Crucial B (Crucial Vibes Sound System, Hamburg)
When: Saturday 25 January Where: Laundry Bar - 240 Cuba Street, Wellington Featuring: Crucial B, Steve the Hat and Winston Spliff 9pm start, no cover charge Crucial B from Crucial Vibes Sound System…
King Kong – He Was A Friend
As a selector I cover a lot of eras and styles of Jamaican-influenced music, but between remixes, refixes, mashups, and modern productions, a digital sound definitely dominates. Nothing wrong with an…
Dancehall Nice Again
When: Saturday 18 January Where: Afrika - 18 Cambridge Terrace, Wellington Featuring: Jah Red Lion, DJ Art and DJ Dozen $5 on the door, 10pm start Dancehall Nice Again returns for another night of…
African Brothers – Lead Us Father
I first started collecting originals back in the 90s. I was working six days a week and taking home decent money. One of my favourite haunts was Daddy Kools, which by then was on Berwick Street in…
Wake the Town
When: Saturday 4 January Where: Havana - 32 Wigan Street, Wellington 10pm kick off, free! The Wake the Town Crew are back in session for 2014, this time featuring NiceUp selectas, Conviction Roots…
Crucial Vibes Mix for NiceUp
Selector Crucial B, founder and sound owner of Crucial Vibes Sound System (Hamburg, Germany), is now 22 years at the controls. This is a mix of his favourite and rarest tunes, deep out of his 7" and…
Mikey Jarrett feat. Kimbra Morris – Haul and Pull
Dubshot Records In America, the nineties were a boom time for dancehall reggae. The popularity of foundation Jamaican dancehall artists like Shabba Ranks, Tenor Saw, Josey Wales and Supercat was…
Solo Banton Mix for NiceUp
Before becoming one of the UKs top reggae vocalists, Solo Banton was also the selector and manager of Classic Wonder Sound. Here he teams up with his right-hand man Jay Dee to play some new tunes…
Interview with Ticklah
Carter Van Pelt talks to New York producer and artist, Ticklah, about his love for reggae music, the recording process, making creatively progressive music, and some of his many and varied projects.…
Junior Murvin – Tedious
Island 12”, 1977 It was with great sadness that I read of Junior Murvin’s passing today. It seems only fitting to feature one of his tunes this week. ‘Tedious’ is one of his tracks from the classic…
“It was just my calling, my number, in the universe” – An Eclectic Conversation With The Scientist
If you haven't heard it yet, his most recent album is a collaboration with a Chicago dub project: The Scientist Meets Ted Sirota's Heavyweight Dub. It's full of crucial echoes, proper basslines, and…
The Groove Thief Top Ten – December 2013
Anderson Muth, AKA The Groove Thief, is a dub and reggae selector currently based in Hong Kong. Raised in Colorado, USA, he has spent much of the last decade living and traveling in Asia while…