TOP TUNES ON SOUNDCLASH REGGAE RADIO

3-4 essential tunes we select each month... more or less!

December 2006

- Mikey General - King For Life - Qabalah Music - BAD one-off Lovers reggae cut

- Al Capone - Chatty Chatty - Mellow Vibes - another vocodoeerrr hit.

- Collie & Buju - Sensi Come Around - Knut Possee - Two remixes from the Komposti crew to watch, outta Finland!

- Ras Mc Bean and Lorenzo - Forigve them jah - Irie ites - Consistenly killer dancehall roots reggae from the french movers.
July 2006 the Black Cinderella riddim, black scorpio, is very nice with the General Trees Cut "Dance with a woman again" a total scorcher

One riddim which may not be the newest, the Rose Apple (Ice-Berg), is good. Like the Lutan Fyah and Sizzla lovers cuts, with Fantan Mojah most suited for the dance (and seems to say clash hi-fyah clash hi-fyah!!)

Wash Belly riddim (Gibbo). Wicked uptempo organ based new rootical cut. Great tune from Sizzla "Step Aside".

Discovery: ALBOROSI, on "Herbalist" (Forward records)... REALLY ENCHANTING GANJA TUNE!! I've got a much better feel for this than i had for ganja farmer a long time ago.

I also have to mention the latest Upstate remix, with Buju Banton "I wanna be Loved" on a studio one is also really doing it for us.

June 2006

- Spectacular feat. Turbulence - High Grade - Irie Ites
Burning spear's rocking time revisited by Mafia and Fluxi via Gussie P's. Power dancehall roots!

- Fantan Mojah and Jah Cure - Them No Build Great Man (Sweet Sop riddim) - Downsound
On the "Lucky You" riddim, the two most distinctive voices of today's roots scene synergise for a Must Have tune.

- Baby Cham / Assassin - Ghetto Story / As a Man - Step Pon
Killer remixed double sider

May

- Brother Culture - Darker Side of Town - Roots Garden
Deep roots production from Nick Manasseh and Culture blessing us with a moody Colharbour feeling... Exceptional UK reggae!!

- Sam Cooke - Little Thing you do / Teenage Sonata - Studio ?
Beautiful picture hardcover for another session of Sam Cooke on Brentford road. Perhaps not as drop-dead as vol.1, but still an essential GEM.



- Rasta Pickney Riddim - Old Capital
Not brand new, but crisp and heavy one drop reggae with a "Turbulent Time" also on Lutan Fyah's new album "phantom wars". Turbulence and Lorenzo also blaze it.

April 2006

- Jstar - Fall in Love (A. Jones rmx) - Jstar
Wicked re-dub of Ms Dynamite's take of the Ken Boothe classic!

- Jah Bami - New Day (Jah Love Riddim) - Massive B
Crucial Riddim based on Yabby U "Warning Da Nation" - Many top vocals to look out for...

- Lutan Fyah - Smug Alert (Wat dem go a do riddim by Zenzile) - Irie Ites
Second 10" on this downtempo steppa grower of a riddim, from our friends of the Irie Ites crew

- Jah Warrior meets Jah Mason - Don't Cry Dubwise - Jah Warrior
The warrior still has some of the sharpest weapons in UK roots... Check brand new dubwise style from their collaboration for the "Most Royal" album.

March 2006

- Prince Jazzbo - Jah Jah never fail I yet - Ujama music
Energetic and vibesful roots killer, feat Rita Marley in the chorus.

- Bob Marley and the Wailers - Stand Up Jamrock - Island
The Gong himself pon the Jamrock!

- Roots & Wailers Band - Evil That You Do - Impact
Mystical female vocals

February 2006

- The Mighty Threes - Rasta Business / Satta - Education Vintage 12"

- Perfect - Babylon Guweh (what's the fighting riddim)- Yahbel 7"

- 50 cents - P.I.M.P (Bost and Bim rmx) - the Bombist 7"

January 2006

- Dr Dre and Snoop Dog "the next episope" / Jurassic 5 "Unified rebelution" - UPSTATE 7" remix - never has hiphop sounded so good... feels like reggae!!

- Kelly Makeada - Shake it Off - Peckings - ENORMOUS rocksteady 7s coming from the PECKINGS stable... get them while you can

- Turbulence - Dem a nuh rasta (real time riddim) - Grillaraz - Watch out for this man, Patriot and Perfect on this riddim and in 2006...

December 2005

- Miss Dynamite - The Application / Jamaican Judgement (Punchline). London's best voice on a brilliant one-drop creation by Kyaal, b/w Cecile on the the classic Dy-na-mi-teee instrumental.

- Anthony B - Uprising (Same way riddim) - Soul Vybz - New french label (Soul Stereo + Vybz so nice) using Mafia and Fluxy's talent and firehouse crew members...

- Studio One Roots 2 - Soul Jazz records - One of the best compilation released this year, big tunes for reggae-heads and novices alike.

- YT - Wicked Act (Sativa Recs) - Conscious sounds & lyrics from YT, cream of the english dancehall crop. Tune about the July 7th London bombings. More info.

November 2005

- Bush Chemists meet Lover Grocer - East of Jaro - Conscious Sounds. Monster melodica Dub!
- Number One Station feat. Persia - Moonlight Lover - Blue Beat. The rocksteady classic well re-visited.
- Johnny Osbourne - Black Star Liner - Roots Garden. Manasseh Production, wicked roots from the Brighton Massive
- Shy FX feat Top Cat - Everyday. Wicked reggae-filled track from the master of drum'n'bass, feat Top Cat. From Shy FX and T-power's new album Diary Of A Digital Soundboy.

October 2005