Watch out for the Cong Oil salesman and the Sacred Cowboy. Aussie synth-punk, rock’n’roll rebel Cong Josie teams up with Garry Sacred aka Garry Gray of the seminal Melbourne post-punk group Sacred Cowboys for a new EP. The first taste of which is a sleazy and sinister cover of the iconic Oz-boogie-era song, ‘I’ll Be Gone’ (originally by Spectrum 1971). 

The first single from their forthcoming Sacred Money E.P. sits somewhere in the zone where darkwave cabaret meets punk rock. A wrong turn off the highway into a dimension beyond. Garry is playing ‘I’ll Be Gone’, and Cong is hypnotised by the “dream” of money and security. Knowing that an artist, a rebel rouser, an antagonist can never align the two. Fifty years on and the lyrics are even more desperately in vain, yet Cong and Garry recognise the same knowing - that they will keep on and keep fighting for what is real.

‘I’ll Be Gone’ is a stone cold classic of the Australian rock canon, it perseveres as a prophetic call to those on the margins and those that will never succumb to the meaningless consumerist push that society celebrates, speaking to the moment we are in as much as it ever has.

‘I’ll Be Gone’ Releases Worldwide on all digital & streaming platforms June 6th 2025 through It Records. 
It is taken from the forthcoming E.P. Sacred Money out August 1st.  


Cong Josie & Garry Sacred - I'll Be Gone (single)

The Selections series continues with a fortieth installment. Expect wide-ranging and upbeat grooves you can dance to, with a focus on new music. Not about the mix, simply about each tune.

"Love the music and the music loves you back; be a good collector and then you’ll be a good selector."
- David “Ram Jam” Rodigan, MBE

001 The Golden Tones - Just A Closer Walk With Thee
002 Madalitso Band - Princess Wanga
003 Calibro 35 - Discomania
004 Warsaw Afrobeat Orchestra - Skucha
005 Lateena X Bony Fly (ft. Carlton Osonga) - Likkle and Tight
006 Oriental Brothers International Band - Oku Ngwo Di Ochi (Uproot Andy Remix)
007 Ape Chimba - Niña del Mas Allá (Chancha Via Circuito Remix)
008 URBS & CUTEX (ft. T.R.A.C.) - Wherever You Are
009 Grecia Alban - YO POR TI
010 Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18 - Heartbreaker
011 Manika Kaur - Devocean

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Off the back of his 2024 EBM meets rockabilly greaser album Moto Zone. Cong Josie returns with a new partner in crime : the legendary Garry Gray, aka Garry Sacred of seminal Aussie swamp-rock outfit Sacred Cowboys. The two met in early 2025 when Cong fessed up to ripping off the Cowboys’ track ‘Nothing Grows in Texas’ on ‘1300 Scorpio’, the two recognise a kindred spirit, bonded over their love for Alan Vega and 70’s oz-boogie and next thing you know, we’ve got this scorchin’ EP.

The record kicks off with a re-recording mash-up of the aforementioned ‘1300 Scorpio’ & ‘Nothing Grows in Texas’ in ‘1300 Texico’. Like leather clad twins mysteriously separated by a decade or two, there is an undeniable synchronicity at play. If you know these two musicians, you can imagine the burning heat they produce together. It feels right, it feels inevitable. What follows just gets better. 

Sacred Money conjures the dread power and unrelenting pull of money-seduction. Next is a triplet of on-theme cover versions starting with the lead single from the record, a sleazy and sinister cover of the canonic Oz-boogie-era song, ‘I’ll Be Gone’ (originally by Spectrum 1971). Side two smacks you straight in the face with a blood pumpin’ rendition of Suicide’s ‘Fast Money Music’ followed by a deep cut from The Kinks underrated 1974 concept record Preservation Act 2 : ‘Money Talks’. The record closes with the title track ‘Sacred Money’ a tripped out ode to/ lament for/ rail against, you guessed it… money. 
Strap in for a one of a kind modern classic of uncompromising punk vision calling for action while demonstrating the heart and the power of community and creativity. Rise up, rob a bank and pull out those leathers, this one’s two punch banger.  


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Sacred Money

The Selections series continues with a forty-first installment. Expect wide-ranging and upbeat grooves you can dance to, with a focus on new music. Not about the mix, simply about each tune.

"Love the music and the music loves you back; be a good collector and then you’ll be a good selector."
- David “Ram Jam” Rodigan, MBE

001 Lola Young - d£aler
002 Tippa Lee meets the Naram Rhythm Section - Time Hard
003 Cham (ft. Damian Marley & Stephen Marley) - Hustling In My Blood
004 Sickzombies & Ras Muhamad - Day Off 
005 camoufly - go!!!!!!
006 Romvion x DR3WI - Worry
007 Chilsta - Faith
008 Rodney P (ft. Courtney John) - Born To Fly (Extended Mix)
009 Skarra Mucci & Manudigital - Inna Mi Brain 
010 Elastica Dub (ft. Gabriele Blue) - Never Falter
011 Lioness Haze - La Leona
012 Soul Sugar & Dub Shepherds - Give Me Your Love

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The Selections series continues with a forty-second installment. Expect wide-ranging and upbeat grooves you can dance to, with a focus on new music. Not about the mix, simply about each tune.

"Love the music and the music loves you back; be a good collector and then you’ll be a good selector."
- David “Ram Jam” Rodigan, MBE

001 Tanzie - High
002 Jesse Royal (ft. Kabaka Pyramid) - Jungle Justice
003 Alien Trackers - Swimming with Shock Eels Dub
004 Sam and The Womp (ft. Natty Campbell) - Rise Up (Jstar Mix)
005 Kingston Sound System (ft. Tanita Tikaram) - Twist In My Sobriety
006 Onom Agemo And The Disco Jumpers & Ahmed Ag Kaedy - Tarha
007 Kaya Ek Racinetatane - Seggae Man
008 KBong & Johnny Cosmic (ft. Alan Watts) - Inner Voice
009 Jasmin McKenzie - Fruit of Life Dub

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The Selections series continues with a forty-third installment. Expect wide-ranging and upbeat grooves you can dance to, with a focus on new music. Not about the mix, simply about each tune.

"Love the music and the music loves you back; be a good collector and then you’ll be a good selector."
- David “Ram Jam” Rodigan, MBE

001 Peyoti For President - Palestinian Children
002 Far East Lion/Jado & Gum J - 荡起双桨 Rub A Dub
003 Skillful Kxng - Play I Some Music
004 Groundation - Keeper of the Flame
005 Peter Spence & Friendly Fire Band - Soldier in Jah Army
006 Alborosie - Trench Town Legend
007 Tian Qiyi (with Jah Wobble) - Songs For Workers
008 LionRiddims - Freestyle
009 Ashanti Selah & Didubz Sound - Roll Call
010 Adrian Sherwood - The Collapse Of Everything
011 Sister Sadie - Let The Circle Be Broken
012 Margo Price - Don't Let The Bastards Get You Down

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The Selections series continues with a forty-fourth installment. Expect wide-ranging and upbeat grooves you can dance to, with a focus on new music. Not about the mix, simply about each tune.

"Love the music and the music loves you back; be a good collector and then you’ll be a good selector."
- David “Ram Jam” Rodigan, MBE

001 Babon - Bubuka (Intro)
002 L'Antidote - Pomegranate
003 Chronixx - Exile
004 Jah Defender & Haze St. Dub - Late Night
005 Dubsetters - Reggae Vibration
006 Burro Banton - Just Nah Give Up
007 Pawkarmayta - YLLA
008 Gilligan Moss - The Plunge
009 Rabbath Electric Orchestra - Creation
010 Soundboy Dead - Soundclash Dub
011 Tor.Ma in Dub - Pomegranate Dubplate

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The Selections series continues with a forty-fifth installment. Expect wide-ranging and upbeat grooves you can dance to, with a focus on new music. Not about the mix, simply about each tune.

"Love the music and the music loves you back; be a good collector and then you’ll be a good selector."
- David “Ram Jam” Rodigan, MBE

001 Cautious Clay (ft. Q-Tip) - 5th Floor (10pm)  
002 Apelsin - Igatsus
003 Dandi - Again n Again
004 Cookin' On 3 Burners - Miss Fat Booty
005 Tenor Blue - Extra Vintage
006 Saagara - Earth, Water and the Holy Groove (The Shackleton Version)
007 Yuuf - Mesa Mesa
008 Sunbörn Meets Clap! Clap! - Sunclap
009 Ata Kak - Batakari
010 Hot Chip - Need You Now
011 Kapeq - scarabée on the planché
012 Andrick Airways - Trop d'amour

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The Selections series continues with a forty-sixth installment. Expect wide-ranging and upbeat grooves you can dance to, with a focus on new music. Not about the mix, simply about each tune.

"Love the music and the music loves you back; be a good collector and then you’ll be a good selector."
- David “Ram Jam” Rodigan, MBE

001 Lettuce - Grewt Up
002 Aaron Frazer - Fly Away (Instrumental)
003 De La Soul - Good Health
004 Marcey Yates - Bamboozled
005 World Hifi League (ft. Matjö P) - Cumbia Jam 
006 Captain Planet - Need to Move
007 Shay Hazan (ft. Abate Berihun) - Kolot 
008 Noise Pollution Academy (ft. Ja Snoke) - Afrikan Flute
009 Dalton Dubstars - Eastern Curve Dub
010 Carlton Livingston & The Dub Chronicles - Lady (Dub)
011 Another Channel - Axis (feat. Yassin Omidi)
012 Ghost Dubs - Hope

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