{"id":62100,"date":"2024-04-27T09:48:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T07:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.steppas.com\/steprec\/?post_type=product&#038;p=62100"},"modified":"2026-09-21T21:03:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T19:03:46","slug":"what-a-joy-cd","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.steppas.com\/steprec\/product\/what-a-joy-cd\/","title":{"rendered":"Alpha Steppa &#038; Awa Fall &#8211; What a Joy (CD)"},"content":{"rendered":"<i class=\"fas fa-fw fa-compact-disc\"><\/i> <strong>CD<\/strong><\/p>\n<i class=\"fas fa-fw fa-check\"><\/i> 20 TRACKS + 4 BONUS TRACKS<br \/>\n<i class=\"fas fa-fw fa-check\"><\/i> VOCAL &#038; DUB MIXES<br \/>\n<i class=\"fas fa-fw fa-check\"><\/i> HIGH QUALITY DIGIPAK CASE<br \/>\n<i class=\"fas fa-fw fa-check\"><\/i> INCLUDES FREE DOWNLOAD<br \/>\n<i class=\"fas fa-fw fa-check\"><\/i> INSTANT DOWNLOAD (320Kbps MP3 + HQ WAV)<\/p>\n<i class=\"fas fa-fw fa-headphones\"><\/i> LISTEN<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/7Lx8yv6k65oWbiR6khulhi?si=5Id3JifpSRm6Ni7nEhto4g\">https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/7Lx8yv6k65oWbiR6khulhi?si=5Id3JifpSRm6Ni7nEhto4g<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"iframe-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Awa Fall x Alpha Steppa - God Send (Official Video) [Steppas Records]\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_tx1G46F7jk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"iframe-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alpha Steppa x Awa Fall - Waters of Babylon [Steppas Records]\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PDAc1qcjSoM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"iframe-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Awa Fall x Alpha Steppa - What a Joy (Official Video) [Steppas Records]\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cJN61rf0Fxk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"iframe-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alpha Steppa x Awa Fall - Perennial Love (Official Video) [Steppas Records] Dub Reggae 2023\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cn1MkO0wRRk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<i class=\"fas fa-fw fa-compact-disc\"><\/i> <i class=\"fas fa-fw fa-list\"><\/i> CD TRACK LISTING<\/p>\n<p>01 Waters of Babylon<br \/>\n02 What A Joy<br \/>\n03 God Send<br \/>\n04 West Dissident<br \/>\n05 Waiting For My Papers (ft. Nai-Jah)<br \/>\n06 Holi<br \/>\n07 Perennial Love<br \/>\n08 X&amp;Y (ft. Ras Tinny)<br \/>\n09 Il Condor<br \/>\n10 New Wadada<br \/>\n11 How Many Miles<br \/>\n12 Longing For Eden<br \/>\n13 Waters of Dub<br \/>\n14 What A Dub<br \/>\n15 Dub Send<br \/>\n16 Dub Dissident<br \/>\n17 Waiting For My Dubs<br \/>\n18 Holi Dub<br \/>\n19 Perennial Dub<br \/>\n20 X&amp;Y Dub<br \/>\n21 Il Dub<br \/>\n22 Dub Wadada<br \/>\n23 How Many Dubs<br \/>\n24 Longing For Dub<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7<\/p>\n<p>Alpha Steppa &amp; Awa Fall\u2019s debut full length collaborative album, \u2018What a Joy\u2019. This outstanding 12 vocal and 12 dub double album couples Alpha Steppa\u2019s signature future-dub sound with the powerful, versatile and soulful voice of Awa Fall. Both artists are known to promote a conscious message, this album confronts socio-political and environmental issues; from the climate crisis, the refugee crisis, to race, gender and inequality. The album also speaks of love, with an ambiguity open to romance, self-love and divine love. This is truly an album for lovers of dub, reggae, soundsystem culture and music for the soul, what a joy.<\/p>\n<p>Awa Fall is a rising reggae star, born to a Senegalese father and Italian mother, she started writing, recording and performing at the age of 14. Today, she has toured the world, featured on national television, performed for the UN, FOA Women\u2019s Committee and at major reggae festivals. Awa has shared the stage with major reggae artists such as Alborosie, Africa Unite and has worked with some of the most respected producers and singers in dub, reggae and beyond including; Alpha Steppa, Mad Professor, General Levy, M1 (Dead Prez), Gaudi, Murray Man, Kumar, Charlart58 and Vibronics.<\/p>\n<p>Alpha Steppa (Steppas Records \/ Dub Dynasty) has been surrounded by soundsystem culture from a young age. As the son and nephew of respected UK dub pioneers Alpha &amp; Omega (Greensleeves) his dubbed out style draws upon the sounds of his musical heritage, filtered through an exploration of reggae, dub, hip hop, lo-fi, sound design, traditional and electronic music. Alpha Steppa has toured the world, produced numerous critically acclaimed albums and most notably developed a dynamic community around his unique sound and conscious message.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<i class=\"fas fa-fw fa-comment\"><\/i> PRESS<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Alpha Steppa is paving the way for a generation who are keen to tread new waters\u201d <strong>DJ Mag<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the most prolific and inventive dub producers around\u201d <strong>WIRE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf experimentation is the lifeblood of dub, Alpha Steppa has a unique cell count&#8221; <strong>DJ Mag<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA serious player in the soundsystem world!\u201d <strong>MIXMAG<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cObliteratingly heavy bass\u201d <strong>Q MAGAZINE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDub to worship\u201d <strong>REGGAE ROOTS REVIEW<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7<\/p>\n<p>Le premier album complet d&#8217;Alpha Steppa et Awa Fall, &#8220;What a Joy&#8221;. Ce double album exceptionnel, compos\u00e9 de 12 titres vocaux et de 12 titres dub, associe le son futur-dub d&#8217;Alpha Steppa \u00e0 la voix puissante, polyvalente et soul d&#8217;Awa Fall. Les deux artistes sont connus pour promouvoir un message conscient. Cet album aborde les questions sociopolitiques et environnementales, de la crise climatique \u00e0 la crise des r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s, en passant par la race, le genre et l&#8217;in\u00e9galit\u00e9. L&#8217;album parle aussi d&#8217;amour, avec une ambigu\u00eft\u00e9 ouverte \u00e0 la romance, \u00e0 l&#8217;amour de soi et \u00e0 l&#8217;amour divin. C&#8217;est vraiment un album pour les amateurs de dub, de reggae, de culture soundsystem et de musique pour l&#8217;\u00e2me, quel bonheur.<\/p>\n<p>Awa Fall est une \u00e9toile montante du reggae. N\u00e9e d&#8217;un p\u00e8re s\u00e9n\u00e9galais et d&#8217;une m\u00e8re italienne, elle a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 \u00e9crire, enregistrer et se produire \u00e0 l&#8217;\u00e2ge de 14 ans. Aujourd&#8217;hui, elle a fait le tour du monde, est pass\u00e9e \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision nationale, s&#8217;est produite pour l&#8217;ONU, le comit\u00e9 des femmes de la FOA et dans les principaux festivals de reggae. Awa a partag\u00e9 la sc\u00e8ne avec des artistes de reggae majeurs tels que Alborosie, Africa Unite et a travaill\u00e9 avec certains des producteurs et chanteurs les plus respect\u00e9s dans le dub, le reggae et au-del\u00e0, notamment Alpha Steppa, Mad Professor, General Levy, M1 (Dead Prez), Gaudi, Murray Man, Kumar, Charlart58 et Vibronics.<\/p>\n<p>Alpha Steppa (Steppas Records \/ Dub Dynasty) a \u00e9t\u00e9 entour\u00e9 par la culture soundsystem depuis son plus jeune \u00e2ge. Fils et neveu des pionniers respect\u00e9s du dub britannique Alpha &amp; Omega (Greensleeves), son style dubbed out puise dans les sons de son h\u00e9ritage musical, filtr\u00e9s par une exploration du reggae, du dub, du hip hop, du lo-fi, du sound design, de la musique traditionnelle et \u00e9lectronique. Alpha Steppa a fait le tour du monde, produit de nombreux albums acclam\u00e9s par la critique et surtout d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 une communaut\u00e9 dynamique autour de son son unique et de son message conscient.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[icon name=\"triangle-exclamation\" prefix=\"fas fa-fw\"] LIMITED STOCK<br \/>\n[icon name=\"earth-africa\" prefix=\"fas fa-fw\"] FAST SHIPPING (WORLDWIDE)<br \/>\n[icon name=\"box\" prefix=\"fas fa-fw\"] SAFE PACKAGING (GUARANTEED)<br \/>\n[icon name=\"tree\" prefix=\"fas fa-fw\"] WE PLANT A TREE FOR EVERY ORDER<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":62101,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[637,220,588,259],"product_tag":[283,615],"class_list":{"0":"post-62100","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-aslp016-17","7":"product_cat-cds","8":"product_cat-sale","9":"product_cat-steppasrecords","10":"product_tag-alpha-steppa-2","11":"product_tag-awa-fall","12":"product_shipping_class-small-cd-7","13":"pa_format-cd-shipping","14":"pa_label-steppas","16":"first","17":"instock","18":"sale","19":"featured","20":"downloadable","21":"taxable","22":"shipping-taxable","23":"purchasable","24":"product-type-simple"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.steppas.com\/steprec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/62100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.steppas.com\/steprec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.steppas.com\/steprec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steppas.com\/steprec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.steppas.com\/steprec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steppas.com\/steprec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=62100"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steppas.com\/steprec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=62100"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steppas.com\/steprec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=62100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}