SKRSINTL meets MX7 inna DANCEHALL SHOWDOWN!

Shimmering hologram oases belie the bone-dry heat inna this ya ghost-bloodcl@$t-town; When tumbleweed beliefs pose as the only sign of life, it's time to step into Death's saloon; Bust down the dusty double-swinging doors even the Preacher-man dares not enter!

The Bartender has run out of liquor and listening;  Sullied Doves have danced their last number; Lawmen, levelled and long-gone, litter the dance floor;  Bodied outlaws doubled and draped over the bar. When the only exit is a horse-drawn hearse;  Face to face with Death, who will shoot first!?!

Step into this rattlesnake-ridden realm!  Dancehall Showdown is a crazy non-place world where 60’s Spaghetti Westerns, 70’s Library Synth Records and 90’s Golden Era Dancehall come together for a death-defying communion inna Yard!   The old posse of SKRS and MX7 ride once again under the banner of their co-run label, ICS Library Records, off into the fringes of sound-based reality.

SKRS' OG Papa Coolbreeze reinforces their select palette, "This album is our reiteration of influences ranging from Spaghetti Western era Upsetters to Raymond Scott's Manhattan Research Inc. to early Horsepower Productions.  Now the soundtrack we paint, however, is something entirely unique on its own".  Simply put: there's NOTHING like it out there!

Full disclosure: this LP has been shelved for well over 3 years now with the sudden disappearance of Oklahoma's now-mythical Digitalis Recordings, who were set to release it hot on the heels of their 2012 SKRS debut LP, TheCallFromBelow.  Since then, we've laboured to break more ground and lay several more keystones in the growing SKRS/ICS groundation-foundation in order to withstand its intensifying expanse and weight.  Now that the ground has been prepared, we've decided to take Dancehall Showdown back into our own hands and give it the proper love and nurturing we had always intended for it.  With Honest Jons taking up exclusive distribution duties, everything is in place. Peace to the Universe who conspires to manifest our reality.

Exclusive Distribution by Honest Jon's London

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MYSTERYFORMS Showdown REEL

MYSTERYFORMS takes us into Death's Saloon inna dis ya action-packed xxxtravaganza for the forthcoming flagship ICS Library Records album release:

 "SKRSINTL meets MX7 inna Dancehall Showdown!" 

☠️ When the only exit is a horse-drawn hearse;  

Face to face with Death, who will shoot first!?! ☠️

You've been warned!

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SKRSINTL presents the RaggaPreservationSociety EP

SKRSINTL and friends earnestly re-establish their Far East roots inna dis ya Tokyo-matical link up with the boundary-pushing Diskotopia label; they now direct their searchlights straight into the heart of Ragga Jungle...Oh my word!

But wait!  Be very clear, this is no 1990's bandwagon-jumping retro-throwback-nostalgia type ting! Not an oldskool rave romanticism ting; not a new school revivalist ting; this is raw Raggamuffin bizniz from a parallel dimension seen!

SKRS OG Papa Cool Breeze states, "These recordings were made at the unlikely convergence of London pirate radio transmissions, Filipino-Canadian mobile DJ crew gatherings and New-age music meditation communes.  The sound palette may be familiar but the context and design are on some other sh*t.  Previously known only in their own circles, peer-to-peer networks and Usenet newsgroups, we are now presenting them to a wider listening massive."

Respected ethnomusicologist, Sipreano (Grammy-nominated producer/archivist behind Light in the Attic's Native North America and Jamaica to Toronto compilations) reports, "We formed this project to archive and showcase works that widen our scope of understanding of this Ragga diaspora".

Rather than a sterile preservation of established templates, the RaggaPreservationSociety aims at preservation-by-expansion; championing instead Ragga Jungle's intrinsic Spirit of ghetto-futurism and back-a-yard innovation; simultaneously cultivating the roots while fostering new fruits.  

This release marks only the first in a series - so watch this space!

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Seekersinternational - NoCompetition (ft. K!dlat)

Diskotopia Tokyo's resident video artist, Matt Lyne, re-assembles a motley visual cast and crew to portray the topsy-turvy, inside-out world that is "SKRSINTL presents the RaggaPreservationSociety EP".  Out anytime now on the forementioned eclectic label, this EP celebrates the united colours of all things Jungle and reinstates the truth that, in Oneness, there is NoCompetition!

Out 4th November 2016 on Diskotopia

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TellURudebwoy BETA-MAXED

MYSTERYFORMS & WzrdryAV re-survey the jungle landscape and map out new and remote pirate radio tower block transmitters, never before discovered and eluding DTI raids for decades, enabling these stations to continue broadcasting and cultivating ever-new sounds from the underground to a world-wide listening audience.

Exclusive aerial views and secured ground-level footage offer us an ultra-rare glimpse of these monuments of forward broadcasting and the men and women who tirelessly labour to keep the spirit and (covert) operation alive. Exact polar coordinates shall be omitted for obvious reasons.

The title track, TellURudebwoy, off the forthcoming SKRSINTL presents the RaggaPreservationSociety EP on Diskotopia Records, is exemplary in showcasing the evolving sounds and mindsets of the communities that persist and subsist on this constant dose of elevating frequencies.  Tune in and stay locked.

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Jabu x SKRS - Oran VIP b/w BwoyTest VIP

Well, this time along we find the sonic fruit of long time mutual musical appreciation between Young Echo crew's Jabu and SKRS!

     As with previous Jabu output on NoCorner, there is a leaning towards the broader sense of classic R&B, hip hop or soul, when listening, there is a sentiment that almost leans towards feeling like it could be a radio anthem, but then it’s worth remembering that our sense of what could be ‘popular’ is still very much underground in the grand scheme of things… 

     And these tracks are by no means shying away from the honesty of forward thinking music, never made to conform. But that sentiment is a testament to how accomplished and captivating these songs can really be, from the very first drop, to the hook and right through until the last set of distant gunshots are fired off, it’s a ride into the deepest combined depths of SKRS x Jabu wizardry.

Limited to 200, hand-numbered.

Printed sleeve, designed by Amos Childs.

Silver silkscreen overprint, designed by Mysteryforms.

Hand-stamped inner sleeve.

Printed centre labels, designed by Studio Tape-Echo.

Out now on NoCorner Records!  Get em here!

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LoversDedication VHS Version

MYSTERYFORMS lightning-strikes us once again with this short but saturated visual feast; this time creating a companion video-art piece to the new SKRSINTL full length album, LoversDedicationStation, on South London's Bokeh Versions

MYSTERYFORMS chops and screws the artwork they created for the LoversDedication LP and infuses it with essential Ragamuffin extracts, dried herbs and incense to offer us an expanded glimpse into the sights and sounds that is LoversDedicationStation

Set playback to loop and get transported to a scene from a parallel dimension!  

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LoversDedicationStation

Request line dedications past midnight under assumed aliases;

Cold sweats and burning hips;  singular obsessions backed with frayed nerves;

Determined, you make your approach;  Doubting, you double back.

The age-old hunt forever begins anew.  Pursuit, capture and escape in a locked groove.  Forked tongues spell twisted words.  The promise of Union dancing like diamond encrusted chains.  Consummated and consumed in rapture, you don rose-coloured X-Ray specs that betray greener pastures.

Now this ya a Dedication to all who see PAST this relentless push-and-pull sold to us as "love";  To all those who struggle and stand fast amidst the heady swirls and rumblings down low;  To those who are dedicated to Waking Up! and move tirelessly Closer to the Real Thing.

Onelove from the SEEKERSINTERNATIONAL Crew!

Recorded at Aquaboogie Studios, Southeast Richmond 

Mastered by the Stunt Man at Suite Sound Labs, Vancouver 

Artwork and Design by MYSTERYFORMS

Out NOW on the indelible Outernational Dub Champion, Bokeh Versions

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IfUWantMe b/w TrustInDigikal 7inch

     New SKRS 45 inna double-vision excursion! Essentially a split-seven featuring two separate tracks from two forthcoming releases on Bokeh Versions; brought together to form a dizzying dub moiré of SKRS expanded view of all tings dubwise.  Hear it from the label themselves!

     "Bokeh Versions is a new home for outernational sounds and dub lifeforms based outta South London.

Seekersinternational's debut on Bokeh Versions finds SKRS in a woozy mood. IfUWantMe is a warped interpolations of classic lovers rock vibes. Taken from their forthcoming LP, SKRS launches lovers into another dimension with a distant gyaldem chanting mantras over ruffneck lows.

TrustInDigikal is an archival track rescued from cosmic limbo. Sparse dub abstractions and alien gurgles battle with clipped samples to a synthonic conclusion. Think Scratch Perry and Joe Meek clashing with Low End Theory and ‘08 beats."

Get it from the label direct or at your local mom & pop store!

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theShopApprenticeEP Limited Edition Cassette

     

     To celebrate the latest initiate and newest member of the SKRSINTL Cru, the ineffable Ranking Miss Isha, 2015 graduate of the Ecclesiastical Society of San Joaquin, we are now delighted to offer theShopApprenticeEP as a stand-alone(!)* Limited Edition Cassette through our sister-affiliate label ICSLibraryRecords!

Straight head-to-head circuitry clash by SKRSxMX7 on tape. Recorded directly in-campus at ICS' Drumalie Ave Television and Radio Research and Repair Lab. Six tracks deep, each tape side is essentially a nine-minute suite in three movements.

SideA : RadioRepairman / BareWires / OpenCircuit

SideB : ShopApprentice / SignalPath / Potentiometer

Professionally duplicated in Eastern Canada on high-bias TDK SA cobalt cassette tape (better than Chrome!). Cover photography and design by MYSTERYFORMS. Edition of 70.

  *The original TAPE+POSTER+DIGITAL Combo Pack can still be purchased here

So gwaan get your dusty tape decks serviced by your local radio repair shop

and ghetto-blast this one ya slice of '88 other-worldly dancehall

Straight to a Soundbwoy head!

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HER.IMPERIAL.MAJESTY

Her.Imperial.Majesty

This is our Dancehall Devotional;

Ghetto original; Our hoarse voices ring;

Backyard confessional...

In humbled surrender and utter awe

We sing praises to Your blinding effulgence;

The divine Mother - in your countless emanations:

From You, most earthy: Big Batty Gyal;

Rope gold garlands of sweat and glitter;

Unapologetic stilettos fracture Death's grip

To You, most exulted: Supreme deliverer of Justice;

Sentences decreed and nay-sayers laid low.

Let nuh boy try fi test!

Hurry come and descend pon we;

Dash out slackness and obstinacy

Rise up Your forces from deep in our hearts;

Make we ready for when the Real Clash starts!!!

Recorded at Aquaboogie Studios, South East Richmond,

and Del Monte Ave Studios, Quezon City

mastered by The Stunt Man at Suite Sound Labs, Vancouver

all original artwork by MYSTERYFORMS

Out on BOOMARM NATION

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SendWeASign Videomatic Version

SEEKERSINTERNATIONAL - SendWeASign from BOOMARM NATION on Vimeo.

  Load up unnu Betamax players and run tape!  Ultra-magnetic offering by man like Max Kelan Pearce using video lens haze and tape degradation to mirror the Seeker's plea for rest and deliverance from confoundment and confusion.  Send we a signal that we may know that we're on the right path! 

*SendWeASign is taken from the album HER.IMPERIAL.MAJESTY, out 06/16 on Boomarm Nation

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SKRS x MYSTERYFORMS Mobile Puja Dub Altar

*scenes taken from SKRS' ultra rare appearance at MUTEK, 16h Edition, May 30th and 31st, 2015, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.  Photos by MYSTERYFORMS and ML Navajo of the ICS Ecclesiastical Society

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GyalCircuit Cassette Single

Boomarm Nation is proud to present SEEKERSINTERNATIONAL's GyalCircuit,

the lead single to the forthcoming full length LP, “HER.IMPERIAL.MAJESTY",

due out worldwide June 16, 2015.

We set things off in fine style with the minimalist bubblers meditation of the title track, GyalCircuit. Cosmic, hypnotic and ready to smash up the dance, SKRS creates a swirling framework built from analog synths firmly grounding a weightless looped deejay toast, exposing the embers of SKRS unique brand of sound system music.

The B side finds Boomarm Label boss GULLS in dub conference along side SKRS, together creating a burned out overdriven VERSION. Replacing the stark, implied spaces of the original with a pummeling 4x4 kick drum and looping sub bass, piled high amidst classic SKRS "bruk" vocal chops and cosmic throws to towers of tape delay and spring reverb.

This is SKRS and Boomarm Nation’s ode to all the Universal Gyal them. Get with this!

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SKRSxMX7xMYSTERYFORMS presents theShopApprentice

     The long-standing relationship between SKRSINTL and the Internal Circuitry Studies (ICS) faculty bears fruit once again!  This time: a triplex collaboration between SKRS, AgentMX7 and MYSTERYFORMS taking the form of a limited edition poster+tape+digital super combination punch, entitled...

theShopApprentice

     In celebration of the seeker in us all - working through inertia and circumstance, fatigue and doubt, poor weather and low signal strength, in efforts to raise our antenna and tune in to His Master's Voice.  Taking a page from one such soul apprentice's private journal entry, together we sing:

A hurried sip of dark tea and I'm out!
Pedalling off into my small shop corner of the galaxy,

Multiple sunsets away, another work day awaits.

In the charged dim light, the Master's song 

Intertwines with soldering fumes; 

and after a friendly exchange,

The repair work begins:

Re-routing faulty signal paths;

Deoxidizing rusted contacts; Purging failed components - 

Anything that gets in the way of pure Electricity

I've yet to develop a steady hand at this tho;

I still tremble at Your mere presence.

How do I make the leap across open circuits?

     Available now on the always vital ICS Library Records imprint, each limited edition combo pack you purchase includes a signed and numbered two-colour Risograph poster by MYSTERYFORMS and an exclusive 6-track EP on cassette and digital by SKRSxMX7.  All proceeds go to the ICS Arts, Crafts and Livelihood Program for Cultivated Living, an essential ICS initiative to help put food on artists' tables, cover portions of their sometimes impressive electricity bills, while continuing to make their works accessible and available to you and the community.  Thank you for your support.

     Original illustration and poster design by MYSTERYFORMS.  Edition of 70.  Two-colour, three-pass Risograph print on 11in x 15in, off-white, 80 lb. drawing paper.  Lovingly printed by Erica at Moniker Press.   The inherent limitations/beauty of Risograph printing causes each edition to align and register colours slightly different from one another (see photo above);  each edition resulting as a unique print - no two posters are ever identical!  Signed and numbered by the mystery man himself.

     Straight head-to-head circuitry clash by SKRSxMX7 on tape.  Recorded directly in-campus at ICS' Drumalie Ave Television and Radio Research and Repair Lab.  Six tracks deep, each tape side is essentially a nine-minute suite in three movements.  Professionally duplicated in Eastern Canada on high-bias TDK SA cobalt cassette tape (better than Chrome!).  Cover photography & design by MYSTERYFORMS.

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wzrdryAV x SKRS x SUSPENDED SYSTEMS EP

artwork by K. Nairn x MYSTERYFORMS

Solidstate, pushing weight, dem breadrens at it again!

Big sounds rearrange, rattling dimensional space

Riddim building blocks in suspended animation

Suspended Systems EP

Out now on Wzrdry Recordings

When yall had enough of that other ish

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SKRS Reconsiders the Vampire's Curse

"Court not the romance of darkness - for demons need love too -

Lest the consequences persist long after the bite is delivered

And a cataleptic slumber fall pon u!"

                                                                           - Baba Raaas

When She and the night conspire to conceal the Light

And the moon consents to cast Her haunting allure

The depths arise and stake their claim; a gnawing hunger for infliction

A sinister joy in the air rattles shutters with accursed laughter

Suffocating plumes of panic and confusion dance in wild frenzy

"Murder Soundbwaay!" never before sounding so fatal

     Inna dis ya soul clash - the classic battle for soul domination - SKRS performs their own brand of dub exorcism on all dark hearts.  In their medicine bag they arm themselves with THE quintessential Scientist codex, a golden chalwah, a ten foot stalk of herb and some holy water.  May Jah have mercy on us all and rid our hearts of all evil curse dem!  Out now on Boomarm Nation

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SKRS x MYSTERYFORMS Registration Office

SKRSINTL at VIVO Media Arts Centre for Quiet City 13 sees the unveiling of the SKRS Dedication Station - Registration & Administration.  A civic extension of the less-accessible, subtropic Jungle Station, the new satellite office opens its doors to the greater Pacific Northwest massive

Lookout for a branch opening soon near You!

Come by, pop in and say hello!  Share a spliff or two!

Now accepting registration and enrolment applications!

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ROOTPRINCIPLE x MYSTERYFORMS

Our very own breadren artist/collaborator MYSTERYFORMS

bring come the heavy goods with this ya Video Teleportation Poster

for the album ROOTPRINCIPLE on No Corner Tapes

As part of MYSTERYFORMS' on-going

Internal Circuitry Studies (ICS), the video ushers
ROOTPRINCIPLE into the field of Psycho-Opto-Acoustics

Come along on a deep jungle trek with SKRSINTL

8-bit meditation across the nation!

Get locked on

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ROOTPRINCIPLE on Bristol's NoCornerTapes!

...it's SKRS in a parallel roots tradition!

Machete pon left and a dagger pon the right

The seeker sets about on an inner pilgrimage

Hacking thru a dense tangle of circuit overgrowth and corrosion

The lush canopy, seen from above

Belies the dread and danger lying-smiling in wait within

Lions in sentinel; challenging those who profess their fidelity

Steel horn speakers call from towers on high while

Drum rumbling from a distance approach

Where time cuts to the chase, notions leave no trace...

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SKRS and No Corner uniting Pacific and Atlantic

on dis ya a station unification ting seen!  NC007

Limited edition of 100 cassette tapes for the reel dub heads dem

A5 foldout cover by MYSTERYFORMS

Insert by C26 and Studio Tape-Echo

X-amount of love inna dis!

Special RwdFwd edition spray painted tapes available now - only at RWDFWD

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