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Welcome to the website of Digital Works Records.
Digital Works is a reggae/dancehall online label based in Paris (France) and run by Nephtali and Tapper Zak.

Digital Works intends to provide you some crisp dancehall productions blending a traditional roots approach with the digital edge of modern dancehall in an experimental perspective.  Browse the riddims section to listen to some music.
All of our digital releases are freely available for listening in streaming audio and we try our best
to provide you with the highest possible sound quality. There are now over two hours of music !
New riddims are released on a regular basis so make sure you check back often.
Also learn more about Digital Works and don't forget to leave some comments.
 We hope you will enjoy your visit here.

Digital Works also intends to supply riddims for vocals artists as well as other entities
through a very flexible purchasing and order system - ranging from free to cheap -
that will fit to your budget and requirements and the purpose for which you wish to use them
(commercial release, promotional use, demo use, collaboration tracks, remixes, open-source audio...).
Learn more about the terms and conditions of use and feel free to drop us a mail if you are interested.

Latest News

2008.09.02

An alternative mix of Asylum Seeker has been released today. Check it out !
The 60x60 Buzz Compilation has recently been reviewed at Synthtopia.com, a "portal devoted to electronic music" and synthesizers.

2008.08.18

A new track, Where It All Began, has just been released. Check it out !

2008.08.08

A new and better version of the Struggle riddim has been released today. Check it out !

2008.06.29

New Sevilla by Nephtali is featured on the 60x60 Buzz Compilation, released on June 29, 2008.

60 minutes, 60 songs, each 60 seconds in length, all mixed together without pause in a 60-minute journey of uplifting buzzalicious goodness.

The artists and music producers participating in this compilation are all members of the Buzz scene and its various communities, such as the BuzzMusic netlabel (formerly known as Wipe Records), BuzzMachines and the BuzzChurch. Check out the 24 minutes bonus compilation as well. The ice on the cake : it's free, as music should always be.
Get the full package (including the audio files in miscellaneous formats, the cover and the booklet) here.

2008.05.19

We are currently working on some new features for the website, including a new and unique flash player
gathering all the songs that have been released so far.
We are also working on implementing RSS feeds and a shout-box to receive your feedbacks and comments.
Below on this page will be displayed the last reissued songs besides the usual latest releases.

2008.04.28

Some tracks have just been remixed to provide you with the best quality in sound. Check out Ghetto Anthem,
Worries Again and Curfew. I also plan to remix a few other "old" tracks such as From Bad To Worse, Asylum Seeker
and Striving For Justice whose mixes are still a bit rough around the edges and need some further EQ-ing.
Also coming soon, a brand new tune : How Things Ah Gwaan.

2008.04.10

Here we go again with Ephemeral Hospital, a new digital roots/dancehall track, sort of experimental I would say. Beware of the (much too) long intro. I decided to release the two mixes I made from the tune. Both mixes are very similar although the alternative mix might be a tad more well-balanced, with the steel drum-ish Suitcase piano (a.k.a. the pian-esque steel drums) being a tad less upfront. But depending on your taste, you may prefer having a strong lead instrument, as featured in the original mix. One tune, two mixes. Pick up your choice !

2008.03.17

All Over Yonder is a a typical one-drop riddim, with intricate drums, a heavy bassline, sweet guitar sounds, a Rhodes e-piano, some lush synths and a slide flute. Your typical deep roots tune.

2008.02.21

Between The Lines is a heavyweight digital dancehall riddim with hard-hitting drums and airy synths, e-piano and slide-flute. On the flip, Hold On To Your Love is a refix of Wayne Wonder's rendition of En Vogue's "Hold On" (1990). The original rendition was on the "Run Down The World" riddim and was released on Penthouse Records circa 1991.

2008.01.29

Both sides of this release features a drums-laden nyahbinghi riddim entitled Nyahbinghi Chant, with a clanger-like synth and various meditative sounds (a bell-ish synth, a mysterious pad and many others). On the flip, a refix of Beenie Man & Chevelle Franklyn's Dancehall Queen (from the 1997 eponymous movie) here entitled Champion Bubbler.

2007.11.20

Return Of A Don, a straightforward funk/r&b tune, featuring a bubbling digital bassline, crisp drums, some ultra-funky synths, bells and panned pizzicato strings, a whistling clanger-like synth and many more... It has a bit of a crossover feel to it, but don't get me wrong : this is neither the beginning of a bold new direction, nor even an attempt to water down the sound.

2007.10.26

I had no idea of what I was doing with this one, but well... Watch The Ride (4:24) is a new jack swing-tinged rub-a-dub track, with a groovy chord progression, hip-hop-flavoured drums and featuring a very lush production. It also has a very experimental feel to it. Have you ever heard an echoed detuned 8-bit-like chip sounds generator and a glitchy FFT-based synth in a reggae tune ? Probably not, so give it a listen !

2007.10.05

Added a new track entitled Carry Beyond (3:30) - Read carribean. A typical digital rootsy dancehall track featuring a heavy bassline, an intricate drum-machine programming, a slide guitar, a gliding organ, a vocal-sounding analog synth and a phew Rhodes sounds. Enjoy !

2007.09.26

Striving For Justice (4:40) got released ! Go to the catalogue page. Hurry up ! This tune like many others will be featured on Nephtali's forthcoming LP entitled From Bad To Worse to be released online soon.

2007.08.30

Added a new track entitled Going Astray (4:11). A blip-laden digital dancehall track with a heavyweight bassline and hard-hitting drums that some people may find somewhat similar to those played by Sly Dunbar for Xterminator Productions and his own Taxi Records label in the mid-to-late nineties. Enjoy !

2007.07.28

Hit & Run (4:36) got released ! Expect a roots tune "inna militant style" (i.e. with a rockers/stepper framework), a heavy bassline, a rimshot-laden four-to-the-floor drum pattern and some airy and lush synths in the background.  Nuff said ? Enjoy this one !

2007.05.07            OUT NOW !     

Civil Disobedience by Nephtali is featured on Submersible Hamster Volume 5, released on May 7, 2007. A nice selection of music of all kind, ranging from ambient to hip-hop, compiled by Hamst3r (THA), an independant music producer from Los Angeles (California).
Check it out at http://www.hamsteralliance.com/submersible/buzzmusic/
See also Hamst3r's website : http://www.hamsteralliance.com/