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DKR 292EP
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$9.00
PREORDER
RELEASE DATE: 8/7/2026
"First time on 7" for this killer dark lovers cut that appeared on the Parish showcase showdown album with Hopeton & Robert Ffrench. Recorded and mixed at Channel 1 in the mid '80s, these tracks ended up on the aforementioned LP which didn't make it out until '87. The style is the heavy live sound of that last moment before digital took over, quite like the Gifted Roots Band or Music Mountain studio style."
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DKR 300EP
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"A special moment here with this one. This record has it all -- one of the best rhythms of the entire '80s let alone the early digital canon, laced with lasers, killer synths, dive bombs, vocoder, screeching across the border, militant lyrics, gigantic drums, perfect claps, the list goes on and on. An absolutely perfect record for the period and for the ages. Hopeton Lindo lets loose an awesome vocal -- his salute to the heroes and martyrs of the militant struggle against South African apartheid -- Benjamin Moloise, Stephen Biko and of course Nelson Mandela. If you don't know, read up on these men ASAP. This tune was made at Tubby's on a wild mix of the original King Tubby's tempo riddim, and was originally released on the very short-lived Aqua label due to some producer runnings back in the day. Now recut from the original master tape, this is one of those joyous occasions where this new issue actually sounds better than the original, which suffered from being made at the notoriously quality plagued GG's pressing plant. Fans of late '80s digital and militant reggae take note - this is your perfect storm. A long time searching for this one, finally here."
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DKR 291EP
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"Peak 1987 all time, top tier digital reggae. Killer one-away rhythm and awesome militant vocal from Hopeton Lindo. An all-time favorite politically conscious reggae tunes, still relevant today. Better still, this release is taken straight from the original master tape and is nearly a full minute longer than the original release, wherein Hopeton drops a bit of dancehall vernacular. Real hardcore DKR heads will know when they hear it."
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