All Fruits Ripe

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.

Tracklist

A1.   Micah Shemaiah - To Be Free
A2.   The 18th Parallel - Freedom Dub
A3.   Rod Taylor - Guiding Star
A4.   The 18th Parallel - Shooting Dub
A5.   Kevor "Var" Williams - Let Thy Kingdom Come
A6.   The 18th Parallel - Kingdom Dub

B1.   Keith Rowe (2) - Love Gets Sweeter
B2.   The 18th Parallel - Dub Gets Harder
B3.   Itralites - No More Will I Roam
B4.   The 18th Parallel - Roaming Dub
B5.   Hezron Clarke - Keep On Keeping On (extended mix)

Credits

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.