Solidarity (Tight Ship)

 

Revisiting the Siamrootsical new roots mixtape from 2011. Revamped & reloaded with added bonus tracks
---Strictly roots & culture---
SAILING A TIGHT SHIP - SOLIDARITY!

 

Riddim like the mighty JAH ARMY (GHETTO YOUTHS INT), BACKSTABBERS (ONENESS), SKATELAND KILLER (MAXIMUM SOUND), JAGUAR (WEEDY G), MO BAY (IN THE STEETZ) & the atmospheric CAPTAIN (YARD VYBZ). Peter Tosh's anniversary is marked with tributes by Anthony B and Bushman. Micheal Rose & Capleton revisit the 1985 Black Uhuru anthem, Solidarity (Thriller). Some great tunes by Tarrus Riley, Marley brothers, Anthony John, Lutan Fyah & Daweh Congo

 

Mixcloud stream added bonus tracks:

 

Anthony John - Come Together

Melody Makers - Works To Do

Colin B - Be Still

Daweh Congo - Ship Ahoy / Gussie P - Dub Ahoy

Lutan Fyah - Stand In My Way / Turbulence - Go Down Babylon /

Natural Black - Love Gonna Conquer Evil

Luciano - Call On Jah

 Roger Robin - Tribulation

Anthony John - Time To Grow / Jah Warrior - Time To Dub

Daweh Congo - Live & Be Happy / God A Bless

 

 

Continuous mix. 2hrs.

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I am in the process of uploading some old mixtapes to streming sites Mixcloud & hearthis.at 

keeping the links alive & the music playing ahead of my move back to Thailand later this year. They can never stop the music... take us down & we'll just keep on posting back up. Fya pon dem!

Wake Up and Live Session on HearticalFM

 

Wake Up and Live session

on www.hearticalfm.com 21 April 2023

 

 

Siamrootsical come back again on the heartical station after an 18mnth absense.
My quiet political observations in a noisy world from right here in my off-grid valley home.
A roots reggae lyrical journey outta politrix..

 Respect and livications to all!

Watch for part two later this summer >>>

 

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Tracklist:

bob marley & the wailers - wake up & live/dub intro
third world - arise/spiritual revolution
bunny clarke - be thankful
nixon omollo - come together/dub
sally mwalr - crime & justice
don hartley - what it takes/dub
capleton - leaders let the people down
king mas - big banking/kabaka pyramid - revolution of the mind/
russ disciple - revolution of the mind dub
kabaka pyramid buju banton & junior byles - faded away
lion d - dem a vampire
marcia griffiths buju banton tony rebel & cutty ranks - discovery
peter tosh - the day the dollar died
stephen marley - mind control     prezident brown - microchip
tarrus riley - system set      bushman - hard times
valton craigie (vc) - new world order
julian marley - things are not cool
tony rebel - chant down babylon kingdom/
fyakin - poverty is at hand/penthouse records - dub
lloyd brown - musical warrior acapella
jah9 - warning/intention     
everton & isha blender - don't be used     sally mwalr - tears
macka b - system no nice/irie souljah - jah guide/
rebelmaniaq sound - dubwize version
don hartley - woe be unto dem/dub woes
don hartley - envy not/apocalipse dud faction - dub envy
morgan heritage - conscious revolution/samory i - ride on/
addis pablo - royal melodica
nixon omollo - we have the power/messian dread - dub power
bob marley & the wailers - ride natty ride

Heartical Love & Respect

 

Heartical Love Respect and DUB

 

 Brand new/recent heavyweight rootsdub releases

Rootical and conscious vibrations 🔈🔉🔊

Interspersed as usual with a few upful & rightful vocal tracks.. Rhythm section step forward >>>

Friday Night Rewind on hearticalfm.com 8 Aug 2021

Continuous mix 2hrs 40

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Tracks from the new Horace Andy collaboration LP Broken Beats. The new Zion Train album - Star of Hope features unreleased Dubs & projects. Tuff Scout's Out On The Floor Dub is a great album with nods to legendary UK record shops & labels. Zenzile & the Irie Ites meet Trinity 2021 marks a final outing by the great deejay himself 🔥🔥🔥

The Rootsman & Inspirational Sounds represent Bradford, carrying the city's great dub tradition (dub mi crazy!) forward in a 21st century style. Their 2018 EP Up North has 6 tracks all named after legendary 20th century West Indian venues & landmarks in town & the old 'frontline', ie. the Palm Cove Club, Checkpoint community centre, the Sugar Cane Club, the Young Lions cafe, Green Lane & the Perseverance (aka Percy - the once infamous frontline pub). Three tracks included here. Perhaps a counteraction 2 will namecheck more hotspots like the Railway Club, Ebonies, Mayflower Club, MAPA, Lumb Lane, Bibi's and other memorable places?? Too many to mention in a single EP 😄 Give thanks for the trip down memory lane ites

Get Up North at bandcamp

Singer & producer Messian 'Dubroom' Dread comes with 2 superb EP discomixes, one brand new & one from the archives. Conscious vocals & bubbling dubs! Catch his live sessions each Tuesday at 6PM UK/19h. Dutch time on hearticalfm.com His website: dubroom.org hear & d/l his new releases at reverbnation.com/realdubroom Militant music with praises to jah jah...

I unashamedly pulled out a crop of tunes by name here - heartical - this is what we call selecting by song title 😆😆😆 who can feel must hear!

Big up all the hearticalfm crew...

thanks to all you promotors for sending us so many of these new releases 🙏

 

Holding A Tight Ship - Roots Reggae 2011

 

Renewing links on some of my older mixtapes...

Sailing A Tight Ship 2011 

 

Strictly Roots N Culture...

Riddim like Ghetto Youths' mighty Jah Army, Backstabbers (Oneness), Skateland Killer (Maximum Sound), Jaguar (Weedy G), Bush Doctor (Penthouse) Mo Bay (In The Streetz) and the essential, atmospheric Captain from Yard Vybz, the leading version of which marks a major comeback for Wayne Marshall - a powerful reality tour-de-force... Captain Sinbad also makes a surprise return (and in fine form!) with Worldwide Rebellion. The 25th anniversary of the death of Peter Tosh is marked with tributes from Anthony B and Bushman. Micheal Rose & Capleton revisit the 1985 Black Uhuru anthem, Solidarity (Thriller)

 

 

 Mixcloud stream added bonus tracks:

 

Anthony John - Come Together

Melody Makers - Works To Do

Colin B - Be Still

Daweh Congo - Ship Ahoy / Gussie P - Dub Ahoy

  Lutan Fyah - Stand In My Way / Turbulence - Go Down Babylon

/ Natural Black - Love Gonna Conquer Evil

Luciano - Call On Jah

 Roger Robin - Tribulation

Anthony John - Time To Grow / Jah Warrior - Time To Dub

Daweh Congo - Live & Be Happy / God A Bless

 

Continuous mix. 79 minutes. Repost...

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Reggae Vibration From Creation Mixtape 2014

Vibration From Creation Mixtape

 

 New roots collection from January 2014. I'm finally getting round to putting it out now....

Heavyweight roots & dancehall riddims. Overstand records hold the roots corner with their crucial Militancy riddim featuring a full roster of current artists. Bizzarri look back to 1988-89 with their rollicking Laba Laba and an update of Redman's Weh Dem Fah. Lion D & Gappy Ranks do an excellent cover of the Carl Meeks classic. Tarrus, Chronixx & Kabaka vibe on the airy Rising Sun (Chinmey). Two new licks of the Hypocrites. Mr Vegas bring on the Barrington Levy vibe with the irie Love Yourself (First Name) while deejay Tasha T mash down all informer on the Digital B cut (Rasvibe). Presenting three songs by singer King Mas who broke through in 2013 with some vital tunes and a good album, One Wish (Viral Records). His World Go Round for Natures Way Ent. is a modern conscious roots classic. Check the King Mas SoundCloud page. Chronixx still deh ya with Plant It (Special Delivery) and the hit Smile Jamaica for Silly Walks. Also featuring another highlight from Jahcoustix' excellent Frequency LP for IrieVibrations - Don't Shoot - alongside Raphael & Kabaka Pyramid

 

Continuous mix. 79 minutes.

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Thanks & nuff respect to Ras John for use of the image on the tracklist

Rendition Dub: Extraordinary Journey In Dub 2013

Rendition Dub: Extraordinary Journey In Dub 

Rootsdub mixtape from early 2009. Its a little different from our usual selections, mainly dub-heavy sounds with an international flavour. Look to the East... Strictly roots & reality..

 

 

Featuring: Dennis Bovell, The Bangkok Massive Sound System (BMS), Jah Shaka, Icho Candy, Groundation, Midnite, I-Grade, Bajimba, Fun-Da-MenTal, The Rootsman, Earl 16, Gussie P All-Stars, Burning Babylon, Asian Dub Foundation (ADF), Martin Campbell, Dub Syndicate, Bally Sagoo, Lion D, Ossie Dellimore, The Dreamtree Project, Addis Rockers, กะปี (Ga-Pi), Braintax, SOJA (Soldiers of Jah Army) Bad Brains and Countryman

 

Continuous mix, 79 minutes

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Equal Rights 2011 - The Bush Doctor Remembered...

 

Equal Rights 2011 - Peter Tosh Remembered...

 

 

2011's already weighing in heavier than last year with a lot of variety, some strong releases and the emergence of upcoming artists like Joggo Seedorf  and Jesse Royal. Excursions pon the Message (Don Carleon), Strangers On My Shore (Tuff Nut), Trouble You A Trouble Me (Tuff Gong), Island Life (Chimney) and more cuts of the Jah Army (Ghetto Youths). Penthouse lead the tributes on Equal Rights and Igziabeher (Penthouse/Gedion). Exterminator have rebuilt the dubby, jazzed up Royalty riddim (aka Jah Is Love/As A Friend) where Sizzla & Turbulence re-voice 2004 tunes, while Jesse Royal lets rip in strictly conscious mode.

 

Continuous mix 79 minutes

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Tight Ship - Roots Reggae 2011

Sailing A Tight Ship 2011 

Collection of new releases outta Jamaica and beyond. Strictly Roots N Culture... Riddim like Ghetto Youths' Jah Army, Backstabbers (Oneness), Skateland Killer (Maximum Sound), Jaguar (Weedy G), Bush Doctor (Penthouse), Mo Bay (In The Streetz) and the essential Captain from Yard Vybz, the leading version of which marks a massive comeback for Wayne Marshall - a powerful reality tour-de-force... Captain Sinbad also makes a surprise return (and in fine form!) with Worldwide Rebellion. The 25th anniversary of the death of Peter Tosh is marked with tributes from Anthony B and Bushman. Micheal Rose & Capleton revisit the 1985 Black Uhuru anthem, Solidarity (Thriller). Turbulence shows he's still around while Stephen Marley continues to shine.

 

 

 Mixcloud stream added bonus tracks:

 

Anthony John - Come Together

Melody Makers - Works To Do

Colin B - Be Still

Daweh Congo - Ship Ahoy / Gussie P - Dub Ahoy

  Lutan Fyah - Stand In My Way / Turbulence - Go Down Babylon

/ Natural Black - Love Gonna Conquer Evil

Luciano - Call On Jah

 Roger Robin - Tribulation

Anthony John - Time To Grow / Jah Warrior - Time To Dub

Daweh Congo - Live & Be Happy / God A Bless

 

Continuous mix. 79 minutes.

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Lion D - The Burning Melody 2009

Lion D - The Burning Melody 2009. Its taken me a while to hear about the conscious deejay Lion D from Italy but its been worth the wait as this debut album is serious!! I've been playing it more or less on loop for a week now and think its got to be the best set by an MC since NiyoRah's Purification Session or Norris Man's Home and Away in 2006. Its also the first album by the Italian label Bizzarri Records.

Lion D is a cultural deejay with original delivery and vocal style similar at times to Jah Mason, Fanton Mojah, Pressure, NiyoRah and occasionally Capleton. Most of the 21 tracks here deal with roots and reality and the focus is on Rastafari, unity, peace & love, struggle, higher consciousness. Tune like Show More Love, Love Is The Only Way, Rise, Money, Good Herb, Stay Conscious and the single Nah Like Da Way Deh. There are also four 'conscious lovers' tunes, including a nice duet with Miss Linda. Musically the focus is on bright, skanky one-drop and new roots riddim with a 'live' feel. Good mix of original and known rhythm tracks with the European preference for rocksteady-Wailers-style riddims. Good versions of Baba Boom, Cassandra & I Shot the Sheriff (on Rise - a wicked combination with Lutan Fyah). Nah Like Da Way Deh has an excellent, long saxophone dub, its just a shame there weren't more live horns on show throughout. The album rounds off with four decent bashment selections. To get a taste check the DJ Octa Lion D Mixtape here.

The Burning Melody is a brilliant first effort and landmark European release. I can't wait to hear Lion's anticipated second CD, Reap What You Sow, due out April 2011.

-Buy at Amazon-

-Lion d on MySpace-