King Earthquake
Earthquake Dub-Plates Chapter Two

Motor City label Upstairs Asylum celebrates its roots in 313 with this new Dance Detroit EP featuring a wealth of American house innovators. First up, Reggie Dokes and Steve Crawford join forces on 'Fear Of Failure', a house track steeped in Detroit soul. Marvin Prather's 'Until' follows on with his stylish and soul-drenched grooves. Steve Crawford then goes it alone and turns up the drums on his potent 'Let You Go' (feat Tony B) and then get deeply emotional on 'Love Is Here' this time with help from featured artist Anthony Poteat. Prather and then label regular and Atlanta man Reggie Dokes closes down with his 'Not Ready.'Steve CRAWFORD / REGGIE DOKES / MARVIN PRATHERDance DetroitUpstairs Asylum US

KILLERSame tracks on both side.

New roots vocal cut of a re-lick of Aswad's killer "Warrior Charge" riddim plus Vin Gordon's Trombone version on the flip.

<< Last few of this gem, once it's gone, it's gone >>the long anticipated E B U full-length on NoCorner is now sat here at Le Discopathe HQ, ready to ship.If you managed to grab one of the limited 12″s with ‘Falling’ & ‘Light Show’ plus remixes – then you know what you’re in for here, and the chances of your captivation are already high…If not, then here’s your chance for the full dive into E B U’s one-in-a-million sound world.It’s a very special record, one of the most uniquely alluring albums we’ve heard in some time –and we’re sure this is only the beginning of her journey, so do yourself a favour and step inside now.Throughout Hinge, Unnatural sounds and pitches exhale in melodic chants, ominous basslines resound and eerie loops fixate in this macabre ensemble. You are captive in her world. Moments of haunting clarity keep you wondering where she will take you next whilst strange narratives unfold. In her music and performances, her chameleonic visual display is charged with emotion, keeping you suspended in a state of flux as she orbits through the spectrum. ‘Stimulated by human behaviour and existence, she questions the very nature of being and invites the audience to explore through her cathartic performance.’To our ears, her sound captures elements of the radiophonic qualities by electronic pioneers such as Delia Derbyshire, through to unlikely melody and harmony akin to that of Ryuchi Sakamoto or Laurie Anderson.It’s an exploration of strange places with a weird & wonderful sphere, sonically capturing the colourful intensity of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Holy Mountain, or perhaps sounding like a much more out-there, much more convincingly extra-terrestrial Space lady… These are just vague comparisons though… Essentially, her sound is a total world of it’s own.Hinge, E B U’s debut album, is an outer body experience that will conjure up memories you never had before, images you can’t quite place but somehow relate to, and a sense of sweet disorientation as you slip into a whirlpool of shapeshifting melody, harmony and frequency.

Musicians, producers and DJs Jakub Sautycz and Mateusz Filipiuk formed Jazxing in their hometown of Gdańsk, Poland. Integrated with the wider Balearic music scene, Jazxing are part of a growing group of colourful Polish artists, clubs and labels who want to share and inspire people with their passion for these sounds. Jazxing first went public on a Very Polish Cutouts release and since then the duo have graced Polena Recordings, Father And Son Records And Tapes, and Zambon`s Transatlantyk imprint. ‘Pearls of the Baltic Sea’ is filled with the depth of emotions, changing states of one’s spirit, and unpredictability of the Baltic weather, standing in contrast to their simple, but eloquent music forms.Jazxing explain “We meant to produce an album that one can find nostalgic, and maybe an opportunity to stop for a while with one’s daily routine and look out of the box. To bring about good memories, focus on the details in life that make us happy, and stay there for a bit. We wanted to create a comfortable space for music lovers.”Seabirds fly above synthetic strings, and sparse, peacefully plucked 6-string notes, on the slo-mo disco opener, *Fala*. The track`s growling post-punk funk groove further sweetened, softened, by ethereal vocals and a sultry sax solo.W Uścisku, with a chorus that translates as “I`m in your arms, hold me in your arms”, is another slow, acidic, shuffle, which features some very fine vibes virtuosity, and the passionate vocals of Kamio Kozlowski - of fellow Poles, Van Cyklop.Artifacts raids the archives, and rides an early `90s Soul II Soul-esque beat. Its purring, whispering vixen and cascading Italian house chords recalling the e`d up erotic chart machinations of Deep Forest, Innocence, Madonna, and Talcy Malcy.Hyacinth is a wordless ballad, epic in ambition, accompanied by plaintive keys and arcs of whale-song-like guitar. A prog / space-rock moment for fans of A Mountain Of One.Neu Nostalgia is a chunky, chugging, sorta Siouxsie Sue / Cure-like creation. Driven by the bass, but hanging on the ringing, razor-sharp, axe riffs.Harbor Dub is a sludgy, squelchy skank, where psychedelic sound effects smash the singer into sexy splinters.Shoegaze Dub keeps the extravagant echo and reverb, swapping, though, the Jamdown for the tremolo`d twang of a rock `n` roll rumble, while building up to some euphoric evangelically-edged piano.Acoustic strumming is looped-up and layered to manufacture the closing *Vijnana*`s meditative musical mist. Additional picking providing the melody, as the b-line vamps on Coltrane, joining the dots, making the path plain, between A Love Supreme and severely sedated, stoned to say the least, house.

T-Jah Fikir AmlakThe Tree Of Life SessionsIn March 2018 Blackwood Soundsystem hosted a dubplate session with King Alpha and Fikir Amlak in Lahr (Germany). Fikir Amlak voiced a dubplate called “Ancient Man” for Tree Of Life Soundsystem on the “Harder Than The Rest Dub”, a heavyweight version of Culture’s “Holy Mount Zion” from 1978.This dubplate marks the birth of the “Tree Of Life Sessions”. The raw dubplate material was sent to T-Jah to get the final mix. He was inspired by the lyrics and the art of singing so that besides mixing fyah hot dubplates he produced an own version of “Ancient Man”, which is featured here with two additional dubs.The song’s trademark sounds are the playful erhu and zither theme, a bansuri flute and a kalimba that create the unique atmosphere of the tune.Later Fikir Amlak also rerecorded his tune “Ekos”, another King Alpha production, for Tree Of Life Soundsystem. This time Clive Chin’s & Errol Thompson’s “Extraordinary Version”, based on “Ordinary Man” by Lloyd Parks, builds the foundation for the dubplate. Again T-Jah cut an own version inspired by the original bass melody from 1972. T-Jah invited some guest musicians to spice up the tune. The guitars were played by the Dub Shepherds. Hazel Dub added sweet melodica vibes to the dubby second mix. Plug Dub Soundsystem’s own Señor C recorded a mystical flute that echoes throughout the final version of the record.Limited to 500 copies worldwide, hand stamped sleeves with insert.