New Releases

Side A. Donnoya Drake with a Rocksteady makover of the Carol King classic!

Over on Side B. Junior Dell & The D-Lites, give Otis Redding's, 'I Can't Turn You Loose', the Original Gravity ska funk treatment!

Essential!

Featuring two tracks with a rub a dub flex from Firmly Rooted, showcasing the diversity in our sound but keeping things strictly soundsystem. The second release in our 7" series written and produced by Joe Rooney, live in the heart of Bristol. This release speaks of allowing peoples wicked ways too pass by without getting too caught up in the energy around. Protect you're energy !

In this breathtaking memoir, acclaimed writer Alex Wheatle shows how music became his salvation through a childhood marred by abuse and his imprisonment as a young man protesting against systemic racism and police brutality.

This is the unlikely story of David Rodigan: an Army sergeant's son from the English countryside who has become the man who has taught the world about Reggae. As the sound of Jamaica has morphed over five decades through a succession of different genres - from Ska and Rock Steady, to Dub, Roots and Dancehall - Rodigan has remained its constant champion, winning the respect of generation after generation of Reggae followers across the globe.

Love Is All I Bring showcases the very talented female performers of Trojan Records, who in the world of reggae can often to be overlooked. Featuring vocals from the likes of Millie Small, Althea & Donna, Marcia Griffith, Phyllis Dillion, and Susan Cadogan plus productions by Sonia Pottinger this all female collection also includes personal album notes from musician Rhoda Dakar.

"Health is wealth, ital is vital!" That these are no empty rhymes but phrases that express a serious life focus for UK-based artist Macka B is not only demonstrated by his weekly Medical Mondays and Wha Me Eat Wednesdays videos, but is now also audibly reflected in his new album Health Is Wealth. Teaming up with Greensleeves Records, this 16-course-release takes you on a life-improving trip through diverse issues of mental and physical health. In a true worldwide effort, the tracks were produced in Jamaica, the US, the UK, Japan (Akihiro Hotto of Sunnyside Music is responsible for the fine Sleng Teng relick of Natural Herb) and Germany. The latter is represented by Oneness Records who contributed the instrumental version for the pensive Gangster, a lyrical statement against gun violence livicated to the memory of Shamore "Chadie" Grant and Akeem "Squidley" Henrdicks, "two young kings lost to the gang and gangster", as the corresponding video tells us.

The Max Romeo album from 1975 gets the re-issue & remastered treatment on CD in a tri-fold digipak cover with original sleeve artwork with printed innersleeves and comprehensive linernotes.

Recorded at Randy’s Studio 17 and Lee Perry’s Black Ark, Max Romeo’s "Revelation Time" is rightfully regarded as one of the cornerstones of Jamaican music. Released in JA in 1975 on the Black World label the album was picked by United Artist for US release and later listed in The Rough Guide to Reggae as one of the essential reggae albums to own. Includes the classic Lee Perry production "Three Blind Mice" and one of the all-time killer herbman anthems "A Quarter Pound Of I'Cense". Collector's Note: The "Revelation Time" album is also known as the "Open The Iron Gate" album.

Boss reggae straight from 1969!

No, this is Original Gravity reggae from 2023!

Top quality productions again from Neil Anderson.

Essential!

Freedom Flight is the 2nd studio album from Shuggie Otis originally released in 1971. The album contains the original "Strawberry Letter 23" which would later be covered by The Brothers Johnson and sampled in hip-hop and R&B songs for years to come. (Purple Vinyl Edition)

Naffi-i Showcase featuring 9 Vocal versions & 9 Dubs with heavyweight productions from Roots Hitek, King Earthquake, Brizion, I-Niverse, Conscious Sounds, Zongo Sound & Roots Temple.

Mastered by Dougie Conscious

On August 11, 2023, Merge Records will release Happy Hour in Dub, a heavenly set of dub versions to pair with Hollie Cook’s critically acclaimed 2022 album Happy Hour. Her first full dub record since 2012, Happy Hour in Dub was coaxed into being by close listening of the original album’s modern lover’s rock.

This is the first new music from Aphex Twin in five

The Fat Of The Land 25th anniversary remix E.P.

Frontier’s Edge is the new EP by the fiery, energetic and genre-defying group The Budos Band.

Kode9 and Burial return to the Fabric fold with

Rootsical steppers and dubwise on this new 'Room In The Sky' six track 10" vinyl.

The Inn House Crew Band Featuring veteran singers, Winston Reedy & Barry Issacs plus Michael 'Megahbass' Fletcher on Bass & Ed Cubitt on Melodica. Two Vocals, each with two accompanying dubs.

Back In Stock!

One of Reggae Roast's biggest tunes of all time gets a makeover in a modernist dark basshead stylee! Ruben Da Silva at his finest!

Back In Stock! USA Import!

24 track gatefold double LP with vocals and dub versions.

Some important tracks reissued from master tapes for the first time. Layout filled with never before seen photos & Flyers. Features one previously unreleased 1970s cut from Creole.

Burial's debut album on double vinyl - features a free and unique download code, black inner sleeves and 180g vinyl in a thick card sleeve. It is updated to add the beatless atmospheric tracks that have always been integral parts of the complete CD versions.

The A side, “Piece Of Me” (Remix) features Ironman himself who puts down a verse about a relationship that ran its course but no one is sure they did the right thing in. Ghostface sounds right at home over the gully Leon Michels produced track and takes the already rock solid tune to another level.

In Stock now!

Two years after the success of '100 Days Of Dub' (book),

Martin Skyjuice Blomqvist returns with REGGAE DISCO 45.

Soul Jazz Records presents a new expanded version of ‘Studio One 007 - Licensed to Ska: James Bond and other Film Soundtracks and TV Themes’, originally only available as a long deleted 7” RSD box set.

The vinyl album is presented in superb gatefold sleeve, with full inner and house bag.

First time release on CD, comes in double walled slipcase with 28-page outsized booklet.

"Dutty Rock" is the breakthrough second studio album by Sean Paul, released in 2002. With hits like "Get Busy" and "Gimme the Light," it established Sean Paul as a leading figure in dancehall and reggae-infused pop music.  

First release on a brand new label from The Disciples; COVERT DUBS! Limited press!

Reissue 45! Lee Scratch Perry productions of The Wailers classic, Man To Man (Who The Cap Fit) with instrumental version on the b-side!

Reissue 45! Early Bob Marley & The Wailers produced by Lee Scratch Perry.

Instrumental cut on side-b. 

Soul Jazz Records’ seminal double LP release, 'Jackie Mittoo - The Keyboard King at Studio One', now available on double LP black vinyl.

Blaiz Fayah presents the 2nd volume of his mix-tape “Mad Ting”, a real ray of sunshine. We find what makes the identity of the artist, a freshness in a style that seems to have difficulty in renewing itself. ln eleven tracks, the artist moves between shatta hits and club tracks and draws his inspiration fromdancehall, reggae, hip-hop and afrobeat.

The leader of the European Dancehall/Shatta scene is still as productive as ever after his latest project Mad Ting 2 and a Europe/Latin America tour in 2022. By delivering multiple hits and appearing at major festivals, Blaiz Fayah is starting 2023 the same way he ended the previous year.

“Mad Ting 3”, concludes the “Mad Ting” series, Blaiz Fayah highlights the vast range of his musical references by bringing in Dancehall, Kompa, Moombahton, Reggae, Shatta and Zouk influences.

For the occasion, some of the most renowned artists of their genre have been invited, such as Busy Signal, Jahyanai King and Nesly.

Special edition instrumentals, Black/Purple Swirls Coloured Vinyl. Limited to 250 copies.

Black Vinyl Reissue! W/ download code.

The title of the album and first track refers to an incident in 1974. The Nigerian police planted a joint on Kuti. Before he was arrested, he ate the joint, but the police brought him into custody and waited for him to produce the (titular) excrement. According to legend, he managed to use another inmate's feces and was eventually released..

'Water No Get Enemy' is inspired by a Yoruban proverb about the power of nature and the universe.

Black Vinyl Reissue! Includes Download code.

The song (Sorrow, Tears And Blood) was written in the wake of a raid on Kuti's Kalakuta Republic compound by 1,000 armed members of the Nigerian army on February 18, 1977. The scene is described in his lyrics, "Everybody run, run, run / Everybody scatter, scatter / Some people lost some bread / Some people just die ... Them leave sorrow, tears, and blood / Them regular trademark".

The second composition (Colonial Mentality) is titled after the inferiority complex called colonial mentality, and whose lyrics list a range of examples of "things dem dey do, dem dey overdo all the things dem dey do" such as "think wey black no good, na foreign things dem dey like" and "dem go turn air condition, and close them country away" no be so?.

Black Vinyl Reissue! Includes Download code.

Knitting Factory Records is proud to reissue Fela Kuti's J.J.D. Johnny Just Drop on vinyl. Previously only available as part of the Box Set series, the reissue features original album artwork designed by Lemi Ghariokwu, who created the cover art for around half of Fela’s albums. Originally released in 1977, J.J.D. Johnny Just Drop features Fela lampooning Nigeria’s "been-tos," people who had been to Europe or America to work or study, and then returned (dropped) home with European social pretensions and an inferiority complex about African culture.

Horus Records are very proud to present this previously unreleased Sangie Davis song and recording from 1979 recorded at Tuff Gong.

Room In The Sky presents 6 tracks backed by the RITS Riddim Force on a ting called the 'Fletchers Land' riddim.

Featuring Jah Walton aka Joseph Cotton, Goody Gap, Michael 'Megahbass' Fletcher, Ras Ranger, Ed Cubitt & Kodjovi Kush! 

On the A side, ”Whatcha Know” Bobby explores death and the human experience, putting his philosophical ponderings into his music. Michels’ production and overall ethos is the perfect compliment to Bobby’s desire to stretch out his sound. EMA provides a gorgeous backing track that compliments Bobby’s style and simultaneously broadens its scope.

Two of the most prominent activists on the current European reggae scene join forces on this brand new song. ‘END OF THE DAY’ is a combination between Bristol singer JOE YORKE and Swiss reggae band THE 18TH PARALLEL. Written by master storyteller Eeyun Delroy Purkins from The Co-Operators who recently released a highly acclaimed album with Joe Yorke titled ‘A Distant Beat’, ‘End of The Day’ showcases the remarkable talent of both crews: on the one hand enchanting melodies and thought-provoking lyrics provided by Joe’s soulful voice and Eeyun’s brilliant pen, on the other infectious grooves and impeccable musicianship by The 18th Parallel. This mesmerizing collaboration is highlighted by Westfinga’s perfect early 80’s rub a dub mixing. When these extraordinary forces collide, magic happens. Step into the rhythm and embrace a state of pure musical bliss!

Horus Records join forces with legendary UK vocal group The Blackstones. Originally formed in 1974 they’re comprised of founder Leon Leiffer, Tony Mahoney and Earl ‘Junior’ Bailey. One of the only groups still singing in the tradition of The Gaylads, The Techniques, Uniques, The Wailers etc. They bring the style forward, which is displayed majestically on these two singles.

This next heavy roots reggae cut comes courtesy of The Viceroys, the legendary harmony group from the stables of the world renowned Studio 1. First recording for the venerable Mr Dodd in 1967 The Viceroys were instrumental in moving the sound from rocksteady to reggae with early hits like “Ya Ho” and “Love & Unity” . 

New Japan Import 12"

Rough Signal Records is pleased to announce that the featured artist for the next release in the Legendary Series is Ranking Joe.

The legendary DEE JAY, who worked at Studio One as Little Joe in the late 70's and then in the late 80's as the MC of King Stur Gav, is now on ROUGH SIGNAL RECORDS.

This song is based on his Jamaican memories. The A side features a strictly roots and culture style and the B side gives a current stepper style. Both sides are unique with a different vocal.

This is the second Roots Masala release featuring two Jamaican artists on vocals. Nga Han comes through with a conscious message in the lyrics, topics regarding truth, righteousness and freedom. Followed by a heavyweight dub from Chazbo with his reverb-drenched echoed mix creating a spacious and immersive sound that takes listeners on a journey through time and space.

Reissue of this seminal reggae meets funk and soul collection. 100% Dynamite is the cornerstone of Soul Jazz Records’ releases and launched their long-running series of highly-regarded reggae albums. This album is the fully expanded version and comes with download code.

Soul Jazz Records’ 200% Dynamite! set the benchmark for reggae meets funk compilations that has never been bettered. Out of print for 20 years, this new 2023 edition is being released in a one-off limited-edition heavyweight special-edition coloured vinyl pressing + download code exclusively for Record Store Day 2023.

Black Vinyl Reissue! 

40th Anniversary Edition reissue 2xLP pressed at 45 RPM on marbled red and marbled green 12"  vinyl in a single pocket wide-spine jacket, wrapped with a gold foil OBI strip

Shakara is the 6th in the series of celebratory Fela 50th Anniversary reissues. Like its predecessors in the series, this version will be on color vinyl and the LP will be wrapped in a gold foil obi strip with a brief essay on the album and Fela's global impact on music. Like Fela's other early 70's releases, he used each side of his LPs to create a deep groove that pulls the listener in and follows with metaphoric lyrics that call out and critique the corrupt hangover of colonialism.

By 1972, when Music of Fela: Roforofo Fight was originally released (on two vinyl albums, Music of Fela Volume One and Volume Two), Fela was becoming one of the most avidly followed musicians in West Africa. His audience came from among the region's urban poor, the ""sufferheads"" living in the shanty towns around the major cities, along with growing numbers of students and political dissenters. Fela championed, and sang about the problems of, oppressed and exploited people and denounced the ruling elites lording it over them, with their seemingly endemic corruption and their ready use of violence to crush dissent. Because he generally sang in Broken English rather than Yoruba, and adopted an increasingly pan-Africanist outlook, his message resonated throughout Anglophone Africa.

50th Anniversary reissue. Like its predecessors in the series, this version will be available on exclusive colored vinyl (Igbo Smoke) and the LP will be wrapped in a gold foil obi strip with a brief essay on the album and Fela's global impact on music. Like Fela's other early 70's releases, he used each side of his LPs to create a deep groove that pulls the listener in and follows with metaphoric lyrics that call out and critique the corrupt hangover of colonialism.

Arguably the greatest female singer in the history of Jamaican music, Marcia Griffiths first made her mark the Jamaican music scene with a number of popular singles during the late Sixties, before finding international fame in 1970 alongside her long-term friend and sometime collaborator, Bob Andy.

50 Track double CD / 28 Track Gatefold Transparent Violet Double Vinyl LP from the original King Of Reggae - Including his UK Number One, 'Israelites' plus numerous other chartbusting hits!

MASSIVE STUDIO ONE ANTHEM ALERT!!!

BACK IN STOCK!!

Third release on the TOO GOOD RECORDS label.

7inch vinyl with four tracks on the Saxy Surprise Riddim.

Side A is a new cover of The Melodians favourite originally released on Randy's & Treasure Isle back in 1973 

Side B brings a sweet new version of the Phyllis Dillon & Hopeton Lewis 1969 rocksteady classic.

Yo! Boombox is the new instalment of Soul Jazz Records’ Boombox series on the early days of hip-hop on vinyl and features some of the many innovative underground first-wave of early rap and disco rap records made in the USA in the period 1979-83.

Available on 3x Vinyl LP w/ Ltd. 7" Single and 2CD. With full liner notes and photos!

Reggae Roast are delighted to bring you their 2nd studio Album, ‘More Fire!’, available to buy NOW!

Taking you on joyful journey through the ages, Reggae Roast seamlessly join the dots between Jamaican and UK Bass Music, tastefully taking influences from Rocksteady through to roots, Dancehall, Jungle and Dubstep, with outstanding vocal performances from the artists involved.

A seminal ska all-time anthem on new clean loud pressing, originally released in 1965 in Jamaica and the UK, The Skatalites insanely addictive ska tune always sounds fresh and fills any dancefloor. Check the stunning ska dancer tribute to Marcus on the flipside - killer. 100% essential!

All time party Studio One dancehall tune from the

Alton Ellis’s sister Hortense delivers the deepest, super funkiest heavy reggae version ever of this soul anthem originally by The Stylistics. Powered by tight horns and hypnotic, locked in organ guitar. It’s a monster with a tuff dubbed out flip.

100% essential!

Stunning new Studio One bombs released for the first time on Soul Jazz Records as loud 7” bullets. 

The story behind this album--released in 2000 but recorded in 1978--is nearly Biblical: a tale of optimism, lost hope, and finally redemption that's fitting for its roots reggae/Rasta consciousness theme. In 1976, Vulcan released Fred Locks's debut set, "Black Star Liners." The album became a reggae classic, its title tune--a Garveyite view of repatriation--an anthem. With producer Hugh "Jah Shoes" Boothe, Locks recorded a follow-up set in '78. But Vulcan folded, and neither Boothe nor Locks had the cash to release the album, which was then abandoned. Over the next 20 years an original tape was lost, others damaged. Then, years later, the missing cassette surfaced, and the tapes were restored.

The line-up of musicians is stellar, including Jahlovemuzik's celebrated Albert Malawi on drums and Pablove Black on keyboards and backup vocals, and "Rastafari Rule" and "The Only One" (and its dub) are standouts on this fine album and piece of reggae history.

Is it time for another fistful of reggae dynamite from the Original Gravity label already? It certainly is - Volume 4 - with four whole sticks of the stuff, appropriately, and imbued with every bit of the reggae style goodness we have come to expect! 

Limited edition 4 track 7inch Vinyl. In picture sleeve.

BOOM WHA DIS? The Original Banton, Burro Banton returns with Manchester's finest, loudest, roughest and toughest sound system - the Dub Smugglers, stepping out from behind the scoops for their debut musical outing on NICE UP! Records.

Being good friends of the label - sharing stages at festivals, clubs and even boat parties around Europe over the years it seemed only right a musical union should happen at some point - and here it is. Teaming up with Jamaican legend and veteran mic-man Burro Banton (recently heard on Chase & Status' massive "Return II Jungle" album) they inject some new life into the classic 'Punanny' dancehall rhythm bringing it bang up to date.

Burro does what he does best - lacing the track with his trademark hard and fast chatting, creating a modern classic. Road tested on one of the finest sound systems in the land, this definitely packs a heavy punch in the dance. 

In celebration of what would have been Duke Reid’s 100th birthday, this collection gathers fourteen of the legendary Treasure Isle supremo’s rarest and most collectable ska productions.

Record Store Day Limited Run of 650 copies on 140g transparent yellow vinyl.

7 tracks new to vinyl.

Includes double sided insert with artist/song info by Tony Rounce.

Record Store Day 2023 release.

Dub remix by Dan Carey of Foals' "Life Is Yours" (2022).

Limited edition of 1500 copies pressed on 140g Gold vinyl!

50 Track CD / 28 Track gatefold red transparent vinyl.

Arguably the most gifted Jamaican performer of his generation, Ken Boothe is today widely regarded as a living legend, having recorded innumerable ska, rock steady and reggae classics over a period spanning some 60 years.

After making his recording debut in 1962, Ken enjoyed a hugely successful career in Jamaica before achieving international stardom in 1974 with his chart-topping interpretation of ‘Everything I Own’ and the top 10 follow-up, ‘Crying Over You’.

Both of these hugely popular tracks feature on this collection, which forms part of Trojan Record’s new ‘Essential Artist’ series, which showcases the best-loved recordings of some of Jamaica’s greatest musical talents.

Available as a 28-track double vinyl LP and a comprehensive 2CD compilation, both releases demonstrate the exceptional vocal talents of one of the finest and most soulful performers to have made their mark on modern popular music scene since the Sixties.

50 Track CD / 28 Track gatefold double transparent orange vinyl album.

After fronting popular Jamaican vocal trio the Paragons on a succession of best-selling rock steady singles during the late Sixties, John Holt went on to become one of Jamaica’s most popular solo performers, scoring a series of reggae hits for many of the island’s leading record producers.

His international breakthrough came in 1974 with the hugely popular ‘1000 Volts of Holt’ album, which fused raw reggae rhythms with sophisticated orchestral arrangements.

The highlight of the long-player was a reworking of Kris Kristoffersson’s country hit, ‘Help Me Make It Through The Night’, which the following year became a global hit, with the single, peaking at Number 6 in the UK charts. Over the years that followed, Holt remained a giant of the reggae scene with further best sellers and numerous sell-out shows around the world.

The very best of his solo work has been brought together on this ‘Essential Artist’ compilation, the latest release in Trojan Records’ newly launched range that showcases the work of Jamaica’s best-loved ‘foundation’ artists.

Available as a 28-track double vinyl LP and a comprehensive 2CD compilation, the collection superbly illustrates the talent that made John Holt one of the reggae music’s most popular and enduring singers.

(United States Import 45)

Raising the bar yet again, Night Owls' first single of 2023 lays yet another set of classic soul songs on you, flipped into the band's signature style. On Side A we find The Flamingo's beloved Doo-Wop/soul hit from 1959, "I Only Have Eyes For You," re-imagined to wind your waistline with Night Owls' longtime friend and collaborator - the one-and-only Chris Dowd from Los Angeles' legendary Fishbone on vocals. Known for tunes like "Pouring Rain" and "Everyday Sunshine" Dowd brings his signature soul drenched delivery with a hint of rude boy grit to match the rhythmic and tonal stylings of the group. Wanting to take things to the next level, producer Dan Ubick called in veteran underground Jamaican legend Tippa Lee (Stones Throw, Dub Club, Jammy's, Greensleeves, etc.) to sprinkle his magic rasta dust on top and deejay/toast on the track and the results are burning hot.

In a booming Swiss rocksteady and ska scene, COSMIC SHUFFLING is once again affirming itself as a rising star of the genre on a intergalactic scale. The band's first album, MAGIC ROCKET SHIP, released in the midst of the pandemic, was a huge hit with fans of the Jamaican sound of the 1960s. Three years later, the Geneva-based septet is back in force with a new album, COSMIC QUEST, featuring eleven vocal tracks ranging from fiery ska worthy of the best years of the Skatalites and Soul Brothers ('Eclipse', 'Walk On By'), to exquisitely melancholy rocksteady ballads ('Birds of Spring', 'Dusk Till Dawn'), to bright early reggae with a touch of 1950s mento ('By The Rivers').

Geneva’s finest ska and rocksteady band, Cosmic Shuffling, announces a new album COSMIC QUEST for May 5th 2023. First single out of the album released on 7” vinyl, HOPE FOR LONGER DAYS is another banger from the cosmic septet. Driven by a pick guitar in fine style, this perfect rocksteady groove with wistful horns and voices is expertly recorded and mixed in a sixties fashion by producer Mathias Liengme and sound engineer Roberto Sánchez. On the B side, you’ll be delighted by an extraordinaire organ version reminiscent of the Soul Vendors or Crystalites greatest days.

Timeless lovers rock reggae from the former Cimarons front man, Winston Reedy.

Recorded At – Channel One Recording Studio & Easy Street Studio.

Record Store 2023 release! 

Kieren Hebden: “I was listening to some of his new beats and studio sessions when I had the idea that it would be great to hear some of these ideas made into a Madlib solo album ... arranged into tracks that could all flow together in an album designed to be listened to start to finish ... we decided to work on this together with him sending me tracks, loops, ideas and experiments that I would arrange, edit, manipulate and combine. I was sent hundreds of pieces of music over a couple of years.”

Record Store Day 2023 release!

All online orders shipping on the 24th April! 

New rock steady 45 from Room In The Sky in the area! 

4 tracks, play at 33rpm.

Record Store Day 2023 release!

New Room In The Sky release!

4 tracks, play at 33rpm.

Just unearthed a box of these 2012 UK re-issues on transparent blue vinyl.

Originally released in 1974 and produced by Bunny Lee. 

Big dubwise roots produced by Panda Dub originally released 2019. Here's the new 7inch vinyl repress fresh for 2023!

Black Soulie vocal on side a, w/ Panda Dub version on the flipside.

Releasing on Big Crown Records, the LP is called Glorious Game and it is a remarkable debut partnership in more ways than one. Michels provides his bottom-heavy, soul-tinged production for Black Thought who gives us some of the more personal and transparent verses we've ever heard from him.

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Back in stock!

Classic Studio One reissue from Soul Jazz Records.

Comes in card, Soul Jazz Studio One cover sleeve.

Classic Studio One reissue from Soul Jazz Records.

Comes in card, Soul Jazz Studio One cover sleeve.

Classic Studio One reissue from Soul Jazz Records.

Comes in card, Soul Jazz Studio One cover sleeve.

Classic Studio One reissue from Soul Jazz Records.

Comes in card, Soul Jazz Studio One cover sleeve.

Double Vinyl LP (2xLP) Back In Stock!

Unstoppable elders of the L'Entourloop collective, King James and Sir Johnny are proud to present their long-awaited third and newalbum La Clarté Dans la Confusion (Clarity in Confusion). Produced in their now legendary Bandulu Studio, the 20 tracks of this new album are the result of a patient production process, carried out with care and passion. Throughout the album, L'Entourloop testifies in its own way via a puzzle of film samples, of this strange period that we have just gone through collectively, using all its savoir faire when it comes to make the people dance.

Since 1964, when the song "My Boy Lollipop" flooded the European radio airwaves, L'Entourloop’s love for reggae and its culture has never stopped growing. With this third album, they wanted to pay tribute to the legendary pioneers of this incredible movement – artists and producers such as Tom Wong, Count Machuki, Prince Buster and Lee "Scratch" Perry. An album which is a true declaration of love for soundsystem culture and its children - reggae, dancehall and hip-hop.

With no less than 32 guests from all over the world, MCs fling lyrics like guns like in a western movie and the new album is no exception! On the reggae side, Jamaican legends such as Ken Boothe and Bounty Killer meet new generation stars such as Alborosie, Kabaka Pyramid, Queen Omega and Marcus Gad. On the hip-hop side Chali 2Na from legendary US group Jurassic 5, Swedish MC Promoe from Looptroop Rockers, US rapper Rêverie, the excellent JuJu Rogers, French beatmaker Degiheugi and the irresistible South African female rapper Dope St Jude all make appearances. The UK vibe can also be felt with features from jungle and dancehall pioneers General Levy and Tippa Irie as well as heavyweights of the grime scene Flowdan, Lady Chann and Killa P. Fellow French artists are also in the spotlight with guests such as Big Red, O.B.F and Manudigital. To complete this amazing cast, L'Entourloop has once again called on the incomparable Troy Berkley from Bermuda and the talented trumpeter N'Zeng, formerly of Le Peuple de l'Herbe, to accompany the collective on the road alongwith a new addition - excellent Dutch rapper BlabberMouf, who has just joined the killer new live show.

Antidawn reduces Burial’s music to just the vapours.

In a 2007 interview with The Wire, Burial revealed that "Archangel," arguably his best-known track, was inspired by the death of his dog. As part of the Burial mythology, the detail feels almost quaint, even darkly comic. Burial, after all, is an artist credited with soundtracking the melancholy of not just his London hometown, but that of an entire disassociated generation. On Claustro / State Forest, he moves further away from the eerie sadness of "Archangel" while returning to the UK garage shuffle that drove it forwards. Here, the South Londoner explores a set of emotions that are trickier to decipher, but no less satisfying.

• ‘Studio One Space-Age Dub Special’ is a brand new Studio One release on Soul Jazz Records which draws on more rare and classic dubs taken from the mighty vaults of Studio One Records.

Taken from the recent "New Patterns" compilation on NICE UP!, "Lazer Quest" got such a reaction from DJs that we thought it only right to give it a full release of its own. Known previously for their dancehall & dub productions on labels such as Mungo's Hifi's Scotch Bonnet and Reggae Roast, the Leeds powerhouse duo of Danny T & Tradesman can also turn their hand to deep and devastating dubstep, harking back to their formative years in front of the speakers at Sub Dub.