These are the vibes I’m always looking for

Al Wootton returns to ZamZam with two more stunning sides of deep dubwise for late and later. It’s been a prolific year and a half since his last ZamZam, with multiple killer 12”s and an LP on his own Trule label, a four-tracker for Livity Sound, and two thrilling EPs as Holy Tongue alongside drummer Valentina Magaletti. Informed equally by UK dub, garage, roots reggae and techno, Al Wootton creates unique amalgams that always hit, and this 7” adds to that legacy in fine style.  

‘Every Knee Shall Bow’ opens with swimming percussion and echoing pads, ramping the tension before dropping into a potent, simmering 4/4 powerhouse, a perfect marriage of steppers and dub techno, at once visceral and cerebral, up front & deep, clear yet heavily atmospheric. Galloping drums, massive reverb splashes and FX, a wide-eyed drop into space… pure fire for the dancers. 

B Side 'Every Tongue Confess,’ drops the tempo down to 120, pulling us into pure heartbeat territory with drum kit, bass guitar, live percussion and keys all played by the artist and dubbed hands-on-desk style. A deep internal grounation in the timeless Count Ossie to Rhythm & Sound continuum, this is true healing music whether on a proper Sound or at home on the hi-fi.  

Strictly limited to 700 copies for the world. No digital, no repress. Design & screen print by Polygon Press. Mastered by Sam at Precise. Releasing late October 2021.

Contact: zamzamsounds@gmail.com

Al Wootton "Every Knee Shall Bow" b/w "Every Tongue Confess" ZamZam 85 vinyl blend

12", Ltd., Vinyl Only

USA Buy: http://www.grandancestor.com/shop/ga016
EU Buy: https://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/vinyl/140089-ga016-channel-15-pity

GA016: Pity Dub / Mari Dub - Channel 15 (LAS x Mikael)[OUT NOW!]

One of soundsystem culture's most fascinating elements is sound clash for sure. Comrades join a convention, presenting freshest treasures in friendly competition. 
Imagine this single as a peaceful battle between two heavy weight produbbers of the bass music scene. One like long-term 45seven hero Beam Up meets Bukkha on the other side debuting on this junglist's sunday paper of an imprint, shining in all his honour of his latest signings on System, Moonshine and Lion Charge. Them meet up to deliver two vibrating bombs of dubwise halftime Jungle bassiness:
Double Trouble brings all the gold standards to the table, like amen breaks, mighty sub bass, melodica, skanks, vocal snippets and a well wicked organ in the very center. Better take off your hoodies as this dance will get burnt like lava. Lion better get done fi BBQ! [...]


"Sounding tuff!" Om Unit
"Nice 1" Loxy
"Big up mate, these are sick" Tamen
"Mega dope release again!" Maltin Worf
"Loving the vibe on these, hitting on every level, some serious weight to them too, will definitely be supporting" Kyam
"Both sides are fat. Sounding super definately. No wonder with this mates." Jah Schulz
"Love the vibe as usual! There is some caribean, sono mundial, dancehall vibe on first side along roots and jungle. Love the B side , mega festive Jungle sound system session vibe." Marquis Son Sistem
"Super. great vibes without forced happiness. really good arrangements as well. the chopped amens on Double Trouble know how to wake up. One Shot got a nice dirty aesthetic, I Iike!" Dreadmaul
"Strong release, mega fat mix!" DJ Detox

A: Beam Up & Bukkha - Double Trouble (3m52s, 170BPM)
AA: Bukkha & Beam Up - One Shot (3m20s, 170BPM)

This 45RPM 7inch vinyl in stamped cardboard sleeves with catalogue number 
45722 on 45Seven Unlimited will be released in March 2022 through friendly distribution by Suburban Trash, Unearthed, Toolbox and Hardwax.
Curated, designed, mastered and lacquer cut by LXC at Alphacut in Leipzig

http://beamup.org/
https://www.discogs.com/artist/19883-Beam-Up
https://soundcloud.com/beamup

https://soundcloud.com/bukkhaspace
https://www.discogs.com/artist/1518596-Bukkha

http://alphacut.net/#457

Double Trouble (45Seven 45722)

Beam Up & Bukkha - Double Trouble (45722, 7", 2022)

- Sélection 100% vinyl 100% ZamZam / Khaliphonic - 

Si un label sait faire preuve de consistance sans aucun compromis c'est bel et bien ZamZam sounds. De la production à la sérigraphie, rien ne leur échappe et les plus grands noms de la scène mondiale sont passé par leurs établissement : Gregory Isaac, Alpha & Omega, Ishan Sound, RSD, Badawi, Macka B, Al Wootton, Junior Dread, El Mahdy Jr, Big Youth, Brendon Moeller, Johnny Clarke...
Quality !

Depuis 2012, des sorties strictement vinyls en tirage limité, avec des galettes pressés aux petits oignons, du design à la presse, des pochettes sérigraphiées à la main via Polygon Press gérées par Tracy. Au-delà de ZamZam, ils dirigent également le label Khaliphonic qui explore des sonorités mondiales passées à la moulinette Dub comme Los Gaiteros De San Jacinto et leur cumbia ancestrale, l'ambient avec Sam Binga & Welfare et plus encore. Acteurs incontournable, ils font partie de cette grande famille qui inonde les ondes aux côtés de Bristol avec Dubkasm et Gorgon Sound, depuis Tokyo chez Disc Shop Zero ou Undefined, en France avec Von D et OBF.
C'est à Portland, Oregon que le QG et l'esprit de ce label est ancré. Issu du défunt label BSI (Bucolic Sound Investigations) tenu par Ezra aka E3 qui perpetue cet engagement au service du dub et de ses valeurs avec des artistes cultes tel Muslimgauze, King Jammy, Jah Warrior, Henry & Louis, The Rootsman...Le label s'éteint au milieu des années 2000 et c'est en 2012 il y a maintenant 10 ans que ZamZam est crée par Ezra et Tracy. Depuis, ce label est devenu incontournable, pourrait-on dire même crucial. En 2018, c'est au Telerama Dub Festival de Paris qu'ils se sont produits pour une dance accompagné du Sinaï Sound System. Les présent-e-s s'en rappellent encore !

Le label fêtera 10 ans d'activisme le 30 Juin au Outlook Festival avec un line-up incendiaire : 
Adam Prescott, Al Wootton, Dubkasm, J.Sparrow B2B J:Kenzo, Marcus Anbessa, Maria, Om Unit, Rider shafique, Sun of Selah et bien sûr ZamZam Sounds themselves E3 & TR.

Voici donc un petit mix non-exhaustif de quelques pépites de ma collection. 
Sounds from the well !


-All Crew United !


Intro / Dennis Brown
1) Disciples / Liberation I [KHALIPHONIC 02]
2) Adam Prescott Meets Iration Steppas – Acid Storm [ZAMZAM86]
3) Alpha Steppa / Liberation [ZAMZAM63]
4) Al Wootton / Request [ZAMZAM78]
5) Ishan Sound / Forward [ZAMZAM15]
6) El Mahdy Jr / Last Deal [ZAMZAM21]
7) Alter Echo & E3 / Warning Dub (Ishan Sound Special) [KHALIPHONIC06]
8) Alter Echo & E3 / Warning Dub [ZAMZAM19]
9) Akcept / Over & Out [ZAMZAM75]
10) Lapo & Ago / Shot The King [ZAMZAM83]
11) D-Operation Drop / Warrior March [ZAMZAM54]
12) Karma / Crampton Beat [ZAMZAM73]
13) Emperor T / Mek It Run Dub [ZAMZAM45]
14) Compa / Shaka's Truth [ZAMZAM39]
15) Mikael / Corner Dub [ZAMZAM57]
16) J. Sparrow & Sun Of Selah / Behold [ZAMZAM84]
17) Egoless & Tenor Youthman / Non-Immigrant Song [ZAMZAM50]
18) Alter Echo & E3 / Rif Mountains Dub [KHALIPHONIC08]
19) Al Wootton / Every Tongue Confess [ZAMZAM 85]
20) Babe Roots / Be Still [ZAMZAM59]
21) Rhythm & Sound w/ Sugar Minott / Let Jah Love Come [BM-17]

-All Crew United !

ZamZam Sounds
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http://zamzamsounds.com/
Retrouvez les sur LYL pour leur show mensuel "Sounds From The Well"
https://lyl.live/show/sounds-from-the-well


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original DWYCK print by Felix Jackson Jr.
www.felixjacksonjr.com/

DWYCK Podcast

DWYCK EP02 ZamZam Sounds Special

MHSAMPL2 - @bukkhaspace & @frenk-dublin - Nah Run From Dub forthcoming 10" vinyl on @Modernhypnosis. Featuring @somahuk on the B side. 

Shipping June 3. https://www.unearthedsounds.co.uk/products/bukkha-frenk-dublin-somah-nah-run-from-dub-calling-dub-handstamped-10-vinyl

Bukkha & Frenk Dublin - Nah Run From Dub (Original Mix)

It feels redundant to introduce a duo so beloved by, and important to, the modern UK and global sound system community. If you don’t know Dubkasm by now, then you must be very new to the scene indeed! Working tirelessly over the last two and a half decades to forward the traditions of sound system reggae, dubplate culture, and Bristol history in particular, Stryda and Digistep as Dubkasm are truly an institution. It’s always an honor to work with them, whether live or on wax, and this record is another testament to their continuing vitality, vibes, and vision. 

“Mighty Designer” is a mystical stepper of the highest order. Gorgeous flute rides a tough riddim dominated by a relentless bassline. Clocking in at 140 bpm it’s both languid and driving, heartical and militant, an opalescent jewel of a tune that is also message music: while the second half goes full dubwise, the first features a profound meditation on the wisdom of the Creator as witnessed in the beauty and balance of Creation. “When you check out… how each thing set up in a different mathematical order- you know it must be a Mighty Designer…”

On the flip, the abstract intro to “Almighty Version” signals we’re in for a tougher Part-2-style. Percussion and hi-hat tease and intertwine before dropping into the elemental bass & drum attack. The voice is stripped completely, as all-hands-on-desk focus on bass, drums, filtered percussion, and reverb and echo as instruments. Animal sounds and melodics emerge from a dense, primordial, teeming background to shimmer briefly then recede again. “Almighty Version” is a trance-inducing dub that continues the meditation on the message - through music alone.     

Mastered by Sam at Precise. Art, design, and screen printing by Polygon Press. Limited to 800 vinyl copies for the world. No repress, no digital. Shipping end of November, 2022.

Dubkasm "Mighty Designer" b/w "Almighty Version" ZamZam 89 7" vinyl blend

Order:
https://moonshinerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/occulte

Track-list:
A1 Ezeph - Egregore
A2 Ezeph ft Milton Spencer - Deeper
A3 Ezeph ft Earl 16 - Universal jam
A4 Ezeph - Hesperides
B1 Ezeph ft Boy Blue - Herbs
B2 Ezeph - Discorde
B3 Ezeph - Substance
B4 Ezeph - Visions of Baal

Artist: EZEPH @ezeph-music 
Title: Occulte
Label: Moonshine Recordings
Format: vinyl LP + DL Code
Genre: Dub Techno, Dub
Release date: 24th Mar 2023
Cat: MSLP015

MSLP015 - EZEPH - Occulte LP feat. Earl 16, Boy Blue, Milton Spencer(clips)

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Pour bien débuter cette année 2023, Egregore Collective revient avec un second vinyle sur le label principal. Cette fois, nous plongeons au plus profond d’un océan d’accords réverbérés, de spirales d’échos et de tonalités apaisantes. Pour cette nouvelle incursion dans le domaine du vinyle, au titre approprié de “Tones and Echoes”, nous avons fait appel à 5 spécialistes de la dub musique sous ses formes les plus profondes.

C’est l’allemand Another Channel qui ouvre le bal. Avec des apparitions régulières sur des labels très respectés dans le genre tels que Moonshine Recordings ou encore Modern Hypnosis, il entame les choses en douceur avec une ballade dub apaisante.

Vient ensuite le viennois Mantsche, accompagné de son partenaire Bishop, avec un riddim plus profond, impactant et mélancolique, qui culmine en un second drop stepper qui vous fera skanker pour sûr.

La clôture de la face A est assurée par Masis, collaborateur récent d’Another Channel sur Moonshine Recordings. Il nous amène dans un registre plus profond et minimaliste avec un dub lo-fi ponctué de vocaux qui nous rappellent la destination finale de cette sortie ainsi que le titre du morceau : “Mount Zion”.

Sur la seconde face nous avons un roster 100% Toulousain, avec en premier l’énigmatique Stefan Dubs. Pilier de la scène illégale et underground de la ville rose avec le collectif Folklore, il décline une fois de plus sa production méditative, saturée, et parfois hypnotique, une ode aux fêtes dans le maquis.

On termine avec notre Stacktrace, qui entre deux bangers dancehall nous livre un track progressif, étincelant de shakers cliquetants et roulements de percussions, et comme à son habitude culminant en un second drop singulier avec une mélodie de bassline qui vous restera en tête.


🇬🇧
Kicking off 2023, Egregore Collective is back with a second vinyl release on the main label. This time, we’re diving deep, spiraling down in a sea of reverberated chords and soothing noises. For this new foray in the physical realm, appropriately titled “Tones and Echoes”, we called upon 5 specialists of the deepest forms of dub music. 

Opening the record is Germany’s very own Another Channel. With regular appearances on respected labels of the genre such as Moonshine Recordings or Modern Hypnosis, he delivers a laid back dub ballad to kick things off smoothly.

Following up is Vienna based Mantsche, tagging along his mate Bishop with a deeper, stomping and more melancholic sounding riddim, that slowly builds up to a powerful stepper second drop that’s guaranteed to make you skank.

Closing the A side of the record is Masis, a previous collaborator of Another Channel on Moonshine Recordings. He takes us on a deeper tip with a dusty, minimalistic and lo-fi sounding dub punctuated by vocals chanting the name of the track as well as the final destination of this journey : “Mount Zion”.

On the other side, we have an all-Toulouse roster, starting with the enigmatic Stefan Dubs. Essential component of the illegal and underground scene here in Toulouse with the collective Folklore, he once again showcases his trademark meditative, saturated, and sometimes hypnotic aesthetic with another ode to forest raves in the maquis.

Rounding off the record is our own Stacktrace, taking a break from his dancehall bangers to go back to his roots and sign off on a highly progressive tune, sparkled with clicking shakers and drum rolls, and as always building into a very different second drop with a bassline melody that will stick to your head.

ARTISTS :

Masis : @masis0114
Another Channel : @anotherchannel
Mantsche : @mantsche
Stefan Dubs : @folkloremusic
Stacktrace : @stacktracedub

CREDITS : 
Curated by @algo_riddim
Vinyl distribution by Unearthed Sounds
Digital distribution by Underscope
Artwork by @stacktracedub
Mastering by @qant-mastering

PRE-ORDER

[PREVIEW] EGV002 - VA - Tones and Echoes

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Available on 7" vinyl at alphacut.net/#457 or all well-selected stores soon.
45SEVEN logo and label design by www.ithinkitsnice.com
Frequencies lifted by @lxc at @wattasound

Jungle Is Our Dub / Dub To Jungle

Rainforest - Dub To Jungle (45717, 7", 2016)

https://soundcloud.com/akcept

Part one of a four part series, bringing artists from different musical hubs on this planet, onto the one record. To make the connections far between, closer together. Bristol, Berlin & Christchurch - Part one. Inspiring Modern Hypnosis, these three Artists and their established musical endeavours have laid path to our own make up and ethos.

Closing out the 3 tracker is Akcept’s new beat Exhaust, which even as a dub plate, has already danced it’s way to the top of NZ radio station RDU’s best tracks of 2020. It only takes 10 seconds of the intro to get the feeling of ‘oooooo this is gonna be a big one’ 

Limited edition of 200 x 12”

**Always check out your local record store for Modern Hypnosis records, if they don't have them in stock, ask them to get them in! The best way to spread the vibrations + we would be forever grateful to get more of our records out to the stores. 

Support ya locals supporting the locals - thanks mate**

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