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Tiken Jah Fakoly, “African revolution”
Tiken Jah Fakoly is leading a genuine artistic revolution on his latest album, "African Revolution". While the message has not changed, as full of militancy and demands as ever…
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Pablo Moses, “Revolutionary Dream”
A true reggae masterpiece is being reissued today by Socadisc in a remastered version: "Revolutionnary Dream" by Pablo Moses (reissued jointly with "A Song") is a concentrate of…
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Busy Signal, “D.O.B”
Released in the middle of summer, Busy Signal’s third album went almost unnoticed. Titled D.O.B. (for date of birth), this album nonetheless marks a turning point in Busy…
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Gappy Ranks, “Put the stereo on”
A breath of fresh air has sprung from the streets of Harlesden, the reggae district of west London. This whirlwind is a bad boy’s face crossed by a gap between the teeth, those…
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Clinton Fearon, “Mi Deh Yah”
Clinton Fearon is today one of the last representatives of what has been called "Proverbial Reggae", which he helped to forge within the Gladiators (he notably wrote Chatty…
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Capleton, “I-Ternal Fire”
It is six years since Capleton last released an album on VP, and once again the fire is there. Whereas at the start of the decade he was asking for more ("More Fire"), two years…
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Damian Marley & Nas, “Distant relatives”
Here it is at last, this long-awaited album. Pushed back time and again (it was originally scheduled for 2009), the wait grew in step with the dread and the disappointment…
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Chuck Fender, “Fulfillment”
Three seconds. That is how long it took Chuck Fender to sign his entrance into Fulfillment with a resounding autograph. It is his third album (if we except his "Live In San…
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Perfect, “French connection”
A year after the eclectic "Bord Dead with Life", packed with hits, and a few enticing singles (Nothing Matters Me, The Kind on the Happiness riddim...) later, the "Handcart Bwoy"…
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Omar Perry, “Can't stop us”
The son of Lee "Scratch" Perry returns with a second album, once again backed by very polished French production. This time the whole Homegrown Band is at work. That means the…
