the grit reminds of Kevin's old Techno Animal stuff, very goood

DUBCOM037D - @frenk-dublin - Blackhole EP out now on @dub-communication. 

Bandcamp: https://frenkdublin.bandcamp.com/album/blackhole-ep
Juno: https://www.junodownload.com/products/frenk-dublin-blackhole-ep/5315431-02/
Facebook: https://facebook.com/FrenkDublin & https://facebook.com/DubCommunication

Frenk Dublin -  Blackhole (Original Mix)

Presenting Red Peak Sound, sourced out of the Colorado highlands. Its majestic beauty has been highly influential in the development of the sound and vision of the record label. Channeling higher vibrations and seeking truth through uplifting music is something that Red Peak takes utmost pride in.

The third installment in the Red Peak Mix series brings some heavyweight music from across the spectrum of dub.

Tracklist:

J.Brenner - Horns of the Wicked
Fikir Amlak - Conquering the Wicked
J.Brenner - Conquering the Dub
J.Brenner - Horns of the Dub
OBF - Dub Me Right
Telly & Nazamba - Do Me Right
Mystik Fyah - Nebula
D-Operation Drop - Liberation (Babe Roots & Don Fe Remix)
D-Operation Drop - Liberation
Akcept - Vibrations VIP
RSD - Speaka Box
Dubbing Sun - Independent Life
Manasseh Meets Praise - No More Struggle
Jah-Yu and Ras Tinny - Again A Version
Turner - Cella Dub
Bukkha - The Highest Flute (I-Keys Dub, Bungalow Dub, Don Fe)
The Bush Chemists - Epic
Epic Dub
Eastern Roots - Elements
Dub Version
Ras Muffet - It's Magic Dub
Quantum Soul - Stepping VIP
Alpha Steppa - We Got Jah ft. N'goni (Creation Mix)
Cluekid - Bun da Sensi
DJ Madd - 1Spliff
Alter Echo & E3 - Mary Jane & Tenor Youthman (J.Sparrow Remix)
Overproof Soundsystem - Herb Dub
Blind Prophet & Tenor Youth - Numa Crew Burns Capitalism
Darrien Prophecy - Herbs Like These
Dubwise

Red Peak Mix 003

Limited 7” vinyl – 800 copies for the world – hand screen printed – No repress – No digital

Released: end of May, 2015

ZamZam presents two fresh cuts of Bristol dubwise from King Rob Smith Dubs AKA RSD.  Rob has been ruling the world of dubwise dance music for two decades, helping to define the Bristol sound as More Rockers and Blue & Red, and as part of seminal UK dub/jungle/soul crew Smith & Mighty. His second outing for ZamZam, this 7” follows a string of massive releases the last few years, most recently on Moonshine and Astar Artes.

With “World Hungry” and “Dub Pride” we hear RSD at the height of his powers, intuitively constructing sound system music that pulls in influences from the history of UK reggae, dub, jungle, and that unmistakable Bristol vibe that keeps the people coming back for more.  The sound is perpetual deja-vu, like a parallel-universe dance that is at once 90’s, 00’s, now, and next.  Rob deploys his signature warm & massive bass sound with sophisticated, syncopated drum programming, strings, sweeps, samples and melodic elements that capture the past, present and future of Bristol with a wink and a nod.  Listening to these tunes we hear the deft touch of a master with nothing to prove, displaying playfulness, joy, and total confidence.

"World Hungry" forwards a brooding vibe combining a steppers kick pulse with syncopated snares, dueling basstones and rich strings.  "Dub Pride” is a summery shock of rocking, stuttering breaks, melodic figures that appear only to vanish, and vocal samples that will spread love and inity and get bodies off the wall and onto the floor as the warm weather settles in across the land.

RSD "World Hungry" b/w "Dub Pride" ZamZam 26 7" vinyl blend rip

ZamZam is proud to present a massive and mighty steppers tune from Ariel Tagar, better known to the worlds of reggae and electronic music as Kalbata.  

Instantly addictive, "Brimstone & Lightning" is a collaboration between Kalbata and a veteran yet little-known Jamaican producer called Leon Electronics. Kalbata’s legendary reggae obsession led him to seek Leon out with the intention of rereleasing an obscure tune of his from the 80's. After months of searching, Kalbata managed to track Leon down in Kingston Jamaica and met with him while recording his celebrated 'Congo Beat The Drum' LP. Going through the tapes at Boris Gardiner’s studio, the pair stumbled on this unfinished tune. Leon dismissed it, but Kalbata became obsessed with the rough gem, so Leon gave him his blessings to finish, cut and release it. Started in Jamaica in 1990 and finished in Tel Aviv last year, the 100% analog mix is like a message from the future to the past brought forth in the miracle of the present - a pounding steppers whose kick, bass & space dynamics have to be heard to be believed.

Voiced on the original tape from 1990, the identity of the vocalist remains a mystery, forgotten even by Leon Electronics. But he lives again in this scorcher of a tune, at 160 bpm one of the most relentless yet buoyant steppers you will ever hear.

Kalbata ft. Leon Electronics - Brimstone & Lightning (ZamZam)

Kevin Martin serves a classic riddim four ways on his huge new EP. 

The Bug Vs Sleng Teng sees the bass explorer apply his own foundation-shaking sensibilities to Prince Jammy's evergreen 'Under Me Sleng Teng' riddim using his Elektron Octatrack and Analog Rytm machines.

"Truly future ragga for alien thinkers," as he explained on Facebook earlier this year. "Most people will find the link to Jammy's original hard to locate, but it makes sense in my twisted mind...lol..Variations on a deadly riff theme, where nothing survives from the original.. Steppin off into oblivion."

Mastered by Stefan Betke aka Pole, the EP marks the second release on Elektron Grammofon, the label arm of the gear maker. The limited one-off pressing of 300 copies will be available in November via Elektron, with all profits from the record's sales going to charity.

Watch the video for another EP track, 'Opi Teng', on FACT:  
http://www.factmag.com/2015/10/21/the-bug-announces-vs-sleng-teng-ep-hear-two-tracks

The Bug – Skag Teng

KUP WINYL: http://shop.uknowme-records.com/produkt/normal-bias-lp/?utm_source=soundcloud

Normal Bias LP was released on 180g vinyl on 31st October 2016.

Normal Bias are two good friends - Yac and 77 - who both went through punk rebellion, death metal fumes, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and even managed to settle down in life. Along the way they listened to 80s/90s transformation period rebel vibes through a filter of dub - a sound and a tradition that they have always remained faithful to.

Each of them is highly regarded on the Polish dub/dub techno scene in their own right, and now they combine forces, skills and equipment to create a modern take on a sound that unites Studio One and Berlin's Chain Reaction legacies.

Normal Bias

Normal Bias - Audio In [UKM 050]

Preview edit of 'Can't Take This No More' feat. Daddy Freddy, taken from The Bug's 7" single 'Can't Take This No More', released on Acid Ragga / Ninja Tune in June 2012.

Buy on 7" vinyl at the Ninjashop: http://bit.ly/ITE1Rb

http://www.ninjatune.net

The Bug - 'Can't Take This No More' feat. Daddy Freddy

Copenhagen [BDP005]

Stillhead - Slowly Descend Into Madness (feat. Mu Vonz) (Mr. Roque Remix)

Ophir Kutiel AKA Kutiman is a multi-instrumentalist from Tel Aviv, a “psychedelic space funk architect” to quote Straight No Chaser. When we were approached by his label Siyal about recruiting ZamZam/Khaliphonic artists for a remix project, we loved the idea right away - dub without borders or boundaries is our passion, and getting our hands on Kutiman’s freeform analog explorations felt like an amazing opportunity to push that passion further.  All four remixes revel in the freedom of the original tunes, and each, while anchored in dubwise techniques, are totally unhindered by tempo or other genre constraints.  

Alter Echo & E3 open with a remix of “Unknown,” the set’s only 140 tune, full up with a bubbling cauldron of bassline and flutes, esoteric vinyl archaeology, spring reverb shocks, and swung percussion.  

J:Kenzo, known for 140 and 160 bpm sound system bangers, here takes the chance to stay deep - but in a chill mode - unfurling a beautiful journey of syncopated drum work and slapping percussion framing the lush, meandering melodies of the original “Behind The Noise."

Gulls’ rework of “Mineral” rocks with an offbeat feel, technically in four, but swaying like it’s in three.  Plucked guitar figures recall the African roots of contemporary bass music, and tape hiss buffets the listener back and forth through a sonic hall of portals and passages.

Perhaps the most surprising of all four four versions is Headland’s closing “Lucid Dream” remix, which sets course for dub techno country and never looks back.  Combining the best of the producer’s masterful sound design and sense of build-and-drop dynamics with the idiom’s 4/4 pulse and focus on immersive space, Headland closes a set as inspired as the album it was based on. 

Shipping the last week of June, 2019.  Limited to 500 copies for the world, 12" vinyl, no digital, no repress.  Design & screen print by Polygon Press.  Mastered by Precise Mastering.  Email zamzamsounds@gmail.com for wholesale or retail inquiries.

The Bug – Skag Teng

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