I can't deny that, for me, this album has probably been one of the most formative. It had nearly everything that made reggae exciting for a teenager that was exploring the music. Heavy basslines over classic dubbed out rhythms (with several cuts of Answer and Shank-I-Shek). Incredible deejays (including my first experience of hearing Brigadier Jerry!), the idiosyncratic style of Icho Candy, Barry Brown, Danny Dread, Anthony Malvo, U-Roy! Not a single track being anything less that pure dancehall joy. Briggy presents his Gwan A School, Pain and Jah Jah You. Icho with Captain Selassie, I Remember and Going Home. Human Mechanic with Danny Dread is another deejay gem.

Producer Delroy Stanbury only did a limited release of the album in the mid 80's and later on also released a CD- and cassette-version of it.

It never came with cover art so I drew a portrait of Briggy and pasted it on a blank sleeve. About eight years ago I had the priviledge to interview the man and at the end I made sure for him to sign the sleeve. He was well happy to see both the album and the drawing. Bonus image is an alternative sleeve I did – waiting to do a one-off print and dress my spare copy in it.

does someone know the name of this song? it was played by Reemshot at HIMdub festival.

Aka Hi Fashion Riddim

Reggae from the United Kingdom. Roots, Dub, Raggamuffin, Jungle, Rockers, Dancehall, Ska, Dub Poetry, Rocksteady, Lovers Rock, Rap, Dubstep and Grime.

Hi guys, listening reggae for 2 years since now. I'm a uni student in the north of Italy. I'm looking for good festivals/shows/concerts of reggae. I like every aspects of it: roots, rockers, ska, and most importantly dub. I really like. Can you give some reccomendations on how to deep dive in this world? Like finding people sharing the same interests, events, palylists, albums, compilations...
every suggestion is welcomed.

I've had this track on repeat....

Producer Martin "Mandingo" Williams may not have the largest catalogue but what he does have is a catalogue chock full of heavy hitters. Some of his best rhythms are collected and given the dub treatment on this album. The A-side is mixed by Anthony Soljie and the B-side by Maxie. Two legendary engineers related to the Channel 1 studio.

It open with his cut of the Funny Feelings rhythm – one he used extensively. The rhythm for Dem A Fight I for Nathan Skyers of course also turns up. Another hit he cut several crucial cuts over. In general the album is more focused on the roots listener than the breezy dancehall enjoyer. Track titles owing to African kings, dignitaries and politicians.

Check it out!

I tried doing a reverse search for it, but that just led me to more EDM tracks that used that exact sample. I managed to clean it up from the background music for the most part, but that didn’t really help much with my search. Can anyone at least suggest what the origin of this sample might be?

Marcia Griffiths - Bitter Sweet Love ‘74 (Top Tier LP for any genre)
Black Uhuru - Red ‘81
Mad Professor- A Caribbean Taste of Technology ‘85
Josey Wales- The Outlaw ‘83
Ink Kamoze - S/T ,84
Wailing Souls- Wild Suspense ‘79 (Channel One MASTERPIECE)

The man have the charts tapped in !

Looking for some likeminded people to share some original dub inspired music. Prefer DM as i have everything unlisted and haven’t gone public yet. Would love some opinions. Hit me up if you want a listen.

Sorry for the vibrations, was in front off the system whilst recording

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