Posted by joly on Dec 23, 2009 in
old tape,
stage show When I arrived on the West Coast in mid-1983 I knew practically nobody except Zed Records and Roger Steffens. Steffens introduced me to Blue Riddim, who were on tour, and they in turn introduced me to the Rebel Rockers of Laguna Beach, who kindly took me in as a guest. Also staying in their house at the time happened to be Darryl and Doc from the Bad Brains, which started a long and fruitful friendship..
The Rebel Rockers themselves, in a marked contrast to the ‘cool and deadly’ style to which I was accustomed in the UK, played high energy SoCal skanking music, predating illustrious followers like Sublime and No Doubt. Powered by Redz on bass, they were fronted by the lively, and lovely, Princess on vocals. The guitarist, who’s name I forget, brought a distinct latin tinge to the proceedings, and when, on one notable occasion I accompanied them to a show with the Circle Jerks in Tijuana, they raised the roof! The band is still going and can be found on myspace.
Somehow I have retained a cassette of a set I recorded at one of their shows and here, for your delectation, and posterity, it is:
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Tags: rebel rockers, stage show
Posted by joly on Dec 23, 2009 in
ras kush,
reggae vibes,
session From the Ides of September 1999 an early Streamola session from Ras Kush of Black Redemption.
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Posted by joly on Dec 23, 2009 in
jumpin',
session I’ve already mentioned Jumpin’ Alex, a wild rock’n’roller of East European origin who had his own stream. He returned from a visit to Belize excitedly bearing a cassette of a snippet of an indigenous roots session recorded, I believe, one evening on a beach..
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Posted by joly on Dec 21, 2009 in
augustus pablo memorial,
ras kush,
session A major feature of Streamola was the Augustus Pablo Memorial Stream. The great and inspiring musician Horace Swaby passed on in May 1999 just after the station’s founding. A year later Ras Kush of Black Redemption put together a definitive and heartfelt retrospective session, of which this is the first part.
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Posted by joly on Dec 10, 2009 in
mix,
reggae vibes Yet another mix from Selecter Yoske, again with the rub-a-dub foundation vibes.
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Posted by joly on Dec 3, 2009 in
Jah Shaka,
old tape Here we have one of the oldest tapes I have around – dates back to the good days at Better Badges when we’d just got our Alpha hi-speed cassette duplicator. The great thing about this was that it was a magnet for rare and unreleased material, such as this, brought in by Steve Jameson – who long worked the counter at Rough Trade. I don’t recall details but he arrived from some studio (Street Level?) in a high state of excitement with this one containing brand new mixes of the Twinkle Brothers, Undivided Truth, Prince Hammer, and more importantly, Jah Shaka’s masterpiece ‘Kunte Kinte’. When I played it on Streamola even Ras Kush, who has got every single thing that Shaka has done, asked for a copy. Enjoy!
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Posted by joly on Nov 24, 2009 in
dubzone,
Jah Shaka,
ras kush,
session Part 3 of Ras Kush’s tribute to the mighty Zulu Warrior.
Also available: Part 1 | Part 2.
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Posted by joly on Nov 24, 2009 in
dubzone,
Jah Shaka,
ras kush,
session Part 2 of Ras Kush’s tribute to the mighty Zulu Warrior.
Also available: Part 1 | Part 3.
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Posted by joly on Nov 24, 2009 in
dubzone,
Jah Shaka,
ras kush,
session One thing that became apparent, as Streamola gained more listeners, was that many, particularly in North America, were not well cognizant with the works of the mighty Zulu Warrior from Peckham. In spring of 1999 Ras Kush, of Black Redemption Sounds of Praises, took it upon himself to emancipate and educate the net populace with a full on tribute to the man himself. It is one session, split into 3 parts.
Also available: Part 2 | Part 3.
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Posted by joly on Nov 12, 2009 in
mix,
reggae vibes In the third segment of Selecter Yoske’s ‘one man tribute’ we hear him leggo dubplate after dubplate, version after version, all on classic rub-a-dub rhythms.
Also check Pt.1 | Pt.2
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