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Keith & Tex's 1967 take on the The Spanishtonians original, making it - with the help of producer Derrick Harriot - one of the most popular Rocksteady cuts of all time !

On the A Side, King Tubby works his magic on The Aggrovators 'A Noisy Place', the instrumental version of John Holt & Horrace Andy's classic cut 'A Quiet Place.' Rather than drop 'A Quite Place' into the mix, a second and more rare Tubby dub
of the cut known as 'A Ruffer Version' rounds out the single. The argument can be made that no one was more instrumental in the development of dub reggae than King Tubby, a statement even (many days) his friend and sometime rival Lee Perry would agree with.

Lee Perry first issued this 7'' right after his Black Ark Studio was first up and running.. One of the most crucial developments in the sonic evolution of Scratch's 1970s output.

Extended version of the title track and addition of 2 remixes by Voilaaa and Patchworks

King Jammy, bürgerlich Lloyd James (* 1947 in Montego Bay), früher Prince Jammy, ist ein
jamaikanischer Musikproduzent. Zu Beginn seiner Karriere machte er zusammen mit King Tubby
Dub Musik. Seit Mitte der 1980er Jahre ist er einer der einflussreichsten Dancehall
Produzenten. Er war zusammen mit Bobby Digital einer der Ersten, die digitale Rhythmen im
Reggae verwendeten.
Zu den Künstlern, die von King Jammy produziert wurden, gehören unter anderem Wayne Smith,
Shabba Ranks, Cocoa Tea, Horace Andy, Black Uhuru, Cutty Ranks und Eek-A-Mouse.
Kamikazi Dub ist ein Schatz aus der frühen Dub-Zeit - aufgenommen von Prince Jammy. Als
Schüler des kreativen Meisters King Tubby nahm Prince Jammy sein eigenes Meisterwerk auf.
Bei diesem Dub Space, den JAMMY geschaffen hat, sind Drum und Bass, unterstützt von Orgel und
Gitarre, im Reverb zu hören. Die intelligente Auswahl von Soundeffekten passt gut in die
psychedelische Musik. Das Album enthält einige andere Dub-Stars wie Sly & Robbie, Augustus
Pablo, Duggie, Bobby Ellis und viele mehr. Als das Album 1979 herauskam, wurde es zu einem
dieser Klassiker, die die Tür zu einer neuen Musikwelt öffneten.

A] a1. Path of Stars
B] a2. From Creation ft. Murray Man
C] a3. Ascension
D] b1. Ancestors
E] b2. Galactica
F] c1. Marching Dub
G] c2. Man - Nough A Dem Afraid Away ft. Murray Man
H] d1. Mi - Knights Of Dub
I] d2. Back Inna De Yard

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.

The Polyversal Souls are back with another collaboration with Ethopia's No. 1 soul singer Alemayehu Eshete. As they did on their first mutual release Alteleyeshegnem (PH45011), one more time the band presents a new interpretation of one of Alemayehu's classic songs.

Feqer Feqer Nèw is heavy soul at his best, completed by Alemayehu's trade mark vocal style. On Portrait of Alemayehu (Daytime), the Polyversal Souls are admiringly painting a picture of the master's gentle aura which surrounded him during the session.

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.

The final release in the Eight Trigram series. Alpha Steppa concludes the Trigram series with an etherial heavyweight dub staying true to the Trigram sound. Super limited edition press housed in the reverse-board Trigram house bag. Raw, unadulterated tribal bass music with a deep roots foundation

Born Marian Himburg, Causa has been on the rise for several years now, with a tight and impressive discography on labels including Crucial Recordings, Infernal Sounds, and J:Kenzo's Artikal Music UK. Known for carefully focused cuts that marry dub sensibilities with dubstep weight, his debut for ZamZam is exactly what you'd hope: heavy 140 wares for deep dances.

'Space Dub' is an orbiting station of decaying delays and insistent bleeps that resolve into an absolutely massive riddim that causes pure murderation on the floor. Machine sounds and lasers spar over dread, lurching bass, while thick snares cut through the reverb haze to reveal the cold, starry cosmos beyond.
'Concrete Dub' works with a similarly industrial sound palette in the service of a minimalist, skanking steppers that drives hard into the heart of sound system. Disembodied voices, growling-deep horn stabs, a single piercing flute note, and a myriad of other sonic signifiers emerge and retreat, as if being pulled under by the unrelenting force of the primordial sub & kick attack. You've been warned!

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 reocords 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 efortlessly cool digital dub tracks, on wich he manages to take on a new genre and still keep his signature sound.

Our "Knights of the Reggae" still defend the traditional values of "Roots Music" since they started in 1976 and their famous single "Bad Intention" which we find here recorded for the first time on an album! (It was only release on a single before).

The production includes their faithful sound engineer Christopher Daley (who mixed in 2009 the Burning Spear Grammy Award album 'Jah is Real'!) Dean Fraser and Steve Golding (Original Roots Radics) for the arrangements and respectively for the artistic direction of brass instruments and guitars (magnificent chorus played by Golding). It is the vocalist Grub Cooper which orchestrated choirs. The album brings us in Jamaica such as we love it, definitely roots with "Bad Intention" or 'Poor and Humble', and also a return to the roots of Mento with the track "Cantankerous" where they describe the perception of people of the island by the English colonists.

J:kenzo Is A Certified Don Of Contemporary Sound System Music, Whether Dubwise Or Otherwise, 140 To 160 And Beyond. Kenzo Is A Highly Respected Label Head (artikal Music Uk & Lion Charge Records), Heavyweight Producer, Master Disc Jockey And Host Of One Of The Most Passionately-followed Radio Shows In All Of Dubstep On Rinse.fm. Needless To Say We Are Thrilled To Build With Him Once Again. Absolute Control Over Sound Design, Timing, Tension And Dynamics Mark All Of Kenzo's Productions, And The Pair He Delivered For His Second Zamzam Are No Exception. Where His First Release Was A More Meditative Affair, kingston Hot' And concrete Jungle' Both Revel In A Harder, Darker Vibe.

"kingston Hot' Enters Rocking A Sleigh Bell Riddim And Builds Quickly Into A Stormer That Has Been Pummeling Crowds Worldwide On Dubplate With Support From The Likes Of J.sparrow, Mala, And Headland To Name Just A Few. At Once Spacey, Sultry, Heady, And Menacing It's Both Eyes-down And Hands-in-the-air Material, All Bass Weight And Reverb Space, With Every Flick Of The Wrist In The Mix Another Reason To Recognize That The Man's Stature In The World Of Bass Music Is Well-earned.

Concrete Jungle's Thinned Intro Kick, Spare Hand Drums, And Paranoid Minimalist Melody Set The Stage For A Hard 140 Stepper Composed Of A Sidewinding, Distorted Bassline, Smeared Snares And Panned Percussion That Drives Deep Into Primal Sound System Territory. Frequent Sparring Partner In The Live Arena Sun Of Selah Makes A Guest Appearance On The Mic With A Single Dread Declamation That Perfectly Captures The Tone Of The Tune, A Gritty Vibe That Feels Like Swaggering Through A Near-future Urban Wasteland On The Way To A Dance That May Not Be Much Safer Than The Streets.

Tommy Guerrero is a Legend. A true activist, a pioneer, since the early 80's he contributed to bring skateboard culture to today's global inspiration. He mixed both his passions, music and skateboard to write his unique story.

Ed Banger records' owner Pedro Winter who followed Guerrero's career since 1989 was dreaming of a collaboration with Tommy. He asked the multi task skater to dig into his cassette tapes and trip with his drum machines. A way to push the artist to produce some more repetitive and minimal tracks.

DUB TUNES is the result of the meeting of two open minded people driven by the passion of music and skateboarding. Tommy Guerrero offers 5 tracks to Ed Banger records. Mixing post-industrial noise, dub echoes and folky routines. TG signs a one of a kind record, full of human emotions mixed with computerized beats.

To complete this EP, another multi task artist came on board. Trevor Jackson known for his undisputed contribution to Dance Music

Reissue from 1982, amazing obscure reggae bomb, vocoder, originally co-written by Miami Vice main actor Philip Michael Thomas. Official remastered reissue. Limited 300 copies.

2 track Single from Big Youth released by Mafia/Dub Store Records

Volume 9 of Mukatsuku Afro series kicks off with 'M'Ongele M'Am' from Cameroon artist Eko Roosevelt Louis taken from his early 1980's self-titled album and licenced for this 45 from Nubiphone & Africa Seven. The track was one of the highlights of the 2017 Pop Makossa compilation for Analagog Africa and it's the first time ever on a single in its own right.Driving brass funk fuelled afro disco does not really get much better than this. On the flipside Georges Ouedraogo from Burkina Faso gives us us the dance floor bomb ''Deni'' taken from his 1978 long player ''Gnanfou Gnanfou'' also licenced from Africa Seven and also the first time ever on a single. Punchy brass offset by those hipnotic vocals and funky wah-wah guitar has a deserved place on the flip. Strictly no repress. Essential 45 for the dancefloor !

Not really a "Best Of" but in fact a proper album recorded for Alvin GG Ranglin in 1977 at Channel One and Harry J featuring the Revolutionaries on the backing tracks. McKay is one of those artists whose records are now highly sought after by collectors. His unique yearning vocals strike an emotional chord and like Junior Byles he never seemed to sing a song without investing in it something of the fragile passion that reportedly troubled his inner world. The standout tracks include It's Running Over, When The Right Time Come, Blow Wind and Some A Dem Run Away. Onlyroots present this fine album complete with its stunning original cover photo featuring McKay, his gaze suitably focused somewhere in the middle distance, a hefty spliff balanced between his fingers, in crisp full colour detail. Essential stuff.

Midnight Groovers burst onto the musical scene in the early 1970s led by Phillip Mark aka "Chubby" and his brother "Coe". This compilation puts together for the very first time all the best reggae tracks of the famous Dominican band. Their music spreads a strong and deep message, a message of resistance.

Roots Dub from Vinney Satta and Omar Perry ! With a Vida Sunshyne featuring. Wise dub stuff !

While Montego Bay natives Jackie Bernard, his brother Footy Bernard and cousin Lloyd Kerr recorded under various guises in the early '60s, their collective arrival as The Kingstonians in 1967 marked a sea change not only in the vocal trio's productivity and popularity, but also in the emerging Reggae sound. The Kingstonians made several chart-topping singles between 1968 and 1970, including the massive hit 'Singer Man' whose success ultimately led to the release of their sole LP, Sufferer.

Originally issued on Trojan, Sufferer collects a dozen of The Kingstonians' best-known songs. Produced by Derrick Harriott, these truly boss sounds would pack dancehalls on the island as well as become the soundtrack for working-class youth across '70s Britain.

The title track remains a classic of the early Reggae era with impeccable arrangements, stuttering organ and soul-steeped lyrics. The Kingstonians' shift away from Rocksteady modes is perhaps most apparent on the aforementioned 'Singer Man'—an irresistible forward groove, prompting a deeper danceability that is rightly centered on real feeling.

Reproducing the original sleeve design, this reissue is part of an archival series that focuses on Trojan's essential '60s and '70s catalogue. Liner notes by Laurence Cane-Honeysett.

2024 Reissue

We're proud to introduce the new Superfly reissue of 1989
nigerian ecological soul LP, a superb dubby manifesto to nature
preservation! The album sounds like nothing else and comes with
extended liner notes by Uchenna Ikone. As usual, beautiful quality
repress with paste on covers made in Japan, Obi and 180grs vinyl,
limited to 1000 copies only!

180 gram vinyl re-issue of classic Maytones album first released 1976. Produced & Arranged by A. Ranglin. Original LP Illustration by Tyrone Whyte

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