Zion Train/Jazzmin Tutum – Political Ting
Big thanks to our good friend and musical collaborator Jazzmin Tutum for sending us her new tune with the great Zion Train. A lively uptempo steppers number with snatches of warrior charge horns, great stuff! A tune for blasting out loud while looking at the frosted over back garden with a cup of tea and toast out of the kitchen window first thing on a Sunday morning!
A big festive greeting to one and all! As Saint Nick’s on his way it’s only fitting that we post up this oldie but goodie after hearing it again on last week’s Echo Beach (which also features Madtone’s Dark Dread amongst other good stuff. Cheers for the play Terry C!)
We’re trying real hard to feel festive tonight as the rain is in horizontal mode and there’s a cyclone blowing outside (watch out for those flying cloches and greenhouses!) One show that’ll get us in the mood is Dr Strangedub and DJ Baby Swiss’ Echo Chamber on KFAI. Click here for their great Christmas in dub special.
Big up all our gardening/musical friends around the globe and we raise a glass to you all!
Two tunes to brighten up this Saturday night on the run up to xmas. It’s tipping it down outside and cold as hell. Two to whack on full blast while perusing those seed catalogues and supping a double Baileys!
Here’s a great podcast that’s been on rotation all this week at Weeds HQ. Test Pressing Radio Show 4 featuring Apiento and our old mate (the balearic bailiff/toothgrinder/facepainter) Phil Mison which is available here.
Some top tunes on here including these two killers! One to play while cleaning soil off those Dahlia Tubers!
Another tune on the AL.TA.FA.AN label. It’s by Luciano, Big Daddy U-Roy and Ziggy Recardo in a 2013 style with what sounds like (shock, horror) live musicians! Thanks to the great man Roddy!
http://soundcloud.com/mr-scruff/mr-scruff-band-on-the-wall-dj
Mr Scruff – Band on the wall, Manchester – 2.11.2013
Here’s a lovely one that’s been on play again all week at the Weeds HQ, a great 5 hour mr scruff mix from earlier this month with a nice reggae interlude (from 1.03.00 featuring Gregory Isaacs, Dennis Brown and Al Campbell) amongst loads of other good stuff. It’s even downloadable for nowt for a limited period too! One to play full blast in the greenhouse while cleaning the mould off the windows!
The above classic is featured on it too. I only know this one through it being sampled on 80/90’tunes so it was great to hear the original, bonkers. Big up the scruffy one!
And while we’re there, here’s an extended mix of the Gregory tune Mr Scruff played, with the Christine vocal. A tune! Thank you one John Lydon for playing it on BRMB Radio in the late 1970’s for this one.
Leo Graham & The Upsetters – Newsflash/Flashing Echo Heard on this week’s David Rodigan show. A classic from the early 1970’s with a lovely bass and drum version from the great Upsetter himself!
Big shout (and Happy Birthday too!) to our good friend Doctor Strangedub for telling us that the last post but one (A blast from a bonkers past) reminded him of Bedward the flying Preacher, another non flying event. For those who don’t know about Alexander Bedward the flying preacher, let Prince Fari tell you about him.
And let wikipedia tell you more!
Thanks to Keith Perron for featuring music by Madtone as the theme tune and jingles for the excellent Media Network Plus Programme on PCJ Radio International out of Taiwan over the last few years.
PCJ Media are now making the music available for free for a limited period only through their ftp site. All files are MP3 and come with CD artwork. Here’s their FTP address:
HOST: ftp.pcjmedia.com
LOGIN ID: madtone
PASSWORD: madtonecdpcj
More info here. Thanks for spreading the word Keith!
