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Overproof Soundsystem Ft. Chesire Cat - The Herb 🌾

Some Of Us Are Brave

Thoughts

Colin Giles meets Victor Rice in Sao Paulo
Written by Colin Giles

Lady

Get it in the Daptone Shop now!
http://daptonerecords.myshopify.com/products/i-can-be-cool-version

Producer extraordinaire Victor "Ticklah" Axelrod is back in the saddle, serving up two sides of sublime Island Soul - "I Can Be Cool" b/w "Version". As with his last single for Daptone, Axelrod effortlessly blends the ethereal vocals of our beloved boys from Buffalo, Bob & Gene, with the undeniable feel-good instrumentation of reggae stalwarts, The Inversions. 

The original Bob & Gene version of "I Can Be Cool" is a bonafide classic on the West Coast low-rider/sweet-soul scene and a staff favorite here at Daptone HQ. Its reggae-charged reboot that we so humbly offer up is sure to take you and the one you love to dizzying, uncharted, slow-dancing heights!

Bob & Gene "I Can Be Cool"

From the debut album, Nothing More To Say, available now. Order at shopdaptonerecords.com


The Frightnrs escort Daptone into the world of long-playing reggae with both the sweetest and the roughest record of the decade.

Crafted under the meticulous eye of black-belt reggae mastermind/producer Victor Axelrod (AKA Ticklah), Nothing More to Say is a rocksteady masterpiece the likes of which has not reared it’s head since the golden era of Studio One.  However, you’ll find no imitation here - none of the faux-jamaican cliches of lesser reggae bands.  Like all things Daptone, this record is above all soulful and honest. With the exception of two soul covers (both from the Daptone catalog: Bob & Gene’s "Gotta Find a Way” and Saun and Starr’s “Gonna Make Time”,) the record is populated by original compositions of the highest order.  They are simply great songs, and though their treatment here is masterful, each one of them has the melodic and lyrical substance to hold it’s own in any genre. “Till Then” invokes the coquettish hyper-rhymes of top-form Smokey Robinson, while “Hey Brother” sounds like it fell off the desk of Gamble and Huff, and “Purple” defies any comparison at all.  From the first cracking snares of “All My Tears” through the final pulsing echoes of “Dispute,” the murderous rhythms of Rich Terrana (drums,) and brothers Preet and Chuck Patel (bass and piano, respectively) can be heard chunking mercilessly towards oblivion as Dan Klein pours his endearing poetry over over the top like some other-worldy falsetto potion. The combination is a sound birthday-suit raw, mesmerizing, infectious, and above all, lovely. This record will long be treasured by lovers of reggae, lovers of soul and lovers of love.

Nothing More To Say

The Frightnrs - Nothing More To Say

4 song preview from  
KILN - "Dusker" 
(2007 on Ghostly International)



Sunsethighway

Rocksteady

This is a version of an old Steady Ups song that originally appeared on our demo tape in 1996.

Somewhere around the year 2002, I sent an instrumental version of the song to my friend Mike Mowry, who was the singer for a group from North Carolina called Las Cabriolas. Within a couple of hours, he has written the lyrics, recorded the vocals, and sent it back as you hear it here. Amazing talent. 

EDIT: Oh, and he also recorded the organ!

It was supposed to appear on our album "Soul of the City" on Jump Up Records, but didn't make the cut due to physical CD time restrictions. That's why the Jump Up album description (still) says that there are tracks featuring Mike Mowry and Chris Murray. The Chris Murray one is a story for another upload. We packed as much as we could possibly manage onto that CD and still had a bunch of songs left over.

Steady Ups - What Have I Done? (ft. Mike Mowry)

Original music is the "Toast" riddim produced by Izybeats & Walshy Fire

Nuh Talk Pon Phone produced and mixed by Brett Tubin / Channel Tubes

Nah Talk Pon Phone (Toast Riddim)

Scientific Dub

Taxi to Baltimore Dub

Rocksteady & Reggae studio band. If you need a session band or rhythms built for you, drop us a line.

Steady Ups - What Have I Done? (ft. Mike Mowry)

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