10 Years of Riddim Magazine

German dancehall and reggae magazine Riddim celebrates its 10th anniversary on the 10th of september this year with a big party at the U-Club in Wuppertal.

In true reggae fashion, the Germany-based Riddim Magazine’s 10th anniversary celebration on September 10 will be held at a nightclub. The No-Maddz poetry quartet will headline the event at the U-Club in Wuppertal and Riddim’s Ellen Köhlings pointed out in an email interview that it is consistent with the full-colour glossy publication’s start up.

“At the initial launch of Riddim, Sean Paul and Gentleman performed. That was before they ‘bussed’. So we felt obliged to again take a look at the future of reggae, which we feel the No-Maddz represents,” Köhlings said.

The No-Maddz performance is not the only way that Riddim is showing its faith in Jamaican artistes who are new to Germany. In the upcoming edition, roots reggae band Raging Fyah, which recently launched its debut album Judgement Day at Wickie Wackie, Bull Bay, St Andrew, takes the cover story spot.

Read more over at the Gleaner.

Sizzla in stable condition after bike crash

Dancehall artiste Miguel Collins popularly known as “Sizzla Kalonji” is now a patient in the St. Ann’s Bay Hospital after being injured in a traffic crash Wednesday night on the Runaway Bay Main Road.

Sizzla was driving a motorcycle when he was hit by a car.

via Jamaica Star.

[Video] Yellowman – King A Talk

Teach the Youths

Roadblock inna the Sesame Street. Elmo & the Cookie Monster having a 45 Clash.

Busy Weekend

Tonight we’re starting a busy weekend.

First, we’re juggle alongside the incredible Soundvibration from Bonn at our monthly regular Jamaican Lounge at Modul in Saarbrücken.

Right after that in the morning, we’re heading to the airport to fly to Berlin where we gonna mash up the Yaam together with Supersonic Sound tomorrow.

Make sure to check we out at one of the dances!

Joel Chin murdered in Jamaica

News have been that Joel Chin of VP Records was shot and kill Tuesday night in Stoney Hill, Jamaica.

May his Soul rest in peace.

Condolences to his family and friends.

[Download] Roots Rockers – Clubwise Mix Vol.1

Soul Force & Roots Rockers decided to free up this old Mix from 2007.

Nice Move!

Tracklist:

1. Ernest Grass – Intro
2. Turbulence & Spectacular – High Grade
3. Alice Russel – Hurry On Now (RMX)
4. J-Star – When I Fall In Dub
5. Ms Dynamite – When I Fall In Love
6. Super Cat – Girls Town (RMX)
7. Pharcyde – Passin´ Me By
8. Black Twang & Jahmali – So Rotten (RMX)
9. Michael Rose & Shabba Ranks – Shine Eye Gal (RMX)
10. Buju Banton – Champion (RMX)
11. UB40 & Sizzla – Red Wine To Gaze (RMX)
12. Mystic Dan – Yes Roots Rockers (Dubplate)
13. Top Cat – Gallist (RMX)
14. Nextmen & Demolition Man – Piece Of The Pie
15. Skibadee – Tika Toc
16. Black Grass – Oh Jah
17. Zagu Zar – Welcome To England (RMX)
18. Demolition Man & Tenor Fly – Loyal To The Game
19. Method Man & – Lauryn Hill Say
20. C´Day – Kill Off A Soundboy (Dubplate)
21. Nextmen & Cutty Ranks – Silent Weapon
22. Busta Rhymes – Dangerous (RMX)
23. Perfect – Hit Dem
24. Top Cat – Sess Weh Yu Want (RMX)
25. Nextmen, Dynamite MC & Demolition Man – Blood & Fire
26. Marvin Gaye – Hear Me Through The Grapevine (RMX)
27. Buju Banton – Tricks Kill People (RMX)
28. Colleen & Webb – Golden (RMX)
29. The Specials & Ol´ Dirty Bastard – Another Message To Rudie (RMX)
30. Black Grass – Don´t Leave Me This Way (RMX)
31. Collie Buddz – Come Fi Kill A Sound (Dubplate)
32. Zap Pow – Last War (Extended Mix)
33. The Dynamics – Seven Nation Army
34. Onion Rings – Outro

Download via Soulforce

MTV Iggy interviews Dre Skull

Dre Skull, Mastermind behind my favorite Dancehall-Album since, uhmm, forever, gets interviewed by MTV Iggy’s Jesse Serwer.

Kartel being such a master of self-promotion, what did you learn from him making this album?

Just watching him as a songwriter was pretty interesting. I don’t know that it’s a type of learning that I can apply to other things because I can’t make someone else be a songwriter like Vybz Kartel. I think he really approaches his career and his press in a very holistic way. It’s not like he does four to six songs and he goes home for the day. He’s a performance artist and his songwriting is part of his artistry. His interviews, his Twitter account, his YouTube postings are part of his artistry. To watch someone working in that way from up close is pretty interesting—watching someone who’s a total artist and intentional in what he does.

Read the whole Interview over at MTV Iggy.

[Download] DJ Gravy & DJ Teddy King – Back In Time

Large Up‘s DJ Gravy teamed up with NYC Streetwear Shop Boundless NY own DJ Teddy King to bring you this fine throwback Mixtape, hosted by Micro Don.

Download the Mix from Divshare.

via Burden Clothing.

Interview with Pekka Vuorinen

A while ago I’ve posted about the book “Volcano Revisited” from finish reggae enthusiats Tero Kaski & Pekka Vuorinen.

Now Roger Reggae from the berlin-based Reggae-Blog “House of Reggae” did an interview with Pekka.

How did you get into reggae and dancehall in a country that must be the complete opposite of Jamaica?

Cool runnings! We were at Cröna Lund in Stockholm when Bob Marley and the Wailers had their concert there. Capacity of the place is about 20.000 and there was over 40.000 enthusiastic Bob Marley fans! Tero had already one of the best reggae record shops in the World – but the business was slow. Coming back home from the concert we decided to educate the Finnish massive and to start a magazine.

We were cool guys from the North, so „Cool Runnings“ was the best choice for a name. Tero was a copy machine expert and knew the best ways to print a good quality fanzine. We had all Finnish reggae lovers writing to the magazine. They – Juha Vaahtera and Tapsa Piirainen for instance – were soon the best Studio One experts of the time. We had around 300 subcribers. Don’t know if they got any wiser but at least we did, the editors and the contributors.

Enjoy the whole interview via House of Reggae.