Tag: dancehall
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This Halloween do The Batty Dub!
Sadly Jerry Nelson (voice and puppeteer of the Count) died in August – so to celebrate Halloween and commemorate Jerry here’s a video of my Batty Dub mashup. Why Sleng Teng? Err, it seemed to work!….I had a lot of fun with the dancehall dub style noises….btw it’s safe for children too. Originally done for…
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RIP Smiley Culture
Sad to hear about the death during a police raid of Smiley Culture – ironically best known for his 1984 reggae/proto ragga hit ‘Police Officer’ with Saxon Soundsystem about the ‘sus’ stop and search laws – shame that unlike the funny end of the song this police intervention had a far sadder ending. 🙁 And…
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I dun a bad ting: Rastamouse riddim remix
https://vimeo.com/19769180 Probably be gone by morning given the fervour that Rastamouse Company pulls these things, but here’s my video cutup of Rastamouse vs Wayne Smith’s classic ‘Under mi Sleng Teng’ which is of course about cheese. Yes cheese. *dares anyone to say otherwise* It’s done with a lot of love for Rastamouse and Wayne Smith…
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One, two, three, count! The Count Rides Again – Mashed and Slashed Halloween EP!
Those of you that remember Bride of Monster Mash and the County Sound track DJNoNo did, well The Count Rides Again, and this time he’s moved to Jamaica and is Count MC wid some dancehall riddim in ‘Batty Dub’ (with Ftatateeta and the Bats). Mashed and Slashed EP includes spooktastic tracks from Scott Cairo, LeeDM101,…
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It’s all about the Soca (and that sample)
Listen and watch and dream about the sun and summer…although this song isn’t a bittersweet symphony it’s a tonic as the rain washes down the windows 🙁 Anyone know where to start with Soca, Afrobeat, modern (non phobic) dancehall 80’s onward, modern reggae and dub (if there is such a thing)? I never know where…
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UK Funky – yup another new genre!
Twittered about this but forgot to post about it – Uk Funky (or just ‘Funky’) – a new genre/type of music coming out of I guess house, dancehall, grime and 4×4/nu garage scenes, adding african beats or soca beats and rather simplistic dancehall/aerobics style lyrics, I love the groove though, and seems like every song…