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Mon June 16 2008
Haphazardly crafted 80 minute vinyl mix. *Riddim fulla culture, siren siren* etc. Enjoy. ...
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Haphazardly crafted 80 minute vinyl mix. *Riddim fulla culture, siren siren* etc. Enjoy. 01 Roy Richards & The Soul Vendors -Summertime 02 Lloyd Clarke - Summertime 03 Glen & Lloyd - Rudies Give Up ... read more
Haphazardly crafted 80 minute vinyl mix. *Riddim fulla culture, siren siren* etc. Enjoy. 01 Roy Richards & The Soul Vendors -Summertime 02 Lloyd Clarke - Summertime 03 Glen & Lloyd - Rudies Give Up 04 Peter Tosh - Steppin' Razor 05 The Viceroys - Lip & Tong 06 Derrick Morgan - Stumbling Block 07 Derrick Morgan - The Conqueror 08 The Gladiators - Happy Man 09 Pablo Moses - Dubbing Is A Must 10 Cornell Campbell - Jah Jah Me Horn Yah 11 Creole - Jah Version 12 Creole - Jah Creation 13 Eek-A-Mouse - Noah's Ark 14 Wayne Jarrett - Saturday Night Jamboree 15 Sugar Minott - Ah So We Love It 16 Sugar Minott - Ah So We Dub It 17 Singer Blue & The Dubateers - Never Stop Praise Jah Jah 18 Dub From Atlantis Feat. Wilks - Heavy Weather Pt. II 19 Henry & Louis - Jah Jah Never Fail I 20 White Mice - Food, Cloth & Shelter 21 Kush, Massa, Itack - Warrior's Delight 22 The Blood Sisters - Ring My Bell 23 Trevor Hartley - It Must Be Love 24 Overproof Sound System - The Model 25 Wayne McArthur - Victory Dance 26 Roman Stewart - Peace In The Valley (props to Mr. Barber for this...) 27 Roman Stewart - Dub In The Valley 28 K Vibes - Frenemies 29 Nora Dean - Barbwire 30 Johnny Nash & The Big Toe's HiFi - Cupid's Revolution 31 iNi Kamoze - My Girl Version 32 iNi Kamoze - My Girl 33 Collie Budz - Blind To You 34 Taurus Riley - She's Royal
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Wed June 11 2008
Lately, the only nightclub events I get genuinely excited about are soundsystem affairs. There's no explaining it unless you've been to one; in whic...
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Lately, the only nightclub events I get genuinely excited about are soundsystem affairs. There's no explaining it unless you've been to one; in which case you already know. If you don't, go find out. Every time I've seen Channel One in session they've played Wayne Mcarthur's Victory Dance, and every time I've thought I need to find out what that is and buy it... Finally I did. Next up is a Bri... read more
Lately, the only nightclub events I get genuinely excited about are soundsystem affairs. There's no explaining it unless you've been to one; in which case you already know. If you don't, go find out. Every time I've seen Channel One in session they've played Wayne Mcarthur's Victory Dance, and every time I've thought I need to find out what that is and buy it... Finally I did. Next up is a Bristol offering from Henry & Louis, 'Jah Jah Never Fail I': voiced in Jamaica, produced in Bristol, killer. Number 3 was so limited and expensive that I decided not to buy it, until later that same night I heard Aba Shanti play it along with a couple of dub cuts, which changed my mind... White Mice - Food, Cloth & Shelther. Back to Bristol then, for Dub From Atlantis' latest 10" release, Heavy Weather (2nd cut), heavy indeed. And finally my very favourite tune on the Jamrock riddim, Never Stop Praise Jah Jah by Singer Blue & The Dubateers. So most of these 5 tunes have a bit more vocal and a bit less dub than you'd expect from an average sound session but were I ever at the controls of one of theose awesome towers, with only my own paltry receord box to draw from, I might start with these... Wayne McArthur - Victory Dance Henry & Louis - Jah Jah Never Fail I White Mice - Food, Cloth & Shelter (& Kush, Massa, Itack - Warrior's Delight dubwise) Dub From Atlantis Feat. Wilks - Heavy Weather Pt. II Singer Blue & The Dubateers - Never Stop Praise Jah Jah
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Thu May 15 2008
Bootlegs are a kind of guilty pleasure of mine so I'm kind of glad to get this out of the way. Contentious artistic merit aside, I like the way that...
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Bootlegs are a kind of guilty pleasure of mine so I'm kind of glad to get this out of the way. Contentious artistic merit aside, I like the way that these records are almost always anonymously produced. Almost as if they were a guilty pleasure even to the bootlegger... Take a vocal accapella, poach a rhythm, bump it up with snares and bass where necessary, splice it up, and, if you've an ear f... read more
Bootlegs are a kind of guilty pleasure of mine so I'm kind of glad to get this out of the way. Contentious artistic merit aside, I like the way that these records are almost always anonymously produced. Almost as if they were a guilty pleasure even to the bootlegger... Take a vocal accapella, poach a rhythm, bump it up with snares and bass where necessary, splice it up, and, if you've an ear for it, voila, lazy DJ heaven... Anytime I'm DJing out, at least a fifth of my 7" bag is devoted to bootleg records. I tried my damndest to pick my 5 favourites, couldn't, tried 10, couldn't, so here's 11. (Apologies to the purists; I'll have to get on some serious high-brow vintage tip next time to redeem myself.) Sam Cooke & The Sound Dimension - Little Things You Do Alton Ellis & Tupac - Nothin' Like Rocksteady The Beastie Boys Vs Laurel & Hardy - Intergalactic Rockers J Star Feat. The Pharcyde - Still Passin' Me By The Fugees & The Sound Dimension - Fugee La Rock Gnarls Barkley, Rubi Dan, TOK & Beenie Man - Creezy Hype Kelis, Beenie Man & TOK - Trick Me Twice Mr. Blennd Feat. The Specials & Old Dirty Bastard - A Message To O.D.B The Jungle Brothers & Ernest Ranglin - Funky Bond Street Friendly Rasta Feat. Erykah Badu - On & On Elvis & The Sound Dimension - Crying In The Chapel
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Thu May 01 2008
Having invented dub and pioneered the standardisation of 7" singles featuring a dub on their flipside, Jamaican producers were clearly on a role of ...
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Having invented dub and pioneered the standardisation of 7" singles featuring a dub on their flipside, Jamaican producers were clearly on a role of innovation. Next stop, the 12" discomix; records designed so that selectors didn't even need to bother turning the record over to give the jumping crowd that much anticipated 'part two'... This selection is a tribute to the extended 'discomix'. Belov... read more
Having invented dub and pioneered the standardisation of 7" singles featuring a dub on their flipside, Jamaican producers were clearly on a role of innovation. Next stop, the 12" discomix; records designed so that selectors didn't even need to bother turning the record over to give the jumping crowd that much anticipated 'part two'... This selection is a tribute to the extended 'discomix'. Beloved by full bladdered DJs the world over, just as those who don't know are expecting the record to finish, a lashing of horns or a blast of siren signals the start of the dubwise, usually at least as long as the original single itself. Wonderful. All of these records are personal favourites but the first is extra special to me, partly because its an original Studio One 12", partly because its the Heptones and partly because there's a couple of lines halfway through from master of ceremonies Jah Buzz. But mainly because you can hear the analogue-ness of the mixing equipment; you can almost hear the dub being made... The Heptones, Freddy McGregor and Jah Buzz - 'Equal Rights'. Next up a special treat from Fredericka & Joy (are these two not really Althea & Donna of Top Rankin' fame? Does anybody know?) on the Wicked Ah Fe Dress Back riddim with 'Downtown Thing'. Jimmy Riley giving his own special take on the jazz standard 'Summertime', horns horns horns, phaser, more horns... And then Earl Moody covers my old John Holt favourite, 'Strange Things'. This is, to my mind, exactly what a discomix should do; take the track and strip it, lay the rhythm bare, drum, and bass. And what a militant drum. Finally, Anita Ward's disco hit, Ring My Bell, as covered by the Blood Sisters and featured on Grand Theft Auto's reggae station, K-Jah West... Killer. Enjoy. (And, please, leave a comment. I can see that people are listening, but nobody is commenting...) The Heptones, Freddy McGregor & Jah Buzz - Equal Rights Fredericka & Joy - Downtown Thing Jimmy Riley - Summertime Earl Moody - Strange Things The Blood Sisters - Ring My Bell
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Wed April 23 2008
Today's theme is simple. I got 5 shiny new records in the mail today, which by chance represent some kind of (vastly inadequate) cross-section of re...
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Today's theme is simple. I got 5 shiny new records in the mail today, which by chance represent some kind of (vastly inadequate) cross-section of reggae's musical history.... So here they are. So first up, is it R&B? Is it Ska? No, it's that thing that happened in between, appropriately known as 'shuffle'; More Whisky' from Laurel Aitken, the godfather of ska. Next up super dubby revival classi... read more
Today's theme is simple. I got 5 shiny new records in the mail today, which by chance represent some kind of (vastly inadequate) cross-section of reggae's musical history.... So here they are. So first up, is it R&B? Is it Ska? No, it's that thing that happened in between, appropriately known as 'shuffle'; More Whisky' from Laurel Aitken, the godfather of ska. Next up super dubby revival classic from Alton Ellis and, I think, the Heptones on backing, 'Mr. Skabeana'... (*if you want me, call me senorita...*) love the beeps and the version is wicked too, but no space for that today. So then we jump right up to modern day UK digital roots from none other than legend in the field, Mikey Murka. I've been blasting this one out the windows all morning (yep I'm currently unemployed). Through to some dancehall clash ting; Scotland (yard)style from the highlander mashup crew Big Toe's HiFi, 'pon the joyride riddim (*number one soun' inna h'Edinbraa-braa-braa!*). Finally finally, anyone come across Warieka Hill Sounds? Pure magical brand new roots music, complete with righteous verse, wicked horns and African drumming the likes of which you'll hear the influence of in any other genre worth its salt. Peace out. Laurel Aitken - Give Me More Whisky Alton Ellis - Mr. Skabeana Disrupt Feat. Mikey Murka - Brand New Second Hand Big Toe's HiFi - Listening To The Champion Sound Wareika Hill Sounds - Proverbs Of Proverbs
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