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1 | At Ariwa Sounds | 10 | Audio | 1984 | Ariwa | |
2 | Can't Hurt Jah Children | 2 | Audio | 1997 | Jah Shaka Music | |
3 | Dub Salute 3 | 10 | Audio | 1994 | Jah Shaka Music | |
4 | Dub Salute 2 | 10 | Audio | 1994 | Jah Shaka Music | |
5 | New Decade Of Dub | 11 | Audio | 1996 | Ariwa | |
6 | Dub Salute 1 | 10 | Audio | 1994 | Jah Shaka Music | |
7 | In Addis Ababa Studio | 7 | Audio | 1991 | Jah Shaka Music | |
8 | Sensi Dub Vol 5 | 8 | Audio | 1991 | Original Music | |
9 | In The Ghetto | 10 | Audio | 1993 | Jah Shaka Music | |
10 | Commandments Of Dub 1 | 10 | Audio | 1988 | Jah Shaka Music | |
11 | Commandments Of Dub Chapter 2 | 9 | Audio | 1984 | Jah Shaka Music | |
12 | Commandments Of Dub 4 - Dub Almighty | 10 | Audio | 1985 | Jah Shaka Music | |
13 | Commandments Of Dub 6 - Deliverance | 10 | Audio | 1987 | Jah Shaka Music | |
14 | Commandments Of Dub 8 - Imperial Dub | 10 | Audio | 1988 | Jah Shaka Music | |
15 | Africa Drum Beats - Commandments Of Dub 10 | 9 | Audio | 1991 | Jah Shaka Music | |
16 | Dub Salute 2 | 10 | Audio | 1994 | Jah Shaka Music | |
17 | The Music Message | 10 | Audio | 1988 | Jah Shaka Music | |
18 | Far-I Ship Dub | 11 | Audio | 1992 | Jah Shaka Music | |
19 | Commandments Of Dub 5 - Jah Dub Creator | 10 | Audio | 1985 | Jah Shaka Music | |
20 | Commandments Of Dub 7 - Warrior | 10 | Audio | 1986 | Jah Shaka Music | |
21 | New Decade Of Dub | 11 | Audio | 1996 | Ariwa | |
22 | Commandments Of Dub 1 | 10 | Audio | 1982 | Jah Shaka Music | |
23 | Revelation Songs | 10 | Audio | 1983 | Jah Shaka Music | |
24 | Jah Jah Way | 2 | Audio | 1989 | Jah Shaka Music | |
25 | Rosie | 2 | Audio | 1989 | Jah Shaka Music | |
26 | Revelation 18 | 2 | Audio | 1982 | Jah Shaka Music | |
27 | World Beat | 2 | Audio | 1997 | Jah Shaka Music | |
28 | Jah Children | 2 | Audio | 1982 | Jah Shaka Music | |
29 | Fly Me Away | 2 | Audio | 1982 | Jah Shaka Music | |
30 | New Testaments Of Dub Chapter 2 | 10 | Audio | 1993 | Jah Shaka Music | |
31 | Dub Salute 1 | 10 | Audio | 1994 | Jah Shaka Music | |
32 | The Right Way | 10 | Audio | 1984 | Jah Shaka Music | |
33 | Warriors | 2 | Audio | 1982 | Jah Shaka Music | |
34 | Praises Unto HIM | 2 | Audio | 1997 | Jah Shaka Music | |
35 | Jah Works | 10 | Audio | 1987 | Jah Shaka Music | |
36 | Dub Symphony | 10 | Audio | 1990 | Mango | |
37 | Far-I Ship Dub | 10 | Audio | 1992 | Jah Shaka Music | |
38 | Commandments of Dub Part 3 - Lion's Share Of Dub | 10 | Audio | 1984 | Jah Shaka Music | |
39 | Jah Shaka Meets Horace Andy | 10 | Audio | 1993 | Jah Shaka Music | |
40 | Authentic Dubwise | 15 | Audio | 2002-08-19 | Blow | |
41 | Dub Salute 5 | 8 | Audio | 1996 | Jah Shaka Music | |
42 | Dub Salute 4 | 10 | Audio | 1995 | Jah Shaka Music | |
43 | Coronation Dub | 10 | Audio | 1989 | Jah Shaka Music | |
44 | Commandments Of Dub 10 - Africa Drum Beats | 9 | Audio | 1991 | Jah Shaka Music | |
45 | In The Ghetto | 10 | Audio | 1993 | Jah Shaka Music | |
46 | Jah Shaka Meets Horace Andy | 10 | Audio | 1993 | Jah Shaka Music | |
47 | Presents Dub Masters Volume 1 | 8 | Audio | 1989 | ||
48 | Justice | 5 | Audio | 2005 | Black Redemption | |
49 | In Addis Ababa Studio's | 10 | Audio | 1985 | Jah Shaka Music | |
50 | Kings Music | 10 | Audio | 1984 | Jah Shaka Music |
Jah Shaka, also known as the Zulu Warrior, is a legendary reggae/dub soundsystem operator and producer. Based in the UK, he has been operating his sound since the mid-1970s. In the 1980s, he was famous for keeping up his roots and culture agenda, while most of the UK soundsystems followed the Jamaican trend for digital dancehall riddims and "slackness" lyrics. While this move placed him outside the reggae mainstream, he aquired a new (white as well as black) following. His fans and musical cooperators, like [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Disciples,+The+(2)]The Disciples[/url], [a=Jah Warrior] and [a=Iration Steppas] went on to coin a distinct electronic style of dub nowadays typical for the UK. With his strictly Rastafarian attitude and the dry and heavy sound of his productions, which are (in contrary to most of the more recent UK dub) recorded with live instruments, yet stripped down to the maximum, Jah Shaka is considered the forefather of UK Dub.
On his label, [l=Jah Shaka Music], which has been operating since the early 1980s, he released not only crucial dub albums, like his classical "Commandments of Dub" series, but also various vocal cuts by artists like [a=Max Romeo], [a=Horace Andy] and [a=Johnny Clarke].
Jah Shaka still plays on his soundsystem on a regular basis in the UK and from time to time in other countries, finally having recovered after heavy house fire injuries in 2000. His soundsystem gigs are a cultural institution that layed a huge impact not only on the developement of dub, but on English popular music altogether. His sets introduced not only many future apostles of UK dub to roots music, but also influenced mainstream producers like Basement Jaxx.