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Bukky Leo, one of the most prolific UK jazz innovators, returns with a strong musical and intellectualstatement. His new album Anarchy is not only a convincing, fresh translation of afro-beat for the 21st century, but these thirteen new songs also close a very personal circle for Bukky Leo, spanning nearly 30 years. Musically Anarchy digs deep in afro-beat's foundations, expertly laid down by Dennis Bovell at the controls: When I toured with Fela and then with Roy Ayers I met Dennis. I am very honoured to have him as a producer. Apart from being one of the originators in modern British reggae with Matumbi, Bovell worked with everybody from The Slits to Bananarama, from Sade to Edwyn Collins. With Gilles Peterson and DJ Simbad on remix duties for the first single Skeleton, Anarchy features two other protagonists of highly innovative music. It was a long process though. I recorded the first demos with my keyboard player Kishon Khan (a key figure in the British Bangla-Afro-Cuban-Jazz circle), we tried various studios and ended up in this great place in Battersea. The result is a refreshingly flowing, instantly accessible but still tight and edgy album with a nononsense, highly musical approach. The topics Bukky Leo touches on Anarchy are universal. While Fella Fella is an observation of everyday street life in Britain with a parodique twist, ''Man's Dilemma'' touches a common theme in gender relationships. Bukky explains with a big smile on his face: Sometimes you have to be a mind reader to know what your partner is up to. Funnily, I think women play this game more often than men. Rhythemic and Don't Gag Me drop as powerful pleas for the freedom of body and mind. ‚Jahfrobeat' (recorded with London DJ Koichi Sakai, known for his unique style between jazz, reggae, house and afro) actually is about African and Japanese cuisine, a plea for a more life sustaining, nourishing diet. We tend to forget the importance of these things, Bukky puts the message of Anarchy in a nutshell and adds a simple truth impossible to ignore: The power of music can't be ignored!

"Destroy The Invaders" gilt als das beste Dubalbum der frühen 80er von Lloyd James aka Prince Jammy, dem späterem King Jammy ! - Aufgenommen im Channel One Studio mit der Roots Radics Band und im King Tubby's Studio abgemischt, u.a. basierend auf Originalversionen von Junior Reid, Hugh Mundell und Wayne Smith, wurde die LP, auch inspiriert durch den anhaltenden Erfolg von Computerspielen wie 'Space Invaders', in einem ikonographischen Artwork von Tony McDermott erstmalig 1982 veröffentlicht. Ein Longplayer der in jede gepflegte Sammlung des Dub Reggae gehört!

'70s Roots & Dub Classics by Augustus Pablo, Bongo Herman, Winston Wright, Hortense Ellis, Broadway, The Wailers Band, Ansel Collins, Skin Flesh & Bones, Impact All Stars, Black Uhuru, The Gladiators, and the African Brothers produced & mixed by Clive Chin and Errol Thompson - a superb vintage box-set with 7 x 7Inch singles, also included is an mp3 download coupon for all the tracks!
7Inch 1

Horace Andy has always commanded a place high on the list of Reggae singers from Jamaica. His distinctive haunting vocal style stands strong on any rhythm,song or style he chooses to cover. Of the singers on that long list, he has managed more so than any other, to crossover to a new generation of listeners due to his individual style, helped also by his collaborations with the likes of Massive Attack. Horace Andy (b. Horace Hinds,1951,Kingston Jamaica) like many otherJamaican singers began his musical career at Coxsonne Dodd's Studio One. So impressed with the youth, Coxsonne decided on a name change for theyoung artist and called him after his top songwriter of the time Bob Andy. So Horace Hinds became Horace Andy. His first tune for Coxsonne 'Something On My Mind' was a slow burner in Jamaica, but his belief in his young protégé paid off when followed later by 'Skylarking' a tune that burst the singer all overthe radio and sound systems of Jamaica. After numerous singles and two albums worth of material, Horace moved on to work with many of the topflight Jamaican producers, among them Keith Hudson, Augustus Pablo and Niney the Observer, but it was his work with producer Bunny Lee in the 70's that he cut most of his hits for and from this stable of work, that we have compiled this set. Some of his late 60's classics were recut in the popular1970's style, working with the rhythm kings themselves, Sly Dunbar andRobbie Shakespeare. They have added some shine to the tracks, 'SomethingOn My Mind' and 'Skylarking' and made them hits all over again. Such wasHorace's delivery to the covers he sang like Delroy Wilson's version of theTams 'Riding For A Fall', the Heptones 'My Guiding Star', John Holts'Man Next Door' and Bill Wither's 'Ain't No Sunshine', that these finetunes were made his own. The roots end of his musical style was covered by
Andy originals such as 'You Are My Angel', 'Zion Gate','Money Money'and the cut which we have taken our edited title, the timeless 'Just SayWho'.A bass heavy cut to Bob Marley's 'Natural Mystic' works so well inthis style also. Another nickname Horace acquired was the affectionate title of Sleepy, as he was always hanging around the yards and studios of Jamaica waiting his turn, sometimes so long he would fall asleep. His enthusiasm to get back in the studio to work some more of his magic, to a catalogue of material that has developed into one of the finest in Jamaica. I hope you will agree, this fine set of 1970's classics will sit alongside.














[O} 15 AIN'T NO SUNSHINE*

* TO CELEBRATE JAMAICA'S 50 YEARS OF INDEPENDANCE 1962-2012 We have put together a set of releases that cover the musical styles that reggae mutated into through it's history, SKA, ROCKSTEADY, ROOTS REGGAE, DUB, DJ STYLE &DANCEHALL.... So Listen Up! and enjoy!Welcome to the Dancehall Sound from Jamaica. The sound that grew out of the dances in Jamaica around the beginning ofthe 1980's.The musical style again slowed
the reggae beat down to give an uncluttered, sparce backdrop, allowing the singers and DJ's more space to express
themselves. Dancehall has never stopped but turned to a digital beat around the mid - 1980's. So Listen Up ! to some early Dancehall classics that set the style for the years that followed....


1 Laser Beam Don Carlos
2 Love Trap Cornell Campbell
3 Wicked Them A Say Linval Thompson
4 Tribal War Ronnie Davis
5 Mr Landlord Triston Palmer
6 Bad Boy Possee Robert French
7 King Of The Arena Johnny Clarke
8 Got To Tell The People
9 Mr Babylon Robert Frazer
10 Satisfaction Johnny Clarke
11 Prophecy Neville Brown
12 A Ba Ba John I Don Carlos
13 Time And Place Dennis Brown
14 Take Heed Ronnie Davis
15 A Class DJ Early B*
16 Just Care For I Don Carlos*

Ab sofort wieder via Mute/GoodToGo erhältlich! Das urprünglich 1990 erschienene vierte Mark Stewart Album. Mark Stewart war Gründungsmitglied der Punk/Dub(Noise Band The Pop Group und hat seitdem unter seinem eigenen Namen bei Mute und unter dem Bandnamen Mark Stewart & The Mafia bei Mute und beim Künstlerkollektiv On U Sound den Bristol Sound auf den Weg gebracht und die progressivere Seite von Post-Punk geprägt.

Volume 3 of the Alien Dread/Martin Campbell Dub Plate style albums features a further 10 rhythm tracks from the Channel One (Uk) vaults, by Martin Campbell & the Hi-Tech Roots Dynamics. Plus 2 bonus tracks, for CD only. All tracks have been deftly re-mixed by Alien Dread, with leanings towards the mid 1970's Ja style of Dubs, with a contemporary overview and the distinct Alien Dread hallmarks!.
Album is also available on 10 inch Vinyl LP (LOGLP 028-10). Printed Picture inner sleeve, Plain Black Outer Sleeve (2 Holes) in Poly Outer.

* Digipack Format.
* Roots /Dubs. Produced by Alien Dread & Martin Campbell.
* Exec Producer: Jo Jo Hookim (Channel One Ja)

TRACKS

1. BOUND TO DUB (AD MIX)
2. ASHANTI DUB (AD MIX)
3. WATER DUB (AD MIX)
4. DUB TIP (AD MIX)
5. EVERY DUB I WALK (AD MIX)
6. DUB SPY (AD MIX)
7. KUSH DUB (AD MIX)
8. CALLING DUB (AD MIX)
Bonus CD Only Tracks:
9. LAUGHING DUB (AD MIX)
10. WORRIES DUB (AD MIX

Latino Dub, electro and steppa. With some powerfull melt of Jungle and breakbeat... the most advanced Mr Zebre project so far. A MUST HAVE !

Bassy dub, Piano and vocals... Dubsteppa Instrumentals.

Anthony Robert Robinson, Alias Tenastelin didn't realesed anything since over 1 year... Roots and melodious, fully instrumentalized, and plenty of steppa moments, this sound melt tons of styles and inlfuences from ragga and bring 10 big riddims ! FAT !

Sicne 15 years, Tony Roots keep the old school alive. Originally discovered on Raggae On Top you'll here enter his new album. Really out of the mainstream, defenitly sober and minimal, defenitly roots.

Eine kleine Sensation für alle Roots- und Dub-Vinylliebhaber ist die Erstveröffentlichuing der Dub Version zum legendären"Black Star Liner" Album von 1976 (als ESSENTIEL ausgezeichnet vom Rough Guide To Reggae). Mit dem Gütesiegel der Studios Channel One, Harry J, Randy's, Treasure Isle - am Mischpult saßen Sylvan Morris, Pablo Black, Errol Brown, Ernest Hoo Kim, Errol Thompson und Sangie Davis!

This track features a legal sample of 'Studio 1'
Classic 'Surfin' by Ernest Ranglin

C/w Scandalous

Niney the Observer is well known for his great productions,collaborations,with the likes of Dennis Brown and for some of the best rhythms to come out of Jamaica.Maybe less known is that he began in the music business as a singer.Here for the first time is a collection of songs culled from his career that feature the outstanding voice of the Observer himself.
*Niney the Observer (b.Winston Holness,1951,Montego Bay,Jamaica) grew up in Montego Bay, Jamaica and began singing in school bands in and around the area and the nearby town of Lucea,where one of the bands he sang with,featured future Studio One guitarist Eric Frater.Two other singers that Niney grew up with were Derrick Morgan and Eric 'Monty' Morris. The Derrick Morgan connection brought Niney to the attention of Beverly's Records to whom he sold some of his songs.Producer Coxonne Dodd of Studio One began noticing Niney's talents and offered him some studio time and a base to work out of on Charles Street in Kingston Town. The year was 1957 and Coxonne Dodd released some of these early recordings featuring the vocal talents of Niney on his Studio One label .If Niney The Observers work as a singer was ever in doubt or overshadowed by his many other talents,then we hope that this album will put that to rest.Niney behind the microphone as compared to a mixing desk is a great,great,thing.....
Hope you enjoy the set...

01. BLOOD AND FIRE
02. MESSAGE TO THE UNGODLY
03. BRING THE COUCHIE COME
04. KEEP ON PUSHING
05. MIX UP
06. JAH FIRE
07. ITAL CORRECTION
08. RASTA NO PICK POCKET
09. AILY AND AILALOO
10. HAIL I
11. EVERYONE IS A RASTA
12. BEG IN THE GUTTER
13. OBSERVING THE OBSERVER
14. HIDING BY THE RIVERSIDE

Los Fulanos just released their first full-length Si Esto Se Acaba Que Siga El Boogaloo, and it's rather brilliant. With the first 150 copies of the vinyl version came this here spicy 7" featuring the dub versions of album track "The End Of The World", in what can only be described as a sexadelic piece of echo chamber boogaloo; and non-album track "Latin Soul Gentleman", on which the delicious vocals by The Pepper Pots get lost in the purple haze, along with the keyboards and percussion. Latin soul boogadub, may we coin that phrase
By the way, These versions are exclusive to this extremely limited vinyl single (250 copies only) and will not even be released as digital files. How hip is that

4 instrumental DUB tracks by Marter (Masateru Yamauchi (Jazzy Sport) & Yony (Yoshio "TONY" Kobayashi (DUB Nomads, Akoya Afrobeat Project). Stellar straight-up dub, where old school meets new rules. Gorgeous pic sleeve. d# 250.

Beautiful 12' picture vinyl of Marley's most influential and revolutionary work, newly remixed and remastered from the original 1970 Lee Scratch Perry masters, including 'Sun Is Shining,' 'Don't Rock My Boat,' 'African Herbsman,' 'Mr. Brown,' 'Soul Rebel and more!

Sonidero Choridub version has percussive breaks & cumbia shout-outs; remix by Mexico's Kay (NSM PSM, Mexican Institute of Sound) & Sonido Caballero cranks the BPMs to 105 w/some hard-hitting beats.

#7 of the split series sees CBs taking a fairly straight ahead approach, and AS doing a dub-steppy digi-Jahtari take. Stellar stuff for the modern age dub aficionado.

Roots fourfour dub and deubsteppa. Fat tracks.

Superb Lova dub on a Vibronics Riddim.

4 trippy dubsteppa riddims. Instrumental only.

Raw, Electro and Roots.

Exceptionnal LP. Bringing tons of superb tunes. Bloody good record ! Best Control Tower ever ! A Must Have !

Ninja Tune präsentiert die erste VÖ des neuen Acid Ragga Labels von Kevin Martin aka The Bug! 303 Sounds treffen auf klassischen Dancehall. Mit von der Partie der legendäre Daddy Freddy und Inga Copeland (Hype Williams). Acid Ragga for those who know! Die Erstauflage erscheint in gelbem Vinyl!

Global Bass Vol.3 is full of high quality global music, featuring the newly signed artistSuperpendejos, who with their splendid mixture of cumbia and deep grooves made it to many promenent DJ bags this summer with their track Ya Sta Qi.

With support from DJs as diverse as David Rodigan and Mark Lamarr, plus support slots over the last twelve months for Fat Freddy's Drop and The Selecter, Brighton dub outfit Resonators are starting to cause a real storm both in the reggae community and beyond.

Third edition of Sex Tags Amfibia's annual 7inch split features digi-dubbed, ultra heavy and solid bass prods outta Moss Norway. Kambo Super Sound with serious steppa dub action on the A. On B a dance-hall-dubbed track from Don Papa's archive suitable for toasting as well as heavy car stereos. TIP!!