Here's a selection of reggae and dub music that should provide a nice soundtrack to your next sesh. I've included a few of the songs that have been sampled in various drum & bass / jungle tunes so you should recognise a few of them. A lot of these were originally released on Trojan Records but I've also thrown in a few others for your delectation.
Here is a collection of tracks from the excellent reggae band, Black Uhuru. Black Uhuru are a Jamaican reggae band probably best known for their hits "Shine Eye Gal", "Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner", "Sinsemilla", "Solidarity" and "What Is Life?". They were the first group to win a Grammy in the reggae category when it was introduced in 1985. They originally formed in 1972 as Uhuru (the Swahili word for freedom). Tracks 11 & 12 aren't perfect quality but my vinyl is a bit scratchy (nothing major though).
Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Happiness
02) World Is Africa
03) Sponji Reggae
04) Youth Of Eglington
05) Darkness
06) What Is Life
07) Bull In The Pen
08) Elements
09) Push Push
10) Right Stuff
11) Sinsemilla (Discomix)
12) Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (Discomix)
13) Sponji Reggae (12" Version)
Here is another live show, this time from reggae masters Aswad. This show was recorded in 1983 at the Notting Hill Carnival and is from when they were at their very best, well that's what I reckon anyway. Though saying that I did see them play live a couple of years ago and they were still great and played a lot of the old classics. So even though the weather this summer was a washout, grab this and get yourself a taste of sunshine.
Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Not Guilty
02) Not Satisfied
03) Your Recipe
04) Roots Rocking
05) Drum & Bass Line
06) African Children
07) Soca Rumba
08) Rockers Medley
i) Ease Up
ii) Your Love' s Gotta Hold On Me
iii) Revolution
iv) Waterpumping
09) Love Fire
This is another reggae and dub mix from DJ Switch. This was done on the 22nd of April 2011 and contains a mixture of new and old reggae tunes. Unfortunately I haven't got the track listing but it has tracks from artists like Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Junior Marvin and King Tubby. The last ten minutes of the mix was actually done by me and is a couple of tracks from Linton Kwesi Johnson and Scientist. So if dub reggae is your thing give this a listen.
You can stream it here...
There are other music streams available on this site. Either choose the page from the Music Streams section on the right or just click here.
Well seeing as I've just posted up one Grand Theft Auto radio station I may as well do another of theirs. This time it's K-Jah West from the San Andreas game and once again it's chock full of great tunes. K-Jah West is a reggae radio station hosted by DJs Marshall Peters & Johnny Lawton (actually voiced by Lowell Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare respectively). It is also an affiliate of K-Jah Radio which originally appeared in GTA3.
Here's the tracklisting (192kbps)...
01) Pressure Drop [Toots & The Maytals]
02) Sidewalk Killer [I-Roy]
03) Chase The Devil [Max Romeo & The Upsetters]
04) Batty Rider [Buju Banton]
05) Funky Kingston [Toots & the Maytals]
06) Armagideon Time [Willie Williams]
07) Bam Bam [Pliers]
08) Don't Let It Go To Your Head [Black Harmony]
09) King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown [Augustus Pablo]
10) Wicked Inna Bed [Shabba Ranks]
11) Cocaine In My Brain [Dillinger]
12) Drum Pan Sound [Reggie Stepper]
13) Great Train Robbery [Black Uhuru]
14) Here I Come [Barrington Levy]
15) Revolution [Dennis Brown]
16) Ring My Bell [Blood Sisters]
Well I hope you had a nice christmas and new year and let's start off 2011 with a big ol' reggae mix. This one is from DJ Switch and was recorded in November 2010. It has a mixture of old and new stuff from people like Lee 'Scratch' Perry, The Clash and Barrington Levy. It's mainly reggae but there's also a little bit of ska, dub and dubstep thrown in for good measure. The download is all in one big 320kbps mp3 file. I haven't got the tracklisting but it starts with Bankrobber by The Clash, then a bit of Aswad and continues on from there :)
Here's a mix of some reggae, dub & a bit of dubstep. It was mixed by Version Big-Fi as part of the Stop That Train series. I'm not sure where I got this mix from but after a bit of searching I found the Stop That Train Blogspot where there are many more reggae & dub mixes available. If you like this mix then I recommend giving the Stop That Train site a visit.
Heres the tracklisting (192kbps mp3)...
01) Dub Zone [Dub Plate Vibes Crew]
02) Xterminator Dub [Dirty Dub Fakirs]
03) 2008 A Dub Odyssey [Messian Dread]
04) Target (Moat Mix) [Small Axe (Aka The Ruts)]
05) This Is The Law (Big-Fi Dub) [Version Big-Fi]
06) Psalms 87.2 [Sir Coxsone Sound]
07) The Way It Is / Version [Ricky Storm (I Kong)]
08) Blue Monday (Remix) [Version Big-Fi vs. New Order]
09) Sensi Dub [Cotti & Cluekid]
10) Entopy Dub [Port Brasta Crew]
11) A Wolf At The Door [Dub Tribute To Radiohead]
12) Skeng (Version Big-Fi Mix) [The Bug Feat, Killa P & Flow Dan]
13) Cockney Translation [Smiley Culture]
14) Popeye Ska [The Granville Williams Orchestra]
Continuing on with the dub & reggae songs here's a collection of some excellent reggae for you. Again I've included the CD covers if you want to burn this :)
All the tracks are in mp3 format with a bitrate of 256kbps.
Seeing as I'm going to see Aswad supported by a ska band The Dualers in Watford this Friday I thought I'd upload some dub reggae. Hopefully Aswad will do some of their early stuff rather than the later, more poppy reggae. I've never heard of The Dualers but I do like a bit of ska.
This is just a collection of dub tunes from a few different artists. I've even included the CD cover if you want to burn this :) All the tracks are in mp3 format with a bitrate of 256kbps.
DOWNLOAD DUB CHEMISTRY (Part 1 - Tracks 1 to 11) DOWNLOAD DUB CHEMISTRY (Part 2 - Tracks 12 to 21) Here's the track listing. 01) Mosman Skank (Aswad) 02) Invaders (Scientist) 03) Iron Bar Dub (Linton Kwesi Johnson) 04) Travellin' (Twilight Circus Dub Sound System) 05) Night Of Dub (Sly & Robbie) 06) Rockers Reasoning (Messian Dread) 07) Dance Of The Vampires (Scientist) 08) Can't Break Dub (King Tubby) 09) Jah Steppa (Twilight Circus Dub Sound System) 10) Victorious Dub (Linton Kwesi Johnson) 11) Fire Dancing (Roots Fire System) 12) The Corpse Rises (Scientist) 13) Round 06 (Prince Jammy) 14) Cocaine (Sly & The Revolutionaries) 15) Over The River Jordan Dub (Blaminack) 16) No Dub Island (Scientist) 17) Sensical Dub (Linton Kwesi Johnson) 18) Jah Heavy Load (I Jahman Levy) 19) Your Teeth In My Neck (Scientist) 20) Floor Plate (Twilight Circus Dub Sound System) 21) Pick Up The Dub (Scientist) DOWNLOAD DUB CHEMISTRY (Part 1 - Tracks 1 to 11) DOWNLOAD DUB CHEMISTRY (Part 2 - Tracks 12 to 21)
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Here's a selection of reggae and dub music that should provide a nice soundtrack to your next sesh. I've included a few of the songs that have been sampled in various drum & bass / jungle tunes so you should recognise a few of them. A lot of these were originally released on Trojan Records but I've also thrown in a few others for your delectation.
