Various Artists - Reggae, Roots & Culture Vol. 1 (2021)

If some of these titles look familiar, it’s because they’re among the most majestic roots and culture songs ever recorded, and by singers whose credentials are beyond question. All tracks feature the original artists and even the actual seventies’ vocal in some cases, but the rhythms have been recreated with today’s sound-systems in mind and are heard at their very best when roaring out of giant speaker boxes, greeted by a forest of raised hands and with a deejay at the mic.

Producers Mafia & Fluxy include reggae legends Bunny “Striker” Lee and Fat Man among their mentors, and their mastery both in the studio and on stage is unrivalled outside of Jamaica. The way these two brothers play dub will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up whilst the messages in songs like Every Tongue Shall Tell, Declaration Of Rights, No Peace and Fittest Of The Fittest are relevant as ever but then the music on this album isn’t dated, and is reggae, roots and culture for the ages.

Tracklist:
01. Horace Andy - Every Tongue Shall Tell (03:36)
02. Mafia & Fluxy - Every Tongue Dub (03:36)
03. Linval Thompson - Long, Long Dreadlocks (03:38)
04. Mafia & Fluxy - Long, Long Dub (03:38)
05. Johnny Clarke - Blood Dunza (03:43)
06. Mafia & Fluxy - Dub Dunza (03:44)
07. Barry Brown - Fittest of the Fittest (03:11)
08. Mafia & Fluxy - Fittest Dub (03:18)
09. Johnny Clarke - Declaration of Rights (Steppas Remix) (03:41)
10. Mafia & Fluxy - Declaration of Dub (03:41)
11. Gregory Isaacs - Motherless Children (Dubplate Mix) (04:04)
12. Mafia & Fluxy - Motherless Dub (04:04)
13. Max Romeo - No Peace (Steppas Remix) (04:00)
14. Mafia & Fluxy - No Peace Dub (04:00)
15. Little Roy - Falling Angels (Dubplate Mix) (03:53)
16. Mafia & Fluxy - Dubbing Angels (03:52)