Rastamantic Riddim – Friendly Fire Music

Released in 2022 on Friendly Fire Music, Rastamantic Riddim is a reggae juggling built around a warm, rootsy groove with a modern digital polish. The lineup brings together Duane Stephenson on Tenament Yard, Myki Tuff with the title cut Rastamantic, and Tomlin Mystic on The Enemy Within, while Friendly Fire Band closes it out with the instrumental dub version. Myki Tuff’s title track gives the project its name, and the dub mix adds a nice extra layer for sound system listeners. Friendly Fire Music had been active well before this release, and here they keep the focus tight with just four tracks and a clear emphasis on melody, message, and version cuts.