Downtown Sessions

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In September 2021, The 18th Parallel unveiled its first LP in collaboration with Lone Ark, Showcase vol. 1, unanimously praised by international music critics.
Today, the Swiss combo of musician-producers returns with a new project, Downtown Sessions, to delight the ears of fans of old-school roots.
Downtown Sessions is the result of ten years of studio sessions between Geneva and downtown Kingston in the company of the legendary drummer and star of the film Rockers Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace (Studio One, Black Disciples, Soul Syndicate, Pierpoljak, Groundation,…). The 18th Parallel strikes hard by inviting on this new record some of the biggest names in Jamaican reggae: Cornell Campbell, Max Romeo, Ras Michael, Fred Locks, Big Youth, I Kong, Leroy Brown, The Silvertones, and Hopeton James, not to mention a Swiss guest, Lala Love. A true showcase of roots reggae legends flourishing on original and varied riddims that pay worthy tribute to different eras of Jamaican roots music production. An exceptional record that combines tradition and modernity by bringing together the original voices of roots reggae with the refreshing play and vision of the young Swiss collective The 18th Parallel, all under the guidance of the legendary Horsemouth and producer Mathias Liengme. A future essential for any music lover's collection!