A few exciting things have happened since we last spoke to you.
Spotify kindly asked us to put together another playlist for their site, if you'd like to listen to it, click this... Disco Devil - Trojan Are The Controller




June and July sees the release of some exciting stuff from Trojan, with 5 must-have collections scheduled to be issued over the next couple of months...




 

 2CD SETS WITH PLENTY OF UNRELEASED TRACKS TO KEEP YOU GOING
 
Scheduled for release on June 7th are four 2CD 40 track sets that mark the launch of a new series, aimed at highlighting the depth and quality of the Trojan catalogue, with each release focusing upon a particular facet of the music that we all know and love.




TROJAN DUB features a selection of killer Dub sounds, none of which are available on any current Trojan collection. Performed by Jamaica's most celebrated session players, mixed by the genre's most gifted engineers and produced by some of the most creative and influential music makers, this set highlights some of the best Dub ever released and in doing so provides the perfect introduction to the genre.





TROJAN MOD REGGAE is an eclectic mix of vintage tracks, popular among both latter-day Mods and their predecessors - and with many of these sides making their CD debut, this compilation is sure to also appeal to anyone with a taste for classic Jamaican sounds.




TROJAN SKA collects some of the best examples of the dance-friendly genre from the Island and Trojan archives, with almost all the tracks unavailable elsewhere. Despite the scarcity of the music, it is of the highest quality, performed by some of the biggest talents of the original era, ensuring the best Ska collection to see issue in years!




THE HEAVY MONSTER SOUND is a tribute to the Trojan label itself, with disc 1 comprised of twenty of the hits that brought it to mainstream consciousness, and the second CD made up of an equal number of lesser known tracks from the label archives - almost all of which have remained unavailable since their original issue. This must-have collection not only provides a fascinating introduction to this historic imprint, but also highlights some of the best in Reggae sounds from the past four decades.







Trojan Foundation Dub




Trojan Sounds & Pressure:
Mod-Reggae





Trojan Ska-ing West!





The Heavy Heavy
Monster Sound




 
 

 TROJAN ORIGINALS
 
The next two releases in the new classic Trojan albums series are now available!




Desmond Dekker & The Aces' 1967 LP, 007 Shanty Town along with Double Barrel by Dave & Ansel Collins both see issue on CD for the first time and, as with previous releases in the series, every effort has been made to maintain the look and sound of the original albums, with original analogue quarter inch tapes used for mastering and the sleeve artwork faithfully reproduced.




This is vintage Trojan at its very best!





 007 Shanty Town





Double Barrel



 
 

 LEE 'SCRATCH' PERRY'S SIPPLE OUT DEH!
 
What promises to be one of the Reggae releases of the year, this 2CD collects the best of Lee 'Scratch' Perry's Black Ark productions that originally saw issue in Jamaica as 7" singes during the latter part of the 1970s.




Included among these 44 stunning works are a number of recordings that also breached the UK Pop and Reggae charts, including Hurt So Good, Curly Locks, Sipple Out Deh (aka War In A Babylon), Mr Cop and Police And Thieves, all of which bear the unmistakable hallmarks of Perry's Black Ark sound.





If you only ever buy one Jamaican music CD in your life, this should be it!









Lee Scratch Perry



 

 THE NEW ONLINE STORE
 
Now via the website you can click through to buy all available Trojan product... keep checking back for some exclusive unreleased material on 7" ... more to follow




The NEW Trojan Store (powered by Amazon)



 

 SOUND SYSTEM
 
Here's the mighty Trojan Sound System's summer schedule of gigs and festivals.




19 Jun - KoKo - Co-headline with Mad Professor
25 Jun - Solidaze Festival, Paris.
26 Jun - Sea Sessions, Donegal, Ireland
01 Jul - Mylos, Greece (headline)
09 Jul - Brighton (headline) TBC
10 Jul - Nowa Reggae (headline), Barcelona
15 Jul - Villa, Oslo (headline)
17 Jul - Lovebox, Victoria park
06 Aug - One Love Festival
13 Aug - '80s Warehouse Party, Vintage at Goodwood with Ashley Beedle
15 Aug - Boomtown Fair Festival




Trojan Soundsystem on Myspace