2023 repress. One of King Tubby’s finest works, originally released in 1974. Recorded at Tubby’s famous 18 Drummly Ave. studio in Kingston during dub’s early development period.
“On their first album together since Maze of Woods (2015), Matthew Robert Cooper (Eluvium) and Mark T. Smith (Explosions in the Sky) further their creative curiosities as Inventions. [...]
Vinyl debut, after a string of tapes and lathes, and a CD issue of the first release. Oil Thief deftly straddles the treriksroset between industrial, noise and techno while giving […]
Of all the artists who recorded for the Black Jazz label, keyboardist and composer Doug Carn was the most prolific, releasing four albums for the imprint. 1972’s Spirit of the […]
“Come When The Raven Calls is the second album by Suzanne Langille and Neel Murgai after more than two decades performing together. Langille fuses the rawness of American spiritual blues [...]
While the hypothetical range of what the listener might expect from a record of free-improvised guitar playing is understandably gigantic, it’s not very often that what is heard so easily […]
Weak Left Input” LP (GGGR-070, September 2014): Two improvised and unedited pieces focusing on meandering / overlapping electronics, guitar and tape noise. Over an hour of material ranging [...]
“The title pretty much says it all. This is a stunning debut and an indication of the great things that were to come. Johnson’s debut is longer on spoken-word pieces […]
“During the period when Black Uhuru featured both Michael Rose and Puma Jones, the group increasingly incorporated elements from outside of reggae tradition into their roots-based music. [...]
Jazz-tinged reggae from London Label: Tuff Gong – GMLP6 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Jamaica Released: 1979 VG+/VG. Sleeve high end VG, some rubbing and creasing
Dennis Bovell’s first album under his own name (as opposed to his Blackbeard pseudonym) that features several genre explorations, such as early R&B, along with a heavy bonus dub record [...]
“Written in the aftermath of his longtime producer Leslie Kong’s tragically early death, 1972’s Struggling Man reflected Jimmy Cliff’s desperate attempt to shake himself [...]
“Like their first meeting (Time Boom X de Devil Dead), the second collaboration between Lee “Scratch” Perry and his acolyte, Adrian Sherwood, is a perfect mixture of [...]