Deep dubwise on a neat 45′, with Babe Roots at the controls alongside Kojo Neatness –
Killer drop from Babe Roots, who has been coming through with a steady slew of rock-solid dub transmissions from the echo chamber, most notably releases on Rohs! Records and ZamZam Sounds.
This 7″ on the 4Weed imprint, comes knocking at your door with an A1 rootical dub techno style in the way that Rhythm & Sound and of course vocalist Paul St. Hilaire pioneered it back in the 90’s.
Kojo Neatness’ vocal delivery comes through really confident and effortlessly, letting the deepest of subs build the pressure under some expertly filtered chops and a hard-hitting rhythm section… This comes to show especially on the flipside ‘Ruff Out Dubwise’.
High-grade dub techno styles for all the rootsmen and women out there!
In 1966, Bunny Wailer started singing spiritual lyrics before anyone else, and this masterpiece he sung about returning to Africa was written while he was still recording for Studio One.
Although it was originally recorded for Studio One, it has never seen the day of light. Then Lee Perry recorded it again and released in 1971. This particular take was recorded especially for the album in 1976 and released from Island Records UK as a single.
a. Dream Land (feat. Bunny Wailer & Solomonic All Stars)
b. Dream Land - Version (feat. Bunny Wailer & Solomonic All Stars)
A classic Rasta Man song sung by Bunny Wailer, the most devoted Rastafarian out of all the Wailers. This unforgettable Rasta Man Anthem was released just before one of the most important roots reggae albums to date, Blackheart Man, dropped. Unlike the original release, this single take is backed with a dub cut.
One of the many spiritual and cultural classic lyrics that Bunny Wailer has written, and this is an exclusive single take. The lyrics - written soon after he was arrested due to possession of Marijuana, can be heard as "Fight Against Conviction" on one of the most important roots reggae albums to date, Blackheart Man, although this recording is an early take released in 1974 by the Wailers.
a. Battering Down Sentence (feat. Bunny Wailer)
b. Battering Down Sentence Version (feat. Solomonic All Stars)
Spiritual message from Kiddus I, the Original Rockers to each and every roots lovers across the board. Backed by one of Japanes most devout band Reggaelation IndependAnce, Kiddus is back again with a breathtaking remake of "Flying Knots".
a. Kiddus I & Reggaelation Independance - Flying at Knots
Raw roots reggae featuring reality lyrics from one of Jamaica's finest, Sizzla Kalonji. UK based Foundation Sound present this vocal and dubwise set, released on the King 45 record label.
Nikki Burt (recorded at Tads Studio, Jamaica) sings backing vocals and Gav Fullness plays drums. The horns section features Leroy Horns on sax, Laura Impallomeni on trombone and Mikey Ball on trumpet. Producer King Sammy plays guitar, bass and keys. Mixed by Ed Foundation & King Sammy at Foundation Sound, mastered by Nick Manasseh. Vocal licence courtesy of King Dubbist.
Khaliphonic 11 is a truly epic release from one of our most prolific artists, Brendon Moeller AKA Echologist, AKA Beat Pharmacy. In just the last two years, Moeller has released on labels as varied as Echocord, Silent Season, Kynant, and Rohs!, to name only the most well-known. Recognized globally for a singularly organic and dubwise approach to techno, we are proud to have a close working relationship with an artist who coaxes humanity and warmth from machines like few others. The Dub Purpose EP is one of his finest achievements.
As we planned a third ZamZam release from our favorite well of hardware sonics, four tracks emerged as comprising a set that simply did not want to be separated. The four tunes that make up this EP felt like chapters in a single gorgeous narrative, and so a 12” was born.
We asked Brendon how dub influences his process, and what this EP specifically is about. He replied:
"Dub facilitates whatever vision I have with music, which is one of the reasons I incorporate a dub approach in everything I do. Whether infusing Nyabinghi rhythms with epic strings, roots dub with industrial dread or grungy modular antics with stepping vibes, dub is the glue that keeps it together. The inspiration behind these tracks are On-U Sound, Wordsound and Bill Laswell, travellers who understood the possibilities of dub."
The Dub Purpose EP does in four tunes what many LPs struggle to do in eight - it builds a cohesive narrative arc that moves from menace, to exploration, through mystery, closing with beauty. And just wait til you hear it on a proper Sound…
Brand new single from legendary Rocksteady duet Keith & Tex! Famous for hits and classics that have lasted more than half a century like “Stop That Train”, “Tonight” or “Let Me Be The One”, Keith & Tex proved that they were still on top of the Rocksteady scene with their latest album “Same Old Story” released in 2017. In summer 2017, they met Swiss band Najavibes and teamed up with the crew to record a new original song: “Global Politics”. This single stays true to the Rocksteady essence they are famous for and will delight both sound systems and collectors of the sixties sound! B side features another duet from Geneva: The I-Twins.
“Love Shuttle is a group. But first it's a song. And then a label. Love Shuttle is everything. And nothing. A mysterious mirage”. Here’s how the group introduces itself. Formed from the encounter of legendary Jamaican drummer Leroy “Horsemouth” Wallace and three youths from Switzerland, Love Shuttle brings you back to the good old days when UK pop and Jamaican music used to influence each other and become one. Then comes Gee Sugar, one of the greatest keyboard player from Paris, with his terrible organ version “Lovers Boulevard”. The perfect record for a sunny Sunday afternoon.
In September 2016 Chouk Bwa met the Brussels-based duo The Ångstromers. A traditional Haitian Mizik Rasin — roots music — band, Chouk Bwa, formerly Chouk Bwa Libète, realizes the source of a drum and dance style using percussion and call-and-response vocals that are infused with Haitian Vodou.
'Chouk Bwa' means 'Root' in Haitian Creole. Three percussionists and two dancers are led by composer Jean Claude 'Sambaton' Dorvil on vocals and the fer, an iron bar/bell that announces different rhythms employed to call up the spirits, assisted by Gomez 'Djopipi' Henris. Chouk Bwa display the deep African heritage of Haiti, torn from Africa and secretly re-planted in a new land. The band members speak for Haiti, a nation that has seen the hardest of times and maintains a relentless spirit and strength through its culture.
The two tracks were selected from the first meeting with the Ångstromers at Café Central, Brussels, recorded live in September 2016. Modular synths and other vintage electronic instruments bring another dimension to Chouk Bwa's music.
Daniel Savio has been producing hi-quality releases for 20 years in groups such as Hundarna från söder, and a bunch of records in his own name, and as Kool DJ Dust. Most notably is his disco edits on releases as "The Disco Opera" and his contribution as a skwee originator on Flogsta Dancehall.
Now Daniel Savio makes his debut on Kings Chamber with four effortlessly cool digital dub tracks, on which he manages to take on a new genre and still keep his signature sound.
On his debut album "Scattered Memories", the composer, musician and true master on the Iranian spike fiddle kamancheh SABA ALIZADEH blends his instrumental virtuosity with spherical electronics, samples of Persian music instruments and field recordings from his hometown Tehran.
Born in Tehran in 1983 as son of the world renowned Tar and Setar virtuoso HOSSEIN ALIZADEH, SABA ALIZADEH studied the Iranian spike fiddle with SAEED FARAJPOURY and KEYHAN KALHOR plus photography and later experimental sound art with MARK TRAYLEat the California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles. His musical activities that lead him all around the globe for performances (a.o. at Carnegie Hall) branch into 2 different areas: on the one side ALIZADEH is a highly reputated virtuoso on his traditional instrument, on the other he likes to approach music from a more experimental / technological aspect in his electronic / electro-acoustic pieces.
This not being enough, he founded Noise Works in 2014, a platform and label for organizing experimental concerts and for the transfer of knowledge of music technologies among young Iranian musicians which makes him a central figure at the forefront of the current, very vivid Persian music scene that gained a lot of attention through artists like SIAVASH AMINI, PORYA HATAMI and of course SOTE who included a track by ALIZADEH on the compilation "Girih: Iranian Sound Artists" that he had curated.In 2018, ALIZADEH self-released his debut "Scattered Memories" on CD in Iran which now, in a reworked version, sees its deserved world-wide release as LP.
Over the course of 10 tracks ALIZADEH melts his 2 musical worlds into 1: tradition meets modernism, eastern sounds meet western production, folklore meets contemporary electronics. An album that will appeal to an open-minded "world music" audience as well as fans of current streams like ambient or drone in its most subtle forms.
It's that time again. The skies are calling and its time to board our trusty jet for the 5th outing of Africa Seven's premiere class compilation Africa Airways. For volume 5 its time to brace yourselves for 10 slices of Afro boogie goodness. We up the boogie time groove with The Black Bells Group (the first band of lead singer Sidney 'Patrick Duteil' who went on to become the godfather of French hip-hop and a well know TV presenter. Here the groove is swinging... the perfect opener. Next up is German-based Cameroonian musician and cousin of Manu Dibango, Charly Kingson with this bass-synth boogie stomper. Big brass and jazzy trumpets add layers of sparkle too. Next its time for some highlife inspired boogie from Ghanian Gyedu Blay Amboley. Highlife fused with reggae, disco, boogie and jazz just as the lyrics say.
Next we pair up with Africa Seven friend Eko once more under his Dikalo guise. The Cameroonian master musician is on fine form with his heavy brass and deep percussion with a driving afro boogie groove. To round off Side A its off to Cameroon again to groove with Jean 'Mekongo President'. Think Bernard 'Chic' Edwards on the bass with some African style and you can see it's the bottom end groove and afrobeat drums that power this gem along.
We open the second side slowly and purposefully with the highly sought after 'French Girl' from Fotso. Drippy bass synth grooves and a wondrous percussion and drum shuffle pair with piano riffs to make this a unique sounding track. Our friend Tala AM is next with the foot-stomping 'Sugar Lump'. JK Mandengue is next with most definitely the catchiest chorus you will hear today. Nigerian Jide Obe gets synth and clavinet rich with his doe to sensible dating advice 'Too Young'. We close off the album with a track from label good friend Jo Bisso under his Mulamba guise. Sounding like a long lost TV theme from a late night TV show circa 1977. Let's get down and boogie with the brand new dance in town folks... the Dashiki. Until Volume Six takes flight it is time to unbuckle those seat belts folks.
To say "Mo'Horizons is back" actually isn't the truth as they haven't been gone since their first release 20 years ago. But - of course - as usual for musicians working together over decades, their releases becoming more and more... let's say 'selected'. So - on this release, in advance for their brandnew studio album 'MUSIC SUN LOVE' (release date 10th of May) and right on time for their 20th anniversary.
A1 "You Gotta Know It" feat. Noam Bar (7inch version) Having her singing in their Soundsystem for quite some years, this is the first studio recording of Mo'Horizons with Noam Bar, singer and musician from Israel. after living in Tel Aviv and Madrid she is now based in Mo'Horizons' hometown Hannover. On this song you can hear her both talents to sing and rap.
B1 "Ella Dice" feat. Nené Vasquez (Instrumental version) Long term Soundsystem member Nené Vasquez from Venezuela in another studio cooperation with Mo'Horizons, here on percussions, on the album version also singing.
a. You Gotta Know It (7inch Version) [feat. Noam Bar]
One big tune a day keeps the evil away! Happy to welcome the notorious dub masters Dubbing Sun & Digid on our next output. This monster EP from the infamous duo features Troy Berkley on the vocal and DJ Madd on remix duties. Big tunes!
a1. Dubbing Sun & Digid - One Big Tune A Day ft. Troy Berkley
a2. Dubbing Sun & Digid - One Big Dub A Day
b1. Dubbing Sun & Digid - Special Patrol
b2. Dubbing Sun & Digid - Special Patrol (DJ Madd Remix)
Paul Fox has created a new album full of flavours from around the world, tastefully mixing genres but all with a conscious reggae flavour. Working with musicians and vocalists from Africa, Serbia, UK, Italy, America and the Caribbean, the album is an interesting mix that will provoke thought and hopefully make you move your dancing feet.
Paul Fox has worked with many reggae artists including Grammy Award winning reggae star, Michael Rose (of Black Uhuru). He is a singer and music producer and likes to release his music on vinyl and CD as well as digitally.
01. Time Like This - Paul Fox, Eleanor Fox, Strategy Ki
Paul Fox has created a new album full of flavours from around the world, tastefully mixing genres but all with a conscious reggae flavour. Working with musicians and vocalists from Africa, Serbia, UK, Italy, America and the Caribbean, the album is an interesting mix that will provoke thought and hopefully make you move your dancing feet.
Paul Fox has worked with many reggae artists including Grammy Award winning reggae star, Michael Rose (of Black Uhuru). He is a singer and music producer and likes to release his music on vinyl and CD as well as digitally.
a1. Time Like This - Paul Fox, Eleanor Fox, Strategy Ki
I’VE SEEN, Oku Onuora’s new album is slated to be released February 22, 2019 on the Swiss based Fruits Records label. The album was produced by Dr. T and Fruits Records.
Oku Onuora, Dub Poet extraordinaire is known for his hard hitting socio-political commentaries fussed with potent musical accompaniment is at it again. This new album alternates between a cappella poems and poems fussed with powerful riddims performed in the purest Jamaican tradition by the musicians of The 18th Parallel, to which is added Doctor’s T modern electronic touch.
In 2013 after withdrawal for over a decade from the poetry/music scene, Oku signaled that his re-emergency was in full effect with the release of A MOVEMENT; featuring Monthly Alexander, Sly and Robbie, Audrey Hall, Jawara. This was followed up by the vinyl single release YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW in 2015. Then there was a reissue of the seminal REFLECTION IN RED in 2016 and in 2018 came the reissue of the compilation album I A TELL DUBWIZE... & OTHERWISE.
February 22, 2019 is the launch date for the Word/music missile I’VE SEEN. Be prepared for a word, music fallout that has never before been heard. This album will delight both specialists and genre enthusiasts.
I’VE SEEN, Oku Onuora’s new album is slated to be released February 22, 2019 on the Swiss based Fruits Records label. The album was produced by Dr. T and Fruits Records.
Oku Onuora, Dub Poet extraordinaire is known for his hard hitting socio-political commentaries fussed with potent musical accompaniment is at it again. This new album alternates between a cappella poems and poems fussed with powerful riddims performed in the purest Jamaican tradition by the musicians of The 18th Parallel, to which is added Doctor’s T modern electronic touch.
In 2013 after withdrawal for over a decade from the poetry/music scene, Oku signaled that his re-emergency was in full effect with the release of A MOVEMENT; featuring Monthly Alexander, Sly and Robbie, Audrey Hall, Jawara. This was followed up by the vinyl single release YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW in 2015. Then there was a reissue of the seminal REFLECTION IN RED in 2016 and in 2018 came the reissue of the compilation album I A TELL DUBWIZE... & OTHERWISE.
February 22, 2019 is the launch date for the Word/music missile I’VE SEEN. Be prepared for a word, music fallout that has never before been heard. This album will delight both specialists and genre enthusiasts.
Beautiful, real deal roots from Ronnie Davis, produced by fellow Tennors band mate George 'Clive' Murphy. Recorded in 1975 at Joe Gibbs studio. Impossible to find a record in clean condition, its now bought back with clarity and dub at correct speed on 7inch.
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