Love Dreams Riddim – Bashment Party Records

Soft-focus dancehall from Bashment Party Records, with Love Dreams Riddim leaning into a smooth, late-night feel instead of the harder bashment punch the label name might suggest. The set is spread across 12 tracks and 10 artists, with BYRTHDAY IGM’s “Play, ” Dejour and DJ Nate’s “Dream, ” and Tre Bleu’s “No Dilly Dally” doing the heaviest lifting. The radio edits on a few cuts point to a project that was clearly shaped for both dancefloor and airplay, and the whole thing sits closer to the sweeter, more melodic side of the label’s catalogue than the rougher party scorchers people may remember from Bashment Party’s earlier output. It’s a tidy 2021 release, but one with enough tuneful hooks and mid-tempo sway to fit neatly in that corner of the Bashment Party Records archive.