Sunday, 17 July 2016
Sir Coxsone Outernational Exclusive Interview at #YouTube
Sir Coxsone Outernational Exclusive Interview at #YouTube
{31July 2015}
Lloyd Coxsone & father festus Celebrating 50 years of when they started Sir Coxsone outernational. This Exclusive content contains Lloyd Coxsone & father festus @ YouTube studios talking about the history of sir coxsone.
Sir Coxsone Outernational has long been an important part of Britain’s soundsystem culture.
In its heyday of the 70s and 80s, the sound retained an insurmountable edge, thanks to the unbeatable tag-team of proprietor Lloydie Coxsone and his star selector, Festus, and an ever-changing crew of supporting members that kept the sound perpetually fresh and innovative. With an endless supply of superior dubplates sourced from top producers in Jamaica, augmented by some of their own productions cut with high-ranking music makers in the UK, Sir Coxsone was undeniably top of Britain’s sound system circuit. Their superior selection and the manner in which they presented it to the public gave Coxsone the kind of credibility that most other sounds were never able to achieve, leading to longstanding residencies at nightclubs in the fashionable West End.
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Sunday, 12 June 2016
Luciano The Messenjah Exclusive Interview at StingRay Records 2016
Luciano is a devout Rastafarian, whose lyrics promote consciousness and eschew slackness, or vulgarity, which is often prominent in reggae and dancehall music. He has criticized other Rastafarian reggae artists who record slackness material, describing them as having lost focus. The singer himself has sometimes been criticized for the reading of Biblical verses prior to performances, which has been described as inappropriate.
Nuff respect to Luciano Messenjah Steve Black
#Dillie, #Ray, & #crew
Respect every time many blessings
and thank for all your support.
#Dillie, #Ray, & #crew
Respect every time many blessings
and thank for all your support.
Thursday, 26 May 2016
Ras Elroy Bailey - Sticks man Live & Direct at #YouTube
Ras Elroy Bailey - Sticks man Live & Direct at #YouTube
Ras Elroy Black Slate International had become the choice band for backing and supporting the Leading Jamaican Reggae
International artist who would have been touring the UK and Europe also supporting artist such as Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff,
Toots Maytals and most recently Ras Elroy has work with Jermaine Jackman winner of BBC UK Voice 2014 also Ras Elroy
Ras Elroy also toured America with the hit musical *Black Heroes in the hall of fame*performing in Detroit, Chicago,
Washington, Directed by Flip Frazier, Junior Douglas /MD- Karim currently with vocal group Kwest.
The audience in America included celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey , Jesse Jackson, Tamla Motown legends such as Martha
Reeves, The Gozier family, Rita Marley, President Obama and the First Lady also the Great Steve Wonder also Louis
Armstrong’s family and Martin Luther Kings family The late and great Frankie Gaye the great Marvin Gayes brother toured
with Black Heroes and the hall of fame on the American leg of the tour enacting the role of his brother, Also Courtney Bartley
who smash America with his enactment of the Super star Gong Bob Marley .
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Wednesday, 25 May 2016
Foundation Reggae Rub A Dub Essentials �� �� ����
Dedicated to my Father: Papa Sinclair 🔊 🎶 🇯🇲
Foundation Reggae Rub A Dub Essentials featuring many great artists such as:
RANKING TREVOR, JOHNNY OSBOURNE, HORACE ANDY, SUGAR MINOTT,
RINGO, JAH THOMAS, DENNIS BROWN, MICHAEL PALMER,
plus many more...
Reggae music has been a 'major' passion in my life and just wanted to share some of my favourite music with you, it is also nice to be able to promote reggae music to the world.
So turn up the bass and taking in the vibes..
Monday, 23 May 2016
Ras Elroy Bailey - Amigo Live & Direct at #YouTube
Ras Elroy Bailey - Amigo Live & Direct at Youtube Space London
Ras Elroy Black Slate International had become the choice band for backing and supporting the Leading Jamaican Reggae
International artist who would have been touring the UK and Europe also supporting artist such as Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff,
Toots Maytals and most recently Ras Elroy has work with Jermaine Jackman winner of BBC UK Voice 2014 also Ras Elroy
Ras Elroy also toured America with the hit musical *Black Heroes in the hall of fame*performing in Detroit, Chicago,
Washington, Directed by Flip Frazier, Junior Douglas /MD- Karim currently with vocal group Kwest.
The audience in America included celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey , Jesse Jackson, Tamla Motown legends such as Martha
Reeves, The Gozier family, Rita Marley, President Obama and the First Lady also the Great Steve Wonder also Louis
Armstrong’s family and Martin Luther Kings family The late and great Frankie Gaye the great Marvin Gayes brother toured
with Black Heroes and the hall of fame on the American leg of the tour enacting the role of his brother, Also Courtney Bartley
who smash America with his enactment of the Super star Gong Bob Marley .
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Friday, 22 April 2016
Southend Splash
(All Dayer) 3 September 2016Hosted by Former X Factor contestant SouliRoots
Feat' DawnPenn - JahScreechy - DennisBovell -
Sir Coxsone Outernational Sound System -
ISpy Sound System - MDargg -
DJRedAnt - DJDelinquen - Zoe & Zara
+ Other acts to be added......
The Ultimate Urban Music Showcase
featuring various music styles,
showcasing up and coming artists, DJ's,
established local and International talents.
Great family day out for all ages who love music
*Children's Activities including Face Painting, Balloons etc...**
Caribbean food available with Jerk Chicken,
Curry Goat, Rice N Peas etc...
**Coaches will be leaving from London and various parts of the UK...please check for departure points**
TICKETS:
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MAKE IT A DATE & DONT BE LATE
#Anthem ‘Walk and Skank’
NOT TO BE MISSED
Live & Direct at Southend Splash
Catch the one & only Dawn Penn at #SouthendSplash
Dawn Penn's earliest recordings were composed and written by her around 1966 using session musicians. In 1967, she recorded the rocksteady single "You Don't Love Me", produced by Coxsone Dodd at Studio One. She also recorded "Why Did You Leave" at Studio One, "Broke My Heart" for Bunny Lee, "I Let You Go Boy" and covers of "To Sir with Love" and "Here Comes the Sun". Dawn had also recorded for singer and producer Prince Buster early in her career with songs like "Long Day, Short Night", "Blue Yes Blue" and "Here's the Key". By 1970, Penn had left the music industry and had moved to the Virgin Islands. However, she faced racism there, and in 1987, she returned to Jamaica and to music.
In the summer of 1992, she was invited to appear on stage at a Studio One anniversary show, where she performed the song "You Don't Love Me" with Steely & Clevie as backing musicians. The performance was a success, and she returned to the recording studio to re-record the song for the tribute album Steely & Clevie Play Studio One Vintage. It was released as the single "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)" over a year later, reaching the charts in the U.S. and Europe, plus hitting #1 in her native Jamaica, and making #3 in the UK Singles Chart. Penn's album, No, No, No, was released on Big Beat Records in 1994.
Subsequently, "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)" has been sampled and covered by the artists Kano, Hexstatic, Jae Millz, Ghostface Killah, Mims, Eve featuring Stephen Marley and Damian Marley. Their versions were all renamed as "No, No, No", bar Ghostface's, which was named "The Splash".
In the summer of 1992, she was invited to appear on stage at a Studio One anniversary show, where she performed the song "You Don't Love Me" with Steely & Clevie as backing musicians. The performance was a success, and she returned to the recording studio to re-record the song for the tribute album Steely & Clevie Play Studio One Vintage. It was released as the single "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)" over a year later, reaching the charts in the U.S. and Europe, plus hitting #1 in her native Jamaica, and making #3 in the UK Singles Chart. Penn's album, No, No, No, was released on Big Beat Records in 1994.
Subsequently, "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)" has been sampled and covered by the artists Kano, Hexstatic, Jae Millz, Ghostface Killah, Mims, Eve featuring Stephen Marley and Damian Marley. Their versions were all renamed as "No, No, No", bar Ghostface's, which was named "The Splash".
In the early 1970s he began working as a producer, having success with one of the early lovers rock hits, Louisa Mark's "Caught You in a Lie " Coxsone is credited with paving the way for lovers rock by incorporating soul records into his sound system sets. In the mid- and late-1970s he launched his own Safari, Tribesman and Outernational labels. Among his best-known works as a producer are two dub albums released in 1975 and 1982 - King of the Dub Rock and King of the Dub Rock part 2. These mixed his own productions featuring musicians such as Matumbi with rhythms produced in Jamaica by Gussie Clarke, with the second album also featuring mixes by Scientist. His other productions included the debut single by Levi Roots. In the mid-1980s, Coxsone took a back seat with his sound system, allowing younger men such as Blacker Dread to take a leading role.
Coxsone went into semi-retirement in the late 1980s, but later returned to the sound system circuit with his Sir Coxsone the Outernational system. He was paid tribute by I Roy on the single "Lloyd Coxsone Time".
Catch the one & only Dennis Bovell at #SouthendSplash
Dennis Bovell is a reggae guitarist, bass player and record producer. He was a member of the British reggae band Matumbi, and released dub-reggae records under his own name as well as the pseudonym Blackbeard. He is most widely known for his decades-spanning collaborations with Linton Kwesi Johnson. Bovell moved to South London and became immersed in Jamaican culture, particularly dub music, setting up his own Jah Sufferer sound system. Bovell was friends at school with future rock musicians including keyboardist Nick Straker and record producer Tony Mansfield, both of whom later worked with Bovell. He formed Matumbi in the mid-1970s.
Bovell also worked as an engineer at Dip Records, the precursor to the Lovers Rock label, and he was a key figure in the early days of the lovers rock genre. He is also known for attempting to fuse disco rhythms with reggae, most notably with the hit song "Silly Games" by Janet Kay. According to Bovell, he wrote "Silly Games" with the sole intent of it being a hit song.
He has produced albums by a wide variety of artists including I-Roy, The Thompson Twins, Sharon Shannon, Alpha Blondy, Bananarama, The Pop Group, Fela Kuti, The Slits, Orange Juice and Madness. He has collaborated with poet, Linton Kwesi Johnson for much of his working life.
Bovell also worked as an engineer at Dip Records, the precursor to the Lovers Rock label, and he was a key figure in the early days of the lovers rock genre. He is also known for attempting to fuse disco rhythms with reggae, most notably with the hit song "Silly Games" by Janet Kay. According to Bovell, he wrote "Silly Games" with the sole intent of it being a hit song.
He has produced albums by a wide variety of artists including I-Roy, The Thompson Twins, Sharon Shannon, Alpha Blondy, Bananarama, The Pop Group, Fela Kuti, The Slits, Orange Juice and Madness. He has collaborated with poet, Linton Kwesi Johnson for much of his working life.
Catch the one & only Dj #RedAnt at #SouthendSplash
1988 Dj #RedAnt got he’s first breakthrough on Centerforce radio where he held down he’s first weekly radio show. Through the shows it projected him into the rave scene,
playing at underground parties through the progression of acid house to the early 90’s hardcore sound.
Weekend Rush pirate radio station. This is where RedAnt excelled as a house hold name. He’s on point mixing and merges of reggae, soul, ragga over rave music, quickly gained him the respect and prime position as an underground DJ from both his peers and ravers alike.
RedAnt heavily influence the early beginning of jungle music with he’s flight associations with jungle pioneer M Beat being the first DJ to play and promote he’s tracks as well as releasing several tracks of he’s own.
RedAnt continues he’s career now as a respected jungle DJ performing at every major event of the original jungle eva. From the jungle transition to D&B he continued and stuck to what he loved, jungle music.
20 years on’ DJ RedAnt still plays jungle set’s and frequent radio guest spots on Kool London.
playing at underground parties through the progression of acid house to the early 90’s hardcore sound.
Weekend Rush pirate radio station. This is where RedAnt excelled as a house hold name. He’s on point mixing and merges of reggae, soul, ragga over rave music, quickly gained him the respect and prime position as an underground DJ from both his peers and ravers alike.
RedAnt heavily influence the early beginning of jungle music with he’s flight associations with jungle pioneer M Beat being the first DJ to play and promote he’s tracks as well as releasing several tracks of he’s own.
RedAnt continues he’s career now as a respected jungle DJ performing at every major event of the original jungle eva. From the jungle transition to D&B he continued and stuck to what he loved, jungle music.
20 years on’ DJ RedAnt still plays jungle set’s and frequent radio guest spots on Kool London.
Jah Screechy most famous for his #anthem
‘Walk and Skank’ on Blacker Dread Records, a track conceptualized in the dancehall on Sir Lloyd Coxsone sound, where Screechy first toasted over 30 years ago (then known as ‘Jah Screechy Banton’). The original1984 release ‘Walk and Skank’ was mixed by Peter Chemist on the Answer Riddim for Blacker Dread and has been remixed by various producers ever since, the most notorious being the 1992 smash from SL2 ‘On a Ragga Tip’ released on XL records, an instant classic which achieved commercial success bringing the anthemic ‘Walk & Skank’
chorus to a worldwide audience.
‘Walk and Skank’ on Blacker Dread Records, a track conceptualized in the dancehall on Sir Lloyd Coxsone sound, where Screechy first toasted over 30 years ago (then known as ‘Jah Screechy Banton’). The original1984 release ‘Walk and Skank’ was mixed by Peter Chemist on the Answer Riddim for Blacker Dread and has been remixed by various producers ever since, the most notorious being the 1992 smash from SL2 ‘On a Ragga Tip’ released on XL records, an instant classic which achieved commercial success bringing the anthemic ‘Walk & Skank’
chorus to a worldwide audience.
Dont miss the one & only former
The X Factor contestant Souli Roots who will be hosting #SouthendSplash
Wednesday, 6 April 2016
Classic Killamanjaro ft Super Cat, Early B,Charlie Chaplin 1984
Killamanjaro sound system has been a leading light in the dancehall world. The sound was started by Papa Jaro in 1969 and it’s name is derived from Africa’s highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro, and throughout their history they have constantly scaled great heights both in Jamaica and worldwide.
As Killamanjaro’s set grew in size and popularity they started to recruit deejays with O Lord being their first resident professional mic man. As the seventies made way for the eighties so Killamanjaro marched onwards and upwards. A major plus for the sound occurred when Mr Harper recruited Ainsley Grey as main selector.
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As Killamanjaro’s set grew in size and popularity they started to recruit deejays with O Lord being their first resident professional mic man. As the seventies made way for the eighties so Killamanjaro marched onwards and upwards. A major plus for the sound occurred when Mr Harper recruited Ainsley Grey as main selector.
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Wednesday, 30 March 2016
UK Principal - Fussing & Fighting Live & Direct at #YouTube
UK Principal - Fussing & Fighting Live & Direct at #YouTub
UK Principal Born in Dulwich South East London 1961. Started in music by singing in the church and school choir from 1969. Then in the 70’s was a record selector for a sound called Lion Mattic my cousin sound in Derby and during the summer holiday was still selecting tunes but mixing down the MC’s on the system and Principal also was the singer/chanter and developed a unique style of variating his vocals to give a different flavour to reggae.
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Monday, 28 March 2016
General Levy - Incredible Live & Direct at #YouTube
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General Levy - Incredible Live & Direct at #YouTube
General Levy is an English ragga deejay, regularly employed on studio tracks by drum and bass DJs. He is best known for the track "Incredible" which he recorded with M-Beat. A remixed version of this reached number 8 in the UK Singles Chart in 1994.
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Sunday, 6 March 2016
Jah Shaka vs Saxon Studio Leeds 1986
#Foundation #Classic
Jah Shaka vs Saxon Studio Leeds 1986
Jah Shaka started out on the Freddie Cloudburst Sound System as an operator, before setting up his own sound system.By the late 1970s Shaka's system had rapidly gained a large and loyal following due to the combination of spiritual content, high energy rhythms, massive sonority, and his dynamic personal style. That following notably included many of the pioneers of post-punk such as Public Image Ltd and The Slits.
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