During the 90's under the name the UNDERDOG I remixed and produced a vast variety of artists, both underground and mainstream rooted in my love of Hip Hop, Dub, Jazz Rock, Electronics & Psychedelia. Working with Massive Attack, Unkle, Gravediggaz, New Kingdom, U2, The Pharcyde, Run DMC, and many other iconic artists of that era, I made a name for myself creating melodically dark & abstract beat heavy music, a precursor to Trip Hop, an original take on a sound that had predominantly been solely US driven.  

Starting with my own UK Rap label 'Bite it' I producing releases for legendary London rap crew The Brotherhood as well as released iconic records by mavericks like Lewis Parker and The Scientists of Sound. During the mid 90's The Brotherhood signed to Virgin Records and their debut album ELEMENTALZ was highly acclaimed and took on legendary status as one of the finest UK rap albums of all time. 

Most of these records are unavailable to listen to on any streaming services or CD (the majority being vinyl only) So I decided to showcase a selection of my finished Underdog productions on my monthly NTS show.

UNDERDOG - REMIXES + PRODUCTIONS 1993-1999

Probably my most important work so far...this was the first time ever I got to play strictly music from my native land. And what an incredible context I was given! I never actually thought of this, until the awesome Edna Martinez had this vision and asked me bluntly : " Don't you think there is plenty Romanian music that would fit our LatinArab concept?" Actually, that was very accurate, and there's only a few more better and shorter ways to describe (or even define) that locally produced mix of sounds I grew up listening to. 
 
So this was not just a dream come true, but a whole journey towards my innerself, and I couldn't be more grateful! Honestly, I just couldn't! 
 
I have a long list of people I need to thank, this has been quite a collective effort and I need to give props, hoping everyone is proud of the outcome <3

Cosmo, I'm so grateful for your knowledge, the guidance & overall inspiration, making sure I stay on point with my selection 
Alexandru Draganescu, thank you for engineering a way better sound quality to this live recording. 
Victor Plastic, thank you for your generosity sharing the digital copies of otherwise unattainable sounds, released on romanian cassettes & cds in the 90s and 00s 
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Rodion G.A. - Generic
Real B - Alba-neagra 
Canibalii - Caniballii  
Nicolae Guță - Alo, alo, ambulanța (Emergency remix)
Brandy & Claudia - Barbații gândesc pervers
Florin Salam - La inimă m-ai ars
Denis Nucă - Wella wella
Romeo Fantastick - Cuba
M&G - Sunt conectat
Suce Fraga - Ya habibi
Remy Suave - Ritmul rotund
Ghetto Gang - Porsche Cayenne (edit)
Niko G & Kali - Cine face ură de rasă
Aura Urziceanu - Dor de viață
Albatros - Turcească
Parshi-vee - Aș vrea să pot zbura

TRU:L's ROMANIA SPECIAL @ LATINARAB - Berlin 30.09.2022 LIVE

This is a Transylvanian Dub for the Algiers - Irreversible Damage (ft. Zach De La Rocha) (Lil Obeah & Petru Birladeanu Transylvanian Dub) #algiersgotshook Remix Competition

Enjoy!

Algiers - Irreversible Damage (ft. Zach De La Rocha) (Obeah & P Birladeanu Dub) #algiersgotshook

Robbie Shakespeare Tribute Mix @320 kbps, with Gregory, Pablo, Frankie Paul, Black Uhuru - and of course Sly Dunbar on drums.
Rarities, dubs and discomixes

Gregory Isaacs – Soon Forward – Gregory Isaacs Showcase LP – Taxi
Black Uhuru – Leaving To Zion – Black Uhuru Showcase LP – D-Roy
Ini Kamoze – World-A-Music – Ini Kamoze Mini LP – Island
Augustus Pablo – King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown - King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown CD – Shanachie
Revolutionaries – Kunta Kinte Dub – Drum Sound: More Gems From The Channel One Dub Room 1974 to 1980 CD – Pressure Sounds
 - https://pressuresounds.bandcamp.com/album/drum-sound 
Sly & Robbie – Sidewalk Doctor – Disco Dub LP – Gorgon
Junior Byles – Fade Away – Reggae Anthology: The Channel One Story 2xCD – VP
Ini Kamoze – General - Ini Kamoze Mini LP – Island
Sly & Robbie with Manu Dibango – Superthruster / Version – Palm Pictures 12"
Frankie Paul – Worries In The Dance - Reggae Anthology: The Channel One Story 2xCD – VP
Viceroys – Heart Made Of Stone – Sly & Robbie: Unmetered Taxi CD – Pressure Sounds
Sly & Robbie – Unmetered Taxi– Sly & Robbie: Unmetered Taxi CD – Pressure Sounds

Robbie Shakespeare Tribute Mix - now in CD quality

Radio Edit of Internal Monsters
by David Ness and Sonskrif
copyright control 2023

HEAR MORE DAVID NESS MUSIC ON SOUNDCLOUD: https://on.soundcloud.com/vupXr

INTERNAL MONSTERS RADIO EDIT

Sizzla songs you might not of ever heard. This is a mix thats almost 20 years old.  I cant find the cover for it, so just listen while i search for the artwork.

100% Sizzla Mix

For the past few years we’ve been mesmerized by Elijah Minnelli’s output on his own Breadminster County Council label… a handful of hand-crafted 7”s that live at the foggy intersection of dub, outsider folk, and various strands of Eastern European and South/Central American musics. In hindsight it seems inevitable that he would join the ZamZam family. 

Firmly rooted in dub through its mammoth bassline, ‘Gradually’ is a shaggy, unhurried tune framed by melancholy, almost grieving squeezebox and gorgeous ensemble percussion that reverently recalls early cumbias. The tune is unique for Elijah in that it features fully-sung vocals. Themes of loss, despair, tragedy and coping circle and loop, ironically held in a musical matrix that spirals in deliberate repetition. 

In ‘Gradually Verzion’ the introduction of a minimal melodic figure and long echo trails signal a dramatic shift, going full dubwise steppers without compromising its warm center.  Elijah holds back the wheezy melody, deftly forwarding the percussion in time-honored echo chamber mode.

Our soundcloud clips are always recorded straight from the vinyl with flat EQ so you know exactly what you're getting. 

Strictly limited to 700 copies for the world. No digital, no repress. Art, design & screen print by Polygon Press. Mastered by Sam at Precise, Pressed at Third Man. Shipping early November, 2023.

Elijah Minnelli "Gradually" b/w "Gradually Verzion" ZamZam 93 7" vinyl blend

ENC - Dub Tune

Rough Trade's Emily Waller sat down with Trevor Jackson to discuss his long and varied career in the music industry, his new labels, and his selections from the shop for this week's episode of Shoplifting.

roughtrade.com/gb/artist/trevor-jackson

Shoplifting with Trevor Jackson

Solid Steel returns with brand new and exclusive mixes from Four Tet and Trevor Jackson.

For this special show we have Kieran Hebden - AKA Four Tet - partnered with Trevor Jackson - founder of Output Recordings, the independent record label he ran between 1996 and 2006. 

Both artists have a long history with the show (this is Hebden’s 7th appearance and Jackson's 3rd), as well as with each other. Hebden’s early releases as part of Fridge and his first solo release - the 1997 "Double Density" single under the artist name 4T Recordings - were released on Output. The label was also home to the first releases under his Four Tet Alias, including 1998 singles "Thirtysixtwentyfive" and "Misnomer", and 1999's “Glasshead"/"Calamine" single and first full-length album “Dialogue”. Jackson also released music on the label as Skull and Open Music, and elsewhere including his work as Playgroup.

Speaking about the mix and his history with Hebden, Jackson told us: “I spend most of my time now actively searching for brand new music doing my very best to avoid the past, but for this mix decided to go back and delve through my vinyl collection for old music I haven’t listened to for ages, specifically 70’s jazz rock, fusion & strange funk, odd things that straddle genres, mostly European and also very representative of the kind of music I was totally obsessed by for many years during the early/mid 90’s . All these tracks are taken from albums I purchased during that time, things I dug out initially for strictly sampling purposes, but eventually grew to love, learn from & lovingly listen to in their entirety. Pre Youtube & Pre Discogs these tracks were stumbled upon via intense and lengthy record store & stall excursions, none of them purchased for large amounts of money, most for peanuts, and at a time when there were very few other people I was aware of interested in this stuff to gain knowledge from or share my discoveries with. 

It's been a pleasure searching through my shelves and getting a chance to rediscover them again, sitting here listening to them vividly reminds me of a precious time when I was able to retreat away from the real world for days on end in my tiny home studio, immersing myself in highly ingenious music played by some of the worlds finest musicians, painstakingly (& often clumsily) attempting to reconstruct it all into my own mutant creations. 

I started Output inspired by the progressive nature of the musicians playing on these records, when I met Keiran Hebden i’d finally met a likeminded soul who was able to channel the spirt of this music I loved into a challenging & relevant contemporary form (something I’d felt unable at the time to do myself at the time). It was massively inspiring to be able to work with him at the very start of his career and equally as inspiring to see what he’s been able to achieve via his robust passion for music, compelling natural talent and impressively consistent high quality releases.
The mix is dedicated to Ultima Thule, Honest Jon’s, Jazzman Gerald, Mole Jazz & Mark B please. ” 

You can hear the mix by Four Tet here https://soundcloud.com/ninja-tune/solid-steel-030719-four-tet

There are no tracklists for the show on this occasion, the mix is instead accompanied by two photographs of the record sleeves used which you can see on Twitter twitter.com/SolidSteelRadio - one for the diggers

Solid Steel Radio Show

SOLID STEEL 03.07.19 - TREVOR JACKSON

BRISTOL BASS - WAREHOUSE BEATS - SOUNDSYSTEM SOUL - 87-94 UK UNDERGROUND CLUB CLASSICS

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Duppy dubs
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The Sound of Art to Come Records is a Transylvanian based record label, home of Dub, Electronic and Experimental music outcasts and exploring mavericks.

Deep in the heart of Romania, it transmits from the dimension of The Shape of Dub to Come.