Tag: jamaica
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Rastatroll Battyboy Sound System
I don’t know who Rastatroll Battyboy Sound System are, but I LOVE YOU. Very funny, very rude, very NSFW, making a queer dub reggay cutup dancehall mashups. Years ago I downloaded some dancehall acapellas with the idea of taking the piss out of them, I could never get anything that worked, but glad someone else…
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RC 225: Babylondon 2012
Welcome to Gridlock! They call it murder… A state of the capital address about London, 2012, Babylon and ting. Righteous music from roots reggae to dubstep, soul, rock and gothabilly & psychobilly (and two Orchestras and some funky dubby jaxz from Miles Davis!) celebrating Jamaica’s 50th birthday and Red, Gold and Green rather than Bronze,…
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Happy 50th Jamaica!
50 years ago today Jamaica became independent from Britain, although strangely in later years it seemed the two were closer than ever, in music and culture Jamaica lead the way. Here’s Jimmy Cliff’s ‘Many Rivers To Cross’ from the excellent film ‘The Harder They Come’ which to me sums up the struggle of Jamaica in…
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Amen! A Little bit of bass, little bit of drum – Suburban Base 91-97
Sorry – mix is GAWN! Really digging this mix by GYBO and 72 regular Tizwarz, an audio history of Suburban Base records from 1991-1997 – a journey from rave and ‘ardcore to darkcore, ragga jungle and what eventually became what is now known as drum and bass. Suburban Base were right in the centre of…
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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,…