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==Release History==
===Mykal Rose + Subatomic Sound System===
In 2022, [[Subatomic Sound System]] began performing and recording with Jamaican artist [[Michael_Rose_(singer)| Mykal Rose]], who won the first [[Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album]] in 1985 as singer for [[Black Uhuru]]. In 2024, the combination of [[Michael_Rose_(singer)| Mykal Rose]], [[Subatomic Sound System]], & UK singer [[Hollie Cook]] released three singles followed by a 15 song album entitled "Rockin' Like a Champion". A limited edition [https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/18306 vinyl version of the "Rockin' Like a Champion" album] was released on [[Black_Friday_(shopping)| Black Friday]], November 29, 2024, as a [[Record Store Day]] exclusive release and featured alternative mixes and a new dub track "Wisdom Dub".
=== "Black Ark Vampires" Lee "Scratch" Perry & Subatomic Sound System ===
The song "Black Ark Vampires" premiered on October 31, 2014, via the Brooklyn-based Jamaican culture website Large Up,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.largeup.com/2014/10/30/lee-scratch-perry-subatomic-black-ark-vampires/|title=LargeUp Premiere: Lee "Scratch" Perry's "Black Ark Vampires"|date=30 October 2014|website=Largeup.com|accessdate=29 January 2021}}</ref> with an explanation of Perry's lyrics about killing [[vampires]] and why Perry burned down his [[Black Ark Studios]] in Jamaica decades before. In the song, Perry describes killing vampires with fire, electric wire, roast corn, and his own hair in locations around the globe including America, England, and Kingston, Jamaica. Live concerts by Perry and Subatomic Sound System from 2001 to 2014 combined digital electronics and live instrumentalists and singers and this recorded song can also be heard to use a similar blend of elements specifically instrumentation like electric guitar, bass, percussion, and harmonized background vocal produced with space echo and spring reverb effects in a fashion typical of [[reggae]] recordings from Perry's Black Ark Studios during the 1970s, as well as using electronic synthesized [[sub-bass]] and digital drums common to 21st century electronic music genres like [[dubstep]] and [[Trap music (EDM)|trap music]]. The song was released on vinyl 45rpm exclusively on November 4, 2014 and appeared at No. 1 on [[Juno Records]] charts in both dub and reggae. [[Dancehall|Reggae dancehall]] vocalist Jahdan Blakkamoore appeared as a supporting vocalist on the track, a collaborator on several other Perry & Subatomic Sound releases as well as vocalist and primary writer on [[Snoop Lion]] and [[Major Lazer]] albums. Blakkamoore is mostly known for his numerous releases both solo and with his band [[Noble Society]] whose release "Living the Life" came out on the Subatomic Sound label.
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