Après deux volumes des compilations "Groove Sessions", le temps était venu pour les trois guerriers de l'Esprit Zen d’engager leur course avec le soleil et de créer un véritable premier album aux sonorités Hip Hop, Dub, Electro et plus si affinités... "Racing with the Sun" a été conçu comme la bande originale d'un film imaginaire, un western étrange se déroulant dans un Far West fantomatique où s'entrecroisent de mystérieux personnages au gré des différents morceaux.

RSD 2019

Mix 100% Dubplares

Netherlands

Wooligan

"Rob Smith, RSD is not only a successful dubstep producer and pioneer of the Bristol sound, but also a very popular deejay travelling the world sharing his music. Coming from a reggae background and well-versed in sound system culture, Rob kept some of his best productions for his exclusive use when deejaying, the only way you would hear these gems was being played in one of Rob's sets.

Fortunately, we've managed to persuade Rob to let Reggae Archive Records share these dubplate specials with a wider audience on a limited-edition vinyl LP. Compiled and sequenced in conjunction with Rob, the LP features nine tracks newly edited and mastered by Rob to enhance the bass playback on vinyl, it's cut heavy!

The tracks were recorded between 2006 and 2011, a time when one strand of dubstep heavily embraced reggae and dub. Rob calls these tracks reggae infused dubstep and that's what they are, but Reggae Archive Records is a reggae label and this selection of dubstep tracks will most certainly appeal just as much to reggae and dub fans.

Fusing dubstep beats, reggae samples, and seriously heavy basslines, this is a joyous celebration of musical cross fertilisation that has been tried and tested in clubs worldwide. In keeping with the dubplate origins of the tracks, we have designed the labels to replicate an old school acetate, while the sleeve pays tribute to seventies pre-releases albums with a replica stamp giving just the artist and title on a plain white sleeve with aged effect"

- Reggae Archive Records -