Riddim Guide

The riddims behind Jamaican music

One Island. Infinite Sound. A riddim is the instrumental that a whole generation of singers and deejays voice in turn — the same bass line carrying a dozen different tunes. This guide follows 1,749 riddims through the Listen library: every version we hold, the artists who voiced them, and the producers, labels and years recorded in the archive.

583 riddims have two or more versions in the library. Facts come from our catalogue data only — where a year or producer is missing, the page says so.

The most-versioned riddims in the archive — the bass lines Jamaican music keeps returning to.

Every riddim in the library

Sorted by the number of versions we hold. Search by riddim, producer or artist, or filter by era.

Showing 1–48 of 1,749 riddims

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