It’s July, which means it’s time to check in with the third largest of the four Greater Antilles. Enter Bomboclat! Island Soak, Volume 8 – another batch of seasoned sides from the private collection of […]
Category: Reggae/Dub
Mudie’s All-Stars :: Loran’s Dance
When a cover works. In this case, Mudie’s All-Stars Jamaican rendering of Idris Muhammad’s “Loran’s Dance.” I’m scribbling this on a train back to Tokyo after three nights haunting an array of Kyoto hi-fi kissas – mostly […]
Christmas Jambree :: A Vintage Jamaican Yuletide Mixtape
Yuletide in Jamaica glides in each December on what the locals call the Christmas Breeze, a slightly crisper air that tends to waft through the island this time of year. The other seasonal harbinger is […]
Studio One: Version Dread (Dub Specialist) / Vinyl Reissue
Speaking of the latest excavation of the famed Studio One vaults . . . Pre-dating what became known as dub there was the version. Out-of-print for over a decade, the label recently announced a forthcoming vinyl issue of […]
Studio One Radio Show: Jamaican Broadcast Corp. 1977 / 1978
Mic control, Jamaican DJ Winston Williams had it. Released last year as part of the latest excavation of Studio One’s vaults, Radio Show finds the famed selector mc’ing two episodes broadcasted for the Jamaican Broadcast Corporation; 1977’s Sounds of Young Jamaica and 1978’s Soul, Power And Sound.
Bomboclat! Island Soak 7 :: Jamaican Vintage (A Mixtape)
Island Soak Vol. 7 is back. Heavy on the rocksteady, twenty-three deep cuts highlighting the abundance of crooning talent and metronome-like rhythms that populated the era. Contact high approved
Money Maker :: Studio One
Earlier this year, Yep Roc Music Group launched its massive Studio One reissue campaign. Founded in 1954 in Kingston by Clement “Coxsone” Dodd, the label practically defined reggae, releasing records by the biggest names in the […]
Adrian Sherwood :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
“I never tried to make a commercial record…I know that sounds like a bit of a weird thing to say, because you try to sell records, but I was always trying to find a path […]
Bomboclat! Island Soak 6 :: Vintage Rocksteady II (A Mixtape)
The return of Bomboclat!: Volume Six. A twenty-two track compilation of crate digging Jamaican vintage with just the right amount of soul and funk to move your feet and shake your seat. Download: Bomboclat! Island […]
Jamaican Snapshots :: Winston Cooper (AKA Count Machuki)
Welcome to the fourth installment of Jamaican Snapshots – a recurring column illuminating Jamaican artists whose music largely flew under the radar outside of genre enthusiasts. Winston Cooper a.k.a. Count Machuki : known as the first Jamaican deejay — […]
Jamaican Snapshots :: Dandy Livingstone (Ska Beat, 1967)
Welcome to the third installment of Jamaican Snapshots — a recurring column illuminating Jamaican artists whose music largely flew under the radar outside of genre enthusiasts. A prolific musician and producer, Dandy Livingstone (born Robert Livingstone Thompson) […]
Jamaican Snapshots :: Lloyd & Glen – Keep On Pushing
Welcome to Jamaican Snapshots — the second installment of a recurring column illuminating Jamaican artists whose music largely flew under the radar outside genre enthusiasts. Lloyd Robinson was best know for his dancehall hit “Cuss Cuss”. Born […]
Jamaican Snapshots :: Noel Simms – Mr. Foundation
Welcome to Jamaican Snapshots – the first installment of a recurring column illuminating Jamaican artists whose music largely flew under the radar outside genre enthusiasts. The column’s intent is to both highlight some of the […]
Dread Prophecy: The Strange and Wonderful Story of Yabby You
The late Vivian Jackson, better known as Yabby You , was cut from a different cloth. Though rightly considered one of the pioneers of “roots reggae,” hailed alongside Bob Marley, Culture, Dennis Brown, Burning Spear, and other […]
Bomboclat! Island Soak 5 :: Jamaican Vintage Dub (A Mixtape)
Just in time to help you squeeze the last remnants of heat out of this Indian summer, the fifth installment of our ongoing Bomboclat! series is an atmospheric and predominantly dub heavy mixtape. Hat tip to […]