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Lord Sandwich - Green Sauce

This one is a MASSIVE exclusive. If there's one album that's turned heads in the Boiler Room office more than any other this year, it's Sherwood at the Controls Vol. 1 1979-1984. The way Adrian Sherwood's visionary production finds common ground between post-punk (Shriekback, The Fall, The Slits), avant-funk and heavy reggae - with such advanced technique that he makes everything sound like a million dollars, and strangely futuristic despite being over three decades old. This unreleased track by bona fide Jamaican legend  Prince Far I  just proves the point.

Out on Friday 6 April. Preorder link: http://tinyurl.com/pdrql42 

Prince Far I "Nuclear Weapon" - Boiler Room Debuts

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Renowned sound engineer and record producer Mike ‘Prince Fatty’ Pelanconi has been a prominent member of the reggae and dub scene in the UK since the mid-90s. Finding himself frustrated by the tempos and mixes of certain records he loved – typified by DJing one time after Don Letts who had already played half his selection – he set about recording his own versions with a super group of London’s finest reggae musicians. 

“I have worked with many of the UK-based reggae musicians at one point or another so I went about selecting the best possible musicians from my experiences with two criteria in mind: the best skills and the most vibe. At the same time my Dub Supervisor and Reggae Jedi aka Little Roy and I had started to record tracks for his new album and I found myself recording reggae every day. The Pioneers were dropping by my studio, Al Capone was cutting specials and singers like Winston Francis were just hanging out.”

As well as versions of favourite reggae and soul songs, two tracks stand out: covers of Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s Shimmy Shimmy Ya and Cypress Hill’s Insane in the Brain.

“I was sad when Ol’ Dirty passed away and for me the great hip hop era ended with him. I cut the version of Shimmy Shimmy Ya soon after he died. As a tribute we often hold a minute’s silence when Horseman and I perform it live. We did Insane In The Brain for fun as we had a show supporting Madness. The nutty boys challenged us to a sound clash and they lost. Though we played a dirty hand, they were gracious in defeat.”

The vocal line-up on the album also include Hollie Cook – Slits singer, daughter of Sex Pistols drummer Paul Cook and new Mr Bongo signing. Also on the album is a dub of That Very Night from Hollie’s own debut album. 
Prince Fatty’s 2007 debut album Survival Of The Fattest achieved widespread critical acclaim from the music press and was supported across BBC Radio, resulting in a raucous live session on Mark Lamarr’s show. Favouring recording on vintage equipment to preserve his signature sound, Pelanconi’s unique style has attracted the likes of Lily Allen, Graham Coxon, Little Barrie, Gregory Isaacs and Sinead O'Connor to work with him. He has recently opened his own studio, The Ironworks, in Brighton.


Prince Fatty ft. Winston Francis - Dry Your Tears

Declaration of Dub - King Tubby

08 Emergency

“Snatch A Style” is a short, previously unreleased bridging track, that can be found on the new 'Sherwood At The Controls Vol 2: 1985 - 1990' compilation. A small snippet of rhythm found on one of the many decaying quarter-inch reels in the label’s vaults that are currently being lovingly transferred and restored to life by DJ and On-U archivist Patrick Dokter. Most likely caught on tape whilst warming up for another session, in less than a minute it ably shows off the killer chops of Roots Radics and Dub Syndicate mainman, Lincoln Valentine ‘Style’ Scott. Tragically, Scott was gunned down at his home in Jamaica in 2014 - an incomprehensible act of brutality and a huge waste of musical talent. 

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Dub Syndicate - Snatch A Style

Prince Fatty - Ali Baba ft. Winston Francis & Alcapone (Toast)

Big Ben Rock

J'ai Tout Lu

We were back on Brooklyn R
#adio this week , this time we just went old school and did a cut n paste house party style mix featuring our own edits, songs as well as  tracks by Cutty Ranks,  Stone Roses, Young Fathers, Biggie and more .

Declaration of Dub - King Tubby

Cenarone