Here's a nice mix to finish off the month from Dublin based DJ Conan who's been DJing around the city these last five years playing electro, techno and dubstep. If you like what you hear, check this mix he did back in January.
Tracklist
1. Bionics - Kaffa 2. DJ Hatcha - Just a Rift 3. Skream - Shake-it 4. N-Type - Street Justice 5. Skream - Wobble That Gut 6. Jakes - 2 Steps Back 7. Mac Koall - The Rasta Core 8. Rusko - 2 NAQ 9. N-Type - Way of the Dub – caspa remix 10. DZ & Roksteady - Forward 11. Babylon System & Noah D 12. Scanone - Red 13. Matt Green - Something for your Mind 14. Hoodz - Kong 15. Elemental & 3D -Sirens – elemental 07 reifx 16. Darqwan - Universal Wan-Ting 17. Dubchild - Lethal Dubs II – B1 18. Skream & Cluekid - Sandsnake 19. Cluekid -Odyssey 20. Benny Page -Swagger 21. 12th Planet -Smokescreen 22. TRG -Everything we Stand for 23. Martyn - All I have is Memories 24. 12th Planet -Hell-O 25. Bar 9 - Pull Up 26. Sensi -A1 27. 12th Planet -28 Hours Later 28. Sarantis feat Warrior Queen - More Than Money 29. Komanazmuk & Whiteboi -Search for Truth 30. Mundo -Down in the South 31. Silkie - I Sad 32. Nyabingi - Back A Yard 33. Jack Sparrow -Preditor 34. Benga -The Germ
Ah well, its that time again. Nearly the end of summer already, not that you'd realise much of a difference in Ireland. Floods, rain, beautiful grey skies, and more rain. Many of us are hoping for an Indian summer, just a few weeks in september is all we ask to be able to fire up the bbq for once... Anyway, here's this months mix - some old 2step to begin as I just can't resist, alongside some classics and brand new ones that are putting a smile on me face. Enjoy responsibly.
Tracklist
1. Groove Chronicles - Masterplan 2. TJ Cases - One By One (Full Force Remix) 3. Hatiras - Space Invader 4. Mark Force - Gypo (Doasulikey) 5. Metalbox Products - Don't Let Me Down 6. Sully - Broadway G 7. Ramadanman - Blimey 8. LV feat Dandelion - CCTV 9. Joker - 80s 10. Landslide - Dreams and Visions (Compound One Remix) 11. Geiom feat. Marita - Reminissin' (Kode 9 Remix) 12. Dusk + Blackdown - Focus 13. Skream - Percression 14. Silkie - Dam 4 15. TRG - Everything We Stand For 16. Rob Sparxx - Independent Life (TRG Remix) 17. Randomer - Travelogue 18. Search + Destroy - Candyfloss (Toasty Remix) 19. Skream - Angry 20. Untold - Yukon 21. Martyn - Natural Selection 22. Digital Mystikz - Anti War Dub 23. Shut Up And Dance - Epileptic (Martyn Remix) 24. Forsaken, Joker + Ben Blackmore - Into The Sunset
Well, my internet has been down (no surprise in Dublin) these last few days, so when it came mysteriously back to me today, I was greeted by this short clip. The legends that are Bionic and the late Sipho of the mighty London Posse live on Telly Eireann back in '86.
Accents are strange things at the best of times, with the Dublin/Naija examples above owing more than a little debt to The Great Satan. Same goes for the native Paddy type below though.
Wasn't this scourge eradicated in the 80s? The Brits had the sense to purge the mid-atlantic accent from national radio back then, but you'll still find it on the radio and TV in Ireland. Perhaps its provided the fertile soil for new mutations of TuPac and Tallaght, making it (somehow) acceptable enough to be proudly posted on YouTube so fuckers like me can bemoan what once was music. This has been a shocking development brewing among the youts these last years. The virus seems stronger than ever, dog. Y'knowwamsayin?
Bleahh.
Not to mention everyone's favourite bingo caller. All the MC skills of a fried banana. There are infinitely more 'rappers' and less MCs than there were 15 years back. You can count these Irish MCs on one hand, with a couple of fingers thrown in(on a good day). Today is not a good day.
The Black Tea Bubbling Tour is travelling across Ireland this coming week promoting the pre-release of the Melodica Deathship Volume One ep. The tour features Melodica Deathship and Devon Drounz, projects of true school Irish hip hop vets Exile Eye and Troubled Soul.
The melodica deathship is a combination of rugged beats, ghostly melodica, and salty lyrical themes Inspired by a dark fascination with the sea. Imagine The Pogues, Augustus Pablo, King Tubby and El P making a dubbed out racket in the hull of a galleon bound for hell...and you're getting there... Check the exclusive instrumental dub of '1803' below for an example of the Deathship sound...
Melodica deathship Volume one will be released in the next months on Equilibrium, with a pre- release version available at gigs featuring exclusive artwork and tracks.
Catch the Black Tea Bubbling Tour: 21 August, Bierhaus, Galway
June 2008, and Original Junglists RickyForce and SafetyBoy in session with MC Rungus at the Black Box, Galway City, for the launch of this years' Mantua Festival. The sheer size of the place is apparent, but its always nice to see de young people doin' the high speed bogle.
Also in attendance at the launch party was Ireland's premier sound Rootical Soundsystem, and here's some footage from their tent at the festival itself....
And finally, just one of the bizarre aspects of Ireland's friendliest festival - the now infamous Holy Hour. For those of you that weren't there, the music had to stop for an hour for Mass in the local Church. Only in Ireland... or possibly the Phillipines.
Ok, so the above record has been out a while now, but big respect due to Carlow label Naked Lunch on this big release. There's more to come too, and here's Naked Lunch's Mickey on the mix ,presenting some tasty exclusives, classics, and possibly forthcoming tracks on the label. G'wan Carlow.
Here's another great selection, and this one even comes with a concept - Carribean Rave Music. Mixed by Gabriel Heatwave and Ben Dubstar to promote their new night, Immediate Sounds, its a half hour mix outlining the type of sounds you can expect if you're lucky enough to live nearby(I'm not) - so plenty Garage, Jungle and Funky, 'filtered through the tasty carnival vibes of bashment and soca' as they put it.
Tracklist
1. Beenie Man & So Solid Crew - Yagga Yo 2. Ms Dynamite & Menta - Ramp 3. El-B - Shorty (Steppas Remix) 4. Glamour Murphy - What The Woman Want (Acapella) 5. QQ - Screechie 6. Stacy - Let Meh Know 7. Kyla & Paleface - Do You Mind (Crazy Cousins Remix) 8. Geeneus & Zinc - I Try (Instrumental) 9. Vybz Kartel - Stop Gwaan Stush (Acapella) 10. Top Cat & Double 99 - Ripgroove 11. Durrty Goodz - Pum Pum Stealer 12. Tubby - Turbo Shandy 13. Destra & Dizzee Rascal - Flex (Tim Turbo Refix) 14. Plastic Gangsters - Rock To The Rhythm 15. Shabba Ranks - Love Punaany Bad (Baby G Remix) 16. Elephant Man - Nobody Nobody 17. Notch - Nuttin' Nuh Go So (RCola Remix) 18. Soundclash feat Red Fox & Screechie Dan - Pum Pum Shorts
