Earl 16 – Vampires
Bless Burning Sound Records 12" I can't say enough about the productions that come out of the A-Lone Ark Muzik studio. Roberto Sanchez, comandante in charge of this studio, keeps pearling out heavy…
Rototom Sunsplash 2014
16 - 23 August @ Benicassim, Spain Writing a review on a festival such as Rototom Sunsplash is a daunting challenge. This festival is in its 21th edition, and to give such an experience a fair…
Dub Koala Mix for NiceUp
Recently returning to his homeland Aotearoa and settling in Wellington after a couple of years in Melbourne, Dub Koala's experience of Melbourne's sound system culture reaffirmed his love for dub,…
Protoje – Kingston Be Wise
Tune of week? Possibly my tune of the year. Released in 2012, I first heard this gem in a David Rodigan set in London and thought I need that on seven inch. It’s all killer no filler.
Crucial Vibes Sound Station
When: Saturday 13 September Where: Schanzenstr 41A 20357, Hamburg Crucial Vibes Sound System featuring: Highn B Chalwa Sound (Munster) Hawk I (NiceUp Crew) Mighty Howard Original sound thing!
Starkey Banton – Jah Always Around I
Civil Disobedience 10" EP | Peckings Fresh out of the Pecking's camp is a 6-track, 10", featuring Starkey Banton on Earl Cunningham's classic Jailhouse riddim.
Dubbing Sun & Digid meets Clinton Sly – Champion Sound
Dubbing Sun, in collaboration with Digid, focus on the heavy vibes with their eponymous record label's second 7". The Austrian/Belgian collaboration brings a tight sense of production, from the…
Dub Gabriel – Kulture / Freedom Fighter
(Destroy All Concepts 7"s), featuring Brooklyn Jungle Soundsystem, Ranking Joe, RSD, Dubmatix Dub Gabriel's Destroy All Concepts label returns with a pair of 7" releases, both featuring legendary…
The Soulites – Love Is The Song
My tune of the week is one of my tunes of all time! I came across this beauty on one of my record shopping treks. It did not have an artist or title credit, but it was on the Gemini label. I thought…
Interview with Oxman (Dub Vendor / Soul Jazz)
Eddie Oxman is an institution in the London reggae revive scene. Perhaps most well-known internationally for his work with the renowned Dub Vendor and Soul Jazz crews, Oxman has a long and deep…
The Prospectors – Glory For I / The Brentford Rockers – Glory Dub
(Bongo Man 7) During my heavy collecting days, I always got a great deal of pleasure from picking up the lesser-known Studio One tunes. It seems strange to me that with all these Studio One/Coxsone…
Israel Starr meets Dub Terminator ft. Gappy Ranks – No Response Fi Dat EP
Revisiting a tune from earlier this year, Dub Terminator takes his collaboration with Israel Starr and adds UK dancehall MC Gappy Ranks to the mix on this update to "No Response Fi Dat." On the…