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SIZZLA
2020. Originally out in 2014 and here reissued on DOUBLE-LP, 'Born A King' sees legendary Jamaican artist Sizzla at the breathtaking peak of his musical and lyrical abilities, balancing traditional roots reggae, dan..
PABLO AUGUSTUS
2019. Deep instrumental and dub album recorded in 1978 in the best Jamaican studios, including Lee Perry's famous Black Ark along (as always !) the cream of the musicians including members of The Wailers. Pablo's my..
DONALDSON ERIC
2019. An acclaimed 1971 Jamaican roots reggae album gets its awaited reissue. This CD-edition (including an obi) is limited to 500 copies.
OLDIANS
2020. The seventh full-length by the Catalan reggae band will come as a treat for genre connoisseurs, fans and anyone into Jamaican music in general.
CHEZIDEK AND THE LIGERIAN
2020. Jamaican singer Chezidek has teamed up with French band The Ligerians for a wonderful contemporary roots reggae delivery.
PABLO AUGUSTUS
2019. The man known as Augustus Pablo was a visionary, part of an intimate group of creative figures whose approach to reggae music and audio recording have forever changed the shape of popular music in Jamaica, and..
CHEZIDEK AND THE LIGERIAN
2020. Jamaican singer Chezidek has teamed up with French band The Ligerians for a wonderful contemporary roots reggae delivery.
SIZZLA
2020. Originally out in 2014 and here reissued on DOUBLE-LP, 'Born A King' sees legendary Jamaican artist Sizzla at the breathtaking peak of his musical and lyrical abilities, balancing traditional roots reggae, ..
SLACKERS
2020. What more can be said about The Slackers? Having released over 20 albums and countless singles over a decades-spanning career that dates back to 1991, the New York City hometown heroes have managed to thrive b..
ROYAL JESSE
2021. 'Royal' is the long awaited second full-length album from Jesse Royal, an artist who has been helping to return Jamaica to its rightful place at the top of the worldwide reggae scene. Along with his peers and ..
RANKING JOE
2021. Taking you back to the roots of sound-system culture, this 7-inch by foundation reggae artist from Kingston Jamaica reactivates the essence of golden-era Jamaican dancehall for modern ears. The flip contains a..
ETHIOPIAN
2020. This 1978 roots reggae LP, containing ten songs, was only released in Jamaica on the GG label, and includes masterpieces like 'Africa Now', 'Wondering', 'Corruption' and 'Wicked Is Down On Me'. The song 'The G..
JONES FRANKIE
2019. Now back on vinyl is a dark and heavy piece of digital roots, originally dating back to 1986. Frankie Jones' 'Gun Fever' was a rare representation Jamaican music that appealed equally to the UK roots and dance..
DONALDSON ERIC
2019. An acclaimed 1971 Jamaican roots reggae album gets its awaited reissue. SIDE 1: 1. Cherry Oh Baby 2. Miserable Woman 3. Got To Get You Off My Mind 4. Please Let Me Love You 5. Go Away SDIE 2: 1. L..
ROMEO MAX
2019. The Year 2019 marks the return of reggae legend Max Romeo, at the age of 74. Also featuring the band Roots Heritage, 'Words From The Brave' is a Franco-Jamaican collaboration that is characterized by a.o. musi..
FASAWANG KHWANTA
2015. The best of Khwanta Fasawang, the heart and soulful Sister No. 1 of 1980s Lam Phaen, queen of the cassette era! She was chosen, from over a thousand demo tapes, by legendary producer and songwriter Doi Inthano..
ROMEO MAX
2019. The Year 2019 marks the return of reggae legend Max Romeo, at the age of 74. Also featuring the band Roots Heritage, 'Words From The Brave' is a Franco-Jamaican collaboration that is characterized by a.o. m..
NAJAVIBES
2019. Mixed by none other than Prince Fatty, here is a delightful album by a Swiss roots reggae band, displaying some authentic sounding Jamaican vibes.
NAJAVIBES
2019. Mixed by none other than Prince Fatty, here is a delightful album by a Swiss roots reggae band, displaying some authentic sounding Jamaican vibes. This is the DOUBLE-LP edition.
FEARON CLINTON
2019. The excellent 2019 album by reggae musician Clinton Fearon, a.o. known as a founding member of The Gladiators, perfectly captures the true vibe and spirit of authentic Jamaican '70s roots reggae.
FEARON CLINTON
2019. The excellent 2019 album by reggae musician Clinton Fearon, a.o. known as a founding member of The Gladiators, perfectly captures the true vibe and spirit of authentic Jamaican '70s roots reggae.
PROPHET MICHAEL
2014. One of the most underrated Jamaican performers of the roots era, Michael Prophet recorded some of the finest reggae music of the late seventies and early eighties, with his spell with producer Yabby You culmin..
COUNT OSSIE & THE MYSTIC
2016. A vinyl-reissue of the seminal 1975 album by Count Ossie & The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari. Count Ossie is the central character in the development of Rastafarian roots music, nowadays an almost myth..
BIG RED
2023. With 'Come Again', French artist Big Red returns to the roots of Jamaican reggae. You get 12 tracks, including dub versions from Waks and DJ Absurd.
PERREIRA CHRISTOPHER PLAZA
2017. Deeply inspired by the spirit of reggae music since early childhood, Christopher Plaza Perreira began playing a variety of keyboards at the age of twelve. His mentors have included the world-renowned jazz pian..
THIRD WORLD
2014. Acknowledged as the greatest of all exponents of soulful reggae, Third World's 'Journey To Addis' raised the bar for Jamaican music in terms of the sophistication of its arrangements. The collection chiefly co..
RICO & HIS BAND
2022. 'Man From Wareika' was the first album recording for Rico Rodriguez led by his own artistic imagination, not to mention the only roots reggae album to be released on Blue Note Records in the USA. After 15 yea..
'ROOTS' LEWIS PETER
2019. A late '90s recording (with remastered audio) from Jamaican artist Peter 'Roots' Lewis, reissued with a different dub version on the flip.
TETRACK
2024. Reissue of classic Jamaican roots reggae album by this vocal trio consisting of Carlton Hines, Dave Harvey and Paul Mangaroo, originally released on Message in 1978 and featuring Augustus Pablo, Hugh Mundell, ..
CRUCIAL VIBES
2024. A gifted guitarist and singer-songwriter, Lascelles Beckford has a long history in reggae. After playing with Harold Butler in the late 1970s, Beckford began fronting Crucial Vibes, based in Old Harbour, west ..
ISAACS GREGORY
2024. One of the most popular and high profile of Jamaican reggae vocalists, Gregory Isaacs was a rough diamond who clawed his way out of the harsh western Kingston ghetto with an instantly recognisable voice that w..
BIG RED
2023. With 'Come Again', French artist Big Red returns to the roots of Jamaican reggae. You get 12 tracks, including dub versions from Waks and DJ Absurd.
ISAACS GREGORY
2023. Legendary Jamaican songsmith Gregory Isaacs' 1995 album 'Private Lesson' on Radiation Roots. The set includes laidback cuts 'Preacher Boy,' 'Feeling Sad Tonight,' 'Diplomatic Fool,' 'She Doesn't Want Me,' 'Sla..
BROWN BARRY
2023. A 1980 roots reggae classic from Jamaican artist Barry Brown, reissued on 7-inch with the dub version on the flip.
BROWN AL AND INNER FORCE
2023. This set of Al Brown dub mixes by Paolo Baldini DubFiles was a project that Pressure Sounds had been itching to tackle for some time. They finally got around to starting on the mixes during the lockdown perio..
BROWN AL AND INNER FORCE
2023. This set of Al Brown dub mixes by Paolo Baldini DubFiles was a project that Pressure Sounds had been itching to tackle for some time. They finally got around to starting on the mixes during the lockdown perio..
WAILING SOULS
2021. The Jamaican reggae group The Wailing Souls was formed in 1965. They released their debut album 'Wild Suspense' through Island Records in 1979, after their singles releases through Channel One became popular. ..
EARL 16
2022. 'Rightful Ruler' marks the return the Jamaican vocalist Earl Sixteen to the center stage of international roots reggae music. This four song showcase style ep demonstrates that veteran singer/songwriter with t..
RHYTHMITES
2022. During the mid-1980s, Rhythmites used their music to break down racial, ethnic, and cultural barriers. Formed in the small Roman town of Bath in the west of England, Rhythmites issued a couple of tapes on UK p..
CLARKE JOHNNY
2023. Fully remastered and licensed, limited to 500 copies. Reissued on vinyl for the first time here, these legendary Johnny Clarke recordings - originally released in 1982 on UK label Arts & Crafts - is someth..
BROWN BARRY
2022. One of a handful of singers that straddled the divide between the late roots phase and the emerging dancehall style, Barry Brown was gifted with a distinctive high tenor that rendered his voice immediately rec..
JR. THOMAS & THE VOLCANOS
2018. Jr. Thomas & The Volcanos' sophomore effort 'Rockstone' is more than just a love letter to the roots of Jamaican music. It's an actual love letter. It isn't just another throwback record to an era gone by...
OBIJUAN & YUNGMORPHEUS
2022. 'Slang Casino' offers smoked out, raw hip hop that sees Obijuan's unique flow tread across a range of soul and funk laced beats produced by Yungmorpheus. But since both artists are of Bahamian and Jamaican des..
THOMAS JAH
2022. Reissue on vinyl for this classic album originally released in 1982 on Daddy Kool Rec. Jah Thomas was an important figure on the Jamaican music scene during both the roots era of the '70s and the subsequent da..
VÝBEROVKA
2022. From the late-'50s era of Jamaican shuffle r&b and the subsequent ska boom, to the rocksteady and roots reggae of the late '60s and early '70s, Lloyd Charmers made valuable contributions not only as a voca..
MONKEY JHAYAM & ALIEN DREAD
2021. In Brasil, with the rise of sound systems inspired by UK and Jamaican sets, Monkey Jhayam was one of the first artists to express his art and also build a solid and prominent career through many reggae sound s..
LEE BUNNY
2019. 'the mighty striker shoots the hits!' - a collection featuring the heavy '70s roots reggae of bunny lee - a living legend, one of the last of the great jamaican record producers, who helped shape an..
PRINCE FAR I
2021. Prince Far I was a Jamaican reggae DJ and producer, and a well-known member of the Rastafarian movement. Known for his distinctive voice. On his ninth album 'Jamaican Heroes', he collaborated with musicians li..
VÝBEROVKA
1998. . . . (original classic recordings)'. - this album here is a lightning roller coaster musical journey through the music of studio one, the most important ..
VÝBEROVKA
2015. 'From Nyabinghi, Burro And Grounation To Roots and Revelation'. 'Rastafari: The Dreads Enter Babylon 1955-83' charts the many links between reggae music and the Rastafarian faith. Featuring the music of Cou..
VÝBEROVKA
2015. 'From Nyabinghi, Burro And Grounation To Roots and Revelation'. 'Rastafari: The Dreads Enter Babylon 1955-83' charts the many links between reggae music and the Rastafarian faith. Featuring the music of Cou..
VÝBEROVKA
2015. 'the birth of a sound: jump-up jamaican r&b, jazz and early ska' - studio one's clement 'sir coxsone' dodd first began recording music in the late 1950s, making one-off records to play on his..
ZVULOON DUB SYSTEM
2014. Zvuloon Dub System is an 8 piece band consisting of the cream of Israeli underground musicians. Adopting their name from one of the twelve tribes of Israel, the band was formed in 2006 by the Smilan brothers...
LEE BUNNY
2014. 'Bunny Striker Lee & The Roots Of Reggae - I Am The Gorgon' is a DVD directed by Diggory Kenrick. It offers a larger than life close-up look at the incredible career of legendary Jamaican record producer B..