King Orle Riddim – Triple Links

Black Dillinger’s “Never” feels like the sharpest doorway into King Orle Riddim, a mid-2000s Triple Links cut that leans into rootsy reggae with a distinctly German/European circle of voices around it. Ganjaman’s hand is all over the project too, and you can hear that connection most clearly on the pairings with Dr. Ring Ding and Ephraim Juda, where the riddim’s skanking pulse leaves room for each singer to keep their own accent and attitude intact. The tracklist jumps from Brimstone and Fire’s “Polizei” to Ring Ding’s “Bring De Money” and Fire Time’s “Jah Is My Light, ” which gives the set a nice mix of social bite and uplift, with a few darker turns along the way, too. Extra wrinkle: there’s even a version cut tucked in at the end.