tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140788842010-04-30T17:33:20.677+01:00A creeping malaise of musical irrelevanciesdroidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276962882532347259noreply@blogger.comBlogger193125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078884.post-55097131647272028432010-04-29T16:49:00.009+01:002010-04-30T17:33:20.686+01:00

The clock is still ticking on this blog. By tomorrow Ill have to change platform and convert (with all that entails) over to Wordpress to keep this place alive. Despite the rapturous reception to the news that weareie might be retiring early, I've decided to keep it going, though it'll probably take me a while to get things rollin' again.So we've decided to go out with a mix. We played for REACH

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Making a rare excursion out of the studio to play this Friday at REACH. We were supposed to supporting El-B, but he's unfortunately gone AWOL so it'll be an all Irish night alongside Colz and Mick Pressure. There should be some nice variety in the tunes - we're doing a mostly 2-step based set with a few diversions along the way...

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Nice development for the Irish scene and some solid tunes to boot. Looking forward to the next one. Keep an eye on the Standard cru...Standard#001-Major Grave - Lights EPMajor Grave - LightsColz - Lights (remix)Bob - Lights (remix)This is the first of a series of releases coming from the Standard Crew - Every month we will be giving away a 3/4 track EP.For the coming releases we have Major Grave,

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This was originally written for FACT magazine, but their site has been redesigned and unfortunately it got moved and totally mashed up in the process. Here's the original version for prosperity with links to the vids restored.Scene historians, music journalists and academics have produced reams of text and dozens of books dedicated to reggae, from ska/rocksteady and Studio One, 70's dub and roots

droidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276962882532347259noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078884.post-89975406725621177922010-03-16T11:35:00.003Z2010-03-16T11:41:53.589Z

Ok, so I was wrong about that Shut Up And Dance gig - it wasn't Renegade Soundwave in support it was...Dreadzone!Quite a difference there I think you'll agree. no wonder it was kept quiet till the last minute.What does seem to be going ahead though, is next Fridays unprecedented appearance of Krome and Time in Dublin courtesy of Kaboogie. An amazing booking I'm sure you'll agree. Ill have to try

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Cant believe I didn't hear about this till now. Shut up and Dance supported by Renegade Soundwave (!!?) + Simon F... Next Friday apparently.

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John Eden's trophy case, yesterday.Martin exposes the sordid truth of the goings on in the background of the production of Woofah 4. I'd like to add a few comments, but part of the peace agreement involved a gagging order, so unfortunately I can't correct some of the egregious, slanderous and unjust half-truths in his piece.... the only explanation is that Eden finally got to him (I assume the

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Here's a couple of great dancehall related pieces - who cork the dance with a lengthy interview with Killamanjaro founder Noel harper, and a much more concise but enlightening Q+A with Penthouse legend Donovan Germain.

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Myself, Slug and Naphta at Colz's birthday celebrations the other week. I think it went pretty well. It was nice to meet up with some heads I'd never really met properly and to chat to a few I had. We each had about 20-25 mins - I played a load of mostly old skool 2-step tunes that all featured samples from, or were remixes of jungle tunes. Naphta unwittingly played into the hands of my '

droidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276962882532347259noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078884.post-67205815831619012222010-02-09T16:35:00.003Z2010-02-09T16:59:51.481Z

After an inconscionable delay, Woofah 4 is hitting the shelves in Dublin this week and in the UK and worldwide very soon. It is an absolute tome this time though - 92 pages and still no ads.More details to follow.

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So, as you've probably noticed, things have pretty much ground to a halt here. I haven't really mentioned the state of weareie as John Eden has declared that apologising for a lack of posts makes Baby Jesus sad and is therefore verboten - but I think it's obvious that this place has been going down the tubes for a while. This has mainly been due to time pressure as a result of Droid Jnrs.

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So, Colz has foolishly invited us to play at his birthday bash tonight alongside some of the best DJ's in the city and Irish scratch legend DJ Mek. We'll be there sometime after 10. You can tune in here.

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Found this over at Dissensus. The strings remind me a little of Rufige Kru's 'Fury' (in this mix). Tantalising stuff...

droidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276962882532347259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078884.post-28143269576917288472010-01-19T16:37:00.003Z2010-01-19T16:46:52.162Z

Another bound-to-be-legendary night from the Reach Cru. If (like me) you're completely broke until the end of the month, Bodytonic are doing €8 tickets on their site. I had to skip Terror Danjah last week so I could fit this one in, but somehow I reckon it will be worth it. seeing as its almost certainly the line up of the year.See you there!

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Featuring Naphta, Ricky Force, El-B, Ramadanman and Gremino:Naphta - Upriver - (Long Time Burning RR001 CD) Naphta - Jungle Republic (Ricky Force Relick) - (RR003 12") Naphta - Can't stop - (Long Time Burning RR001CD) Naphta - Soundclash (Ghost Relick) - (RR002 12") Gremino - Face It - (RR White) Naphta - Jungle Republic (Ramadanman Refix) - (RR003 12") Naphta - Fully Loaded - (RR002 12")

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Only a year or so late with this. It's had a relatively positive reception so far though. The first of many (we hope): Ruff Revival’s manifesto is simple: to liven up the dance by offering the best in raw bass-driven tunes for the floor. Jungle, garage, and dubstep vibes get mashed up together on each release, with the emphasis on fun, rudeness, rhythms, and bass experimentation. Sharing the

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As previously mentioned here, Naphta's latest album was launched a couple of weeks ago. It's a 2 x 12" limited edition vinyl LP available exclusively from Road Records, City Discs, or direct from D1. Below is the Q + A session that took place after the launch (which consisted solely of the record being played at 100 people - no video or interpretative dance or anything!) which I filmed on my

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It's been a busy time for weareie related releases recently. First of all - Naphta's Long Time Burning album got a full re-release a while back courtesy of the nice people at Baked Goods and is now available pretty much everywhere. Here it is at the listening post in the Rough Trade east store:It can also now be got in the US via Forced Exposure, and is in all the major web stores: Boomkat,

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Excellent Steelie & Cleevie video from JA TV circa 1988. Features some amazing live riddim building from the duo. Who said digital dancehall doesn't require 'musicianship'?

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Regular readers will be aware of my love for 80's/90's dancehall, and I'm sad to say that one of it's giants died today. Not only were Steely and Clevie responsible for some amazing riddims on their own label, they also played on many seminal digital tunes including Jammys' cuts of Sleng Teng, Punanny, Heavenless and Agony... in fact, if you own a record from the mid 80's on that doesn't have

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