Get Fresh Riddim – Birchill Records

Seven voices ride Birchill Records’ Get Fresh riddim, and the lineup tells you immediately this is aimed at the dancehall fast lane: Assassin, Beenie Man, Cecile, Elephant Man, Ricky B and Voicemail all get a cut, with Beenie Man’s “Fly Out and Fly In” and Elephant Man’s “Ever Fresh” sitting near the front like the obvious pressure points. Christopher Birch is credited as producer on the riddim listings, and that fits the kind of polished, crowd-ready yard sound he’s long been associated with. The arrangement is nicely stripped down too, with the version track placed right in the middle of the sequence, giving the set a proper pull-and-rewind feel before it closes out with Ricky B and Voicemail.