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RRR039 - Marcus Malone & the Motor City Hustlers - Interstate 75 (The Original Versions)

Following hot on the heels of their debut EP, 'Can't take the fight', Marcus Malone and the Motor City Hustlers unleash the first of their 2 EP release for the future Rhythm and Soul classic, 'Interstate 75'. Beautifully authentic funk of the highest order.In the summer of 2020, Dan Smith of the Noisettes got a phone call out of the blue from his old friend, Marcus Malone, who recently featured on T.O.E's massive tune of 2022 'Say it loud'. They decided to make a 60s Rhythm and Blues, old school Soul and ‘back to the future’ funk album of 11 songs called ‘Interstate 75’. Written in pen-pal fashion sending recordings over email, the scope of sounds includes late 60’s Stax, Motown and Cadet influences with some of the early 70’s Funk of Sly and The Family Stone and Eugene McDaniels mixed in.

RRB018 – Maxine Scott x alf​.​E – Guard Down

Ramrock Blue Records brings you the third and final collaboration in the Maxine Scott and Alf.E trilogy. With ‘Ya Energy’ and ‘SXC’ firmly under their musical belts, they combine forces to create the exquisitely vulnerable ‘Guard Down’ with an explicit and clean version. ‘Guard Down’ is set to emulate the success of their two previous releases with massive support from BBC Radio 6, BBC Focus Beats, Worldwide FM and a chart position and playlisting on leading indie radio station, Amazing Radio.Maxine Scott is a fresh voice on the scene and her 'Erykah U Bad' on Ramrock Blue, scored a 10/10 review in Blues and Soul, along with support from Mixmag and DMC, among others, 922 radio plays globally in 3 months, featuring on over 200 radio stations worldwide, including Mi-Soul's 'Traffic Jam of the Week'. Alf.E is a UK Beats wizard with his beautifully lo-fi beats becoming much sought after. Releases in 2023 for Maxine include ‘New to This’, a collaboration with dance music producer, Andrew Sant, ‘Love Points, on Ramrock Blue, a solo track as part of the legendary Black Science Orchestra’s 30th Anniversary project and a March ‘23 appearance at London’s iconic Jazz Cafe!

The Jennifer Ewan Band Showcase

Jennifer Ewan Band perform a stirring mix of original songs plus Cajun & Blues classics. 'Just brilliant - Music of the highest quality' BBC Radio Scotland Janice Forsyth

Ramrock Blue Records

This is the playlist for Ramrock Blue releases - showcasing beautiful soul music.

Ramrock Red Records

This is the playlist for Ramrock Red releases - faboulous Balearic, hip hop, jazz, and Electronica.

Twelve Caesars - While the Stars Collide

Twelve Caesars - While the Stars Collide

RRR033 - Ghetto Priest x D​.​Foe - Who you gonna run to - EP

Ramrock Red Records are insanely excited to present Ghetto Priest x D.Foe’s follow up EP to their critically acclaimed ‘Snapshot of Reality’ which is still receiving extensive global radio play and media support. ‘Who you gonna run to’ showcases consummate boundary pusher, Ghetto Priest’s wordsmithery and razor sharp lyric delivery along with the genius collaboration between himself and enigmatic duo, D.Foe. Weaving their cinematic, trip hop and jazz sensibilities into the gritty fabric of the original version, D.Foe keep it ‘street’. The North Street West crew take the track and channel their inner avant funk. There’s a definite musical nod towards the influences of 70’s trailblazers, Cymande and New York’s infamous 99 Records.Special thanks to Ann MacDonald from Ghetto Priest: ‘Many thanks to Ann MacDonald for pointing me in the right direction and for the inspiration - lost only to be found’.

RRRLP006 – Rosanne Erskine – Cold Sun LP

Released on Ramrock Red Records on 10th June 2022, ‘Cold Sun’ is Rosanne Erskine’s outstanding debut solo album, with Saleem Andrew McGroarty adding his masterful production talents to the project as Sound Signals Productions. Having worked together in the 1990s, when Rosanne was with the groundbreaking ‘90s group, ‘Coco and The Bean’, the two friends reconnected in 2018 and pooled their respective musical talents to collaborate on the beautifully haunting and deeply personal ‘Cold Sun’. Since then, both Rosanne and Saleem have been instrumental in propelling the recent revival of Edinburgh's Urban music scene forward with their myriad of musical contributions. Starting out in 1982 as a ‘Revette’ in punk new wave band, The Revillos, Edinburgh based Irish singer/songwriter/musician, Rosanne Erskine has been working solidly on Ramrock Red Records tracks since 2018. With fellow Ramrockers, The Bum-Clocks, Rosanne’s vocals can be heard on their ‘Tree O' Liberty’ EP and her distinctive voice takes centre stage on ‘Meadows’ and ‘Kind of Strange’ taken from Joseph Malik’s ‘Out of The Ordinary – ‘Stranger Things Have Happened’ LP. Earlier in her illustrious career, Rosanne’s lead vocals drive Coco and the Bean’s 1995 Trip Hop classic, ‘Killing Time’ which garnered a prodigious NME ‘Single of the Week’ award. Rosanne’s lead vocals can also be heard on a wealth of lead vocals including ‘Wasters’ on the East Coast Project compilation [Natural Response], ‘Melted’ on Blunted: The Edinburgh Project [Shadow Records], ‘Witchman/’John Roome’ from the ‘Stolen Voices’ EP, featured on 3 major TV series ‘Nip, Tuck’, ‘Cold Case’ and ‘Pretty Little Liars’ as well as featuring on several of the superb tracks by ‘90s group, Finitribe. Check out the brilliant ‘Evergreen’ video here.Saleem’s musical career spans over 25 years and his collaboration on productions with Rosanne has culminated in the seamless results on the ‘Cold Sun’ LP. In the time honoured tradition of ‘in reverse order’, they worked together on the 2021 Bum-Clocks ‘Tree O' Liberty’ EP; on Check Masses high acclaimed ‘Nightlife’ 2020 LP of which Saleem is a band member and producer; Joseph Malik’s epic ‘Out of The Ordinary – ‘Stranger Things Have Happened’ Edinburgh collective LP with the single releases, ‘Kind of Strange’, ‘Doctor Frazer McGlinchey’ and taken from Joseph Malik’s 2018 ‘Diverse Pt.2’ LP – the unrivalled blues stormer, ‘Take a Left’ and ‘Lost Not Found (Reprise)’. Under his Sound Signals moniker in 2018, Saleem released ‘Soul Searching Vol 1’ LP on SFSB Recordings, arriving in 1996 with his ‘Qureysh Eh?’ Remix of Coco and The Bean’s ‘Killing Time’ ft. Rosanne Erskine which ft. on the OST of Gregg Araki’s movie, ‘Nowhere’ and in ’94 appeared on the legendary Mo’ Wax’s ‘Headz’ LP with Awunsound’s ‘Symmetrical Jazz’ (Flapper Till 5 A.M Mix).A special thanks to all the musicians who contributed their time and creative energy to the making of the ‘Cold Sun’ album:Bass: Jack Dorrian – ‘Cold Sun’/’Children of Nowhere’Bass: Cameron Bradley – ‘Nobody’/’Fading Away’Guitar: Joshua Çakir - ‘Cold Sun’/’Rattlesnake’Keyboards/additional strings: Steven Christie – ‘Nobody’Percussion: Paulo Riddle – ‘Rattlesnake’/’Flying High’Strings: Bell Lungs – ‘Cold Sun’Trumpet: Colin Steele – ‘Nobody’Trombone: Chris Greive – ‘Nobody’

Joseph Malik - Diverse, Pt. 3 Variant Issue

Ramrock Red Records are so proud to present, Joseph Malik - Diverse, Pt. 3 Variant Issue