Jah Warrior is a
United Kingdom
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roots reggae/
dub production
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team,
record label
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,
sound system, and musical group centred on Steve Mosco.
Overview
Mosco first got interested in
reggae
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as a teenager in
Manchester
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.
He started attending sound system events in
Moss Side and
Hulme, before travelling further afield, experiencing the likes of
Jah Shaka.
In 1981 he moved to
London
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and was invited by
Tim Westwood to do a reggae show on a
pirate radio station called LWR. He also worked as a selector on the ''Humble Lion'' sound system, which in 1987 was renamed ''Jah Warrior''. In 1990 he put out an album called ''
Warrior
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History
Warriors seem to have been p ...
Dub'' under the name Zulu Warriors.
In 1995 he started the Jah Warrior record label, the first release being "The 22nd Book" by Naph-Tali,
followed by the album ''One of These Days''.
Since 1999, he has concentrated on production.
He has since produced albums by artists such as Hughie Izachaar, Tena Stelin,
Prince Alla,
Peter Broggs
Henry James (3 July 1952 – 19 December 2015), better known as Peter Broggs, was a Jamaican roots reggae vocalist and songwriter.
Life
Born in 1952 in Hanover Parish, Jamaica, in the early 1970s, Broggs moved to Kingston, Jamaica, Kingston to ...
,
Trinity
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,
Dillinger,
Rod Taylor
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,
U Brown
Huford Brown (born 8 June 1956, Kingston, Jamaica), better known by the stage name U Brown, is a reggae deejay who released eleven albums between 1976 and 1984.
Biography
Brown grew up in Bond Street in Kingston, living two doors away from Duk ...
,
,
Anthony Johnson,
Dennis Alcapone
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Career
Smith initially trained as a welder and worked for the Jamaica Public Services.Interview with Aad van der Hoek in London, England, ...
,
Horace Andy
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, and
Jah Mason, as well as dub releases as Jah Warrior, working with
Dougie Wardrop
The Bush Chemists are a British dub reggae group.
History
Wardrop formed The Bush Chemists in 1993 as a side-project to his other band Centry.Prato, Greg " The Bush Chemists Biography, AllMusic. Retrieved 11 September 2010 He had run a record ...
(aka A. Millgate),
and Jah Warrior has become one of the leading independent roots and reggae labels in the UK. His ''Dub From The Heart'' series of albums are considered some of the most interesting examples of that genre from the mid to late 1990s.
Jah Warrior's first release in the
United States
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was Peter Broggs' ''Jah Golden Throne Dubwise'' album on the BSI label.
References
External links
Official websiteJah Warrior label at discogs.comJah Warrior at discogs.com
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British reggae musicians
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