Yard Vibes

Yard Vibes is an Amsterdam party in Jamaican style that fuses film, music and cuisine. In Jamaica, a yard party is a community celebration - liming, chatting and dancing in the 'yard' with your friends and family. Yard Vibes transfers this relaxed vibe to Amsterdam and hails the original yard in the Caribbean through images, sounds and tastes.

Yard Vibes is an initiative of DutchReggae.com, Caribbean Creativity and Toko MC/MC Theatre.


www.caribbeancreativity.nl
www.mconline.nl

Mungo's Merch

If you want to make a good appearance in the dance tomorrow, you can still order one of the Mungo's Hi Fi/Scotch Bonnet t's on Freshcotton.


Here some more audios to warm you up.
Super sharp roller by mungoshifi
cheers

Mungo's Hi Fi in Amsterdam

The top players in the Amsterdam dubscene, Lockdown and Fubchamber, joined forces to give you an evening full of dubs and subs. Together they bring one of the biggest dubacts in the UK to the Melkweg: Mungo's Hi Fi from Scotland. For this special occasion they will play on the mighty King Shiloh soundsystem.
Mungo's Hi Fi plays both digital dancehall and roots reggae and dubstep. They have also released a bunch of records on their own Scotch Bonnet and Scrub a Dub labels.
Mungo's will be accompanied by Kenny Knots, a true UK dancehall icon. Don't miss it!

Friday 24th of june. Presale 10, door 14 euro.

Sizzla- Can't Dis Rasta

Risto Benji RIP

Just read on Dancehall mobi that Risto Benji is murdered, he was reportedly shot dead last night by a gunman in an area known as “Vietnam” in Church Pen, St. Catherine.
Sad news. Risto entered the music business as a child when he was part of the Jammy's posse, deejaying on the sound and recording hits like 'Gimme the money' on the Punanny riddim. His biggest hit is probably 'Passport buddy'.
Here one of my favorite Risto Benji tunes:

Presenting the Posse

Special request!

I'm On My Way Back Home

Herbalist anthem by Seana Paul and Collie Buddz, on Lion Face's Lyfe Turn riddim.

Strong Like Lion

This is the new single of the upcoming Modern Rockers vol1 album called Strong like Lion.
A strong and powerful release of Dreddarecords performed by :Joggo ft Turbulence&Jah Decko
produced by: D."Decko" Douglas and M."Marro" Nijhove.


The Modern Rockers vol 1 will be in the stores June 2011, stay tuned!

Kenny Ranking- Ruff Round di Edges

Jahva Sound's Kenny Ranking made a tape. A classic roots tape. Live recorded, ruff round the edges, great selection! For tracklist see comments.

To the foundation!

Big Tune Time

A delicious tune by Tarrus Riley!

Cooking With Chef Tarrus Riley

Chef Tarrus cooking some ital food, yummy.

Ragga Ragga

Another big namedropping tune by Gappy Ranks

Captain Riddim

War Ina East

March 26th was a historical night for the European soundclash scene. The first lock off in European soundclash was a fact. LP International humiliated One Love Hi Powa, who didnt have to play back after the fourth round. The best round of the night was LP's victory round, in which they played some of their most legendary dubs like D Brown, Garnett Silk and their famous Biggie Smalls dub. You can get the audio here.

I also had an, interview with War Ina East promoter Sultan about soundclash in the Netherlands, you can read it here (Dutch only).

Sugar Minott/Youth Promotion Book

My favorite book on reggae is probably Beth Lesser's book about King Jammy. Her new book tells the story of the iconic artist/sound man Sugar Minott. Essential reading material!

The Legend of Sugar Minott and Youth Promotion is both a biography of the legendary Jamaican vocalist and a history of the sound system Youth Promotion. Sugar Minott spent his life making music and helping talented youth get ahead in the business. He devoted himself so completely to reggae music and to the youth that he was responsible for uncovering and developing some of the most celebrated talents of dance hall. A huge influence on the course of modern reggae, Sugar Minott is a true legend in Jamaican music. This special Muzik Tree edition features many never before published photographs of Sugar, his family and the whole crew.

Order it now at Small Axe Books

Bitty McLean Chanting On Soundsystem

Mad vibes. Video via Kenny Ranking.