The London label Soul Jazz Records will release its new compilation »Life Between Islands« in 2022. The album is released in honor of the exhibition of the same name, which explores the connections between Caribbean and British art and culture from the 1950s to the present day. Subtitled Soundsystem Culture - Black Musical Expression 1973-2006, the album focuses on the major Black British musical styles that emerged from the distinctly Caribbean world of Soundsystems.

Across three LPs, Soul Jazz Records Presents: Life Between Islands is a 20-song journey through roots reggae, jungle, drum & bass, jazz-funk, lovers rock, jazz, dubstep and more. Much of Soul Jazz Records' catalog comes from these genres and this album is in part a review of some previous releases alongside a select few rare and classic tracks spanning over 30 years of sound system culture.

Featuring genre-defining artists such as Dennis Bovell, Shut Up and Dance, Cymande, Digital Mystikz, Brown Sugar, Funk Masters, Janet Kay, Ragga Twins and more. Many of the tracks represent how black British artists defined their own identities, with songs such as Brown Sugar's 'Black Pride' and 'I'm In Love With A Dreadlocks' and Tabby Cat KELLY 's 'Don't Call Us Immigrants'. The full track listing is below.

British music journalist and author Lloyd Bradley wrote in a statement: "There is probably no better or more appropriate way to celebrate Tate Britain's exhibition 'Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 1950s-Now' than with an accompanying compilation Album. Like art itself, music has every opportunity to reflect its surroundings through a series of lenses limited only by the creator's imagination. Therefore, this cleverly conceived and assembled soundtrack is as beautiful and diverse as the art itself. It offers tales of immigration and settlement unfiltered or outside interference, providing a vivid snapshot of one of the cornerstones of black British culture.«