Rockamovya - s/t
(CD) Yound Tree Records, 2008-06-17

Tracklisting :
01. Take the Night
02. Ya Better Rally
03. Bounty
04. Warrior Sound
05. Battling Within
06. Red Rose
07. Coolin' I
08. Brown Stew Fish
09. Rock in Place
10. Horse Dance

Note : The Groundation side-project ROCKAMOVYA features members of Groundation, guitarist Will Bernard and the legendary reggae drummer Leroy Horsemouth Wallace.

Links :
Buy it now on groundation.com/store.html
rockamovya.com
youngtreerecords.com
myspace.com/willbernard
willbernard.com
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leroy_Wallace
myspace.com/leroywallacehorsemouth

Various - Micron Music - Every Mouth Must Be Fed
(CD/2xLP) Pressure Sounds PSCD0059/PSLP0059, 2008-06-13

20 track label-portrait produced by Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Bunny 'Striker' Lee, & Pete Weston (Micron Music owner) - featured artists include I Roy (with the title track), Jah Stitch, Junior Byles, The Defenders, Joe Higgs, Bobby Ellis, Tommy McCook, U Roy, Blacker Black plus according superlative versions mixed by King Tubby! - the package comes along with the usual excellent graphics, photographs, extensive liner notes and in-depth interviews.

Tracklisting :
01. Jah Stitch - Conference At Waterhouse
02. Jah Stitch - Conference Version
03. Junior Byles - Lorna Banana
04. Pete Weston & The Flames - Revolution Is For The Chinaman
05. Straight To Scratch Head (Lorna Banana Version)
06. I Roy - Message From The Top
07. The Defenders - Our Rights
08. The Defenders - Our Version
09. U Roy - The Right To Live
10. Tommy McCook - Tribute To Muhammad Ali
11. Joe Higgs - Wages Of Crime
12. Joe Higgs - Wages Of Crime Version
13. Bobby Ellis - Ska Baby
14. Bobby Ellis - Ska Version Instrumental
15. I Roy - Every Mouth Must Be Fed
16. Junior Byles - Ain't Too Proud To Beg
17. Junior Byles - Last Of The Love Songs (Version)
18. Blacker Black - Black Organ
19. I Roy - Mad Mad Hatter 20. I Roy - Mad Mad Horn - Version

Links :
pressure.co.uk

Various - Real Authentic Reggae Vol.1 - Compiled by David Rodigan
(CD) Barely Breaking Even BBECD105, 2008-05

Tracklisting :
01. Ernest Wilson - Truths and Rights
02. The Tamlins - Keep That Light
03. The Abyssinians - Poor JAson Whyte
04. Dennis Brown - The Look Of Love
05. Barrington Levy - Deep In The Dark
06. Winston Francis - Ten Times Sweeter
07. Slim Smith - Turning Point
08. iNi Kamoze - My Girl
09. Barry Brown - Big Big Pollution
10. The Itals - Ina Disa Time
11. Roy Cousins & The Royals - Ghetto Man
12. Dennis Brown - Stages In Life
13. The Crystalites feat. Harold Butler - Smile Orange Reggae
14. Suzanne Couch - Smile
15. Bitty McLean - Let Them Talk
16. Bush Man - I Know
17. Ronnie Davis - Chasing You
18. Wayne Wade - Love You Too Much
19. The Yabby U Vibration - Deliver Me From My Enemies
20. The African Brothers - Lead Us Father

Links :
bbemusic.com
myspace.com/bbemusic
myspace.com/davidrodigan
rodigan.com
totalkiss.com

Easy Star All-Stars - Until That Day
(CD/MP3) Easy Star, 2008-03-11

Tracklisting :
01. Got To Get Away 4:30
02. Bed Of Rose 4:02
03. Like The Stars 4:24
04. Until That Day 4:33
05. The Finest 3:32
06. Dubbing Up The Walls 4:11

Links :
easystar

Joe Higgs - Life of Contradiction
(CD/LP) Pressure Sounds PS58, 2008-02-18

Tracklisting :
01. Come On Home
02. Got To Make A Way
03. Wake Up And Live
04. Life Of Contradiction
05. Who Brought Down The Curtains
06. There’s A Reward
07. Hard Times Don’t Bother Me
08. My Baby Still Loves Me
09. She Was The One
10. Song My Enemy Sings
Bonus tracks for CD only :
11. Let Us Do Something
12. Freedom Journey – Karl Masters & Joe Higgs

Links :
pressure.co.uk

Various - Basic Replay
(CD) Basic Replay (Honest Jon's/UK, Basic Channel/GER) BR-1, 2008-01-28

Tracklisting :
01. Ackie - Call Me Rambo
02. Chuck Turner - Trying To Conquer
03. Professor Grizzly - Fight The Professor
04. Ijahman Levi - I Am A Levi
05. Ijahman Levi - I Am A Levi Version
06. King Culture - Nice Up The Session Version
07. Courtney Melody - Black Liberation
08. Courtney Melody - Black Liberation Version
09. Tenastelin - Burial Tonight
10. Tenastelin - Burial Tonight Version
11. Keith Hudson - Hunting
12. Jackie Mittoo - Ayatollah
13. Gregory Isaacs - Dealing
14. Andrew Bees - Militant
15. White Mice - Nothing Never Done Before
16. Prince Jazzbo - Replay Version

Links :
basicchannel.com/label/Basic+Replay

Various - Jamaica Funk - Original Jamaican Funk & Soul 45's
(CD/2xLP) Soul Jazz Records, 2007-11-26

Tracklisting :
01. Earl Brown - Get Together
02. Derrick Harriott - Brown Baby
03. Jah Lloyd - Lama
04. The Chosen Few - I Love The Way You Love
05. Cedric Im Brooks - Silent Force
06. Glen Adams - You Can't Hide Love
07. Herman And The Aquarians - Dunce Cap
08. The Heptones - Do Good To Each Other and Everyone
09. The Studio Sound - Give Me Some More
10. Winston Wright and The Upsetters - Jam 1
11. The Now Generation - People Make The World Go Round
12. Jackie Paris - Make Me Smile
13. Sidney, George and Jackie - Papa Was A Rolling Stone
14. The Rebels - Rhodesia
15. Big Youth - Ride On
16. Augustus Pablo - Lightning Chap
17. Augustus Pablo - Lightning Chap Version
18. Ansel and the Meditations - Tricked

Links :
souljazzrecords.co.uk/releases/?id=10295
myspace.com/souljazzrecords

Butch Cassidy Sound System - Radioactive / Bear In The Den
(7") Red Hook Recordings RH011, 2007-09-17

Tracklisting :
A1. Radioactive
B1. Bear In The Den

Links :
djouls.com/butchcassidy
djouls.com/index.php/butch-cassidy-sound-system-butches-brew thebcss.com
pabloslab.com
myspace.com/pabloslab
redhookrecordings.com

Michael Rose - Warrior Dub
(CD) M Records MREC520, 2007-08-27

Info :
Killer dub mixes of Michael Rose tracks from the 2006 album "Warrior" given maximum dub treatments on the desk by Ryan Moore (aka Twilight Circus) at his secret mixing laboratory.

Tracklisting :
01. Warrior Dub
02. Zion Dub
03. Freedom Dub
04. Youth Dub
05. Them A Dub
06. Longtime Dub
07. Solid Dub
08. Danger Dub
09. Stepping Dub
10. Nature Dub
11. Nature Dub (reprise)

Links :
myspace.com/michaelrosereggae
twilightcircus.com/discography/520.html
myspace.com/twilightcircus

Eva Be - Moving Without Traveling
(CD/2xLP) Sonar Kollektiv/Best Seven SBCD0007, 2007-08-13

Tracklisting :
01. Take Off 00:10
02. Trippin' On Eva Be feat. David Ben-Porat 03:23
03. Eve At Bob's 03:11
04. 12 o'Clock 03:11
05. No Memory Of Time feat. Joe Dukie (Album Edit) 05:07
06. Into My Blues 05:54
07. Chacco's Cimbalon Interlude 00:53
08. Speakeasy feat. RQM 05:18
09. Eva's Zwischending 00:15
10. Bad Girl Version 03:17
11. Unite Tonite feat. Sugar B 05:49
12. Just Listen 00:12
13. She Walks Alone feat. Pegah Ferydoni 03:23
14. Zerrdub 05:41
15. Micatone Trouble Boy (Eva Be's Trouble Girl Mix) 06:44
16. Trippin' Dub 03:47

Links :
myspace.com/evabe
sonarkollektiv.com/releases/SBCD0007
myspace.com/sonarkollektiv
bestseven.de
myspace.com/bestseven
nocturne.fr/produit.cfm?id_produit=7709

Various – Best Seven Selections 2
(CD) Best Seven/Sonar Kollektiv SBCD0006, 2007-07-02

Tracklisting :
01. Dutch Riddim Combo feat. Bodea - Ride Of Your Life 05:42
02. Boozoo Bajou feat. Joe Dukie & U-Brown - Take It Slow 05:34
03. Extended Spirit - Sista Riddim 04:39
04. The Black Seeds - The Answer 03:47
05. Funset - No Blame 03:48
06. Frost & Wagner feat. Paul St. Hilaire - Like A O 06:09
07. Taxi - A Certain Something [Frost & Wagner Remix] 05:51
08. Catrat feat. Yah Meek - Freedom 06:36
09. DJ Vadim feat. Katherin DeBoer - Black Is The Night 04:16
10. Djosos Krost - Better Place 03:34
11. Resurrectors - Let Rhythms Flow 05:03
12. Eva Be feat. Joe Dukie - No Memory Of Time [Reggae Version] 05:37
13. Masa Collective feat. Noel McKoy - Natural Collie 07:23
14. Melasse - Soulmap 06:32

Links :
bestseven.de
myspace.com/bestseven
nocturne.fr/produit.cfm?id_produit=7212

The Revolutionaries - Drum Sound (More Gems from the Channel One Dub Room 1974-1980)
(CD/2xLP) Pressure Sounds PS55, 2007-06-25

Tracklisting :
01. Kunta Kinte
02. Hotter Fire Version
03. Pride and Ambition Version
04. Roots Dub
05. Thinking Version
06. War version
07. A Who Say Version 2
08. Tivoli Skank
09. Dunkirk
10. Swell Headed
11. Ride On Marcus Version
12. Jah Creation Version
13. Plantation Version
14. Back Weh Version
15. Catonine Version
16. Girl a Love you Version

Also available :

The Revolutionaries - Kunta Kinte
(7 inch) Pressure Sounds PSS015, 2007-06-25

Tracklisting :
A1. Kunta Kinte Version 2
B1. Kunta Kinte Version 3

Links :
pressure.co.uk

Sebastian Sturm - This Change Is Nice
(CD) Rootdown Rec RR012, 2007-04-23

Tracklisting :
01. Back among the living
02. Without a trace
03. Tell them the truth
04. Reggae makes the youth free
05. No need to be sad
06. I just want you
07. Good life
08. Time to say no
09. Social Living
10. Time
11. Soldierman
12. This change is nice

Links :
sebastian-sturm.com
myspace.com/sebastiansturm
rootdown-records.com
myspace.com/rootdownrec
nocturne.fr

Info (french) :
Véritable tornade vocale, SEBASTIAN STURM, du haut de ses 26 ans s'impose comme la véritable révélation d'un reggae roots déjà essoufflé en Jamaïque mais qui renaît de ses cendres à travers ce jeune prodige de 26 ans issu d'Indonésie et d'Allemagne.

Entre Skelly d'Israel Vibration, Groundation ou encore Marley par son phrasé et sa voix, Sebastian Sturm s'impose déjà comme une valeur sûre, de part ses compositions posées et appuyées et une voix hors du commun. OVNIS en provenance direct de la planète Roots reggae le jeune homme et son groupe commenceront à tourner début mai en Europe et distilleront ce reggae pure qui devient de plus en plus rare ces dernières années.

Groundation - Mighty Souls / Distant Trial
(7") Yound Tree Records, 2007-04-09

Tracklisting :
A1. Mighty Souls
B1. Distant Trial

Note : A1 from the "Upon The Bridge" album, B1 previously unreleased song from the "Upon the Bridge" sessions

Links :
Buy it now on groundation.com/store.html
youngtreerecords.com
myspace.com/groundation

Keith Hudson - Brand
(CD/LP) Pressure Sounds PS54, 2007-03-26

Tracklisting :
01. Image Dub
02. National Item
03. National Anthem
04. Highter Hights
05. Darkness Dub
06. My Eyes Are Red Dub
07. Musicology Dub
08. Felt The Strain Dub
09. Barabbas Dub
10. Rub Dub
11. My Eyes Are Red (CD Only)
12. Rasta Took The Blame (CD Only)

Links :
firecorner.com/magazine/hudson
myspace.com/darkprincereggae
pressure.co.uk
nocturne.fr

Keith Hudson & The Soul Syndicate - Nuh Skin Up
(CD/LP) Pressure Sounds PS53, 2007-03-19

Tracklisting :
01. Ire Ire
02. Troubles
03. Dreadful Words Dub
04. Nuh Skin Up Dub
05. Mercy
06. Bad Things Dub
07. Keeping Us Together
08. Desiree Dub
09. No Commitment*
10. Words Dub*
11. Bad Things Dub (Version Two)*
* CD-only tracks

Links :
pressure.co.uk
nocturne.fr

Border Crossing - City Of Love
(10") Kartel KART013, 2007-02-18)

Review :
West London meets reggae. Broken urban rhythms collide with reggae echoes and effects and dancehall grooves. Featuring vocalist Ricky Ranking, better know for his Roots Manuva collaborations... This has been discreetly released at the end of january 2007 on a limited 10 incher, but a "Freedom Of Speech" album is announced for late march. This deep and conscious hip hop/reggae blend ("City Of Love"), massive dancehall trip ("Jump Down") and dancehall-goes-latin-R'n'B ("Rumba Medley") are quite good indications of a storming second album from Border Crossing. Bring on the goods.
Djouls

Tracklisting :
A1. City Of Love" (feat Ricky Ranking)
B1. Jump Down (In This) (feat Ricky Ranking)
B2. Rumba Medley (feat Ricky Ranking & Vicky Virtue)

Links :
myspace.com/bordercrossing
kartelcreative.com
myspace.com/kartelcreative