Name: Horace Andy & Ashley Beedle - Watch We (Mr Benn remix ft. Blackout JA) by Mr Benn
Duration: 4 min 20 s
Description: Mr Benn's winning entry for the Horace Andy remix competition organised by www.choicecuts.ie

@mr-benn: How many were pressed up? I know this a while ago now.

Give thanks for this nicey remix, also the free DL. Blogged here: http://dubarebel.wordpress.com/2014/11/11/horace-andy-ashley-beedle-watch-we-mr-benn-remix-ft-blackout-ja-free-download/ Bless

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Mr Benn's winning entry for the Horace Andy remix competition organised by www.choicecuts.ie

Horace Andy & Ashley Beedle - Watch We (Mr Benn remix ft. Blackout JA)

RGR023A: Stranger - Daphne BlueBird
RGR023B: Stranger Version - Manasseh

Roots Garden records present a Brand new single available on 7"inch vinyl and digital download 06/10/2014

Singer Daphne BlueBird delivers an emotive and heartfelt rendition of this deep & rootsy 'Lovers Rock' obscurity. Originally recorded by the Love Joys at the infamous 'Bullwackies Studio' in Brooklyn NY, and featured on their 1983 LP "Lovers Rock Reggae".
Producer Nick Manasseh reworks the rhythm track in fine style. His contemporary and sophisticated production sound compliment the tracks organic feel and live instrumentation. Cascading delays, sweeping phaser sounds and saturated reverb hits paying homage to the tracks origins, and trademark 'Wackies' sound. Manasseh turns up the the FX to eleven on the heavyweight dubwise version!
Daphne BlueBird Biography:
Daphne BlueBird is a diverse female vocalist and songwriter in London. Her projects include collaborations with DJs and producers of many musical genres. The reggae, dub and dancehall scene is very close to her musical choices and she will always include them in her plans. She is also the lead singer and songwriter of the two-member band AuXdience, with the other member being Crowd Of One aka D. Christopoulos.
https://soundcloud.com/msbluebird
https://www.facebook.com/daphne.msblubird?fref=ts

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Stranger / Stranger Version - Daphne BlueBird & Manasseh (preview clip)

Happy Halloween!  On "Black Ark Vampires" Lee "Scratch" Perry & Subatomic Sound System have crafted a throbbing sound-man tune propelled by subsonic bass, bubbling skanks, and pulsing beats that balance the murky and mystical vibes of Perry’s classic Jamaican dub reggae recordings with the flammable energy and bass vibrations of current electronic music, fine tuning a recipe that they have slow cooked throughout their last four years of U.S. tours spreading authentic dub to a new generation in places like Coachella, Dub Champions Festival, and Red Bull Music Academy. Lyrically the track features Perry’s most focused lyrics in a decade, a poignant oath of vengeance against the vampires that corrupted the ark of the covenant and forced him to burn down his famed Black Ark studio, told in comical rhymes that echo the cadence of a Dr. Seuss story coupled with the morbidity of Edgar Allan Poe, promising the details of where, when, and how he will kill these vampires, from Kingston to London to New York City and everywhere; vampires beware; he will kill them with his hair, with fire, with electric wire, and even with roast corn. Melodically the tune packs soaring vampire hooks, spiritual vocal choirs, groaning melodica bursts, and even a few lines from dancehall vocalist Jahdan Blakkamoore, produced and recorded by Emch at his Subatomic Sound laboratory in NYC. Scratch’s vocals were recorded in Brooklyn at the Hook Studio after an NYC performance with the production assistance of On-U Sound’s legendary Adrian Sherwood, producer of some of Perry’s finest post-Jamaica recordings. The session was filmed by a Dubspot video crew after a long drive through NYC during which Perry recounted the better part of his life story as a warm up for the session.

At the age of 78, Lee "Scratch" Perry has built a life based as much on his fame as a reggae and dub inventor who exhibited boundless creativity and innovation in music composition and production, as he has on his reputation as a madman with playful wit, a propensity for lighting things on fire, a natural mystical spirituality that he famously introduced to Bob Marley, and his defiant individuality and commitment to personal freedom. "Black Ark Vampires" brilliantly ties together these divergent characteristics to create classic Lee "Scratch" Perry material on all levels.

Perry loves to dance and loves dancehall. His nickname actually comes from the name of dance he invented called Chicken Scratch. During his tours with Subatomic Sound System, Scratch had a voracious appetite for hearing new sounds and was interested in the "Vampires & Informers" dubstep track Subatomic Sound System had produced for dancehall vocalist Elephant Man. Perry began performing on the riddim live which led to developing the lyrics for Black Ark Vampires and Subatomic developing a riddim for Perry that captured his vibes. Though Perry is known for seldom giving straight answers and many have wondered if he really burned down the Black Ark studio, Emch from Subatomic Sound System says that one night after performing a show in California, he and percussionist Larry McDonald, a Black Ark studio veteran, were talking backstage when Scratch told them the reasons for his own longevity: "Stress will kill you. That’s why I had to burn down the Black Ark." He said the popularity of the studio had attracted the vampires who came to suck him dry and corrupted the magic of Black Ark, but rather than let that slowly destroy him like a cancer, he chose to close the book on that chapter of his life and move on by torching the studio and making an exodus to the UK leaving the vampires with nothing but the ashes.

THE ARTISTS: Grammy winning reggae and dub inventor Lee "Scratch" Perry is a living legend, one of Jamaica’s most prolific producers and a true original with a spirit that has defined and influenced countless artists across genres and generation, decades of great Jamaican artists from Bob Marley to Max Romeo, punk rockers The Clash, The Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards, The Orb, The Beastie Boys, Paul McCartney, Kode9, and the list goes on. At 78 he continues to tour, record, and paint incessantly.

Spearhead by producer, DJ, and instrumentalist Emch, NYC’s Subatomic Sound System is leading a dub music renaissance, founders of the US & Europe Dub Champions Festival, 4 years acting as the live band for legend Lee "Scratch" Perry on tours including Coachella & Red Bull Music Academy; plus independently touring North America, Europe, and Asia, and for a decade producing flavors ranging from classic dub to dubstep.

THE SUBATOMIC SOUND LABEL: Subatomic Sound specializes in limited edition exclusive vinyl releases that push the envelope of dub, reggae, & dancehall in the context of electronic bass music through forward sounding productions and unlikely collaborations with icons such as Lee "Scratch" Perry, David Lynch, Anthony B, Elephant Man, Ari Up of The Slits, as well as new school torchbearers like Dubblestandart, Jahdan Blakkamoore, Dub Gabriel, and many more. Subatomic Sound actively produces events and founded the annual Dub Champions Festival running 4 years in the USA and Europe. Subatomic Sound Radio airs on Brooklyn Radio and for three years ran on KEXP’s Radio New York, 91.5FM broadcast which transmitted to a footprint of 11 million listeners.

Lee Scratch Perry & Subatomic Sound System "Black Ark Vampires" vinyl 45 mix

Tracklist:
01.Nice To Be Important by Deewaï
02.Personne by Stoneman
03.Oneness by Micky B
04.Basta by Osi
05.From The Inside by Gold Inde
06.Rebel by Jagan Makoka Feat. Deux13
07.Ol' Vibes by Puppa Maxi
08.Lève La Main by CaSh Flow
09.Ma Sweet by WAN
10.Snoeiseizoen by Captain Töbie
11.Cool Down Baby by Hanne P

Produced by @Lord-Lyta for Flash it Up Music
www.facebook.com/flash.it.up.music.label

Artwork by Dizziness Design
www.facebook.com/dizzinessdesign

Available now on https://flash-it-up-music.bandcamp.com/album/54-46-was-my-number-riddim-volume-02

▼ Full Riddim-Pack

VA - 54-46 Riddim Vol.2 (Flash it Up Music) Promo Mix by Lord Lyta

"Give Them The Same" by Extra Classic
from the album, "Your Light Like White Lightning, Your Light Like A Laser Beam."
Out on Manimal Vinyl in Sept/Oct 2011.


Give Them The Same

Drums - Luciano Curumin
Bass, Guitars, Keys - Victor Rice
Voice - Massa Rock
Voice - Lurdes Da Luz

Drums and Bass Recorded by Fernando Sanches at Estúdio El Rocha - São Paulo, Brasil
Voice and Additional Recording, Mix by Victor Rice at Estúdio Copan - São Paulo, Brasil


Carregar (Instrumental) - Mercurias Meet Victor Rice

New single from The Hempolics to be released on 28th October 2016

Me Love To Sing

The band from Valencia KI-SAP has been regularly on the stages of Spain, Germany, France, Holland and Portugal for almost 15 years. Five albums released (4 recorded in the studio and one on stage). 16.000 copies sold, a real record if we consider the present times and bear in mind that are self-published discs and managed alternatively by non-commercial distributors and social squat centres. Around 100,000 free downloads from the band’s web site. Through this period their musical evolution has covered the path that goes from Ska-Punk to the Reggae-Roots/Ska-Rocksteady, their present approach. On stage or at the studio the band’s mode has always been intensified by themes of instrumental ska in the classic fashion. An this is what produced the birth of a parallel project, THE SHAKE IT UP’S that enables them to penetrate in that “vintage” side.

In 2007 they decided to deliver a 100% instrumental album in which they go more deeply into what has happened to the style since its birth in the Caribbean at the beginning of the decade of the 50’s: Ska-Swing, Ska-2Tone, Ska-Jazz, Rocksteady, Dub… These are the elements that shape the 12 cuts included in this work where influences of the likes of the Skatalites, Rico Rodriguez, Don Drummond, Augustus Pablo, New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble, can be found. Also counting with guest collaborations from “Skaparapid”,“Benifajazz Big Band” or jazz trombonist Toni Belenguer.

As said, this CD is their personal view of what has happened to Ska since its birth until the present moment when Ska is a beat but also a way of understanding music that is practiced all around the world. Produced by J.L.Shipley (except Reggae-Dub cuts which are also co-produced by Dr. Jau). Music to think with the feet and dance with the head.

THE SHAKE IT UP'S - Dub 125 (feat. Linton Kwesi Johnson)

This song was released as a single in September 1971, becoming a breakthrough hit for Bill Withers, reaching number six on the U.S. R&B chart and number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Horace Andy teams of with Studio One on this cover laying down the definitive version. 

Horace Andy & Ashley Beedle - Watch We (Mr Benn remix ft. Blackout JA)

Mr Benn

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