Rise Again vinyl

Of late, Blakamix boss Dennis 'Mixman' Bedeau has offered up a number of reissues of killer cuts from his extensive back catalogue. He's at it again here too, delivering a re-press of his 2012 production for Anthony Simba, 'Rise Again'. The A-side original version is a typical digi-reggae excursion, with Simba singing sweetly and soulfully over crunchy machine drums, colourful synthesizer lines and, most surprisingly, 80s style Fairlight sampler orchestral stabs (as used in thousands of synth-pop records over the years). Bedeau strips out most of Simba's vocal on flipside workout 'Rise Again I-Son', a near perfect digi-dub excursion that's not only weighty and delay-laden, but also makes use of some deeper and hazier synthesizer sounds.