I’ve been waiting for this since I heard dudes are on TVT and I gotta say it was well worth the wait.

The weekend was hectic to say the least. Friday at Redrum set it off right, it was supposed to be an R&B; night but we ended playing classic disco, funk, whatever. Shout outs to Jaako and the Top Rocks crew.
Sir Joe Quarterman & Free Soul: I’ve Got So Much Trouble On My Mind

Saturday I took a flight to Stockholm and played Trädgården there with my man Stefski. Our room was off the hook from the minute they opened the doors. Everything from bay rap to dancehall to club music was played and naturally I had to throw in some of my own things as well.
DJ Anonymous: Name Brand Party Break

Sunday night back in HKI I just had to check out the weekly reggae night at Redrum (again). The place was packed and the music was top notch. I was running back and forth to the booth trainspotting 45s, here’s a real hot song I had saved on my cell. Big up Komposti.
Tony Rebel: The Herb

New wave covers of soul classics.. you gotta love em! The Flying Lizards and The Slits are old faves, but the Paul Haig and Ronny versions I only found out about recently. This post was inspired by last nights corporate gig where “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” just killed it.

The Slits: I Heard It Through The Grapevine
The Flying Lizards: Move On Up
Paul Haig: Running Away
Ronny: If You Want Me To Stay

My apologies for not updating for a while, I’ve been busy with all kinds of different things. Deejaying of course, but also the final 9 Sopranos episodes.

Anyway, here’s some ancient hip hop journalism for my Finnish speaking peoples. This article was published in 1984 in the leading teen magazine Suosikki and is more or less based on Steven Hager’s book Hip Hop. Shout outs to Pimpu for the scans (click to enlarge).

As a bonus, here’s one my faves from the disco-rap era, “Get The Party Jumpin” by Solo Sound.

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Remixes all over the place, but useful ones you don’t hear every day. Here’s two uptempo rap blends I really like, courtesy of my man Herm in Arizona. Enjoy!

The Federation: Go Dumb (Herm’s Disco Dummy Mix)
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Messy Marv: Get On My Hype (Herm’s Disco Sideshow Mix)
http://www.divshare.com/flash/audio?myId=1255205-7e8

Roots Underground: High Times (1977)
The Skatalites: Herb Man Dub (1975)
Brentford Allstars: Greedy G (197?)

While Greedy G by Studio One house band Brentford Allstars is a stone cold classic and well familiar outside of the reggae scene the two others are slightly more obscure. High Times is off the Tribesman Assault album on Wackies and is still somewhat unknown despite having some of the heaviest drums ever recorded. I first heard it played by my man DJ Didier (Koneisto 2001!) and needless to say I was in the booth trainspotting before the intro break was finished. Herb Man Dub remained unreleased until 1999 but has been a favorite ever since.

Kiertuemiksaus nyt jaossa!!!!!

Hörselmat: Right On (Sweden, 1971)

New York’s Konk had a bunch of 12″s on famous labels such as 4th & Broadway and Sleeping Bag, put their only ever full length release “Yo” appeared in 1983 on the Belgian Les Disques Du Crépuscule label. Album opener Baby Dee is the absolute highlight and is in my book up there with the biggest classics of the No Wave/Post Punk era.

This song recorded in 1984 by Chicago’s Carver High School students blows my mind every time. The production is top notch and the dialogue even better.

Carver High: Do You Have It All Together?