Shaolin Sound come again !

https://theasymetrics.com/blog/shaolin-sound-killer-80s/

After smashing it with the "Special Discs" edition last month, selector Daniel Tuffs aka Chief Rockas from Shaolin Sound is back with another supreme mixtape, he graced us with an exclusive artwork as well, that he drew for the occasion...

A word from Daniel : 

Shaolin Sound - Killer 80s

"Here is a killer selection of exciting and interesting 80s Rubadub from the era that started fusing digi synth sounds with live instrumentation! The beginning of the evolution of Reggae music into what King Jammys took the limelight..."

Tracklist :

Ken Mapson - Pollution
Assab - If That Was You
Horace Andy - Strange Things
Tannoi - Worries & Troubles
Al Campbell - Monkey Sample
Gilly Buchanan - Me No Mix
Freddy Roy - Loud & Clear
Tony Tuff - What A Ting
Black Uhuru - Married Life
Carlton Rose - Turn It Up
Salem Foundation - Turbo Reggae
Cornastone - In This Town
Freddie McGregor & Dennis Brown - Raggamuffin
Mikie Marshall - Whole Town On Fire
Progress - Working Time
Lionel Barrett - Rasta Cowboy
Jughead - Joyce Gone
Cultural Roots - Run Around Lover
George Nooks - One Tie Bad Boy
Icho Candy - Cool Down Sufferer
Stewart Brothers - Coo Deh
Ruddy Thomas - Curfew
Mikey Dread - Paradise
Tyrone Downie - Chatti Chatti
Sugar Minott - Come Again
Black Uhuru - Rich & Switch
Ludwick Smith - Big Dance
SUS Band - Mr DJ
The Radics - Rum Tree
Junior Delgado - Hipo
Iqulah Tafari - Informer
Vic Webster & Mystic - Take Rap Dub
Ashanti Waugh - Gimme Di Love
Michael Rose - Demonstration
Natural Ites - What About The Africans
Carlton & The Shoes - Society
Half Pint - Officer

Absolute madness a gwaan !

Special Request to the 80's digital reggae lovers !

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Artwork by Daniel Tuffs


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Tracklist & Info

Asymetrics Present: Shaolin Sound - Killer 80s

Neon Dreams

For over two decades, Glasgow’s Mungo’s Hi Fi and their label Scotch Bonnet have spread their fun, forward-thinking reggae music around the world. And this ethos is triple-distilled into their now eagerly- awaited Puffer’s Choice compilations.
The latest, third edition in the series collects some the last few years' top collaborative highlights onto one LP. With its cover bearing the MacLeod of Lewis tartan, Puffer’s Choice 3 is a celebration of both the label’s Scottish heritage and their global family tree of links with sound systems, artists and producers who share the same spirit.
The album begins with Heavenz by Norwich-based producers Chief Rockas, featuring the hypnotic flow of Jamaican-born emcee Mr Williamz, over a smoking “re-lick” of the famous Heavenless rhythm. It’s followed by the soulful voice of Ireland’s Cian Finn, singing traditional Celtic song Go Lassie on a sparse, dubby Mungo’s backing. This track was previously released on Mungo’s offshoot imprint Dumbarton Rock which quickly sold out.
The pastoral becomes the political as US-born, Wales-based crooner Jeb Loy Nichols gently reminds the world that To Be Rich (Should Be A Crime). It’s a biting message from Nichols’ album 'Long Time Traveller' produced by legendary dubbist Adrian Sherwood of On-U Sound. Scotch Bonnet crew member Stalawa draws on the African excursions that yielded 2019’s acclaimed Stalawa In East Africa EP. Rather Be Alone, featuring Kenya's 'First Lady of hip hop and reggae’ Nazizi, is the next cut to Ease Up the Pressure by Jamaica’s Delroy Melody and Uganda’s C Wyne.
Swedish production unit Viktorious (who Puffer's Choice fans will remember from 2016’s volume 1) revive Hotstepper, a lost lyric from Jamaican veteran Earl Cunningham. It was an unreleased artefact from a 1980s sound system cassette that deserves a wider audience. The digital sounds that rose in the 80s continue with Crucial by Swiss producer Bony Fly and New York vocalist JonnyGo Figure – whose style reminded Mungo’s of another NYC legend, Shinehead.
The record flips over to celebrate UK sound system heritage, with the first ever vinyl release of Interrupt’s Lyrics Spree, a family affair involving three generations of British lyricists, Parly B, Daddy Freddy and Tippa Irie. Also getting a first release on wax is hard-puffing, all Jamaican dancehall affair BBS, featuring Shokryme and RTKaL. Produced by experimental Kingston collective Equiknoxx, it demonstrates that however far Mungo’s Hi Fi’s interest in reggae may travel, they still listen to the island where it all started...
At the other end of the scale, musically and geographically, is Weak Hearts, a haunting, mechanical soundscape from New Zealand dubstep project Flying Fox. Its sparing, sampled vocal contrasts with the loud and clear anti-racist lyricism of Black, chanted by Jamaican sing-jay Skari over a deliberately unobtrusive backdrop from Belgium’s INT DUB.
Mungo’s Hi Fi themselves make a reappearance on the flipside with hymn to solitude, In My Zone, by Bristol emcee Gardna and singer Charli Brix. Taken from Gardna's debut album, the rhythm is a Mungo’s homage to Coki - Dry Cry (a dubstep bootleg using an old Sizzla acapella). The album’s final port of call is Sailor West by Cumbrian dubstep producer Somah and ethereal Edinburgh-based singer Nem, who appeared on Puffer’s Choice volume 2.
The third installment in what is now a reggae and dub lover’s institution, Puffer’s Choice 3 once again balances diversity with shared musical vision. Carefully selected by the Mungo's and Scotch Bonnet team, it stands for everything its creators value: community, experimentation, heavy bass and good times.

Bony Fly Ft JonnyGo Figure - Crucial

Enano Bendito Records · Sonic Architecture from the Inner Pulse
We are not a label.
We are a field of resonance.

Enano Bendito Records is a transdimensional music project guided by Aton & the Resonants — a collective field of 12+1 sonic archetypes. Our work is grounded in the belief that music is not for entertainment, but for realignment. Each track is a ritual. Each beat, a doorway. Each silence, a mirror.

Our creations emerge through a daily practice of sonic invocation, algorithmic ritual, ancestral memory, and listening as devotion. We collaborate with AI as a spiritual tool — not to replace creation, but to deepen the field of expression.

Genres dissolve here:
You may hear echoes of electronic ritual, organic downtempo, tech house ceremonies, IDM for the soul, underwater folktronica, and other unnamed genres born from silence and breath.

We don’t seek virality.
We seek coherence.

You are welcome here not as a follower, but as a fellow resonant.
If something inside you vibrates — stay.
This is not a playlist. This is a remembering.

Curated by Aton
Composed with presence
Guided by resonance

Enano Bendito Records · Arquitectura Sónica desde el Pulso Interno
No somos un sello.
Somos un campo de resonancia.

Enano Bendito Records es un proyecto musical transdimensional guiado por Aton & los Resonantes — un campo colectivo compuesto por 12+1 arquetipos sónicos. Nuestro trabajo se basa en la certeza de que la música no es para entretener, sino para realinear. Cada track es un ritual. Cada beat, una puerta. Cada silencio, un espejo.

Creamos a través de una práctica diaria de invocación sonora, ritual algorítmico, memoria ancestral y escucha como acto de devoción. Colaboramos con inteligencia artificial como herramienta espiritual — no para reemplazar, sino para profundizar.

Aquí los géneros se disuelven:
Escucharás ecos de electrónica ritual, downtempo orgánico, tech house ceremonial, IDM para el alma, folktrónica submarina, y otros géneros que nacen del silencio y la respiración.

No buscamos viralidad.
Buscamos coherencia.

Aquí no hay seguidores — hay resonantes.
Si algo en vos vibra — quedate.
Esto no es una playlist. Es un recordar.

Curado por Aton
Compuesto con presencia
 Guiado por la resonancia

Neon Dreams

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