I Jahbar / Brollachan | Smokin' / UFO 12"More amazing next level dubwise dancehall business here from Jamaica's I Jahbar on Glasgow's always excellent Full Dose records. A side sees I Jahbar extoll the virtues of the herb on heavyweight cut Smokin and then on the flip he calls out the wrongs of Babylon on the wonderfully cosmic UFO. Production comes from the very talented Brollachan who takes a pleasingly dubbed out approach to the rhythms and both vocal cuts come backed with some seriously

The result is a deeply immersive trip into the depths of the echo chamber where ghostly traces of Jackie's keyboards float across an otherworldly soundscape that's shaped equally by the abstract experimentalism of free jazz as well as the bass heavy minimalism of dub

That reissue is now long sold out and increasingly going for ££s on Discogs so this new repress for 2025 is very

B2 No Recession In A Rich Man's House

A record that works perfectly as the final tune in mixes or at the end of the night as it just leaves a warm glow

B1 Mineral Blend

which goes some way to explain it's distinctive sounds compared to the other four volumes (all of which were released in the 70s)

B Roots Radics Band – Smuggling Dub

Bring To Naught

B4 There You Are

An understandably much in demand record making this first time reissue from Jah fingers most welcome indeed

TracklistA: Shackles Remix Part I B: Shackles Remix Part II

Also make sure you check the dub this one