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( 08.07.2006 11:15 )
Lyric DVD Magazine Vol. 2
After the recent first release of the all new
Lyric DVD Magazine a new episode is now available featuring
Jah Cure,
Gyptian and
Bogle in a limited edition only and with exclusive video footage and interviews you´ve never seen before!
So make sure to grab your copy now!
Read on for preview-trailer!
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( 07.04.2006 17:45 )
African Rebel Music - Roots and Dancehall
Well, two things are quite noticeable in the run-up of this article:
First, we´re very happy to be able to welcome back one of our "long lost children", namely our editor "
killaswitch", who should be pretty well-known to everyone who´s been with us any longer than two years. Second, he took the chance to make his debut with one of the rare releases that come from the african continent, called "
African Rebel Music - Roots and Dancehall" and shows a good profile of contemporary african reggae music.
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( 01.04.2006 15:53 )
PowPow Movement "First Sight" Riddim
About to be released is
PowPow Movements 6th Riddim named "
First Sight". After it´s latest predecessor, the "
Gladiator Riddim", which was a more Dancehall-oriented riddim, it´s now time again for a quieter lovers rock release featuring all well established "Powpow artists" as well as some fresh blood from Europe and Jamaica.
Please read on for review and Riddim-Megamix..
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| Riddim Selections
( 17.02.2006 02:25 )
Goodness Gracious - Reggae From Finland
"
Goodness Gracious - Reggae From Finland" presents Reggae, Dub and Ska from the deepest swamps of Finland.
Fat Belt Records has gathered the best of Finnish reggae onto one album. The featured music stays true to the roots of Jamaican reggae. The album represents a variety of music from Finnish producers, singers and groups. All tracks are previously unreleased.
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( 17.02.2006 00:17 )
Echo Minott - Roots of Dancehall (Anthology 1982 - 2005)
I guess the man himself needs no further introduction when we announce the latest release by
Maguari Productions from Veteran Singer
Echo Minott. More interesting may be the fact that "
Roots of Dancehall - Anthology 1982-2005" is the first CD ever released by himself in cooperation with the aforementioned french based label.
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( 16.02.2006 20:36 )
Marlon Bashment - 4 Seasons Dancehall Mix
Recently we obtained a copy of UK-based
Marlon Bashments´ latest mix CD called "
4 Seasons Dancehall Mix - Winter Addition" who already received highly-rated reviews on our site for his former submissions, namely the "
Dancehall and Culture Mixes 2005" where you can also read more about himself. Read on for review, tracklisting and covers of his latest addition..
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| Tapes & Mixes
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( 05.02.2006 19:26 )
Mono & Nikitaman - Für Immer CD 2006
The in the GSA well-known duo
Mono & Nikitaman coming from Austria and Germany are currently about to release their second album on the
Rootdown Music label accompanied by a record release tour covering the whole GSA area. With over 350 gigs in the past and still more coming up, they´re known as a reggae combo with a huge stage experience delivering powerful shows and a huge crowd eagerly expecting their new 16 track studio release named "
Für Immer". Read on for more details..
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( 17.11.2005 17:05 )
The Good, The Bad & The Blazin
From the
Minor7Flat5 label from spain, who already presented very attractive albums like the recent
Anthony B. and
Josie Mel releases, comes another hot release - "
The Good, The Bad & The Blazin" a concept album for a virtual movie ft.
Junior Kelly as "
The Good",
Bounty as "
The Bad" and
Capleton as "
The Blazing" with 12 exclusive tracks completely reworked or re-recorded.
Read on for review and tracklists.
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| Albums & Compilations
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( 08.11.2005 23:09 )
The Scrucialists - All the Way
"T
he Scrucialists" the backup-band for swiss singjay
Phenomden is probably nearly as famous in switzerland as germanys probabably most often-booked backing band, the "
Far East Band". In contradiction to Far East, The Scrucialists are now about to present their first own album featuring a lot of well-known jamaican but also not so well-known german and swiss artists.
Read on for review and tracklists.
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( 27.10.2005 01:55 )
Maxim - Maxim
Again from the
Rootdown Music camp comes
Maxim with his own longplayer, now for nearly 3 years making a name in the german reggae scene. He is a younger singer with a lot of talent, already with some fame and live-presence due to touring with his label-mate - the german singjay Nosliw.
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| Albums & Compilations
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( 24.10.2005 00:00 )
Marlon Bashment (UK) - Dancehall & Culture Mixes 2005
In case you´ve been missing the british dancehall scene a bit over the recent past, here´s the perfect recommendation from
Claat.com to keep up with the latest british dancehall & culture blends because
Marlon Bashment sent over his latest contributions for each category..
Update: ~11mins snippets of each mix included for registered users now!!
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( 16.10.2005 08:59 )
Bass Tone Sound Control - Hard Times
Even though we heard quite a good amount of really good mixes lately, there is always the one or other that you´ll play over and over again and probably never become fed up of. One good example of those is
Basstone Soundcontrols´ "
Hard Times - The Finest in Roots and Culture" Mix-CD with all essential tunes and riddims.
Read on for 12min mp3-snippet, review and playlist..
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( 15.10.2005 00:00 )
Phenomden - "Fang Ah"
Phenomden out of Switzerland surprises with a strong debut release: "
Fang Ah", which is distributed in Germany via
Rootdown Records. The big surprise is the fact that "schwyzerdeutsch" (swiss german) seems to be just as qualified for doing good reggaemusic as german or french are nowadays, apart from the original patois sound out of jamaica.
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| Albums & Compilations
| Reviews
( 15.10.2005 00:00 )
Crystal Woman and Musik Riddimsamplers
Do you remember late 2004´s
Crystal Woman Riddim? Well, just about one year later
Rootdown Music has a massive reissue with that very successful Riddim releasing a
Crystal Woman GSA One Riddimsampler and a
Crystal Woman / Musik Splice-Riddimsampler.
Read on for review and tracklists.
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( 14.10.2005 02:04 )
It Is Crop Over
"
It Is Crop Over" is the debut album of
Moonblast Productions.
Sebastian Legall who is only 22 years of age and from the small island of Barbados produced all tracks.
Please read on for full info and promo snippets.
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( 14.10.2005 01:35 )
Nattyflo "Immer Vorwärts"
Finally,
Nattyflo comes up with his first longplayer titled "
Immer Vorwärts" on
Rootdown Music. "Finally", because his Solo-album has been "
in the making" for quite some time now: He is considered one of the first artists to do reggae and dancehall with german lyrics, and also one of the first members of the now international '
RIDDIM'-Magazine.
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( 14.10.2005 00:00 )
Culture Rock Soundsystem - "He Speaks" Mix
Our new guest reviewer
RAW lent an ear to german "
Culture Rock" sounds´ new mix cd "
He Speaks".
Included is tracklist and rating as usual.
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| Tapes & Mixes
| New Releases
( 14.09.2005 17:02 )
Anthony B., Apache Indian and Spectacular Longplayers
Not really the latest news, but
Rootdown Records from Germany recently sent some great promotion copies from international artists that needed a review badly. Amongst them are the highly anticipated new
Anthony B. Album "
My hope", the controversial and much discussed
Apache Indian Album "
Time for Change" and
Spectacular´s debut album "
Find yourself".
Please read on for detailed info and tracklists.
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| Albums & Compilations
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( 08.05.2005 17:22 )
G3 NEE ft. Junior Cat "2 SHOTZ"
If you´ve been asking yourself what happened to UK´s dancehall scene, you´ll probably find an answer within "
2 Shotz" by
G3 NEE from Hackney, London who teamed up with well-known
Junior Cat to deliver a hardcore tune that simply ROXX HARD!
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( 20.04.2005 22:56 )
Spring 2005 Riddim Releases
Expect a strong breeze from the german riddim-front for spring 2005 from the likes of
PowPow Productions,
Rootdown Records and
Germaican - but international promoters let us down a bit this time. So it´s german riddims only - all ranking on high international niveau though. Read full review for more info and snippets..
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| Latest Releases
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( 19.04.2005 22:11 )
VP Releases Spring 2005
Recently, more and more promo copies come up even from the larger distributors and labels like
VP records. So we had the chance to review the latest masterpieces of
Capleton "
Reign of Fire",
Marcia Griffith "
Shining Time" and
Beres Hammond´s "
Love has no Boundaries". Read on for reviews and snippets as usual..
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( 19.04.2005 21:16 )
Independant releases Spring 2005
We were quite surprised by the amazing quality of recent independant releases namely
Earl "Chinna" Smith(JA) with "
Inna de Yard",
M.D.V.(UK) with "
Style One" and a representative from Sweden with
Urban Tribe´s "
Bob´s Bar". And yes we also had a selfproduced german release by
Radikal Sunflowers Colectivo from Germany but mainly in spanish language that´s a bit off the usual reggae or dancehall league. Please read on for reviews and snippets..
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( 19.04.2005 14:25 )
Its Rootz its dancehall and its Ragga. It is
Zuluman's new release "
No Bad Card".
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| Reviews
( 02.02.2005 13:54 )
Turbulance @ Notorious Video Shoot
Jamaica's freshest new musical imprint,
THC Muzik's debut single "
Notorious" is set to take the reggae/dancehall community by storm. Featuring Yard’s fastest rising deejay and vocalist
Turbulence, the track is a hip-hop inspired, reggae anthem that sounds like nothing heard on Jamaican radio before. Turbulence’s melodic flow is powerful, poignant and emotive, the Hungry Town artiste riding the electric guitar driven riddim (Scallawah) to perfection.
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( 26.11.2004 02:10 )
November 2004 Longplayer Releases
Due to a good load of promotion copies we received this month from Roughtrade Records, we´re a bit late with this section, but nevertheless we took a deeper look onto
Mad Cobra´s eargerly awaited album "
Words of Warning",
Gregory Isaacs´s "
Give it all up",
Capleton´s latest masterpiece "
The people dem" and a german compilation that goes into the fourth round now - "
Dancehall Fieber 4". Check article for more info, related links and snippets..
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