Saturday, March 27, 2010

Forward Ever!

Just an update to say that all Leggo Sounds releases have shipped and should be reaching shops worldwide any day now. Philip Myers 7", King Kong 12", and the 14 Karat label 12"s should be available at most of the shops linked on this page. If you are having trouble finding any of them, email us and we will help sort it out. These releases are getting down to the last copies from us, and are not likely to be pressed again anytime soon. Nuff new releases are in progress and we should have a pair of wicked new 12" releases in a few weeks, right alongside more forthcoming heat on our bredren's GOLDSHOP label. So keep your eyes open! Plenty big tune back on road right now and more and more to come, just the way we like it. We leave again with another snapshot from Kingston -

the sign in the yard at the legendary Dynamic Sounds, 15 Bell Road, Kingston 11, says it all. NO IDLERS. Forward Ever!

Thursday, March 11, 2010

LEGGO SOUNDS 7" 45

OUT NOW

DIGIKILLER NEW RELEASES

LEGGO SOUNDS 7" 45







DKR-009
CANE JUICE - JOKER BAD BOY B/W VERSION
DKR-011
THE HAX - DUPPY B/W VERSION
DKR-012
MYSTIC - YOUTHS GET TRICKED B/W VERSION

high quality US pressings.

Digikiller proudly presents the first round of releases in a multi-part program of reissues from producer Trevor "Leggo" Douglas! As a long-time Orange Street producer, record store owner and then studio owner, Leggo has built a solid catalog of both wicked roots and dancehall, from the 1970's all the way thru the 1990's. For some time we've been huge fans of Leggo's productions, but as collectors we've found many of them inexplicably hard to find. So we're honored to be able to bring back some of our favorite Leggo productions and make them heard by all who will listen!

From 1986, "Joker Bad Boy" by Cane Juice, and "Duppy" by The Hax. Two tunes which blew us away from first listen with their amazingly advanced digital riddims, played live and arranged by Leggo's longtime spar Flabba Holt of the Roots Radics. Cane Juice, long one of our favorite singers, sends a message about all false bad boys, with his infamous lyric "nuff bwoy a love up di gun but dem fraid a di bullet". Next, The Hax, another unsung DKR favorite singer who did most of his recording for Leggo, sings "Duppy", delivering a warning with a killer Waterhouse-style vocal...."nuh go dung deh!" Lastly, forward to 1995, with "Youths Get Tricked" by Mystic. A pinnacle of 1990's digital roots, wailing against the corruption of the upper class.

FOR WHOLESALE ORDERING INFORMATION, please email digikillerrecords at gmail dot com. the minimum order is 15 pieces. for retail/individual sales, please visit any of the online shops linked on this page, who should be stocking these titles shortly.

Sound clips are below:

Cane Juice - Joker Bad Boy


Cane Juice - Joker Bad Boy VERSION


The Hax - Duppy


The Hax - Duppy VERSION


Mystic - Youths Get Tricked


Mystic - Youths Get Tricked VERSION