

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Alborosie

Freedom In Dub

Back-A-Yard Dub Stamped Edition

Release: 2017 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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International reggae star Alborosie returns with the dub version of his celebrated "Freedom & Fyah" album titled "Freedom In Dub." The distinctive production of these ten newly recorded dub mixes underscore Alborosie’s skill and credibility as a master of dub. All tracks are produced and (mostly) played by Alborosie and recorded at his Shengen studios in Kingston, Jamaica.

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Alborosie

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Greensleeves)

7" | EU | Reissue (Impact / Onlyroots)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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With heavyweight assistance from Roots Radic Flabba Holt & the Wailers Tyrone Downie "Back-A-Yard Dub" is the dub companion of "Back A Yard", the recent acclaimed album release from roots legends the Wailing Souls! Recorded and mixed at Alborosie’s Shengen studio in Kingston, Jamaica this is Alborosie at the grass roots of dub, loud, proud, and sound system ready - vital dub - strictly crucial. Hand finished individual stamped sleeve with back cover sticker application. Limited edition - old school dub style!

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Al & The Vibrators

Twilight Side

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Al & Freddy / The New Establis

I Was Born A Freeman / Freeman Pt. 2 Colored Vinyl Edition

7" | 2022 | UK | Original (Studio One)

37,99 €*

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Al & Freddy / The New Establis

I Was Born A Freeman / Freeman Pt. 2 Black Vinyl Edition

7" | 2022 | UK | Original (Studio One)

33,99 €*

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Al Brown & The Seventh Extension Band

Proverb

7" | 1977 | UK | Reissue (Pressure Sounds)

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Before Zero)

Release: 1977 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Al Brown was inspired to write the single ‘Proverb’ after spending hours hunched over his bible in Spanish Town as a youth. He had become known for his more commercial covers of singer Al Green material, but ‘Proverb’ was one of the few tunes that he recorded that were roots inspired and has become highly sought after.

Recorded at Channel One with Ernest Hookim engineering, who did an excellent job of squeezing out a thumping horns led tune. The inspired version on the flip has Lloyd Parks on bass and the singer Derek Lara on drums. The Seventh Extension Band was the house band of the Zodiac label. Not a tight knit band as such, but built built around singers Bunny Lara and Derek Lara. ‘Words spoke in haste will all go to waste so be cool’. True thing Al. Comes in hand stamped bag.

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Akae Beka & Zion I Kings

Polarities

26,99 €*

7" | 2008 | UK | Reissue (Ariwa Sounds)

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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Aisha

The Creator

Dubbing At King Tubby's Volume 2 Record Store Day 2024 Blue Vinyl Ediiton

Release: 2008 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Sweet Aisha tune on 7" produced by the UK's dub pioneer, Mad Professor. Check the huge sample The Orb lifted off this one.

Comes with a deadly Mad Prof dub on the b side. Recorded mid 80s, these versions were first re-issued in 2008.

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Aggrovators

2LP | 2024 | US | Original (Gorgon)

38,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dubbing At King Tubby's Volume 1 Record Store Day 2024 Red Vinyl Edition

Aggrovators

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Gorgon)

38,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Afrikan Simba / Vibronics

Wonderful World

7" | 2023 | EU | Original (4weed)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2020 | UK | Original (Star Light City)

Africans

Why Worry / Version

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 1992 | EU | Reissue (Hornin Sounds)

African Star

Days In Creation

25,99 €*

Release: 1992 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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A Trip To Bolgatanga Glow In The Dark Vinyl Edition

African Head Charge

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (On-U Sound)

34,99 €*

A Trip To Bolgatanga Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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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 two masters who, after a hiatus, have created a rich album brimming with ideas and executed with finesse.

Commenting on the gap between records, Bonjo says: “In the twelve years that have passed, I have been spending time with my family in Ghana, but I was still creating things. I still have a lot of things to let off, you know what I mean? At this time in my life I want to work, but I want to enjoy time with my family as well. When I’m enjoying myself, I’m also creating, because when you’re happy it helps you to be more creative, and the greatest happiness is to be with your family.”

Although there are sounds on this album which recall previous African Head Charge classics such as My Life In A Hole In The Ground and Songs Of Praise, it would be wrong to assume that their music is not still evolving. The master percussionist adds: “All the drumming and the chanting, it took a while to do. I’m always meeting drummers, all over Ghana. The Fante, the Akim, the Ga, the Bolgatanga, all the tribes, and they all have their different drums. I try to learn as much as I can, and put it all together. It’s like cooking, when you’re blending all of the elements, like yam, banana, pumpkin, and the end taste, that’s where it matters. That’s how I look at music. Throw a lot of things together, and then you taste it and say, “Yeah man, that tastes good. Yeah man, that sounds good.” That’s what African Head Charge is all about, those different combinations, and then bringing it to Adrian, who helps to make it another thing again.”

Producer Adrian Sherwood concurs: “It’s always a case of getting all the right ingredients sorted for Head Charge, and then having some fun with overdubs and mixing and getting it completely perfect. We always work well together, but I think on this one we have the greatest result."

The group have been active for over four decades, and this album sees other members of the musical entity’s extended family come back to the fray. Multi-instrumentalist Skip McDonald and fellow Tackhead co-conspirator Doug Wimbish contribute to a variety of tracks. Drummer Perry Melius, whose involvement in the project dates back to the early `90s, adds a righteous rhythmic heft to a trio of tunes. In addition there are a number of notable fresh recruits. The horns and reeds of Paul Booth, Richard Roswell, and David Fullwood; Ras Manlenzi and Samuel Bergliter on keys; Vince Black on guitar. There’s additional percussion from Shadu Rock Adu, Mensa Aka, Akanuoe Angela, and Emmanuel Okine, strings from Ivan “Celloman” Hussey, plus the voice of the mighty Ghetto Priest. Very special guest, and one of Ghana’s foremost kologo players, King Ayisoba also provides vocals, and demonstrates his dexterity on the traditional two-stringed lute.

Where previous albums have been a melting pot of global influences, on their new LP African Head Charge have but one place in mind. A Trip To Bolgatanga is a musical journey to Bonjo’s current hometown in north Ghana. A psychedelic travelogue across the landscape featuring their trademark hand percussion and group chanting augmented with rumbling bass, mutated horns, dubbed out effects, wild wah-wah, haunted voodoo dancehall, synthetic swells, disco congas, tumbling layers of electronic effects, blues-inflected woodwind, and funky organ. As with every On-U Sound production, each repeated listen reveals fresh detail, and its power won’t be really understood until heard on a big system, when it’ll reduce all competition to rubble.

- Specs Glow In The Dark 12" Vinyl in polylined inner sleeve in 3mm spine sleeve with 12” poster insert and download code

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African Head Charge

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (On-U Sound)

31,99 €*

African Brothers / Impact All Stars

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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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 two masters who, after a hiatus, have created a rich album brimming with ideas and executed with finesse.

Commenting on the gap between records, Bonjo says: “In the twelve years that have passed, I have been spending time with my family in Ghana, but I was still creating things. I still have a lot of things to let off, you know what I mean? At this time in my life I want to work, but I want to enjoy time with my family as well. When I’m enjoying myself, I’m also creating, because when you’re happy it helps you to be more creative, and the greatest happiness is to be with your family.”

Although there are sounds on this album which recall previous African Head Charge classics such as My Life In A Hole In The Ground and Songs Of Praise, it would be wrong to assume that their music is not still evolving. The master percussionist adds: “All the drumming and the chanting, it took a while to do. I’m always meeting drummers, all over Ghana. The Fante, the Akim, the Ga, the Bolgatanga, all the tribes, and they all have their different drums. I try to learn as much as I can, and put it all together. It’s like cooking, when you’re blending all of the elements, like yam, banana, pumpkin, and the end taste, that’s where it matters. That’s how I look at music. Throw a lot of things together, and then you taste it and say, “Yeah man, that tastes good. Yeah man, that sounds good.” That’s what African Head Charge is all about, those different combinations, and then bringing it to Adrian, who helps to make it another thing again.”

Producer Adrian Sherwood concurs: “It’s always a case of getting all the right ingredients sorted for Head Charge, and then having some fun with overdubs and mixing and getting it completely perfect. We always work well together, but I think on this one we have the greatest result."

The group have been active for over four decades, and this album sees other members of the musical entity’s extended family come back to the fray. Multi-instrumentalist Skip McDonald and fellow Tackhead co-conspirator Doug Wimbish contribute to a variety of tracks. Drummer Perry Melius, whose involvement in the project dates back to the early `90s, adds a righteous rhythmic heft to a trio of tunes. In addition there are a number of notable fresh recruits. The horns and reeds of Paul Booth, Richard Roswell, and David Fullwood; Ras Manlenzi and Samuel Bergliter on keys; Vince Black on guitar. There’s additional percussion from Shadu Rock Adu, Mensa Aka, Akanuoe Angela, and Emmanuel Okine, strings from Ivan “Celloman” Hussey, plus the voice of the mighty Ghetto Priest. Very special guest, and one of Ghana’s foremost kologo players, King Ayisoba also provides vocals, and demonstrates his dexterity on the traditional two-stringed lute.

Where previous albums have been a melting pot of global influences, on their new LP African Head Charge have but one place in mind. A Trip To Bolgatanga is a musical journey to Bonjo’s current hometown in north Ghana. A psychedelic travelogue across the landscape featuring their trademark hand percussion and group chanting augmented with rumbling bass, mutated horns, dubbed out effects, wild wah-wah, haunted voodoo dancehall, synthetic swells, disco congas, tumbling layers of electronic effects, blues-inflected woodwind, and funky organ. As with every On-U Sound production, each repeated listen reveals fresh detail, and its power won’t be really understood until heard on a big system, when it’ll reduce all competition to rubble.

- Specs Black 12" Vinyl in polylined inner sleeve in 3mm spine sleeve with 12” poster insert and download code

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Hold Tight / Hold Tight Dub

7" | 2020 | EU | Original (Onlyroots)

Vengence Of Jah / Brethren In Canada

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The African Brothers are Lincoln "Sugar" Minott, Winston "Tony Tuff" Morris, and Derrick "Bubbles" Howard. Famous 70's hit song recorded at Randys Studio, Produced by Clive Chin.

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Adrian Miller

7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Hornin Sounds)

8,39 €* 13,99 € -40%

12" | 1987 | EU | Reissue (Secousse)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Taken from the self-produced LP "Empty Promises" released on Bridge records in Canada, 1987.

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Adioa

Toubab Bile

20,89 €* 21,99 € -5%

Abeng & The Co-Operators / Eeyun Purkins

Release: 1987 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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1 december 1944, Thiaroye military camp, right outside of Dakar, Senegal. 1600 French soldiers of West African origin (Benin, Mali, Ivory Coast, Tchad, Senegal , Gabon, Togo etc.) have been quickly evacuated by the French Army during what was subsequentially called the ‘whitening of the colonial troops’ that happened before the armistice signature. The soldiers are awaiting to be paid for their war effort. Things go sideways, protests erupt, and the French military staff decides to open fire. The official number of casualties is 35, although various sources claim several hundred people died on that fatal day. Since then, several artists have grasped that difficult topic, screaming for recognition and reparation. Such is the case with a young Senegalese musician and singer named Maxidilick Adioa, with his very first single ever released, ‘Toubab Bile’, in 1987. At that time, Adioa had been living in France for a few years. He was considered a master percussionist, playing, recording and touring alongside the great Ivorian artist Alpha Blondy. He had just written a beautiful tune, ‘Nao’, for Aminata Fall, one of the biggest actress and singers in Senegal. It seemed like a good time to launch his solo career. Toubab Bilé remains Adioa’s biggest hit to this day, and one of the best African reggae tune ever recorded. Adioa ended up signing an album deal with Chris Blackwell’s Island records and toured the world endlessly during the following years. In 2012, François Hollande was the first French President to officially mention and pay tribute to the Thiaroye massacre in a speech.

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The Moonlight Runner / Fugative Dub

7" | 2020 | EU | Original (Dig This Way)

No Bad Intention / Intention In Dub

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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In the last months we had the pleasure to open a connection with Eeyun Purkins, he helped us to mix some Abeng riddims and sent us some riddims to work with. February/March/April /May , the "lockdown months" have been very active and "Moonlight Runner" is one of the results of the collaboration we created during that period , Ian ‘Upsettah’ Burgess , Eeyun Purkins & Abeng worked independently on it so it's for us a pleasure to publish this music on our Dig This Way Records! We hope you enjoy this moody roots music... In the next months we will press more chunes born from this Roots-Heads meeting!

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Abeng /Russ D

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Dig This Way)

7" | 2020 | EU | Original (Dig This Way)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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For us is a big pleasure to work together with Claudio AKA Abeng , other than a long time friend is a great musician with a deep Ska, Rocksteady & Roots Knowledge First side Abeng - Poor Man is an Old-Fashioned Bluesy-Rocksteady lovers track talking about the pains of love. Flip side Abeng - Together Soul Rockin' is a different cut to the riddim , a celebration of the feelings that reggae music carries on "Come everybody a come ya , rock together in this sorrow"

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Abeng / Eeyun Purkins

Downtown Blues

7" | 1972 | EU | Reissue (Top Ranking Sound)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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For us is a big pleasure to work together with Claudio AKA Abeng , other than a long time friend is a great musician with a deep Ska , Rocksteady & Roots Knowledge , we have been asking him a riddim which we could use for an instrumental and that's the 1st of the few we are working on right now (Yes we love instrumentals!)! It's always a pleasure to open new cooperations , have new musicians and studios playing together to create Roots Music! Rootikal Horns is the horn section of an historical Reggae Band from our area (Countryside of Milano) , Rootical Foundation , Gabri (Trombone) & Filippo (Sax) came to studio with us and we recorded few lines that will appear in a number of future releases. Obviously from this meeting , some more seeds has been planted and hopefully flowers will appear probably in the early 2021... Eeyun Purkins at Waggle Dance Studio, made a great job mixing the A side and Dubbing the B side! Many of you may already know this name ;) , founder of the Co-Operators and of the Waggle Dance Studio/Records have delivered a number of killer Roots productions in the last months and years , that's the 1st of a number of projects we have been working on during Lockdown Period , expect some Fyah Roots music from this Roots Heads meeting!

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Abe Broadway

Take Away