Various Artists - Sir Tommy's Stars Format:Vinyl LP Tipped by NME as one

Tipped by NME as one of the "100 artists to watch in 2025" before even releasing a record

taking the ruined detritus populating junk shops & surplus outlets & constructing their own sonic laboratories in their New Jersey basements to record

Both deeply personal and sonically adventurous

The Pop Out: Ken & Friends

Various Artists - Sir Tommy's Stars Format:Vinyl LP Tipped by NME as oneHoward "Sir Tommy" Mapp is one of the original guard of New York sound men, playing sound system since 1974. Around a decade after that, he began producing for his newly formed label of the same name. Later in the 1990's he established his own studio, which became a hub of New York's dancehall scene. In true independent fashion, Tommy covered nearly every aspect of the reggae business himself, marking him firmly as a peer in the NYC scene with others