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Jamaican music has ushered in the new year in style for 2012
with a number of impressive riddims and singles dropping throughout January.
One of the most well performed artists of 2011, I Octane, has begun the new year in style...
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2011 sees artists again attempting to cash in on Christmas
hype, with the most notable examples provided in the Ghetto Christmas Riddim
from Black Street productions. The riddim, which uses 'Deck the Halls' in a
dancehall style,...
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This
tasty 5-track EP has an unmistakable Wellington sound, with solid rhythms, skanking
guitars, soulful keys and the ubiquitous horn section to round it out. There is
a nice selection of tracks which take you on a little journey through the...
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November 2011
The run up to Christmas is always an especially busy period
even in the highly prolific culture of the Jamaican music industry. 2011 has proved no exception with a
number of riddims and singles recently being...
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This is an outstanding debut for the Chilean singer now based in New Zealand. Two heavyweight local producers collaborated on these rhythms which were recorded and arranged by Iron Will at 'Riddim Central' in Auckland, and then mixed and...
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As a kid in the late 80s/early 90s, I was trying to find my scene, music tastes, style etc. I grew up in Brisbane where the rude boy and sharp skinhead scenes were flourishing (think Fred Perry and Ben Sherman shirts, braces, Levi 501's and Doc...
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Scotch Bonnet (2011)
For the many eager fans of Scotland's finest export since stuffed sheep's intestines (obligatory haggis reference), the new Mungo's Hi Fi album has been a long time coming.
Indeed, although they've certainly unleashed their...
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(Green Queen Music, 2011)
By
now most dancehall and dubstep heads should have heard of Dub
Terminator. If you haven't you're missing out.
For those that
haven't heard the Dub Terminator sound - Dub
Terminator and High Freequency...
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Riddim Tuffa present the third release on their own record label Tuffa Dubs UK.
This time they have pulled out some pure niceness. The riddim is full of sweet melodies, skanking vibes and an earth shaking bassline all with a real and unique...
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A change is as good as a holiday and you might as well do both in the sunshine, plus a knowledge that what he was finding was the 'business', could be some of the thinking behind the DubZealand
compilation, a selection of tracks put together by...