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Can anyone point me in the direction of some well recorded shaka live sets? I'm interested in the ones where he's freestyling/speaking over with lessons if anyone knows any of them
william_kent
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A lot of Shaka tapes are not well recorded! People would take a tape recorder into the dance and most equipment can't handle the weight of the bass...there'll be distortion, the walls are rattling, etc., however, there were a series of about 4 tapes that the Shaka Foundation put out in the early 90s that were well recorded - they all have a variation on the same cover art, so if you ever see a tape with a cover like this then it's probably worth listening to:
"London 1990" pictured above is good, as is this one:
william_kent
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This is the only professionally filmed long footage of Shaka in the 1980s - this is great but you really have to turn up the volume
Jah Shaka Sound System - Arklow Road 1986
Jah Shaka Sound System - Arklow Road 1986
william_kent
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This is a personal favourite - Jah Shaka before he becomes a parody of himself, inna steppers style, Ninja he Ninja
Jah Shaka - some Japanese Festival, 2003?
Jah Shaka - some Japanese Festival, 2003?
william_kent
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Shaka in full H&H echo mode - I love the bit where he's told to fuck off the stage "by order of management" - short but sweet
Shaka - H&H Echo Mode! 1989
Shaka - H&H Echo Mode! 1989
william_kent
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This one isn't too shabby - Shaka armed with his Firehouse Crew dub plates
Jah Shaka Sound System - June 7th 1991
Jah Shaka Sound System - June 7th 1991
Corpsey
bandz ahoy
I was really clever back in 2019.
I was exercising a lot at the time and on a diet. Also I had like 3 holidays in a row.
The best year ever.
william_kent
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Another Shaka tape from the early 90s - I'm sure this is the B-side to the "London 91"tape I used to own, it's the same tunes, in the same order, with the same pause about 12 minutes in.. but if anyone can tell me the name of the tune at about 12:40 I'd be grateful..
Jah Shaka Sound System - "London 4th April 1992"
Jah Shaka Sound System - "London 4th April 1992"
Can't help you with that but this
Is exactly what I was looking for, got it on now
Is exactly what I was looking for, got it on now
john eden
male pale and stale
Hi William - that's a nice tune and very unusual for Shaka with the breakbeat. Someone out there will know but not me!
william_kent
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The trouble with identifying tunes off Shaka tapes is that it can take years to track them down..and then they don't sound as good as when he plays them!
It took me years to identify this tune at 47 minutes into the Visions video - Shaka is in full effect, praising Jah chants, H&H tape echo being abused, bass overdriven, siren blasting, transforming the original into something resembling worth hunting down...
( I've timestamped it so you just hit play and witness the power of Shaka)
and then when I found it, it sounded like this...although of course Shaka is playing a dub plate version...
On Acid Jazz of all labels...
IdleRich
IdleRich
Aha, a hitherto unknown link between dub and the world´s shittest lager, who knew?
In the film Babylon there is a wicked scene where they go to a party and selector is Shaka. The music sounds wicked, but, as William Kent pointed out above, if you hear the original then it's nowhere near as good cos in the film he's obviously fucked with it and added some sirens etc Anyway, by far the best way to check it out is this amazing mix of loads of soundtracks that I found somewhere hidden deep inside the internet.
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john eden
male pale and stale
@william_kent that's amazing - a masterclass in the "Shaka Factor". Cannot be simulated at home...
I only go every 5 years or so now, but am hankering for that first North London session when things open up again.
I see Teachings In Dub in Bristol are doing an Iration Steppas session - but with tables/seating. WTF. Big up Stryda but how on earth will that work?
I only go every 5 years or so now, but am hankering for that first North London session when things open up again.
I see Teachings In Dub in Bristol are doing an Iration Steppas session - but with tables/seating. WTF. Big up Stryda but how on earth will that work?
Now that polystyle has wound up his top 100 (or is very near the end), we need @william_kent to step up and learn us some more
in 2015, i got into this tune off a dean blunt mixtape, it's entirely someone talking about a spiritual experience at a shaka night. so i transcribed it and drew a picture, tweeted it. and jah shaka official facebook page reposted it. looks kinda guff now... very poor drawing, but was nice of them
this is the db tune:
this is the db tune: