• Afro Punk Reggae Dub From Nigeria, Ghana, Trinidad, UK + St Kitts

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    Steel An’ Skin re-release of 1979 12″ -

    ‘Afro Punk Reggae Dub’ does exactly what it says on the tin, and more besides. It’s sheer groove is something to behold – driven by a fugged-out bassline that’s very much rooted in dub but combines with the drums to forge a sound that’s easily as disco as anything Larry Levan ever dropped at the Paradise Garage. Chuck in the afro-style percussion and, of course, the steel drums, and you have yourself a genre-vaulting carnival anthem that sounds as fresh and full of life now as it did upon release 29 years ago.

    Steel An’ Skin were a band of young nightclub musicians born in Ghana, Nigeria, Trinidad, St Kitts and the UK, who once performed with Ginger Johnson’s Afrika Drummers, a highlife band based in and around Honest Jon’s Ladbroke Grove HQ.

    -From FACT Mag

    http://www.honestjons.com/shop.php?pid=32910

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  • Chris Blackwell Is An Island

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    From Tangled Up! Recordings in their post about Independents Day ’08:

    It’s actually 50 years since Chris Blackwell and Graeme Goodall, (probably) lazing about in Jamaica, decided to start the first independent record label and called it Island. From the balmy beaches of the Caribbean to the grim streets of Manchester and onto the tenement buildings of Glasgow, Indie labels in Britain over the past half-century have provided music fans with the adventurous, the inventive and the experimental. And thank God for that.

    Was this before or after he became a vampire?

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  • Exodus – semantics

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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exodus

    Mosaic authorship

    exodus
    One entry found.

    exodus

    Main Entry:
    ex·o·dus Listen to the pronunciation of exodus Listen to the pronunciation of exodus
    Pronunciation:
    \ˈek-sə-dəs, ˈeg-zə-\
    Function:
    noun
    Etymology:
    Latin, from Greek Exodos, literally, road out, from ex- + hodos road
    Date:
    before 12th century

    1capitalized : the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture — see bible table2: a mass departure : emigration

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exodus

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  • Digi-Scraps

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    I needed a place to store links, notes, ideas and info I come across as I work on various projects, so that’s what this is.  I’m currently working on a new book about dancehall and reggae culture around the world, so that will be the main theme around here for a while.

    If you were looking for my portfolio, it’s on the home page:

    http://www.mollifire.com

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