Official reissue of a magical Balearic Dub LP from Ambient Warrior originally released in 1995 on Brixton's Lion Inc label.

The album Dub Journey’s is rooted in Dub but has a much broader scope taking in various musical influences from across the globe thanks to the partnership between Reggae veteran Ronnie Lion and Basement Jaxx collaborator Andreas Terrano, a highly talented pianist and guitarist. The result is an authentic and unique LP that touches upon Balearica, Bossa Nova and Tango styles set to a Dub Reggae backdrop.

While Ambient Warrior is set in caps from Wedge Gothic, the album’s title uses New Berolina.

The back cover font is a distressed Helvetica.

This sought after LP from Zann was originally released as a private press in 1990. Strange Ways / Inside Jungle has become something of a leftfield holy grail in recent years with copies changing hands for upwards of 150 Euros. Isle of Jura did an official reissue in 2019. The LP has Middle Eastern instrumentation at its core particularly wind & string instruments such the Tabla and Gong, but is a melting pot of influences incorporating elements of ambient, jazz, and krautrock with strong synth programming on a number of tracks. Fully remastered from the original DAT tapes and pressed on 180 gram vinyl with design and artwork by Bradley Pinkerton.

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Logotype for Adelaide based reissue label Isle of Jura – a record label from Kevin Griffiths (Jura Soundsystem) focusing on reissues of lost musical gems. A sublabel dubbed Temples of Jura caters for original artist material from a variety of genres.

“Art is magic. Creating music is like pulling a rabbit out of a hat, you are producing something out of nothing. A thing now exists in the world that was not there before”.

Cover art for Isle of Jura’s 2019 reissue of Bella Vista’s 1982 release “Mister Wong”.

Bella Vista was a one-off project by Michel Esteban, founder of the seminal New York Disco/Electro/New Wave imprint ZE Records. Originally released in 1982, “Mister Wong” is a Pop oddity that sits between French Synth Pop and Leftfield Disco. The 12″ includes the sought after Disco Dub version that lets the bassline work its magic alongside some heavy dub delays, on the flip Jura Soundsystem provide an extended version with added live percussion.