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's a selection of some classic ska tunes. As well as a lot of the early ska from labels like Trojan Records there's also a few tracks taken from the two tone label. Ska is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. It combines elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues and is characterized by a walking bass line accented with rhythms on the upbeat. Some of the tracks aren't perfect quality seeing as they were taken from pretty scratchy vinyl but considering they're around 40 years old what can you expect :) Most of the tracks are 320kbps mp3's except for 4, 17, 22 & 26 which are 192kbps.
Here's the tracklisting...
01) Jamaican Ska [Byron Lee & The Dragonaires]
02) Gangsters [The Special A.K.A.]
03) Train To Skaville [The Ethiopians]
04) Freak Out [Jackie Mittoo]
05) CN Express [Clancy Eccles All Stars]
06) 007 (Shanty Town) [Desmond Dekker]
07) Land Of Hope And Glory [Madness]
08) Don D Lion [Don Drummond]
09) Liquidator [Harry J & The All Stars]
10) Really Now [The Dreamletts]
11) Guns Of Navarone [The Skatalites]
12) Rudi Got Married [Laurel Aitken]
13) Monkey Man [Toots & The Maytals]
14) Long Shot Kick De Bucket [The Pioneers]
15) Whine & Grine [Prince Buster]
16) On My Radio [The Selecter]
17) King Hammond Shuffle [King Hammond]
18) Next Door Neighbour [Owen & Leon Silveras]
19) Happy Go Lucky Girl [The Paragons]
20) My Baby Is Gone [Delroy Wilson]
21) Hands Off... She's Mine [The Beat]
22) Mesopotamia [Don Drummond & The Skatalites]
23) Baddest Ruffest [Backyard Dog]
24) So Bad [The Upsetters]
25) Ghetto Organ [Jackie Mittoo]
26) Love I Can Feel [John Holt]
27) First Session [Baba Brooks Orchestra]
28) Wrong Embryo [The Rulers]
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 the tracklisting (256kbps)...
01) V.C. 10 (Shake A Lady) [Roland Alphonso]
02) Red Dress [Prince Buster]
03) Shining Light (original 7" version) [Maytals]
04) Lon Chaney [King Sporty & Edwards All Stars]
05) Walk & Talk [Eric Monty Morris]
06) The Lord Is With Me [Jackie Opel]
07) The Scratch [Granville Williams Orchestra]
08) Shirley [Roy Shirley]
09) Don't You Know [Andy & Joey]
10) King Solomon [Skatalites]
11) Shanty Town [Prince Buster]
12) Babylon [Vernon Allen]
13) Treasure Isle [Don Drummond]
14) Fight For Your Right [Justin Hinds & Dominoes]
15) You're Too Bad [Jackie Opel]
16) Dan De Lion [Don Drummond]
17) Sinners [Joe White & Maytals]
18) El Bang Bang [Jackie Mittoo]
19) Don't Trouble People [Alton & The Flames]
20) Soldering [Desmond Dekker]
21) Rollie Pollie [Roland Alphonso]
22) Mother In Law [Lee Perry]
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]