Sunrise Riddim (2021) – Mixmaster Chao

Sunrise Riddim lines up 13 vocal cuts and keeps the focus on the singers rather than any one headline name, with Bless Eye, Black heart Ke, Ital candy, Zj Mhat and Royalty By Black among the voices carrying it through. Mixmaster Chao’s production sits in that clean, rootsy reggae pocket, with the songs all clocking in at the same tight 2: 58 mark, which gives the set a disciplined, almost DJ-friendly feel. The arrangements leave plenty of room for the toplines, but the real glue is the steady one-drop pulse and the warm bass line underneath it, the kind that keeps the riddim moving without crowding the vocals. It plays like a neatly edited 2021 compilation, compact, even, and built around a calm mid-tempo swing that holds its shape across the whole sequence.