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Billboard feature on Rootfire Cooperative

When American reggae band The Movement’s sixth album Golden topped the Reggae Albums chart for the week of April 30, it was a testament to their supportive fan base, earned through years of consistent touring, and a triumph for an alternative to the traditional record label structure.

Golden is the debut release on Rootfire Cooperative, a not for profit company offering no interest micro loans to reggae acts, which pay for the production, manufacturing and marketing of their albums as well as administrative services.

Read the Billboard Article

dub transports mixing engineers through time

Dub mixing is the ultimate musical interaction between man and machine. Pioneered by legends King Tubby and Lee “Scratch” Perry in Jamaica in the late 1960s, dub (sometimes referred to as dubwise or dub reggae) transports mixing engineers through time and drops them at the mixing console during a song’s original recording session.… Read More