Informed by a post on shimmy shimmy, I realized that Jamaican rocksteady legend Alton Ellis has passed away from cancer. Here are a few of his classics that span over 45 years.
Tribute on Myspace and idolator
Ellis was known as the “Godfather of rocksteady“, with his 1967 debut album ‘Mr Soul Of Jamaica’ regarded as [...]

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The Congos - Fisherman Live @ 2007

The Congos - Ark of the Covenant
The falsetto vocals on the live one are a bit irritating and the tempo is a bit faster than the original, but seeing them sing this on stage after 31 years after it was conceived is very exciting. If you’ve never listened to [...]

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Back from our one-week vacation. Couldn’t post anything in the meantime but never stopped to think about our fellow readers while basking in the hot sun and selected some tunes that should accompany you on your future trips to the beach.
I was going to go all balearic, chillout etc. on you, but thought that [...]

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After the break with Island, Scratch moved to Amsterdam where a short-lived label, Black Art, was set up. In 1982 he fronted some U.S. dates with an American reggae band called the Terrorists. Residents living near one show’s promoter called the police at 6 AM to report a half-naked man with a machete jogging through [...]

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* http://www.pornosoundtracks.com Forbidden Ensemble presents Pornosoundtracks, 11 tracks of seventies sleaze porngroove. You can stream, buy or download torrent. A great business model, let’s see if it works. Check ‘em out on Myspace.
* Have you heard of muxtape, a simple new method to make quick playlists/mixtapes and stream. Big fan of the site design as [...]

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Zulya and the Children of the Underground by Dean Jackson
Going on a short weekend vacation at 10AM and it’s already 3AM here and I need some sleep, so here are 2 faves from the last months. First, a smoky roots reggae/dub hit from 70’s Jamaica, remastered this year by Wackies. Bullwackies All-Stars’ Free for All [...]

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Marcus Garvey
30 years ago on 7/7/77 Reggae trio of Joseph Hill, Albert Walker and Kenneth Dayes, Culture released their seminal debut. Of course I wasn’t even around back then but I’m probably sure I’d have gone rasta the second I heard the beginning notes of anthemic “Black Starliner must come.” How can you not heed [...]

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Here’s a mixed selection of single tracks I have failed to mention in the past months, some have been played on the radioshows as well. First is a trio rendition of Sergio Mendez’ classic Mas Que Nada by the European Jazz Trio. Highly expressive silky piano work there. The second track is an afrobeat piece [...]

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I, Horsemouth
I did grew a little tired of jazzy-go-lucky shows which i always do and go for a little something different this time. Since summer is here and we’d spent the previous weekend watching Rockers and trying to sound Jamaican, i started things off with a little dub-ska-reggae icing from Skatalites & King [...]

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I was thinking about posting some oldschool ska, because lately I’ve been listening to my old Toasters and Skatalites CDs again and again. Ska is probably a music I’ll always listen, it’s not pretentious, it’s fun, the dance itself is pretty cool and the music is always pleasing and masterful. While checking for some video [...]

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