THE DISCIPLES 黑胶唱片和CD

Review: Indica Dubs and Music Mania link up once more for their 18th release, which comes from two of the UK dub top legends and pioneers in Alpha & Omega and The Disciples. This album was first put out in 1998, but only in CD format. Now two deuces later it makes its first ever appearance on vinyl and is as crucial as ever, with its crisp and fresh, steel plated dub sounds and warrior leads. The iconic 'Roaring Lion' is a well known anthem in the dub scene, loved and admired by all, so gets a welcome inclusion and is sure to once again be heard everywhere as soon as we can enjoy some real life sound system action .

Review: When Inhmost made their debut on Greta Cottage Woodpile in 2015, we remarked on the quality of their picture-perfect tributes to the cosmic, soul-warming sound of 1990s ambient labels such as Fax and Apollo. "Everything Is New", their belated second album, takes a similar widescreen, retro-futurist approach, with the publicity-shy duo delivering impeccably crafted, exceedingly atmospheric workouts that variously doff a cap to Global Communication ('Aurulia'), Pete Namlook (the quiet and contemplative 'Break Down'), Space Time Continuum ('Deeper Thoughts'), the Irresistible Force ('Sleep Walk'), Ninja Tune's almost forgotten N Tone label ('Spectrum'), and the more ambient end of Richard H Kirk's Sandoz project (the warm and wonderful 'Sometime For Time').

Review: The Disciples' Russ Bell-Brown has produced this lovely collection of instrumentals. The eight excursions are real sonic soothers that mix up and reinvent chill out, atmospheric downtempo and dubby breakbeats into escapist sounds. These are perfectly Balearic beats with spaced out trance vibes, magic mellow moments and deep dives into oceanic rhythms. They were recorded in the mid-90s original and are what the artist calls "not reggae, but experiments in whatever came into my mind." Serve up on two slabs of wax and mastered by Manmade mastering in Berlin, these are well worth having.

Review: Buckinghamshire's Partial Records presents a much deserved vinyl reissue of an album by The Disciples, a project of Londoner Russell Bell-Brown: producer of reggae and dub music since 1986, owner of Front Room Sounds Studio and labels Boom- Shacka-Lacka, Backyard Movements and Disciples Vintage. Here we have his 1997 full length Infinite Intensity Of Dub which was originally released on the Dubhead label. A cosmic journey into raw space dub territory with vibrant, rumbling basslines and infectious riddims.

Review: For Those Who Understand is a collection of raw dubs as played on the Boom Shacka Lacka Sound System between 1991 and 1995. Eight of the best have been collated for this hard hitting long player which is often spoken about as something of a classic of the genre. Each of the tracks has been twisted, tweaked and laden with plenty of effects so that synths squeal and you can really feel the bass in your chest. Some rumble on like a weighty elephant, others strike you over the head like a hammer, but the impact either way is inedible.