Rub A Dub Style by Beth Lesser

Writer Beth Lesser, known for her books Dancehall: The Story of Jamaican Dancehall Culture and The Legend of Sugar Minott & Youthman Promotion, is about to release her new book Rub A Dub Style, which takes a deeper look on the period between Bob Marleys passing 1981 and the dancehall explosion in the early 90ies. [...]

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 [...]

Interview with Walshy Killa

One of our favorite Blogs, LargeUp, did an nice interview with Walshy Killa. Wicked read! LargeUp: How did you get started as a DJ? Walshy Fire: I went to Clark Atlanta University and met with a sound called Changes, which was originally from Nannyville, Jamaica. To give you the real history of it, I used [...]

Footage of Silly Walks 20th Anniversary

Everybody, please watch this video of last month’ celebration of Silly Walks Discotheques 20th Anniversary in Hamburg, Germany. 20 Years! This is fucking huuuuge! By the way, Silly Walks will be in Saarbrücken next week for the october edition of the Jamaican Lounge. Sounds like a plan for everyone of you, don’t it?

[Documentary] Saxon Sound & Coxsone – 2 Big Sound

pic via MRD Promotions. A very good, 25min. long documentary, featuring Saxon & Coxson Sound speaking to the Original selectors from both sounds as well as the Mc’s also Artist form Ja who were currently in England. by Holy Roller Productions.

Silverhawk Sound in the Jamaica Gleaner

There’s an article about the Hawk published in the Jamaica Gleaner today. Silverhawk was a novelty. In an era when there was King Jammys with its crew of Admiral Bailey, Shabba Ranks and Major Worries (among others, of course); Arrows with Chickenchest; Stereo One with Lt Stitchie and Jonathon Wolfman; Creation with Papa San and [...]

[Video] Sentinel Sound in Israel

Short Video Documentary about Sentinel Sound´s first appearance in Israel in December 2010. The dance took place at Club Barbys in Tel Aviv on Dec 16 and was promoted by Afficoman Productions.

Interview with Mediative Sounds

Today, the House of Reggae Blog, starts a new rubric where they interview real reggae soundsystems. Means the one with the heavy towers of speakerboxes, not a DJ travelling with a cd-pouch. They start with Mediative Sounds from Uppsala, Sweden. What’s the most exciting point about running a soundsystem? When you draw a certain kind [...]

Little Interview with David Rodigan

So how did a white kid from the UK infiltrate Kingston’s reggae scene? Did you encounter much resistance at first? I have never experienced any prejuduce in Kingston. I went there for the first time in 1979 and met people and just kept going back. I had to go because I loved the music so [...]