Various - If I Had a Pair of Wings: Jamaican Doo Wop, Vol. 1" all of the music on this compilation is the result of the forward thinking artists and producers that realised the worth of local Jamaican artistry during a time when the island's leading political figures had not yet managed to throw off the colonial yolk. These are sounds with a certain innocence and the optimistic promise of better to come, with the influence of American pop ballads and doo wop looming large, yet already pointing to the

Lomé Connections in Hi-Fi by the Sol Power All-Stars

The originator of soca (or sokah as he called it)

hard albums for a growing legion of street-rap fans

Another classic Cosmic Chronic from a few years back

At the helm of his own Man Band label the French producer continues to explore a hybridised style which favours fractured beats

Originally released in 1979

Verknipt and Straf_Werk

Rudolf C & HearThug

by short lived band Midi V

and infectious synth lines

Derrick Carter vibes

stuttering warehouse-atmospheres and a failed attempt at making Speed Garage (without ever really knowing what that was) - instead ending up somewhere