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• Shabba Ranks, Lady Saw, Jr Reid +More [Photos from CaribbSumFest 08]

  This is a test. Only a test. Of my new photo gallery capabilities. If it works, you get to peep some pix from the CaribbeanSummerFestival this summer – Shabba Ranks, Lady Saw, Junior Reid, Baby Cham and Warrior King……

  Featuring:   CaribbSumFest · dancehall · deejay · fotos · live

• Dubstep Sessions Vol 1 Mix By Hatcha Is EleMENTAL

  SWrecords and Aphex:Recordings present… Dubstep Sessions Vol 1
  “Dubstep is a sound that will literally stop you in your tracks, itfs so powerful and elemental.” Mary Anne Hobbs
  “The latest development in British dance music… ready to conquer the world” Gervase De Wilde, The Daily Telegraph
  Dubstep’s roots are a mixture between the UK Garage scene and Jamaican [...]

  Featuring:   diaspora · dub · dubstep · soundsystem culture · UK

• Bong-Ra, Bizzy + Darqwan Bios From Planet Mu

  Planet Mu artist bios for Darqwan, Bizzy B and Bong Ra…
  Darqwan :
  Oris produces as Darqwan, DQ1 and RS4… He’s based in Sheffield, Steel City, home of his seminal label Texture.
  A serious vinyl collector by the age of 8 and hardcore raver at 15, Oris began playing out at 16 and fast cultivated a reputation as [...]

  Featuring:   breakcore · current artists · jungle · record labels · yardcore

• From Dancehalls To Teknivals – A Short History

  Musikal Resistance: A Short History (I)
  This paper was originally presented as an informal talk at the Rebelstar Activist Retreat, Crescent Beach, BC, Canada on November 26th, 2001.
  Musikal Resistance: A Short History (I)
  History.
  Rave Culture began at the juncture of several political social movements.
  i) Jamaican Dub Soundsystem Culture of the 70s/80s
  ii) UK Traveller Culture (ex-hippies); Punks; New [...]

  Featuring:   electronic music · history · Jamaican · rave · soundsystem culture · TAZ · UK · US

• Dirty Harry, Negusa Negast + Steve Bedlam Forward The Reggae Revolution

  Dirty Harry drops some history on us, via the KingBeatSound website. He talks about how he got into soundsystem culture, how Steve Bedlam and Negusa Negast brought the reggae/dancehall/jungle ting to the London party scene and how he established KingBeatSoundsystem in ‘99 and found his niche alongside raging teknivals….
  DIRTY HISTORY…
  KINGBEATSOUNDSYSTEM’s owner/ production manager DirtyHarry [...]

  Featuring:   Bedlam Sound · Dirty Harry · history · KingBeat · Negusa Negast · RDK Hi-Fi · soundsystem culture · teknival · UK

• Resources For Aspiring BIG Sounds

  BIG Sound resources:
  http://www.speakerplans.com/
  http://www.noisecontrolaudio.com/

  Featuring:   soundsystem culture · speaker boxes

• Bristol’s Shady Past And Dark Arts

  Excerpt from Wiki about Bristol’s underground:
  History of the Bristol Underground scene
  Bristol has long been a multicultural city. In the 1950s and 1960s there were waves of immigration that made Bristol one of the most racially diverse cities in the UK. This mix included greater access to new strands of music such as reggae. “In 1980, [...]

  Featuring:   Bristol · history · immigration-emmigration · Massive Attack · racism · riots · underground

• Congo Natty Is Serious About Jungle Music

  From the Official Congo Natty website:
  I & I music is to praise Haile Selassie I Jah Rastafari making a joyful noise unto the Lord, for it is Jah who has made I & I. Jah Rastafari sends his children a positive vibration that manifests through drumming (Nyahbingi) and chanting (Singing). The drum patterns of Nyahbingi [...]

  Featuring:   Africa · Congo Natty · drumming · jungle · lineage · Nyahbingi · Rastafari

• The Modernization Of Reggae Riddims

  The Month In Reggae/Dancehall as published monthly on Pitchfork. The latest installment discusses Ragga Twins and The Bug in a way that complements my research today. Thus, here are excerpts for future reference:
  Wed: 06-18-08
  The Month In: Reggae / Dancehall
  The Month In by Dave Stelfox
  To this end, respected reissue and archive label Soul Jazz [...]

  Featuring:   culture · dancehall · jungle · riddims · updated riddims

• The Birth Of Jungle Inna Babylon Circa 1990

  So far, the earliest release of jungle tunes on vinyl are the first Ragga Twins singles in 1990. Here are additional perspectives from around the way…
  A likkle history of jungle music, as told by Carlos Soul Slinger:
  In the early 1990s, MCs who were predominately Black and from the ragga scene, began to add their [...]

  Featuring:   history · jungle · old school · US