Intense Records

The Return / Born Under Siege (2x7")

ZamZam Sounds
ZAMZAM99/100
Dubstep, Reggae
7"

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£19.99 (£23.99 incl. VAT)

The ZamZam Sounds screen printed 7 vinyl journey concludes with a massive double pack link-up from Bristol legends Dubkasm & Gorgon Sound, not heard together on vinyl since Peng! Sound 12s back in 2013 and 2018. ZamZams love for Bristols musical vibes and sound system culture and history is well-established, since kicking off the label with Henry & Louis ft. Prince Greens Every Time in 2012. Its only fitting that the series concludes in Portlands sister city; but while ZamZam 01 was an unreleased deep cut from the 90s, the 99-100 double pack is a fully up to the minute dispatch.

The set starts off with Dubkasms The Return, a heavy stepper in the duos brutal yet lush style; fleeting melodica and ephemeral flute float over a bed of heavy bassline and tough percussion. Alive with the sounds of nature, shot through with laser and siren, Dubkasms desk-as-instrument ethos is on full display with raw dubbing galore. Gorgon Sounds remix ramps up the intensity with a lean, muscular, synth-driven rebuild thats already proved to be a guaranteed rewind anywhere its played.

Gorgon Sounds Born Under Siege is purest Gorgon while feeling like a new evolution in the pairs unmistakable sound. Crystalline synthetic horns and strings interlace in a gorgeous melodic dance with buzzing mid-range synths and lacerating percussion over a dark martial riddim thats both fully steppers and unlike anything weve heard in the idiom. Dubkasms crucial remix is thick, baroque and bombastic, a dubwise hall of mirrors and echoes that wrings every last drop of dub from the original.

Pressed with each version on the B side of the opposite 7 for playing showcase style, ZamZam 99-100 are housed in a single full color offset-printed, double-die cut gatefold jacket with additional silver screen print. Limited to 1000 copies for the world. There wont be a repress, so grab the last chapter of the labels legendary run where you find one. Keep following the ZamZam socials- theres more to come.