Yesss I, such a nice selection of tunes - big UP boss!

Some fire to listen next to the fire. Roots & Lovers Rock Reggae & Dub 
Tracklist : 
1. The Reggae Boys - The Reggae Train
2. The Ethiopians - One Heart 
3. Bunny Wailer - Love Fire
4. The Wailing Souls - Joy Within Your Heart
5. The Revolutionaries - Joyous Version
6. Culture - The Shepard
7. Junior Murvin - Roots Train
8. Dillinger - Roots Train
9. Barry Brown - Protect Them
10. Al Campbell - This Is a True True Love
11. Culture - Love Shine Bright
12. Jacob Miller - Forward Ever
13. Jimmy Riley - Give Thanks and Praise
14. Prince Alla - Jah Morning Sun
15. Prince Alla - Jah Version
16. Sugar Minott - So Many Things
17. The Gladiators - Get Ready
18. The Cyclones & Count Ossie - Meditation
19. African Brothers - Father Lead Us
20. Freddie McGregor - Peaceful Man
21. Johnny Clarke - Every Knee Shall Bow
22. Larry Marshall - Heavy Heavy Load
23. Yabby You - Chant Down Babylon
24. Augustus Pablo - Pablo In Dub
25. The Conquerors - Mr. DJ
26. Dennis Alcapone - Seven Day Reggae
27. The Heptones - Get In The Groove
28. Prince Far-I - Natty Farmyard
29. Santic All-Stars - Palace of Peace
30. Carlton & The Shoes - Love To Share
31. Cornel Campbell - Girl Of My Dreams
32. The Heptones - God Bless Whoever Sent You


Heights - Campside Fire

Last year’s Dubkasm Meets Solo Banton 7” triple pack  was a worldwide hit, packed with lyrical vibes and immense production that paid respect to the boombastic 90’s digi-roots style of labels such as Xterminator and Two Friends.  Powered by the breakout “My Music,” alongside Bristol grime MC Buggsy, the awesome set was missing only two things - crucial dubs of My Music itself, and the equally wicked “Never Let I Down.”

ZamZam had already been in conversation with Dubkasm about working together, when the label’s selector E3 realized that in recent sets he’d been following My Music with an Xterminator B-side only because there was no My Music dub available… yet.  Tracy/Polygon Press forwarded the idea of a "double dub." Both crews were immediately thrilled with the prospect of crowning the original My Music set with two mighty versions that also stand alone brilliantly. 

"My Music (Version)" opens with a heavy piano lead and rock-hard kick-led riddim.  Sparks fly from flint & steel hi hat, an addictive, powerhouse bassline, and Solo Banton floating in and out of dubspace.  Banton’s voice bursts forth again, with declarations of faith in “Crowned In Dub,” the version to “Never Let I Down.”  The tune rocks with another serious bassline and neck-snapping riddim, but is perhaps most defined by the unforgettable percussive steel pan melody, and masterful control of atmosphere, keeping the warm Caribbean roots alive in a dark, cavernous hall of reverb and echo.

Dubkasm (composed of Digistep & DJ Stryda) is one of the anchors of the worldwide roots, dub & sound system movement.  Active since 1994, the Bristol institution tours constantly and has numerous essential vinyl releases on Peng Sound, Bristol Archive and most especially their own Sufferah’s Choice and Dubkasm imprints.

Released the first week of November 2015.  Limited to 700 copies.  No digital. No repress.  Design & 2-color screen print by Polygon Press.

Contact zamzamsounds@gmail.com for any information, and follow us on Facebook and Instagram to be kept in the loop!

Dubkasm "My Music (Version)" b/w "Crowned In Dub" ZamZam 33 7" vinyl rip

In October 2014, Lincoln Valentine Style Scott was murdered in his house in Manchester, Jamaica. He was 58 years old. At that tim he had just finished his work on “Hard Food”, the first album released by his Dub Syndicate since “No Bed of Roses” in 2004. Dub Syndicate’s first studio album for eleven years, an event that was to be a joyous celebration with friends, has now become Style Scott’s legacy.

NOW, exactly one year after his death – the new dub scene of Europe will tribute to this legendary drummer. The trademarking song “DUB IS ALL I GOT” will appear in 14 different version and excursion as a kind of REMIX Clash. A fascinating and splending bass experience and in the very sensitive way the remixers and admirers paid tribute for is more than excellent…!

With Style Scott the reggae world, and indeed the entire world, has lost one of its best drummers. His unexpected, tragic death is devastating for his friends and family, to whom we express our deepest sympathy. At the same time, Style’s music – both sounds and lyrics – reveal that his life was rich in warmth and harmony. His death has made our lives poorer.

DEDICATED TO LINCOLN VALENTINE SCOTT.
DATE OF SUNRISE:
APRIL 29, 1956 - CHAPELTON CLARENDON PARISH, JAMAICA.
DATE OF SUNSET:
OCTOBER 9TH, 2014 WILLIAMSFIELD DISTRICT - MANCHESTER PARISH, JAMAICA

Dub Syndicate - Dub Is All I Got (ft U ROY) Dubmatix Dub Dub Dub

ZamZam is very pleased to welcome Compa to the family!  With his sparse, tight & driving signature dubwise sound, his first 7” for ZamZam is a serious scorcher, the latest in a growing catalog of crucial releases on labels including Boka Records, Lion Charge and Deep Medi Musik.  Compa’s increasingly intense touring schedule is winning over crowds from Australia to Asia, and support is steady from luminaries including Mary Anne Hobbs, Gilles Peterson, Toddla T,  the legend David Rodigan, Joe Nice, and of course Deep Medi boss Mala amongst many others.

“Shaka’s Truth” is a lean beast of stop/start riddim dynamics and meditative synth melodics.  A massive oscillating bassline pumps in unison with the pounding kick, while a disembodied voice of wisdom intones on the nature of truth, and the importance of trusting the inner voice.  “Atha Dub” is a missive from deep space, marrying a shimmering melody to laser volleys and distorted echo trails.  A melodic 808 bass doubles the merciless, staccato kick drum, while distorted snares are overtaken by reverb, and tape delay spools out only to be reeled back from the intergalactic abyss.  Two 140 stormers for the system and the headphones alike.

Mastered & cut by the one & only Lewis at Stardelta UK.  Released end of May, 2016. Limited to 800 copies for the world. No digital, no repress. Design & screen print by Polygon Press.

Contact zamzamsounds@gmail.com for any information, and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to be kept in the loop!

Compa "Shaka's Truth" b/w "Atha Dub" ZamZam 39 7" blend

ZamZam 40 is a milestone… as such we wanted to commemorate this chapter by coming full circle to where we began as a label - with another stunning Henry & Louis release from the vaults - this time featuring none other than reggae royalty Johnny Clarke.

Henry & Louis (AKA Jack Lundie and Andy Scholes) is a Bristol institution and UK sound system mainstay, birthed in 1988.  The duo’s 2Kings label, founded in 1990, is also a cornerstone of the 'Bristol sound', with releases including “How Can A Man Be Happy” mixed at the legendary Smith & Mighty studio in St Paul’s, “Jah Jah Never Fail I” (first released on ZamZam’s progenitor BSI Records), and many others, forming part of the city’s musical iconography.  Pinch, RSD, Prince Jammo, Sledgehead and other close friends round out the label’s stable, and Andy Scholes DJs globally representing the 2Kings family.

A heavily edited version of “Love and Understanding” was released on the seminal Time Will Tell LP (first on BSI, then 2Kings).  This new ZamZam 7” is the first time the full vocal and full dub version have been heard in all their glory.  The original lyric was penned by Andy Scholes and released on a 2Kings 12” - Johnny Clarke took hold of the words and laid down a magesterial version when Andy and Jack travelled to Jamaica in 1996.  Recorded in a single take at 'Chunky’s Studio,’ Sherlock Crescent, Kingston 20 - what a moment that must have been.

The skeletal riddim and deeply melodic bassline form the perfect bedrock for his sublime performance.  digi-percussion, clipped horns and subtle guitar plucks complete a truly revelatory tune.  The dub version is a hallucinogenic ride that simply has to be heard to be believed.  Stripped raw to the core of 4/4 kick, heavily reverbed snare and knocking percussion, the flavor borders on industrial - brutal, distorted and atmospheric, thick with tape hiss and impossibly long echoes - utterly unique and uncompromising.  It is shocking that this vocal and dub have not been heard before now, and we are proud to be the label to present them to the world.

Mastered & cut by the one & only Lewis at Stardelta UK.  Released late May, 2016. Limited to 900 copies for the world. No digital, no repress. Design & screen print by Polygon Press.

Contact zamzamsounds@gmail.com for any information, and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to be kept in the loop!

Henry & Louis f. Johnny Clarke "Love & Understanding" b/w dub version ZamZam 40 7" blend

House of Roots version

Worship Recordings Podcast no.30

Mixed by Heights

Friday February 10th, 2017

Track List:

1. The Reggae Boys - The Reggae Train
2. The Ethiopians - One Heart 
3. Bunny Wailer - Love Fire
4. The Wailing Souls - Joy Within Your Heart
5. The Revolutionaries - Joyous Version
6. Culture - The Shepard
7. Junior Murvin - Roots Train
8. Dillinger - Roots Train
9. Barry Brown - Protect Them
10. Al Campbell - This Is a True True Love
11. Culture - Love Shine Bright
12. Jacob Miller - Forward Ever
13. Jimmy Riley - Give Thanks and Praise
14. Prince Alla - Jah Morning Sun
15. Prince Alla - Jah Version
16. Sugar Minott - So Many Things
17. The Gladiators - Get Ready
18. The Cyclones & Count Ossie - Meditation
19. African Brothers - Father Lead Us
20. Freddie McGregor - Peaceful Man
21. Johnny Clarke - Every Knee Shall Bow
22. Larry Marshall - Heavy Heavy Load
23. Yabby You - Chant Down Babylon
24. Augustus Pablo - Pablo In Dub
25. The Conquerors - Mr. DJ
26. Dennis Alcapone - Seven Day Reggae
27. The Heptones - Get In The Groove
28. Prince Far-I - Natty Farmyard
29. Santic All-Stars - Palace of Peace
30. Carlton & The Shoes - Love To Share
31. Cornel Campbell - Girl Of My Dreams
32. The Heptones - God Bless Whoever Sent You

Worship Recordings Podcast no. 30, Friday February 10th, 2017

Worship Recordings Podcast no.30 - Mixed by Heights

There are few producers in the world of underground bass and dubwise music working today with the breadth, depth, and genre-busting powers of Ognjen Zecevic, the man called Egoless.  From post-everything blasts of wonky crunch & bass, to the most sparkling, orthodox reggae, his mastery of analog and digital production, and his free-roaming imagination and intuition make every Egoless plate a special, surprising, and rewarding experience.  

We’ve been holding this tune for some time… we kept it back as we knew right away it was fully deserving of the #50 spot in our catalog, a release we’ve been steadily working towards for a full 5 years.  It exemplifies what we have tried to build with ZamZam - a body of forward thinking heart and soul music, message music, physical music, sound system music.

For "Non-Immigrant Song” the Croatian Gorgon linked with rising sing-jay star Tenor Youthman (virtually unknown outside of his native Russia when the tune was recorded).  Egoless says "It was one of those moments when I received a message and some tunes from a guy in Russia, expecting the worst English ever... Oh how I was wrong, this guy blew me away with the natural organic quality of his voice and we did this tune shortly afterward.”

The lyric was extremely relevant when we first heard it, but we could not have imagined how relevance would turn to urgency with the rise of anti-immigrant extremism, Brexit, Trumpism and full-blown fascist infections spreading in so many parts of the world.  A plea to all those who lose touch with our humanity when we treat anyone as ‘other’ - native-born as immigrants, immigrants as refugees, refugees as less than human.

As for the music… an effortlessly swinging, massive rub-a-dub riddim in classic formation.  Buttery bass and thick kick hitting hard in unison.  Sparse and spare. Strictly analog effects and flawless instrumentation.  We asked Egoless for a truly OUT dub version to back the vocal, and he obviously didn’t disappoint - absolute desk & tape madness in the tradition of the most dub-me-crazy Ariwa or Black Ark meltdowns.

We couldn’t be more thrilled with this record and this milestone arrived at through so much work and so much support from our worldwide community. 

****As a special gift to celebrate ZamZam 50 we are including a full color poster documenting the art of ZamZam 01-49 folded into every copy.****  

Mastered by Egoless himself, cut by Lewis at Stardelta.  

Released late February, 2017. Limited to 800 7" vinyl copies for the world. Design & 2-color screen print by Polygon Press.  No repress, no digital.

Egoless feat. Tenor Youthman "Non-Immigrant Song" b/w "Non-Immigrant Dub" ZamZam 50 vinyl rip blend

DubDerGutenHoffnung presents A Dub 4 All Seasons

di Lions come out with full strength n powa
set themselve free inna righteous showa
go out and get active, haffi chase away the wicked!
always forward, play di finest dub, haffi pick it
jah jah calling I n I to reach mount zion
haffi stand tall and roar like a Lion…

Spring by Ras Lion

01 - Daddy Freddy - Dubplate Style - Lion's Den / DubDerGutenHoffnung Exclusive
02 - Adam Prescott - Dubbing With Dennis [Highness Special]
03 - Radikal Guru feat. Cian Finn - Inilusion
04 - OBF feat. Danman - Wicked Haffi Run
05 - Kanka feat. Singer Blue - Golden Wings
06 - Vibration Lab feat. Linval Thompson - Tribulation Time [RSD Remix]
07 - Digitaldubs feat. Ranking Joe - Justice and Equality
08 - Zion Train - State of Mind [Dubmatix Remix]
09 - Don Goliath feat. Big Youth - Concrete Jungle
10 - MDC feat. Brother Culture - Ninja Assassin

Summer by Darkwing Dub

01 - Roommate - Dynamite
02 - Vibration Lab - Try To Hurt Me
03 - Kion &amp; Murda - No 1 Sound
04 - 6Blocc - Never Scared
05 - Alpha Steppa  - Steppa Razor (Reter Tosh)
06 - Max Romeo &amp; The Upsetters vs Strange Rollers - One Step To Dread 
07 - Jingbong Ting ft. Bob Marley, Peter Tosh &amp; Bunny Wailer - Mr. Brown [Gold Remix]
08 - Daddy Freddy ft. Rebel MC, Tenor Fly &amp; Nanci Correia - Get Ready [Racknruin Remix]
09 - Rebel MC - Get Ready (All Junglist)
10 - Black Samurai - Information Critic [Benny Page Remix]
11 - Stalefish - Night Nurse  Remix
12 - Aries, Gold Bevan &amp; Andy Sim - Sun Is Shining
13 - OSC - Zion's Gate

Autumn by Jimi Handtrix

01 - Enigma Dubz feat. Ghette - High Grade
02 - Radikal Guru - Dread Commandments (Killawatt Remix)
03 - Illoom - Drifting To Zion
04 - Radikal Guru feat. Cian Finn - Babylon Sky (Adam Prescott Remix)
05 - Roommate - Hands Up
06 - Celt Islam - Soundklash
07 - Kion &amp; Murda - Dub Man Sleng feat. Demolition Man (Cardopusher Remix)
08 - Radikal Guru - Tundra Dub (Bukkha Remix)
09 - SICKorWELL &amp; Shane Sickx - Blood Dub
10 - Illoom - The Shuffle
11 - State Of Bass - Afraid Of Light
12 - Ioqe - Shadows

Winter by Mio MindSteppa

01 - Bombay Dub Orchestra - Journey ( Liquid Stranger Remix)
02 - Eclipse - Immortal (Truth Remix)
03 - Nuphlo - Cassiopaya
04 - MRK1 - Dubelek
05 - Truth - Wicked Vibe Brocoli
06 - TMSV feat. June Miller - Ghost Ship
07 - Commodo - So Clear
08 - Synchro - Angels
09 - Kryptic Minds - Six Degrees
10 - Vortek - Slow Fall
11 - Jack Sparrow - Copland
12 - Rob Sparx - Independent Life (Dubby Mix)

recorded for soRed.fm - nuff RASpect straight to mount zion!

more info:
http://www.dubdergutenhoffnung.de
http://www.lionsdensound.de
http://sored.fm

Heights - Campside Fire

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