12", Ltd., Vinyl Only

USA Buy: http://www.grandancestor.com/shop/ga016
EU Buy: https://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/vinyl/140089-ga016-channel-15-pity

GA016: Pity Dub / Mari Dub - Channel 15 (LAS x Mikael)[OUT NOW!]

Tubby Isiah - Roots Man Special (DUBPLATE)

MHSAMPL2 - @bukkhaspace & @frenk-dublin - Nah Run From Dub forthcoming 10" vinyl on @Modernhypnosis. Featuring @somahuk on the B side. 

Shipping June 3. https://www.unearthedsounds.co.uk/products/bukkha-frenk-dublin-somah-nah-run-from-dub-calling-dub-handstamped-10-vinyl

Bukkha & Frenk Dublin - Nah Run From Dub (Original Mix)

Cat No: FR004
Release Title: Breakfake - No Crime

Tracklist:
A) Breakfake - No Crime (Part 1)
AA) Breakfake - No Crime (Part 2)
B) No Crime (Inner Echo Remix)
BB) No Crime (Sepia Remix)

Release date: May 20th, 2022
Mastered by Beau Thomas @ teneightseven
12" Black Vinyl limited to 500 copies

BUY - https://firmlyrootedrecords1.bandcamp.com/album/breakfake-no-crime-pt-1-no-crime-pt-2-inner-echo-remix-sepia-remix

Breakfake - No Crime (Inner Echo Remix)

It feels redundant to introduce a duo so beloved by, and important to, the modern UK and global sound system community. If you don’t know Dubkasm by now, then you must be very new to the scene indeed! Working tirelessly over the last two and a half decades to forward the traditions of sound system reggae, dubplate culture, and Bristol history in particular, Stryda and Digistep as Dubkasm are truly an institution. It’s always an honor to work with them, whether live or on wax, and this record is another testament to their continuing vitality, vibes, and vision. 

“Mighty Designer” is a mystical stepper of the highest order. Gorgeous flute rides a tough riddim dominated by a relentless bassline. Clocking in at 140 bpm it’s both languid and driving, heartical and militant, an opalescent jewel of a tune that is also message music: while the second half goes full dubwise, the first features a profound meditation on the wisdom of the Creator as witnessed in the beauty and balance of Creation. “When you check out… how each thing set up in a different mathematical order- you know it must be a Mighty Designer…”

On the flip, the abstract intro to “Almighty Version” signals we’re in for a tougher Part-2-style. Percussion and hi-hat tease and intertwine before dropping into the elemental bass & drum attack. The voice is stripped completely, as all-hands-on-desk focus on bass, drums, filtered percussion, and reverb and echo as instruments. Animal sounds and melodics emerge from a dense, primordial, teeming background to shimmer briefly then recede again. “Almighty Version” is a trance-inducing dub that continues the meditation on the message - through music alone.     

Mastered by Sam at Precise. Art, design, and screen printing by Polygon Press. Limited to 800 vinyl copies for the world. No repress, no digital. Shipping end of November, 2022.

Dubkasm "Mighty Designer" b/w "Almighty Version" ZamZam 89 7" vinyl blend

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Babe Roots are a relatively young duo from Turin, Italy, making a unique brand of atmospheric, techno-infused dubwise.  On our radar since their splendid debut 7” on Rohs! Records in early 2016, we are very pleased to invite them into the ZamZam fold with two mesmerizing and contrasting tunes.  

“Be Still” is a deeply meditative yet driving dub techno trek in classic fashion, featuring rastaman Kojo Neatness intoning on righteous living, working the land, guarding the tongue, and avoiding Babylonian schemes and traps laid by the wicked.  Maternal bass and shimmering reverbs envelop a heartbeat rhythm of kick, shaker and distant snares for a timeless vibe that shows mastery of the idiom while updating it for contemporary sound systems.  

“Rawness” is an extraordinarily deep 140 journey that opens with rich pads and swirling atmospherics, creating a psychoactive ambience that builds into a steady kick.  The full riddim hits and plunges us even deeper with restrained, syncopated drums and percussion.  Churning bass powers us through the dense, hallucinatory fog as tendrils of electricity probe and zap, and serrated snares cut through the tape haze and studio clouds in the last third.  Carving out a gorgeous edge between deep dubstep and dub techno, “Rawness” hits all the marks and will find a home in a huge range of sets.

Mastered by Sam Precise.  Design & screen print by Polygon Press.  Limited to 600 copies for the world.  No digital, no repress.  Contact zamzamsounds@gmail.com for subscriptions, wholesale, or other info.  Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter to stay in the loop!

Babe Roots "Be Still" feat Kojo Neatness b/w "Rawness" ZamZam 59 7" vinyl rip blend

ZamZam 67 sees the eagerly-awaited return of the man called Versa (AKA Michael Nickless AKA Michael Versa).  Over 10 years deep in the dub game, Versa came to prominence through a string of mesmerizing releases, notably a pair of singles on VIVEK’s System label.  His first outing on ZamZam (alongside partner Rowl on the B side) went down a treat worldwide - hard to believe it was fully two dozen ZamZams ago!  It’s always a special kind of pleasure to have an artist back for a second chapter, and this one is a must. 

“Seed” opens with the sound of distant thunder, minimal pads, and a time-honored bass & kick combination, elemental steppers for the ages making no concessions to fashion or trend.  Melodica drives through the storm, with delicately plucked guitar and FX bubbling to the surface in a reverb-soaked landscape.  Much more than the sum of its parts, “Seed"’s power is in its restraint, its knowledge of its roots, and its confidence in the timeless quality of well-tuned instruments and careful dub mixing.

“Planting” inches the tempo up yet feels much slower, lulling us into a hazy world of lurching half-time magic, with all the same instrumentation in dynamic play, yet creating wildly contrasting results.  With chasms of reverb, smeared snares and guitar taking a much greater role in the shimmering dubwise play of absence and presence, dappled light and twilight dark, “Planting” will also pitch up nicely for an unforgettable appearance in a next 140 set. 

Versa’s deep knowledge of dub and reggae, along with his masterful approaches to techno and deep bass music more generally, makes every release a powerful yet understated event for sound system addicts. 

Limited to 700 vinyl copies for the world.  No digital, no repress.  Design & print by Polygon Press.  Mastered by Precise.  This audio ripped directly from the vinyl so you know exactly what you're getting.  Bless.

Versa "Seed" b/w "Planting" ZamZam 67 7" vinyl rips

Dubkasm's versions of Kahn's 'Dread' were cut straight to dubplate for a Peng Sound TID special in Bristol, back in 2015.

These still much requested dubs get their official release on Friday 7th February.

Catch Dubkasm at Lakota on release day: https://lakota.co.uk/events/deep-medi/

Kahn
Dread - Dubkasm Dub1
Dread - Dubkasm Dub2
Dread - Dubkasm Dub3
Dread - Dubkasm Dub4

12" White label & Digital
(MEDi117)

Dread - Dubkasm Versions

Kahn - Dread (Dubkasm Dub 4) - 07.02.20(MEDi117)

Rider Shafique, Ishan Sound, and Kahn need no introductions.  As individual artists and fellow members of Bristol’s Young Echo collective, they are responsible for some of the most crucial music to come out of Bristol in the last decade.  We couldn’t be prouder to deliver this powerful message music in these extremely dread times.

In a catalog overflowing with lyrical majesty, “When Shall We rise” is one of Rider Shafique’s most direct and moving missives yet - a critical dissection of the racist foundations of dominant culture - whether UK, EU, or US - and the struggle of the racially oppressed within it.  The plea to abandon assimilation into Babylon system, in lesser hands could easily be cliched or flat-footed, but with Rider’s pen and voice it is a revelatory spiritual call-to-arms - there are no saviors coming - we are the ones we’ve been waiting for. 

The riddim is classic Kahn & Ishan- uncompromising rockstone mid-tempo steppers that is at once orthodox and utterly, inimitably their own- plucked strings, haunted pipes, pounding kick and heaving bassline in propulsive amalgamation. Straight off the desk, “When Shall We Dub” strips the vocal out entirely, focusing on breaking down the incredibly militant riddim, crafting a dark, roiling ocean of reverb, swells of delay breaking the surface in blackest night.

A closely guarded dub for several years, “When Shall We Rise” is now free to circulate and become the anthem that it demands.

Releasing early April 2020. Limited to 800 vinyl copies for the world, no repress, no digital. Design & screen print by Polygon Press. Mastering by Sam at Precise Mastering. Email zamzamsounds@gmail.com for info on ordering, subscribing, or for stockists in your area of the world. Peace, health, & strength to all.

Rider Shafique, Ishan Sound & Kahn "When Shall We Rise" + Dub ZamZam 77 vinyl blend

10' smokey vinyl / Release date 5th of Feb 2021 - Available in all the good record shops worldwide

https://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/record-label-releases/25133-777hz?fbclid=IwAR2crqDWzwP1zTNl63CDbB_K_ebHOgEiH4GrU3jSTsZrdqKHirNDd_DRKWI

Hiss Is Bliss ft Singer Blue - Let's give thanks / Version

ZamZam: strictly limited 7" dub vinyl, lovingly designed and screen printed by hand.  No digital, no repress.  Khaliphonic: 10", 12", and LPs. 

Email zamzamsounds@gmail.com to subscribe to the next five releases and have them shipped to your door: $60 (USA only). 

Distribution:
UK: Unearthed, Juno, Dubwise
France: Toolbox
Germany: Hard Wax, Buyreggae.com, HHV
Japan: Dub Store
USA: retailers including Zions Gate (Seattle), Ear Candy Music (Missoula), Musique Plastique & Clinton Street Record & Stereo (Portland)

Versa "Seed" b/w "Planting" ZamZam 67 7" vinyl rips

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