Twinkle Brothers - Babylon Is Falling   Dub

Truths & Rights (ft. Nicole Miller)

Black Black

Linval Thompson - Dreader Than Dread [One Way | Taitu Records 2015]

Treat her betta by Empress Zana on the Don't Panic riddim 
Produced by Ricky Dread

Treat her betta

Longfingah Urban Mystic Album 2017
Raggamuffin Yute | Music by Adubta (Stepwise Records)
Lyrics by Longfingah
GuerillJah Productions 2017
Order @ www.junodownload.com/search/?q%5Bar…2longfingah%22

Longfingah - Raggamuffin Yute (Riddim by Adubta)

Natty Nature meets Bass Culture Players "Country Living showcase"

This new showcase released in Autumn 2017 is the end result of a lot of hard work and several months of planning taking place throughout the past year. Two faces of the reggae and dub culture in Madrid unite forces to bring you this EP; the mature and educated sound of Bass Culture Players alongside the fresh vocal and artistic vibe brought to you by the young Natty Nature.

As well as it being a showcase of the first ever musical production together, it’s Natty’s first solid project in creating a full album as supposed to releasing singles. Influenced by the 70’s and 80’s Roots Reggae sound of Jamaica, Puppa Shan has composed these riddims, bringing in some of Spain’s best Reggae musicians and united with Natty Nature to bring you what could be Spain’s 2017 roots album revelation of the year. 

New generation coming from the mountains of Madrid to bring you songs with message and a deeper understanding of the times we are living in through a young man’s perspective. Raised on Roots Reggae and forming himself in the Sound System scene, Natty is a versatile singjay working militantly on his and his brother’s sound called “Nu School Steppas Sound System”, working on several projects to be announced and released this upcoming year. 

This is the beginning of a great friendship and musical bond between two warriors brought together by the love of Reggae Music and the willingness to create a project that promotes consciousness amongst the people, in this time where there seems to be real a lack of knowledge and understanding, aiming at an international audience.

Natty Nature & Bass Culture Players

Recorded at Discoinferno and Kinky Lab studios. 
All music composed, arranged and recorded by Bass Culture Players except 7, original Herman Chin Loy's "Alton's Official Daughter".
Produced and mixed by Puppa Shan @ Discoinferno Studio, Madrid. 
Mastered by Oscar Pablos "Ojah" @ Alchemy Dubs, London
Photography: Alex Gabbitas. 
Cover Art: Natty Nature

Bass Culture Players
Drums: Drummie Jr.
Bass: "General" Soria, Pablo "Bassman"
Lead Guitar: "Javibi" Martín Boix
Percussion, Pianos, Synths, Rhythm Guitar: Santi Mijarra
Tenor Sax: Flub Hz
Trumpet: Carmen Martínez
Trombone: Alejo Peloche

You can purchase this digital download / buy cd at basscultureplayers.bandcamp.com

Natty Nature meets Bass Culture Players PREVIEW

This album was first released in 1993 on Vinyl, Cassette and CD and it is now to be reissued as part of the programme by Nubian Records to make available all of Black Roots’ back catalogue on digital platforms.  ‘With Friends’ will be out on 26th April 2019.  It is the last full album recorded by the band before activity ceased in the mid-90s for several years in their 40 years long career.  The next full album to be recorded by the band was On the Ground that released in 2012 in collaboration with Sugar Shack Records.

Black Roots had talked on occasion of inviting other artists to perform some of their classic songs and the circumstances of the band at this time lent themselves to work up such a project.  And so, Dub Judah, BB Seaton, Trevor Dixon and Mikey Forbes, all London based artists, were approached to perform on this album.  

Dub Judah a very respected vocalist, musician, live performer and producer working through his own Dub Jockey record label was asked to and agreed to produce the album.  He was given the key task of breathing new life into these songs and used his versatile musical skills to good effect changing the feel of the rhythm section.  The recordings play and feel different even though they are all classic Black Roots songs.  He added his vocals to two massive songs ‘What Them a Do’ and ‘Tribal War’.  The lyrical content of these blend with his personal beliefs reflecting where he was at spiritually and he sang them with heart.  You can hear it when you listen back to these two songs.

Harris Lloyd "B.B." Seaton, also known as "Bibby", a Jamaican reggae singer, songwriter, and record producer who was a member of The Gaylads, The Astronauts, Conscious Minds, and The Messengers, took on the task of laying vocals on ‘Release the Food’ and ‘Opportunity’ giving these new depth and insightfulness.

Trevor Dixon, a lovers rock singer best known for singing on ‘Woman of Moods’ that was first released in 1988 on Groove & a Quarter Records, sang ‘Move On’ and ‘Let It Be Me’, two ballads that suited his smooth land silky vocal style.

And Charles Bryan aka Delroy Ogilvie, one of the original front men with Black Roots, came back to do a cameo performance on ‘Chanting for Freedom’ punching out the lyrics in his own inimitable style with Mikey Forbes, another guest reggae singer doing a great version on ‘Confusion’.
The other songs featured on this album and given the treatment by Kondwani Ngozi and Errol Brown, the remaining vocalists with Black Roots at this time, are ‘Juvenile Delinquent’. ‘Survival’, ‘Africa’ and ‘The Father’.

And so was born ‘With Friends’.  The final curtain on the first part of Black Roots’ long and continuing musical career.

Humm

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