The Festive Dozen 2014: Koncrete Roots - Guns Don't Argue

I blogged earlier about the Dub-O-Phonic Netlabel when I included Sunjaman in the Festive Dozen, and this mid-year release on the same imprint was another to feature heavily on the various playlists bouncing around my pod. It’s a cut from Rudie Duplates, a wicked little EP containing five previously unreleased Koncrete Roots dubplates … and ‘Guns Don’t Argue’ is a reconfiguring of something from way back, something special and a little crooked …

The Festive Dozen 2014: Sunjaman - Heavyweight Sound

Sunjaman is a bass music/dub producer from Athens, Greece, and in March of 2014 he released an EP called Outta Here, a red-eyed concoction of spiritual roots in a contemporary dub/steppa-style. As much as I was taken by the title track and the different versions of ‘Witness The Day’ on the seven-track EP, I’ve chosen the melodica-drenched opener ‘Heavyweight Sound’ to represent Sunjaman as one of my surprise pod-favourites during the year.

‘Heavyweight Sound’ features vocals from fellow Greek dub identity Northical, and it offers firm evidence – if any was needed – that you don’t need to live in deepest Trenchtown to vibe out on Jamaican roots. Outta Here, and a whole lot of other wicked dub and dub-related goodness is available (for free) on the Dub-O-Phonic Netlabel blog (here).