Jah Shaka

Jah Shaka

Jah Shaka - Dub Salute 8 - How Long Dub - Jah Shaka

A year or so ago - Shaka in true Shaka style relased a number of great

works. Great vocal sets with Tony Tuff, Johnny Clark, Winston Jarrett,

Roger Robin and Stranger Cole. In the past - Shaka as always followed

up these releases with dub sets - it was a great tradition and its one

that needed to be maintained. And he's done it! So far I know of only

three sets - and this one was the first to be released. And its a

great work!!! Tony Tuff's vocal is present here and there throughout

the set - and it needs to be - he's got a great voice and the 'How

Long' is one of his strongest sets. The mixing is pure Shaka style

lots of super heavy bass lines and with drumming and percussion that

comes straight from Africa. We need more albums like this - and its so

good to see Jah Shaka leading the way. Forward.

Jah Shaka - Dub Salute 7 - Praise Jah Dub - Jah Shaka

This one employes the tracks from the highly successful and long

awaited Johnny Clarke set. And its just as good as the Tony Tuff set.

Once again its the mixing that is magnificent - Steppers by its very

nature - is all about the drum - there are great bass line here - but

its the drum that gets the attention. It takes real work and

imagination to make it sound fresh time and time again - but like

anything to do with Jah Shaka - he makes it seem so easy that is the

knowledge that comes from working his sound for many many years. You

cannot buy that kind of experience. His followers have probably heard

mix after mix of the music on this album - a selection process that is

unique to reggae music. Perhaps there might be one or two special

mixes that can only be heard only on the mighty Jah Shaka sound - but

that's the way it should be.

Jah Shaka and The Firehouse Crew - Authentic Dubwise - Blow - CD

Hopefully the new year will be a good one for this man. If he's fully

recovered from the fire - that put him into hospital and destroyed his

studio. He will want to get back to the work - that's he done so well,

for so long. This album came out about the same time as the accident -

its the first one for a long time. And it put together alternative dub

mixes from the sessions that he did in the early nineties with the

Firehouse Crew in Jamaica. This dub mix was done by Gussie P at Jah

Shaka's studio World Beat in London that was destroyed in the fire.

Gussie's done a great job - and I'm sure will be at work in the studio

again very soon.