Special new 25th anniversary edition of this most popular and highly-acclaimed of all Soul Jazz Records’ Dynamite! series – 300% Dynamite is jam-packed with reggae tunes that crossed-over to become dancefloor hits and are 100% guaranteed to rock any party!
Out of print for the last 15 years, this new edition is being released in a one-off limited-edition heavyweight special-edition coloured blue vinyl pressing + download code exclusively for Record Store Day 2024.
This album is fully remastered, recut and with new tracks exclusively for RSD 24. Wayne Smith’s booming anthem “Sleng Teng”, Althea & Donna’s worldwide hit ‘Uptown Top Ranking’, Sister Nancy’s classic “Bam Bam”, Augustus Pablo…
Category: reggae
By 1971, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry was firmly established as one of Jamaica’s elite music makers. Since launching his Upsetter Records label three years earlier, he had enjoyed both national and international success with his productions, and in so doing earned widespread admiration for his creative approach to music making. While much of Perry’s work throughout the preceding 12 months had comprised instrumental works, the new year marked a key change in his approach, with his output throughout 1971 increasingly showcasing vocal recordings performed by a small, but talented roster of artists.
This is evidenced by this, the fourth Doctor Bird collection charting the legendary producer’s development from local hitmaker to global star.
Alongside fellow heavyweights like Channel One, Aba Shanti I, and the late Jah Shaka, Iration Steppas have been carrying the torch for British sound system culture for over 30 years now. The sound system and production unit — nicknamed “Year 3000” for their futuristic sound — was founded by Mark Iration and Dennis Rootical in Leeds in the North of England in the early ‘90s, straddling both the past and the future. In that way, they had much in common with the mighty label Greensleeves, whose deep archive Mark Iration has mined for this essential compilation.
Founded by Chris Cracknell and Chris Sedgwick in 1977 out of their record shop in Shepherds Bush, West London, Greensleeves became known for championing Jamaican dancehall.
…Born in Puerto Rico and now based in Los Angeles, producer Pachyman (also known as Pachy Garcia) doubtless understands the complexities of the Caribbean – and of dub, whose innovative anti-establishment histories he cites as informing many of his choices. He’s demonstrated that on each of his releases, but it’s on his new album, Another Place, that he makes some of his most interesting moves to date.
Even the simplest of his tracks here have enough layers and emotional textures to keep a firm grip. Opening single “Calor Ahora” and following track “In Love” use dub’s inherent soft glow to radiate melancholy from even the most minimal lyrics (“I’m in love again / Falling for a friend,” sings Garcia on the latter, a two-line story that…
The 2025 release of Look At All The Love We Found: A Tribute to Sublime marks the 20th anniversary of the original 2005 tribute album Look At All The Love We Found (Cornerstone R.A.S.), now reworked and remastered, featuring over 30 artists covering classic Sublime tracks including Zac Brown Band (“Wrong Way”), Pennywise (“Same In The End”), Jack Johnson (“Badfish”) and more, in addition to 8 previously unreleased tracks. One of the unreleased tracks includes a collaboration with Slightly Stoopid and Stick Figure with their take of the Sublime classic “Slow Ride.”
“We’re honored to release our cover of “Slow Ride” with our brother Stick Figure to honor the legacy of Sublime. Produced by our good friend “Miguel” Happoldt, the OG Sublime producer…
It’s been said that in space, no one can hear you scream; but sometimes you can feel the echo of vibration. From the outer reaches of the star Melodious, a spectral sound alchemist known as Blanc du Blanc has partnered with dub pioneer Scientist (a.k.a. Hopeton Overton Brown) to reimagine dub music as an interstellar language, a cosmic dialogue stretching from the genre’s Jamaican roots into expansive, uncharted sonic territories. The result is the deeply spiritual Scientist Meets Blanc du Blanc: Before the Beginning: equal parts otherworldly and earthbound, Zion and Babylon.
Since 2020, Blanc du Blanc has released four sets of original dub music on central New Jersey’s Soul Selects Records, led by Chris Harford.