Alpha And Omega are a roots dub duo that mix both analogue and digital elements, comprising bassist Christine Woodbridge and keyboard player John Sprosen, both of whom had played in reggae bands previously, Sprosen also having worked with the Roaring Lion Sound System. They began working together in the mid-1980s, splitting their time between their home towns of London and Plymouth, and issued their debut home-recorded cassette in 1988. They were picked up by Greensleeves Records, who acted as a parent company to the duo's A&O label, and also worked with Jah Shaka, for whom they supplied rhythm tracks. Although they are strongly influenced by artists such as Lee "Scratch" Perry, King Tubby and Augustus Pablo, they have developed a sound that has been described as "uniquely British". In a review of their Mystical Things album, Rick Anderson, writing for Allmusic, wrote: "This prolific London-based duo is responsible for some of the most convincing old-school reggae to come from the first world."
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Mighty Diamonds
US vocal trio
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Jah Mason
Jamaican musician
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The Wailing Souls
band
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Garnett Silk
Jamaician musician
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Cocoa Tea
Jamaican musician
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Michael Prophet
Jamaican musician
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The Revolutionaries
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Jah Thomas
Jamaican musician
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Bushman
Jamaican musician
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Peter Broggs
Jamaican musician
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Anthony B
Jamaican deejay and singer
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Leroy Smart
Jamaican musician
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Mad Professor
Guyanese reggae singer
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Screwdriver
Jamaican musician
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Augustus Pablo
Jamaican roots reggae and dub record producer, melodica player and keyboardist
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Roots Radics
band
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Scientist
Jamaican musician; dub music originator
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U Brown
Jamaican musician
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Alborosie
Italian-Jamaican musician, singer, record producer and beatmaker
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Twilight Circus Dub Sound System
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Gladstone Anderson
Jamaican musician
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Eek-A-Mouse
Jamaican reggae musician
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The Meditations
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Dennis Bovell
Barbadian-British reggae musician
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Don Carlos
Jamaican musician
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Audio Active
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Owen Gray
Jamaican musician
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Horace Andy
musician
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Sugar Minott
Jamaican musician
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Black Roots
English reggae band
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Michigan & Smiley
musical duo
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Jah Woosh
Jamaican musician
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Rod Taylor
Jamaican musician
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Culture
Jamaican roots reggae band
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Johnny Osbourne
Jamaican musician
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Ranking Joe
Reggae musician
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Jah Lloyd
Jamaican singer, deejay and producer
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Enos McLeod
Jamaican musician
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B.B. Seaton
Reggae singer
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Johnny Ringo
Jamaican musician
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Stranger Cole
Jamaican musician
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Robert Ffrench
Jamaican musician
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Toyan
Jamaican musician
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Knowledge
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Midnite
Roots reggae band.
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Ras Shiloh
American musician
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The Disciples
British reggae band
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Burning Spear
Jamaican roots reggae musician
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Earl Zero
Reggae singer
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Dennis Brown
Jamaican reggae singer
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Clive Hunt
Jamaican musician
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Macka B
British reggae artist
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King Tubby
Jamaican electronics and sound engineer
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Nitty Gritty
Jamaican musician
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The Bush Chemists
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Lone Ranger
Reggae musician
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Anthony Johnson
Jamaican singer
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Delroy Wilson
Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer (1948-1995)
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Dezarie
United States Virgin Islands musician
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Triston Palmer
Jamaican musician
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Mafia & Fluxy
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The Gladiators
band that plays reggae
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Captain Sinbad
Jamaican musician
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The Rootsman
British musician
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Vibronics
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Joseph Cotton
Jamaican deejay
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SOJA
American reggae band
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David Jahson
Jamaican musician
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Black Uhuru
Jamaican reggae group
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Aston Barrett
Jamaican bass player and Rastafarian
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Cornell Campbell
Jamaican musician
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Clint Eastwood
Jamaican musician
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King Jammy
Jamaican dub mixer and record producer.
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Aswad
British band