ROOTS ARCHITECTS - From Dub ´Til Now - LP - Black Vinyl

LP - Black Vinyl 

Bringing together over 50 of Jamaica's greatest session musicians, whose work spans from the birth of reggae in the late 1960s until today, Roots Architects is the largest gathering of Jamaican musical talent on one all-instrumental album. Never before have so many veterans, who helped create the immortal rhythms that made reggae internationally successful, been assembled to play on new material without vocals. This project aims to celebrate and pay tribute to the unsung heroes of reggae music: the rhythm builders or Roots Architects. Following the outstanding success of the first chapter of the project, From Then 'Til Now (2024), Fruits Records is pleased to reveal the dub album From Dub 'Til Now. A veritable immersion in the mythical sound of Kingston studios in the late 1970s. Dub master Roberto Sánchez sublimates the work of the Roots Architects with wildly inventive sound experiments—reminiscent of the finest years of King Tubby, Lee "Scratch" Perry, and Scientist.

The project is the brainchild of Swiss keyboardist and producer Mathias Liengme. In 2013, he travelled to Kingston, Jamaica, to produce The Inspirators project, an all-star album gathering Leroy “Horsemouth” Wallace, Lloyd Parks, Earl “Chinna” Smith, and Sangie Davis, the four of them acting both as musicians and vocalists. This first experience in Kingston studio life paved the way for what would become the Roots Architects project. In February and March 2017, Mathias Liengme travelled for the fifth time to Kingston to record as many of reggae’s greatest living veteran musicians as he could. With the help of a few of these Architects like Robbie Lyn, Fil Callender, and Dalton Browne, he managed to gather over 50 session musicians aged 60 to 85 on nine instrumental songs.

The scale is staggering, but the result is as focused and spiritual as any great dub record should be. Roots Architects are legends back together in Kingston studios doing what they do best: creating instrumental music all together! 

Tracklist: 

A1        1000 Light Years Dub
A2        In The Shadow Dub
A3        Whitewater Dub
A4        Memories Of Old Dub
A5        Rose Hall's Birds Dub

B1        Squirrel Inna Barrel Dub
B2        Under The Cotton Tree Dub
B3        45 Charles Street Dub
B4        Everlasting Love Dub