After an immense break, the US reggae / dub / ska band Long Beach Dub Allstars is back with their third album. Founded in 1997, the band split up in 2002 to reunite in 2012 and now present the long-awaited, new, self-titled long player, on which they have delivered 10 sunny tracks full of feel-good vibrations and thus their first new material for almost two decades.
With "Rising Sun" in 1986 a new phase of his career began for the exceptional artist. Drum computers had become en vogue and the producer Horace Swaby aka Augsutus Pablo also used the new technology very discreetly in addition to the original Nyahbinghi drumming. Recorded with the musicians of the Hi-Times band around the band leader Earl "Chinna" Smith, among others in Channel One and Tuff Gong Studio with Philip Smart, and Overton "Scientist" Brown at the mixer, as well as the soulful use of Melodica, shows the long player Augustus Pablo At the height of the time. The album, which also paved the way for the next generation of the UK Roots Dub scene around Jah Shaka, The Disciples and Alpha & Omega, is available again after a long break.
When Greensleeves Records released "Blowing In The Wind" for the first time in 1990, the longplayer received excellent reviews from the music press and became the artist's most successful album since the 1970s. The mixture of Hardcore Stepper's rhythms, skilful use of Nyahbingh Dumming (including the 7:13 minute version of "Drums To The King"), and the majestic Melodica game were enthusiastically received by the new generation of sound systems and their young audience. Veterans Soljie Hamilton, Chunny (aka Oswald Palmer), Sylvan Morris, and a young Tony Kelly sat at the mixer in the Dynamic Sounds, Tuff Gong & Music Work Studios. Long out of print, the LP will be re-released these days!
Back in stock! Few artists enjoy a legacy that involves a re-engineering of the very genre in which they work. Lee “Scratch” Perry is such an artist. As a pioneer of dub reggae Perry viewed the mixing console as musical instrument in its own right. The influence of his revolutionary approach has been felt world-wide and into genres far beyond reggae. His 1976 effort, Super Ape, is considered a masterpiece of this or any genre. Working with The Upstetters at his Black Ark studio Perry created a sound with such a lasting appeal that The Rough Guide includes Super Ape as one of their 100 Essential Reggae releases. ALSO FEATURES A 23 ”x23” SUPER APE POSTER!
The vinyl collection of recordings from 1974/1975 has been reissued! - Recorded with the Inner Circle Band (aka Fatman Riddim Section) in Harry J and Dynamic Sound Studios with Carlton Lee at the mixer. The producer was Tommy Cowan, a member of the Treasure Isle cult group The Jamaicans and responsible for classics by Israel Vibration, Ras Michael and many more. The Musicians - Drums: Lloyd Adams, Bass: Ian Lewis, Guitar: Roger Lewis, Keyboards: Charlie Roberts, Melodica: Augustus Pablo, Backing Vocals: Roger Lewis.
With "Special Request" Taiwan MC releases its second studio album. 14 brand new tracks including features by Jamalski, Paloma Pradal, Anouk Aïata, Davojah, SOAP, Miscellaneous (by Chill Bump), and many others!
Reissue of 1984 LP and on CD for the first time, featuring Sly and Robbie and Ansel Collins. Keith Blake was born in St. Elizabeth, and raised in Greenwich Town, Kingston, Jamaica, Ras Allah's career began in the vocal group The Leaders, who recorded three tracks for producer Joe Gibbs in the late 1960s. When The Leaders broke up, he continued to work with Gibbs, who issued his debut solo release, "Woo Oh Oh". In the mid-1970s he released a single "Born a Fighter" for producer Teddy Powell, before working with Bertram Brown's Freedom Sounds, with a series of recordings, under the name Prince Alla, that are now regarded as roots reggae classics, such as "Sun Is Shining", "Bucket Bottom", "Lot's Wife", and "Stone". He also recorded for producer Tapper Zukie, including the album Heaven Is My Roof. Continuing interest in his work saw the release of two albums of material from the 1970s on Blood & Fire records, Only Love Can Conquer and I Can Hear The Children Singing, which brought his work to a new audience. Allah continued to release records occasionally through the 1980s and 1990s, including an album with Jah Shaka, as well as this album. He has continued to be in demand and since 2010 has been touring the world. Bass – Robbie Shakespeare, Drums – Sly Dunbar, Horns – Deadly Headley, Dean Fraser, Lead Guitar – Earl "Chinna" Smith, Organ – Ansel Collins, Percussion – Skully, Sticky, Piano – Winston Wright, Rhythm Guitar – Bo Peep, Earl "Chinna" Smith
1972 Original recordings by the legendary producer Glen Brown in a duo with the singer Ritchie McDonald, one of the most unusual soul voices that Jamaica has ever produced, with the tune "Realize". The B-side presents the "Determination Skank" with a great instrumental version, erroneously attributed to Tommy McCook at the time, here with Bobby Ellis and Don Drummond Jr. and Glen Brown as interpreters. Both tunes come on a re-cut of the 'Dirty Harry' riddim and were recorded by King Tubby.
Probably the best known piece by Ras Michael, born as Michael George Henry and also known under the stage name Dadawah or Tesfa Zion, is "None A Jah Jah Children". Recorded with the musicians of The Sons Of Negus with the support of Robbie Skakespeare in Dynamic Sounds Studio and produced by Tommy Cowan, the song was released for the first time in 1975 on the Starapple label, a milestone in Nyahbingi drumming and Rasta chanting! On the B-side is the dub version of "None Ah Jah Jah Children" with the title "Jah Glory".
South London-based band Soothsayers are set to release their ninth studio album 'We Are Many'. Held together by heavy basslines, solid grooves, and socially and politically charged lyrics; the album takes the listener into different sonic spaces with elements of dub, Afrobeat, improvisational jazz and electronica. The initial steps in recording 'We Are Many' came in January 2019 when the band's founders - saxophonist Idris Rahman and trumpeter Robin Hopcraft - set out on a journey to Brazil. With executive production in the Sao Paulo studio by renowned music journalist and author David Katz, they hooked up with bass player and producer Victor Rice who they'd met sharing the bill at Freedom Sounds festival in Cologne, Germany a year earlier. Victor organized a session in Studio Traquitana, home of acclaimed Brazilian band Bixiga 70, and invited a selection of local musicians. Percussionist and singer Ligia Kamara contributed lyrics and melodies written in the studio, and drummer Bruno Buarque, guitarist Joao Erbetta and bassist Victor provided some solid, personality-driven input. Fresh and vital, what came out was a fascinating blend of Soothsayers' dub and Afrobeat mixed with distinctly Brazilian inflections.