Mixpak FM: The Heatwave

August 18th, 2010

Fresh on the heals of Nadastrom’s summer mix for Mixpak FM, London’s own The Heatwave have picked up the dancehall strains and gone hard with a mix of just about every big bashment track out. This is an hour and fifteen minute mix of guaranteed pure fire! Mixpak FM has your summer on lock, catch the vibe.

You can go subscribe to Mixpak FM via iTunes, subscribe with an RSS reader from the Mixpak FM site or download this mix directly.

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Mixpak FM 003: The Heatwave

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25 Years of Dancehall

March 28th, 2010

The Heatwave is back at it a with a big mix commemorating 25 years of digital dancehall. This is a must listen history lesson.

Last month marked the 25th anniversary of the day that Wayne Smith’s Under Me Sleng Teng was first played in a dance. Tuesday 23rd February to be exact.

To celebrate the 25th birthday of digital dancehall we looked back over the last quarter century of this brilliant music and had a quick party on our Rinse FM show. It was mad to look at how things have developed over two and a half decades.

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The Heatwave – 25 Years of Dancehall

Full tracklist and further details at The Heatwave.

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The Heatwave Bashment Review 2009

December 23rd, 2009

2009

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!!


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The Heatwave’s October Charts

October 14th, 2009

Shouts to The Heatwave blog for picking Vybz Kartel’s “Yuh Love” for their October charts. If you are checking on Dancehall or Funky or the intersection of the two genres then add The Heatwave to your feedreader. There are not enough blogs that go as deep. And speaking of deepness check out the “Funky Bashment” podcast that The Heatwave just turned in for the XLR8R podcast series…and if you check that tracklist closely, you might just spot an exclusive early appearance of an upcoming Mixpak release.

Assassin’s “Hand Ina Di Air” grabbed the number one spot on The Heatwave Dancehall charts (see the video above). Big track!!!

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