JA - 90s and forward - mixtape

take a musical journey thru the 90s and early 2000s in Jamaica (with a few short stops in New York & London)… a special dedication to the great producers and studios of that era who managed to craft a fresh hard-hitting sound with the new electronic machines surfacing on the island at the time, but who still kept a roots and culture focus…
strictly vocal cuts on this one…

01. Augustus Pablo - Whole Heart Inna It Skit
02. Capleton & Big Youth - Mark Of The Beast (Def Jam / African Star)
03. Cocoa Tea & Shabba Ranks - Flag Flown High (Digital B)
04. Phillip Frazer - Siren (Life Music)
05. Jah Mali - Corner Stone (Clinch)
06. Glen Washington - Hosanna (Life Music)
07. Prince Malachi & Turbulence - Righteous Way (XTerminator)
08. Menelik - 23rd Psalm (Jamstyle)
09. George Nooks - Bloody City (Mac Dada)
10. Jah Mali - Weh Dem A Try (Mac Dada)
11. Garnett Silk - The Rod (Digital B)
12. Freddy McGregor - Give Jah The Glory (Ruff Cutt)
13. Nereus Joseph - Jah Never Fail I (Ruff Cutt)
14. Al Campbell - Ites Gold & Green (Ruff Cutt)
15. Mountain Lion - Can’t Tek What A Gwaan (Kickin)
16. Ras Shiloh - Slavery (Melchizedek)
17. Mikey General - Lu La Lae (Black Scorpio)
18. Josie Mel - Fly Away (Black Scorpio)
19. Everton Blender - Nah Give Up (RD’s Promotions)
20. Bush Man - I Burn (Cali Bud)
21. Jahmel - The Manue (Penthouse)
22. Junior Reid - Standing At Attention (Rocky Gibbs)
23. Sister Carol - Feedy Feedy (Boot Camp)
24. Chezidek - Harvest Time (XTerminator)
25. Yami Bolo - Trample (Taxi)
26. Bush Man - Can’t Fool The Youth (Upfront)
27. George Nooks - Give A Helping Hand (Upfront)
28. Luciano & Mikeylous - War Mongers (Tubbis Hi-Fidelity)
29. Judah aka Prezident Brown - Real Thing (Tubbis Hi-Fidelity)
30. Luciano - Chant Down Babylon (XTerminator)
31. Anthony B - Sing Pon Rydim (Mac Dada)
32. Luciano - Jonah (XTerminator)
33. Beres Hammond - I’m Alive (Harmony House)
34. Glen Washington - Jah Glory (Joe Frasier)
35. Beres Hammond - Fire (Harmony House)
36. Cocoa Tea - The Burning Wall (Super Power)
37. Cat Coore - One Blood Symphany (Exterminator)
38. Yami Bolo - Freedom & Liberation (Taxi)
39. Junior Reid - Loving Juvenile (Rockers Forever)
40. Junior Reid - Loving Juvenile (Alt. Mix) (Rockers Forever)
41. Ruxy - Earthquake (GT)
42. Garnett Silk - Life Is Like A Piano (Alt. Vocal Mix) (Jah Fingers)
43. Lutan Fyah - World Gone Crazy (Jah Fingers)
44. Norrisman - Take Control (Jah Fingers)
45. Junior Delgado - Storm Is Coming (Roots Youths)
46. Bush Man - Judgement Ah Blaze (High Steppers)
47. Luciano - Gunzalis (XTerminator)

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JA - 90s and forward - mixtape

obscure dubz extravaganza… part V… as always a special dedication to all hard working engineers!!

[warning!!]: only for dub nerds…

01. Impact All Stars - Extra Ordinary Dub (Impact)
02. Glenn Adams & Rick Frater - Looking Dread (Clocktower)
03. Istan Black And The Sweets - Lost Ark Dub (Partial)
04. The Revolutionaries - Devil’s Bug (Front Line / Virgin)
05. Max Edwards - Gideons High (Gideon)
06. AMJ Collective - Walking A River (Astar Artes)
07. Dub Organiser - The Herb (Fashion)
08. Dub Organiser - Herbal Dub (Fashion)
09. Restless Mashaits - Faya Dub (kette mix) (Addis)
10. Singers & Players - Dreadlock Soldier (On-U Sound)
11. S. Brown - Iley Selassie Version (African Star)
12. Singers & Players - Bad Man Dub (On-U Sound)
13. Restriction - Re-action (Restriction)
14. Augustus Pablo - A Java Instrumental (Message)
15. Rockers International Band - A Fool Says Dub (Message)
16. Egoless - Yërmënde (Dub Mix) (self-released / ZamZam)
17. Lions Den ft. Lady Saw - Give Me A Reason (Sub.Version)
18. The Bug ft. Paul St. Hilaire - Live & Learn (Rephlex)
19. The Bug ft. Paul St. Hilaire & Roger Robinson - Living Dub (Rephlex)
20. Hylu - Zaf (Unit 137)
21. O$VMV$M – Alaarm (Lavalava)
22. Tapes Meets The Drums Of Wareika Hill Sounds - Datura Mystic (Honest Jon’s)

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obscure dubz tape - part V... for all addicts

sounds of thunder - the jazzy side of reggae part III - mixtape

here comes part III - reggae meets jazz… livicated to all the wonderful players of instruments providing the rhythms and melodies to sooth our soul…

01. Vin Gordon meets Fazal & High Time Players - Jungle’s March (Proud Is The Jungle) (High Music)
02. Tommy McCook - Death Trap (Prophets)
03. Im And David - Black Is Black (Studio One)
04. Lennie Hibbert - More Creation (Studio One)
05. Lloyd Charmers & The Touchers - Touching The President Version (Flashforward)
06. Jackie Mittoo - Summer Time (Studio One)
07. Earl Lindo - The Ball (Treasure Isle)
08. Sound Dimension - Heavy Beat (Soul Jazz)
09. The Cyclones & Count Ossie - Meditation (Studio One)
10. Bubbles Cameron - Habanera From Carmen (Uhuru)
11. Richard Ace - Hang ‘em High (Harry J)
12. Lennie Hibbert - Chinese Beauty (Studio One)
13. Mulatu Astatke ft. Fedake Amde Maskal - Asmarina (Mr Bongo)
14. Sound Dimension - Funky Joe (Studio One)
15. The Skatalites - Fugitive Dub (Archive Recordings)
16. Cecil Lloyd Quintet - What Is The Thing Called Love (Soul Jazz)
17. The 18th Parallel - Stamp ’n’ Go (Fruits Records)
18. Big Chip & Adrian - Pocket Change (Waggle Dance)
19. The Higher Notes - Oriental Blues (The Higher Notes)
20. The Higher Notes - Desert Dance (The Higher Notes)
21. Cosmic Shuffling - Short Break (Happy People)
22. Clive Hunt & Ras Takashi – Drumsong Part II (Wackie’s)
23. The Black Disciples - Sounds Of Thunder (Heartbeat)
24. AMJ Dub Collective - Level Vibe (Sugar Shack)
25. Bost & Bim - Words Of My Mouthpiece (The Bombist)
26. Alien Dread, Alvin Davis & Asha B - Look Ahead (Iron Sound)
27. The Polyversal Souls - Starlet Road Filling Station Romance (Philophon)
28. Bost & Bim - Cedric’s Mood (The Bombist)
29. Serengeti All Stars - Tension Mix 2 (self-released)
30. Soulnation Band - So What - A Reggae Tribute To Miles Davis (self-released)
31. Fergus Hambleton - The Drum Song (G-Three)
32. Wareika Hill Sounds - One People (Honest Jon’s)

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sounds of thunder - the jazzy side of reggae part III - mixtape

was a pleasure to share some music and a little reasoning on @m-solomon ’s Roots show the other week, this was my musical contribution… for the full show and much more music check: https://www.mixcloud.com/zemamusic/


ZEMA Roots Show - Lion’s Den guestmix

01. Vin Gordon - Tribute To Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee (Act 2) (Trommie’s Choice)
02. Azul - Rockfort Rock (Wackie’s)
03. Zoot Simms - African Challenge (Studio One)
04. Leroy Brown - African Roots (Makasound)
05. The Gladiators - Marcus Garvey Time (Stunt Sound Records)
06. The Black Survivors - Every Knee Shall Bow (Wolf)
07. Ronnie Davis & Mike Brooks - Power Of Music (Coptic Lion)
08. L. Crosdale - Set Me Free (Studio One)
09. Dennis Bovell - Row, Row, Row + River Dub (Old School)
10. E.N. Young - Fight (Log On)
11. Karl Emanuel - Live Together (Ire Hi-Fi)
12. Rebecca Wakuteka - Etali Yo (Dubplate Mix)
13. Milton Henry - Fish Out Of Water (Channel Tubes)
14. Lone Ark ft. Afrikan Simba - Natural Beauty (Brixton Records)
15. Jata - Flying Organ (Blackboard Jungle)
16. Indy Boca - Oriental Flamenco (Sweet Waters)

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ZEMA Roots Show - Lion's Den - guestmix

Enregistrement du set complet spécial 90’s de Manasseh feat. Kenny Knots sur le Lion’s Den sound system, vendredi 23 novembre au Yaam de Berlin. 

Enregistrement : Ras Lion (big thanks!).

Manasseh & Kenny Knots on Lion's Den sound system @ Yaam Berlin

roll on - the jazzy side of reggae part II - mixtape

here comes part II - reggae meets jazz… livicated to all the wonderful players of instruments providing the rhythms and melodies to sooth our soul… 

01. Ernest Ranglin & The Mountaineers - Earth Sound (Earth Sound)
02. Wareika Hill Sounds - Coconut Head Special (Honest Jon’s)
03. Wareika Hill Sounds - Africa Freedom March (Honest Jon’s)
04. Joe Bennett And The Fugitives - Living Soul (Gay Feet)
05. Monty And The Cyclones - Jazz Walking (All Stars)
06. Cecil Lloyd Quintet - Grooving With The Beat (Port-O-Jam)
07. Jackie Mittoo And The Soul Vendors - One Step Beyond (Studio One)
08. Monty And The Cyclones - Summertime (Teen)
09. Lennie Hibbert - Soul Shack (Studio One)
10. Jackie Mittoo - El Bang Bang (Studio One)
11. Workshop Musicians - Burnie’s Tune (Port-O-Jam)
12. Prince Buster - Seven Wonders Of The World (Earth Sound)
13. Tommy McCook And The Supersonics - Alimawi (Earth Sound)
14. 12 Tribes Of Israel - Kill The Devil (Common Ground)
15. The Revolutionarys - Movements (High Note)
16. Ernest Ranglin - Surfin’ (Island Jamaica Jazz)
17. Rico - Gunga Din (Island Jamaica Jazz)
18. Roland Alphonso And The Upsetters - Roll On (Upsetter)
19. Tommy McCook And Jimmy Radway - The Great Tommy McCook (Jaguar)
20. Prince Buster - Sata Masa Gana (Earth Sound)
21. Nat Birchall meets Al Breadwinner - African Village Dance (Tradition Disc)
22. Jackie Mittoo - Sky King Jack (Jammy’s)
23. Lennie Hibbert - Real Hot (Studio One)
24. Diggory Kenrick And The Prophets - Holloway Rock (Now / Pressure Sounds)
25. Tommy McCook - Plague Of Horn (Vivian Jackson)
26. The Gyrators - Bitter Blood (3 Bun / Creation Rebel)
27. Karl Masters & Joe Higgs - Freedom Journey (Elevation)
28. Rico - Midnight In Ethiopia (Island Jamaica Jazz)
29. Tommy McCook And The Aggrovators - Tommy’s Vibes (Jackpot)
30. Ernest Ranglin - Black Disciples (Island Jamaica Jazz)
31. The Young Lions - Take Five (Discovery)
32. Deadly Headley - 35 Years From Alpha (On-U Sound)
33. Wareika Hill Sounds - Mass Migration (Honest Jon’s)
34. King Cooper meets Rootz Lions - Birdsong (Earth Works)
35. Metta Frequencies ft. Vale - Wisemen Blow (Tribe 84)
36. Clive Hunt - Black Is Blue Mountain’s Peak (VP)
37. Mystic Red - Still Walking (Mystic Red Corporation)

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roll on - the jazzy side of reggae part II - mixtape

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Lion’s Den is a label, a sound system, a studio and a production and promotion force from Berlin, Germany.

Started by the musical activist Ras Lion a few years ago Lion’s Den has constantly been moving forward on all aspects of delivering finest in conscious music ever since – in the studio, on vinyl or at a dance.
Always on a musical mission to merge creative energies – connecting different people, different influences and inspiration – Lion’s Den is working with various vocalists, musicians and producers from all over the world.

The record label is specialized in Dub, Steppas, Reggae, and other music in the same terrain on vinyl and digitally.

A fine selection of records, tuff dubs and conscious lyrics, some heavyweight speakerboxes and amplifiers and a deep love for the music combined provide for positive vibes and a special experience at any session near or far when Lion’s Den come with their sound – Ras Lion (selekta / operator / engineer), mostly joined on lyrical duties by the multilingual MCs/singers Kali Green and konTa or guests.
The agenda: word, sound and power.
 
Another strong force in the Lion’s Den is designer, selekta & producer Darkwing Dub from Austria with some great visual and musical artillery.

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