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Some more disco and drum fills samples from my collection. Vinyl rips with a touch of tape saturation (audio nerd speak). 

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For the latest edition of our podcast series we've asked one of our favourite newcomers, Chief Rockas, to step it up! 

Expect Roots, Rub-A-Dub, Digi & Dancehall mixed with style....

Check them out here: https://soundcloud.com/chiefrockascollective

RR Podcast Volume 23: Chief Rockas

After the storming success of their eponymous debut album, Nubiyan Twist follow up with this mature and powerful sequel, bringing their trademark mix of afrobeat, soul, jazz and hiphop.

LImited Edition vinyl + CD available now here: http://bit.ly/1TTngh4

Due for release 27 May 2016 on Wormfood Records.

Full UK tour planned to coincide with the release:
7 May: Arts Centre, Norwich
19 May: Albert Schloss, Manchester
21 May: The Fleece, Bristol
26 May: Kockengorroch, Scotland
27 May: The Belgrave, Leeds
28 May: Funk the Family, Brighton
3 June: Fiesta Bombarda, Liverpool
14 June: Jazz Cafe, Camden

Siren Song

Here is a dubplate ting!

A scorching remix from Axewound of a YT dubplate on Chief Rockas 'Build Up Riddim'.

Heavyweight 150bpm Jungle! Not many tunes like this floating about at the moment so get a copy ASAP as only 1000 downloads on this one.

Big up Tom Excell on the production!

Chief Rockas Feat. YT - Scream Dubplate(Axewound Remix) ***FREE DOWNLOAD!***

Here is a track Chief Rockas have been excited to drop ever since they started making the remix!

DL Link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/m4dkzuym9j2o2k8/Mungo%2527s_Hi_Fi_feat_Charlie_P_-_Traveller_%2528Chief_Rockas_Remix%2529_Mastered.wav/file

Mungo's dropped their album with Charlie P last year and 'Traveller' has to be one of the highlights.

Chief Rockas have reworked it  in a different style with heavy bassline, stepping drums and a fat hornline. Take a listen and if you like it hit the download button.

Produced and recorded at Henwood Studio.

Tom Excell & Chief Rockas on production.

Credit to Joe Henwood on the horns!
Thanks to Mungo's for the remix!

Mungos Hi Fi Feat Charlie P - Traveller (Chief Rockas Remix) ***FREE DOWNLOAD!***

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Unit 137 enter 2018 with this weighty little free download from Ed West. The track explores the relationship between Dancehall & Jungle, sampling a vocal Ed discovered on a white label record with four dub cuts of the ‘Billie Jean’ riddim. The singer is called Squidley Steve and is still relatively unknown to us, despite some research.

Ed West is a producer, DJ & drummer who works with a fusion of styles. Ed has collaborated with some of the top MC’s in the game such as Parly B, RTKal, INJA, Gardna, & of course all of the UNIT 137 family. Ed has released music on Reggae Roast, Tru Thoughts, Born On Road & Boom Sound gaining support from BBC Radio DJ’s such as Rodigan, Toddla T & Don Letts on many of his previous releases.

‘Badman In The Dance’ sets the rhythm for Unit 137 in 2018, a heavy teaser leading up to the labels first album, which drops in April 2018.

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Written, Produced & Arranged by: Ed West
Mastered by: Dan Boyle (Rolling Lion Studio)
Artwork Produced by: Done London

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Ed West - Badman In The Dance (FREE DOWNLOAD)

RELEASE DATE: 14.12.18

DOWNLOAD HERE: bit.ly/umojakogbc

Hard-hitting afro-dancehall from Accra to Haarlem via London.

A unique collaboration between Ghanaian MC+ singer K.O.G (Kweku of Ghana) and Dutch producers Umoja.

￼Born in Accra (Ghana) but currently resident in the Northern British ex-industrial city of Sheffield, K.O.G has exploded onto the European scene, slaying shows across Europe with afro-futurist outfit Onipa, afro-funk monster group K.O.G and the Zongo Brigade and as a guest with The Busy Twist, Afriquoi, Nubiyan Twist and Congo Natty.

This is the second in the series of one off collaborations with producers from around the world, following up on ‘Change’ with iZem (Lisbon) on Guts’ Pura Vida label, with forthcoming collaborations with The Busy Twist, Jus Now and more in the pipeline. With great responses to the latest Onipa EP on Wormfood/Mawimbi (September 2018), and many released in the pipeline for 2019 the K.O.G and the Zongo Brigade (Heavenly Sweetness) and guest features on Nubiyan Twist’s album (Strut), 2019 is definitely going to be his year.

Originating from Haarlem in the Netherlands, Dutch duo Umoja have over a decade of experience dishing out warm dusty grooves, unified by an intrinsic appreciation and understanding of world rhythm, the mechanisms of groove and contemporary electronic beats. Any attempt to pin down their sound is only a pipe dream: In the spirit of ‘Umoja’ a Swahili word meaning ‘Unity’, their approach to music is to unify grooves across the seven oceans, one record at a time.

“Kponyole” is a dark, brooding, digi-dancehall banger, with deep subs, hypnotic, rolling bass and sharp percussive undertones. Meaning ‘Be Careful’ in the Ewe language of the Volta region of Eastern Ghana, it warns of the dangers everyone must be careful of, from betrayal by close ones to spiritual pollution. Watch your back. Watch your brother. Watch out for bad spirits. Watch wear you tread. Watch your speakers too, that low end will do them some damage if you are not careful!

“Ayena” is much lighter, a traditional, hi-life style homage to the beauty of the female sex: shake for me, dance for me – with warm, bouncy, almost cartoon-like beats that will make any dancefloor bubble.

The Full EP comes with bonus instrumentals and a special Umoja VIP.

Umoja ft K.O.G - AYENA

FREELANCE PRODUCER/ GUITARIST.

Nubiyan Twist - MD/ Guitarist/Producer
KARIFI (Axewound) - Producer
CHIEF ROCKAS - Producer

In house producer at Henwood Studios, Oxfordshire.

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