[Download] The Large – Fresh Fruits Mix

Shimmy Shimmys The Large kam heute mit einem neuen Mix namens Fresh Fruit um die Ecke, der es mir sehr angetan hat.

Den Mix kann man sich ganz einfach über Soundcloud downloaden oder streamen. Viel Spaß!

Tracklist:

CHRONIXX – ODD RAS
MAVADO – TOUCH DOWN
CHAM – LAWLESS
BEENIE MAN – THE GUM
WARD 21 – CALENDAR
KONSHENS – DRINK & RAVE
I OCTANE – GYAL A GIMME BUN
XTC – FUNCTIONS ON THE LOW (MURLO REMIX) vs PROJECT PAT & JUICY J (LARGE REFIX)
POPCAAN – MEDAL (ZJ LIQUID REFIX)
DOUSTER – CAJON
SCHLACHTHOFBRONX – PASSA PASSA
DRAKE & SHAGGY – FIND YOUR LOVE REMIX
MR VEGAS – BARE TINGZ
SPICE – NINCOMPOO
BUSY SIGNAL – BEDROOM BULLY
MAVADO – MARCH OUT
SO SHIFTY – DARKAS RIDDIM
AIDONIA – FI DI JOCKEY
J CAPRI & CHARLY BLACKS – WHINE & KOTCH
ZOELAH – WINE UP ON ME (MURLO REMIX)
ALL GOLD EVERYTHING (HDD ALL MACHEL EDIT)
JUS NOW – TUN UP
MURLO, SAMRAI & FOX – DOWNTOWN / UPTOWN
BUNJI GARLIN – SAVAGE
MACHEL MONTANO – BEND OVER
BUNJI GARLIN – DIFFERENTOLOGY
RIZZLA – BATTYJACK
JUSTIN & BEYONCE – END OF TIME (BRENMAR REMIX)
SCHLACHTHOFBRONX & TIMBERLEE – BASSDRUM
DJ SLIINK – PUT CHA BACK IN IT
MEEK MILL – YOUNG & GETTING IT (NICK CATCHDUBS REMIX)
DOUSTER – WINE RIDDIM INSTRUMENTAL
WALTER EGO & TRIM – SET OFF
SIZZLA – GIVE ME A TRY (TOP BILLIN REMIX)

Interview with Mr. Williamz

The peeps of Shimmy Shimmy did this nice interview with UK Reggae Artist Mr. Williamz.

What name were you performing under at the age of 9?

At first I wasn’t using no name, cos I wasn’t planning anything, [deejaying] wasn’t my main desire, it was just something I got drawn to. So I didn’t have a name, I was just using my real name, Micah. Then when I started high school at the age of 10, they would have concerts at school on Fridays, so my friend encouraged me to perform. I went to an audition, the guy said flash a lyric and so I did and he said ‘yeah man, you sound bad ya know’ and he said ‘what’s your name’, and I said ‘Micah’, and him say ‘no, what’s your name, we want to put you on the poster’. He wanted to know my artist name but I didn’t have a name so he just called me Apache. He did the poster and then everybody knew that was me, just through the resemblance. Cos in Jamaica, if you have a slight Indian resemblance, they’re gonna call you apache or Indian or coolie man or something. Like Super Cat, he did the Wild Apache thing. So it just stuck and people were using that name for me, until about ’92, when i put on ‘cat’, cos I was coming in the style of Super Cat, the same energy to how we flex. That’s when I came to London. In London there was already Apache Indian, there was UK Apache, that’s why I changed to Kool Cat after cos I didn’t want people to mistake it, or think ‘yo he’s trying to be like Apache Indian, or UK Apache’.

Head over to Shimmy Shimmy for the full interview.

Massive B 20th Anniversary collaboration Stüssy Shirt

Seems like Massive B are following Mighty Crowns footprints and teaming up with Stüssy to release a special t-shirt for their 20th Anniversary, together with Mix CD & DVD package.

Unfortunatly the shirts are only available in Japan right now.

via Shimmy Shimmy.

Interview with Mafia & Fluxy

Recently found this nice Interview with legendary Producers Mafia & Fluxy on the awesome Shimmy Shimmy Blog.

How did you both get into music initially?

In our family home my uncle had a sound system called Wizard Hi-Fi. We used to play on the sound system everyday when we came home from school.

What was the sound system scene like when you started? Could you give us an idea what it was like to grow up in the era of legendary UK sounds?

Yes, we had huge sound clashes with sounds like Fatman, Jah Shaka, Sir Coxsone Sound, they were the top 3 sounds in London at the time.

Read the whole Interview over at Shimmy Shimmy.

Bunny Lee Interview

Just found this exclusive Interview with the legendary Bunny Lee, done by The Large, one half of the DJ Duo Jim Bones & The Large and editor of the incredible Shimmy Shimmy Blog.

Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee is one of the most influential and pivotal producers in the history of Jamaica, and the history of popular music. With a career spanning over 40 years, his contribution is undeniable: breaking some of reggae’s biggest names, having a literal and metaphorical hand in the creation of dub, and pioneering the deejay sound that would later form the backbone of rap music. I was asked to interview Striker a while back now by Westbury, his publisher, and after about 3 days of waiting round and re-arranging times due to Bunny’s hospital visits, we finally met up in a bar in Brixton. It turned out to be a pretty unbelievable afternoon – we were interrupted by Niney the Observer, only then to be gatecrashed by Tappa Zukie, and it all ended up with me singing ‘Natty Dread A Weh She Went’ in his face (he asked for it, literally). Dressed in a full red suit and his signature fisherman’s hat, the 70-year-old producer has some serious stories to tell. I have tried to touch the tip of the reggae iceberg…

Read the Interview over at Shimmy Shimmy.

New Shimmy Shimmy T-Shirts

London-based Dancehall/Reggae/Bashment Blog and DJ Collective Shimmy Shimmy recently released their new dancehall from the 80′s to the present-inspired T-Shirt line via their WebShop.

The shirts look extra dope and are very limited, so hurry up to get yours, cause they will sell off like sliced bread.

And to celebrate they launch of the shirts they even did a short retro dancehall mix which is downloadable via Soundcloud. Enjoy!

TRACKLIST:

BAM BAM INTRO w/TOOTS
JUNIE RANKS – BIG AND READY
DIGNITARY STYLISH – VEHICLE STYLE
FATTA YOUTH – HUMAN DICTIONARY
CUTTY RANKS – OUT A HAND
BOUNTY KILLER – ANOTHER WORD
BEENIE MAN – SLAM
SPRAGGA BENZ – YUH BODY GOOD????
SNAGGA PUSS – WOODY WOODPECKER
SHABBA RANKS FEAT. DEBORAH GLASGOWE – MR LOVERMAN
SHABBA RANKS – WICKED IN A BED
SHABBA RANKS – NONE A DEM
SHABBA RANKS – GIVE DEM DI SHABBA
SHABBA RANKS – X RATED
SHABBA RANKS – TING A LING
SHABBA RANKS FEAT. KRYSTAL – TWICE MY AGE
SHABBA RANKS – TRAILER LOAD A GIRLS
SHABBA RANKS – RAM DANCEHALL
SHABBA RANKS – NUH FOLLOW
KHAGO – NAH SELL OUT
KHAGO – NAH SELL OUT PT.2
ASSASSIN – NAH SELL OUT

Hit Me With Music – Movie & Interview

Here is the full Hit Me With Music documentary from Nice Time Productions on Youtube.

Enjoy!

Btw, Shimmy Shimmy did an interview with the producer a couple of weeks ago.

You managed to get the likes of Mavado, Vybz, Ele, Yellowman, Bounty…how did you go about getting into the dancehall scene while you were filming?

Well, Jamaicans love chat!!! If there’s a nation where its easy to get opinons of artists, it’s Jamaica. While other music stars all over the world are hard to get to, it’s not the case in Jamaica. I have always been into de dancehall scene, it’s not unusual to see me at Kingston street dances. I guess the only difference was that I had Miquel and his great work as a director to show what I had in mind. He always manages to improve all my ideas.

Read the whole Interview via Shimmy Shimmy

[Download] Cool Hand Luke – The Dancehall Document Vol.1

Strictly Vinyl Mix by Cool Hand Luke from the UK. 80′s & 90′s Digital straight.

Tracklist:

1. Flow Brown – Teach Them Style (Techniques 12)
2. Sanchez – Come To Rule (Sir Coxsone 12)
3. Mark Wonder – We Rule (Black Scorpio 7)
4. Chuck Turner – Ah No Me She Love (Live & Love 12)
5. Scorpion – Love Jamaica (Parish 7)
6. Sluggy Ranks – Willing Fe Give Me (I-95 12 inch)
7. Johnny P & Scotty – Old Fire Stick (Living Room 12)
8. Conroy Smith – Dangerous (Grade One 12)
9. Alton Black & Blacka Ranks – Gal A Watch Yu (Witty 12)
10. Apache Scratchie – Link Up (Shelly’s LP)
11, Sleepy Wonder – Respect (Shelly’s LP)
12. Malibu – Dancehall Thriller (J&M 7)
13. Pad Anthony – Turn Up The Volume (Steely & Cleevie 12)
14. Anthony Johnson – Dancehall Vibes (Jammys/Dubstore 7)
15. Cooler – The Sea (Ikus 12)
16. Colonel Lloydie – Tender Touch (Star Light 12)
17. Peter Lloyd – Dancehall Queen (Greensleeves 12)
18. Robert Ffrench – When You Come A Dance (Parish LP)
19. Courtney Melody – Turn Dem back (Ffrench 7)
20. Tiger – Wanga Gut (Tiger 12)
21. Conroy Smith – Dancehall Posse (Kemarley 12)
22. Sanchez – Sweetest Sound (Techniques 12)
23. Super Cat – Sweets For My Sweet (Skengdon 12)
24. Screwdriver – Dancehall Full Up (Kangal 7)
25. Pliers – Murder We Wrote (Pioneer Muzik 12)
26. Pinchers – Kingston 13 (Ossie 7)
27. Sugar Dee – Nice Up The Dance (Y&D 12)
28. Screwdriver – Young Girls Life (Redman 12)
29. Destry Don – Come Follow Me (Jah Youth 7)
30. Sister Chinna – Jam The Calypso (Harry J 7)
31. Little Clarkie – Bubble & Rock (Y&D 12)
32. Yoruba – Jollification (Stage 7)

via Shimmy Shimmy.

Interview with Beth Lesser

London-based Dancehall-Blog Shimmy Shimmy did an excellent Interview with the great Beth Lesser, known for her essential books King Jammy’s and Dancehall: The Story of Jamaican Dancehall Culture.

You went out to Jamaica in the early 80s with the purpose of researching reggae – how did you manage to get in with the scene?

We had some help. we knew somebody up here who had some contacts with Jamaican people and some producers. There were a lot of records being produced in both places, so when we first went down to Jamaica he gave us some errands to do, like go see Tuff Gong, and he also introduced us to somebody who worked with Augustus Pablo, who was married to a woman who lived in Toronto. So we met with them before we went down. Originally we [Beth and her husband, Dave] went down there with the intention of doing some kind of fan club for Augustus Pablo. That was the springboard, not only did we really apprecaite his music, but we knew sombeody, so there was actually a possibility of going down there and meeting him, and starting a fan club or whatever, something to publicise him, his artists and his productions.

Read the whole Interview over at Shimmy Shimmy.

Tippa Irie Interview

Shimmy Shimmy did a Interview with our UK-Buddy Tippa Irie.

4). You are well-known for your days as a Saxon Sound MC in the 80’s, could you
tell us what the sound system scene was like back then?

The sound system thing back in the day was a blessing, but very hard work. Travelling in the back of a sound van for miles and lifting very heavy sounds boxes and working all night on the mic for very little pay, but is was all worth it as those experiences have made what I am today.

There was more love in the dances back then, and the sounds clashes were great and most of the time sold out, with people just wanting to enjoy themselves and get away from the trouble we face as black people living in the UK.

Read more over at shimmyshimmy.co.uk