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HJP 080EP
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2018 repress. Wareika Hill Sounds present Mass Migration. Two no-flim-flam, cross-border, dub-wise stompers - paired with masterful versions - from the veteran, Kingston-based unit led by the trombonist of Count Ossie's Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari and The Light Of Saba.
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HJP 071EP
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Here are four new grounation furies from Wareika Hill Sounds -- hypnotic, thunderous, urgent, mystical -- with dubwise bass drums embedding the Light Of Saba veteran's gorgeous trombone classicism. The opener is a rocking kumina rhythm, with ring-the-alarm metal percussion and exhortatory brass; "Free the People" swirls some apocalyptic reasoning into the foggy, thumping mix. "Universe in Crisis" chuffs head-long down the grooves, before the anthemic "Chant" takes a step back from the fire, the expert drumming and lyrical bone-work in full effect.
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HJP 050EP
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2017 repress. Wareika Hill Sounds is the contemporary roots reggae project of Calvin Cameron -- mainstay of the original Light Of Saba line‐up, and the genius behind Lambs Bread Collie. In the great pedagogical traditions of the multicultural Light Of Saba, and before that Count Ossie, this recording runs together two JA musical traditions -- a kind of drumming (and drum) brought from the Congo, and the island's variation of calypso -- into a thundering grounation charge. The Skatalite's trombone‐playing is majestic, deadly, and deeply gripping. The dub is tremendous, too. Expertly mastered and cut at D&M in Berlin, and beautifully pressed at Pallas, for maximum soundboy worries. Printed sleeve design by Will Bankhead.
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HJP 044EP
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Unexpectedly uplifting, shuffling, percussive rug-cutter, with the Light Of Saba veteran bringing a little go-go to the grounation, and a lovely dub mixed by Moritz von Oswald.
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HJR 104CD
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"'I was born and grew up in D'Aguilar Town, eastern Kingston, at the foot of Wareika Hill. I came up playing with Tommy McCook's Supersonics, and The Skatalites. I was the lead trombonist of Count Ossie's Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari. My first instrumental to hit was 'Lambs Bread Collie,' which I recorded with The Light Of Saba. These are my new recordings, blazing grounation roots reggae." -- Calvin Cameron. "This is 2007 dubwise roots reggae by Calvin Cameron from The Light Of Saba alongside his regular crew, and musicians like Deadly Headley Bennett, the original Saba drummers, and David Madden from the Black Ark -- with a special appearance by Tony Allen, architect of Fela Kuti's Afrobeat!"
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HJR 104LP
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HJP 026EP
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This four-tracker from Wareika Hill Sounds smashes open their "Coconut Head" rhythm with a heavy, heavy, heavy dub version featuring the original Light Of Saba drummers, thumping bass, chant-down-Babylon trombone -- blood on the dancefloor and up the walls. "Joseph C" is in a more laid-back grounation style, with beautiful bonework from WHS-leader Calvin Cameron evoking his years with Count Ossie. "Tears In Exile" is blood-and-fire again -- tough, scintillating roots percussion alongside a crowded brass section, and brilliant soloing from both. Finally, "They Say" is pure nyabinghi, upful and defiant.
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HJP 021EP
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Calvin Bubbles Cameron is the veteran trombonist of Tommy McCook's Supersonics, Count Ossie's Mystic Revelation, The Light Of Saba, and The Skatalites. Since the old days, he has resided above the headquarters of The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari, in the Wareika Hill district of Kingston, Jamaica. This lineage is perfectly expressed for 2004 by these cuts. The uptempo A-side should rock any dancefloor to pieces, reggae or not, with full, bones-heavy horns, swirling organ and blood and fire nyabinghi drumming; and it comes with a storming dub. The B carries an instrumental, and another reminiscent of The Light Of Saba classic "Lambs Bread Collie."
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