Big up Stretch Armstrong for including “Dre Skull – I Want You (Dre Skull Remix)” in his recent Five Favorite Songs To Spin playlist for the February issue of Vanity Fair magazine. Make sure to check for Stretch’s weekly radio show Delancey Music Service with Eli Escobar on East Village Radio. Tune in for quality music from two heavy hitters every Monday!
Show Stretch some love on myspace or on his record label Plant’s website.
[via Dre Skull]
For the first time, the South By Southwest music conference is hosting an official showcase of classic bounce and the artists need financial support to help make this happen. Artists on the bill include Partners-N-Crime, DJ Jubilee, Katey Red, Big Freedia, Vockah Redu, Magnolia Shorty and Ms Tee.
As you may know, SXSW has booked its first-ever official showcase of
classic New Orleans bounce. The seven artists on the bill are all
straight-up originators of the sound, and few have gotten their just
due for their awesome contribution to New Orleans music. We need your
help getting them to Austin in March, and we have some kickass rewards
in store for generous helpers who believe in getting the music out
there.Below is the link to our fundraising page. Please blog it, share it,
forward it, repost it and do all those social networking things people
do with it!
If you’ve ever been a fan of bounce music, please consider donating. There are some amazing rewards for the various levels of support. Please check out the details and support this.
2009 is done. Mavado and Vybz Kartel are pals, Buju Banton is in jail, and Sting—billed as the greatest stageshow on earth—was underwhelming as all get out. How did we get here? Last year ended with fretting about the fact that reggae music was less and less Jamaican—Matisyahu being on top of the charts and such. This year ended in pretty much the same way. However, despite worries about the state of music—the Jamaica Gleaner spent pages of its December 27 issue questioning dancehall’s parties, professors and punny printers, wondering in print about what the future holds for reggae—and the widely circulated report of an eight-copy sale figure for Vybz Kartel’s Pon Di Gaza in its first week, it was also a banner year for dancehall on the world stage.
If you want a nice comprehensive look back at 2009 in the world of reggae and dancehall, look no further than Soundclash’s two part, year in review.
The Heatwave comes in big with this 2009 bashment year in review featuring nearly 100 of the biggest dancehall tunes from the past twelve months. Fire!!
We’ve got one more release in 2009 and it’s a remix EP for Sissy Nobby’s track “Lay Me Down.” The “Lay Me Down” single will see proper release (with vinyl) in early 2010, but the remixes were so good, we couldn’t hold ‘em back any longer. We called in A1 Bassline, Bitch Ass Darius, DJ Sega, Kanji Kinetic, L-Vis 1990 and Renaissance Man and they’ve each given a strong effort.
The release date is next Tuesday, December 22nd.
Check this BBC 2 documentary from 1994 thats “takes you into the world of Jungle.”
Big up Kissy Sellout for dropping four Mixpak tracks during his BBC Radio 1 show today! Likewise, big respect to Sinden for including the first Mixpak release—Dre Skull and Sizzla’s “Gone Too Far”—on his Mega Mega Mega 2009 Chart. Last but not least, our latest release, Sticky’s “Jumeirah Riddim EP,” is pushing for that number one spot on the Juno Bestselling Releases Chart. Thanks to all who are supporting our vision!
Nice way to end the week.
Details have been released on the upcoming Buraka Som Sistema FabricLive compilation and we’re excited that Mixpak’s first release “Gone Too Far” (MIX001) has been slotted as the first track on the mix. Drops on December 7th 2009.
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