1. Micah Shemaiah - To Be Free 03:50

2. Micah Shemaiah - Freedom Dub 03:45

3. Rod Taylor - Guiding Star 03:30

4. Rod Taylor - Shooting Dub 03:20

5. Var - Thy Kingdom Come 03:41

6. Var - Kingdom Dub 04:20

7. Keith Rowe - Love Gets Sweeter 04:00

8. Keith Rowe - Dub Gets Harder 03:46

9. Itral Ites - No More Will I Roam 03:32

10. Itral Ites - Roaming Dub 04:00

11. Hezron - Keep On Keeping On (Extended Mix) 07:03

Swiss powerhouse The 18th Parallel presents another slice of fine modern roots reggae! All Fruits Ripe is a heavyweight showcase album rooted in the foundations of reggae while firmly anchored in the present. Recorded between 2015 and 2025, the project brings together a powerful lineup of Jamaican vocalists — Micah Shemaiah, Keith Rowe (from rocksteady duet Keith & Tex), Rod Taylor, Var (Inna De Yard, Pentateuch), Hezron, and Itral Ites — each representing a different generation of conscious reggae music. The album features six vocal cuts and five dub versions, highlighting both lyrical strength and sound system culture. Carefully mixed by master engineer Roberto Sánchez, All Fruits Ripe stands as a transnational reggae statement: Jamaican voices carried by a European band deeply connected to the roots with a profound respect for the culture that gave birth to reggae and dub. It features legendary guest Jamaican musicians Leroy ‘Horsemouth’ Wallace, Scully Simms, Dalton Browne, or Errol ‘Blacksteel’ Nicholson. A mature and carefully crafted release where every track feels essential — like fruit finally ready to be harvested.

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released April 24, 2026

1 TO BE FREE

2 FREEDOM DUB

Drums: Antonin Chatelain

Bass: Quentin Stern

Piano, organ, würlitzer: Mathias Liengme

Rhythm guitar: Léo Marin

Lead guitar: Dalton Browne

Percussion, repeater: Scully Simms

Trombone, trumpet, flugel horn, euphonium: Sting Wray

Harmonica: Luis Marin

Backing vocals: Maria Smith

Lead vocals: Micah Shemaiah

3 GUIDING STAR

4 SHOOTING DUB

Drums: Leroy ‘Horsemouth’ Wallace

Bass: Primo Viviani

Piano, organ, clavinet, moog, percussion: Mathias Liengme

Rhythm guitar: Léo Marin

Lead guitar: Thales Lion Farmer

Backing vocals: Alexandre Schneiter, Loïc Moret

Lead vocals: Rod Taylor

5 LET THY KINGDOM COME

6 KINGDOM DUB

Drums: Antonin Chatelain

Bass: Stuf Addis

Piano, organ, moog, solina, repeater, percussion: Mathias Liengme

Rhythm and pick guitars: Léo Marin

Clavinet, synare: Reuben Telford

Trumpet, trombone: Gorka Fernández

Alto saxophone: Saioa Jorrín

Backing vocals: Maria Smith

Lead vocals: Kevor ‘Var’ Williams

7 LOVE GETS SWEETER

8 DUB GETS HARDER

Drums: Antonin Chatelain

Bass: Stuf Addis

Piano, organ, solina, percussion: Mathias Liengme

Rhythm guitar: Léo Marin

Lead guitar: Solal Excoffier

Clavinet, synare: Reuben Telford

Backing vocals: Errol ‘Black Steel’ Nicholson

Lead vocals: Keith Rowe

9 NO MORE WILL I ROAM

10 ROAMING DUB

Drums: Antonin Chatelain

Bass: Quentin Stern

Piano, organ, clavinet, percussion: Mathias Liengme

Rhythm guitar: Léo Marin

Lead guitar: Solal Excoffier

Percussion: Loïc Moret

Trumpet: Alexandre Schneiter

Soprano saxophone: Michael Pellegrini

Trombone: Anthony Dietrich Buclin

Backing Vocals : Errol ‘Black Steel’ Nicholson

Lead vocals: Itral Ites

11 KEEP ON KEEPING ON (EXTENDED MIX)

Drums: Antonin Chatelain

Bass: Quentin Stern

Piano, organ, rhodes, repeater, percussion: Mathias Liengme

Rhythm guitar: Léo Marin

Percussion: Loïc Moret

Backing vocals: Maria Smith

Lead vocals: Hezron Clarke

Recorded at Mixing Lab Studio, Kingston, by Gaylard Bravo, and at Bridge Studio, Geneva, by Mathias Liengme.

Additional recordings at Small World Studio, Kingston, by Perry Hendricks and Gaylard Bravo, at Ariwa Studio, London, by Joe Ariwa, at A-Lone Ark Muzik Studio, Santander, by Roberto Sánchez and at Evidence Music Studio, Geneva, by Mathias Liengme and Nicolas Meury.

Mixed at A-Lone Ark Muzik Studio, Santander, by Roberto Sánchez.

Mastered at Precise Mastering, Hawick, by Sam John.

Music composed and arranged by The 18th Parallel.

Produced by Mathias Liengme for Fruits Records, except ‘To Be Free’ and ‘Keep on Keeping on’ by Mathias Liengme and Antonin Chatelain.

Artwork by Mister Burton Design.

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