It’s always a joy to release music from friends, and ZamZam 91 is our first collab with a dear one, Jim Coles AKA Om Unit. It’s impossible to frame the breadth and depth of such a storied career in bass music in just a couple lines- so suffice to say that releases over decades on a who’s-who of seminal labels including Exit, Fabric, Planet Mu and of course his own Cosmic Bridge have cemented his rep as an absolute force in production and DJing across any number of genres and sub genres. 

Coles’ roots in Bristol and deep love of dub and reggae - made wonderfully explicit on his recent Acid Dub Studies LPs -  come through strong on both sides. “The Canopy (Armageddon Style)” opens with ravey, arpeggiated synths worthy of Vangelis, punctuated by a brooding piano chord, building steadily into a dark and utterly apocalyptic steppers guaranteed to storm & batter down Babylon walls inside and out. 

“Mystic 808” is a deep meditation, a slow stepper that ices down the furious energy of the A side and drops the tempo to suit. Recalling the heady days of original late 90s/early 2000s UK Dub - as well as early dub techno - stabs and melody caress, restrained percussion swims and multiplies in reverb and echo, orbits locked to the gravitational force of the massive and truly timeless bassline. Proper sound system material that will satisfy the heart and soul long after the dance is done.

Strictly limited to 800 copies for the world. No digital, no repress. Art, design & screen print by Polygon Press. Mastered by Sam at Precise, Pressed at Third Man. Releasing 12 May 2023.

Om Unit "The Canopy (Armageddon Style)" b/w "Mystik 808" 7" vinyl blend

Released on Various Dubs EP from @dub-communication.
Full EP: https://soundcloud.com/dub-communication/dubcom044d-various-artists-various-dubs-ep-previews-digital

Buy Link: https://www.junodownload.com/products/various-dubs-ep/6437674-02/

4 - Plastikman (Original Mix)

DUBCOM048D - @frenk-dublin - The Blue Mountains EP 7 track digital release out now on Juno Download.
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DUBCOM048D - Frenk Dublin - The Blue Mountains EP (Previews) [Digital]

DUBCOM048D - The Blue Mountains EP. 7 track digital release out now on @dub-communication.
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Erangel (Original Mix)

"Life on the Earth plane of existence is precious and is given to human primarily for spiritual growth"

Introducing Monkey Sound System teaming up with Versa for a two track release showcasing movement, spirt and growth.

Monkey Sound System are an meticulously designed musical power-house brought together by Mr.Taus and helmed by Dakta Dub. They have a custom-built Jamaican-style sound system based outta Hyderabad, India where sound - system culture is equally as important serving as the cornerstone of the city’s underground movement. 

It seeks to introduce Indian audiences to sound system culture through the lenses of world music and meditation.

Pre order now

Credits:
Written by Barasingha
Vocals - Shivacult 
Lyrics - Tyagaraja
Version by - Michael Nickless
Mastering - Dagger Mastering

Samajavara

TMC017 | Monkey Sound System & Versa - Samajavara & Unshakable Dub (Digital Only)

SMALLTOWNDUBZ


Akcept - Exhaust

Tubby Isyah - Long Time (140 version)

B.Visible - Samo (Dubbing Sun Remix)

Ruben Da Silva - Sensi Skank (Smalltowndubz Remix)

Inner Echo  -Breathe 

Tubby Isiah -  Dem a Come

Echoboy - Rasta we Rasta

Killa P & Numa Crew - Champion Sound

Nina - Shook Ones

Dubamine ft. JonnyGo Figure - Bulletproof 

WZ - Delirious 

Rareman -  Power Ballad 



DUBBY T GUESTMIX


Congi - Spaces Between 

Rareman - d20

De-Tü - When Will We 

Commodo - Procession 

Mystic State - Understand 

DJ Heny G - Candy (Congi Remix) 

Akcept - Always Bittersweet 

Mystic State - City Limits ft. Jack Spencer 

Seahorse - Dirty Melodica 

Rainforest - Iron Dub 

Champion Sound - Gun Fevah



Radioshow #2 with Dubby T  (Vinyl Mix)

It says a lot about the interconnectedness of the global dubwise underground that it took downtime with Bristolian Neek in Portland to spur the link between ZamZam and Feel Free Hi Fi out of the Minneapolis Twin Cities. Once he put us on to them we were hooked- not only by their brilliant music but by their rigorously DIY approach and aesthetic. Heavily inspired by the more esoteric angles of early digi-era JA dancehall and UK dub (Shaka, Disciples, Mixman and Gussie P being some touchstones) the duo create a sound both reverential and unique, steeped in the traditions but striking out hard left into idiosyncratic territory all their own. Releasing all of their works up to this point on their own fantastic Digital Sting label, we’re excited to showcase them on ZamZam.

In “Voyageur” an ominous mid-range figure, heaving synth bass and complex intertwining melodies drive the tune into heavily cinematic territory, thick atmospherics and strange synthetic animal calls like a lost John Carpenter soundtrack-in-dub. The duo says, “Voyageur in its title speaks a bit to the mythic, mysterious, but also very real wild places of the North Country where we live... and how it all rubs up against the contemporary urban environment.”

“Underground”s opening stabs, bassline and drums could have time-travelled from Unity Sounds or Jammys, but bring an eerie darkness in their deployment that is unmistakably now.  Feel Free Hi Fi explain, “Underground in its title is a tribute to the spirit of underground music, of the DIY non commercial ethos... So the tunes together kind of speak to time and change, and the struggle of what's going on now. Trying to preserve the environment and and also the wild places of basement and warehouse gigs, and the outsider mentality of underground music that also seems like it's fading away but hopefully isn't lost.” 

Strictly limited to 700 7” vinyl copies for the world- no digital, no repress. Mastered by Precise. Screen print by Polygon Press. Releasing mid-April 2025. Retail, wholesale & other inquiries: zamzamsounds@gmail.com

Feel Free Hi Fi "Voyageur" b/w "Underground" ZamZam 98 7" vinyl blend

Sometimes you don't know where to go or who to turn to, your friends seem like strangers and the strange seems to suit you,
Let the darkness come out so you can find calm again...

Who Am I

Behind the scenes

OUT NOW AT ALL VINYL, DIGITAL & STREAMING PLATFORMS!

https://at1music.bandcamp.com/album/transcending-space-dub-saint-snow-fox

**OUT NOW!!** AT1002 - TRANSCENDING SPACE & DUB / SAINT / SNOW FOX

DUBCOM034D - Frenk Dublin - Still Dub EP [Remixes]

Featuring remixes from @frenk-dublin, @stillhead, @tubbyisiah & @mskruff.

Frenk Dublin - Azalea [Skruff Remix]

OUT NOW!! AT1002 - TRANSCENDING SPACE & DUB / SAINT / SNOW FOX

Michael Versa