best and worst reggae of the noughties
Hi folks
Happy new year and all that...
Bit of a round up for you with youtube clips and all:
Best reggae 45s of the noughties PART ONE
Best reggae 45s of the noughties PART TWO
10 Worst things about reggae in the noughties
Woofah issue 4 soon come
awesome stuff. will check it all out. already recognising loads of them from your classic mix cd
John Eden <(Address removed)> said:
Hi folks
Happy new year and all that...
Bit of a round up for you with youtube clips and all:
Best reggae 45s of the noughties PART ONE
Best reggae 45s of the noughties PART TWO
10 Worst things about reggae in the noughties
Woofah issue 4 soon come
disagree with the festival reggae comment any exsposure of any music is a good thing surely?unless of course you see it as opening the cosy sceen up to the corperates
John Eden <(Address removed)> said:
Hi folks
Happy new year and all that...
Bit of a round up for you with youtube clips and all:
Best reggae 45s of the noughties PART ONE
Best reggae 45s of the noughties PART TWO
10 Worst things about reggae in the noughties
Woofah issue 4 soon come
disagree with the festival reggae comment any exsposure of any music is a good thing surely?unless of course you see it as opening the cosy sceen up to the corperates
steve the oneandonly <(Address removed)> said:
John Eden <(Address removed)> said:
Hi folks
Happy new year and all that...
Bit of a round up for you with youtube clips and all:
Best reggae 45s of the noughties PART ONE
Best reggae 45s of the noughties PART TWO
10 Worst things about reggae in the noughties
Woofah issue 4 soon come
disagree with the festival reggae comment any exsposure of any music is a good thing surely?unless of course you see it as opening the cosy sceen up to the corperates
that's fine Steve - I don't think my point is very clear maybe. There are a bunch of new bands that mainly do live shows and their cds are awful lightweight stuff. So I don't like them personally but suspect there will be a lot more of it...
If other people are really into them or enjoy their gigs then fair enough!
I guess there is also a minor point that there are already a bunch of jobbing reggae musicians out there who can't get gigs...
But no biggie, it's something a lot of people have picked up on, which was a surprise cos I thought mentioning the homophobia debate would be the tinderbox...
dub kult <(Address removed)> said:
awesome stuff. will check it all out. already recognising loads of them from your classic mix cd
big up dub! thanks for the comment on the blog also...
John Eden <(Address removed)> said:
steve the oneandonly <(Address removed)> said:
John Eden <(Address removed)> said:
Hi folks
Happy new year and all that...
Bit of a round up for you with youtube clips and all:
Best reggae 45s of the noughties PART ONE
Best reggae 45s of the noughties PART TWO
10 Worst things about reggae in the noughties
Woofah issue 4 soon come
disagree with the festival reggae comment any exsposure of any music is
a good thing surely?unless of course you see it as opening the cosy
sceen up to the corperatesthat's fine Steve – I don't think my point is very clear maybe. There
are a bunch of new bands that mainly do live shows and their cds are
awful lightweight stuff. So I don't like them personally but suspect
there will be a lot more of it...If other people are really into them or enjoy their gigs then fair
enough!I guess there is also a minor point that there are already a bunch of
jobbing reggae musicians out there who can't get gigs...But no biggie, it's something a lot of people have picked up on, which
was a surprise cos I thought mentioning the homophobia debate would be
the tinderbox...
good to see some bitty mclean there was well into him at one point think i saw him with ub40 once and from that i spent last night listening to some lovers rock and wound up buying a couple of compilations of amazon first music ive bought for six months thanks john
John Eden <(Address removed)> said:
steve the oneandonly <(Address removed)> said:
John Eden <(Address removed)> said:
Hi folks
Happy new year and all that...
Bit of a round up for you with youtube clips and all:
Best reggae 45s of the noughties PART ONE
Best reggae 45s of the noughties PART TWO
10 Worst things about reggae in the noughties
Woofah issue 4 soon come
disagree with the festival reggae comment any exsposure of any music is
a good thing surely?unless of course you see it as opening the cosy
sceen up to the corperates
I guess there is also a minor point that there are already a bunch of
jobbing reggae musicians out there who can't get gigs...
unemployment is the norm for most musicians and it should nt prevent others working where they can
John Eden <(Address removed)> said:
that's fine Steve – I don't think my point is very clear maybe. There
are a bunch of new bands that mainly do live shows and their cds are
awful lightweight stuff. So I don't like them personally
Name names!
Lord Borthbury
Lord Borthbury <(Address removed)> said:
John Eden <(Address removed)> said:
that's fine Steve – I don't think my point is very clear maybe. There
are a bunch of new bands that mainly do live shows and their cds are
awful lightweight stuff. So I don't like them personallyName names!
Lord Borthbury
at a guess, Pama Intl
Steve improper <(Address removed)> said:
at a guess, Pama Intl
Yes and John Brown's Body and a few others.
I'm sure they are great live but their recorded works are absolute fucking dross in the main, in my humble opinion.
Sorry :-)
John Eden <(Address removed)> said:
Hi folks
Happy new year and all that...
Bit of a round up for you with youtube clips and all:
Best reggae 45s of the noughties PART ONE
Best reggae 45s of the noughties PART TWO
10 Worst things about reggae in the noughties
Woofah issue 4 soon come
For me, the best reggae mix of the entire decade is this:
http://www.theheatwave.co.uk/music/item/heatwavebristol/
'Compiled and mixed by Henry Heatwave and Dub Boy (Ruffnek Diskotek), the Heatwave Bristol mix features the latest dancehall and reggae tunes, intermingled with some exclusive remixes, Heatwave specials and classic oldies.' (Heatwave Bristol, 2007)
I've had this on more-or-less constant rotation since its 2007 release. It captures perfectly the energy, rawness and pure unbridled joy of a dancehall in full flow. Full of conscious lyric, live toasting, wikkid humour and wisdom - getcha ears rown' dis!
Heatwave Bristol Mix - stream or download
Haile recommended!
s M i l e <(Address removed)> said:
John Eden <(Address removed)> said:
Hi folks
Happy new year and all that...
Bit of a round up for you with youtube clips and all:
Best reggae 45s of the noughties PART ONE
Best reggae 45s of the noughties PART TWO
10 Worst things about reggae in the noughties
Woofah issue 4 soon come
For me, the best reggae mix of the entire decade is this:
http://www.theheatwave.co.uk/music/item/heatwavebristol/
'Compiled and mixed by Henry Heatwave and Dub Boy (Ruffnek Diskotek), the Heatwave Bristol mix features the latest dancehall and reggae tunes, intermingled with some exclusive remixes, Heatwave specials and classic oldies.' (Heatwave Bristol, 2007)
I've had this on more-or-less constant rotation since its 2007 release. It captures perfectly the energy, rawness and pure unbridled joy of a dancehall in full flow. Full of conscious lyric, live toasting, wikkid humour and wisdom - getcha ears rown' dis!
Heatwave Bristol Mix - stream or download
Haile recommended!
Just noticed that the link above is to a 'suspended service'.
The file name of the mix is: theheatwave-heatwavebristol.mp3
There's most likely copies of it in other locations, internet search sleuths!
I was just looking on UK-D for first time in ages and saw this thread. I've been living in Jamaica now for two and a half years so well immersed in reggae. Great list John, many of which I knew but a few good new finds. One of my noughties faves was this from Max Romeo – Birth of Reggae Music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlrmrXH4Ios
And for those reggae heads, I've started writing an occasional series of pieces on life in Jamaica for the excellent Test Pressing site www.testpressing.org Check the Dennis Brown track for an incredible bass and drums break. Well worth having a root around the site as some great mixes and different bits on there.
Cheers,
Andy
Andrew McLean <(Address removed)> said:
I was just looking on UK-D for first time in ages and saw this thread. I've been living in Jamaica now for two and a half years
wow, what made you move out there? what do you do for a living? how's things in general??
dub kult <(Address removed)> said:
Andrew McLean <(Address removed)> said:
I was just looking on UK-D for first time in ages and saw this thread.
I've been living in Jamaica now for two and a half yearswow, what made you move out there? what do you do for a living? how's
things in general??
Good thanks Dub. I'm working out here for the UN on a violence prevention programme. Interesting place as on the one hand Jamaica's such a beautiful, friendly, vibrant place, yet there's a dark under-belly and the murder figures keep rising each year. I love it here though and so plan to stay for the next couple of years. Got two nippers now too which keeps us busy!
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