Party Time: Playlist for Nov. 26, 2010

I love this cover designed by Tom Hingston Studio.

The Heptones: Party Time (Extended Mix) - Unreleased Night Food & Rare Black Ark Sessions (Auralux 2005)

N.A.S.A.: Chase The Devil - 50 Years of Dr. Martens (Dr. Martens 2010)

The Black Seeds: Way The World - Into The Dojo (Capitol NZ 2006)

Chet Singh: Dub Stepping In The Rain - Recessionary Revolutionaries (Ind. 2010)

Dubkasm: Woodsman Dub - Transformed In Dub (Sufferah's Choice 2010)

Black Dub: Ring The Alarm - Black Dub (Jive 2010)

Kodama & The Dub Station Band: Light & Wind - In The Studio (Delphonic 2005)

Sound Iration: Ruff Song - Sound Iration In Dub (Year Zero 2010)

Buju Banton: Do Good - Before The Dawn (Gargamel 2010)

Boris Gardiner: Every N***er Is A Star - Every N***er Is A Star Original Soundtrack (Jazzman 2010)

Big Youth: Every N***er Is A Star - Natty Universal Dread 1973-1979 (Blood & Fire 2001)

Pale Rider feat. Mr. Easy: Wickedest Thing - Listen Keenly (Cassava 2009)

Dubblestandart feat. David Lynch: Optimism (Dubstep Refix by Subatomic Sound System) - Marijuana Dreams (Collision 2010)

Bob Marley & The Wailers: Pass It On - Burnin' (Island 1973)

Skream: Metamorphosis - Outside The Box (Tempa 2010)

Dubmatix feat. The Ragga Twins: Gun Down - System Shakedown (7Arts Entertainment 2010)

Vibronics: Vintage Dub - Dub Italizer (Universal Egg 2000)

Carlos Malcolm: Rockin' In My Rocket - Bustin' Outta The Ghetto (AJP 1970)

Basque Dub Foundation feat. Michael Rose: Babylon Ah Fight from MySpace

Roots Manuva vs. Wrongtom: Proper Tings Juggled - Duppy Writer (Big Dada 2010)

"Black Dub" in the studio - "Ring the Alarm" from Daniel Lanois on Vimeo.

Playlist for Nov. 19, 2010

Scientist is currently touring the UK & Ireland, supporting the soon to be released double album Scientist Launches Dubstep Into Outer Space, due in December from Tectonic Recordings.

On the album, Scientist remixes fresh dubstep tracks by many of the biggest names in the business, including Kode9 & Spaceape, Shackleton, RSD and King Midas Sound.

In the live show, he provides a live dub remix for the "Upsetters" who may or may not be some incarnation of Lee "Scratch" Perry's recording group, who also went by the name "The Hippy Boys" and, most famously, recorded with Bob Marley et al. as "The Wailers." He's supported by such dubsteppers as Pinch, Mala, Pokes and Loefah.

Mikey Dread: Dread At The Mantrols - Arkology (Island 1997)

Jah Wobble: Taiko Dub - Welcome To My World (30 Hertz 2010)

Carlos Malcolm: Bounce What You Got - Bustin' Outta The Ghetto (AJP 1970)

Lizzy & Cornell Campbell: Aquarius - Joe Gibbs Scorchers From The Early Years 1967 - 1973 (VP Records 2009)

Dennis Walks: Heart Don't Leap - Mudies Mood (Trojan 1970)

I Roy & Mudies All Stars: Heart Don't Leap Rap - Quad Star Revolution 1 & 2 (Moodisc 1972)

Harry Mudie Meets King Tubby: Heart Leap Dup - Harry Mudie Meets King Tubby In Dub Conference 2 (Moodisc 1994)

Buju Banton: Innocent - Before The Dawn (Gargamel 2010)

Bonjay: Frawdulent - Broughtupsy (Mysteries Of Trade 2010)

Tricky: Kingston Logic - Mixed Race (Domino 2010)

Prince Fatty feat. Hollie Cook: That Very Night - from MySpace

Prince Fatty feat. Hollie Cook & Dennis Alcapone: That Very Night In Dub - Supersize (Mr. Bongo 2010)

Bedouin Soundclash: Fools' Tattoo - Light The Horizon (Sony 2010)

Cas Haley: Will I Find - Connection (Easy Star 2010)

King Tubby & The Aggrovators: For The Rest Of My Life Dub - Shalom Dub (Justice Basement 1975)

John Frum: Shreveport Shuffle - Jahtarian Dubbers Vol. 2 (Jahtari 2010)

Sly Dunbar: River Niger - Funky Nassau: The Compass Point Story 1980 - 1986 (Strut 2008)

Ammoye & Rise Ashen: Mad Dem - Haffi Win (Balanced Records 2010)

Dubmatix feat. Kulcha Ites: Wobble Weeble - System Shakedown (7Arts Entertainment 2010)

King Midas Sound: U Dub Part 1 - from the forthcoming Scientist Launches Dubstep Into Outer Space (Tectonics 2010). Free download available here.

Keith Hudson & The Chuckles: Satan Side (a.k.a. Theme From Satan Side) - The Hudson Affair (Trojan 2004)

Horace Andy & Earl Flute: Satan Side (a.k.a. Peter & Judas) - Rebel Music (Trojan 1979)

Dub Syndicate: Satan Side - Classic Selection Vol. 1 (On-U Sound 1989)

Earl "Chinna" Smith: Satan Side - Earl "Chinna" Smith & Idrens Inna De Yard (Makasound 2007)

Augustus Pablo: Satan Side Version (a.k.a. Kiss 14) - The Hudson Affair (Trojan 2004)

The Ethiopians: Band Yu Belly - The Mighty Two: Joe Gibbs & Errol Thompson (Heartbeat 1992)

Basque Dub Foundation: Lightning & Thunder - from MySpace

Easy Star All Stars: Brain Damage (Adrian Sherwood & Jazzwad Remix) - Dubber Side Of The Moon (Easy Star 2010)

Earl "Chinna" Smith & Idrens Inna De Yard inna live stylee performing "Satan Side." Check it out!

"Earl Flute," who recorded "Satan Side a.k.a. Peter & Judas" with Horace Andy (for Keith Hudson) was actually Earl "Chinna" Smith, best known for playing guitar on a whole mess of classic reggae, including the Wailers during the Island years. "Chinna" is a Jamaican pronunciation of "Tuner."

Red Rose For Gregory: Playlist For Nov. 12, 2010

From the back of the album cover for

More Gregory (Mango 1981). Designed by dj.

In remembrance of Gregory Isaacs, one of the sweetest voices in the history of recorded music.

Gregory Isaacs: Number One - Tougher Than Tough: The Story Of Jamaican Music (Island 1993)

Gregory Isaacs: Don't Let Me Suffer - All I Have Is Love: Anthology 1968-1995 (EMI 2003)

Twilight Circus feat. Gregory Isaacs & Big Star: Touch Not - Binghi Riddim (M Records 2008)

Gregory Isaacs: Bad Da - Trojan Story Vol. 2 (Trojan 1982)

Gregory Isaacs: Sacrifice - Mr. Isaacs (Blood & Fire 2001)

Gregory Isaacs: Slavemaster - Rockers Original Soundtrack (Mango 1979)

Dillinger: Take A Dip- Mr. Isaacs (Blood & Fire 2001)

Gregory Isaacs: We Don't Pet Sound Boy - Trojan Creole Reggae Box (Trojan 2004)

Gregory Isaacs: Mr. Know It All - Run It Red (Blood & Fire 2005)

Gregory Isaacs: Mr. Brown - Soon Forward (Virgin 1979)

Gregory Isaacs: Hey Mr. Babylon (aka Handcuff)- Mr. Isaacs (Blood & Fire 2001)

Gregory Isaacs: Mr. Cop - Extra Classic (Micron 1977)

Gregory Isaacs: Out Deh - Twenty Classic Hits (Sonic Sounds 1991)

Gregory Isaacs: Crofs - Slum In Dub (Trojan 1994)

Gregory Isaacs: Dealing - Basic Replay (Basic Replay 2007)

Gregory Isaacs: Night Nurse - Night Nurse (Mango 1982)

Style Scott & Flabba Holt: Night Nurse Dub - Nurse In Dub (Lion & Roots 2001)

Sly & Robbie feat. Simply Red: Night Nurse (On-U Sound 12" Mix) - Night Nurse (Warner 1997)

Dubmatix feat. Gregory Isaacs: System Breakdown - System Shakedown (7Arts Entertainment 2010)

Dub Syndicate feat. Gregory Isaacs: Kingston 14 - No Bed Of Roses (Echo Beach 2004)

Gregory Isaacs: Rumours - Tougher Than Tough: The Story Of Jamaican Music (Island 1993)

Gregory Isaacs: Get Ready- Mr. Isaacs (Blood & Fire 2001)

Gregory Isaacs: One One Cocoa - Rhythm Master Volume One (Hot Pot 2005)

Gregory Isaacs: Late At Night - Down Santic Way (Pressure Sounds 2005)

Gregory Isaacs: Late Hour - Down Santic Way (Pressure Sounds 2005)

Gregory Isaacs: Night Nurse (Kruder & Dorfmeister Remix) - Future Dub #01 (Nova 2000)

SACRIFICE by Gregory Isaacs:

I was given as a sacrifice
To build a black man's hell an' a white man's paradise
But now that I know
It's time I've got to go, Lord
The proceedings seem so painful
And so slow, slow, slow
The proceedings seem so painful
And so slow

I have gathered all the wealth
From all over the world
Beating chains an' shackles
Just to help them make them kings, duke and earl
But now that I know
It's time I've got to go, Lord
The proceedings seem so painful
And so slow, slow, slow
The proceedings seem so painful
And so slow

What I give is what I will take
I gave love - I won't take no hate
I say : love love love - iniversally
Love love love

What I give is what I will take
I gave love - I won't take no hate
I say : love love love - iniversally
Love love love - itinually
Love love love
That is what I give
And that is what I take

Tribute to Ari Up: Playlist for Oct. 22, 2010

I'm an island girl, but no man is an island. - Ari Up

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main... any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. - John Donne, Meditation XVII

Ari Up January 17, 1962 - October 20, 2010 R.I.P.

The Slits: In The Beginning There Was Rhythm 7" (Y Records 1980)

The Slits: Typical Girls - Cut (Deluxe Edition) (Island 2009)

New Age Steppers: Fade Away - New Age Steppers (On-U Sound 1980)

The Slits: No. 1 Enemy - Y3LP The Official Bootleg (RCA Victor JP 2009)

The Slits: I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Cut (Deluxe Edition) (Island 2009)

The Slits: New Town (John Peel Session) - Cut (Deluxe Edition) (Island 2009)

The Slits: New Town - Cut (Deluxe Edition) (Island 2009)

The Slits: Earth Beat & Earth Dub 12" (Epic 1981)

Ari Up: Kill 'Em With Love - Dread More Dan Dead (Collision 2005)

The Slits: Animal Space/Spacier - Man Next Door 12" (Collision 2005)

The Slits: A Boring Life - Y3LP The Official Bootleg (RCA Victor JP 2009)

New Age Steppers: My Whole World - Action Battlefield (On-U Sound 1981)

The Slits: FM - Cut (Deluxe Edition) (Island 2009)

Dubblestandart feat. Ari Up: Idiots Dub - Return From Planet Dub (Ind. 2009)

New Age Steppers: My Guiding Star - Action Battlefield (On-U Sound 1981)

Creation Rebel/New Age Steppers: Eugenic Device - Threat To Creation (On-U Sound 1981)

The Slits: Lazy Slam - Trapped Animal (Narnack 2009)

The Slits: Or What Is It? - Y3LP The Official Bootleg (RCA Victor JP 2009)

The Slits: Or What It Is? - Return Of The Giant Slits (Blast First Petite 2007)

New Age Steppers: My Nerves - Rare & Unreleased: 17 Exclusive Tracks (On-U Sound Download 2009)

Dub No Frontiers feat. Ari Up: Scheisse from Adrian Sherwood's MySpace

Noiseshaper feat. Ari Up: Me Done - Real To Reel (Miracle Sounds/Echo Beach 2007)

Sammy Dead Oh - Playlist for Oct. 15, 2010

Black Seeds: Rotten Dub (Rotten Apple D-Duff Remix) - Specials: Remixes & Versions From Solid Ground (Download Only, Ind. 2010)

Jah Wobble: New Delhi - Welcome To My World (30 Hertz 2010)

Don Drummond: Down Beat Alley - 100 Years After (Studio One 1980s)

Hey-O-Hansen: Rumble Version - Sonn Und Mond: Rare & Unreleased Austrodub Tracks 1995-2009 (Pingipung 2009)

King Burnett: Babylon A Fall - Sipple Out Deh: The Best Of The Black Ark Jamaican 7"s (Trojan 2010)

Dennis Coffey: Theme From "Enter The Dragon" - Instant Coffey (Sussex 1973)

The Upsetters: Enter The Dragon - Kung Fu! Reggae Vs. The Martial Arts (Trojan 2004)

Dubmatix feat. Dennis Alcapone: Struggle - System Breakdown (7Arts Entertainment 2010)

Dean Fraser: Shine Eye Gal - Big Up (Island 1997)

Ali Campbell: Hallelujah Time - Running Free (Absolute 2007)

U Roy: Lovers Rock 7" (Black Roots 1970s?)*

U Roy: Lovers Rock (Version) (Black Roots 1970s?)*

Carlos Malcolm: Pound For Pound No. 1 - Bustin' Outta The Ghetto (AJP 1970)

Nick Lowe: Heart - Quiet Please: The New Best Of Nick Lowe (Yep Rock 2009)

Pinch: Qawwali 12" (Planet Mu 2006)

Ammoye & Rise Ashen: Take It Easy - Haffi Win (Balanced Records 2010)

Sir Coxsone Sound: Live & Love - Evolution Of Dub Vol. 5: The Missing Link (Greensleeves 2010)

Digital Dubs feat. Earl 16: Pirates' Game from MySpace

Roots Manuva meets Wrongtom: Lick Up Ya Foot - Duppy Writer (Big Dada 2010)

The Beatdown: Let Me Take You Out - The Beatdown (Stomp 2010)

The Heptones: I Am Lonely - Peace & Harmony: Anthology (Trojan 2004)

Edric Connor & The Caribbeans: Sammy Dead Oh - Songs From Jamaica (Saland 2008)

Eric Monty Morris: Sammy Dead - Byron Lee: The Man & His Music (VP Records 2010)

Ska Cubano: Natty No Dead (Sammy No Dead) - ¡Ay Caramba! (Cumbancha 2006)

Sir Gibbs: People Grudgeful - Joe Gibbs & Friends: The Reggae Train (Trojan 1988)

Fat Freddys Drop: Midnight Marauders Pylonz & Kinetix Remix -D&B Versions 12" (The Drop 2006)

*Thanks to Sattamassagana for these rare and excellent tracks.

Boom Shaka Lacka: Playlist for Oct. 8, 2010

U Roy: Wake The Town - Tougher Than Tough: The Story Of Jamaican Music (Island 1993)

Bim Sherman w/ The Strange Parcels: Man Next Door - Need To Live (Century 2002)

Butch Cassidy Sound System: Hear What I Say - Butches Brew (Fenetik Music 2004)

G Corp: A Voyage On The Marie-Celeste - Co-operation Dub (Echo Beach 1998)

2BadCard: Rock To Sleep - Hustling Ability (On-U Sound 1995)

Dubmatix feat. Ranking Joe: Tornado - Renegade Rockers (7Arts Entertainment 2008)

Red Earth Collective feat. Soothsayer Horns: Hard Times Dub -Red Earth Dub (Red Earth 2010)

DUB NEWS

Cooly G: Up In My Head (Hyperdub 2010)

Pinch: Croydon House (Swamp81 2010)

Ackee: Lick Them (Livity Reggae 2010)

Solo Banton: No (Maffi 2010)

Burning Spear: Marcus Garvey - Marcus Garvey/Garvey's Ghost (Island 1976)

Jah Wobble: Port Said - Welcome To My World (30 Hertz 2010)

King Midas Sound: Lost - Waiting For You (Hyperdub 2009)

King Tubby: Rasta Train Dub - Shalom Dub (Justice Basement 1975) Thanks to Rastaman-Drum And Bass for this vinyl rip. Can't wait for the new CD from Jamaican Recordings!

Little John & Billy Boyo: What You Want To Be (Disc Jockey) (Dug Out/Rusty International 2010)

Bunny & Ricky: Bushweed Corntrash - Sipple Out Deh! The Black Ark Years: The Jamaican 7"s (Trojan 2010)

Ammoye & Rise Ashen: Haffi Win - Haffi Win (Balanced Records 2010)

Jolly Boys: Passenger - Great Expectation (Geejam 2010)

UB40: Boom Shaka Lacka - Labour Of Love IV (EMI 2010)

Dubmatix vs. Easy Star All Stars: Speak To Me-Breathe In The Air - from the forthcoming Dubber Side Of The Moon (Easy Star 2010). Thanks to Easy Star Records for the previews!

Sing Our Own Song: Playlist for Oct. 1, 2010

Thanks to Pete for this beautiful single.

UB40 will perform at the Coliseum a.k.a Caesars Windsor a.k.a the Casino next Thursday, October 7th.

Can't wait!

UB40: Sing Our Own Song - Rat In The Kitchen (DEP Intl. 1986)

UB40: Food For Thought - Signing Off (Graduate 1980)

UB40: If It Happens Again (Dance Mix) 12" (DEP Intl. 1984)

UB40: Tyler - Signing Off (Graduate 1980)

UB40: Don't Break My Heart - The Best Of UB40 Vol. 1 (Virgin 1995)

UB40: Riddle Me - 12" (DEP Intl. 1984)

UB40: Silent Witness - Present Arms (DEP Intl. 1981)

UB40: Neon Haze - Present Arms In Dub (DEP Intl. 1981)

UB40: Sweet Sensation - Labour Of Love (DEP Intl. 1983)

Dubmatix feat. The Ragga Twins: Gun Down - System Shakedown (7Arts 2010)

Jerry Brown: Dreadlock Lady - Summer Records Anthology 1974-1988 (Light In The Attic 2007)

Twilight Circus feat. Big Youth: Lions' Den - Deeper Roots (M Records 2005)

Jimmy Cliff: Many Rivers To Cross - The Harder They Come (Island 1972)

UB40: Many Rivers To Cross - Labour Of Love (DEP Intl. 1983)

Errol Dunkley: You're Gonna Need Me - Joe Gibbs Scorchers From The Early Years 1967-73 (VP Records 2009)

UB40: You're Gonna Need Me - Labour Of Love IV (EMI 2010)

UB40: You're Gonna Dub Me - Dub Sessions II: Labour Of Dub (Ind. 2010)

UB40 feat. Sister V.: V.'s Version - Baggariddim (DEP Intl. 1985)

UB40: The Earth Dies Screaming - 7" (Graduate 1980)

UB40: D.U.B. - Geffery Morgan (DEP Intl 1984)

UB40: Dub To Me - Dub Sessions II: Labour Of Dub (Ind. 2010)

Lord Creator: Kingston Town - Trojan Originals Box Set (Sanctuary 2007)

UB40: Kingston Town - Labour Of Love II (Virgin 1989)

UB40: Red, Red Wine - Labour Of Love (DEP Int. 1983)