rolling blogariddims thread

[stelfox]

i was way too busy doing all kinds of stupid stuff to commit to doing mixes when i was asked last year but can definitely find time to put one together now. who do i need to speak to?

 

[matt b]

i was way too busy doing all kinds of stupid stuff to commit to doing mixes when i was asked last year but can definitely find time to put one together now. who do i need to speak to?

i can't send you a private message dave, as your inbox is full, but try:

http://www.weareie.com/

(you want to speak to droid, btw.)

 

[petergunn]

i started a blog about french and quebecois music:


http://tetecarre.blogspot.com/

 

[matt b]

i started a blog about french and quebecois music:


http://tetecarre.blogspot.com/

mmmm. hotdogs*








*vegetarian ones, obviously

 

[Rambler]

No.14 out now - Ness/Hal's short history of Norwegian post-punk. Been looking forward to this one - great stuff. Here's a link: http://www.halvorsen.org/arts/music/blogariddims14

(Also, can I add to the recommendation that Hal's previous contribution (no.9) is a real grower - been listening to it loads recently.)

 

[jenks]

I am downloading it now. I ahve played Hal's previous one an awful lot. there was avery good sampler of Scandanavian music given away free with The Wire about 5 years ago which it put me in mind of.

Blogariddims is a constant source of excellence - if you've not joined in yet i suggest you sign up

 

[soundslike1981]

No.14 out now - Ness/Hal's short history of Norwegian post-punk. Been looking forward to this one - great stuff. Here's a link: http://www.halvorsen.org/arts/music/blogariddims14

(Also, can I add to the recommendation that Hal's previous contribution (no.9) is a real grower - been listening to it loads recently.)

Fun stuff. Fra La Lippo is the only of these groups I know at all well. I'll have to have a conversation with Hal soon. . .

 

[soundslike1981]

Some time cues would be really, really helpful on B'riddims 14. . . (for example, which track is it that comes in around 22:05?)

 

[Ness Rowlah]

I'm in town tonight, but will do timings on the tracks tomorrow when I get home from work and also a bit more of the background stuff.

Kicking in around 22:05 should be Fra Lippo Lippo's "A Small Mercy", unless I screwed up in the vinyl->MD->MP3 process.

 

[soundslike1981]

I'm in town tonight, but will do timings on the tracks tomorrow when I get home from work and also a bit more of the background stuff.

Kicking in around 22:05 should be Fra Lippo Lippo's "A Small Mercy", unless I screwed up in the vinyl->MD->MP3 process.

Cheers. Great track, lovely comp.

 

[soundslike1981]

Ok, surely somebody doing something as nutty, unusual, aggressive as this:

1. Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
/ Rude 66 - [b1 from Bunker 13]
2. Claude Vonstroke - Who's Afraid of Detroit? (Audion mix)
/ JP Goude & Oliver Cole - [Track 05 from Jeunes Annees]
/ Catherine Ribiero & Alpes - Un Regard Clair
/ David Bowie - Weeping Wall
/ Throbbing Gristle - Still Walking
/ Minologue - Birdsong
3. Andrea Paganin & Mauro Alpha - Dirty Magic Pill
/ Butane - How Low Can You Go?
/ Model 500 - No UFOs
/ Philip Glass - Dressed Like an Egg, part iv
4. Popul Vuh - In den Garten Pharaohs
5. Feldman - Rothko Chapel 3
6. Giorgio Gigli - I Can't Breathe (Lee Van Dowski mix)
/ Djelimady Tounkara & friends - Lanaya

Download at this link

--beatmatched, mind you--ought to be participating in the B'rid'ms project, no? And that's just a random, most recent example--not something the DJ put together with an especial audience in mind.

This is Dominique Leone, who, yes, does write for P****fork, but is one of their few genuinely credible writers/sets of ears.

Thoughts?

 

[john eden]

Blogariddims 15/Beyond the Valley of the Smufs - DJ Flack

Serious Mash-up business for episode 15. Courtesy of Boston Beat researcher
DJ Flack. There's something in this one for everybody... Boy done us proud!

Blogariddims 15/Beyond the Valley of the Smufs - DJ Flack

In the spirit of ³Beat Research² I made it a point to switch
genres with each new addition and was particularly open to playing tracks at
odd speeds. Another thing I wanted to do was include some of my favorite
songs that are outside of the hip-hop/electronica world but that mean a lot
to me personally - I was psyched to include tracks from two of my all time
favorite records; "Double Nickels on the Dime" by the Minutemen and "Remain
in Light" by the Talking Heads. I like to take advantage of the fact that
we have the entire history of recorded music at our fingertips and put older
music in a new context.

01. My City Was Gone - The Pretenders
02. Sun is Shining Instrumental - Abijah
03. Port-au-prince - Deadbeat
04. Connections Vocal - Leaders Of The New School
05. Connections instrumental - L.O.N.S.
06. Not Green instrumental - 40 Glocc
07. Ravers Suck Our Sound - La Funk Mob
08. Come to the Party - The Smurfs
09. Rhythm and Sound - Burial Mix Jah version
10. Papi Chulo Instrumental - Funkdoobie
11. The Potion Instrumental - Ludacris
12. I'll Be Around Instrumental - Cee-lo
13. I'll Be Around Vocal - Cee-lo
14. One Draw Riddim
15. The Boat Family - The Roches
16. Money Maker Instrumental - Ladacris
17. Calling All Absentees - Kid Gusto
18. Music for Martians - Danny Breaks
19. Full Tilt - Warlock
20. Gasolina Instrumental - Daddy Yankee
21. Gasolina Vocal - Daddy Yankee
22. Galang Instrumental (Dave Kelly Mix) - MIA
23. Cowboy - Bad Brains
24. Jump Up and Rail Instrumental - Ms. Thing
25. The Boomin System - LL Cool J
26. Mad Ants Riddim
27. June 16th - The Minutemen
28. Thioa Thoing Instrumental - R. Kelly
29. One Thing Leads to Another - The Fixx
30. Supafine - Soulja
31. Boardwalk - Dj Technics
32. Fat Larry Skank - Benny ill, Kode9
33. Spiderman shit - Dukey Man
34. Skrew Dat Instrumental - Mike Jones
35. Born To Roll - Masta Ace
36. Ch Ching Instrumental - Lady Sovereign
37. Shanty Town - Mr. Scruff
38. Twista - Scuba
39. Crosseyed and Painless - Talking Heads
40. Roll that Shit - Dj Class
41. Jah Love all Aliens - Heavy Metal Dub
42. Mr Soul - Buffalo Springfield
43. Saigon Killer - Clipz
44. Birds Appear - Dj Flack
45. Holland Daze - Dj Flack
46. Lookin for a Contract Inst.- Yaggfu Front
47. Three Car Jam - The Minutemen


Notes Here:

http://babel.massart.edu/~flackett/smurfnotes.html

 

[nomos]

this is excellent the selection and attention to detail in the mixing is really incredible. and i'm really enjoying the wooziness of the off-speed parts.

 

[jenks]

Droid's just put this one up:

Blogariddims 16/Raggamortis : 1 - Full tracklisting:

1. Papa San - Maddy Maddy cry - Survival - (Granny Riddim) (1992)
2. General Degree - Granny - Main Street - (Granny Riddim) (1992)
3. General Degree - Granny Walk and Rock - Main Street - (Jam Riddim) (1992)
4. Flourgon - Bogle With me Gun - Main Street - (Jam Riddim) (1992)
5. Steelie & Cleevie - Pickpocket (357 Magnum version) Steely & Clevie - (357 Magnum Riddim) (1989)
6. Johnny P - Cut up Steely & Clevie - (357 Magnum Riddim) (1989)
7. Lady Venus - Best friend a gi you bun Steely & Clevie - (357 Magnum Riddim) (1989)
8. Ninjaman - Don - Steely & Clevie - (357 Magnum Riddim) (1989)
9. Lady Patra - Gun Inna Panty - Steely & Clevie - (357 Magnum Riddim) (1989)
10. Little Lenny - Gun in a baggy - Shocking Vibes (Gun Inna Baggy Riddim) (1989)
11. Wendy Culture - Still a rush me - Shocking Vibes (Gun Inna Baggy Riddim) (1989)
12. Captain Barkey - Sound of the Gun - Shocking Vibes (Gun Inna Baggy Riddim) (1989)
13. Beenie Man - Agony body - Shocking Vibes (Gun Inna Baggy Riddim) (1989)
14. Little Lenny - Healthy body - Shocking Vibes (Gun Inna Baggy Riddim) (1989)
15. Tanto metro - Gal Pickny - Shocking Vibes (Gun Inna Baggy Riddim) (1989)
16. Patrick roberts - Gun Inna Baggy Version - Shocking Vibes - (Gun Inna Baggy Riddim) 2002/3
17. Bunny General - Full Up Of Class - Montana - (Fever Pitch Riddim) (1993)
18. General Levy - Champagne Body - Fashion - (Fever Pitch Riddim) (1993)
19. Gospel Fish - From You Look Good - Fashion - (Fever Pitch Riddim) (1993)
20. Cutty ranks - Limb by Limb - Fashion - (Fever Pitch Riddim) (1993)
21. Sweetie Irie - Racist - Musik Street - (Unknown Riddim) (1993)
22. Jigsy King - No Sweet Boy - VP - (Unknown Riddim) (1995)
23. Ganja Ash & D-Fex - The Way you Love Me - Swanyard - (Unknown Riddim) (1991)
24. Mad Cobra - Rod Out - Carib Jamaica - (Unknown Riddim) (1991)
25. Mad Cobra - Rod Out - Shang Muzik - (Trailerload Riddim) (1991)
26. Shabba Ranks - Trailer load Of Girls - Shang Muzik - (Trailerload Riddim) (1991)
27. Junior Cat - Trailer load of Gun - Shelly Power - (Gun Talk Riddim) (1991)
28. Medallion - Hundred Yard Dash - Shelly Power - (Gun Talk Riddim) (1991)
29. Louie Ranking - Don Doc - Shelly Power - (Gun Talk Riddim) (1991)
30. Papa San - Gun - Shelly Power - (Gun Talk Riddim) (1991)
31. Mikey Merican & Nando Boom - Know How to Work - Shelly Power - (Gun Talk Riddim) (1991)
32. Junior Demus - Easy nuh Man - Shelly Power - (Gun Talk Riddim) (1991)
33. Capleton & Bobby Zaro - Young Fresh and Green - Charm (1991)
34. Ninjaman - Sound Death - Blue Mountain - (Unknown Riddim) (1991)
35. Shabba Ranks & Krystal - Twice my Age - Music Works - (Twice my Age Riddim) (1990)
36. Sanchez & Lady G - Half my Age - Music Works - (Twice my Age Riddim) (1990)
37. Cocoa Tea - Exactly my Age - Music Works - (Twice my Age Riddim) (1990)
38. Papa San and Lady G - Round Table Talk - Music Works - (Twice my Age Riddim) (1990)
39. Gussie Clarke - Twice My Age Version - Music Works - (Twice my Age Riddim) (1990)
40. Shabba Ranks - Cant Keep a Good Man Down - Jammys - (Unknown Riddim) (1991)
41. Major Mackerel - Man Tonic - Crat - (Unknown Riddim) (1993)

See www.weareie.com for more info

 

[DJL]

that's big ^

 

[john eden]

woops - time to rewind the tracklist and add some blurb!

Blogariddims 16/Raggamortis : 1

Originally planned as a kind of footnote to a couple of
dancehall mixes currently in the works (but of course I finished the
footnote first!), this mix was supposed to gather together all those weird
one-off tunes and riddims that were too crucial to ignore, but would'nt
really fit into more conventional sets. I wanted to showcase the
astounding inventiveness and originality of the era, so I had a simple
ground-rule that I decided to use for all of these mixes: original riddims
only - no 60's or 70's recuts!

1. Papa San - Maddy Maddy Cry - Survival - (Granny Riddim) (1992)
2. General Degree - Granny - Main Street - (Granny Riddim) (1992)
3. General Degree - Granny Walk and Rock - Main Street - (Jam Riddim) (1992)
4. Flourgon - Bogle With me Gun - Main Street - (Jam Riddim) (1992)
5. Steelie & Cleevie - Pickpocket (357 Magnum version) Steely & Clevie -
(357 Magnum Riddim) (1989)
6. Johnny P - Cut up Steely & Clevie - (357 Magnum Riddim) (1989)
7. Lady Venus - Best friend a gi you bun Steely & Clevie - (357 Magnum
Riddim) (1989)
8. Ninjaman - Don - Steely & Clevie - (357 Magnum Riddim) (1989)
9. Lady Patra - Gun Inna Panty - Steely & Clevie - (357 Magnum Riddim) (1989)
10. Little Lenny - Gun in a baggy - Shocking Vibes (Gun Inna Baggy Riddim)
(1989)
11. Wendy Culture - Still a rush me - Shocking Vibes (Gun Inna Baggy
Riddim) (1989)
12. Captain Barkey - Sound of the Gun - Shocking Vibes (Gun Inna Baggy
Riddim) (1989)
13. Beenie Man - Agony body - Shocking Vibes (Gun Inna Baggy Riddim) (1989)
14. Little Lenny - Healthy body - Shocking Vibes (Gun Inna Baggy Riddim)
(1989)
15. Tanto metro - Gal Pickeny - Shocking Vibes (Gun Inna Baggy Riddim) (1989)
16. Patrick roberts - Gun Inna Baggy Version - Shocking Vibes - (Gun Inna
Baggy Riddim) 2002/3
17. Bunny General - Full Up Of Class - Montana - (Fever Pitch Riddim) (1993)
18. General Levy - Champagne Body - Fashion - (Fever Pitch Riddim) (1993)
19. Gospel Fish - From You Look Good - Fashion - (Fever Pitch Riddim) (1993)
20. Cutty ranks - Limb by Limb - Fashion - (Fever Pitch Riddim) (1993)
21. Sweetie Irie - Racist - Musik Street - (Unknown Riddim) (1993)
22. Jigsy King - No Sweet Boy - VP - (Unknown Riddim) (1995)
23. Ganja Ash & D-Fex - The Way you Love Me - Swanyard - (Unknown Riddim)
(1991)
24. Mad Cobra - Rod Out - Carib Jamaica - (Unknown Riddim) (1991)
25. Mad Cobra - Rod Out - Shang Muzik - (Trailerload Riddim) (1991)
26. Shabba Ranks - Trailer load Of Girls - Shang Muzik - (Trailerload
Riddim) (1991)
27. Junior Cat - Trailer load of Gun - Shelly Power - (Gun Talk Riddim)
(1991)
28. Nardo ranks - Love mi Gun Bad - Shelly Power - (Gun Talk Riddim) (1991)
29. Louie Ranking - Don Doc - Shelly Power - (Gun Talk Riddim) (1991)
30. Papa San - Gun - Shelly Power - (Gun Talk Riddim) (1991)
31. Mikey Merican & Nando Boom - Know How to Work - Shelly Power - (Gun
Talk Riddim) (1991)
32. Junior Demus - Easy nuh Man - Shelly Power - (Gun Talk Riddim) (1991)
33. Capleton & Bobby Zaro - Young Fresh and Green - Charm (1991)
34. Ninjaman - Sound Death - Blue Mountain - (Unknown Riddim) (1991)
35. Shabba Ranks & Krystal - Twice my Age - Music Works - (Twice my Age
Riddim) (1990)
36. Sanchez & Lady G - Half my Age - Music Works - (Twice my Age Riddim)
(1990)
37. Cocoa Tea - Exactly my Age - Music Works - (Twice my Age Riddim) (1990)
38. Papa San and Lady G - Round Table Talk - Music Works - (Twice my Age
Riddim) (1990)
39. Gussie Clarke - Twice My Age Version - Music Works - (Twice my Age
Riddim) (1990)
40. Shabba Ranks - Cant Keep a Good Man Down - Jammys - (Unknown Riddim)
(1991)
41. Major Mackerel - Man Tonic - Crat - (Unknown Riddim) (1993)

Notes Here:

http://www.weareie.com/2007/02/blogariddims-16raggamortis-1.html

 

[Grievous Angel]

Harsh!

I think one of mine is next up...

 

[Grievous Angel]

blogariddims 17aul Meme - Tons of Boxes

This month I've done the 17th mix for the mighty Blogaridims podcast series. It's a load of my favourite dub, roots and dancehall tunes, done "live" on decks and dubbed up using an Access Virus synth as an FX box. I inflicted some serious damage on a few of these tunes with that.

I originally did it back in late 2001 or early 2002, a few months after moving back up to Sheffield from London, and while experiencing withdrawl symptoms from not having seen Shaka for a while. It's a heavy mix - 20 minutes of hard dub followed by an increasing amount of vocals (leavened with some out-there FX), melting into sweet soul reggae and a couple of classics, before dissolving into cold, painful dub. I sent a 74 minute version of this out on CD to a few people at the time but this is the first time it's been available as a download. Editing it down to an hour and re-mastering it has made it a bit punchier in my opinion. You can get this mix by signing up to the blogariddims podcast feed (which you really ought to do, they're very good) or just downloading the mp3 from the same place - which is here.

Enjoy...

0.00 Velvet Shadows: Dubbing & Wailing
3:32 King Tubby: Explosion Dub
7:29 Gregory Isaacs: Leggo Beast
10:51 Sly & the Revolutionaries: Cocaine
14:31 Roots Radics: Mission Impossible
17:38 Barrington Levy: Rob & Gone
20:34 Ranking Joe: Choice of Colour
24:20 Mikey Dread: Barber Saloon
29:12 Linval Thompson: Don't Cut Off Your Dreadlocks
32:25 Big Youth: Pride & Joy
34:51 Big Youth: Pride & Joy (Grievous Angel Dub)
37:33 Lee Perry: Bury the Razor
40:58 The Silvertones: Feel Alright
43:27 Niney The Observer: Blood & Fire
46:22 Delroy Wilson: Better Must Come
48:59 Scotty: Riddle I This
51:27 Susan Codogan: Do It Baby
54:26 Linval Thompson: I Love Marijuana
57:43 Linval Thompson: Marijuana Dub
1.02 Ends

Now for some track by track commentary...

0.00 Velvet Shadows: Dubbing & Wailing
Absolutely killer, deep-funk loping roots Tubbys dub of the Velvet Shadows Wailing Of Black People.

3:32 King Tubby: Explosion Dub
The absolute solid gold classic Tubbys dub, justifiably famous and here given a seriously overdriven, squelchy makeover.

7:29 Gregory Isaacs: Leggo Beast
Gregory entirely absent sadly, but devastating instrumental steppers intensity is present and in full effect. On the Swing Easy / Spirit of Umoja riddim and apparently produced by Dennis Brown and Augustus Pablo, but I have no more information than that...

10:51 Sly & the Revolutionaries: Cocaine
A slight downshift in mood but still in militant steppers territory, this was featured on Sly Dunbar's 1980 Black Ash Dub lp. Made by Sly'n'Robbie, Ansell Collins and Bingy Bunny, and mixed by Scientist. Fabulous.

14:31 Roots Radics: Mission Impossible
Pure deep space dub rocking from 1983's "Scientist & Jammy Strike Back" LP.

17:38 Barrington Levy: Rob and Gone...

And now we're into the vocal selection. This was originally on Levy's 1983 Poor Man Style LP. Gets into some serious dub distortion.

20:34 Ranking Joe: Choice of Colour
From 1980, and produced by Jah Screw. Bouncy MC slammer.

24:20 Mikey Dread: Barber Saloon
Mikey's classic take on the "barber" lyrical theme from 1979's Dread At The Controls LP.

29:12 Linval Thompson: Don't Cut Off Your Dreadlocks
Keeping with the tonsorial theme - briefly reprised later in the mix - is the fantastic combination of Linval Thompson and U Roy, the latter in perfect meditational mood. Produced by Bunny Lee in, I think, 1976 - fabulous, sprightly, rich reggae.

32:25 Big Youth: Pride & Joy
God I LOVE this tune. From 1973's Screaming Target of course, this are perhaps the most transcendent, glorious "dooby dooby doobies" ever committed to wax, heart-wounded plain song translated into universalist epiphany. Just awesome. Serious filtered echo action on this one.

34:51 Big Youth: Pride & Joy (Grievous Angel Dub)
Loved the chugging fat groove so much on this I had to take this back for some even more intense dub overload.

37:33 Lee Perry: Bury the Razor
Oh, boy, I just love this too! More barber-bashing business but now in fabulous down-tempo grooviness. Bubbles up from underwater dub... From David Katz' "Born in the Sky" LP.

40:58 The Silvertones: Feel Alright
But this really is the greatest sweet vocal on this mix... also from "Born in the Sky", this is a recording of the Silvertones rehearsing, just running through the song, and the relaxed nature of the session really comes through. Stunning.

43:27 Niney The Observer: Blood & Fire
Possibly over-familiar, but at the time I was obsessed with this tune, which gets a subtle dub treatment.

46:22 Delroy Wilson: Better Must Come
Also possibly over-familiar, but such a solid gold tune ad it lifts the mood of the mix at just the right moment. Another Bunny Lee production, from 1971, presented here in a subtle dub.

48:59 Scotty: Riddle I This
Fantastic, music-box-like proto-dancehall mechanisms on display here - massive, ever-building repetitive rhythm, a really strong Scotty track.

51:27 Susan Codogan: Do It Baby
Superb, slinky JA pop produced by Lee Perry, absolutely kicking, and I was very lucky with the way the echoes lined up with the BPM of the tune.

54:26 Linval Thompson: I Love Marijuana
The smash hit 1978 cut that melded vocal sweetness and steppers heaviosity to pulverising effect. Backed by Sly and the Revolutionaries and with either Tubby or Jammy on the buttons.

57:43 Linval Thompson: Marijuana Dub
Some mean filtered distortion action on this mix.

1.02 Ends

 

[STN]

Some serious tunes on here - looking forward to downloading. Thanks

 

[john eden]

Why is this:

a) in the wrong forum
b) way early?

:slanted:

Being a proud owner of the original mix I am very much looking forward to getting the re-rub!