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Penthouse Records

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Donovan Germain's Kingston label and studio, and one of the defining operations of the early 1990s — where Buju Banton, Marcia Griffiths, Wayne Wonder, Garnett Silk and Beres Hammond cut some of their strongest work, with Dave Kelly engineering. Penthouse ran a house sound that could hold both hardcore dancehall and singers' material without either sounding out of place.

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Type: label →
Era: Dancehall and the digital turn →
Confidence: Well supported

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