DOWNLOAD: Lee "Scratch" Perry - Higher Level (feat. Tunde Adebimpe)
Lee "Scratch" Perry—a good lad. One of the most legendary musicians on the planet has a new album coming out. It's called Rise Again. This track from it, featuring a vocal turn from TV On The Radio's Tunde Adebimpe and produced by Bill Laswell, is called "Higher Level". Clearly our man "Scratch" has a thing about moving on up to loftier altitudes. Could this be a metaphor, we wonder? It's a mystery we'll probably never get to the bottom of, so best just kick back in this absolutely glorious proto-summer sun and blast Lee's bass out across the whole sunbathing neighbourhood. Rise Again is out May 10 through MOD Technologies.
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Higher Level (feat. Tunde Adebimpe)
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PREMIERE: Jahdan Blakkamoore - All Comes Back To One (Nate Mars Remix)
The master has come back: Jahdan Blakkamoore’s widely-salivated-over heater “All Comes Back To One” is here again to incite a much needed spring thaw through a slew of excellent remixes. Here, Nate Mars goes all flutter-dub on the joint, keeping the tune rooted in melodic reggae while folding in clouds of soporific dubstep. The water may be warm, but it’s also thick and dark. We say jump in anyway, by buying the mixes here, while left-coasters can rejoice by peeping tour dates right here.
Jahdan Blakkamoore - All Comes Back To One (Nate Mars Remix)
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DOWNLOAD: Collie Buddz - Playback + Holiday
Approaching February, the visions of sugar plums and frosty noses that seemed so endearing only a few weeks ago have become a snow-covered nightmares. Unless you are a skier or snowshoer, the allure of beach front property and big frozen cocktails becomes more than just a pleasant daydream—it feels like a necessity. But when jet skis and sandy toes are not a possibility, snuggling up to your space heater and using the transformative power of music works. Thank goodness New Orleans-via-Bermuda dancehaller Collie Buddz is back because "Playback" and "Holiday" (how appropriate!) from his new, free Playback EP—out today—are on the top of our fake it 'till you make it staycation playlist. We still haven't stopped bumping his ode to green, "Come Around" since 2007, so we're happy to have this guy back.
DOWNLOAD: Jahdan Blakkamoore - All Comes Back To One
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If we defined ourselves by where our parents grew up, then half of the blood flowing through my veins is grim Rochester red and for those unfamiliar with the Upstate New York elements, it gets cold there. Very, very two-feet-of-snow-ain't-no-thang cold and thus I have been dictating my winter warrior arsenal since I was old enough to declare I wanted turquoise snow pants instead of pink ones. You can find me in the street, donned in a enormous Siberian army coat, ugly as sin (but super effective!) snow boats and Bjork-style knit hood. While warm clothing is paramount, I'd like to offer you this component to your cold weather coping: Jahdan Blakkamoore. RCRD LBL has long touted this Dutty Artz constituent and we're happy to throw you another one of his records. The smoothness of "All Comes Back To One" is enough to heat up your insides into warm weather delusions. If you're rooted in warmer climes, this is a jam for you, too. We suggest his entire new album Babylon Nightmare as your winter soundtrack, either to bask in your blazing-sun-lucky-duckdom or to brave the incumbent two-dog nights.
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PREMIERE: Bonjay - Stumble
Some tunes are meant for weepy introspection, rife with meaning and metaphor, purporting to be a sonic navigation through this mean old haze called life. And some are simply meant for getting low! “Stumble” is the latter, and the steamy preview offering from Toronto dancehall duo Bonjay, who’ll be dropping more riddim bombs with the release of their EP Broughtupsy in September. Until then, revel in their refreshingly straightforward anthem below, bumping with glutinous stutter and wispy, hothouse vocals.
RCRD OF THE DAY: Sean Bones - Let's Do Something Else
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Sean Bones has a cool name, right? Also, his reggae-painted folk-pop is excellent. Like, sipping a frozen drink by the pool excellent. “Let’s Do Something Else” is an instant vacation-maker, one half of the Rhumba Beat single on Frenchkiss, and a nice tide-over before a new LP drops in August.
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DOWNLOAD: Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno - Dog With A Rope
Whether or not you're enduring pavement-warping heat like we are in New York City, this song's hot weather appropriateness is obvious; sticky, dusty vintage reggae just sounds like sweating. "Dog With A Rope" also opens and titles the new album from Colombian musician Quantic's Flowering Inferno project–a tribute to Jamaican soundsystem culture and its influence on South American cumbia–which is out through Tru Thoughts on July 13.
Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno - Dog With A Rope
DOWNLOAD: Nate Mars - Above & Beyond Dem (feat. Jahdan Blakkamoore)
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Summer jamz alert! Yesterday, Brooklyn producer Nate Mars unleashed his grassroots reggae and grime-ridden debut, featuring a trio of tracks from Dutty Artz master (and RCRD LBL staple) Jahdan Blakkamoore. Below, “Above & Beyond Dem” keeps it dubby with Mars’ fuzzy bass beating against Blakkamoore’s dirty harmonies. This is slow ride music, and in a better world, we’d be blasting it down Flatbush instead of sitting at our desks, dreaming like chumps. Concentric Circles is out now through Blipswitch/Complex Dubz.
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