Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Terror Fabulous Mixtape

Terror Fabulous - Jump & Gwaan Bad
 
Non-stop 90s dancehall-ragga mix. Featuring Terror Fabulous alongside Buju Banton, Beenie Man, Daddy Screw, Nadine Sutherland, Wayne Wonder, Capleton, Shabba Ranks, Mad Cobra, Maxi Priest, Louie Culture, Spragga Benz, Tanya Stephens, Bounty Killer, Jigsy King, Carol Gonzales, Dennis Brown, Gary Minott, Peter Metro, General Degree, Frankie Sly, Snow, Shaggy, Rayvon, Terry Ganzie, Kulcha Knox, Sanchez, Frisco Kid, Don Yute and Dirtsman

 
Riddim like Livestock, All Fruits Ripe, Batty Rider, Bruk Wine Butterfly, Love Punnany Bad, Excellence, Top Ten, Three Blind Mice, Story Come To Bump, Car Crash, Ba Ba Boom, Action, Could You Be Loved... Productions from Mad House, Shocking Vibes, Jammys and Digital B. 60+ tracks.



BIG UP TERROR FABULOUS - TOP-RANKING DEEJAY IN THE 90S
 
 
Versatile deejay Terror Fabulous blazed out of the Mad House and Shocking Vibes camps in 1991 alongside man like Daddy Screw, Buju, Louie Culture, Beenie and Capleton and had a string of hits throughout the early and mid 1990s. Similar in style to Buju (without the rockstone voice) but with his own trademark pronounced intonation, Terror hit first with bogle gal tunes like Gwaney Gwaney & Dorothy and tuff reality tunes like No Retreat, No Surrender and Order. His 1993 collaboration with Nadine Sutherland, Action, was a worldwide hit, winning him a major label deal for an album. The excellent Yaga Yaga, produced by Dave Kelly, was well received but a return to the grassroots soon followed. He went on to record many great tunes for Penthouse, Digital B, King Jammys/John John, Fat Eyes, Xterminator, Black Scorpio and others, coming with more and more killer reality sides after 1994. Sadly the hits dried up by the end of the decade as the sound began to change and new names emerged and Terror Fabulous, along with fellow deejays Louie Culture, Terry Ganzie and Determine, seemed to drop out of the race

Continuous mix. 79 minutes.
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

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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Saturday, March 3, 2012

Talkin' Pirates - Vital Selections 2008

Talkin' Bout Pirates inna 2008 feat. Peter Tosh 
Blazing nu-roots mixtape from February 2008. Nowadays reggae artists join Peter Tosh in a warning. Modern day pirates still ''come fi abuse poor people''. Whole heap a conscious hits. Includes excursions on the Confessions riddim (Jukeboxx) and Irievibrations' vital Hit Drop. Some heavyweight Morgan Heritage and Sizzla sides and two new roots classics from Duane Stephenson. Collie Buddz killer Youths of Today is here also....





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Monday, February 27, 2012

Kabaka Pyramid - Rebel Music 2011


Kabaka Pyramid - Rebel Music 2011. Crucial & hard debut set from the Kingston deejay and producer. 10 tracks. Leads with 6 solid roots rhythms before venturing onto some cool dancehall and hip-hop beats. Lyrically solid - strictly conscious reality business here... Original style, original riddims. Collaborations with singers Protoje and Koro-Fyah.
One to watch out for in 2012...

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Siamrootsical Roots & Culture Mix 2011

Siamrootsical Roots N Culture Mix 2011 
 
 
Rocking new roots, one-drop and conscious dancehall mixtape. Riddim like Blue Skies (Supa Hype), Sunset Boulevard (NCF), Know My Friends (EMG), Better Tomorrow, Johnny B Goode & Big Stage (Penthouse) and more cuts of Xterminator's vital Danger In Your Face. A  shower of good Cure tunes after a relatively quiet spell. Gyptian also, like the essential Kayla Bliss combination on Mr. Wicked. Rootsman Phil Watkis had a small hit a few years back with Know My Friends, a tune I first heard on a Rebel Salute DVD. Great tune but we'd like to hear some more from him. Lutan Fyah sound-alike Exco Levi's broke through this year and rides ruff again on Mr. Hammer. BIG UP Jesse Royal... the deejay crucial everytime! Another one to watch in 2012...


Continuous mix 79 minutes
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Sunday, February 12, 2012

Total Reflection Of The Foundation - 90's Roots Mixtape 1999

Total Reflection Of The Foundation 
Conscious new-roots vibes from the 90's over both fresh and vintage riddims. 




Excursions on the Brass Gates and Do Some Good while Xterminator & Penthouse both revisit the Right Time (Comforter) and Death In The Arena & Freedom Blues. The Mighty Diamonds join Morgan Heritage, Beenie Man, et al. in voicing one of their best riddims with a new song, Jah Love. One of the most overlooked singers of the period, the former Black Scorpio & Shocking Vibes artist Raymond Wright shines on the powerful Critics Highway - the tune never left my turntable for a while in 1997. Shame we didn't hear much more from him at the time... Other productions from: Roof International, Black Scorpio, Taxi, Shocking Vibes, Fat Eyes, Life, How Yu Fi say Dat, Ffrench, X-Rated, Star Trail, Backyard Movements and Digital B.


Continuous mix. 79 minutes. Relist...
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Saturday, February 4, 2012

Ga-Pi - Return To The Dub Kitchen Part 1

Ga-Pi - Return To The Dub Kitchen Part 1. Wicked and essential debut release from Thai dub pioneers Ga-Pi. Heavy rootsdub rhythms with an original Thai sound. Great innovative use of traditional Thai instruments and arrangements. 10/10... Original Thai Rasta...

Kai-Jo Brothers - Paradise 2006

Kai-Jo Brothers - Paradise 2006. Second album by the Thai reggae sensation Kai Jo Brothers. 13 irie slices of sand, sea.and reggay...

Sunday, January 29, 2012

T-Bone - Enjoy Yourself (Ska-Ville Thailand)


Skaville Thailand. Album from Thailand's long-time ska and reggae stars. This compilation includes hit tunes from across the years... King of Trombone, One Love, Ska Lover, Bongoman, Ska Rider... Mostly original material but breaks into familiar riddims like Train to Skaville and The Whip. BIG horn section. As the title suggests, mostly fun, hi-tempo party vibes here with some chilled-out rootsy reggae tunes. In Thai and English. T-bone still play regularly around Thailand and beyond. They were at Glastonbury and Womad in 2007 and play often at the Saxaphone Club, Victory Monument, Bangkok (can't believe the place is still going after all these years). They have recently worked with veteran rootsman Little Roy in both Thailand and JA.
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Ed Carabao - Don't Cry: The Story of the Disposessed

Ed Carabao - Don't Cry: The Story of the Disposessed
 
 
 
 
Reggae album from the Thai pro-democracy protest-singer legend Aed Carabao (Ed) แอ๊ดคาราบาว released in 2001 to celebrate 20 years since Bob's passing. Outernational reggae, ska & acoustic songs, sung mainly in Thai with some English. Includes Thai language versions of No Woman No Cry & I Shot the Sherriff, while Aed does his own songs on the Waiting in Vain, Jamming and some original riddim. This is essentially a concept album, exposing the plight of homeless, nationless tribal people in the Tai-Burma diaspora in general and Thailand in particular. Much in the spirit of the Tuff Gong... Also features a lambast against poverty by Pongthep (another legend) and two bonus songs by the full Carabao band from back in 1993. Aed has been a founding member and front man for Carabao since 1980, releasing nearly 100 albums and underground tapes.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Kai-Jo Brothers - Reggae Passion 2005

Kai-Jo Brothers - Reggae Passion 2005. Debut album from Thailand's reggae sensation The Kai-Jo Brothers. Sun-drenched, happy, peace & love from Koh Phangan and Bangkok. Vibes like Full Moon Party, Tuk Tuk Breakdown, Tree of Love & Song for Life. Sung in Thai and English. Features Pook 'T-Bone' on guitar and some wicked Thai toasting from deejay Rastafari. All original songs and riddims. Recorded at Dynamic Studio (Thailand). Kai-Jo play regularly in Bangkok and at reggae/rock festivals & beach parties around Thailand.
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Monday, January 9, 2012

Shake Dem Down - Roots N Culture 1999


Rastaman a Jah Jah earthquake - come to shake dem down... 
Essential roots reggae selections from December 1999. Includes early tunes by Junior Kelly, Natural Black and Norris Man's breakthrough hit Bad Road. UK singjay Sandeeno's dancehall killer Teardown Babylon (Prophesy riddim, Saxon) from 1997 was another I played at death back then... Wicked cuts by Lloyd Brown & Sylvia Tella too...
 
 

PT1: Riddim include Bad Road (King of Kings), No More Will I Roam (Kicking), Sabbath Meditation (Flames), King In the Jungle (Harmony House), Free Love (Ffrench), Life Cycle (Xterminator) & Baba Tunde (Henfield). Daweh Congo classic on Prophesy Reveal.


PT2: Some serious riddim like Fade Away (Joe Frazier), Prophecy (Saxon), Zion (Cali Bud), Stealing/Ulterior Motive (Xterminator), Blackman King (Ffrench), Tempo (Flash) & Phillip Smart's amazing Blackboard Jungle. Check out Ninjaman's exceptional reality song Fire Bun Dem from Digital B.

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Sunday, December 25, 2011

Guide And Protect - 90s Roots Mixtape

Guide & Protect
 
 
New Roots Mixtape 1993-1999. Strictly roots & reality... Riddim like the Rope In, Swing Easy, Chant Mi Song, Undying Love, Lecturer, War and the massive Kette Drum. Productions from: African Star, Digital B, Jammys, 3 Natti, Xterminator, Time One, Penthouse and Mac Dada
 
The mid-90s was an exciting time to follow fresh Jamaican music as rastafari music came under the spotlight once again
Beat the kette drum rastaman...



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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Chant Down Rome Mixtape

Chant Down Rome Mixtape 
 
 
Conscious selection 1994-99. Blazing fire over riddim like the Death In The Arena, Burning Bush, Repatiation/Praise Ye Jah & Morgan Heritage's Buss Up Barriers. Praise Ye Jah was the tune that really blew me away when it hit London's pirate stations in '96, hot on the heels of the Heathen riddim. Sizzla's vocal delivery, together with the thundrous Xterminator b-side dub , signalled to me that the nu-roots revolution had come of age... fi real. Star Trail set Anthony B loose on the Burning Bush.


Producers/labels include: Top Rank, Morgan Heritage Family, Star Trail, Xterminator, Phillip Smart, Digital B, Penthouse, X-Rated, Gemini & Lucky Love
 
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Thursday, December 8, 2011

RIP Philip Burrell... Long Live Xterminator!

 RIP PHILIP FATIS BURRELL 

Legendary Xterminator producer Philip Burrell died at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Kingston on Saturday evening, Dec. 3rd 2011. He suffered a stroke two weeks ago and had been hospitalized ever since. He finally fell into a coma and on Saturday morning before passing away later in the day. He was 57. 


The Kingston born (and UK raised) producer and promoter cut his 1st track with Sugar Minott in 1984 before going on to establish his Kings & Lions and Vena labels, recording hits with a range of singers and deejay through the late eighties and gaining a reputation for promoting unknown local youths. Greater success came later with Xterminator (Exterminator) Records, set up in 1989, providing strings of hits and ground breaking releases throughout the 1990s. The Firehouse Crew and Sly Dunbar provided many of the riddims, teaming up with veteran engineer Soldgie to add fire to the new roots revolution. This was heavy, reverb-soaked roots reggae at its best with a big UK steppas influence (though they were equally at home with lovers and dancehall). Cocoa Tea, Beres Hammond, Luciano, Sizzla, Jah Cure, Fred Locks, Gregory Isaacs, Mikey General, Prince Malachi, Spanner Banner, Frankie Paul, Charlie Chaplin, Ini Kamoze, Sanchez, Chezidek and Turbulence all revived or started their careers and put out accomplished LPs/sides with him. Luciano's Where There Is Life and Messenger sets are as sublime as Sizzla's Praise Ye Jah and Cocoa Tea's Tune In were stunning. Fatis also deserves recognition for releasing a number of excellent dub albums, something that had not been done much in JA for years.

Fatis Burrell had a resonant and  lasting impact on the reggae scene, influencing a whole generation of new producers in JA and Europe into the new millennium, and his name must ha fi rank alongside the greats: Man like Junjo Lawes, Sugar Minott, Glen Brown, Niney, Gussie Clarke, Donovan Germain, Bobby Digital, Bulwackies and even Bunny Lee... His legacy is continued by Karim Burrell and the new look Xterminator Records, Kush-I, Jesse Royal, et al., putting out some irie new rhythms. Check them in 2012...

BIG UP XTERMINATOR!!!




Big Up Xterminator Mix - Massive R at the Control Tower. Dub-heavy mix of some of the biggest tunes out of Phillip Burrell's Xterminator camp 1994-99, put together by selector Massive R. Riddim like Sweep Over My Soul, Babylon Cowboy, Repatriation, General and Ulterior Motive, Wicked dubs from Soldjie... Nuff respect Massive!!

Continuous mix. 78 minutes.
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Philip 'Fatis' Burrell - From Vena to Xterminator 1986-94. Crucial Vena Records-Xterminator retrospective. Charts the evolution from late-80's digital dancehall producer to new roots pioneer in the mid 1990's. Dancehall business mix it up with reality tunes. Features: Supercat, Yellowman, Frankie Paul, Charlie Chaplin, Sanchez, Sugar Minott, Ninjaman, Pinchers, Leroy Smart, Tiger, Chaka Demus & Pliers, Macka B, Spanner Banner, Ini Kamoze, Beres Hammond and Josie Wales.

Digitally remastered continuous mix. 52 minutes.
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Glen Brown - Godson Mixtape 1972-76

Glen Brown - Godson Mixtape 1972-76. Exhaustive compilation of early 70s classics from the Rhythm Master, Glen Brown... Vocal, deejay, version and dubwise in a trujly original style. Nuff melodica and horns. Riddim pon riddim, version pon version...Excursions on the tuffest blueprint roots riddims: Slaving, Merry Up, Dirty Harry, Boat To Progress, Midnight In Moscow, One One Cocoa, Father's Call, Glen Brown At The Crossroads, Pantomine Rock, 2Wedden Skank, etc... Pantomine, Dwyer, Shalimar and High School International labels. Knockout dubs by King Tubby.
 


Continuous mix. Total 220 minutes. Repost...

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Junior Boyce & Ranking Buckers - What Kind Of World


Junior Boyce (Byles) & Ranking Buckers - What Kind of World
Crucial 12'' discomix on Observer OB004-B..
Ruff vocal & deejay selection.
A personal favorite of mine.

Monday, October 31, 2011

I'm Selling Some Of My Vinyl On Ebay - 12''s LPs & Pre-Releases For Sale

Greetings one and all. In case anyone's interested..... 
I'm selling some of my vinyl on Ebay. Nuff 12'', LP & I'm yet to list any pre-release also..
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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Year 2 Year 12'' Discomix Collection 1990





Year 2 Year 12'' Discomix Collection 1990. Serious 12'' selections, vocal and dubwise. The deejay-singer combination style is the order of the day. Featuring more crucial digital dancehall hit sounds from Augustus Clarke and the emerging force of Patrick Lindsay and Mikey Bennett's Two2Friends productions. 2 Friends had a similar approach and style to Gussie Clarke, just a bit rawer. They also worked out of the Music Works studio with song writer Hopeton Lindo... Crisp, fresh vocals mix it up with with searing digital dubs. Vital.

CD1: Balance of lovers selections and all-out dancehall action over trademark tuff Slipes Road riddim like Twice My Age, Champion Lover, Golden Touch. Champion deejay Shabba Ranks sets the standard.




CD2: Dennis Brown and Cocoa Tea hold the roots & culture corner in wicked digital fashion. This is classic, D Brown at his very best... Cocoa Tea mash it up on the Ting & Ting. Just Be Good To Me, Throw Me Corn/No More Walls, Tempo....

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Monday, October 24, 2011

Year 2 Year 12'' Discomix Collection 1991


Year 2 year 12'' Discomix Collection 1991. More stinging dancehall from Two Friends, Gussie Clarke and Jah Screw. Excursions on the deadly Housecall riddim, aka Original Mission Impossible (Culture T's cut is BAD!), Swing Easy (Gun Talk), Cuss Cuss, Jump & Spread Out, Party Time, John Law, Mr Bodyguard, Fancy Girl and Stallion. Trademark tunes by Tony Rebel , Cutty Ranks and Ninjaman. Digital roots from Mikey Melody on Monday Morning Blues. A great era for reggae music.



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Monday, October 10, 2011

Year 2 Year 12'' Discomix Collection 1992

Year-2-Year 12'' Discomix Collection 1992. The fifteenth year of this series sees the further divergence of the different strands within the music, creating two individual and separately recognizable genres; ragga (dancehall/bogle/bashment, etc) & reggae, with nuff fusion between... All styles are well represented here. Top ranking productions from Jah Screw, Junior Reid, Phillip Burrell, Steely & Clevie, Adrien Genius, Rooftop, Joe frazier, Taxi, Madhouse, Colin Fat and Sting International. While no longer predominant, Music Works still contribute while Junjo Lawes steps back into the arena with hits tunes from Cocoa Tea and Ninjaman.


CD1: Hot reggae-dancehall riddim like Real Rock, Nanny Goat, General, Vanity, Drum Song, Bogle and the sensational Bam Bam. Ninjaman chats reality to brilliant effect for JR on Ting-A-Ling-A-Ling and Consideration. Bonus riddim excursions on the Bam Bam/Santa Barbara from Taxi, Rooftop & Frazier.



CD2: Kicks off in Bogle fashion with Ninja's Bogle, Bogle Dance, Little Giggy, Big Up and reggae-dancehall from Music Works. The tempo then cool a little for Sting Int's smash Oh Carolina and related riddim, and some lovers rock. Xtra mixes on the Big Up, Coming In from the Cold and Bogle Dance riddims, including hard versions by Buju and Shabba's contemptuous answer to Ninja's Ting-A-ling... Wicked!

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Year-2-Year 12'' Discomix Collection 1993

Year-2-Year 12'' Discomix Collection 1993. The 16th and final year in the series, 1978-1993. Xterminator, Music Works, Jammys and Junjo step it up...


CD1: Strictly dancehall business; bogle, ragga & ruff dancehall sides. Featuring: Junior Reid, Ninja Man, Ninja Ford, General Pecus, Junior Cat, Junior Demus, Pinchers, General Degree, Bajja Jedd, Josie Wales, Daddy Sylva, Red Fox, Capleton, Anthony Redrose, Bounty Killer, Shaggy, Poly Famous, Galaxy P, Brian & Tony Gold, Daddy Screw, Major Christie, Spragga Benz, Jigsy King, Mad Cobra, Snagga Puss, Frankie Paul, Flourgan, Red Dragon, Daddy Lizard, Chuckleberry, Cutty Ranks, Gregory Isaacs, Beres Hammond, JC Lodge, Beenie Man, Daddy Lilly, Nadine Sutherland, Tenor Saw, Wayne Smith, Johnny Osbourne & TSKI Valley. Nuff bogle riddims + Stalag, Inches, Darker Shade of Black, Chatty Chatty Mouth, Use Me and the re-issued Original Slengteng. 44 tracks...



CD2: Later in '93 the new roots revival ting gathers momentum. Featuring: Cocoa Tea, Tony Rebel, Buju Banton, Bajja Jedd, Charlie Chaplin, Luciano, Capleton, Anthony Malvo, General Degree, Jigsy King, Grindsman, Delly Ranks, Ninja Teeth, Garnett Silk, Mark Wonder, Admiral Tibett, Freddie McGregor, Snagga Puss, Shaggy, Rayvon, Beres Hammond, Josie Wales, Sanchez, Gregory Isaacs, Dennis Brown, Robert Ffrench, Heavy D & The Boyz and Maxine Harvey. Riddim like Curly Locks, Tonight, African Beat, Answer, Hot Milk, Chatty Chatty Mouth, My Conversation, Party Time, Rockfort Rock.
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