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10 months ago

Record of the day 🎧

Mikey General – It Choose Me 🇯🇲

(2022, Daptone Records / Dunham – US)

It Choose Me brings a proper roots-and-culture tune, built around a smoky, echo-heavy rhythm, warm bassline and Mikey General’s hypnotic vocal delivery.

The track comes from a heavyweight link-up between veteran Jamaican chanter Mikey General and renowned producer Victor Axelrod (Ticklah). Axelrod digs into the vaults for a classic instrumental originally built years earlier for Rob Symeonn’s Jah Only.

Over that driving analog rhythm, Mikey General delivers an effortless, timeless message, while keyboardist Earl Maxton supplies the brilliant, spacey dub cut “Prattle” on the B-side.

☝🏽💕🇯🇲

#daptonerecords #reggae #rootsreggae #soundsystemculture by @babylonisdangerous

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14 days ago

With the fact that we’re playing @sospesoroma tomorrow night thought we would throw it back to April when we joined them for a day full of dancing 🕺🏽

Unfortunately our brother and partner @0nelovesound won’t be joining us for this one but he will be with us in spirit I’m sure 🙏🏽

Come and join us tomorrow from 19:00 @sospesoroma live and direct for a whole heap of niceness ❤️💛💚 taken in Roma by @babylonisdangerous

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a month ago

Record of the day 🎧
Time Unlimited – Reaction 🇯🇲
(1973, Black Art / Upsetter – JA)

This one is Time Unlimited in full harmony roots mode — deep vocals, spiritual energy, and that unmistakable early Black Ark atmosphere running straight through it. Reaction was recorded during Lee “Scratch” Perry’s formative Black Ark era, blending smoky production, warm basslines, and hypnotic harmonies into pure roots meditation.

The group was formed by Glasford Manning a young Junior Delgado, Owen Marshall, Orville Smith, who later spoke about the four of them coming together to build Time Unlimited during Jamaica’s golden age of roots reggae. You can hear that chemistry all over this tune — effortless harmonies, conscious lyrics, and Perry’s loose, echo-heavy production giving everything room to breathe.

Pure early Ark sound — spiritual, raw, and timeless. 🔊

☝🏽💕

#reggae #soundsystemculture #rootsreggae #recordoftheday #leescratchperry by @babylonisdangerous

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5 months ago

Record of the day 🎧
Junior Murvin – Time Stiff
(1980, Joe Gibbs Records – JA)

This one is Junior Murvin in pure roots form — haunting, soulful, and full of feeling. Time Stiff rides a deep late-’70s riddim from the Joe Gibbs camp, driven by rolling basslines, crisp live drumming, and that unmistakable roots groove that made Gibbs productions so timeless.

Released on the iconic Joe Gibbs label, the tune captures the heavyweight simplicity of the era — clean instrumentation, dubwise space, and vocals right at the front of the mix. Murvin’s falsetto glides effortlessly over the rhythm, bringing a sense of urgency and reflection that still sounds fresh today.

Real roots reggae — warm, weighty, and built to last. 🔊

☝🏽💕

#reggae #soundsystemculture #joegibbs #rootsreggae #recordoftheday by @babylonisdangerous

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5 months ago

Babylon is dangerous 🤝🏼 @frissonroma

❤️💛💚 taken in Roma by @babylonisdangerous

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6 months ago

Roma get ready to nice up the dance this weekend a couple of big sessions with the full crew inside 🔊🔊🔊

Friday @frissonroma 9:30pm - late
Saturday @sospesoroma 2pm - 4pm

❤️💛💚 taken in Roma by @babylonisdangerous

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6 months ago

Friday night at @onda_milano
Selecta @montanardo from @babylonisdangerous ,
Master of Ceremony @obipsalms 🙏

📸 @mariannabertoni taken in Onda Listening Bar by @babylonisdangerous

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7 months ago

Record of the day 🎧
Junior Kelly & Dennis Brown – Hold the Faith
(2001, Taxi Records – JA)

Pure inspiration from two generations of roots royalty. Hold the Faith brings together the Crown Prince of Reggae, Dennis Brown, and modern roots messenger Junior Kelly on a timeless Sly & Robbie production.

Built on a super smooth riddim, the tune blends old-school with early-2000s sound, Kelly’s vocal comes in strong, while Dennis glides effortlessly through both voices blend perfectly. The mix is stripped yet full of life given by the live instrumentation, pure heart.

Real sound system Bussiness 🔊🔊

#juniorkelly #dennisbrown #soundsystemculture #slyandrobbie #rootsreggae by @babylonisdangerous

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7 months ago

Record of the day 🎧
Ini Kamoze – Call a Taxi For Me
(1984, Taxi Records – JA)

This one is Ini Kamoze in pure mid-’80s form — smooth, conscious, and full of energy. Call a Taxi For Me rides a tight, rolling riddim laid down by Sly & Robbie, with deep basslines, crisp drumming, and that unmistakable Taxi sound running straight through it.

Released on Taxi Records, the tune captures the shift between roots and early digital reggae — live instrumentation with a modern edge. Kamoze’s vocals float between singjay and chant style, giving the track its hypnotic pulse and signature groove.

Real Taxi sound — roots in motion, pure mid-’80s magic. 🔊

☝🏽💕

#reggae #soundsystemculture #inikamoze #slyandrobbie #recordoftheday by @babylonisdangerous

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7 months ago

Record of the day 🎧
Winston Reedy – Border Line 🇬🇧
(1983, Inner Light Records – UK)

This one is Winston Reedy in full soulful roots mode — smooth, conscious, Border Line rides a warm one-drop riddim with deep bass, crisp drumming, and that unmistakable early-’80s London production vibe that blends lovers rock melody with roots foundation.

Released on the Inner Light label, this 12” captures the golden crossover moment in UK reggae — where message met musicality. Winston’s voice glides over the rhythm with ease, true pioneer of this thing we call lovers rock.

A proper UK sound-system tune: clean, spiritual, and timeless.

Real roots-and-culture business 🇯🇲🇬🇧

☝🏽💕

#loversrock #winstonreedy #soundsystemculture #rocksteady #reggae by @babylonisdangerous

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7 months ago

“Sound business is my life… I am in sound totally, you know. I don’t have one foot in sound and one out. I am in sound — I run a sound. I and the team, you know.”

Filmed in 1981, Sound Business remains one of the most authentic portraits of Britain’s emerging reggae sound system culture — identity, community, and survival on film.

Shot on 16mm by Molly Dineen it follows Lloyd Coxsone’s Sir Coxsone Outernational and the rising Little Lion Sound System, revealing the dedication, rivalry, and unity that powered the movement.

Born from the Windrush generation, these systems transformed basements and community halls into spaces of belonging and resistance. Every bassline echoed Kingston through the streets of London and Birmingham.

Coxsone’s words still ring true — a generation who built legacy from sound, sweat, and shared purpose, still vibrating through today’s roots and dub culture.

#soundsystemculture #sircoxsone #reggae #rootsreggae #uksoundsystem by @babylonisdangerous

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8 months ago