(Hitbound 12")
I thought i would approach this track review differently from my last one. This is my 'desert island disc' track, a track that I could not live without. While the constant search for hidden tracks or 'next cut' tunes will always...
Bristol stable 2Kings' forthcoming release enlists local dons Pinch and RSD (Rob Smith) to rework the Henry and Louis cut 'Love like a Diamond', featuring Prince Green, from their 2008 album 'Increments'.
Pinch's re-lick flips the vibe of the...
10" Taitu Records Nov 2011 (Report to Me Riddim)
Taitu Records have been releasing some tuff tunes over the last two years and have been going from strength to strength. The label was founded by Amanda Ford and were orignally based out of...
This is my last review of the year and the tune I have chosen is not a new release, but it is a significant record. There has been a lot of debate of late about the state of reggae music by many of the experts of the reggae world. Some feel it is...
Stingray (Onze Woz Riddim)
This is a tune that suits the forthcoming festive season methinks! Don't worry, you won't hear a single sleigh bell though, more like a re-licked rocksteady riddim by the Stingray Camp, with Tenna singing a well...
Album - Forward Ever, available on 12" vinyl
Just in time for summer, Glasgow based dub/reggae scientists Mungo's Hi Fi drop their much anticipated album titled 'Forward Ever', on their home grown 'Scotch Bonnet' imprint.
This new album is...
This is an artist I actually know very little about. But I do know that he's from Philadelphia, that he mixes up his styles from dancehall to hip-hop, and that he kills it on the 'So Bad' riddim!
The 'So Bad' riddim is huge, so many...
I've long been a fan of the bass heavy sounds coming out of Bristol - but I must admit that I never really knew much about the roots of this scene which has produced heavyweight artists such as Massive Attack, Rob Smith, Pinch and Dubkasm. But...
(Ffrench 12")
Back in 1986 I rocked red Girbaux jeans and taught myself how to scratch records by cutting up doubles of Heavy D's Mr. Big Stuff. By the early 1990s, Heavy D was ushering in huge, radio friendly hits and becoming the 'friendly'...
Formed in the early 90s out of Brooklyn, NYC by five of Denroy Morgan's children, Morgan Heritage, the 'royal family' of reggae, are going still strong after two decades in the business and are now releasing their seventh album.
The group were...