Niquitoa mix I, II, III

PRODUCIDO Y MEZCLADO POR DUB*NIX SOUND SYSTEM

MIXTAPEMP3 ORIGINAL PROTECTION SONGS

𝐸𝑥𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑡𝑎 𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑎 𝐶𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑑𝑢𝑏 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑛 !

Infos/Download : www.subsquadprod.com/city-squad/
Stream everywhere : www.fanlink.tv/city-squad-geneve

Subsquad Prod. présente le volet #12 de sa série de compilation, les 𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐒𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐃, qui mettent en lumière une ville et ses artistes avec des 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐱 𝐢𝐧𝐞́𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐬, le tout en téléchargement libre.
Cette douzième édition présente 11 artistes de 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞̀𝐯𝐞 et alentours, entre 𝐷𝑢𝑏, 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑟 et 𝐸𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑏.

L'artwork est signé Gseb, le mastering Subsquad Prod.

Comme toujours, la compilation est téléchargeable gratuitement, mais vous pouvez faire un don pour nous aider à pérenniser le projet.

Gros big up à tous les artistes présents sur ce projet !

[English version]

Subsquad Prod present the part #12 of our serie of compilations, the 𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐒𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐃. Each part presents the dub makers of a city (and its surroundings) through a compilation of 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 available for free download.

This twelfth edition is dedicated to 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐚 and presents 11 producers from this area.

The new artwork is realized by Gseb, the mastering by Subsquad Prod.

As usual, the compilation is available for free download, but you can donate to support us & help to perpetuate the project.

Radikal Vibration - Shaka Resolution (part. 2)

05 - Pip's - Mighty Danyel

01 - Alpha B & Francois Far I - Prince's Sax

To those suspended moments.
Those thresholds where the day stretches, where light hesitates, where shadows reach out but never close their grip. That in-between where everything is just half of something else. Maybe music, in the end, is just that.

I didn’t try to compose a series of tracks. What I wanted was a comet, a continuous vibration. If there has to be silence, it should carry weight. If there’s grain, it should be rough. If something is born, it must rise from what came before. An echo has both its source and its rebound, and the rebound remembers.

This album holds memories of a time I never knew. Analog warmth, tape wobbles, sparks filled with imperfections. Layers and fragments of a future only half-imagined, artifacts that feel almost unreal.

And then, there are the images. The burn of an orange sun scraping the horizon, a deep blue night where every star feels both infinitely close and impossibly distant. Heavy skies, soaked in salt. Voices erased by the wind but still lingering, somewhere, like whispers of an echo.

I think I wanted to capture something alive, something instinctive. Like those raw, untamed truths—wild yet wise, brutal yet...  more
credits
released March 28, 2025

Composed and written by Mezcal
Mixed and mastered by Mezcal with the wise and precious advice of Charlie Mystic
Photography by La Fabrique Sauvage
Videos by Thomas Armato and Charlie Mystic
01, 04, 05 , 09 - Voiced by Mezcal
08 - with the lovely collaboration of Art Marcelino (Red Echoes), Turbo Torsi, Baltimores, Mad Max
13 - The intro is a record from a producing session with Charlie at Mystic Wood Studio


Full LOVE

SUPPORT THE PROJECT

JOKERS

Here comes a project, as so often, very dear to my heart. It’s the outcome of the hunt, find and follow up journey of an obscure dubplate. A heartical salute to the late 80s / early 90s era in the UK - Brixton to be precise. When Brixton Promotion and Passion Enterprises, under the wings of Howard Hill, were responsible for a number of scorchers with the likes of Michael Prophet, Ricky Tuff and others. The ominous Vanguard had managed to craft his own hard hitting sound with his drum machines, minimalistic and raw, but still full of feeling, that would carry the singers perfectly. One particularly tuff tune from that time has remained a hard to find dubplate though, and it has been haunting me for years.
From first hearing it in Nick Manasseh’s selection - as it is in his precious collection since the 90s - to re- and relistening session and radio recording snippets to find and enjoy it again. From countless conversations and emails I had with Nick and others about the tune, to running thru Brixton record shops, asking around and trying to locate Howard Hill. From Nick one summer at a festival suddenly suggesting to redo the riddim, as the original master recordings of the original dubplate might most likely not exist anymore, to now presenting two beautiful new recordings on a very very special recut out of his studio… it has been a wonderful ride !

Nick is around in the reggae and sound system scene in London since the 80s, plus the most humble person, as well as a top producer, musician, engineer, selector, sound man, radio presenter and just in general super talented in everything he does. Also he was the one who made me discover the dubplate in the first place. When he suggested to take the project down to his The Yard Studio, and record some fresh vocals, I could not believe my luck. A many months and a steady exchange followed and lead to a number of versions.
It’s with great to joy to now present to you a heartfelt ’Need More Love’ by Ziggy Anderson and a great deejay piece entitled ‘People’s Choice’ by Afrikan Simba on a beautifully recrafted riddim plus deep dubs à la Manasseh, all transferred to tape and mastered with care by Star Delta Mastering.

Just grateful how much strength this piece of music has been giving me whenever I press play. Hopeful that it will do the same to others.

This is the time, so let Jah Light shine bright… in special dedication to Michael Prophet and all the fallen angels !

Ziggy Anderson / Afrikan Simba - Need More Love / People’s Choice [LIONSCHOICE013]

A1 - Ziggy Anderson - Need More Love
A2 - Manasseh - Need More Dub

B1 - Afrikan Simba - People’s Choice
B2 - Manasseh - People’s Dub

LION’S DEN
music, mix & instruments by Nick Raphael aka Manasseh
vox & lyrics by Ziggy Anderson (A) / Afrikan Simba (B)
all recorded at The Yard, Ladbroke Grove, London
artwork by Juli Jupter
mastered by Star Delta Mastering
All rights reserved. © + ℗ 2025 Lion’s Den

Ziggy Anderson x Manasseh - Need More Love + Need More Dub

brannd new tune  availale on lobotonik Bandcamp RH! : https://lobotonik.bandcamp.com/

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