Upflow Riddim – Flow Production

Upflow Riddim keeps a bright, danceable pulse running through the whole set, with Flow Production lining up a dozen voices around a riddim that leans toward easy skanking, singalong hooks and a few smoke-themed cuts that give it some extra personality. Ras Fraser Jr’s “Set Me Free” and General Pecos’ “Smoking” sit nicely beside the lighter bounce of Sparky Rugged’s “Ska” and Don Franco Tafari’s “Rub A Dub Night, ” while Eva*Reen closes things out on a nostalgic note with “I’M In A Dancing Mood. ” The release landed in 2018, and that timing matters because it sits comfortably alongside Flow Production’s other late-2010s work, where the label kept nudging rootsy reggae into a cleaner, more contemporary sound without losing the old-school feel. In the Flow catalogue, this one feels like a tidy bridge between party-side energy and straight-up lovers-and-roots seasoning.