seen.´s non-hippie reggae and dancehall blog http://blog.seen-site.com contemporary Jamaican popular culture – music, fashion, movies, videos, events, photography, ... Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:08:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 en 1368561http://www.feedburner.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with RojoSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with Pageflakes … a place well known as a slaughterhouse http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dontinformbeinformed/~3/384871043/ http://blog.seen-site.com/2008/09/06/a-place-well-known-as-a-slaughterhouse/#comments Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:08:52 +0000 Tobias http://blog.seen-site.com/2008/09/06/a-place-well-known-as-a-slaughterhouse/

The clip to Terry Lynn´s “The System” is the first music video from the Rickards bros. - a duo you might know from their “Thursday Night at the Fights” footage presented on FIRST magazine.

For the interested, it’s supposed to be a commentary on the violence in Jamaica, where human beings, also, are being killed with alarming regularity. All that and you can dance to it. Roll tape.

(via Pitchfork media)

For me, it´s what you could call the dawning of a new era in Jamaican music video history.

For more background information on the piece, check the treatment.

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The third single from Roots Manuva’s “Slime & Reason” album, produced by Metronomy. What a hook!

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Thanks to Tim Turbo, who played with DJ Niceness & Mastah L in Stockholm last Friday, we have new giveaways for seen. orders: mix-CDs from the Swedish house-vs-reggae-specialists Jamtech Foundation. Of course, you could download the thingy from Discobelle as well - but hey: a little retro never hurts.

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I will post more international stuff from tomorrow again, promise. But for today, I have to stick to German content. De:Bug magazine for September 08 is out and has nice London stories inside. They´re talking about LDN´s “new melting pot sound” and e. g. feature Roots Manuva (who´s new album “Slime & Reason” is out now btw), Radioclit (in Munich´s “Rote Sonne” club together with “Schlachthof Bronx” on Thursday btw) and Honest Jon´s.

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While I needed yesterday to recover from our seen. Block Party in Leipzig, Germany, (big up and thanks again to all those involved - Tim Turbo, Marflix, Flo, Tom, Diddi, Pionear and Gabe - pictures will follow), “The Voice” a.k.a. Ronny Trettmann took the chance and got his new tune released on World Peace Day. It´s called “Grossvater” (”Grandpa”, get it from iTunes), pays respect to the elders, and is the first song of Phlatline Sound´s brandnew “Get Smart” selection.

The other tracks will be released on September 13th, I´m especially excited to hear Natalie Strom on a German production for the first time.

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Before getting on his plane to Stockholm, team seen´s Berlin wunderkind Tim Turbo dropped a mix over at Discobelle.

This mix is basically what I listen to the whole day and what I play the whole night. Stuff thats affected by the Caribbean or tunes from the Caribbean, affected by European productions. Genres are overrated. Bass is duty. Jamaica is the fastest country alife. Kraftwerk is the genesis. Automatic doors make me feel like Jedi. And he is a good looking boy, by the way.

Put this on your iPod before you get on your BMXs and cycle to our Block Party tomorrow. (In case your way to the party is a short one, start from the back to get an impression what another Block Party DJ - Faluma boss Marflix - is capable of, too).

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Tim Turbo and MashUp Crew’s Marflix will adjacent play at seen.’s block-bbq-lime at some yard in Leipzig together with Mighty Flo of Upliftment on Saturday, the 30th of August. This one’s going to be relaxed in first place and pulsating when the sun goes down.

Can´t say this any better than Tim. However, I´d like to add, that we don´t charge anyone for enter the dance and that there´s going to be drinks and food from 6pm till late at night. In case you fear that we don´t serve what you love, you can bring your own booze and snacks as well. See you in Leipzig on Saturday!

P.S. If anybody out there is from Sweden, go and check Tim Turbo playing alongside the mighty Jamtech Foundation at Club Berns in Stockholm on Friday.

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Those who have had a look at the pics we took during our stay in New York earlier this year, might recognize the guy starring in seen.´s Bounty Killer shirt above. That´s Neil Nice - DJ, skateboarder and our very personal Turntable Lab (btw: nice Forbes feature on them right there) employee of the month May 08. He sure knows how to party and he sure knows how to deejay a wicked reggae selection as well.

Shout outs also go out to Sabo who blogged that stuff over at TTL and to (Unemp)Lloyd who had a mad nice BBQ in his BK backyard on one of our last days over there.

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A Tim Turbo recommendation (via Missinfo).

Download audio file (saigon-chilly_boom__feat._baby_cham_.mp3)

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