Category Archives: Respect

RESPECT | Don Hartley – Do You Have What It Takes

Don Hartley - Do You Have What It Takes

Over the past three decades, Don Hartley has been recording and performing his brand of conscious Jamaican music to the delight of roots reggae fans worldwide. He started off as a solo artist first and foremost, then merged with Manchester UK’s Nucleus Roots in the 1990s. It was then that he achieved notoriety as a […]

RESPECT | Don Hartley – African Union

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Don Hartley returns with the re-release of ‘African Union’, a track he originally released in December 2017. Mixed & arranged by Nick Sasquash @ Operation Sound Studios Music by Small Axe Music Productions. “This one inna classic reggae style, real instruments singers & players. More in a traditional Wailers, Burning Spear, Misty in Roots, Steel […]

RESPECT | Sgt. Remo feat. Lutan Fyah – Roots Rock Reggae

IRIE | Reggae Magazine | RESPECT - Sgt. Remo

Sgt. Remo continues to blaze through 2022 with another anthem in the making. This time, Remo teams up with the bossman Lutan Fyah for Roots Rock Reggae. Roots Rock Reggae is a bouncy, feel-good song with a rolling bassline, drum machine beat, and acoustic guitar produced by McPullish in Austin, TX. Sgt. Remo and Lutan […]

RESPECT | Shayne Amani – Chant On

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O’Shayne Foote, known as the singer-songwriter “Shayne Amani,” is originally from Westmoreland, Jamaica, and currently resides in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Shayne began showing interest in music at the age of 6-8, listening to his uncle playing reggae and other types of music in their garage. One morning found himself holding the mic; he started singing, […]

RESPECT | Arky Starch – Good Dub Powa

IRIE Trax of the Day | Arky Starch - System Dub

Playing bass has always been Arky Starch’s first love. Arky believes that the bass makes you dance or gets you into this hypnotic state which lifts us from reality and relaxes your soul. That’s what Good Dub Powa is all about, a good bass groove with enough variation on the instrumentation. Different delays and reverbs […]

RESPECT | Zoe Mazah & Rob Symeonn – Bang Bang (The Sweetest Dub)

RESPECT | Zoe Mazah & Rob Symeonn - Bang Bang (The Sweetest Dub) 3

Bang Bang (The Sweetest Dub) is a tribute to Sound System culture. DJ ́s and selectors competing in so called Sound Clashes who spins the best tunes and makes the crowd dance. Zoe Mazah is haling up her favorite music supported by Roots Reggae veteran Rob Symeonn whom´s engagement in the Reggae Scene is about […]

RESPECT | Future Dub Orchestra – Dubmatix meets Future Dub Orchestra

RESPECT | Future Dub Orchestra

The sound of Future Dub Orchestra meets Dubmatix is a hybrid of “Cinematic Electronica” and “Leftfield Chill” deeply rooted in Dub, merging into lush vibes, low-end love, and atmospheric layers. Initiated by J.T. Clarke of FDO (Future Dub Orchestra) when he approached Dubmatix about doing a collaboration of two songs turned into an E.P. with […]

RESPECT | Dubmatix meets Future Dub Orchestra – Frontline Dub

IRIE | Reggae Magazine | RESPECT - Dubmatix - Babylon

The sound of Future Dub Orchestra meets Dubmatix is a hybrid of “Cinematic Electronica” and “Leftfield Chill” deeply rooted in Dub, merging into lush vibes, low-end love, and atmospheric layers. Initiated by J.T. Clarke of FDO (Future Dub Orchestra) when he approached Dubmatix about doing a collaboration of two songs turned into an E.P. with […]

RESPECT | AUTARCHii – Black Liberation Cry

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In the golden era of Reggae, it was said that the music reflected strong messages of Rastafari and was the sound of the ghetto, as it often referenced the dilapidation of the sufferer’s environment. Being the son of Veteran Recording Artist Donovan Joseph and the cousin to the crown prince of Reggae, Dennis Brown, AUTARCHii […]

RESPECT | Don Hartley – Envy Not

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Don Hartley is a Jamaican roots reggae artist in Manchester, England, known primarily through works with Nucleus Roots, Universal Love Music Works, Lewis Bennett, Fat Bird Recordings, and others. “I never had any formal training in music except singing in the choir from the age of about ten years old. So I started relatively late […]

RESPECT | L’Entourloop – Madzilla feat. Troy Berkley & Blabbermouf

RESPECT | L'Entourloop - Madzilla feat. Troy Berkley & Blabbermouf 6

A few days after the announcement of its long-awaited 3rd album scheduled for June 10, L’Entourloop drops a new single, “Madzilla,” which brings together two explosive raggamuffin MCs, close to the mysterious collective, on a hip-hop beat, embellished with a reggae skank and some calypso samples. Legendary MC and epicurean Troy Berkley, who has accompanied […]

RESPECT | Lil Obeah in Dub – The Transylvanian-Jamaican connection

Lil Obeah in Dub

Obeah proudly presents his second album, Lil Obeah in Dub, a collaboration with veteran professionals in the music business, Marius Costache of Studio148, Count Dubulah aka Dub Colossus, Tim Whelan & Hamid Mantu aka Transglobal Underground, Horseman, and Marian Șerban. The brand new album features 11 instrumental dub songs envisioned as a horror film soundtrack […]