Rough and Ready Best of 2007 Reggae 7″ mix

I recorded this mix 10 years ago but I don’t think I ever did anything with it… 1 Night Raver (2007 repress) by Mike Brooks 2 River Jordan by Luciano & Ras Zachari 3 Jah Works – We Tek Up by Jah Mali 4 Ava Leigh by Ava Leigh 5 Levi Riddim by Manasseh 6 …

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47th Annual Report

Text    Nostalgia was the order of the day: I wrote a new foreword for the ebook reprint of Stewart Home’s classic 90s counter culture anthology Mind Invaders by Bread and Circuses. The foreword puts the texts in context and includes some reflections on my time then and how this sort of activity might be relevant now. …

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listen back to Bokeh Versions and me on NTS dubwise

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Saturday: weird dub on NTS alongside Bokeh Versions

If you follow me on twitter you will have seen me hyping this show over the last few months- always a great unpredictable mix up of JA and outernational dubwise styles and genres. Bokeh Versions have also released a great 7″ of freak dub from Seekersinternational – one of the few new artists I truly …

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New(ish) reggae fanzine! Tweetah issue zero published

Roll up! Roll up! Get ya scrappy xerox rag! Now sold out. 20 pages A5. Mainly by me, but with contributions from 2ndFade and (unbeknownst to him) Martin. Trades/Blags are welcome. (Images below are a bit compressed – the cover looks redder and slightly less ragged) UK: £1.50 Europe: £2.69 Rest of World: £3.33

No Ice Cream Sound – issue 3 out now!

The Shimmy Shimmy crew have just published their 3rd fanzine. Labour of love: by the fans, for the fans style. I’ve not had time to write anything for it this time and am kicking myself, because I could have been in there alongside: – Exclusive interviews with Stylo G Popcaan Mungo’s Hifi Young Warrior – …

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The Heatwave: Showtime DVD out now!

Apparently some of you ignored my advice earlier this year to get to the Showtime event. It was one of those legendary evenings that I can now taunt you about for the rest of your lives. But all is not lost – you can now shock out to its ridiculous line up in the privacy …

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