Tag: ragga jungle
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Reggae Mashup Summer Soundclash
The weather has been unseasonably warm around here (yes British summer usually means rain) so here’s a few reggae/ragga/ska mashups for your BBQs and unlockdown parties. Well I say that, but it sadly increasingly looks like the unlocking of the lockdown will be delayed.. Which makes this yearning ragga jungle call to return back to…
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RC 343: Punks In The Jungle / Pigs in the Park
Following on from the events of Saturday before last in Clapham Common with the Metropolitan Police attack on the Sarah Everard vigil (a police officer has been charged with her killing, so a very bad move), I hoist the podcast as a sign in support of 97% and join in the chant of We Will…
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Incredible Original Nuttahs
Just over 25 years ago, Ragga Jungle went mainstream with M-Beat ft General Levy and my favourite Shy FX and UK Apachi’s Original Nuttah. It was a sound that was unapologetically British and mostly London-based, and it was an eclectic mix of soul, reggae, jazz, ragga, West and East, all in one bass-heavy C-Lab Akai…
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Ragga Jungle Return
Heard this new-ish Chase and Status jam with Irah along with the new Original Nuttah 25th anniversary version at David Rodigan’s set at House of Common (the Madness 40th gig on Clapham Common) and like the rest of his set it just SLAYED. I was a sweaty mess at the end when he finished with…
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RC 300: Mirror Universe
Enter into the Twiglet Zone, Through The Looking Class, Into The Mirror Demention as Radio Clash reaches 300 (well actually 328) and we do a double ended ding dong series of related episodes. Pretty much each song in this episode relates in some way to ones in the next, like some pay-it-forward horizontal mix! This…
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RC 285: War of the Roses
Sun is shining, the weather is sweet, make you want to move your plant pots out of the way of builder’s feet… Welcome to the jungle, how does your roses in your garden grow? Badly in my case, the builders are in and wrecking the place. This was the view from my window – but…