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Ejay Mass / Jah Massagan Sound
Mass-Studio Dubs!
Death Is Not The End - Cat No: DEATH132
- updated:2026-09-16
Unearthed from the Jah Massagan Sound archives, this limited-edition cassette release from Death Is Not The End features a carefully curated selection of rare dubplates and 7-inch (45 rpm) tracks recorded in the mid-1970s through the early 1980s at studios run by King Tubby, Lee Perry, Joe Gibbs, and others. A limited-edition cassette featuring a selection of these rare dubplates and 7-inch (45 RPM) tracks has been released by Death Is Not The End!! A no-digital, cassette-only release.
A cassette-only collection of scratchy one-away dubplates and 45s from the vaults of Jah Massagan Sound, featuring plates cut at the studios of legendary producers and engineers such as King Tubby, Lee Perry, JoJo Hoo Kim, and Joe Gibbs among others during the peak of the roots sound in the mid 1970s through to the early 1980s.
Beginning in Leyton in 1972, owner-operator Lloyd alongside childhood friend and amp builder Tony Mass were part of a wave of reggae soundsystems formed in London and across the UK immediately after the Windrush generation. Focused on preserving and promoting the authentic Jamaican roots, Jah Massagan has remained a small but steadfast cornerstone in the East London scene more than 50 years later. Eljay Mass, the son of owner Lloyd, takes the reins for this cassette-only document, as the torch is passed on inter-generationally to continue the sound’s work.
Beginning in Leyton in 1972, owner-operator Lloyd alongside childhood friend and amp builder Tony Mass were part of a wave of reggae soundsystems formed in London and across the UK immediately after the Windrush generation. Focused on preserving and promoting the authentic Jamaican roots, Jah Massagan has remained a small but steadfast cornerstone in the East London scene more than 50 years later. Eljay Mass, the son of owner Lloyd, takes the reins for this cassette-only document, as the torch is passed on inter-generationally to continue the sound’s work.
Founded in 1972 in Leyton, London, by owner and operator Lloyd and his childhood friend, amp builder Tony Mass, the reggae sound system Jah Massagan has, to this day, more than 50 years later, remains one of the most important sound systems dedicated to preserving and promoting authentic Jamaican roots music. This release is a rare, cassette-exclusive documentary produced under the leadership of the owner’s son, Ejay Mass, who has carried on the sound’s spirit, traditions, and culture. You’ll be utterly captivated by the sound of the cassette tape spinning. (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)