Reggae and dub are frequently reserved for relaxed Sunday sessions in these parts but as it's Bandcamp Friday today, I wanted to highlight a selection of top tunes, albums and compilations available as name your price / free downloads.
Today's 10-track selection kicks off with Marshall Neeko, whose dizzying rate of productivity sees a new collection of versions pretty much every week. I have a fair few and I can't keep up, but the quality levels are consistently and incredibly high.
A couple of labels feature prominently here, and on my shopping list: Dubphonic Records, coming straight out of Cyprus, and Culture Dub Records based in Poitiers, France.
There's a healthy selection of Jamaican artists here too, as might be expected, as well as acts from Barcelona, London, Kremenki (Russia), Athens, Gdynia (Poland), Paris and well, I'll leave you to guess where The Dubwegians hail from.
All worth some of your time and money, methinks.
1) Soundclash Fi Di Win: Marshall Neeko & KSB Crew (Soundclash Showdown Volume 1) (2024)
2) Tuff Gong: Creation Rockers (Lets Make Waves) (2012/2022)
3) NoVo Sub: Switchy Dub (Re-Birth) (2024)
4) Assassin Dub: The Dubwegians (King Of Dub) (2020)
5) Dubplate Style: Culture Horn & Sammy Gold (Jah Creator) (2023)
6) Dub Dels Prototips: The City Jungle (Són Corruptes/Tips Dels Prototips EP) (2015)
7) Sandra (Indamouse Remix): iGL & Alecho (Revolution EP) (2023)
8) Chicken Hawk: Prince Junior (Dub Store Records Sampler Volume Two) (2016)
9) True Dub: Culture Horn Sound System (Dublaboratory Vol. 1) (2022)
10) Wojna Dub: Muflon Dub Soundsystem (King Love Dub Sessions) (2022)
2) Tuff Gong: Creation Rockers (Lets Make Waves) (2012/2022)
3) NoVo Sub: Switchy Dub (Re-Birth) (2024)
4) Assassin Dub: The Dubwegians (King Of Dub) (2020)
5) Dubplate Style: Culture Horn & Sammy Gold (Jah Creator) (2023)
6) Dub Dels Prototips: The City Jungle (Són Corruptes/Tips Dels Prototips EP) (2015)
7) Sandra (Indamouse Remix): iGL & Alecho (Revolution EP) (2023)
8) Chicken Hawk: Prince Junior (Dub Store Records Sampler Volume Two) (2016)
9) True Dub: Culture Horn Sound System (Dublaboratory Vol. 1) (2022)
10) Wojna Dub: Muflon Dub Soundsystem (King Love Dub Sessions) (2022)
Are they from Dubwegia?
ReplyDeletePS I have some of these already but I had missed the excellent Creation Rockers EP so thanks for the alert
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DeleteAnd I'm very happy to have brought the Creation Rockers EP to your attention, it really is very good.
From a small island in the Mediterranean. Good stuff at all.
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DeleteAnd as you say, all good stuff. Muflon Dub Soundsystem was a pleasing discovery. I would have thought to look to Poland for some quality dub before now!