Victor Leksell - Eld & Lågor - Alpha Blondy "Jerusalem" Riddim

Ridiculously funky psych devotional from a bonefide Australian nun and some of 70s Australias top Jazz/funk session players.
Copy available at www.shellarecords.com

Sister Janet Mead - Father I put My Life In Your Hands

Bright Star

Golden Springs

Massive Dread - Just Cool, Melba

Prince Far I Showcase- Badda Card, Foggy Road, Moses Moses

Ride Slowly

A mix of deep Roots, Dub and Digi from Jamaica and Canada. All vinyl selections from EarlGrey/ChrisFlanagan.


Photo Beth Lesser

Rebel With A Cause

Check it live this Sept 8-11 on the Dub Champions Festival 2016 tour. This is live Subatomic Sound System "Champion Sound" w/Emch on the dub mix, Screechy Dan on vocals & Larry McDonald on percussion live at Brooklyn Bowl. Tour dates at:  http://www.SubatomicSound.com/events

Sept 9 at 20th anniversary of Dub Mission in SF at Elbo Room
fb INVITE: https://www.facebook.com/events/178866832526647

info page: http://www.dubmissionsf.com/DM20.html

adv tix link:  http://www.dubmissionsf.com/DM20.html

Live at Brooklyn Bowl 7/2016

"Babylon Soon Fall" Subatomic Sound System + Screechy Dan live at Brooklyn Bowl July 2016

Deadbeat graced ZamZam with a release in our very first year of operation.  Lending his name & gravitas to our young effort with Zam 06 meant a lot to us at the time, and is something we never forgot, so we couldn’t be happier to have him back for a second outing.  Canadian by birth, now residing in Berlin, Scott Monteith is known the world over as one of the most adventurous and reliable producers in the areas of techno and dub-inflected electronic music. Extremely tight quality control over multiple full length albums and countless singles on seminal labels including ~scape, Echochord, and his own flawless BLKRTZ have made him a household name in dub techno and beyond. 

Deadbeat’s second ZamZam sets aside obvious techno constraints for a mid-tempo reggae scorcher that sounds like it was beamed straight from the humid & heady glory days of the Black Ark studio.  Anchored by a tar-thick bassline recalling Lee Perry’s “Dub Organizer,” “Wail Ball and Cry” leans hard into its rockstone drum kit,  with whip-sharp turnarounds, clattering Binghi drums, melodica stabs and restrained yet ever-present flange and reverb keeping the atmosphere swampy and sparkling.  A sweet falsetto intones on the loneliness and alienation we all navigate in these times of political debasement and (social) media spectacle.

“Dub Ball and Flange” mutes the vocal for a traditional version focused on nuance rather than over-the-top effects; high hats take the spotlight through expert filter & phaser work, as the heat inches up in the room with a stew of bubbling reverb & delicate echo trails adding to the already simmering & shimmering vibe.

Mastered by Sam at Precise

Released 27 JULY, 2018. Limited to 700 7" vinyl copies for the world. Design & screen print by Polygon Press. No repress, no digital.

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Deadbeat "Wail Ball & Cry" / "Dub Ball & Flange" ZamZam 65 vinyl rip blend

Kingston Shuffle: Funky Sounds and Beats from Kingston Jamaica

Black Gunn

Shella Record is a reissue label run by Earl Grey/Chris Flanagan 
For Dj mixes and licensing: shellarecords@gmail.com

Sister Janet Mead - Father I put My Life In Your Hands

Shella Records

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