This week’s episode of the Tropical Heat podcast is once again presented by King Kong Disco out of Hamburg city, Germany.
After they took us on a fantastic journey to Studio 1 universe last time, they have a look at what has become of those classic riddims 20 years after their release today: their new mix »DJ Unity«,
is a mix dedicated to the versatile reggae deejay styles of the 90s. During the 2-hour jugglings, we meet dancehall producers like e.g. Bobby Digital or Donovan Germain who started their legendary careers in that decade. On top of the productions, we get a completely new generation of deejays who couldn’t sound more different than their 70s predecessors did: artists like Shabba Ranks, Tony Rebel, Terror Fabulous, or Terry Ganzie had a major influence on what is known as dancehall ragga today.
Enjoy!
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»Innermann« is a book prototype with about 230 pages featuring a decade of black and white portraits of Jamaican reggae, ska and dancehall artists such as Alton Ellis, Sugar Minnot or Beres Hammond – just to name a few.
The layout of the book is already completey finished but to get »Innermann« produced, Holger, the photographer, needs financial support. Therefore, he is looking for either one exclusive sponsor financing the project or multiple limited sponsors joining forces to finally get »Innermann« from screen to print.
Unfortunately, we are not in the situation to back him up with euro dollars ourselves, but – like our friend Kai – we are happy to help Holger find the people who are. So in case you’re reading this and would like to sponsor »Innermann«, please get in touch with Holger here.
Make sure to show up at Puerto Giesing on Friday. Besides Schlachthofbronx (w/ live appearance by Ron Foto), Malente, Tim Turbo and Daladala will be at the controls. The first 25 guests will receive a seen. shirt for free.
Cop our favourite free download tracks of the moment.
Kenny Meez makes Jovi Rockwell sound even more sweet than she does anyway:
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Skream and LaRoux team up for another wicked combination:
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And Jan Delay put out his re-interpretation of Vybz Kartel’s Dancehall uberhit »Clarks«:
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As we’re still in heavy Notting Hill Carnival warm-up mode, we were very happy to find out that the latest mix in the »Don’t Panic presents« series, comes from Dub Boy – the founder of »Ruffnek Diskotek«, Bristol’s popular underground bass music and bashment club night – art librarian by day, riddim selecta by night.
expect plenty of big club bangers, party anthems and fresh dubs.
(via Don’t Panic)
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