Référence  : DB019

Titre  : Roots Of Noah
Artistes :  Struggling Youth (Move The Barrier)
Date de sortie : 08 Septembre 2023
Format : Digital
Nombre de pistes : 4
Durée :  14:26
Production & Label : BAT Records & Halalujah Records

This tune is a cover of the Foundation trio who are best known in this video :

In the picture, Foundation members from left to right :
– Everton “Ipal” Thomas
– Emilio “Pupa” Smiley (or also called Emilius “Fatha” Smiley”)
– Errol “Keith” Douglas

As a reminder, in this video the guys went to Jack Ruby who is overwhelmed : he has just finished Burning Spear albums which have been hits. Ruby invites them to go see another producer.
Finally the first album will be released 15 years later, at … Jack Ruby’s.
Obviously it was too late, as the sound of 88 was not so dread.

I always wondered what it would be like to see what would have been mixed at the time, if it had been recorded in the right timing. And so did I this cover !
I actually composed the riddim in 2018 and thought this text matched well with it.
But the idea of releasing a cover for my first official release really bothered me.
This is the reason why this track will never be pressed on vinyl.

TRACKLIST :
1 – Struggling Youth – Emanuel & The Bionites
2 – Babylon Drop – City Culture
3 – Struggling Dub – Al Breadwinner mix
4 – Struggling Youth Riddim

CREDITS :
Written by Errol Douglas a.k.a Keith Foundation

Composed, sung and produced by Emanuel

All instruments are played and recorded by Emanuel except :
– drums played by Ras Salam from Pinnacle Sound (Recorded at Bat Records, Marsat, France)
– binghi drum played by Al Breadwinner (Recorded at Bakery Studio, Manchester, UK)
Thanks and respect due to City Culture for the first DJ version ever made on one of my riddims.

Mix and Dub by Alan Breadwinner Redfern at the Bakery Studio

Mastered by Sam John at Precise Mastering studio

Artwork : Drawing and typography by Emanuel, thanks to Fitz from NOFA Sound

 

Titre  : Home Run #6 – 5 Years of Hard Mix
Artistes : BAT Records All-Stars
Date de sortie : 2023
Format : CD & Digital
Nombre de pistes : 18
Durée : 1:17:00 h
Production & Label : BAT Records