Madhouse Records 30th Anniversary Collection (RSD 2023)

The golden age of dancehall reggae, which roughly spans the late 1980s through mid-2000s, is regarded as one of the greatest eras within the trajectory of Jamaican music. Artists who emerged during that time continue to receive recognition from the wider music industry. Of all the hitmakers who made dancehall’s golden age such an extraordinary and vibrant period, no one has exerted a greater influence on the genre or propelled the music to it’s artistic peaks as consistently as producer Dave Kelly, who founded Madhouse in 1993. This 30-year retrospective gives listeners a blueprint design of the street anthems that echoed through the generations of dancehall fans around the world. Available for the first time on vinyl,