Stinky Grooves 30.11.10 and some Chamberlee bionical dancehall

Tump Mi - Cham ft Timberlee (Mad House)

Enemies - Bounty Killer (Mad House)

Amazing - Pinchers (Mad House)

Flashing Lights - Shana S (Fedda Weight)

Yuh Ukku Tight - Deja Vu (Fedda Weight)

Recession - Zinc Fence (Fedda Weight)

Nah Stop Shine - Tifa (Fedda Weight)

Mento Riddim - Fedda Weight (Fedda Weight)

Stop The Fussing & Fighting (Mykol Orthodox Rmx) - Dennis Brown (soundcloud)

La Union De Nuestros Pueblos (La Cumbia Anti USA) - Chico Ye

La Vecina Me Puso El Dedo (Teswuino ft Dj Linterna Rmx) - Ramon Ayala (soundcloud)

Afro Latino ft Los Rakas - Banana Clipz (Bersa Discos)

Platanitos (Rita Indiana Cover) - Lido Pimienta (Club Fonograma)

Deportes - Chancha Via Circuito (ZZK)

Amateurs - Unitone HiFi ft Coco Solid (Round Trip Mars)

Tune In - The Bug ft Roots Manuva (Ninja Tune)

Sofa (Wrongtom Rmx) - Nextmen ft PupaJim (Nice Up!)

Time Makes Fools Of Us All - Lotek (Counter Clockwise)

Bullit - Seanie T (suspectpackages.com)

Escape From Kurt Russell - Shex (Metro Dub)

Bastard Spirit - Shackleton (Woe To The Septic Heart)

Like Silver - Hyetal (Orca)

Showdown In Chinatown - Becoming Real ft Trim (Not Even)

Gold Tooth Chain - Taz ( Numbers)

Darlin' (John Talabot's Oscuro Baile Remix) - Tahiti 80 (Barclay)

Masikulu Dub - Konono N°1 vs Mark Ernestus (Crammed)

Tried For Your Love(Hudson Mohawke Rmx) - Krystal Klear (All City)

Void 23 - Appleblim & Ramadanman (Aus)

Point Black - I Roy (Third World)

Trust No Shadow After Dark - I Roy (Joe Gibbs)

Black Man Time - I Roy (Virgin)

Mushroom - Johnny Osbourne (Jah Guidance)

Stop The World - Ken Boothe (Aires)

Stop This World Dub - Bullwackies All Stars (Aires)

Odyssey (Dan Lissvik Rmx) - Architeq (Tirk)

Caves (Teebs Rmx) - Nosaj Thing (Alpha Pup)

Fool Me - Fantastic Mr Fox (Black Acre)

Reptillian MIDI Jazz - DNAE Beats (Seclusiasis)

Gold - Darkstar (Hyperdub)

This Is How We Walk On The Moon (Bigdna Edit) - Johanna Billing vs Arthur Russell

Mukuba Special - Kasai Allstars vs Shackleton (Crammed)

Well with sun shining (obviously not right at this late hour) and it feeling ,officially and rather relievingly, summer-esque it was always going to be a bit of cumbia or Jamaican hoohah finding it's way onto the blog for your edification... and hopefully purchaseration. This week our Sud Americano muckers missed out because a new rhythm from Dave Kelly is always reason to rejoice.

Naturally we've been playing you Cham's recent cut with Bounty Killer and Mykal Rose but a whole rhythm, well that's positively Santarific. Curiously Bling Dawg's is the only cut that isn't totally baking my cake currently, but then Kelly rhythms, and sometimes the voicing on 'em, have a ways of sneaking up on you that shouldn't be underestimated. The Pinchers cut is a touch cheezy but irresistible, Bounty seems to be heating up again and both of Cham's are fire. I've plumped towards alerting you to the cut with Timberlee since as part of TNT she has been a scene stealer this year (though not as much as the other T, Tifa!) and it's just a certifiable scorcher.

I don't think there is a buy link for this yet but why not check the recent Kelly/Cham scorcher alongside Bounty and Mr Rose 'Stronger'... buy it here

Check Madhouse Records for the latest and greatest

TUMP MI - CHAM & TIMBERLEE

Don't be forgetting Aromatherapy on Thursday at the Minx and sooper special stinkeration session at Barrio on Sunday (flyer in post below).. hope to see yous Aucklandites out and about.

Barrio Tranquillo - something for the weekend sir?

Coming up, next Sunday... this should be a bit of a superlative Sunday sesh...

Last minute substitution - Playing at The Turnaround tonight

Hold the front page and stop the press.

Shall be running tunes at the Turnaround tonight alongside Cian and Manuel of Bundy from around 12.30-2.30... yeeeeha

(check post below for the flyer and hope to see you there)

Stinky Grooves 23.11.10 and Taz is the Nazz

YES!! INDEED!!! BIG NEWS AND INDEFENSIBLY POOR PUNCTUATION OVERLOAD COMING AT ROUNDTRIPMARS.COM IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. KEEP 'EM PEELED ON THE HOMEPAGE TO FIND OUT WHAT THE CRACK IS WITH 'INVADERISM', AND ALSO WHO HAS JOINED THE RTM FAM AND HAS A SCOOOOOOOORCHER OF AN ALBUM IMMINENT....

Sofa (WrongTom Rmx) - Nextmen ft Pupajim (Nice Up!)
Christopher Columbus - Prince Fatty ft Little Roy (Mr Bongo)
Freedom Day - Ken Boothe (LTD)
That Very Night In Dub - Prince Fatty ft Hollie Cook (Mr Bongo)
Lime & Salt - The Flying Lizards (Staubgold)
All Will Be Well In The Garden - Lee Scratch Perry & Adrian Sherwood (On-U Sound)
Galang So (Douster Rmx) - Wildlife! (bandcamp)
Wine Up (Nuh Pop Dung) - Busy Signal (Washroom)
Seh Mi Good - Tifa (Washroom)
Gyal Yuh Hot - Mr Lex (Washroom)
Flashing Lights -Shana S (Fedda Weight)
Bad Mind - O'bryan (Fedda Weight)
Pan The Money - Bust Out Crew (Fedda Weight)
Mars Mi Gone - Beenie Man ft Cee Gee (MD Entertainment)
F.Y.I. - Busy Signal (Stainless Music)
Bullit - Seanie T (suspectpackages.com)
International Rudeboy - Lotek (Counter Clockwise)
General - Bounty Killer
Tune In - The Bug ft Roots Manuva (Ninja Tune)
Education - Digital Mystikz (DMZ)
Gold Tooth Grin - Taz (Numbers)
Showdown In Chinatown - Becoming Real ft Trim (Not Even)
Like Me - Becoming Real ft Trim (Not Even)
TS Hoe 09 - DJ Clent
The Announcement - Jay Electronica ft John F Kennedy
Ashin' Kusher - Kid Cudi (Universal Motown)
Into The Cosmos (Mr Beatnick Dub) - Architeq (Tirk)
The Incident at Mbuji-Mayi - Bass Clef vs Kasai All Stars (Crammed)
Boys Outside (Andrew Weatherall Dub 2) - Steve Mason (Double Six)
Ghandi (Andrew Weatherall Rmx) - Le Corps Mince De Francoise (Heavenly)
Darlin' (John Talabot's Oscuro Baile Remix) - Tahiti 80 (Barclay)
The Hammer (Canyons Rmx) - !!! (Warp)
Afro Latino - Banana Clipz ft Los Rakas (Bersa Discos)
Masikulu Dub - Konono N°1 vs Mark Ernestus (Crammed)
Fanpharaoh- Shazalakazoo (soundcloud)
Akiskan Misafirler Iki - Hayvanlar Alemi (Sublime Frequencies)
Ineffable Dresscode - Hayvanlar Alemi (Sublime Frequencies)
Daddy Lolo - Charles "Chick" Ganimian & His Orientals (ATCO)
Halvah - Charles "Chick" Ganimian & His Orientals (ATCO)
Come With Me To The Casbah - Charles "Chick" Ganimian & His Orientals (ATCO)
Lucidity (Pilooski Rmx) - Tame Imapala (Modular)
Let Them - jj (Sincerely Yours)
Swedish Radio Session - jj (Sincerely Yours)

A veritable harvest festival of freshness and crisp biscuitery this week with a vast swathe of ridiculous rhythms and mounted melodies making their way onto the airwaves. As ever, follow the links up above for further enlightenment, free tunage and spots where you might have to place hand in poche... but it will be well worthwhile.

For your eary appreciation this week a track from Taz, for Glasgow's ever over-endowed in the bass department Numbers label. This is actually the first domestic (as in Scottish) release from the label all year, and as far as the title track goes…its' worth the wait. Most often to be found under the Taz Buckfaster alias, much of Taz's (Tarik Cherkaoui) gear is too bombastic for my delicate (?!) tastes, but this track 'Gold Tooth Grin' shows exactly why the likes of Mary Ann Hobbs have been on his jock (sorry there had to be one bad Scottish pun) and labels like Ramp, Rwina and Subway have been flinging his stuff out to the grime encrusted kidlings.

This tune has some sort of seismic, cinematic charm that I find impossible to ignore. Hope you feel the same, if so please support by following this link and whipping out your financial credentials.

Buy them files

(DOH! Forgot to put the track in the post!!!)

GOLD TOOTH GRIN - TAZ

And Aucklandateers (and surrounds) folk don't forget the Turnaround is on this Saturday at 1885. Usual trio of miscreants on the decks with Sandringham representing in the form of Recloose flinging down a marathon session of dusty jazz and funk sides in the basement. Poster below (don't know why him so small, too late to be fandangling with photobucket now though).

Also on the way will be doing an afternoon/evening session at Barrio on Sunday December 5th form 4PM-8PM. Going to be pulling out some suitably sublime sounds in a special set for this one, really looking forward to it. Flyer up here soon, and as ever it's Aromatherapy on Thursday at the Ginger Minx, who are having shenanigans to celebrate their 3AM license with the inimitable Andy Beck & guests and a lot of scarily affordable tequila, sounds like a rocking recipe for disaster to me....

Stinky Grooves 16.11.10 & some vintage Flying Lizardry

How Me Function - Bugle (Daseca)

No Way - Mr Vegas (Daseca)

Dweet - Aidonia (Daseca)

Dancehall Again - Serani/Daseca (Daseca)

From When - Future Fambo (Daseca)

Pop Bottles - Future Fambo (Keep Left)

Punk Dem - Bugle (Keep Left)

Gyal Pharm Riddim - Leftside (Keep Left)

U Pt 1 (Scientist Mix) - King Midas Sound (Tectonic)

Hackney Marshes - Shackleton (Tectonic)

City Cycle - Mala (Tectonic)

Abeng - Kode 9 & Spaceape (Tectonic)

After All - RSD ft Prince Jamo (Tectonic)

Shake - The Flying Lizards (Staubgold)

Mute - The Flying Lizards (Staubgold)

Paraiso (Mexicans With Guns Rmx) - Sonora (soundcloud)

Latin No Plastic - El Hijo De La Cumbia (Ya Basta)

Walking Across The Paper Planes - Jairo Mendez (soundcloud)

The Announcement - Jay Electronica & John F Kennedy

REFOREV - Kid Cudi (Motown Universal)

Mojo So Dope - KId Cudi (Motown Universal)

I'm Loaded - Droop-E ft E-40 (BLVCK DIAMOND LIFE)

Odyssey (Dan Lissvik Remix) - Architeq (Tirk)

Rubiscube (GalbE Rmx) - Fulgeance (Musique Large)

Darlin' - James Pants (Stones Throw)

Akisan Misafirler Iki - Hayvanlar Alemi (Sublime Frequencies)

Bugman - Jackdaw With Crowbar (Hybrid Cuts)

End Of The World - Anika (Stones Throw)

Boys Outside (Andrew Weatherall Dub 2) - Steve Mason (Double Six)

Skin & Stone - The Flying Lizards (Staubgold)

Lucidity (Pilooski Rmx) - Tame Impala (Modular)

Carig Machinsky (Original) - Paris Suit Yourself (Big Dada)

Balandji In Bobo - Barney Willen (Saravah)

Bamako Koulikaro - Barney Willen (Saravah)

Africa Freak Out - Barney Willen (Saravah)

Mavi Sepet - Hayvanlar Alemi (Sublime Frequencies)

Night Air (Becoming Real Rmx) - Jamie Woon (Candent Sounds)

The Hammer (Canyons Rmx) - !!! (Warp)

Feat (Dub) - Two Lone Swordsmen (Rotters Golf Club)

Don't Want No (ft Lotek) - Midnight Republic (soundcloud)

Black Christmas - Poly Styrene (RCRDLBL)

I Go To Sleep - Anika (Stones Throw)

SkyFall - James Duncan & Chelsea Jade (bandcamp)

Voiced (Dorian Concept Rmx) - Nosaj Thing (Alpha Pup)

Why Can't I Dub You - Trinity (Vista)

Danger In Your Eyes - The (Mighty) Diamonds (Gussie 76)

In all honesty a bit fatigued and not up for much comment tonight, so instead here's a blurb from David Cunningham of The Flying Lizards about a very unique record that I rediscovered this week, having already given it a good run on Stinky Grooves back in the mid-90's….

"The source tapes for this LP were recorded in Jamaica by Jah Lloyd (Patrick Francis) as part of a series he made for Virgin Records' Front Line label. The original tapes were not released and were offered to me by Front Line's Jumbo Vanrennen with the suggestion that I should 'remix' the music. I accepted the project, expecting lots of time in one of Virgin's studios to play with the music and the equipment, only to be presented with a mono master tape. So I began to invent (or perhaps re-invent) techniques of editing, looping, filtering and subtraction to deal with unremixable mono material (these were the days before samplers). The subsequent work took a long time: as I thought it might be something of an indulgence, I worked on it at weekends and evenings rather than let it interfere with other projects. The techniques used here expanded my vocabulary of musical electronic (as opposed to electronic music) treatments and appear in a very different form on records made at that time, notably Fourth Wall, my collaboration with Patti Palladin, and my production work on Michael Nyman's records. The original players remain unidentified. Jah Lloyd used various combinations of musicians but did not include who played on which tracks." --David Cunningham, May 1995

BUY it direct on vinyl HERE !!!!! Or as a download type fandangle here … you can't go wrong!

SHAKE - THE FLYING LIZARDS

Stinky Grooves 09.11.10. and a verbal remedy from Jah Cure

Swing & Dine - Melodians (High Note)

Say You - Ken Boothe (High Note)

Say You - Naggo Morris & U Roy (Frontline)

Say You Version - Naggo Morris (Frontline)

MPLA + Dub - Tappa Zukie & King Tubby (Stars)

Like I See It - Jah Cure ft Rick Ross & Mavado (Maybach Music)

Dancehall Again - Daseca (Daseca)

Dancehall Again - Assassin (Daseca)

So Fly - Assassin (Keep Left)

Indian Gyal - Busy Signal (Kamalu/Jus Eazy)

Gonorrhea - Lil Wayne ft Drake (Universal Motown)

I'm Loaded - Droop-E ft E-40 (BLVCK DIAMOND LIFE)

Aneurysm - Offshore (Big Dada)

Chopped & Screwed - Fulgeance (Musique Large)

Caves (Teebs Rmx) - Nosaj Thing (Alpha Pup)

Gandhi (Andrew Weatherall Rmx) - Le Corps Mince De Francoise (Heavenly)

Losing Game - Mugwump (Kompakt)

Masters Of War - Anika (Stones Throw)

Lucidity (Pilooski Rmx) - Tame Impala (Modular)

I'm Waiting For Nobody - Francoise Hardy (Philips)

Officer Officer - Anika (Stones Throw)

Blinking Pigs - Little Dragon (Peacefrog)

SkyFall - James Duncan & Chelsea Jade (bandcamp)

Spring's Got Next - Alphabethead (Hip Drop)

Fog (Jamie xx Rmx) - Nosaj Thing (Alpha Pup)

Over - Fantatsic Mr Fox (Black Acre)

This Year (Pro Plus) - Terror Danjah, D.O.K. Mz Bratt & Griminal (Hyperdub)

African Kids! - Old Money Massive (soundcloud)

Tank - Igor Boxx (Ninja Tune)

Ran Kan Kan - Tito Puente (Fania)

Stick On Bongo - Tito Puente (Fania)

Red For The Sun - Ensemble Economique (Not Not Fun)

Bleep!! Maru!! - Samuel Demeitemas (soundcloud)

El Guayacan - Lisandro Meza y Conjunto (Colompilation 4)

Amor Sincero - Calito Ochoa (Colompilation 4)

Feliciana - La Sonora Dinamita (Colompilation 4)

Latin No Plastic - El Hijo De La Cumbia (Ya Basta)

Clik Clik - Sonora (soundcloud)

Pruned - John Roberts (Dial)

A veritable banger of the booming and bapping family this week, featuring a trio of fellers I'm not too sure about. Jah Cure has long fallen in the 50/50 at best basket for my tastes, and that's not even beginning on the things he's been accused and convicted of. Rick Ross… well he does make some undeniable hooha, but he's hardly what you'd call a man of morals or much class - categorically denying that you were formerly a screw, and then being swiftly found out… well it's a touch shabby. And as for Mavado, well he is amongst a fistful of the most talented in JA yet he releases 5 naff tunes for every boomshot, and chats tripe and nonsense most of the time.

So all in all a ropy bunch, but boy do they come correct over a shithouse shaker of a beat from James Beard. Check heem, no links I can find to buy yet ..usual story up for a week

As ever smart money also dictates you check out the link to the soundcloud related material and there were three tracks from the excellent 'Colompilation 4' from the mighty fine Global Grooves blog. That can be downloaded at scrumptious high quality from that link, and I strongly recommend you do (and leave a thanks in the comments at GG) if you have even half an interest in quality vintage cumbia gear. The cover is plenty saucy, but the music is yet saucier!!! Don't sleep and please do peep.

LIKE I SEE IT - JAH CURE FT RICK ROSS & MAVADO

This is utterly brilliant... take 10 mins

This has made my day. A shade under 10 minutes of brilliance, make yourself a cuppa and enjoy. 'Amazing limp'.

Incidentally the album is pretty darned good, like all of Eno's stuff I'd ask for 6 months of absorption before giving a verdict but I have to say at this stage..I'm impressed.

Aromatherapy is on tonight at the Ginger Minx, doe feel free to come down and enjoy the tunes, drinks and ting.

Stinky Grooves 02.11.10 and Ensemble Economique..exactly

Masters Of War (Dub) - Anika (Stones Throw)

Don't Want No - Midnight Republic ft Lotek (soundcloud)

Sad Mood (Gregory Isaacs Tribute) - Lotek ft 1/6 (soundcloud)

Poor Man In Love - Gregory Isaacs (Taxi)

Lonely Lover - Gregory Isaacs (Island)

The Philistines - Gregory Isaacs (Heartbeat)

Tales Of Two Cities - Carlton Livingston (Hit Bound)

Version - The Revolutionaries (Hit Bound)

Stronger - Cham ft Bounty Killer & Mykal Rose (Madhouse)

Cheat Pon Him - Vybz Kartel (Birchill)

Grab & Wine - Busy Signal (Birchill)

50 Kali - Gappy Ranks (Jam 2)

Just Like De Artist - Gappy Ranks (Jam 2)

Next Level - Bling Dawg (Jam 2)

Iron Balloon - Bruk Up (Seanizzle)

Ska Riddim - Jam 2 (Jam 2)

Latin No Plastic - El Hijo De La Cumbia (Ya Basta)

Duran Poco - Quenombre (soundcloud)

Bleep!! Maru!! - Samuel Demite mas (soundcloud)

Platanitos - Lido Pimienta (Club Fonograma)

Pasame A Buca - Rita Indiana & Los Misterios (Sony US Latin)

VCR (Four Tet Rmx) - The xx (Young Turks)

Spiller - Lukid (Werk)

Masters Of War - Anika (Stones Throw)

I Go To Sleep - Anika (Stones Throw)

Red For The Sun - Ensemble Economique (Not Not Fun)

Sort Of Dubolution - Sideshow (Aus)

Fog (Jamie's xx remix) - Nosaj Thing (Alpha Pup)

Voiced (Dorian Concept Rmx) - Nosaj Thing (Alpha Pup)

Gandhi (Andrew Weatherall Rmx 1) - Le Corps Mince De Francoise (Heavenly)

And - BGM (Vanity)

Phantom - Computer Jay (All City)

Chopped & Screwed - Fulgeance (Musique Large)

Lego - Lukid (Werk)

Caves (Teebs Rmx) - Nosaj Thing (Alpha Pup)

Yes, Africa Must Be Free Eventually - RNA Organism (Vanity)

Melody From School - Dub Fanatic

SkyFall - James Duncan & Chelsea Jade (bandcamp)

Officer Officer - Anika (Stones Throw)

Springs Got Next - Alphabethead (Hip Drop)

Deadness - Darkstar (Hyperdub)

Gold - Darkstar (Hyperdub)

Rubiscube (GalbE Remix) - Fulgeance (Musique Large)

Four Horsemen - Ghost (Hip Drop)

Minimal Dub - Terror Danjah (Hyperdub)

I'm Feeling U - - Terror Danjah (Hyperdub)

So much exciting stuff on the show tonight - I know I say and think that every week, and in these days of musical overload it's certainly not the battle it used to be, but there was some gear that really spun my wheels as I was preppulating earlier today. I suspect I'm going to be spending a lot of time with the Anika album, the combination of her (impossible to deny) Nico-esque tones and Geoff Barrow's production (ranging from a brilliant post-punk/early On-U Sound aesthetic to threadbare Krautisms and extreme panning exercises) is stunning. The Yoko Ono cover was a handsome tease, and the album is even better. It's not out for a minute so I wont go on too much. And then there was Four Tet remixing The xx, Jamie xx remixing Nosaj Thing, a new Weatherall, cumbia heading into bleepier/nastier territory, time for a little more appreciation of Gregory Isaac's massive legacy and sooooo much more.

We have spoken of LA label, Not Not Fun on these pages before and rightly so, the Zola Jesus meets LA Vampires is one of my doomy treats of the year. There's far too much easy listening out there. Hell… I'm as bad as anyone, a sucker for a jaunty tune and a melody you could stick a worm on and catch your dinner with… but there has to be some balance and Ensemble Economique have definitely got their own nocturnal rainbow going on. 'Red For The Sun' is actually one of the more upful tunes from Psychical, it's certainly not a picnic of a record - yet I've found it to be rather rewarding, and refreshingly challenging.

The always excellent Fact Magazine had it down as 'Shackleton channeling John Carpenter' which is probably pretty accurate, Brian Pyles who is EE (and half of the brilliantly monikered Starving Weirdoes) certainly has Shackleton's innate knack for vocal chops that are untypical and excellent, and as for the Carpenter, well I said it was moody. You can read a little more at the Fact link above but I would listen first and read later, the joy of this album for me was buying it on a whim after hearing this one track, discovering that it was indicative but not really…and then losing myself in the rest. It's a process I'd recommend.

Check out Not Not Fun for more gloom'n'boom

buy Psychical here or in a file style here

RED FOR THE SUN - ENSEMBLE ECONOMIQUE

Stinky Grooves 26.10.10 and some choice chicha from manic Manzanita

Sad Mood (Gregory Isaacs Tribute) - Lotek ft 1/6 (soundcloud)
Loving Pauper - Gregory Isaacs (Rods)
Thief A Man - Gregory Isaacs (African Museum)
Slave Master - Gregory Isaacs (Island)
Going Downtown - Gregory Isaacs (Taxi)
Rumours - Gregory Isaacs (Music Works)
Raggamuffin Rise Again - Gregory Isaacs & Pinchers (Pippers)
Inner City Lady - Gregory Isaacs (Necessary Mayhem)
Inner City Dub - Da Grynch (Necessary Mayhem)
Bucovina (Catar Sys, Karim & Villa Diamante - El Hoyo del Queque Remix) - Shantel (soundcloud)
Dumbia De Los Barrios - Polymiller (soundcloud)
Latin No Plastic - El Hijo De La Cumbia (Ya Basta)
Platatinos - Lido Pimienta (Club Fonograma)
GUerrero - Maria y Jose (Club Fonograma)
La Paz y Adora - Sonora
VCR (Four Tet Rmx) - The XX
Ever Or Not - John Roberts (Dial)
Craig Machinsky - Paris Suit Yourself (Big Dada)
Four Horsemen - Ghost (Hip Drop)
Spring's Got Next - Alphabethead (Hip Drop)
The Rudest Dub - Lotek HiFi (soundcloud)
Medusa (Let's Get Stoned) - The Knux
I Need A Dollar Freestyle - Yelawolf
Phantom - Computer Jay (All City)
Archipeligo - Teebs (All City)
Sky Fall - James Duncan & Chelsea Jade (bandcamp)
Bunalim - Bunalim (Worldwild)
Colegiala - Los Ilusionistas (Barbes)
Agua- Manzanita (Barbes)
Gold - Darkstar (Hyperdub)

Broken Fingers - Ronny & Renzo (King Kung Foo)

Fun Over 100 - The Gaslamp Killer (Brainfeeder)

Devil Is At Large - Sugar Minott (Wackies)

Solid Rock I Stand - Willi Williams (Wackies)

Slow Temp0 - Black Roots Players (Wackies)

Up Tempo - The Black Roots Players (Wackies)

Agave - Botany (Western Vinyl)

Losing Game - Mugwump (Kompakt)

And - BGM (Vanity)

Yes, Every Africa Must Be Free Eventually - RNA Organism (Vanity)

Duran Poco - Que Nombre (soundcloud)

Hang On (Kinky Electric Noise Rmx) - Unitone HiFi (Round Trip Mars)

Hang On (UHF Rmx of K.E.N. Rmx) - Unitone HiFi (Round Trip Mars)

Blue Steel (Instro) - Bot'Ox (I'm A Cliche)

GREGORY ISAACS R.I.P.

T'was a bit of a rush and I wish I'd had time to go through my sevens and pull out some utter faves from the Cool Ruler but I hope that the first half hour of tonight's show was an adequate tribute to one of THE voices of reggae. I suspect that there is a huge swathe of people, say roughly between the ages of 35 and 60 for who Gregory was one of the guiding lights that steered their musical ship into a long time residency in reggae's heartical harbour. I know that was the case for me, and I strongly suspect I'm not alone in that. Isaacs was amongst a clutch of artists (alongside Prince Fari, Culture, Dr Alimantado etc) who was truly taken to heart by the punk rock and post-punk crowd and I suspect it's a closeness that has remained for most, wherever they have ended up.

It all seems a bit morbidly synchronous as I has planned to mention the anniversary of John Peel's passing, and also the sad demise of Ari Up last week but they've all been superbly covered elsewhere and I'm done with death. Incidentally I have to say that I really enjoyed the honesty in some of the tributes to Ari Up which were unanimously respectful but not afraid to point out that she was often a colossal pain in the ass, and her 'uniqueness' could be trying. I tend to think that many of the supposed great leaps forward through internetery are overstated, and often actually are potentially regressions or even stumbles backwards in the big scheme of things, but I do love that there is a forum where people can point out that they heckled her a year ago and now they're really bummed she's gone. That is so much more human and real than the tidied up obituaries that talk about her pioneering spirit etc, considerably more punk rock imho too.

Hanyways a track you say. Well here's a corker. This has been covered extensively elsewhere too, but I have been holding back as I don't like playing less than toppus notchus quality mp3's and its' only last week I got round to grabbing thems at ye olde iTunes. Before that I had a (gratefully received) promo of the album but the 192's sounded a bit too wan and wispy for broadcast so I held my musical breath. More of a grower than the 'knock you on your ass' vibes of the first Roots Of Chicha comp, Volume 2 is very definitely worthy of getting your hands upon. Refreshingly there's a bit of a vocal focus this time round, and particular points and prizes go to the well decent sleevenotes (which also come in the iTunes package as a PDF, why aren't more folks doing that??!!)

This track isn't actually my favourite off the album (that's a ludicrously close tie between about five others) but it's the one they've been happy to have posted, and it's darned fine, so who am I to argue.

Get Roots Of Chicha Vol 2 from iTunes or Barbes (check their other excellent releases too, their mail order service is v good btw) ....just get it.

AGUA - MANZANITA

And a bonus, you ask.... a bonus you shall have. Our man in the Mt of Heathen James Duncan has only gone and made a beautiful choon with Chelsea Jade, who also features in James's live band and vice versa. Being of a Santa Clausulary type nature James and Chelsea have opted to give this little beastie away even though they could probably sell it for thousands of groats on the international charming song exchange.

All you needs to do is follow the link to James's bandcamp page and follow the instructions (though if you don't follow the 'pay nothing' part - you'll probably make their day....awwwww) and then your sky shall fall....hurrah!

Peace in....

Stinky Grooves 19.10.10 and a Unitone HiFi Bank Holiday Treatetito

Sweet Jamaica (Vibes Mix) - Mr Vegas ft Shaggy & Josey Wales (Big Yard)

Stronger - Cham ft Bounty Killer & Mykal Rose (Madhouse)

More money - Busy Signal (Jah Snowcone)

Iron Balloon - Bruck Up (Seanizzle)

Hush (Iggy Iggy) (Douster Rmx) - Tim Turbo ft Spoek Mathambo/Gnucci Banana (Big-N-Hairy)

Like A Gypsy - Kenyatta Fire (Kenyatta Fire)

Yengeh Riddim - Mafia McKoy (Loud Disturbance)

Ruffa & Tuffa - Alpha Steppa (soundcloud)

Leggo Violence - Alpha Steppa (soundcloud)

Frequencies - King Midas Sound (Hyperdub)

Ironman (Tetsuo Dub) - Lee Perry, Dennis Bovell & The On-U Sound System vs Pempi (On-U Sound)

Free To Funk - Sub Version (Soul Jazz)

Bucovina (Catar Sys, Karim & Villa Diamante - El Hoyo del Queque Remix) - Shantel (soundcloud)

Hang On (UHF Rmx of K.E.N. Rmx) - Uniotne HiFi (Round Trip Mars)

Duran Poco - Quenombre (soundcloud)

Bleep!! Maru!! - SamuelDemite mas (soundcloud)

Nima Diyala - AfroCubism (Nonesuch)

DJelimady Rumba - AfroCubism (Nonesuch)

Gold - Darkstar (Hyperdub)

And We Gonna (Samiyam Chopsticks Rmx) - Shigeto (Ghostly)

Fates Say - Daedelus (All City)

The Making Of A Slave aka Willie Lynch - Dubbledge & Metabeats (bandcamp)

Learn To Duck - Freddie Gibbs (Bootleg Kev)

Impending Doom (Rustie Rmx) - Daedelus (Ninja Tune)

Losing Game - Mugwump (Kompakt)

Night Air - Jamie Woon (Candent Songs)

Lesser - John Roberts (Dial)

In The Way - Darkstar (Hyperdub)

When I'm In Awe (ft Gonjasufi) - The Gaslamp Killer (Brainfeeder)

Shattering Inner Journeys (ft Computer Jay) - The Gaslamp Killer (Brainfeeder)

Stanley & Stuff (Copia Doble Rmx) - System (Rump)

Pasame a Buca - Rita Indiana & Los Misterios (Dutty Artz)

La Grimas (Future Feelings Remix) - Carla Morrison (soundcloud)

Buena Persona - Lido Pimienta (Ku De Ta)

Dakan - AfroCubism (Nonesuch)

Cumbia Kikuchi - Greenwood Rhythm Coalition (Names You Can Trust)

Blue Steel - Bot'Ox ft Anna Jean (I'm A Cliche)

Pruned - John Roberts (Dial)

Spak & Spenning - Frisvold & Lindbaek (Full Pupp)

Spak & Spenning (Prins Thomas Rmx) - Frisvold & Lindbaek (Full Pupp)

August - John Roberts (Dial)

Shaka The Great - Overnight Players (Chanel One)

This weeks burnt offering and crisp cruciality is very close to home since it's one of our Unitone HiFi tracks that has been through the spin cycle a couple of times.

The original of 'Hang On' is yet to be completed and has a full vocal from our man the Mighty Asterix. When Miami's cumbia captain Kinky Electric Noise expressed an interest in a touch of remix swapology, it seemed like the natural contender.

It sounded like his mix turned into a bit of an odyssey with parts added from Canada and a sizzling Peruvian style guitar track, heavy on the chicha hoohah. It was well worth the effort and it's a scorcher, that has justifiably been picking up the props and dls on soundcloud and sneaking onto blogs and mixes and what have you. However Ken did say he'd gone as far as he could with the track, and offered up the parts for further interference - of course we were up for that.

So here you have it the remix of the remix of an original that remains unfinished…the world we live in. As ever monster props to Angus for his mastering, particlularly happy with how this one turned out especially with the awkward bass and looming presences in the low end dept, ....top notch! Incidentally I've upgraded ye olde Stinky Jim soundcloud account which means our King Step Dub and the El Malodoroso mix are downloadable again, woop woop.

You can download directly from the embedded player below or click onto me soundcloud page and do the same there and/or leave a comment, favorite it..whatever tickles your fancy. If you feel really moved you could even go to the Unitone HiFi bandcamp page and shake some shekels in out direction… but let's not get carried away.

Aromatherapy at the Minx as ever this Thursday and Aloe Blacc & Wrongtom transcripts soon..ish…approx…repeat to fade….

HANG ON (UHF RMX OF THE K.E.N. RMX) - UNITONE HIFI

Unitone HiFi - Hang On (UHF Rmx of the K.E.N. Rmx) by Stinky Jim