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Jah Warrior

Jah Warrior is a United Kingdom roots reggae/dub production team, record label, sound system, and musical group centred on Steve Mosco.

Mosco first got interested in reggae as a teenager in Manchester. He started attending sound system events in Moss Side and Hulme, before travelling further afield, experiencing the likes of Jah Shaka. In 1981 he moved to London and was invited by Tim Westwood to do a reggae show on a pirate station called LWR. He also worked as a selector on the Humble Lion sound system, which in 1987 was renamed Jah Warrior. In 1989 he put out an album called Warrior Dub under the name Zulu Warriors. In 1995 he started the Jah Warrior record label, the first release being "The 22nd Book" by Naph-Tali, followed by the album One of These Days. Since 1999, he has concentrated on production.

He has since produced albums by various reggae artists, as well as dub releases as Jah Warrior, working with Dougie Wardrop (aka A. Millgate), and Jah Warrior has become one of the leading independent roots and reggae labels in the UK.

Links to Peel[]

In an interview with the Sound System Culture website, Jah Warrior (a.k.a. Steve Mosco) was asked how his interest of reggae music came from and included Peel as one of his influences:

"The way which I really heard about it was partially of John Peel, who was a DJ. You might have heard of him. He was a very famous DJ in England. He died quite recently, but he used to have a specialist independent show on the national radio in England and he played all sorts of music literally everything. Every night on his program, which was about one or two hours long, he used to play a few reggae tracks. I came to realise that there was different styles within reggae although I didn’t know what it was in those days. I didn’t know the terms of roots or dub, but I became aware there were certain styles of reggae which I really liked and there were others I wasn’t so keen on. Eventually as time went on I became aware of the styles of music I liked was called roots or dub. So my interest spread on from there and I tried to get hold of more of it. I started to go to some dances and soundsystems in Manchester in the north of England, which was where I lived at that time. That´s really how it all began for me." [1]

Although Jah Warrior never did a session for Peel, his music was widely played by JP and his BBC Radio One colleague, Andy Kershaw.

Shows Played[]

Chalwa_Dub

Chalwa Dub

Zulu Warriors
Star_Of_David

Star Of David

Jah Warrior

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External Links[]

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