You can overdo the dark stuff. I’d been listening to the Crooklyn Dub Consortium compilations on Wordsound so much that my mental health was beginning to suffer. I got sucked into a downbeat, slightly drowsy, slightly depressed outlook for a while – the last time this happened was when I was listening to nothing by …
Been listening to: v/a The Biggest Dancehall Anthems 1979-1982 (comp 2002) Completely excellent Greensleeves compliation of early dancehall stuff. Some classics I was already aware of, and some that had passed me by – not surprisingly seeing as I was 10 in 1979. Excellent Junjo/Radics crisp and hard backing. It can be a bit much …
Crooklyn Dub Outernational – Escape from New York (1999) – wicked Wordsound avant dub stuff. Difficult to think that they would get away with the New York and terrorist references today. Damn fine stuff. DJ Scud – Ambush (2003) – twisted! You know the koo, mate! The Bug – Pressure (2003) – suprisingly varied (yet …
Prince Buster – “Wreck a Pum Pum” (compilation 2000, tracks late 60s). Ska and rocksteady isn’t something I know very much about (not that that has ever stopped me before, mind). This is a pretty cool compilation of Prince Buster’s party tunes courtesy of Hackney Libraries – so lots of shagging basically. The title track …
Waking up is always a bit unpredictable because me daughter runs tings in our house, and that usually means any time between 6:00am and half past seven. So this morning she throws a spanner in the works by waking up at about quarter past eight. Bit of a rush to leave the house, but I …
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On the walkman this morning: Master P – “MP Da Last Don” (1998). An impulse buy in a charity shop at the weekend. Double CD of low-down dirty hip hop for a fiver. Sorta southern G-Funk business, excellent production. The whole rough beats vs smooth strings and synths dynamic. I’m no expert on this stuff, …