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Rough and rugged Jahtari 7-floppy disc with a rudebwoy riddim by the rub-a-dub hacker team Art & Naram, well known in the community for their Red Robin productions. Epic drunkard's tale by the fast chat originator himself on the A-side - Peter King is heading down to the pub this time, returning from Maffi's Killah Tape EP' with even more story twists, odd rhyme meters and a recipe for disaster. Jammed straight to an 8-track cassette deck in the Jahtari studio, mixed by disrupt and coming with an high density dub on the flipside. LOAD...... Limited 500 copies edition!

New vocalist Malaika, with a conscious rooots voicing over the I David rhythm.

Paris-based producer Von D debuts on Dub-Stuy with a four-track EP of hair-raising and socially-conscious dub music boasting a cast of world-class vocalists and musicians.

The EP centers around its title track, a spacious and heavy riddim with a deadly groove, live guitar, and a stunning lyrical turn from NYC's Jahdan Blakkamoore. Showing his versatility, Jahdan adapts seamlessly to the riddim's contortions to deliver a damning statement of the wicked scam politicians and the 1% are running on the rest of us. Liberation over Liberace!'

Continuing the social theme of the title track, London's self-styled future dancehall singer Don Cotti lends his rugged voice to 'Mek A Truce'. The track unfolds somewhere in between song and dub version, with horns and sound effects taking turns between Cotti's incantations for people to mek a truce' regardless of race or religion. The last collaboration on the EP sees Von D reach back to the music's foundation with a vocal from Lone Ranger, a Jamaican deejay who began his career with Coxsone's Studio One in the 1970s. On 'Till A Morning', he shows off his finely-honed chatting by inviting all to come and dance over a jumping riddim featuring live guitar, bass and piano.

Closing the EP is a sample of the legendary Bunny Lee talking about King Tubby and Lee Perry birthing dub before Von D unfurls his own studio experimentation on 'Surrealiste Skank', a dedication to the timeless power of dub music.

Wicked Scam further cements Von D's talent for combining an authentic sound with a modern ear. The bass envelopes the listener without ever choking them, the melodies uplift the soul, and the lyrics feed the mind.

2022 is the 40th Anniversary of Iron Maiden’s Iconic third album The Number of The Beast. The first Iron Maiden album to feature Bruce Dickinson on vocals, The Number of the Beast was also the band’s first album to hit the number 1 spot in the UK. The album spawned the crossover hit singles Run To The Hills and The Number of The Beast, and introduced the band to a truly global audience.
To celebrate this milestone anniversary Iron Maiden release a very special 3LP collectors vinyl featuring the original album with revised track list plus the legendary 1982 live show from Hammersmith Odeon ‘The Beast Over Hammersmith’.
The original album replaces Gangland with Total Eclipse in a revised track list. The accompanying double live album The Beast Over Hammersmith is presented on vinyl for the first time.
This collectible 180g 3LP vinyl set is packaged in a double gatefold sleeve featuring a special ‘split’ cover image and many rare photos from the time. Also, featured are excusive sleeve notes from Steve Harris.

*Partial Records celebrate their 50th 7' with an instrumental sound system stomper originally intended as a dubplate only but now released due to popular demand.
*The rhythm on `73 Salute' was originally the raw blueprint for Amelia Harmony's vocal cut `Fear and Love' that was released earlier on this year.
*Produced by Partial Records owner Liam Partial and mixed by veteran London-based dub producer Dougie Wardrop.

Born out of the legendary Paradise Bangkok sessions run by DJs Maft Sai and Chris Menist in Thailand, The Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band play vintage molam music from the North-East of Thailand, with a 21st century twist.

The band have just completed a successful 2nd tour of Europe, which included a support slot for Damon Albarn in Berlin, as well as gigs in Germany, France, Switzer- land, Belgium and the Czech Republic.
The album was recorded in Bangkok and mixed by Nick Manasseh in London, who also contributed a masterful dub to the band's debut single 'Roob Lor Pu Thai'.

Chris Menist and Maft Sai are also behind the highly acclaimed 'The Sound of Siam' compilations on Soundway Records, as well as releases for Finders Keepers, Light In The Attic and their own Paradise Bangkok label.