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After their much heralded debut on the label with last year’s Music Mission EP, Italian collective Babe Roots returns to V.I.V.E.K’s System Music with a brand new four track project entitled Through We EP.

The Torino-based producers have risen to prominence over the last half decade having crafted an authentic, sub-heavy dubwise sound which has been cut and pressed on labels such as ZamZam Sounds, Echocord & more.

This new project is unquestionably an extension on that sound and is delivered with exceptional execution. We open with title track Through We, an utterly immersive Dub Techno slice which glides and steps with maximum finesse, layered perfectly with the powerful vocals of Joseph Lalibela.

Next up comes System which picks up the tempo and features Bristol-based mic-man Rider Shafique whose profound voice and lyricisation rides the powerful stepping riddim which bounces out of the speakers in full force.

Flip the record and find It A Come, fully equipped with earth-shattering low-end, resonating reverberations and the deeply haunting vocals of Wayne & Galas, which is then finished perfectly with a profoundly stripped back ambient rework of the same track.

released 17 JULY VIA BANDCAMP
https://systemmusic.bandcamp.com/

SYSTM038 - BABE ROOTS - THROUGH WE EP

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)

I did a 140 heavyweight dub techno remix of Frenks big tune ft tenor youthman


https://www.junodownload.com/products/frenk-dublin-tenor-fire-just-a-shot/5855578-02/

Frenk Dublin Ft. Tenor Youthman - Fire Just A Shot (Masis Remix)

Alter Echo & E3 - Warning Dub (Ishan Sound Special) [Khaliphonic]
Rider Shafique & Ishan Sound - Trojan [Peng Sound Records]
Rider Shafique & Ishan Sound - Highest VIP [Unreleased]
Hodge & Ishan Sound - Dubplate [Unreleased]
Ishan Sound - Ghosted [Unreleased]
Rider Shafique & Ishan Sound - 360 [Unreleased]
Ishan Sound - Untitled Instrumental [Unreleased]

Ishan Sound Mix for Tom Ravenscroft on 6Music

Tremble - Far Wud / Troubles And Temptations - RUFFCUT007 - In store now!

Out on VINYL: March 25th, DIGITAL: April 1st
Burly, UK-styled rave tackle from Berlin’s Phon.O for Tectonic after spending the last few years exploring subsets of garage-techno on 50 Weapons. Clearly carving towards Tectonic’s ruder ‘floor criteria, he plays out the dank, shadow-boxing 2-step drums and swooping subs of Mercurial next to the aggier grime slap of U8 Phunk for the Berlin scallies, and yokes some splintered breaks into a submerged jungle-techno chassis with Bell Blender.

https://www.facebook.com/phon.official
http://www.tectonicrecordings.com

PHON.O - Afterglow Ep (Tectonic 092) (Snippets)

BUY VINYL: https://honeysoundsystem.bandcamp.com/album/justin-cudmore-crystal-12

As a kid growing up in Illinois' tucked-away capital of Springfield, Justin Cudmore played the drums at home and in school as a jazz percussionist. In his college days Justin dove into electronic music, workshopping new-wave influenced beats in bands and DJing parties. Currently, Justin is a fixture across Brooklyn, popping up on dance floors and behind booths, where he has spun records at his Hotmix parties along with Mike Servito and Gunnar Haslam. 

“Crystal” is Cudmore’s debut 12” single. Raw, rough and ready to rumble, “Crystal” marries snaking acid lines and bouncy grooves to a sample from cult underground film classic 'The Queen'.  On the flip is Detroit-bred and Bunker resident DJ Mike Servito’s “730 Reshape”, that gives the wiggly worm vibe harkening back to the early days of Transmat, Warp and the minimalism of Dan Bell's DBX project. L.I.E.S. mainstay Gunnar Haslam provides his “Dekalb Avenue Remix” made while living in New York, a modular synth cruise with the top down. All tracks have been mastered and EQed for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley and labels are as pink as Crystal’s lipstick. 

Justin Cudmore - Crystal (Mike Servito's 730 Reshape)

Justin Cudmore  - Crystal

Vamp / Arco / Bronze
12" / Digital
Out Now on Black Acre

Vamp

In six short years, over as many releases, Corin Bornhoff AKA Karma has carefully built a name as one of the most trusted and sought after producers in dubwise dubstep.  His releases are few and far between, with most tunes gaining legendary status on acetate long before they see release.  To date only System and Innamind have released his works on vinyl - ZamZam 73, our first release together, continues Karma’s path of strict quality control with two eagerly-awaited sound system tunes.  

Heads have been clamoring for A Side “Crampton Beat” to be released for no less than five years.  In that time it has aged beautifully, showing itself to be a truly timeless track, as captivating now as it was when first played out.  Buoyed by a massive, melodic bassline and pounding kick, thick atmospheres ebb and flow like tidal movements, and hard-skanking stabs drive the track forward.  Deeply melancholic pads that could almost be processed horns create a sense of loss, while lasers, test tones, and lacerating snares resolve in sheets of echo and feedback.  A gorgeous study in contrasts, Crampton Beat is a rare steppers that is both rhythmically ruthless and rich in emotion.  

Awash in tape hiss as thick as a sneaker wave, the B Side is an equally deep tune in collaboration with Karma’s longtime friend & musical sparring partner G.Goodz.  Blanketed in fog, rocking with shaker & sly drum turnarounds, "Shortwave Step” has all the hallmarks of the most beloved Karma tracks - propulsive half-time riddim, lonely reverb-soaked spaces, masterful EQ, mournful melodics, and subtle dub effects.  Together these two sides show once again that Karma is an artist who fully integrates emotion, intuition, and serious craft to maximum effect.  

Shipping the last week of June, 2019.  Limited to 700 copies for the world, 7" vinyl, no digital, no repress.  Design & screen print by Polygon Press.  Mastered by Precise Mastering.  Email zamzamsounds@gmail.com for wholesale or retail inquiries.

Karma "Crampton Beat" b/w Karma & G.Goodz "Shortwave Step" ZamZam 73 vinyl rip blend

Released on @frozenplates (vinyl-only 30 pcs. 10" lathe cut edition - FZP08)

Shimmer [Clip] [FrozenPlates 凍盤]

Okayama’s Tsuyoshi Hamada, better known as Dayzero, launches the new decade’s next wave of ZamZam releases with two sides of 140 sound system wreckers we couldn’t be happier to unleash. Wicked releases on Sentry, Heavy Traffic, Vomitspit, and FKOF have set the stage for this 7” stormer.  Deftly amalgamating influences from reggae, hip hop, and old school dubstep wobblers, Dayzero is a master of momentum and swagger, captured here in dubwise style & fashion. 

"Orbit Dub" is a cascade of dirty drums- smashing snares & rusty hats, deep-anchor sub and mid-range wub movement, all of it drenched in reverb, with a snippet of sound tape and menacing siren looping in the distance for contrast. 

"Theory Dub" clears the air for a wary view of a dystopian world... torn by war? Environmental collapse?  Either way the dread is palpable... With an intro cut from lacerating hi hats and test tones, kick and bass double in a pounding minimalist trudge, stopping only to blare distorted horns over an empty, forgotten wasteland.  These are rare tunes that manage to be both destructively heavy and intoxicatingly elated at the same time. Full points in the dance!!

Dayzero "Orbit Dub" b/w "Theory Dub" ZamZam 76 vinyl rip blend

SYSTM032 BABE ROOTS

Panix - Subcity [SUBMERCHANTS]

A clip of a track made in the early hours of a day this year. Sidamo is the region in Ethiopia where the coffee that powered this creation came from.
**OUT NOVEMBER 5TH**
SNDSYSTMCLTR: Volume Three
BUY: sndsystmcltr.bandcamp.com/album/volume-three
All proceeds from this album to be donated to UNICEF Afghanistan: www.unicef.org/afghanistan/
Mastered by Jack Haigh (The Greys).
Art by Matt Beauchamp (@mattdoesanart).

Tremble - Far Wud / Troubles And Temptations - RUFFCUT007 - In store now!

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