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Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-nuary 16, 2016 (Stream + Tracklist): Green Bay Bowl Packers!

January 22, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

images-4 — My dilemma: Spin Reggae on Smile Jamaica or watch my beloved Green Bay Packers

Greetings,

Smile Jamaica has three obsessions, in no particular order:

Reggae and dubwize
San Francisco Giants baseball – even year so book a World Series victory
Green Bay Packers NFL

I ‘n’ I suffered through decades of mediocrity until they got good in the 90’s with Brett Favre and now Aaron Rodgers.

So I had a dilemma: Green Bay vs. Arizona right during Smile Jamaica.

Praise Jah for DVR. Gah, what a gut shot ending to yet another amazing Hail Mary.

When do pitchers and catchers report?

<Green Bay Packers or Smile Jamaica; 25 sec.>

bless, robt

Aaron-Rodgers-Hail-Mary-radio-12-05-15 — Lightning does strike in the same place twice. Too bad the Defense peed it down their legs. Fiyah burn!

Smile Jamaica Annotated Playlist: Jah-nuary, 9 2016: pics, captions, Reggae History Lessons, soundbytes; 39 sec.

Set 1:

Chantells – Children of Jah; Waiting in the Park (Phase One) ’77 UK vinyl
King Tubby Meets Roots Radics – Country Gal Dub; Dangerous Dub (Greensleeves) ’81 Dub Album of the Hour
Zema feat. Martin Luther King Jr. – Free At Last Dub; Black Sheep (Melchizidek); dub w/ MLK’s speech vox

<Livicated to Martin Luther King, Jr; 24 sec..>

Augustus Pablo – Jah Light Version; East of the River Nile (Shanachie) ’78 bonus track
Jah Woosh – This Train; Best of (Cactus) ‘74
Yellowman – Sinsemilla; Dancehall 2 (Soul Jazz) ’83 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

<Bern One Down – Vermont to legalize in 2016? 20 sec.>

Cha Cha feat. Ranking Joe – You’ll Never Know; 10” EP (Above Rock) 2010 female Chinese singer w/ JA deejay; 19 sec.

Vermont Legislature may legalize the Seven Leaf in 2016. Five down, 45 to go?

Set 2:

Bunny Wailer – Peace Talks; Crucial! (Shanachie) ’83 aka Ceasefire; herbtune

<Livicated to my ancestral home, Iran – no nuclear weapons! 17 sec.>

Likkle Mai – Rock to Sleep; Roots Candy (Beat) 2005 Jah-pon female singer of Dry & Heavy
Johnny Osbourne – We Need Love; 100% Dynamite (Soul Jazz) ’79; over Spinners I’ll Be Around riddim
Ijahman Levi – Ceasefire pt. 1; Two Double Six 701 (Jahmani) ’95; Ijahman’s prison number when bust for herb; 16 sec.

448fe873e5730c894585d21d7392b5fcbe9accce-271x184 — “Let’s go back to the White House and put some Bunny Wailer on the Hi Fi. Ceasefire and light the chalice!”

Set 3:

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Get Up Stand Up; Talkin’ Blues (Tuff Gong) live at KSAN Radio, San Francisco; Oct. 1973

<Live in the Studio – KSAN San Francisco; 100 sec.>

Crucial – Them Want I; Hits of the Past (Links) ’79 female singjay
The Heptones – My Whole World Is Empty Without You; Meaning of Life (Trojan) Supremes cover
Colour Red – Natty Dread a Get Stronger; 10” (Jah Tubbys) 2006 militant steppers
Bim Sherman – Rub a Dub (Century) Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4: Best of Smile Jamaica – 26 Years; 18 sec.

Max Romeo – Smile Out of Style; War ina Babylon (Mango) ’76:
Sister Carol – Free Food Ticket; Black Cinderella (Jah Life) ’84; cover of Nicky Thomas “Love of the Common People”
Roots Radics – Mash It Up; Freelance (Kingdom) ‘85

<Held hostage in UK until they delivered an album for Kingdom Records; 39 sec.>

Lee “Scratch” Perry & Dub Syndicate – Night Train; Time Boom X De Devil Dead (ON U Sound) ’87

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

Marcia Griffiths – Truly; At Studio One (Studio One) Vinyl is Vital Set; ‘80 JA
Brimstone – Back Weh; Atra 10 Track (Atra) UK
Dr. Alimantado – How Long; (Tell Me You Are Having a) Wonderful Time (Keyman) ’88 UK
In Crowd – Riding High; Roots Rock Reggae (Creole) ’78 Fr.
Joe White – My Guiding Star; Sounds of Jamaica Top Ten (Studio One) ’69 JA

M106742W595 — The Aretha Franklin of Reggae

Set 6:

Peter Tosh – Glass House; Complete Captured Live (EMI America) 8/23/83 in Los Angeles
Phyllis Dillon – Leave it In the Hands of Love; Midnight Confessions (Westside) Rocksteady
Benjamin Zephaniah – Get High; Rasta (Workers Playtime) ‘83 UK dub poet herbtune
Gussie P – Who’s Safe; 10” (Sip a Cup) 2003 UK feat. MLK I Have a Dream speech

<Martin Luther King Jr. – I Have a Dream; 22 sec.>

Sly & the Revolutionaries – Burn Pipe Dub; Sensi Dub vol. 1 (Original) Dub Album of the Hour

Set 7:

June Lodge – Someone Loves You Honey; Reggae Pulse 3 – Love Songs (RAS) ’80 Charley Pride cover

<Utah Islanders’ favorite: June Lodge C & W Lovers Rock; 14 sec.>

Coco Tea – The Weed; Weed a Bun vol. 1 (Charm) 2005 herbtune
Aldubb – What the Funk Is Dubstep?; 10” EP (One Drop) 2008 Germ. Dubstep

<Foreshadowing Dubstep? 5 sec.>

Country & Western Lovers Rock much beloved by Utah’s Island community

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Hollie Cook – Ari Up; Twice (Mr. Bongo) 2014 livicated to Slits singer who passed

<Livicated to Ari Up; 28 sec.>

New Age Steppers feat. Ari Up – Fade Away; New Age Steppers (Statik) ’81 Junior Byles cover w/ female vox. Adrian Sherwood prod’n
Armagideon – Eternal Combustion; Steppin Forward (Armagideon Sounds) ’95 herbtune
Word Sound I-Powa; 6000 Dubplates – Live From Planet Crooklyn (WordSound) illbient
Zion Train – Universal Communication; Homegrown Fantasy (China) ’95 UK trance dub

download (12) — Livicated to Ari Up of The Slits. Johnny Rotten was her Stepdad

Words of Wisdom:

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-nuary 2, 2016 (Stream + Tracklist: Mutant Dub New Year!

January 6, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

e3fa954a8ca339f67ceb6650baff1bf0 — 10th Annual Smile Jamaica Mutant Dub New Year!

<Mutant Dub New Year – Clean the Cobwebs out of yer Subwoofer!>

download (6) — New Year Full of Bass on Smile Jamaica!

Greetings,

Happy New Yecade I start off every year with what I end the Ark-Ives with: Mutant Dub – modern dance, drum ‘n’ bass, downtro, lounge and trance with Rasta themes and Reggae echo.

bless, robt

<Smile Jamaica’s Definition of Mutant Dub>

DJ-Yoda-front-1 — Yoda jams up the Mutant Dubwize!

<Mutant Dub New Year – 3 Hour Roadmap; 34 sec.>

alien-dj-wearing-wireless-headphones-holding-cd-turntables-mixers-holograph-shows-approaching-34022101 — Acoustic Levitation inna Irie Meditation

Annotated Playlist for Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-nuary 2, 2016 – Mutant Dub New Year!

Set 1:

African Head Charge – Gospel Train; Songs of Praise (ON U Sound) ’91 UK: Mutant Dub New Year – 3 Hours
Burning Babylon – Dub Tropic; Garden of Dub (I-Tones) 2006 Mass.: Dub Album of the Hour
Butch Cassidy Sound System – Cissy Strut; Butches Brew (Fenetik) 2004 Glasgow: Meters cover
Nightmares on Wax – Wait a Minute; Smokers Delight (Warp) ’95 UK
Noiseshaper feat. Juggla – Bushmaster; Real to Reel (Echo Beach) 2006 Germany
Momo Cat – Calling; Rocky Road (Fat Belt) 2008 Arab-Finnish singer
Ganja Woman – Light Up a Spliff; Pro Cannabis 4 (Dope) 2001 Germany: 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement; 12 sec.

download (7) — Princess Leia – Ganja Woman

Set 2:

Bob Marley – Heathen; Dreams of Freedom (Axiom) ‘97: Bill Laswell rmx: Ambient Translations of Bob Marley in Dub; 19 sec.

Zion Train feat. Lua – Live As One; Live As One (Universal Egg) 2007 UK w/ female vox
X/O/Dus – See Them a Come; 12” (Factory) ’79 UK

MI0000145448 — Dreamy Bill Laswell sounds

Set 3:

Deep Dish feat. Stevie Nicks – Dreams; Geroge Is On (Thrive) 2004: Iranian House duo; 8 sec.

Power Steppers – Bass Inspiration; Bass Re-Enforcement (Universal Egg) ’96 UK
London Underground – Moving Mountains; Compilation 80-84 (ON U Sound) ’89 uk
Motion Detector – Banaras Ghat; 12” Losonofono 2002 red vinyl
Aba Shanti & the Shanti-Ites – Tower of Babel; Jericho Walls – Verse III; ’99 Dub Album of the Hour

download (8) — Stevie Nicks makes her debut on Smile Jamaica

Set 4:

Audio Active – Burning of the Midnight Lamp; We Are Tokyo Space Cowboys (ON U Sound) ’94 Jah-pon covers Jimi Hendri
Singers & Players feat. Sister P – Holy Scripture; Golden Greats vol. 2 (ON U Sound) ’95 UK: Best of
Suns of Arqa feat. Prince Far I – G.D. Magick; 12” EP (Antler) ’86 UK

1_298x294 — Audio Active – Tokyo Space Cowboys

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

Dub Syndicate feat. Bim Sherman – Cuss Cuss; Strike the Balance (ON U Sound) ’89 UK
Akabu – Warrior Queen; Akabu (Viva) ’89 UK female group
Basement 5 – Immigration; 1965-1980 (Island) ’80 UK

<Basement 5 – precursor to Big Audio Dynamite; 19 sec.>

The Outsider – Serengeti; Meets the Hi-Tech Roots Dynamic at Channel One (Jah Works) ’91 UK Instrumental
The Clash – Time Is Tight; Black Market Clash 10” (Nu Disk) ’80 Booker T. & the MG’s cover; 23 sec.

Set 6:

Djosos Krost feat. Jah Bobby – Creation; No Sign of Bad (Quango) 2004 Danish dub w/ dub poet
Trancedub Massiv feat. Meshell Ndegeocello – Moonrise Dub; Negril to Kingston City (Nocturne) 2005 Fr.
Black Star Liner – Harmon Session Special; Yemen Cutta Connection (!K7) 2001 German dub w/ Hindi sounds
Creation Rebel & Dub Syndicate – Chemical Specialist; Threat to Creation (Cherry Red/ON U Sound); Dub Album of the Hour

a_ade0 — ON U Sound producer – Adrian Sherwood – The Godfather of Mutant Dub

<The Godfather of Mutant Dub; 8 sec.>

Set 7:

Asian Dub Foundation – Assassins; Conscious Party (Lookout) ’98 Live in London
Smith & Mighty feat. Tammy Payne – Move You Run; Retrospective (!K7) 2004 UK
Badawi feat. Honeychild – Lack of Oxygen to the Brain/Lack of Dub to the Brain; Bedouin Sound Clash (ROIR) ’96 feat. Female vox

<Badawi – Mystical Jewish/Middle Eastern dubwize; 21 sec.>

Early favorite of the Smile Jamaica Mutant Dub wing of the Ark-Ives

Set 8:

Smith & Mighty feat. Tammy Payne – Move You Run; Retrospective (!K7) 2004 UK
Rockers Hi Fi feat. Deep Space Network – Callacop; DJ Kicks: The Black Album (!K7) ‘97
Afro Omega; Music Revolution; CD Single (Afro Omega) SLC dubbers w/ female vox
Dubphonic – Galactic Sushi Man: Smoke Signals (Hammerbass) 2003 Fr.
Alpha & Omega – Sharu Att Our Aunt (Beginning and End); King and Queen (A & O) ’89 trance dub w/ female vox

Trance Dub with female vox. Smile Jamaica faves. Always have beautiful Ethiopian art album covers

Words of Wisdom:

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-cember 5, 2015 (Stream + Tracklist): Decks the Halls with Boughs of Collie!

December 11, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

<“Deck the Halls w/ boughs of Collie!”>

Greetings,

Been on the road Cratedigging, so haven’t had anything uploaded lately. Tis the season so I’ve got some Holiday vinyl and all the usual delights: 1 min. 05

bless, robt

images (3) — So Santa Say: Mistletoe fi di good gals, coal fi di bad Abwoys!

Annotated Playlist: Smile Jamaica – Jah-cember 5, 2015:

Set 1:

Barrington Levy – Don’t Give Up; Poor Man Style (Trojan) ’82 UK vinyl
Joe Gibbs & the Professionals – All-Mighty Dub vol. 3 (Joe Gibbs) ’78 Dub Album of the Hour
Black Roots – Come and Sing; On the Ground (Sugar Shack) 2012 UK Roots Reunion
Althea & Donna – If You Don’t Love Jah; Uptown Top Ranking (Virgin Frontline) ’78 deejay duo
Everton Blender – Bob Marley/World Corruption; Live at the White River Reggae Bash (Heartbeat) 2000 Tribute to Bob
Owen Gray – Rizla; 30 Wicked Hearts (Bushranger) ’77; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement; rolling papers

<Rizla papers – French rolling paper company founded, 1532; 14 sec.>

Earl Sixteen & U Brown – Years of Slavery/Tired of Slavery; 10” (Merge) ‘79

images — Preferred by 96% of Dread Rastas when wrapping up a draw!

Set 2: Wailers Family Tree

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Talkin’ Blues; Talkin’ Blues (Tuff Gong) live at KSAN radio: Oct. 20, 1973: Wailers Family Tree set

<Oct. 21st 1973 – Live Radio performance: KSAN, San Francisco; 1 min. 21 sec.>

Bunny Wailer – Crucial; Crucial! (Shanachie) ’94 Roots Best of
Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers – Say People; Hey World! (EMI America) ‘86
Peter Tosh – Not Gonna Give It Up; Complete Captured Live (EMI America) Greek Theater, Los Angeles, California: 8/23/83

23018-004-9EF2D005 — Sly Stone kicked the Wailers off tour for upstaging his 1973 funk and soul

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica – 26 Years

Aswad – Rebel; Rebel Souls (Mango) ’84 UK dancehall update
Steel Pulse – Not King James Version; Babylon the Bandit (Elektra) ’85 UK
Sister Carol – Jah Disciple; Jah Disciple (RAS) ’89
Lee “Scratch” Perry & George Faith – I’ve Got the Groove; From the Secret Laboratory (Mango) ’90 Adrian Sherwood co-production; update of George Faith
Keith Hudson – Image; Brand (Pressure Sounds) ’77 Dub Album of the Hour

Best of 26 Years of Smile Jamaica. Bought on Haight Ashbury, Rough Trade Records

Set 4:

Mighty Diamonds – Pass the Kutchie; Big Blunts vol. 1 (Tommy Boy) ’82 herbtune
Aisha – Crisis; True Roots (Ariwa) ‘94

Mighty_Diamonds_from_the_series_Reggae_Kinda_Sweet._-300x205 — Pass di Kutchie pan di lef’ haan side!

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital Christmas

Mutabaruka – Postpone Christmas; High Times All Stars Explosion (Alligator) ’85

<Bah, humbug! 8 sec.>

Tennessee & the Silvertones – Little Drummer Boy; Christmas Time (Studio One) JA
Jennifer Lara – Hands of the Lord; Christmas Stylee (Studio One) JA
Eek a Mouse – The Night Before Christmas; Reggae Christmas (RAS) ’84 Wash’n DC

Set 6: Rockers do Reggae

The Members – Rat Up a Drainpipe; At Night at the Chelsea Nightclub (Virgin) ‘79UK New Wavers: Rockers do Reggae Set
The Ruts – Jah War; The Crack (Virgin) ’79 UK punk rockers
The Heptones – Hypocrite; Meaning of Life (Trojan); Riddim Shower (1): ’72 original vox
The Hitters (aka Brinsley Schwarz) – Hypocrite; Hen’s Teeth (Edsel); Riddim Shower (2) ’73 UK pub rockers cover + version

download — Nick Lowe (fourth from Left) and his pub group Brinsley Schwarz

Set 7:

Gato Negro – Armageddon; Black Cat Dub (ROIR) ’91 Nigerian artist; Dub Album of the Hour
Hollie Cook – Desdemona; Twice (Mr. Bongo) 2013 ghost story
Thievery Corporation – Assault on Babylon; Sounds From the Thievery Hi Fi (ESL) ’96 Wash’n DC
Simon Bogle & Ghetto Priest – Dry Bone; 10” (Green Tea) 2002 UK

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Burning Babylon – Wires to Riot; Beat, Beat, Bat (I-Tones); 2008 Massachusetts
Jah Works – Turn to Jah; Turn to Jah (ROIR) ‘96
Terra Firma – Mineral; Sounds From the Ground (Waveform) 2000 US
Zion Train – A Better Day; Homegrown Fantasy (China) ’95 UK trance dub w/ female vox
Rockers Hi-Fi; Look For a Spark; Rockers to Rockers (Gee Street) ’95 UK

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-tober 31, 2015 (Stream + Tracklist): Happy Jah-loween – Voodoo Isms ‘n’ Skisms!

November 6, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

tumblr_ncbtn2LszD1rpdu8lo1_500 — All Treats no Tricks on Smile Jamaica Jah-loween

<Dracula gets diabetes sucking High Fructose blood out of kiddies; 20 sec.>

Greetings,

Smile Jamaica loves Halloween. Or as I call it Jah-loween. Lots of black arts and superstition in Reggae music. I’ve tracked those Dark Arts for more than 20 years of 3 hour shows.

So this show is Deadicated not Livicated!

<20 plus years of Jah-loween; 32 sec.>

DANCING-PUMPKIN1 — Doin’ the boneyard skank

Here is the road-map through the Boneyard: Witches, werewolves, vampires, duppies and ghosts, And all menagerie of Vampires.

Voodoo that you do!

Plus nuff sound bytes, Horror movie trailers: Blacula, The Thing With Two Head, Village of the Damned, Dr. Phibes, Halloween, X-Files, Twilight Zone.

Listen with the lights out.

curse, robt

<Welcome to Hell!>

Smile Jamaica Zombie Jamboree Playlist:

Set 1:

<All Treats no Tricks; 8 sec.>

Ini Kamoze – Hole in the Pumpkin; Shocking Out (Greensleeves) ‘87

<For 20 years I have led off each Jah-loween Showcase with Ini Kamoze; 12 sec.>

Scientist – Voodoo Curse; Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires (Greensleeves) ’81 dub to Michael Prophet

<Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires; 11 sec.>

Lee “Scratch” Perry & Dub Syndicate – Train to Doomsville; Pay It All Back vol. 2 (ON U Sound) ‘88

<Scratch: Pick up your Cross and follow me! 23 sec.>

Black Uhuru – Vampire; Sinsemilla (Mango) ‘80
The Toyes – Monster Hash; The Toyes (CD Tunes) ’96 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement; Boris Pickett cover
GG All Stars – Haunted House; 12” (Hit Disco) ‘79

download (2) — Scratch – Pick up your Cross and follow me!

Set 2:

<Tribute to the Undead>

Keith Hudson – Darkest Night; Flesh of My Skin, Blood of My Blood (Atra) ’75
Michael Prophet – Satan; Rootsman (Ariwa) ‘99
Garland Jeffreys & Big Youth – Graveyard Rock; Escape Artist (Epic) ’81 black NY rocker

<Garland Jeffreys – NYC Rocker; 17 sec.>

Barrington Levy – Murderer; 12” (Jah Life); ’84 Vampires dem suck your blood

mqdefault — Graveyard Rock – don’t get stoned on my tombstone

Set 3:

Max Romeo – I Chase the Devil; War in a Babylon (Mango) ’76 Lee “Scratch” Perry/Black Ark
Milton Henry – Them a Devil; Who Do You Think I Am? (Wackies) ’85
Devon Irons – Ketch Vampire; Baffling Smoke Signal (Heartbeat) ’76 Lee “Scratch” Perry/Black Ark
Early B – Ghost Busters; Ghost Busters (Black Solidarity) ‘85
Barnabas Collins + Graveyard Skank – Lone Ranger; On the Other Side of Dub (Studio One) ’77 Soap Opera vampire

<Barnabas Collins – Dark Shadows vampire; 14 sec.>

Set 4: Vinyl Halloween

Gladiators – Duppy Conqueror; Gladiators (Virgin Front Line) ’80 Bob Marley cover; Duppy = Jamaican Ghost

<Bob Marley’s Duppy Conqueror – Jamaican ghosts; 10 sec.>

Crucial Bee – Mark of the Beast; Just a Sting (All-Starr) Am. Virgin Island over G. Isaacs riddim
Lee “Scratch” Perry – Judgment in a Babylon; 12” (One Drop) ’81; “Chris Blackwell is a Vampire”

<Island Label owner Chris Blackwell sued Scratch for libel; 17 sec.>

Prince Alla – Evil Forces; Evil Forces (Calabash) ’84 Florida
Pluto – Vampire Year; Ire Mas Rockers (Top Ranking) ‘81

<’78 – year of the woman; ’79 – year of the child; ’80 – year of the vampire; 15 sec.>

Alpha & Omega – X-Files Theme; Serious Joke (A & O) 2002

<X-Files Mini Series soon come>

Set 5:

David Lindley & El Rayo X – Werewolves of London; Very Greasy (Elektra) ‘88

<I saw Jack Nicholson at Trader Vic’s. His hair was perfect; 15 sec.>

Sky High & the Mau Mau – Cemetery Robbery; Origination (Sky High)
Humble Soul – Damn Vampire; Good Lord, Thank You (Kolchamuzik) ’96 Hawaiian artist
Clint Eastwood & General Saint – Talk About Run; 12” (Greensleeves) ’81 cover of Lord Kitchener “Love in the Cemetery”

<Don’t make out with your girl in the Cemetery; 15 sec.>

Pablo Gad – Blood Suckers + Dub; Blood Suckers (Celluloid) ‘78

Set 6: Mutant Dub Halloween

<Smile Jamaica – Putting the mutants in Mutant Dub>

Future Pigeon – Mummy Rock; Echodelic Sounds of Future Pigeon (Record Collection) 2006

<Roll a lickle spliff wif di papyrus>

<Smokin’ sensimeena inna Mesopotamia>

Tino – Wolfman Is Everwhere; Hallowe’en Dub (Tino’s) 2002
Kode9 + Spaceape – Ghost Town; 5 Years of Hyperdub (Hyperdub) 2009; Specials cover
Dan I & King Kietu – Vampire + Dub Down the Vampire; Rastafari Judgement Fire (Imperial Roots) 2009 Italian dub

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: September 12, 2015 (Stream + Tracklist) – Go Green Bay!

September 15, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

Finally. NFL starts. No more deflategate. No more Roger Goddell (rhymes with HELL)

Just my Green Bud Bowl Packers put a beat down on the Cutler-riffic Chicago Bears; 12 sec.

3 Truisms from the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives; 12 sec.

Reggae ‘n ‘ Duwize
San Francisco Giants baseball
Green Bay Packers football

<Green Bud Bowl Packers; 2 sec.>

bless, robt

<High-lights of the Sept. 12, 2015 Ark-Ive; 48 sec.>

Playlist:

Set 1:

Azeem & Session – Jah Children; Live and Direct (M.Al’s) Oakland vinyl
Black Slate – Romans Dub; Ogima (TCD) ’81 UK: Dub Album of the Hour
Count Ossie & the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari; So Long; By the Rivers of Babylon (Shanachie) nyahbinghi drum
Phyllis Dillon – Woman of the Ghetto; 100% Dynamite (Soul Jazz) Marlena Shaw cover
Abyssinians – Jah Marley; Last Days (Tabou1) ’99 Bob tribute
Gregory Isaacs – Mr. Cop; Sensational Extra Classic (Trojan) ’78; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

<Cool down your temper Mr. Cop! 9 sec.>

Barry Brown – Jah Lead Us; 10” (Attack Gold)

Set 2:

The Wailers – 400 Years (JA + US/UK); Catch a Firee (Tuff Gong) ‘73

<Catch a Fire: JA vs. Island overdubs; 33 sec.>

<400 Years: JA mix vs. Island mix; 50 sec.>

Ethiopians – Satan Boy; From Matador’s Arena vol. 2 (Jamaican Gold) ’70 Halloween soon come!
Christine Miller & Hi Tek Players – Trod Away Home; 10” (Roots Hi-Tek) 2006 UK; militant steppers

Set 3: Best of 27 Years Reggae Radio

The Selecter – My Collie (Not a Dog); Too Much Pressure (2 Tone) ’80 herbtune; 13 sec.

Toots Hibbert – Freedom Train; Toots in Memphis (Mango) ’88 soul covers
Aswad – Tradition; Distant Thunder (Mango) ’88 UK
Ruts DC & the Mad Professor – Love and Fire; Rhythm Collision Dub (ROIR) ’82 UK punkdub
Jah Lloyd – Sharp Razor; Herb Dub (Teams); Dub Album of the Hour

sddefault — 2 Tone Ska Herbtune with female vox

Set 4:

Peter Tosh – I’m the Toughest; Live at the Jamaica World Music Festival (Peter Tosh Foundation); 11/27/82: Montego Bay, JA
Bunny Wailer – Never Grow Old; Gumption (Shanachie) ’90: Toots cover
The Tennors – Ride Your Donkey; Broken Flowers (Focus) Rock Steady tune from Jim Jarmusch Soundtrack

<Jarmusch and Tarantino Soundtracks: Top Rank! 17 sec.>

Boney ‘L’ & Vibronics – Babylon Children; 10” (Jah Tubbys) 2006 UK militant steppers w/ female vox

Set 5: Vinyl is V-Ital Set

Lloyd Robinson – Cuss Cuss; Studio One Showcase volume 2 (Studio One) Vinyl is Vital Set: Riddim Shower (1): JA original

<Cuss Cuss; 16 sec.>

Dub Syndicate feat. Bim Sherman – Cuss Cuss; Strike the Balance (ON U Sound) ’89 UK: Riddim Shower (2): mutant dub cover

<Style Scot RIP; 28 sec.>

U Roy – Dynamic Fashion Way; Studio Kinda Cloudy (Trojan); ’69 Keith Hudson prod’n over Ken Boothe
Dr. Alimantado – This Little Bird; (Tell Me You Are Having a) Wonderful Time (Keyman) ’88 UK

<Even the birds ‘n’ bees’zes give Jah di Praises! 8 sec.>

Marcia Griffiths – Truly; At Studio One (Studio One) JA

maxresdefault — Dub Syndicate head man killed 2014

Set 6: Roots Dawta Set

Samia Farah – Cool (Original); Samia Farah (Sony) ’99 Tunisian-French

<Samia Farah: French language dubstress; 20 sec.>

Angie Stone – Wish I Didn’t Miss You; Fatboy Slim: Late Night Tales (Thrive) 2007
Aisha – I Can’t Change; There Is More to Life… (Ariwa) 2005 UK
Ayo – Who; Ticket to the World (Motown) 2013 Nigerian-German singer
Reggae on Top All Stars – Cutting Dub; Chalice Dub Part One (Reggae on Top) ’95 Dub Album of the Hour

images (2) — Samia Farah: French-Tunisian dubstress

Set 7:

Yellowman – Disco Reggae; King Yellowman (Columbia) ’84 Bill Laswell prod’n
Sophia George – Final Decision; For Everyone (Pow Wow) ‘86
Robbie Valentine – Don’t You Be Blind; 10” (Sip a Cup) 2008 UK militant steppers

Set 8: Mutant Dub

2 Bad Card – Weed Specialist; CD Single (ON U Sound) ’95 UK mutant dub set; herbtune

<Space Dust! 4 down, 46 to go! 9 sec.>

Dr. Israel & the Brooklyn Jungle Sound System – Equal Rights; Black Rose Liberation (Baraka Foundation) 2001 NYC
Snoop Lion feat. Angela Hunte – So Long; Reincarnated (Mad Decent) 2013
Audio Active – Robot War (Adrian Sherwood Dub Mix); Apollo Choco Remixed (ON U Sound) ’98 Japan
Abassi All Stars feat. Kenny Knots – Wicked Intention; Showcase (Universal Egg) 2006 UK
Alpha & Omega – In the Beginning; Overstanding (A & O) ’82 UK trance dub
Clive Hunt & the Dub Dancers feat. Lizzard – Satta I; & the Dub Dancers (Makasound) 2008

Words of Wisdom:

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-gust 22, 2015 (Stream + Tracklist): Theremin Stylee!

August 25, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

Here’s what the Jah-gust 22, 2015 Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives features: 34 sec.

bless, robt

Set 1:

Jah-Malla – Reggae For It Now; Alive and Well (Clappers) ’80 NY vinyl
Doctor Dread – I For An Eye; Theremin in Dub (Tsosume): to Bob Dylan’s I and I; 2013 Hungary, Dub Album of the Hour

<The Theremin – adds a spooky sound to dubby Reggae; 28 sec.>

Peter Tosh – Don’t Look Back; Live at the Jamaica World Music Festival (Peter Tosh) sunrise 11/27/82, Montego Bay, JA
Aisha – Sweet Love; Raise Your Voice (Twinkle) ‘95
Barry Brown – We Nuh Run; Richman Poor Man (Moll-Selekta) 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
GT Moore – Ganja Flower; 12” (Jah Works) 2002 bonus mutant herbs

thereminpic_custom-9d554abc953090a42ef8fd9b9b7a900bc18b6dc5-s6-c30 — Leon Theremin – add a spooky touch to your dubwise

Set 2:

Bunny Wailer – See and Blind; Gumption (Shanachie) ’90; Johnny Osbourne cover
Judy Mowatt – Sisters’ Chant; Black Woman (Shanachie) ‘76
Aswad – 54 46; BBC Sessions (BBC) Toots cover live for radio broadcast

<Live at the BBC; 26 sec.>

Dennis Brown – Give a Helping Hand; 10” (Observer Gold)

Set 3:

The Jayes & Ranking Trevor – Queen Majesty; Hitbound! The Revolutionary Sound of Channel One (Heartbeat) Request
Keith Hudson – Musicology; Rasta Communication (Greensleeves) ‘78
Ayo – Real Love; Billie-Eve (Polydor) 2011 German-Nigerian female
Pato Banton – Satan; Mad Professor Recaptures Pato Banton (Ariwa) ‘89

Set 4:

Sunshot Band – Dial M for Murder; Dial M for Murder in Dub Style (Pressure Sounds); ’80 Dub Album of the Hour

<Reggae History Lesson: Chris Blackwell remixes Midnight Ravers; 46 sec.>

The Wailers – Midnight Ravers (JA vs. UK/US mix); Catch a Fire (Tuff Gong) ‘73

<Midnight Ravers: original JA mix vs. Chris Blackwell’s remix; 44 sec.>

Desi Roots – Warning; 12” (DEB) ’75; Dennis Brown prod’n

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Marcia Griffiths – Gypsy Man; Sweet Bitter Love (Trojan) ’74 UK Curtis Mayfield cover; Vinyl Set
I Roy – Dr. Phibbs; Hell and Sorrow (Trojan) ’73 UK
Horace Andy & the Rhythm Queen – Love Is a Treasure (Rough Trade) ’85 UK; Freddy McKay cover
Edi Fitzroy – Work on Mr. Farmer; Youthman Penitentiary (Alligator) ’82 Chicago, IL
Chalawa feat. Johnny Osbourne – Rich Inna Jah Jah Love; Capture Land (Green Weenie) ’78 Ontario, Can.

MI0001397723 — Marcia Griffiths covers Curtis Mayfield

Set 6: Best of Smile Jamaica – 27 Years Reggae Radio

Mighty Diamonds – Tracks of My Tears; Ice on Fire (Virgin Front Line) ’77 Smokey Robinson cover

<Reggae loves Smokey Robinson; 20 sec.>

The Beat (aka the English Beat) – Jeanette; Special Beat Service (Go Feet!) ’82 UK 2 Tone ska
Sister Carol – Down in the Ghetto; Black Cinderella (Jah Life/Heartbeat) ‘84
The Jolly Brothers – Babylon a Fight Rasta; Conscious Man (Seven Leaf) ’77 Lee “Scratch” Perry prod’n. My favorite album of all time

<Out of thousands, Jolly Brothers Meet Lee “Scratch” Perry is #1; 20 sec.>

download (4) — My ultimate #1 Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives, Black Ark ’77-’78

Set 7:

Earl Morgan & the Heptones – Boo-Yarka Dub; DC Dub Connection (Auralux) ’82 Dub Album of the Hour
Abyssinians – $19.95 plus Tax; Reunion (AO!) ‘98

<Why the CD died: $19.95 plus Tax; 44 sec.>

Anthony B – Spliff Tail; Universal Struggle (VP) ’97 herbtun
Errol Dunkley & Errol Bellot – Live Upright + Everything Possible; 10” (Reality Shock) 2011 UK
Sugar Minott & Soul Syndicate – Ghetto-ology; Ghetto-ology (Easy Star) ‘79

Set 8: Mutant Dub

New Age Steppers feat. Ari Up – Fade Away; New Age Steppers (Statik) ’81; Jr. Byles cover w/ female vox

<Junior Byles meets Mutant Dub; 13 sec.>

Back to Base – Play With Fire; Heading For the Door (MPR) 2000 UK
Kenny Knots & Junior Kigwa – Wicked Man + High Grade; Abassi Allstars: Showcase (Universal Egg) 2006 herbtune
Alpha & Omega – Solomon and Sheba; Overstanding (A & O); ’92 UK trance dub
Dubphonic – Babylon Insight; Hi-Fidelity Dub Sessions: The Second Chapter (Guidance) 2000 Chicago, IL

Words of Wisdom:

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: May 2, 2015 (Stream + Tracklist): Longshot Kick de Bucket!

May 5, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

AmericanPharoah1ArkansasDerby2015CP298 — Nuff respect to Kentucky Derby Winner American Pharoah. Sip your “mint julep” pon the left hand side!

Greetings,

<Reggae: The King’s music. Jamaican Blues>

Letting the smoke clear after Cannabis Service Month on Smile Jamaica

deb — Letting the smoke clear after celebrating Cannabis Service Month (April) Dennis Emmanuel Brown

Nonetheless, here are the high-lights of this week’s Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive: May 2, 2015

<Musical high-lights over 3 hours; 75 sec.>

Set of horse racing songs for Kentucky Derby
Dub Album of the Week: Augustus Pablo – East of the River Nile. Melodica and the Far East sound
First Saturday of the month: Rockers do Reggae – Black artists: rock, blues, jazz, funk & soul Reggae
Wailers Family Tree: Tosh acoustic, Wailers Live at Leeds, Bunny Liberation ’88, Lee “Scratch” Perry bassa-delica
Best of 25 Years: Baltimore, UK and a JA by way of DC
7″ Jamaican Jukebox 45 RPM
Roots Dawtas: UK to JA
Vinyl is V-Ital midway
Mutant Dubbers last half hour

Garland-Jeffreys-Germany-1981-213x300 — **NYC Rocker goes to Jamaica: Black Artists do Reggae on Smile Jamaica**

bless, robt

Annotated Playlist: May 2, 2015 Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive: set lists, photos, captions, Reggae History Lessons

Set 1:

Dennis Brown – The Creator; Joseph’s Coat of Many Colours (Laser) ’80 UK

<Genesis 49: Verse 22-26 – Dennis Emmanuel Brown; 23 sec.>

Augustus Pablo – Chant to King Selassie I; East of the River Nile (Shanachie) ’78 Dub Album of the Week
Bunny Wailer – Serious Thing; Liberation (Shanachie) ‘88
Aisha – Let’s All Unite; There is More to Life… (Twinkle) 2005 UK
Aswad – Bubblin’; 12” (Simba) ’85 UK

<Aswad – one of the first dozen added to the Smile J Ark-Ives, 1986; 21 sec.>

Jah Woosh – Collie Sound; Best of (Rhino) ’76 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Peter Tosh – Pick Myself Up; Talking Revolution (Pressure Sounds); acoustic in KZEL, Eugene, Oregon

<Tosh rare acoustic live radio performance; 22 sec.>

download (93) — The Stepping Razor would have listened to Smile Jamaica. Jah’s Heavenly Choir gets Mixcloud?

Set 2: Kentucky Derby Tribute

<“Mint julep!” Drink or spliff?; 18 sec.>

Dillinger – Caymanas Park; 14K Gold Golden Hits (Scandal Bag) JA vinyl

<Caymanas Park Racetrack in Jamaica. 12 sec.>

<Reggae History Lesson: Chinese Jamaican jockeys; 16 sec.>

Abyssinians – In a Kalda; Reunion (AO!) ’98

<Dance to the Reggae Beat to the riddim of the horses’ feet!; 11 sec.>

<Reggae History Lesson: Abyssinia before it was Ethiopia; 4 sec.>

The Pioneers – Long Shot Kick the Bucket; From the Beginning (Jet Star) ‘69
Mr. Bojangles – Selassie I Cup; 7” (Joe Gibbs Record Globe) ’77; horserace between: Babylon, Pope Pious and Dreadlocks

The Selassie I Cup; 12 sec.

Babylon 2-1 odds
Soul Youth 3-1
Rome Even money
Pope Pious 3-5, the big favorite; came up lame; 11 sec.

5. Dreadlock 8-1

6. Baldhead 15-1

The Winner: Dreadlock; 8 lengths!
Place: Baldhead
Show: Soul Youth

download (94) — Yes I! Dreadlock defeat Babylon. Pope Pious to the glue factory! Give Thanx! Selah!

Set 3: Monthly Rockers do Reggae: Black Music Artists; 8 sec.

Cymande – Zion I; Renegades of Funk (Newhouse) ‘72 UK black group “Dove of Peace; nyahbinghi style.

<Caribbean Expats in UK – Dove of Peace; 16 sec.>

Taj Mahal – Desperate Lover; Mo’ Roots (Columbia) ’74 Bob Andy cover
Ben Harper – You Can’t Blame the Youths; Reggae Sampler (Virgin) ’98 unreleased Peter Tosh cover
Garland Jeffreys – Bound to Get Ahead Someday; Garland Jeffreys (Collector’s Classics) ’73 NYC singer in JA

<NYC to JA. Byron Lee Dynmic All Stars; 31 sec.>

download (95) — Cymande: Guyana, Jamaica and Saint Vincent Exodus to UK: Doves of Peace

Set 3:

The Wailers – Stir It Up; Burnin’ (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong) Live at Leeds 11/23/73

<England too cold for Bunny Wailer; Nov. ’73; 23 sec.>

Bob Marley & the Wailers w/ Wong Chu – Keep On Moving; 12” (Upsetter) ‘77

<What is twisted can not be straightened! What is not there cannot be counted! 5 sec.>

Althea & Donna – Oh Dread; Uptown Top Ranking (Virgin Front Line) ‘78
Rupie Dan & Jennifer Gad feat. Macka B – Devil Dance; Solid Foundation (Flag) ‘92

10 minutes of Lee “Scratch” Perry Black Ark psychedlia bass wobble. “What is twisted cannot be straightened!”

Set 5: Vinyl is V-Ital

Horace Andy – The Devil; Don’t Stop! (Island in the Sun) ‘85 Corona, NY
Charlie Chaplin – Electric Skank; Chaplin Chant (Tamoki Wambesi) UK
Triston Palmer – Nice Time; Nice Time (Jam Rock) ’82 Miami
Myrna Hague – Melody Life; Melody Life (Studio One) JA; Marcia Griffiths cover

Myrna-Hague-Melody-Life — A+ cover of Marcia Griffiths classic!

Set 5: Best of 25 Years of Smile Jamaica

The Tamlins – Baltimore; Taxi Fare (Heartbeat) ’80; Nina Simone cover; 13 sec.

Capital Letters – Run Run Run; Headline News (Greensleeves) ’79 UK youth group
Peter Broggs – Just Because I’m a Rastaman; Rastafari Liveth! (RAS) ’82 DC
Akabu – Feeling Good; Warrior Queen (ON U Sound) ’89 UK female group

download (96) — 1978 comeback cover of Randy Newman. Baltimore in the news.

Baltimore by Randy Newman

Beat-up little seagull
On a marble stair
Tryin’ to find the ocean
Lookin’ everywhere

Hard times in the city
In a hard town by the sea
Ain’t nowhere to run to
There ain’t nothin’ here for free

Hooker on the corner
Waitin’ for a train
Drunk lyin’ on the sidewalk
Sleepin’ in the rain

And they hide their faces
And they hide their eyes
’cause the city’s dyin’
And they don’t know why

Oh, baltimore
Man, it’s hard just to live
Oh, baltimore
Man, it’s hard just to live, just to live

Get my sister sandy
And my little brother ray
Buy a big old wagon
Gonna haul us all away

Livin’ in the country
Where the mountain’s high
Never comin’ back here
’til the day I die

Oh, baltimore
Man, it’s hard just to live
Oh, baltimore
Man, it’s hard just to live, just to live

Set 6: Jamaican Jukebox 45 RPM; 6 sec.

Rob Smarley (aka Albert Griffiths) – Holiday Ride; 7” (Portland) ’78 JA; 7” Jamaican Jukebox set

<Albert Griffiths as Rob Smarley? 14 sec.>

Anthony Johnson – Oh Jah; 7” (Corner Stone) JA
Lady Ann – Informer; 7” (Taxi) ’83 JA
Carlton Livingston – Chalice in Hand; 7” (Taxi) herbtune

Some sort of inside joke by The Gladiators lead singer? Albert Griffiths

Set 8: Mutant Dub*

*Programming Note: power surge from all the Mutant Dub bass knocked the station off air. Most of Jah Woosh and 2 Bad Card zapped by KRCL’s weak sauce transmitter. 2 minutes of dead air chopped from the stream. Mea culpa — the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives. 21 sec.

Ari Up – Kill Em With Love (Collision) 2005 former lead singer of The Slits punk group; mutant dub set

<Reggae History Lesson: punk dubstress Ari Up: The Slits, New Age Steppers, solo 14 sec.>

The Archives feat. Ras Puma – Who’s Correct?; The Archives (ESL) 2012; Eric Hilton of Thievery Corporation
Red I – Jahdgement Day; Jahdgement Day (Red I) Phillipines dub
Jah Woosh – Woodpecker Sound; Wild Paarty Sounds vol. 1 (ON U Sound) ‘81
2 Bad Card – Weed Specialist; CD single (ON U Sound) ‘95
Jah Rej – Yes I; 12” (Jah Works)
African Head Charge – Fruit Market; Drastic Season (ON U Sound) ‘83

person-ariup1 — Ari Up of The Slits and New Age Steppers. Johnny Rotten was her father in law

Parting Shot Words of Wisdom: Do yourself a favor educate your mind!

Full-Rasta-Lion — The Lion of Judah shall break every chain and give I the Victory again and again…Robert “Nesta” Marley

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive: Jah-nuary 17, 2015 (Stream + Annotated Playlist): Livicated to MLK

January 22, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

Livicated* to MLK and his fight for human rights

*livicate – never dead/dedicate

<MLK>

21a53f7456ac683aeb702b60b04a0318 — Heinous!

<Smile Jamaica Approved: Green Bay Packers; 36 sec.>

WTF? Heinous. Just heinous. The Green Bud Bowl Packers peed a sure victory down their leg to a guy (QB Wilson) who probably doesn’t go for 4 down, 46 to go.

I must have had two dozen text messages from people. Ran the gamut from condolences to ha ha.

There weren’t any tears at the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

The mood at the Ark-Ives was more like this:

Forward ever, backwards never

bless,robt

The High-lights of Jah-nuary 17, 2015: Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives; 45 sec.

Smile Jamaica Annotated Playlist: Jah-nuary 17, 2015

Set 1:

Big Youth – Get Up Stand Up; Hit the Road Jack (Trojan) ’76 UK vinyl; Wailers cover
Hot & Rich – Funk for Louis; Meet: Hi-Tech Roots Dynamics (ACL) 2000; Dub Album of the Week
Cedric ‘Im Brooks & the Light of Saba – Rebirth; Light of Saba (Honest Jon’s); ’76 nyahbinghi jazz
Rupie Dan & Jenifah Gad – Marcus Seh; Solid Foundation (Flag) ‘92
Fred Locks – Collie Herb; 10” (Sip a Cup) 2003 mutant dub; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Horace Andy – Collie Herb; In the Light (Blood and Fire) ’77 bonus herbs

Set 2:

Gussie P – Who’s Safe; 10” (Sip a Cup) 2003 MLK “I Have a Dream” speech; 8/23/63
The Archives feat. Ichelle Cole – Boof Baff; The Archives (ESL) 2012 female chanter on vox
Gondwana – Sentimento Original (Original Feeling); Together (RAS) ’99 Chilean roots; herb tune
Bunny Wailer – Liberation; Liberation (Shanachie) ‘88

download (13) — Great late 80’s offering from Bunny. Smile Jamaica Approved

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica 25 Years

Gregory Isaacs – One More Time; Cool Ruler (Virgin Front Line) ’78
The Selecter – Out on the Streets; Too Much Pressure (Chrysalis) ’80 2 Tone UK ska feat. Pauline Black on vox
Aswad – Pull Up; To the Top (Simba) ‘87

<Aswad one of the first 20 additions to the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive; 23 sec.>

Mighty Diamonds – Babylon is Dangerous; The Real Enemy (Rohit) ‘87

download (14) — Las Vegas Tower Records; May ’88. One of my earliest adds to the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

Set 4:

<Wailers – Live at Leeds; Just Bob & Peter; 23 sec.>

The Wailers – You Can’t Blame the Youth; Burnin’ (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong) 11/23/73; Live at Leeds in UK; 20 sec.

Zema – Give a Little Love; Look at the Heart (Melchizedek) ’99 Los Jah-ngeles, Colly-fornya female singer
Sylford Walker & Welton Irie – Lambsbread + Lambsbread International (South East Music) ’79 J’can flavor of herb

download (15) — Herb inflation since 1979: 1200%

<1979, Jamaica: Qtr pound of ishense: 1 dollar 5 cents; 20 sec..>

Set 5: Vinyl is V-Ital!

Bim Sherman – Got to Get On; Haunting Ground (Revolver) ’86 UK: cover of Keith & Tex “Stop that Train”
Charlie Chaplin – Jamaican Collie; Chaplin Chant (Tamoki Wambesi); UK herbtune
Azeem – God is Watching; Dreadfly (Joe Gibbs) ’82 Miami
Mother Liza – Bore Nose Possie; Chant Down Babylon (Gorgon) JA female deejay

download (16) — favorite singer in the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

Set 6:

Peter Tosh – Fools Die (Wisdom); Talking Revolution (Pressure Sounds); acoustic at WXFM Jah-cago, Ill.

<Tosh rarity for sure-ty>

Sarah B Band – Let You Win; Realign Your Mind (Sarah B Band); local SLC reggae
Barry Issacs – Mission Against Herbs; 10” (Reggae on Top) militant steppers herbtune

download (17) — Collection of rare Tosh performances. Tracking this each Ark-Ive Edition this winter and spring. Selah!

Set 7: Jamaican Jukebox: 7″ 45’s

Benjamin Zephaniah – Now Not Now; Dub Ranting (Radical Wallpaper) ’82; UK dub poet. 7″ picture 8 track of dubpoetry
Ilements – Free Up the Herbs; 7” (Irie Ites) 2010
Errol Dunkley – Train to Zion; 7” (Topco) ‘75
Iron Phoenix – Natty Dread Christmas; 7” (Observer)

<Xmas in Jah-nuary; 27 sec.>

Rare gem from the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive bought at the KUSF (U of San Francisco) Rock ‘n’ Swap. That station is now classical not college music

<KUSF: From best college station in the nation to classical music; 33 sec.>

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Prince Far I & Singers and Players – Water the Garden; Pay It All Back vol. 2 (ON U Sound) ’88; mutant dub set

<Reggae History Lessons: Pay It All Back Sampler Series for ON U Sound label>

Soho – Zombies Walk the Cardboard City; Goddess (Atco) ’90 UK
GT Moore – Secret Love; 12” (Jah Works) 2009 UK
David Holmes – Slashers Revenge; Let’s Get Killed (Go Beat) ‘97
Dr. Israel – Residence Dub; Land of Baboon (Baraka Foundation) ’96

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist): Jah-nuary 3, 2015: Mutant Dub New Year!

January 6, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

The Mutants have taken over on Smile Jamaica: New Year’s Bass-gasm of Modern Dub: A-Zed

Greetings,

<10th Annual: Mutant Dub New Year: 3 hours of A-Zed; 30 sec.>

Happy New Year! Let’s start it off with all dub and bass. Neo-Dub, Modern Dub, Mutant Dub.

Gonna give the Orthodox Roots stalwarts the week off to explore my fascination with the crossover dub sound: drum & bass, electronica, downtro, lounge, dubstep, militant steppers, techno, ambient, etc. etc.

I listen to Roots Reggae at home and Mutant Dub in my car. Knives to the treble!

Let’s see how it sounds stretched out to 3 hours instead of the usual last set on the weekly Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives.

ThieveryCorporation-02-wide — Mutant Dub Kingpins

Mutant Dub: Where Jamaican echo meets Modern Dance music’s wobble

bless, robt

<What is Mutant Dub? 14 sec.>

Set 1: A-F

Alpha & Omega – City of Dub; Dub Magic (Zion Gate) ‘99
UK trance dubbers w/ female vox
Burning Babylon – Dub Tragic; Garden of Dub (I-Tones) 2006 Jah-suchusetts; Dub Album of the Week
Hollie Cook – Twice; Twice (Mr. Bongo) 2014 UK; mutant dubstress/lovers rock
Dubblestandart feat. Devon D – We All Have to Get High; Immigration Dub (Groove Attack) 2007 Jah-stria; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement; quotes The Doors “Out here on the perimeter,there are no stars we is stoned immaculate”

<Jim Morrison Lyric; 30 sec.>

Easy Star All Stars feat. Sluggy Ranks – Speak to me + Breathe (In the Air); Dub Side of the Moon (Easy Star) 2003; Pink Floyd cover with bong rip effects
Future Pigeon – Mummy Rock; Echodelic Sounds of Future Pigeon (Record Collection) 2006 Los Jah-ngeles, Collie-fornya; herbtune

<Mutant Dub Cannabliss: Smoking sensimena inna Mesopotamia; 14 sec.>

<Roll a lickle spliff, wif di papyrus>

Set 2: G-J

Gorillaz feat. Earl 16 & U Brown – M1 A1; Spacemonkeyz vs. Gorillaz: Laika Come Home (Virgin) 2002 UK

<Laika: Original Space Pioneer; 33 sec.>

Heavyweight Dub Champion feat. Lady K – Trouble; Rise of the Champion Nation (Champion Nation) 2009 Boulder, Collie-rado; old spiritual dubwize
I-Shen Sound – Deep in Deep Purple; King Size Dub (Hypoxia) ’95 Uk herb tune; 2 sec.

Jah Shaka – Giver of Life; 12” (Jah Shaka) ’87 UK

<Holy Trinity of Mutant Dub: Jah Shaka, Adrian Sherwood, Mad Professor; 25 sec.>

LaikaRussianDogRSA — Laika sacrificed her life so man could t ravel in space

Set 3: K-L

Kenny Knots – Good Sensi; 10” (Conscious Sounds) 2012; Horace Ferguson herb cover; Sleng Teng riddim
Little Axe – Long Way to Go; Hard Grind (Fat Possum) 2002 blues-dub; Skip McDonald of Tackhead side project

Set 4: M-O

Major Lazer feat. Flux Pavilion – Jah No Partial; Free the Universe (Mad Decent) 2013 dubstep update on Johnny Osbourne classic
Noiseshaper feat. Juggla – All a Dem a Do; The Signal (Different Drummer) 2003 Jah-stria
Overproof Sound System – Kunta Kinte; Nothing to Proove (Different Drummer) UK 2004; dub to Creole’s – Beware reggae riddim

Set 5: Q-S

Pama International – Evening Time; Float Like a Butterfly (Asian Man) 2005 UK herbtune
Qaballah Steppers – Is This the End? Young Sand vs. Dub Gabe; Imaginatrix (Baraka Foundation) 2001 Middle Eastern dubjazz
Rockers Hi-Fi: Callacop – Deep Space Network; DJ-Kicks: The Black Album (!K7) ‘97
Snoop Lion feat. Angela Hunte – Get Away; Reincarnated (Berhane Sound System) 2013; Major Lazer prod’n

download (3) — You’ve got Hip Hop in my Dubstep

Set 6: T-W

Thievery Corporation feat. Pamela Bricker – Lebanese Blonde (French Version); CD Single (ESL); herb tune; Seven Leaf flavor

<Lebanese Blonde; 9 sec.>

Universe Crew – Stranger in the Pentagon; What’s Inside Your Afro (Green Tea) ’97 UK trip hop; UFO conspiracy theory
Vibronics feat. High Tone – Glowing Fire; The French Connection (Hammerbass) 2012 Fr.
Weeding Dub feat. Humble-I – Sound of Reality; 10” (Control Tower) 2009 Fr. Herbtune

<France’s war against the Seven Leaf; 23 sec.>

Thievery-Corporation-Lebanese-Blonde — You should see her sister Panama Red

<8 Track CD single: Most I ever paid for a piece of music on ebay; 15 sec.>

Set 7: X-#

X-O-Dus – See Them a Come; 12” (Factory) ’79 UK; Dennis Bovell prod’n
Yabby You & Mad Professor – Blowing in the Wind; Yabby You Meets Mad Professor & Black Steel in Ariwa Studios (Ariwa) ’93 UK
Zion Train feat. Rob Smith – Boxes and Amps; Live as One (Remixed) (Universal Egg) 2009 UK
2 Bad Card feat. Prince Far I – Chatty People; Hustling Ability (ON U Sound) ‘95

Set 8: Wailers Family Tree Mutant Dub Rmx

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Exodus (Kindred Spirit Dub Mix); Marley Soundtrack (Tuff Gong) 2012

<Marley Biography Review>

Peter Tosh feat. Ranking Joe – Legalize It (Dub Club Remix) + Dub Club Version; 10” (Delicious Vinyl); 2011 picture sleeve herb tune
Afro Omega – Musical Revolution; CD Single (Afro Omega) SLC mutant dubbers w/ female vox

download (5) — Smile Jamaica Approved: All killer, no filler

Smile Jamaica Reggae Ark-Ives: Preview: Jah-nuary 3, 2015: 10th Annual Mutant Dub New Year! From A-Zed

January 3, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

96ece64ce5fddbc6267e1cbc152f4b28 — A Tradition Unlike All Others: Smile Jamaica Presents Mutant Dub New Year: A-Zed: 10th Annual

Smile Jamaica live every Saturday 4-7 PM Mtn. Time:

90.9FM in Utah
Stream: Tune In Radio
Ark-Ive. Here on Smile Jamaica blog; without commercial interruptions
Twitter: SmileJ_KRCL for live alert and stream upload/blog posts

Greetings,

<Mutant Dub New Year>

25 years of Smile Jamaica I have given you lots of traditions:

Weekly:

Dub Album of the Week: So the music never has to stop
4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Vinyl is V-Ital: halfway
Jamaican Jukebox: 7″ 45 RPM
Disco Mix: Heavyweight Extended Mixes on 10″ or 12″ Vinyl
Wailers Family Tree: Chronologically Playing Bob, Bunny & Peter’s solo works
Mutant Dub: last half hour

Annual:

4:20 Cannabis Service Show (closest Saturday to April 20); 20+ years
Jah-loween Monster Hash: (closest Saturday to Oct. 31); 20+ years
Mutant Dub New Year: First Sat. in January; 10 year

So that is whatI have in store for you today. Mutant Dub: The crossover sound I end each Ark-Ive stretched out of 3 hours.

Jamaican Drum & Bass + textures and echo from techno, dubstep, electronica, downtro and lounge = Mutant Dub.

594e06b6-d0a9-4cda-b6f0-38ff3aa12ce0 — You’ve got Electronica in my Orthodox Jamaican Dub: Mutant Dub

A to Z High-lights

Q for Qaballah Steppers
X for X-O-Dus working with Dennis Bovell
Y: Yabby You meets Mad Professor
Zed (in the UK they say A to Zed; not A to Z): Zion Train
#: 2 Bad Card via ON U Sound

Herbtunes, UFOria/conspiracy, Vinyl, Marley & Tosh remixed, Roots Dawtas, Pink Floyd,

The Holy Trinity of Mutant Dub Innovators: Jah Shaka, Adrian Sherwood, Mad Professor

Bassgasmic Dubwize World Tour!

bless, robt

f166482993414a6d9058c8e12b8efd53_6 — Blasphemy

<Mutant Dub New Y ear>

Mashes up Nicely with Mutant Dub Christmas: Online Only Digital Dubplate Ark-Ive; 3 hours

<Mutant Dub Christmas>

Smile Jamaica live every Saturday 4-7 PM Mtn. Time:

90.9FM in Utah
Stream: Tune In Radio
Ark-Ive. Here on Smile Jamaica blog; without commercial interruptions
Twitter: SmileJ_KRCL for live alert and stream upload/blog posts

Smile Jamaica is hosted by Robert Nelson on 90.9 FM KRCL in Salt Lake City, Utah (Saturdays, 4-7 p.m. MT). Ark-ives available weekly here at the Smile Jamaica blog.

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