Video: Sticky & Natalie Storm – Look Pon Me (Jumeirah Riddim)
posted on February 6th, 2010 by Tobias in Video
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Massive Attack “Splitting The Atom” feat. The 3D, Daddy G & Horace Andy
posted on February 6th, 2010 by Tobias in Video
Director : Edouard Salier
Commissioner : Svana Gisla
Production : Scream Park, Paris
Executive Producer : Anne Lifshitz
Post Production : Digital District
Post producer : David Danesi
CGI: Jean Lamoureux, Rémi Gamiette, Kevin Monthureux, Jimmy Cavé
Art & Compositing : Julien Michel, Xavier Reyé.
Flame: Christophe Richard
Bigmikeydread interviews Steve Barrow
posted on February 3rd, 2010 by Tobias in Audio
I just realized that in all the time I have been putting up stuff on this blog, I have never tipped you on Bigmikeydread’s “Reggae Radio” podcast. Shame on me.
But I guess him putting up part 2 of his interview with Blood & Fire-founder Steve Barrow, is a good occasion to finally do so. Thanks, computerstyle, for making me aware of this gem.
Steve Barrow has been collecting Jamaican music since 1962, before most people called Ska….. Ska!
Over the years Steve’s interest in Jamaican music has developed from collecting through to writing for Black Echoes, running his own record stores, compiling records for Island, Trojan, and his own label Blood and Fire records. He co-wrote the Rough Guide To Reggae, a bible for all Jamaican music fans. Amongst his close friends are people like Bunny Lee, Dennis Alcapone, Glen Brown, Lopez Walker, U-Roy and Trinity. He’s even recorded a toilet for Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry! He’s currently writing sleeve notes for Soul Jazz records and an upcoming release of some Dancehall Reggae music, related to Beth Kingston’s book ‘Dancehall’ that Soul Jazz brought out last year.
Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio had the honour of travelling up country to join Steve and his partner Sue at their house in Forest Gate, London, for an afternoon of chat, record playing, tea and biscuits. The ensuing interview spread over 4 hours of recording and will be presented in a number of parts for you to listen to. This is part 1. His insight and experience makes for essential listening for all Jamaican music fans. I know I learnt more from him in 5 hours than I have on my own in 5 years!
Listen to Bigmikeydread interviewing Steve Barrow part 1:
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Listen to Bigmikeydread interviewing Steve Barrow part 2:
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Tim Turbo Newsflash: Cecile “Talk Talk” & Natalie Storm “Bawl Fi Murder”
posted on February 2nd, 2010 by Tobias in Audio, Event, Tim Turbo
Just in case you have been wondering what seen. team hit kid Tim Turbo has been up to lately – here’s a little update on his activities:
Besides kicking off the Man FM podcast series as the holy host and pouring some electro-ghetto juice onto SoulForce’s “The Power” release, he has been working hard in the studio and will e.g. see the following two hit tunes hit the digital music outlets soon:
Cecile – Talk Talk (Tim Turbo Remix) by Tim Turbo
Natalie Storm Feat Rage – Bawl Fi Murder (Favela Riddim – prod. by Tim Turbo & Mr Powe) by Tim Turbo
Watch out and catch Tim Turbo working the decks at one of the following occasions:
06. February 2010 – M.O.P. Aftershowparty & Nice! @ Crux – Munich, Germany
27. February 2010 – Levi’s Originals Party @ Crux – Munich, Germany
05. March 2010 – Tiger Tales Record Release @ Leopold – Vienna, Austria
06. March 2010 – BTYCL @ Crux w/ Douster & Booty Call Soundsystem – Munich, Germany
Quote of the Day – Cristy Barber (VP Records) on the Reggae Grammy
posted on February 2nd, 2010 by Tobias in Article
The quote of the day comes from Cristy Barber (VP Records) who states her opionion on the Reggae Grammy in an interview with Jesse Serwer (via LargeUp):
“For 25 years it seems the same people get nominated and win the award. It never reflects what’s going on. Everybody’s been grumbling about it for years. About four years ago I started to investigate it and found out we don’t have a lot of people in our genre that are actually voting. For the lack of a better analogy, [the typical voter] is a white guy from Minnesota and he’s looking at the list [of eligible albums] going, ‘Oh Mavado, Busy Signal, Beres Hammond, Etana, ooh Black Uhuru, I loved ‘em in ‘72.’ Click. He’s just going with people he knows. He doesn’t have a clue who Busy Signal or Mavado is.”
While I’m not the biggest VP fan, Barber’s definitely got a point here and she was just proofed right again at the 52nd Grammy awards which got down last Sunday:
Stephen Marley has won a Grammy for Best Reggae Album for his acoustic version of the album ‘Mind Control.’ This original ‘Mind Control’ also won the same award back in 2008. (via Robbo Ranx).
Other nominees were: Buju Banton (“Rasta Got Soul”), Gregory Isaacs (“Brand New Me”), Julian Marley (“Awake”) and Sean Paul (“Imperial Blaze”). Pretty lame selection, eh?
This is how the nominations would have looked like if we were the jury:
Terry Lynn – Kingstonlogic 2.0
Jahdan Blakkamoore – Buzzrock Warrior
Santogold – Top Ranking
Major Lazer – Guns Don´t Kill People … Lazers Do
Dubblestandart & Lee Perry – Return From Planet Dub
What about you?
