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Portals
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Portals
Artist
Akae Beka
Label
Before Zero Records
Catalogue Number
IGBZRLP002
Release Date
June 3, 2022

  • Vinyl 12”

    $29.00
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    Please note the vinyl has a reduced track list. (please see vinyl track list at bottom of page)

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Akae Beka’s inimitable style developed over decades of performing with the St. Croix based band Midnite. At the point of his untimely passing in 2019, he had released over 70 LPs. His prolific output coupled with his uniquely rich, deep, multilayered songwriting and uncompromising devotion to RasTafari has earned him a place amongst the reggae legends.

The production trinity, Zion I Kings has been involved collectively and individually in co-creating some of the most highly regarded contributions to the vast Akae Beka catalogue and this LP is a shining example of just that.

Portals, originally released on CD and Digital in 2016, garnered critical acclaim and held a position in the billboard charts' top 10 for 2 weeks. Produced collaboratively between Zion I Kings and Vaughn Benjamin (Akae Beka), who co-produced & arranged 5 of the 13 songs himself, alongside the ZIK players in St. Croix’s Aqua Sounds Studio. The album’s sound continues a trajectory of textural, guitar-driven roots reggae that Zion I Kings and Padraic Coursey first explored on the track “Weather the Storm” on 2014’s Beauty for Ashes.

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Digital Tracklist

  1. 1 Heavy Low 5:18 Buy

    Heavy Low

  2. 2 Ideals of the Emperor 5:00 Buy

    Ideals of the Emperor

  3. 3 Like Rhyme 4:16 Buy

    Like Rhyme

  4. 4 By All For All 4:26 Buy

    By All For All

  5. 5 Orderly 3:26 Buy

    Orderly

  6. 6 Portals 4:17 Buy

    Portals

  7. 7 Let Babylon Go 4:46 Buy

    Let Babylon Go

  8. 8 Be Kindly 4:20 Buy

    Be Kindly

  9. 9 Simplest Long 4:23 Buy

    Simplest Long

  10. 10 Well Said 4:40 Buy

    Well Said

  11. 11 Changes 4:23 Buy

    Changes

  12. 12 Dem a Warriah 4:11 Buy

    Dem a Warriah

  13. 13 Love is the Mainstay 5:18 Buy

    Love is the Mainstay

Vinyl Track List


  • A1. Heavy Low
  • A2. Ideals of the Emperor
  • A3. Like Rhyme
  • A4. By All For All
  • A5. Portals
  • B1. Let Babylon Go ft. Danny I
  • B2. Simplest Long
  • B3. Changes
  • B4. Dem a Warriah
  • B5. Love is the Mainstay
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