jamaica

We’re doing our first FOKUS night at our venue MiniMuzikhol tonight. We’ll be watching a reggae documentary first, then me, caglar and ali y. will be playing jamaican music, calypso, ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub and dancehall..

Carlton and The Shoes, Roland Alphonso, Max Romeo, Prince Jammy and Sugar Minott. Five flawless victories from the inexhaustable Jamaican arsenal.

Found out about the recent surge of readers from blogs.com. Hype Machine boss Anthony Volodkin has picked us for his Top 10 Music Blogs you haven’t heard list. Thanks Anthony! Here’s a 5 song reggae mini compilation to enjoy!

Too busy with real life stuff at the mo, but been listening to music all day, this is just a quick recap of what kept me movin’ and shakin’ during the day. Stuff from Nomo, Carlos Lamartine, Baden Powell, The Light of Saba and A Tribe Called Quest.

Our favourite mythical figure Clutchy Hopkins is back with a new tape on Ubiquity, this time composed of his trip to Barbados in the late 1970s to search for the medicine man Lord Kenjamin. I wouldn’t dare believe Lord Kenjamin is a man, hell if I were you I would even start doubting there is some place called Barbados. It might all be a figment of Clutchy Hopkins’ imagination.

Sat Sapienti is a periodical where we feature songs with wise lyrics. #2 by Burning Spear.

#69 starts with a solemn piece from the German doomjazzers Bohren und der Club of Gore then goes right into some easy tempo and nujazz, followed by dub from Burning Spear, hip-hop & some cosmic non-Fela afrobeat from Hector Malcoun and Peruvian chicha by Juaneco.

More videos on our tumblr, Luciano Berio, Zozimo Bulbul performing to John Coltrane’s Kulu se Mama, Ornette Coleman Live from 1973, Pharoah Sanders Burghausen 2003 and also Pitchfork’s One Week Only has Adam Glickman’s Tokion Soundsystem featuring interviews with legendary Studio 1 boss Coxsone Dodd about early Jamaican music. Don’t miss!