John Eden: Austerity Reggae Mix by Johnedenuk on Mixcloud (download the mp3 direct from here but don’t go mad and use up all my bandwidth) In which I slam down a bunch of the tunes I took to play out last week on the loose topic of austerity, poverty and the general insanity of the ...Continue reading ‘Austerity Reggae Mix’ »

From the desk of Mr Grievous Angel: Remember that huge mix of dancehall-infused grime and grimey dancehall me and John Eden did a few years ago for the Blogariddims Podcast? Well, I’ve done a new master of it so it sounds louder, clearer and better than ever before. Maximum listening pleasure as well as a unique ...Continue reading ‘Grime In The Dancehall Mix (2013 Remaster)’ »

Agit Disco has just been published by Mute Books, compiled by Stefan Szczelkun, edited by Anthony Iles  The launch takes place on 8th December 2011, 6.30pm – 9.00pm at The Showroom, 63 Penfold Street, London, NW8 8PQ. ‘Agit Disco collects the playlists of its 23 writers to tell the story of how music has politically influenced and inspired ...Continue reading ‘AGIT DISCO MIX AND LAUNCH PARTY’ »

Uncle Dugs on Rinse FM with a blazing 1991 selection. But even better than that, he gets Kool FM founder Eastman in for an extended interview. (interview commences at about 1:37:00) Some proper history, covering North London reggae soundsystem, early raves, Jungle Fever, and the full story of Kool FM. An amazing bit of oral ...Continue reading ‘Eastman Connection’ »

Nominated in The Quietus’ writers favourite DJ mix albums 2015… Back once again with a seven inch selection by me and post production tweaking, polishing and shining from the man like Paul Meme (check the link for Paul’s new postpunk and techno mixes also). You would think from some of the coverage of Lovers Rock ...Continue reading ‘Lovers Rock volume 2’ »

“I dub from inner to outer space. The sound I get out of Black Ark studio, I don’t really get it out of no other studio. It was like a space craft. You could hear the space in the tracks.” Lee Perry Kevin Martin (The Bug, King Midas Sound) and Stuart Baker (Soul Jazz, 100% ...Continue reading ‘Invasion of the Mysteron Killer Sounds radio play and interviews’ »

Jez: Look Mark, I’m a musician, in case you’d forgotten. Yeah? I answer to a higher law. The law of “if it feels good, do it”. Mark: Oh, that’s a great law isn’t it? What’s that, Gaddafi’s law? Jez: It’s the musician’s law. Colonel Gaddafi could not lay down a bass hook, Mark. That should ...Continue reading ‘Colonel Gaddafi’s Kentucky Fried Britain’ »

An interesting podcast about the New Cross fire, which includes documentary spoken word (both archival and new) and music: Some of the music is taken from the Lovers Rock mix I did with Paul Meme. I find this recontextualisation very interesting (and saddening). These tunes may have been the last sounds that 13 of the ...Continue reading ‘Remembering the Embers: New Cross 1981’ »

Large Up » Cockney & Yardie: Heatwave 2010 UK Bashment Update Great round up for London dancehall runnings from Gabriel Heatwave with lots of photos and youtube business. There’s loads going on and this made me feel completely out of touch! Which means lots of lovely new stuff to check out,  so that’s fine by ...Continue reading ‘Cockney & Yardie: Heatwave 2010 UK Bashment Update’ »

  John Eden presents RSI RADIO 5: grimey reggae 2010 by Johnedenuk on Mixcloud   A quick thing I threw together last night – a round up of reggae and dancehall infused grime from 2010, with a bit of muttering from me. Enjoy!

  So what about this situation with the lovers rock versus dub scene? C: “A party is nothing without girls and the girls check for lovers.” (from Soundsystem Splashdown 1981 NME feature) As I said in my lecture at Audio Poverty, I got into UK MC reggae records because they were cheap, because I liked ...Continue reading ‘MIX: Grievous Angel & John Eden present: Lovers Rock’ »

Beyond The Implode Anarcho Punk Podcast for Youarehear by Johnedenuk on Mixcloud A collaboration between Martin and the good folks of Youarehear. With some help from me. Classic and obscure tunes with some verbal commentary both refined and rabid. Unfortunately anarchopunk wasn’t able to overcome the contradictions of capitalism and all the main players seem ...Continue reading ‘Beyond the Implode meets Youarehear in the ruins of Downing Street’ »

Or: Pseudo Gay Rastas part one Sex Boots Dread – Tickle Tune (Rinka, 1980) A nice bit of traditional toasting over the Pick Up The Pieces riddim: Me think about the lion as him rest upon the sand Me tink about the help that me have from white man And me want to crying Becah ...Continue reading ‘Keith Allen in Gay Rasta Scandal’ »

One of the great things about reggae’s “version culture” is how getting your mitts on a new tune can reactivate whole swathes of your collection. I stumbled across a storming UK twelve on the Boops riddim recently and spent a very pleasant Saturday afternoon on a version excursion tip, fishing out classics and long forgotten cuts ...Continue reading ‘New Mix: Boops Specialist’ »

Including music by Madtone, Wrongtom, King General, Robert Lee, Icho Candy, Dixie Peach, Tippa Irie, Asher Senator, Andrew Paul, Pato Banton, Peter King, Brother Resistance, Crazy and The Kalico Band, Dot Rotten & Papa Levi, Flowdan & Killa P, Skepta and The Cimarons.

1. Tony the Tiger Frosties Icon. Nowhere near as awesome as the Weetabix Skinheads, but still loads better than the Honey Monster or those goody goody Rice Krispie goons. 2. Tiger Woods Troubled golfer. Macka B did a song about him which came out as a seven inch on Mad Professor’s Ariwa label: 3. Tigger ...Continue reading ‘Ten MORE Tigers’ »

Great stuff from 2am last Friday morning, now available courtesy of the rinse podcast. Elijah and Skilliam also present and correct.

Click here for a complete list of entries in the series  “the first 23 gigs I can remember going to”. 12. Siouxsie and The Banshees, The Fall, Wire, Psychic TV, Gaye Bykers On Acid. Saturday 25th July 1987, Finsbury Park Supertent. My ears were still ringing from the Big Black gig the night before, but a ...Continue reading ‘the twelfth gig I can remember going to’ »

A marvelous chaotic time in the studio as Mr Johnny Mugwump played host on Saturday. Giant Paw were in fine form and it was great to see them expanded into a five piece, with some new material to boot. I’d brought enough tunes for a short post-punk dub mix but ended up alternating with the ...Continue reading ‘exotic pylon session’ »

mp3 of the radio show on Saturday is below. Thanks to Mr Mugwump for hosting. Nice to hear the selection from 10-20 and to bump into Thorsten who runs his label – Highpoint Lowlife. Droid on form as ever (stick to music, mate. I am afraid you will never make it as a swingball player…). Two ...Continue reading ‘exotic pylon droid/10-20’ »