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Reggae Gold presents the current trends and future classics in reggae music. Now in it’s 24th year, Reggae Gold continues to set the standard for reggae music compilations.
Reggae Gold 2017 includes a bonus DJ mix disc by Jamaica’s Chromatic Sound, “…as far as music and fashion go, they are the taste of Jamaican youth” notes Rob Semmer of The Fader.
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Congratulations to the award-winning Jamaican singer, songwriter and social activist Queen Ifrica! Her 2017 studio album “Climb” debuted at number 1 on the US Billboard Reggae Chart.
The lyrical crusader calls for global change on the album and rallies comrades like Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley on the hip-hop tinged, single, “Trueversation.”
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Christopher Martin – Big Deal |
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Big Deal is the perfect recipe of sweetness, swagger and sex appeal and showcases Chris’s versatility and vocals.
Chris fires with formidable skill on the album’s braggadocios theme song “I’m A Big Deal” (produced by Troy “Troyton” Hinds). With almost 7 million views, the video is proof that the song’s title rings true.
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Macka B – Health Is Wealth |
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Spiritual’s music transports us to another time, when reggae legends like Bob Marley first took the rebel sound of Jamaica to a worldwide audience. Authenticity can be heard in every note…
This quality album produced “Under Specialist’s direction, has enabled Spiritual to realise his musical vision at last, and deliver an album that can stand alongside the seventies’ classics that inspired him as a youth.
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Simpkin Project – Beam Of Light |
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Hailing from Huntington Beach, the six piece rock reggae band Simpkin Project put a distinct California feel into their work.
Having a strong knowledge and respect for roots reggae, the songs blend their favourite influences from Jamaica and California, including latin percussion.
The live instrumentation and heartfelt lyrics give these mid-tempo grooves a broad appeal, the music shines like a beam of light.
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Strictly The Best – Volume 56 |
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The annual release of Strictly The Best compiles the best new reggae songs from Jamaica and abroad.
STB volume 56 features lover’s rock and roots reggae from top names and emerging stars in the genre.
New and exclusive tracks on STB 56 include “Trouble” from Romain Virgo, “Smile from Jah-Lil, and “No Soul, No Heart, No Love” from Junior Kelly.
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Strictly The Best – Volume 57 |
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The Strictly The Best series compiles the best new reggae & dancehall songs from Jamaica and abroad.
STB volume 57 features dancehall from top names and emerging stars in the genre.
New and exclusive tracks on STB 57 include “Hot Gal” from DJ Spooky, “Roll Clean” from Masicka and “Time Up” from hot new dancehall artist Shenseea.
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King Jammy
Waterhouse Dub
Returning to the ring with “Waterhouse Dub”, a brand new slab of megaton dub.
King Jammy, the undisputed heavyweight champion of drum and bass draws for a crucial selection of his roughest and toughest rub-a-dub specials (“Please Officer”, “Boom Shack A Lack”, “Jail House” etc.) to deliver 15 mind-destroying dub knock-outs
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Alborosie
Freedom In Dub
Outernational reggae sensation Alborosie unleashes ‘Freedom In Dub’ a lethal dub companion to his celebrated “Freedom & Fyah”
Ten speaker-shaking bass-bin-quaking neighbour-waking history-making no-prisoner-taking dubs that are the very essence of twenty first century dub analogue style!
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Mad Professor meets Jah9
In The Midst of The Storm
‘In The Midst Of The Storm’ brings together two exceptional talents & two generations of reggae musicians. Jah9’s previous release “9” was heralded as one of the most refreshing reggae albums of 2016.
This album is the fully deconstructed, dubwise version of 9 with nine newly recorded dub sessions from the legendary dub master, Mad Professor.
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Bunji Garlin
Turn Up
Bunji Garlin is a champion of Soca, the indigenous music of his native land, Trinidad and the electronic dance music that is building a worldwide following.
Turn Up is a collection of carnival hits, dancefloor burners and future facing music from one of the Caribbean’s major voices.
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Fay-Ann Lyons
Break The World
Breaking new ground is what ‘Break The World’ is all about. The album entered the Billboard Reggae Charts at #3, the highest debut for a female soca artist on the Billboard Reggae Charts.
Fay-Ann is the only female artist to have won Carnival Road March three times, and only the second to attain back-to-back wins in two consecutive years.
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Soca Gold
2017
For 20 years this annual compilation has presented the best songs from the biggest and breaking artists in the genre.
Soca Gold 2017 includes a bonus DVD containing exclusive footage from Trinidad Carnival ‘on d road,’ plus extensive live performances from T&T Carnival and music videos.
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