L.A.B & Paolo Baldini DubFiles

Rocketship Dub

L.A.B return with a brand new remix album L.A.B In Dub. The ten-track album features an array of dubbed-out L.A.B remixes by Italian producer & remixer Paolo Baldini DubFiles. Eight tracks are also accompanied by a Live Mixdown Video.

With the tracks hand picked from L.A.B’s catalogue, L.A.B In Dub see’s Baldini bring a new light with his dubbed-out versions. Combining a range of L.A.B’s eclectic sounds including funk-inspired tune ‘Fashion Dread’ and reggae-pop fan favourite ‘Why Oh Why’, the album sees Baldini bring his signature dub-filtered sound, approaching each track with his analogue techniques inspired by Jamaican pioneers King Tubby and Scientist.

Paul Fox – Warzone Part Two – Refugees

Two decades after he first highlighted the topic, the UK roots singer returns to the subject of war and displacement, asking us why nothing has changed…

UK roots reggae singer and producer Paul Fox focuses on the horrors of war and displacement for his track Warzone Part Two – Refugees. Taken from Fox’s current album, Same Blood, Warzone Part Two revisits a topic he first examined on a track of the same name in 1993.

Starting with a poignant vocal melody, then building to an insistent reggae stepping beat, the track tells the story of refugees fleeing conflict in unflinching detail. Paul and his wife Helen sing the lyrics using ethereal harmonies that recall ancient forms of storytelling music from around the globe.

Following last week’s win at the Maori Music Awards, New Zealand Roots Band, L.A.B release their 2nd single, Fashion Dread Dub, from the forthcoming album, L.A.B in DUB, a collaboration with Italian sonic visionary Paolo Baldini and legendary dub label, Echo Beach.

L.A.B are a multi-award winning and platinum selling band, they play a seamless mix of reggae, rock, blues, electronica and funk. Their last album, L.A.B V enjoyed 20 million streams on Spotify as well as more than 10,000 radio spins worldwide from over 100 stations including the BBC.

L.A.B are selling out stadiums across the Pacific and heading to the UK in 2023.

As the release of the album approaches (October 21), L.A.B and Paolo Baldini unveil this new track. The Italian dubmaster fell for the funky track Fashion Dread from L.A.B’s 2nd album, a groove somewhere between George Clinton and Prince.  Paolo Baldini has taken it over, bringing it his inimitable dub signature, revisiting it, re-inventing it!  Not to be missed, in live video mix too!

Paolo Baldini lovingly crafts dub at his Alambic Conspiracy Studio in San Foca, Italy. These dubs are all created live in one take with no overdubs or edits, creating entirely new versions.

Paul Fox and Apache Indian share the Same Blood

Two legends of reggae music collaborate for the first time on a song about their common humanity

Veteran UK roots reggae singer Paul Fox and legendary UK dancehall deejay Apache Indian have joined forces for the song Same Blood. The title track from Fox’s current album, Same Blood is a call for unity in these fragmented times, reminding us that inside, we are all one.

Both artists had been aware of each other’s work since they came to attention in the 1990s. They first suggested a collaboration back in 1993 when Fox interviewed Apache for a cable TV channel. A link up on Instagram nearly twenty years later resulted in the recording of Same Blood – featuring backing vocals from Paul’s wife, Helen Fox.

“The lyrics are about the fact that we are all Homo Sapiens” says Fox “and there are no more specific scientific classifications of life below the species level… meaning we really are all the same blood.”

“I first heard Paul’s music over 20 years ago and always wanted to work with him” says Apache “Nothing comes before the time. Just the title alone ‘Same Blood’ says so much, it didn’t need much explaining for me to start writing my parts. This will always be one of the songs on my playlist because of its simplicity, its depth and its meaning.”

Born in Handsworth, Birmingham, Apache Indian has been active in reggae music since the early 1980s. He found fame as a dancehall deejay in 1993 with the hit song Boom Shack-A-Lak written for the iconic soundtrack to Dumb & Dumber reaching number 5 in the UK singles chart.  This year Apache Indian performed at the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony alongside Dexys Midnight Runners, Jaykae, Musical Youth and UB40.

Inspired by the 80s UK roots reggae sound system revival led by Jah Shaka, Paul Fox cut his first tunes in the early 90s on his own Sound Business label, produced by Nick Manasseh. He has since collaborated with revered reggae artists including Jonah Dan, Michael Rose, Rod Taylor, Brother Culture, Dubheart, and Alpha & Omega.

Same Blood is accompanied by its haunting flipside We Got The Same Dub – which appears on the companion album Dub Blood.

A friend in Boston proposed “a project while I was still at Berklee and asked if I had any originals… the song itself, ‘Sailing In Love’, is seven or eight years old” and the inspiration came from one of Cayman’s beautiful seaside idylls.

“I don’t know how to describe it… it’s not even a beach just rocks that have been there for millions of years. I was out there and the whole chorus came to me. But it’s a combination of people contributing over the years … different players… different places.”

Beneil Miller’s music transcends categorisation and transports us all to kinder, calmer places… and there’s much more to follow.

“But this is the first of many songs! I intend to do some more singles and a full length album by the end of the year.”

That’s definitely something we can all look forward to…

Written & Performed By: Beneil Miller
Video: Patrick Lopez

Link with Beneil

https://facebook.com/beneilmiller

https://instagram.com/lavakeyz

https://soundcloud.com/beneilmusic

https://youtube.com/c/BeneilMiller

https://ffm.bio/beneil

MA1CO1M x KIBIR LA AMLAK – FI DI KINGDOM

Before Zero Records

4 Track Digital EP with instrumental & dubs

Release: 11 February 2022

Stream: https://ffm.to/fidikingdom

Ma1co1m, a young member of the RasTafari faith, is an artist difficult to categorise. His maternal heritage Ugandan, his paternal Norwegian and he himself currently residing in Stockholm, Sweden. Ma1co1m hails from a new generation of RasTafari musicians, who, although rooted in the ancient foundation of RasTafari reggae and inspired by the greats from Bob to Bunny to Prince Fari, his principal musical inspiration comes from the works of Vaughn Benjamin, aka Akae Beka / the voice of Midnite. It therefore goes without saying that Ma1co1m’s lyrical content is heavily steeped in mysticism, with an often ethereal quality, somewhere between prayer and poetry.  90’s born and raised against the backdrop of millennial culture, Ma1co1m has long followed a calling away from the virtues of the modern world and rooted himself in permaculture projects in Uganda, plant medicine and a keen advocate of sports, athleticism and fitness. Ma1co1m is an artist with a mission and a vision, in the divine inspiration of Haile Selassie I, ‘to become a member of a new race’.

Fi Di Kingdom, is the first of many collaborations between Ma1co1m and London based producer and sound system, Kibir La Amlak. A track that was allowed to become exactly what ‘it’ wanted to be, the riddim was built on a Friday, vocals recorded on Saturday and video shot on Sunday. Just as with Ma1co1m as an artist, one will struggle to accurately confine this track to a specific genre, it’s definitely dub, but also hip-hop and trap, its slow in tempo but in places feels fast paced, its electronic and acoustic, yet one thing which is undeniable is its heavy and deep. An enchanting mbira line summons ancestral forces, the nyahbingi drum sanctifies the ceremonial proceedings and the drum and bass roots the track like a tree well planted by a river of water, providing the perfect tapestry for Ma1co1m to deliver a combination of poetic, prayerful, chanting, rapping, singing, militant yet gentle word sound and power.

LINK WITH KIBIR LA AMLAK

www.facebook.com/kibirlaamlakofficial

www.instagram.com/kibir.la.amlak

https://ffm.to/kibirlaamlak

LINK WITH BEFORE ZERO RECORDS

www.beforezerorecords.com

www.facebook.com/beforezerorecords

www.instagram.com/before.zero.records

www.twitter.com/beforezerorecs

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NOTES TO PRODUCER/EDITOR

Single Title: Fi Di Kingdom

Artist: Ma1co1m x Kibir La Amlak

Producer:  Kibir La Amlak

Label: Before Zero Records

Composers:  J. Thomas | M. Brudeseth

ISRC Codes:

1 – Fi Di Kingdom – Ma1co1m x Kibir La Amlak – UKH4E2100011

2 – Universal Healing Dub – Kibir La Amlak – UKH4E2100012

3 – Fi Di Kingdom (Slew Goliath Mix) – Ma1co1m x Kibir La Amlak – UKH4E2100013

4 – Fi Di Kingdom Instrumental – Kibir La Amlak – UKH4E2100014

Release Date: 11 February 2022

Smartlink: https://ffm.to/fidikingdom

For more info, please contact Sarah

Here’s a special live version of Proud Man, taken from the new album ‘L.A.B V’, out 17 Dec 2021

Pre-order: https://ffm.to/labv

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Featuring L.A.B performing alongside:
Louisa Williamson (Saxophone)
Jack Harre (Trumpet)
Kaito Walley (Trombone)
Sam Notman (Percussion)

Produced by Loop
Executive Producer – Mikee Tucker
Producer – Dan Clist
Massey University Producer – James Coyle
Sound Engineer – Mike Gibson
Assistant Engineers – Jonas Persson, Nicole Hardie
Mixed by Lee Prebble at The Surgery Recording Studio
Mastered by Mike Gibson at Munki
Director / Camera Operator – Sarah Hunter
Director of Photography – Shyam Patel
Gaffer / Camera Operator – Ben Dickens
Camera Operator – Ethan James
First AD – Lucas Purser
DIT / First AC – Thomas Williams
Gaffer Assistant / Camera Assistant – Ben Addison-Saipe
Editor / Grade – Owen Watts at The Makers Initiative

Special thanks to Loop, Massey University, College of Creative Arts Toi Rauwhārangi, Lars Vandrey, James Manttan, Kerry Pulham and Transmit.

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L.A.B live at Massey Studios, Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts

Inspired by jam sessions at their hometown beaches, the track captures the feeling of summertime in a way that L.A.B only can. The release is the first taste of the new album, L.A.B V, their fifth album in five years, L.A.B V sees the band again combining their eclectic sound into a compelling journey that moves across reggae, soul, funk & blues.

Following on from multiple number one singles & albums, alongside a growing list of platinum sales & awards across New Zealand & Australia, L.A.B V shows a band continuing to hone the unique sound that has gained them an ever-growing fanbase.

Stream / Download ‘Mr Reggae’ here: https://ffm.to/mrreggae
Pre order ‘L.A.B V’ (out Dec 17): https://ffm.to/mrreggae

Produced by Loop
Executive Producer – Mikee Tucker
Producer – Dan Clist
Massey University Producer – James Coyle
Sound Engineer – Mike Gibson
Assistant Engineers – Jonas Persson, Nicole Hardie
Mixed by Lee Prebble at The Surgery Recording Studio
Mastered by Mike Gibson at Munki
Director / Camera Operator – Sarah Hunter
Director of Photography – Shyam Patel
Gaffer / Camera Operator – Ben Dickens
Camera Operator – Ethan James
First AD – Lucas Purser
DIT / First AC – Thomas Williams
Gaffer Assistant / Camera Assistant – Ben Addison-Saipe
Editor / Grade – Owen Watts at The Makers Initiative

L.A.B. are:
Brad Kora (drums, backing vocals)
Stu Kora (keyboards, guitar, backing vocals)
Joel Shadbolt (vocals, lead guitar)
Ara Adams-Tamatea (bass)
Miharo Gregory (keys, backing vocals)

Special thanks to Loop, Massey University, College of Creative Arts Toi Rauwhārangi, Lars Vandrey, James Manttan, Kerry Pulham and Transmit.

Mr Reggae written by Billy Kaui.
Published by American Pride Publishing.
Out on Loop Recordings Aot(ear)oa.
Copyright 2021 Loop Media NZ Limited
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Following on from the success of their original team up single ‘I Want You’, it was only natural that Aleighcia Scott and producer Kongz would collaborate once again. The new single, ‘Cry’ is another scorcher born from the unique UK-Jamaican combination of the creators with an infectious groove, smooth horns and the undisputed power of Aleighcia’s voice.

The single charted at number 1 on the UK Apple Reggae Singles chart on release day and has been supported by Craig Charles on BBC 6music, David Rogigan and Seani B at BBC 1xtra and is currently entering it’s 3rd week of playlisting on BBC Radio Wales where Aleighcia Scott has secured a Christmas night show of her own!

Kongz is band leader of Protoje’s Indiggnation band and one of the toughest producers emerging out of Jamaica.  His credits include production for Protoje, Kabaka Pyramid,  Agent Sasco, Pressure Busspipe, Lila Ike and Sevana.

Buy/Stream the latest track here: https://ffm.to/crys

Follow Aleighcia here: https://ffm.bio/nkdonl7

The brand new video for “Free Your Mind” is live on Macka B‘s YouTube channel.

Directed by Akil Designs, the video encourages us to incorporate the Freedom of Nature into our mindset.

As always with Macka B, it is a crucial message at a crucial time.

UK Reggae legend Macka B released his single “Free your Mind” on 5 November 2021an acoustic remake of the Joe Higgs classic “Let Us Do Something/Journey To Freedom”.  Joe Higgs is credited as the man who taught Bob Marley and the Wailers to sing.

Free your mind is a beautiful acoustic reggae track featuring Ciyo Brown one of the UK’s finest guitarists. The melodic and harmonious nature of the track reflects Ciyo’s many musical influences.

Macka B is renowned for his positive, uplifting lyrics and “Free your Mind” is no exception. In his unique poetic style, he effortlessly glides across the track with a heart rendering plea encouraging the listener to look within, free your mind and take the shackles and chains from your brains.  The haunting chorus of freedom perfectly complements the acoustic vibes with harmonies courtesy of Peter Spence and Noel Browne.

“Free your Mind” comes at a perfect time when people are searching for answers to what is going on in the world today.

A must for your collection; music with a message.

Link to Listen and share:  https://ditto.fm/free-your-mind-macka-b_6ee6db1e73