“Shake” brings together The Ellameno Beat from Florida and North Carolina’s Signal Fire, marking their third collaboration in roots reggae. The single centres on the one drop rhythm, carried by weighty drum and bass interplay, with guitars and keys reinforcing the track’s grounding in foundation reggae. The lyric is framed as an anthem for shared love of roots music, its phrasing aligned with the steady, forward-pushing cadence of classic reggae performance.

The Ellameno Beat formed around Reggie Froom, Walker Brantingham, and James Rosenblit, lifelong friends whose ties span surfing and playing music since childhood. Their progression has been defined by a commitment to reggae’s rhythmic intensity and melodic clarity. Signal Fire, active since the 2010s, have developed a reputation in the US reggae circuit for their politically conscious writing, as shown in earlier collaborations such as “False Reality”.

“Shake” underlines both groups’ insistence on keeping roots reggae at the centre of their catalogue, resisting dilution while amplifying the communal strength of the one drop pulse.

Listen to the single HERE