This is a very, very special one...
Marking the final release on one of my favourite record labels of all time, the mighty ZamZam Sounds, is this very special 7" double back covering both numbers 99 and 100 in the series. I remember first discovering ZamZam (which was when I bought ZamZam 1!) and having one of those life affirming moments when you realise there are other people out there on the same wavelength as you. A vinyl only label releasing high quality progressive dub music on limited run 7"s in beautiful hand screen printed sleeves. Boom! I was hooked....
It's amazing and heartwarming to see the label go from strength to strength since then and to reach it's century of releases here. I can't think of many occasions when I've played out and not dropped at least one ZamZam tune which is testament to the quality and the diversity of music the label has provided a home for. On top of all that Tracy and Ezra (who run the label) are really lovely people who have created a real "ZamZam Fam" both in terms of the artists featured on the label and the dedicated community of fans spread across the world like me.
So it is with a tinge of sadness that this release marks their last ever on the label but all good things must some to an end and it's always good to bow out on a high, which they most definitely are with this exceptional release featuring two legends of the dub world and long time ZamZam favourites - Bristol's Dubkasm and Gorgon Sound. Not only do we get an absolutely killer tune here from each of them but we're also treaated to them remixing each others tracks which (in true clever thinking ZamZam style) get pressed up on the B-sides of the other piece of vinyl to their own tunes so you can play them back to back in a showcase/discomix style.
And off course as you'd expect the presentation is second to none. The two 7's are housed in a single full colour offset-printed, double-die cut gatefold jacket with additional silver screen print. It is indeed an object of great beauty befitting of such an epic release.
Limited run. No digital. No repress.
Grab yourself a bit of ZamZam history while you can!
Tracklist:
ZAMZAM99
a1. Dubkasm - The Return
b1. Gorgon Sound - Born Under Siege (Dubkasm Remix)
ZAMZAM100
a1. Gorgon Sound - Born Under Siege
b1. Dubkasm - The Return (Gorgon Sound Remix)