Forgotten Treasure: Johnny Clarke “None Shall Escape The Judgement” (1975)
Born in Kingston January in 1955 Johnny Clarke grew up in the Kingston ghetto of Whitfield Town. None Shall Escape the Judgment was originally an Earl Zero (Earl Johnson) from Greenwich Town, record with Clarke as backing singer, but Lee took the tape to engineer Sid Bucknor at Treasure Isle …
Forgotten Treasure: Dub Syndicate “Stoned Immaculate” (1992)
This is before my time but i’d like to start out by saying that this is absolutely essential listening for anyone into Dubstep these days. Yes, we know you know about the roots in DUB music, the name does kind of mention it y’know. But records like this are the …
Forgotten Treasure: Round Five Feat. Tikiman – Na Fe Throw It (1999)
Oh my am I ever a sucker for that whole late 90’s german techno meets deep dub music. It’s not for every one out there but for me the sight of a shitty record sleeve written Basic Channel, Rhythm & Sound, Maurizio gets my spine tingling… This one came out …
Future Classic: Pupa Jim “Business of War”
At first I wasn’t too sure about this one. If I wasn’t away from the sound system I might even have skipped to the next song after the first couple seconds… But my patience was rewarded. Turns out this some pretty dope dubby stuff! You wouldn’t know by hearing it …
Bob Marley & Sevdee “Mr.Musick”
I first heard about this project about 2 years ago from my good friend and very talented producer SEVDEE. At the time we were holding down a weekly night called The Bridge at Blizzarts, one of Montreal’s favorite hangout spots. Sev made me hear this remix of Bob Marley’s “Wait …
“The Upsetter” – the Lee Scratch Perry Movie
A documentary on Lee Scratch Perry, legendary artist of the reggae and dub variety, a pioneer and founder of the sound – if you don’t know and consider yourself a fan and/or aficionado then this might be a good intro. But to be honest you should do your homework and …
BBC presents History of Reggae in the UK
An absolute must watch documentary from the BBC covering the history of the roots of reggae and caribbean music in the United Kingdom.
Forgotten Treasure: Don Carlos “I’m not crazy” (1984)
It’s a snowy sunday morning in Montreal. You know, that Walt Disney type of snow. It might be just me but for some reason I like to listen to reggae in those type of moments, like to convince myself that the worst of winter is behind us and that next …
Forgotten Treasure: Prince Buster “Ten Commandments” (1967)
I was hanging out with good friends Kobal, Andy Williams and Serious Black last night, we were all djing at a Montreal Nuit Blanche event and after my set, Andy and Kobal played a back to back roots & reggae set. There were tons of amazing joints being played but …
Forgotten Treasure: Desmond Dekker “Fu Man Chu”
Desmond Dekker was one of the first Jamaican singers to be able to export his talents out of the island and the rocksteady scene of Kingston. He was denied early in his career by labels like Studio One and Treasure Isle but he managed to catch the ear of Beverly …
Forgotten Treasure: Mad Lion “Take it Easy” (1994)
This one’s for the rude bwoyyys! Love those classic mid-90’s hip-hop / reggae productions. Stuff like “Don Dada” from Supercat, Louie Rankin‘s “Typewriter” and this super dope track from Mad Lion. “Take It Easy” was actually produced by KRS-One! Didn’t know that until I just looked into it just now…
Forgotten Treasure: Black Uhuru “Youth of Eglington” (1981)
This is one of my favorite Black Uhuru tracks. They are a legendary Jamaican group whose members changed over the years but have always been backed by Sly & Robie on production. At the time this record was being made, Brixton was ablaze with riots, and this song is like …