Name: What Would You Do DEMO by Surrey Boudit
Duration: 2 min 55 s
Description: Likkle Riddim done on a four track cassette recorder

Bit of a sketch of a song we dedicate to the FB community TISAMA - This Is Ska And Mod Aotearoa

TISAMA

a taste of a new idea today!  Percussion rhythm demo track by Ambush, with a quick freestyle n scat from me ..... MacBook inbuilt mic style ;) 

Jinja Cat **  'Outta the Rubble' freestyle

Life Is But A Dream - Herman Dunham
Heaven's Not So Far - Ray Frazier & The Moonrays
I'll Take A Chance On You - The Inspirations
Why Do Birds Follow Spring - Alton Ellis
I Need To Be Loved - The Righteous Flames
One Like Mine - The Salas Brothers
Sharing You - Sunny & The Sunliners
Cry Baby - Little Jesse & His Teardrops
Deep Down In My Heart - The Clarendonians
Tomorrow - Ken Boothe
Listen Sweet Thing - Danny & The Tejanos
Hearts Were Made To Love - The Pretenders
There Comes A Time - The Techniques
Only A Smile - Lyn Taitt & The Jets
I Don't Want To Have To - Barbara & The Browns
Yesterdays Love Is Over - Hearts Of Stone 


Rocksteady Souldies Radio Show - Episode 4

Live at the Raglan Sunday Sessions, Raglan NZ.  Original Lyrics by Jinja Cat.

Jinja Cat ** Computer Rule riddim

Western Standard Time Ska Orchestra - Love And Affection (Rootfire World Premiere)

Hammer

Overkill

Likkle Riddim done on a four track cassette recorder

What Would You Do DEMO

One Way Ticket demo

More lo-fi sounds from the house of cat.
This time some laidback bass & space vibes on the '82 electro reggae classic by Sly & Robbie, one of those riddims that begs to be played outside under the big skies on a big system. 
I've jammed these lyrics of mine on many a riddim over the years but this was the original feel.

Jinja Cat ** Taxi Connection riddim

From the debut album, Nothing More To Say, available now. Order at shopdaptonerecords.com


The Frightnrs escort Daptone into the world of long-playing reggae with both the sweetest and the roughest record of the decade.

Crafted under the meticulous eye of black-belt reggae mastermind/producer Victor Axelrod (AKA Ticklah), Nothing More to Say is a rocksteady masterpiece the likes of which has not reared it’s head since the golden era of Studio One.  However, you’ll find no imitation here - none of the faux-jamaican cliches of lesser reggae bands.  Like all things Daptone, this record is above all soulful and honest. With the exception of two soul covers (both from the Daptone catalog: Bob & Gene’s "Gotta Find a Way” and Saun and Starr’s “Gonna Make Time”,) the record is populated by original compositions of the highest order.  They are simply great songs, and though their treatment here is masterful, each one of them has the melodic and lyrical substance to hold it’s own in any genre. “Till Then” invokes the coquettish hyper-rhymes of top-form Smokey Robinson, while “Hey Brother” sounds like it fell off the desk of Gamble and Huff, and “Purple” defies any comparison at all.  From the first cracking snares of “All My Tears” through the final pulsing echoes of “Dispute,” the murderous rhythms of Rich Terrana (drums,) and brothers Preet and Chuck Patel (bass and piano, respectively) can be heard chunking mercilessly towards oblivion as Dan Klein pours his endearing poetry over over the top like some other-worldy falsetto potion. The combination is a sound birthday-suit raw, mesmerizing, infectious, and above all, lovely. This record will long be treasured by lovers of reggae, lovers of soul and lovers of love.

What Would You Do DEMO

Surrey Boudit

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