U-Roy: Dread In A Babylon Vinyl LP Warp Records Altogether somewhat ironically finds frontman

Altogether somewhat ironically finds frontman Austin Getz geographically separated from his bandmates

everywhere you went: ‘garage

Hammond was just a Lord Of The Rings nerd (file this one next to Zeppelin and Sabbath) who wanted to jam

Not only did R & S release it but it was picked up by Derrick May's Transmat label

and impeccable drum programming

U-Roy: Dread In A Babylon Vinyl LP Warp Records Altogether somewhat ironically finds frontmanFire up the chalice for this massive repress! U Roy, The Originator, was the first deejay in reggae music, pioneering a proto rap style of chatting over riddims that became known as toasting, laying the framework for dancehall, and later, hip hop. Dread In A Babylon, his third full length album, has become a digger favorite in part for its iconic sleeve depicting U Roy exhaling an epic cloud of chalice smoke, but also for proto dancehall classics