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Red Robin 01 –
Outta Road

24
Jan

RED ROBIN 01

Midnight Riders / Speng Bond /
Steve Knight / Tippa Lee

“Outta Road / Dem A Fraud”

RR01
release date: 16.02.2017
12″ vinyl (€12.90), digital

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From the remote township of Te Mata, in the rugged hills of New Zealand, comes a new imprint following in the tradition of mid-80s rub-a-dub from an often overlooked corner of dancehall culture.

The brainchild of local farmer and radio personality Red Robin – alongside the deadly production duo Naram and Art – the first 12” features two heavy-like-lead riddims with discomix cuts from four unsung heroes of the 80s with conscious, street-level lyrics.

Side A finds legendary singer Winston ‘Midnight Riders’ Powell rise again on a synth-infused piece of classic rub-a-dub. Despite being his first release in decades, he delivers a cutting edge vocal from his Kingston 9 borough about life Outta Road in the Jamaican capital. He then crosses live to special agent Speng Bond for a deejay report on the current state of Britain in Dread Outta Road.

With a more uptempo riddim, the flipside sees Toronto-based 80s star Steve Knight fire some timely shots at corrupt politicians with Dem a Fraud before Los Angeles-based MC Tippa Lee comes correct with a self-affirming deejay cut on Salute the Veteran.

Both sides are served with one-away dub mixes from Naram and added textural touches from disrupt. Mastered and cut by Pole / Scape Mastering for extra heavy low end. Strictly limited pressings.

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NARAM SPENG BOND

Peter King – One Shot Of Vodka (7″)

Danny Dread –
Chatty Mouth Defeat

Junior Cat –
See Di Bobo Dread

Face & Sheenyboo –
Dangerous

Daddy Freddy –
Long Way

Naram – March Of
The Gremlins

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JAHTARI RELEASES

Roger Robinson –
Dog Heart City

WaqWaq Kingdom –
Shinsekai

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Outta Road (12″)

17
Jan

LPs, RELEASES

Naram – March Of
The Gremlins

20
Jan

NARAM
“March Of The Gremlins”

JTRLP05
release date: 20.01.2014
2LP vinyl, digital

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The debut release from the newest antipodean addition to the Jahtarian stables is a double-LP-length digikal reggae opus filled with gritty minor- key riddims designed to wreak havoc on the cogs of the Babylon system.

The project was born in a most unlikely fashion, after naram crafted an 80s horror film-inspired riddim on a battered iPod while on a bicycle trip across the Middle East. The March of the Gremlins riddim then somehow found its way into the hands of disrupt – thus kicking off a truly outernational collaboration.

Along with the kiwi riddim builder, Gremlins features a roll call of legendary UK veterans on vocal duties – with the triumphant return of legendary 1980s fast chat pioneers Asher Senator and Peter King alongside the ones like Jah Screechy, Sammy Gold and Speng Bond. It also marks the debut of Leipzig’s rub-a-dub songstress Jane Bee and exquisite cover art from King Midas‘ Kiki Hitomi.

Despite being named for a riddim built on an iPod, this album is heavy on authentic analogue niceness – with an arsenal of vintage synths and studio gadgets used to full effect. And with disrupt on dubbing duties in his secret lab, the release is tied together by a lush, haunting atmosphere that’s been faithfully recorded to tape.

Like the furry mogwai creatures from the 1984 film of the same name, Gremlins is bound to kick up rumpus after dark so don’t sleep on this one!

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NARAM
SPENG BOND
JANE BEE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN4mW-ignoE

Jahtarian Dubbers
Vol. 4 (LP re-issue)

Peter King – One Shot Of Vodka (7″)

Red Robin 01 –
Outta Road

Danny Dread –
Chatty Mouth Defeat

Junior Cat –
See Di Bobo Dread

Face & Sheenyboo –
Dangerous

Daddy Freddy –
Long Way

Jahtarian Dubbers
Vol. 3

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JAHTARI RELEASES

disrupt – Dub Matrix
With Stereo Sound

Jahtarian Dubbers
Vol. 4

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7"s, RELEASES

Maffi –
Heidi Riddim

13
Sep

Maffi
“Heidi Riddim”

JTR7-09 / JTR7-10
release date: 13.09.2013
2 x 7″ vinyl, digital

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The next edition of Jahtari’s highly collectable 7” series sees Maffi return with a big bad thing called Heidi Riddim. Built from the DNA of Sleng Teng – Heidi flips the scripts on this most classic of classics by taking it to the black keys, in a minor key style and fashion. With its thick deadly bass line at the fore, Heidi has been specifically engineered to kill tin pan sounds and discombobulate Babylonians.

First in line to ride this creation is special agent 001, Speng Bond, who comes correct to warn all those foolhardy enough to think it’s wise to ride the White Horse and ramp with cocaine. On the version, Jahtari’s chief dubologist, disrupt, investigates just how far this dangerous new strain of Sleng Teng can be mutated.

With the other 7”, also pon Heidi, it’s all about old meets new: On the A side, with Run Di Session, the 16 year-old Parisian phenomenon Junior Roy demonstrates exactly why he has been creating such a wave amongst discerning dancehall fans lately. His distinctive vocal style bears uncanny similarities to the likes of Little Kirk and Yami Bolo at their prime, circa 1987.

On the flip, the veteran thoroughbred Lord Sassafrass gallops across the riddim with the same panache that saw him rule dancehalls across Jamaica in the 1980s. Lyrically, the legendary Sassa offers a compelling case for why the Horseman style he and his crew pioneered stands head and shoulders above the overhyped slackness being peddled by many today.

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SPENG BOND
LORD SASSAFRASS

MAFFI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yfce7ikpAHQ

JAHTARI RELEASES

Monkey Marc vs.
The Planet Smashers

Paul St. Hilaire –
Nah Ina It

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12"s, RELEASES

Maffi –
Tann Up Solid EP

09
Sep

Maffi
“Tann Up Solid EP”

JTR11
release date: 10.09.2012
12″ vinyl, digital

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The Maffi helicopter finally takes off again for it’s next mission, this time with a Rub-A-Dub specialist team on board who are about to infiltrate unsuspecting dancefloors worldwide. Sensi expert Kenny Knots parachutes out first with a boom tune called “Herb From Grow” in his backpack, while special agent Speng Bond – with the license fi toast – is keeping up the vibes in the flying command center with “Tann Up Solid”. The Ninja MC team Rub-A-Dub Market, who usually run tings and sound system special ops code- named “Part2Style” down in Tokyo / Japan, are at the controls of the B-side with their track “Fever”.

Inside the suitcase on the backseat is the “Robotron Riddim”, the dub version of Ranking Levy‘s “Mad Man Syle” (from “Jahtarian Dubbers Vol. 3“). Three murdah Rub-A-Dub cuts on some rare, early Maffi riddims plus one Dub – for your ears only! All produced and dubbed up by disrupt in the Jahtari bunker, with a bomb of a cover from the Superhero team Ellen G. / MyLord, who also did the masterpiece sleeve for Mr. Willamz’ “Dancehall Hobby EP“.