Q&A with Dylan Powe (Prodigal Entertainment)

November 8th, 2011

Head of Prodigal Entertainment, Dylan Powe is a stalwart of the Jamaican music scene – from working on legendary Kingston street party, Passa Passa, to managing one of the island’s brightest talents, Natalie Storm. Last year he produced and released the innovative Showa Eski, the first in a trilogy of riddims designed to (re-)unite West Kingston with London – featuring 6 vocals from Jamaica and the UK – namely Wiley, Lady Chann and Ward 21. A year later, the second installment, Global Gangsta, is just about ready to go and is undoubtedly set to build on the solid foundation of Showa Eski, tying together the threads of Jamaican influence worldwide.

Over G-chat, I asked Dylan a few questions about the thinking behind the trilogy and his vision for Prodigal:

Mixpak: So how are things looking for Global Gangsta – do you have a date for release yet?

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Flatlands Remix Project

October 13th, 2011

After the huge release of the Flatlands Riddim earlier this year, NYC’s Federation Sound have given the whole project the remix treatment. Every corner is covered: Moombahton from Emynd, UK Funky from The Heatwave and uptempo dancefloor offerings from newbie Noah Issa, Nick Catchdubs and Blackhart, and personal favourite from Lighters Up (Kenny Meez & Jah T Jr) who flip the original into a full-on, bassed-up bashment track. They’re giving up Sickhead’s remix of Ward 21′s ‘Go Easy’ before the full release drops on October 18th:

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Flatlands Riddim Plus

April 13th, 2011

The brilliant Flatlands riddim from NYC’s Federation Sound finally drops on iTunes, after a horrible wait and some even more horrible times trying to google ‘Doggy‘ and not quite getting what you were searching for. The riddim has been bumped up to an incredible 12 cuts, adding to the original voicings from Mr Lexx, Natalie Storm & Mr Vegas, Bling Dawg, Flippa Mafia and Terro 3000 (already a great line-up) to include Ward 21, Prince Zimboo, Bitta Blood, Red Foxx and more. I can’t stress how wicked this riddim is. Grab it from iTunes now.


Flatlands Riddim Mix

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Natalie Storm – Hotta

April 12th, 2011

One of our favourite JA deejays teases with this snippet from her upcoming release, ‘Hotta’, that you might have heard back on her big mixtape from last year. (Though it’s not exactly the same, Ward 21 have cleaned it up even nicer!) There’s no date on this one yet, it’s just been stamped with ‘soon’. Watch her!

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Vote For ‘Look Pon Me’

January 17th, 2011

The video for Natalie Storm’s ‘Look Pon Me’ has been nominated for Best International Video in the CariVibez Video Web Awards!! If you’ve never heard of it, it’s an award for “those who have created significant buzz on the internet and recognized for their concepts, style, flow, creativity, and cinematography”. GO HERE to vote.

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Look Pon Me (Smutlee’s Moombahton Edit)

December 29th, 2010

Smutlee has really taken to Moombahton like a fish to water. After the success of the Ms Thing refix, now it’s Natalie Storm’s time (mixed with some Booka Shade too). Word is Smutlee’s going to be dropping an EP any time soon, get ready!

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Natalie Storm Mixtape!!

December 6th, 2010

We’ve been waiting for this mixtape from TNT badgyal Natalie Storm for weeks now. It’s finally dropped and boy are them some surprises! It’s downright filthy: both its beats and its lyrics deliver some big dirt. There’s some recognizable tunes on there, flipped Natalie style (with help from Federation’s Max Glazer), like an amazing relick of ‘Bam Bam’ and ‘Too Girly Girly’, not to mention big tunes from the last few years, like ‘God Bless Me’. There may also be a little Mixpak release hidden in there too somewhere, alongside some new and exclusive tracks.

Be warned, if you thought this was a bashment mixtape, think again. This is everything Natalie Storm represents: some serious cross-pollinating across bashment, funky, reggae and straight-up dance bangers. ‘They call me perfect Storm for a reason’. Too right.

DOWNLOAD via Federation Sound.

Catch Natalie on East Village Radio tonight at 6pm ET.

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TNT – Hot Gyal

November 23rd, 2010

Can’t wait for the Natalie Storm/Federation Sound mixtape? Then check this latest madness from TNT (Jamaican all-girl supergroup made up of Tifa, Natalie Storm & Timberlee), with Max Glazer & Fancy on production and some big remixes from our own Dre Skull, Dutch mash-up producer Carl Arm! and a seriously heavy bassline from Bassanovva. This one out to all the rumours that TNT had split.

Out on the 30th.

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