
We are thrilled to bring you a fresh plate from Peter Simon, better known to the world of bass music as DJ Madd. Respected worldwide for his infectious brand of roots/reggae-heavy dubstep and dubwise that spans the tempo spectrum from dancehall to jungle, he has released on crucial bass-centric labels such as Moonshine, Black Box, the legendary WAR series of white labels, his own Roots & Future imprint, and most recently the excellent Cosmic Bridge. DJ Madd is regularly featured on Rinse FM and BBC Radio, and has been championed by influential DJs from Mary Anne Hobbs to Skream and Breakage.

DJ Madd’s second ZamZam journey moves on from the dark militancy of his first 7”, for a still-heavy but more meditative affair, again showcasing his mastery of space, dynamics and bass-weight in the service of classic dub principles.  While recent outings have seen him pushing into 160bpm ‘slowfast' territory, both tunes here hold it down for the 130-140 massive.  “Interstellar Dub” sets the controls for a warm nebula of sound, beginning with a gorgeous synth melody.  The interplay of spacious reverbs and ricocheting percussion, a worming keyboard line, skanks, majestic horns and massive low end are mesmerizing - familiar in their simplicity and structure, but fresh in their clarity and system-pushing confidence.  Simon takes us into a cosmic realm that is not a hostile void but an inviting home.

“Spook Dub” is a haunted tune with a sonic palette linked to the A side, a darkly playful house of dread smoke and mirrors. DJ Madd’s restraint and frequency control are on full display here, as well as his intuitive sense of what makes a great sound system tune. Heavy and crowd-pleasing wares for DJs, dancers, and eyes-downs worldwide.

Released the last week of August 2015.  Limited to 800 copies.  No digital. No repress.  Design & screen print by Polygon Press.

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DJ Madd "Interstellar Dub" b/w "Spook Dub" ZamZam 30 vinyl rip edits

OBF & Kenny Knots - United We Stand [2012] Complete

Without a doubt one of the most iconic and legendary reggae labels to come out of the UK, Fashion Records has a rich and deep history that reaches far beyond the world of reggae. The brainchild of John MacGillivray and Chris Lane, two music devotees who manned a market stall in Clapham Junction selling imported reggae and ska vinyl during the late 70s (which later went on to become the hugely popular Dub Vendor shop), the label was set up in 1980 and started generating hits instantly, regularly topping the UK reggae charts and attracting attention further afield. Soon a recording studio was built, which served as a drop-in for most of the Jamaican stars passing through London at the time. Horace Andy, Johnnie Clarke, Alton Ellis, Frankie Paul, Junior Delgado and many more household names all spent time in the A-Class studios during the early days, although it was the stars of the new UK reggae explosion that really put the label on the map. Alongside artists such as Dee Sharp, Keith Douglas, Papa Face & Bionic Rhona, the label was a springboard for artist such as Asher Senator, Macka B, Andrew Paul and Smiley Culture, the latter whom scored a top 20 hit and a couple of appearances on Top Of The Pops with his 1984 single "Police Officer". 

Going from strength to strength, it was the chart explosion of dancehall in the early 90s that saw more international names come flocking to the label and more hits racking up - far too many to list here, but a brief glance through the discography shows Cutty Ranks, Papa San, General Levy, Top Cat, Tenor Fly, Daddy Freddy and Wayne Wonder all recording sides for the label. With the subsequent lull of mainstream dancehall hits, it wasn't until another more uniquely English style of dance music came around that the label was rediscovered; jungle. Based around the soundsystem style of Jamaican music, with an emphasis on the cutting drums and heavy basslines, young jungle producers used many of the tracks recorded and played by the previous generation as its backbone, the vocals given new life by the rudimentary samplers being used in bedroom studios all over the land. 

Fast forward 25 years and those reverberations are still being felt today - drum & bass, dubstep, hip hop, trap and almost any other sub-genre of what many now refer to as "bass music" has the DNA of reggae and dancehall running through it, so its only right to expect a little payback at some point. A&R'd by music fanatic and owner of the NICE UP! record label, Jon Sheppard - "Inna NICE UP! Fashion" aims to bring new life to some of these legendary tracks by having modern day producers rework them in their own style and re-introducing them to a new audience. From the frantic breakbeats of rave-revivalist Special Request and the bottom end sonics of Radio 1's Toddla T & Melé, to the modern minimalist dancehall-tech of Machinedrum and the digital dub drone of The Bug, there is plenty to get excited about here. Poland's Radikal Guru serves up some classic dubstep, Germany's Jahtari crew take it back into 80s nostalgia with their 8-bit dancehall style, whilst modern reggae producers Wrongtom, Jstar and Mr Benn all show why they are on the forefront of the UK reggae revival. The tempo gets upped for some heavier jungle inspired remixes from Aries & Gold Dubs, Serial Killaz and festival favourites Dub Pistols, hopefully giving a little bit of something for everybody.

Buy now! 

I And I Saw Them Coming (Radikal Guru remix) - Starkey Banton

HTD001 

The blissful lead crafted by signee Dub kulcha in ‘Seeker Dub’ strives to shine bright in the faces of all listeners. The purity of the bassline, the delayed trumpet and glistening frequencies that follow will plant a seed, which grows out to an uplifting anthem overwhelming many.



Dub Kulcha - Seeker Dub

LONGFINGAH - URBAN MYSTIC [Album: digital download + CD]

Tracklist:
01. Raggamuffin Yute (Longfingah/Adubta)
02. So Good (Longfingah/Adubta)
03. Terror dem Spread feat. Michael Fabulous (Longfingah/Michael Fabulous/Adubta)
04. Jah Bless (Longfingah/Maxi Roots)
05. Raise A Voice (Longfingah/Neil Pearch(Zion Train)
06. Head Up feat. Tribuman (Max Powa Remix) (Longfingah/Max Powa)
07. Urban Mystic (Album Version) (Longfingah/Hardy Digital)
08. Make Love Not War (King Toppa Remix) (Longfingah/King Toppa)
09. Wiggle & Wine feat. Steppa Style (Aldubb Remix) (Longfingah/Steppa Style/Aldubb/Hardy Digital)
10. Anybody Out There (Longfingah/Hardy Digital)
11. Rocking Time (Longfingah/Dreadsquad)
12. Infinity (Longfingah/Basskateers)
13. Liberation Time (Longfingah/Habesha)
14. Cool Down Dub (Longfingah/Aldubb)

Label: GuerillJah Productions
Cat.-No.: GP-010
Release Date: 03.04.2017
album masterd by Aldubb 

www.guerilljah-productions.com
www.longfingah.com

buy links CD:
www.buyreggae.com
buy links download:
itunes  https://itunes.apple.com/album/urban-mystic/id1212538581
Juno  http://www.junodownload.com/products/longfingah-urban-mystic/3363850-02/

@hardydigital @longfingah @toppa_irieites @3basskateers @zion-train @sista-habesha @tribuman @adubta @michael-fabulous @maxi-8 @steppa-style @dreadsquad

Longfingah "Urban Mystic" Album Promo Mix (mix by Hardy Digital) OUT April 3rd. [download + CD]

Vibration Lab remixes a killa tune from one of the top London UK Reggae bands on the scene!

Vibration Lab - The Lost Tapes (Forgotten Dubs & Remixes)

onlyjoe - Easton - Vibration Lab Remix

onlyjoe-Easton-Vibration Lab Remix

I Found Død (Violinbwoy Remix)

DUBCOM003V - @blind-prophet Veteran ft. @clintonsly / Hugh Dub. Release date: September, 14.
Buy vinyl: https://www.juno.co.uk/products/blind-prophet-clinton-sly-veteran/696361-01/ 
https://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/vinyl/99300-dubcom003v-blind-prophet-feat--clinton-sly--7''


''Crafted in the style of old school dancehall clashing, 'Veteran' is a mixture of classic heavyweight dancehall lyrics and a new school flow. The tune is set to be a timeless banger aiming to keep the dancehall massive rocking and swinging day and night. Inspired by the riddim and sounds of Blind Prophet, Clinton Sly is ready to run the sound system! Slowing down the tempo to 120bpm, Blind Prophet delivers a heavy dose of dubwise for the B-side. 'Hugh Dub' starts off with a mutated vocal and quickly drops into a tuff steppers riddim. A distorted bassline and thumping kick drive the track. Accompanied by plucked guitars, organ skanks and dub FX it's a sound system stomper for sure!'

DUBCOM003V - Blind Prophet - Veteran ft. Clinton Sly / Hugh Dub (Previews) [7" Vinyl]

02 Politrix Feat Prince Jamo

Welcome to the fourth Life In Dub Podcast, a new series of in depth interviews with people who have lived their lives in dub & reggae. My guest this week is Tom Tatersall , one of the founder members of Mungos HiFi.  This is the first remote hook-up of this Podcast series, with me sat in the Dub Cupboard studio in Leicester and Tom in his studio up in Glasgow. I first met Tom & Doug in Glasgow maybe 20 years ago just as they were starting out with Mungos HiFi and I was releasing my first records. Since then their team has grown and Mungos has become a really successful sound system , label and music studio and in this interview you can hear Tom talk about how they started and learn more about the whole Mungos journey.

http://www.lifeindub.com/
https://www.mungoshifi.net/
https://mungoshifi.bandcamp.com/
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https://www.instagram.com/mungoshifi/?hl=en
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https://www.facebook.com/Vibronics-16183313401/

LIFE IN DUB PODCAST #4 TOM MUNGOS HiFi hosted by Steve Vibronics

90 minute mixtape full of dub and digital reggae with Mungo's Hifi, Jahtari, Riddim Tuffa, High Tone, Gorgon Sound, Soom T, Pupajim, Solo Banton, The Bug....
Big Up all Producers & Artists!! 1Love
1.  High Tone Meets Brain Damage - Dub On Tune In And Drop Out
2.  Aku Fen & El Fata - Fight For Your Right (Dub Invaders)
3.  Dub From Atlantis - Things That We Do (Gorgon Sound Remix)
4.  Riddim Tuffa & King General - Digikal
5.  Papa Levi - Inna Me Yard
6.  Led Piperz & Solo Banton - Dub Invasion (Dub Invaders)
7.  Disrupt - Arcade Addict
8.  Solo Banton - Music Addict
9.  The Bug & Miss Red - Goodbye
10.The Bug & Warrior Queen - Hardcore Lover
11.Fu Steps - Babylon Soldiers
12.Mungo`s Hifi, African Simba & Dixie Peach - Leave The Oil Alone
13.Mungo`s Hifi & Charlie P - Skidip Dub
14.Mungo`s Hifi & Mr. Williamz - Computer Age
15.Mungo`s Hifi & Daddy Scotty - Wicked Tings A Gwaan
16.Rub-A-Dub Market (Part2Style) - Fever
17.Kenny Knots - Herb From Grow
18.Part2Style & Mr. Williamz - Run Down Dada
19.Part2Style & Kenny Knots - Run Up The World
20.Part2Style & Daddy Freddy - Original Baba Loo
21.Part2Style, Solo Banton & Charlie P - Want Come Test
22.Subactive & El Fata - Rocking In The Frontline
23.Subactive& Ranking Levy - Brixton Frontline
24.Kenny Knots - Watch How The People Dancing
25.Soom T - Boom Shiva
26.Diegojah - Big Ganja Spliff
27.Soom T - Bring Down The Empire
28.Maffi - Robotron Riddim
29.Ranking Levy - Mad Man Style
30.Manasseh - People Rhythm
31.Dark Angel - People Come To
32.Kenny Knots - Unbreakable
33.Bob Skeng - Tek Caution
34.Digitaldubs - Dub Echoes Riddim
35. Digitaldubs & YT - Soundsystem Culture
36.Tradesman & Parly B - In A Competition
37.Mungo`s Hifi - Your Love Riddim
38.Mungo`s Hifi - Your Love
39.Soom T - Pull It Up
40.Stand High Patrol - Brest Bay
41.Analogik - Kaptajn Bim

Digital Takeover Mixtape [Free DL]

Vibronics, the future sound of dub, have been vibrating the world with bass since 1995. Their music is at the forefront of the UK Dub scene, proven by over 40 releases on their own legendary SCOOPS label as well as a host of albums, singles and remixes for a myriad of other labels such as Universal Egg, Jarring Effects, Dubhead and Jah Tubbys . In the studio they have worked with Zion Train, Iration Steppas, Macka B, Ranking Joe, High Tone, Big Youth and an almost endless list of dub & reggae luminaries. Wether dub-mixing live on stage, rocking the clubs or uplifting the festivals, Vibronics continue to perform tirelessly across Europe as well as in Asia, Central America and the Caribbean.

2012 Release Agenda

"Vibronics French Connection" album release on Hammerbass records in March.
Vibronics come roaring out of their studio with 12 brand new remix collaborations featuring the cream of French dub artists … High Tone, Zenzile, Brain Damage, Weeding Dub, Blackboard Jungle, OBF and Kanka are just some of the artists to be re-worked in this one away international project.

3 x 10" single release on SCOOPS Records for summer. This host of killer new vocals include works by Demolition Man, Ras Tweed, Professor Natty & Echo Ranks as well as instrumental contributions from London's Ital Horns and Tokyo's Killer Sista Makiko.



