deep roots and dub for soundsystem from teddy dan on jah works label, produced by dub veteran jah rej.

the 1996 album from ivorian reggae singer tiken jah fakoly available on vinyl for the first time.

the 2000 album from ivorian reggae singer tiken jah fakoly available on vinyl for the first time.

fresh roots and dub from rapha pico on jah works label, produced by dub veteran jah rej & recorded & mixed at earth works studio, amsterdam

the fifth studio album from omar perry on vinyl lp.

an essential slice of contemporary roots reggae and dub on jah works label, extended versions recorded & mixed at earth works studio, amsterdam with veteran singer vivian jones.

roots-rock, soul, and reggae

new banoffee pies release

reissue of the 1984 split album by jah shaka and mad professor.

the classic augustus pablo sessions 1974-75 back on vinyl, remastered by kevin metcalfe.

2021 limited edition repress of punch drunk classic... bristol music godfather, rsd, returns to peverelists punch drunk label with another heavyweight soundsystem double header, jah way/speeka box. jah way is a duttyweight dread fuelled steppers rhythm designed to test the sturdiest of boxes from bristol to brixton. speeka box is pure summer bubblin roll out vibes. infectious and irrestistable. the kind of bassline you ll be humming for weeks. big tings for rsd this year! constant rotation from peverelist, appleblim, pinch, headhunter, ramadanman and more.

two cuts from dubbing sun on orange marbled 10 inch vinyl.

acid-ragga-techno-madness from jah scoop and benji303.

the 1979 heptones album back on vinyl.

jazz meets ska & more on the debut album from jah jazz orchestra.

ras michael classic from 1975 back on 7 inch vinyl.

jungle madness

lp (10 tracks) incl download-code (12 tracks)

dope 12inch! both tunes taken from early 80s lp tracks... heavy!

the 2007 jah stitch album back on vinyl.

the return of jah cure!

berlin based talent black loops arrives on madhouse records to deliver his four-track ‘jah love’ ep , featuring two cuts alongside nikoss.

2019 repress in generic sleeve with download code included.

the 1994 album from zhané back on double vinyl, housed in a gatefold sleeve.

killer wackies from 1978, originally released on the jumbo caribbean disco label run by brooklyns african record center shop. deep roots discomixes on both sides. essential and finally back out

rerelease of classic wackies production w/ fantastic unreleased cut (w/ download code).

one of the most eagerly anticipated albums of the year, alpha steppa meets nai-jah “the great elephant”. tge is the product of a year-long collaboration between renowned uk dub reggae producer alpha steppa and nige- rian-french singer / songwriter nai-jah. tge tells the story of nai-jah&#700,,,,,,s reality growing up in nigeria, the album paints a picture of corruption, greed, and suffering, a narrative each and everyone accross the globe can relate to. nai-jah points to strength through unity and provides great inspiration and hope through his thoughtful lyrics and sincere delivery. steppas records is overjoyed to present all 10 original vocal tracks plus the full dub album as one. a truly unique and powerful protest album sure to provoke, inspire and uplift.

die gesuchte 12-inch maxi-single aus dem jahre 1979 wurde mit den original labeletiketten in der legendären greensleeves disco-bag stecktasche neu aufgelegt! - eingespielt seinerzeit mit den musikern der revolutionaries (um bandleader sly dunbar) sowie komponiert, arrangiert und produziert von johnny clarke handelt es sich um zwei bemerkenswerte roots reggae stücke in ihrer extended version (vocal & dub). seite a hat die 6:28 minuten version von -jah love is with i- und seite b die 5:52 minuten version von -bad days are going-.

the 2011 album from stephen marley as double vinyl in gatefold sleeve.

super rare and killer alric forbes 70s roots, only ever released on a mis-labeled pressing! the rhythm will be familiar to deep roots aficionados as the same one used for sydney wilson s -why do i cry.- a co-release with our french comrades onlyroots, who have already reissued a pair of classics from alric, -morning train- and -warn the nation.-

jah mel sees himself as a musical bridge between the original reggae sound & the dancehall sound of today, representing what he calls the real dancehall revolution, merging the spirituality of the old school & the energy of the new school. “guiding star” and “stand up to it” are the perfect examples to overstand this definition. both song were produced by roydale anderson aka andy s. “guding star” will definitely give you thrills if you are into deep synth and heavy digital rhythm, while the superb piano notes will warm you in the analog style. beware of “guiding star” dub version called “guidance (dance mix)” that will break any bunker. “stand up to it” rhythm is an adaptation of one of the most classic jamaican riddim called “heavenless”. you will never know this riddim like before, this version takes the riddim to another level. a positive song with a bionic nuclear bomb dubwise! play it loud, jah is our guiding star!

erstmalige wiederveröffentlichung der reggae-perle aus dem jahr 1983 auf dem hot milk label. achtung: die vinyl-edition ist strikt limitiert, 500 copies weltweit!

linval thompson’s album “i love jah” from 1979 finally available on vinyl again.

the story of the great roots reggae harmony trio black uhuru is one defined by many unexpected twists and turns. in its best known form, led by michael rose and with founding member duckie simpson and the black american female vocalist, puma jones, the group would enjoy the greatest popularity of any act in the wake of bob marley’s untimely death in 1981, but the origins of the group lay in the turbulent waterhouse district during the mid-1970s. duckie first formed the group as uhuru, the swahili word for unity, with garth dennis as lead singer and don carlos to join him in harmony, after cutting an adaptation of the impressions’ “romancing to the folk song” at dynamics, “time is on our side” at randy’s for clive chin, and “slow coach” for raymond “benno” anderson, dennis drifted into the wailing souls and don carlos went solo, leading duckie to recruit rising waterhouse vocalist michael “tony” rose as lead singer, and errol nelson from the jays for harmony. their debut album, love crisis, was produced, voiced and mixed at king tubby’s studio by prince jammy and remains and outstanding example of jammy’s roots reggae production phase. the song “hard ground” vamps on a similar theme to marley’s “talking blues”: rose sings of a life of everyday hardship, with destitution and homelessness the pervading factors. on the extended dub portion and dub the instrumental cuts that follow the alternate vocal take of this enthralling 12-inch ep, you can hear the non-standard instrumentation that helps make the work so innovative, with winston wright’s harpsichord melody emphasising the hopelessness of rose’s emotive lyrics, the commanding rhythm and understated bass and guitar from robbie shakespeare and chinna smith completing the picture.

roots vocalist barry brown has an inimitable style that has long made him a favourite of reggae enthusiasts. drawing from the popular phrasing of horace andy, but morphing it into his own delivery through the kind of wordless slurring that occasionally resembles the sound of a quacking duck, brown found his way into the jamaican music scene through the many amateur west kingston talent contests of the early 1970s, along with fellow aspiring talents such as johnnie clarke, sugar minott and the african brothers, and the mighty diamonds. he also honed his vocal skills on local west kingston sound systems such as tape tone, together with other young dancehall-oriented youth such as barrington levy, sammy dread, roy taylor and tristan palmer. there are still conflicting claims as to who was the first to record brown, with production veteran bunny ‘striker’ lee and sugar minott among the contenders, but in any case, during the late 1970s and early 1980s, he produced a range of captivating work for various producers, much of which is rightly coveted today. ‘ital rock’ appeared on barry’s 1983 lp i’m still waiting, issued by rocktone international, a spin-off of sugar minott’s black roots outfit, based in queens, new york (with a further branch in toronto), the b-side has dean fraser’s previously unreleased electrifying saxophone cut, rescued from dub plate obscurity by jah fingers.

as is the case with fellow ‘enforcers’-turned-producers, henry ‘junjo’ lawes and philip ‘fatis’ burrell, george phang had been involved in the internecine street battles that had split kingston into rival politically-aligned zones during the 1970s, when the broader effects of cold war politics were played out in jamaica. following some encouragement from sly and robbie, phang changed focus, putting the politics aside to concentrate on music production, becoming one of the most important producers of the early 1980s in the process. phang took over the rhythm twins’ power house label around 1982, and with the duo forming the mainstays of his productions, the result was guaranteed audio dynamite, as this killer devotional track by barrington levy from 1983 so amply suggests—a beautiful extended slice of late roots, heading towards the emerging dancehall style.

ltd reissue

*landing on partial, from the man jah scoop is insurrection’ - a moody and militant organ-tinged melodic instrumental piece, which refreshingly features nothing but “real instruments”. so, think late 1970’s style with perhaps an unintentional nod towards jackie mittoo’s ayatolla’ *despite the brooding pace and nature of insurrection’, it drops heavy on sound system, especially the echo-laden dub version on the b-side. *so, jah scoop? who dat? jah scoop is in fact guy mcaffer aka geezer, the legendary techno producer and artist geezer of¬ raw and stay up forever fame. he’s also the keyboard player for festival-favourites back to the planet and guitarist with punk outfit dogshite. that’s who.

jah wobble s biography is a long and winding one, and he s achieved a lot both in collaboration with others and of his own accord. emotional rescue know a talented auteur when they hear one, and in the case of wobble they ve chosen to shed light on one of his less well documented phases, when he started his own label called lago. drawing on recordings made between 1981 and 1985, the lago years is a captivating listen that touches on post punk and no wave all the way through to dreamy psychedelia and the kind of world music wobble would become so well known for later on in his career. an essential collection for any lovers of leftfield music and mysticism.

invisible city editions is proud to officially re-release the sublime extended 12inch version of praise jah with soaring vocals and wild electronics. big tip!. oluko imo was a trinidadian born multi-instrumentalist, founder of the legendary spiritual afro jazz groups mansa musa and the black truth rhythm band. he moved to new york city in the 80s and divided his time between teaching music there and touring africa with fela kuti as both his manager and part of the band. praise jah is imo’s crowning achievement. an elevated electronic mantra that perfectly fuses synthy soca disco with his spiritual afro-trinidadian leanings. its a timeless piece of music that sounds as visionary today as it did when it emerged from the aether back in 1979. limited pressing with embossed sleeve, designed by zeitype.

ltd one sided 10 inch

vinyl only release.

another great dub / reggae release

full vocal & dub mixes from the *return of vibronics* album sessions. especially packaged on scoops records for the soundsystem selector - vocal & dub style. 2 legends from the scoops label head 2 head on a mighty riddim that has been setting the dub roots reggae dancehalls alight all year. madu messeneger is fresh from touring the world as vibronics main mc and echo ranks has recently scored hits with kanka. serious stuff for the dub collector.