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CRATE OF JAMAICA mixtape by JD Twitch

by Optimo Music

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Tape 7 is here! It’s called “Crate Of Jamaica”. Next to my turntable I have a small wooden crate that holds about 60 7” singles and in it are my very favourite Jamaican 7” singles. There is a one in one out policy so the box is always changing.

During the lockdowns I spent a lot of time with my partner and her 11 year old daughter. Our common musical ground was Billie Eilish, and this crate of 7”s. It turns out she loves Jamaican music and at 11 is the same age I was when I first heard, and fell in love with Althea & Donna and Janet Kay and became a lifelong devotee of music from Jamaica. Her ears are far more advanced than mine were at that age and she is also able to instantly recall whole songs and sing them, so often I’ll hear her singing entire Ras Michael & The Sons Of Negus songs. The crate became as much hers as mine.

This tape is a selection of 30 these 7”s, from across the decades; from Ska to Dancehall and all points in-between. Fittingly there are some Lee Perry songs included (the tape was finished before he very sadly left us). This is perhaps the most personal of all the tapes. I hope these songs bring you some of the same joy they bring to me and my family.

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released September 3, 2021

Tape comes with a riso printed j-card & OBI-style banderole, with artwork designed by Musheto Fernandez www.instagram.com/mushetofernandez/ and printed by Sunday's sundays-print-service.co.uk

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Optimo Music Glasgow, UK

Optimo Music is a record label based in Glasgow, Scotland and run by Optimo's JD Twitch. This page includes releases from the various Optimo Music affiliated sub-labels: Optimo Music Digital Danceforce, Optimo Trax, So Low, and Against Fascism Trax. For CEASE & DESIST releases, follow the link below ↓ ... more

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