Dance Hall Slaughteration – Fast Lane Records

Fast Lane Records’ Dance Hall Slaughteration sits squarely in that raw 1980s dancehall pocket, the kind of riddim that’s all clipped drums, tough bass and enough open space for the DJ to cut through. Johnny P’s “Shocking Titi” feels like the obvious pull in the set, but the whole run has a sharp early-dancehall energy, with Junie Rank doubling up on “Gal Ran” and “Want Me Stripe” and Ruddie Irie taking two turns of his own on “Slaughteration” and “Weh Fi Buy. ” The release is listed with 10 tracks and nine unique artists, which gives it that compact, sound-system-friendly feel rather than a sprawling compilation, and the “198X” tag keeps the date safely in that late-decade zone without pinning it to a single year.