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LP Compilation Review: Don Letts – The Rebel Dread @ Echo Beach

Echo Beach proudly presents: Don Letts – The Rebel Dread – legendary film and video director, disc jockey and musician. Don Letts, in his capacity as a selector (it’s not for…

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Track/Video : Experimental beats explorer I Am Fya previews her ‘Homeland’ album with the pounding power of ‘i2i’.

It’s seems like quite a while since we’ve had any recorded output from Manchester’s electronic experimentalist I Am Fya. Well over a year ago she delivered The Sun Will Kill…

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Album Review: Fluxion – Haze

Since his early days at Chain Reaction, K. Soublis (Fluxion) has carved his own unique style, combining elements of dub, ambient, techno, score, textural, and even jazz elements, all glued…

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Track: Madeleine teams up with dub legend Max Romeo, for persuasive new single Send The Praises Up

Madelaine’s new single Send The Praises Up, a collaboration with Jamaican reggae legend Max Romeo, is a soulful celebration of gratitude and resilience. Released on Jah Wheel Records, the track…

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EP Review: David Heine, Konstantin Kost – Freedom From Escape

Erich Fromm‘s “Escape from Freedom” was published 83 years ago. His assumption was that modern man, having freed himself from the shackles of the old days and living freely, longs…

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Preview: Asian Dub Foundation – 94-Now

Asian Dub Foundation celebrate 30 years with a collection of collaborations featuring Iggy Pop, Sinead O' Connor, Primal Scream and more

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Album Review : Champagne Dub – ‘Rainbow’ : Space-dub and cosmic grooves with a distinct kick.

There are ‘drummers’ and there are ‘more than drummers’. ‘Drummers’ play the drums very well as they move from gig to gig, band to band, session to session. ‘More than…

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Meet: Post Punk legend and all round nice guy – Jah Wobble

October 17, 2023

So, when I set up this interview with Jah Wobble (thanks to Ian Cheek PR), I was warned to keep any mention of football until the end, otherwise I’d never…

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Album Review : Chouk Bwa & The Ångströmers – Somanti : Vodou energy meets electro dub intensity to break new ground.

The partnership between Haitian mizik rasin (or roots music) collective Chouk Bwa and Brussels electronic beat masters The Ångströmers hasn’t exactly had a smooth ride. First connecting in 2016 around…

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Countdown to Rebellion – Day 6: Introducing Dakka Skanks

July 27, 2023

6 Days to go and if you’ve looked at your schedule and thought “mmm could do with something ska/reggae/dub-ish to break up the shouty stuff”, then look no further than…

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