Deh Pon Di Jolly Bus

Rewind Show on rastfm.com 1st Nov 2019

Deh Pon Di Jolly Bus

As we continue updating the archives after the 10th anniversary of this blog here's a selection of laid back reggae and lovers rock from 2008. Remastered and augmented to 2 hours

Continuous mix

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We took our fair trade festival stall all round the UK for many years and so I originally made many of the early mixtapes to play at festivals & on the road. When I went on to start the blog in 2009 streaming hadn't yet taken off and so mixes were strictly for download had to be under 80mins to fit on cd. The shackles have long since come off with streaming and new technology so the mixes just got longer and longer...

Selections here were distilled from 2 original mixes -
Smooth Ride & Joy & Sorrow Showcase

Excursions on the January Morning (Free Willy), Love Potion & Drop Leaf (Don Carleon), Hard Times (Gibbo), Kemar McGregor's vibsy Drop It (No Doubt), Let Go (Rootsdown), Heavenly (Don Carleon), No Combo/Breakfast In Bed (Nicetime), Real Rock (Xterminator) and Fresh Ear's Guardian Angel

 

Some great tracks by German-SA singer Joy Denalane.

Slow Wine Lovers Rock

Revised edition of the 2009 mixtape

SLOW WINE Lovers Rock Grooves

Rewind on rastfm.com 25 Oct. 2019

 

Distilled down to 2 hours with a couple of additions to the tracklists

Irie excursions on the Chi Chi Bud, Nylon, Guardian Angel, Doctor's Darling/Night Nurse, To Love Somebody, No Goodbyes, Water Drop, She's Royal, Golden Gate and more...

Continuous mix 2hrs

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Slow Wine Lovers Rock

Smooth lovers rock selection from January 2009.

Irie excursions on the Chi Chi Bud, Nylon, Guardian Angel, Doctor's Darling/Night Nurse, To Love Somebody, No Goodbyes and more... Some great tunes from Roger Robin, Alaine, Marcia Griffiths, Richie Spice & Tarrus Riley.

Continuous mix: total 158 minutes. Repost...

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Live It Up Mixtape

Live It Up 2014 

 

 

 

Celebrate life! More positive music come around this year and some rocking riddim like the Ba Ba Bum (Mr G Music), Muddy Road (Natural High), a remix of Tarrus Riley's Gimme Likkle One Drop on Burning Spear's Slavery Days (Chimney), a wicked, raw update of the Drum Song (Ghetto Youths Int.), Zion Train (Livity) and the mighty Rise Up (Oneness), including an original interpretation of Dubbing Is A Must by Sara Lugo and Skarra Muchi. Chronixx utilises a fine update of the Heavenless for Capture Land (Overstand). We also revisit Overstand's Rootsman riddim with Damian Marley's ruff Gunman World featuring Ini Kamoze, a natural progression from Jamrock. Capleton has made a real and very welcome return to form this year and features throughout. Several Buju B tunes also. Chronixx freestyles on the original I Love King Selassie (Prince Jammy)

 

A Tribute To Bunny Rugs. We were especially sad to hear about Bunny Rugs' passing early this year. While often straying far from the grassroots reggae scene musically Third World have raised Jamaican music up to a higher level and always brought an undiluted Message to the widest possible audience. True reggae ambassadors. Nothing compares to seeing them live on a big stage - just amazing! - and Bunny played a pivotal role in all that as well as continuing his solo work. He is gladly remembered. Third World lead the celebration with Livication To Bunny Rugs together with a relick of 96 Degrees taken from their great new album Under The Magic Sun - Preview it on Bandcamp - the story's still being told.... Capleton teams up with the band for the iley resonant Good Hearted People from 2010 and Lloyd Brown does a brilliant rendition of Prisoner In The Street (Cave). Mystikal Revolution and Tarrus team up with the man himself for the inspired Reggae Skanking while there's an excursion on the ragga infused Now That We Found Love from 1995 featuring Sean Paul & Papa San (Black Scorpio). TOK pay their respects with a brand new cut for Bombrush records. Nuff respect REST IN POWER

 

 

Continuous mix. 79 minutes.

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Smooth Ride - Laid Back Reggae & Lovers Rock Selections 2008

Smooth Ride - laid back reggae and lovers rock. 



Irie likkle lovers and slow one-drop mixtape from 2008. Excursions on the January Morning (Free Willy), Love Potion & Drop Leaf (Don Carleon), Hard Times (Gibbo) and Kemar McGregor's vibsy Drop It (No Doubt).

Continuous mix. 79 minutes. Repost...
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Drop Leaf-Jah Is Love-Passion-Heavenless

 7 tracks, 4 one-drop riddims from 2004-06: Drop Leaf, the rootsy Jah Is Love, rocksteady flavoured Passion and the deadly Heavenless.

Drop Leaf 1 - Luciano, Sizzla, Junior Reid, Turbulence.  
Drop Leaf 2 - Morgan Heritage, Maxi Priest, Shaggy, Jah Cure, Gentleman, Nina Sky, Vybz Kartel, Beyonce.  
Drop Leaf 3 - Bounty Killer, Tanya Stephens, Collie Buddz, Mary J & Ja Rule, TOK (Don Carleon & JR).
Jah Is Love/As A Friend - Turbulence, Sizzla, Chezidek, Abijah (Xterminator).  
Passion - Chrisinti, Turbulence, Chuck Fender, Bascom X, Major Chris, Richie Spice, Capleton, Luciano (NAP).  
Heavenless 1 - Morgan Heritage, LMS, Turbulence.
Heavenless 2 - King Kong, Anthony B, Choppa Chop, Chronicle, Burro Banton (Massive B & Pound Daddy).

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Slow Whine Selections 2009 - Lovers Rock Grooves

Smooth lovers rock selection from January 2009.





Irie excursions on the Chi Chi Bud, Nylon, Guardian Angel, Doctor's Darling/Night Nurse, To Love Somebody, No Goodbyes and more... Some great tunes from Roger Robin.

Continuous mix: total 158 minutes.
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