Coming soon: Reggae

Review: Adrian Sherwood, the British dub innovator and head of On-U Sound, returns with a heavyweight four-tracker that distils his decades of studio alchemy into a concise and potent dub plate. 'The Grand Designer' kicks things off with processed percussive fragments, shifting filters and a locked groove that feels both futuristic and rooted in sound system culture. 'Let's Come Together' reimagines that rhythm as a spiritual dub seance, with the late Lee "Scratch" Perry muttering cosmic riddles like ghost transmissions from another dimension. 'Russian Oscillator' dials into coldwave and dancehall tension, while 'Cold War Skank' melts distorted slide guitar over thick reverb and scorched-earth ambience. Sherwood's signature touchisubmerged melodies, splintered rhythms and dubbed-out spaceiis in full effect, reinforcing his legacy while still sounding restless and exploratory. This is sound design for the body and the brain, cut loud and deep to 10" wax.

Review: Jamar McNaughton aka Jamaican dancehall icon Chronixx lives up to his own name, leaving us with chronic catatonia after we find ourselves all too quickly and easily engrossed in his new single, 'Never Give Up'. A stripped-back, slow-burner rocksteady exclaimer rolled through soft percussion, spaceflight keys and a quietly unshakeable hook, it carries a steadfast message, one that lends associatively well to the guesting productive hand of fellow producer and SAULT mastermind Inflo. And what do we have it: just days before mastering the A, Chronixx laid down a dub version, now also pressed solely on this limited 10". This one offers a different kind of protest compared to the earlier, brasher 'Here Comes The Trouble', one rooted in systems thought, and the long arc of change.