Zion I Kings are back to glorify the king, once again with the Mash Down Riddim. A fun, modern, funkified and driving take on the vibes that Sly & Robbie and Black Uhuru brought us in the roots reggae heydays of the late 70's and early 80's sound, laced with the modern, "HD Roots" sounds of today, Mash Down Riddim is sure to please reggae fanatics on any station, platform or festival show this season and beyond. With a host of contemporary reggae's finest massaging the track into thier very own testimony of Rastafari culture. Artists like Akae Beka, Lutan Fyah , Medisun, Clatta Bumboo, The Movement and more have all blessed this riddim with fine style and lyrical prowess. The riddim title based on the original take from Blakkamoore on "Mash Down Georgetown" with his ode to his homeland of Guyana, the Mash Down riddim serves up solid songs, through and through.

Mashdown Riddim

Mash Down Riddim

Lutan Fyah - Dawg Eat Dawg

Together/Featuring Xavier Naidoo

SOLID ROCK presents Hugh Mundell "The Blessed Youth" (Sept. '23)

Lustre Kings Productions proudly presents Lifetime Riddim, produced by Zion I Kings. The 6th offering in the modern roots production team’s “Zion I Kings Riddim Series”.  This soulful roots reggae release hosts 8 tracks featuring veteran artists, Akae Beka (Vaughn Benjamin of Midnite), Pressure, Lutan Fyah, Jahdan Blakkamoore and Danny I, amongst up and coming greats Randy Valentine and Vanessa Bongo. A diverse cast of pan Caribbean artists hailing from the US Virgin Islands, United Kingdom, Barbados, Jamaica and the USA. The composition has a sense about it, instantly setting a mood of introspection, love, warmth and ease. It brilliantly employs a classic fender Rhodes piano amongst organic guitars and organs on top of a solid live drum and bass backbeat. All this moving and grooving with modern production elements of synthesizers, drum loop glitches and dub effects. Performed live in Virtue & Vice Recording Studio in Brooklyn, NY while on tour, the Zion I Kings capture a feeling here that harnesses nostalgia, allowing each artist to perform their own unique style to.  Zion I Kings is a production trio that has been very prolific over the last few years, formed from three notable reggae label heads and audio engineers; Zion High Productions, David Goldfine (bass), I Grade Records, Laurent “Tippy” Alfred (keyboards) and Lustre Kings Productions, Andrew “Moon” Bain (guitar).

LIfetime Riddim

Ancient Great (Tell Her I Need Her)

Ancient Great - Danny I

Real Love Showcase

Real Love

The Maytones - Throw Down Your Arms

Dance Hall Don

Heartical Don

Four tracks from the compilation Ancient Harmonies, a 39-song set comprising the LPs Rising Sun, Blowing With The Wind, Rockers Comes East, and One Step Dub. One track from each original LP is included here. The 39 tracks will be on streaming platforms on April 24, 2020 and on a 2CD collection in June 2020. All four LPs will be repressed for July 2020 release.

Ancient Harmonies

Hanging Dub

Longest Livah

Meant To Be

The Maytones - Throw Down Your Arms

Mighty Maximo

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