Essential Pressure Sounds Release for DubHeads : Jimmy Radway’s 1975 Dub I
According to our Rough Guide To Reggae, Jimmy Radway's Dub I is one of the heaviest dub albums ever released. And, as usual, the're right. Former painter and political gunman Ivan Jimmy “One Foot” Radway (born Kingston, 1947) recorded a bunch of wicked tunes in the early seventies for his Capricorn and Fe Me Time labels. He gets his first hit with Errol Dunkley’s Black Cinderella in 1972, written by Radway himself. He returns to the charts in 1973 with Leroy Smart’s Mother Liza, and releases several other tunes with deejays I Roy, Big Youth and Scotty. By 1975, he also did an entire dub album, filled with the tough riddims of his earlier tunes, all mixed in a day by mixing desk wizard Errol T at Joe Gibbs. A the time only 300 copies were pressed (the Micron label had folded), making it a sought-after item on the collecter’s market. Adding to the mystery, the album carries many different names such as Dub I, Micron Dub, Hug a Dub, Dubwise Shower and Fe Mi dub. Now, this mythical dub album gets a proper re-release in his original sleeve by Pressure Sounds, who again deserve praise for their work in uncovering Jamaican gems. No tricks here, the horns with lots of echo, the basslines with lots of crunch, heavy and grim dub, reflecting the dark and violent circumstances of Kingston’s ghettos at the time. Dub versions to afore mentioned Black Cinderella (and its deejay and melodica cuts from Big Youth, I Roy and Augustus Pablo) and Mother Liza, plus dubs of Scotty Bells’ Black Am I, Leroy Smart’s Happiness Is My Desire and Desmond Young’s (later known as Desi Roots) awesome original cut Warning, toasted by Big Youth as Wolf In Sheep’s Clothin. Radway also recut Glen Brown’s Slaving as Wicked Have To Feel It. Musicians include Jamaica’s finest session players: Carlton and Aston Barret, Alva Lewis, Tyrone Downie, Bobby Ellis, Vincent Gordon, Dirty Harry, Tommy McCook and the mighty Cedric “Im” Brooks. His vocal work of the early seventies can be found on the Keep the Pressure Down compilation on Prestige records, recorded at Randys and Dynamics 1972-1976. After the Dub I album, Radway decided to quit the music business and retired to the countryside. By 1996 he was down on his luck living in Ocho Rios, unable to afford a mobile phone. Hopefully this beautifull re-issue will get him some more of the attention and financial reward he deserves.
Listen To: Black Rights Version (sample)
Listen to: Wicked Have To Feel It (sample)
Tracklist:
1. Black Rights Version
2. Cinderella Version
3. Micron Way Version
4. Hell & Sorrow Version
5. Awn Yah! Version
1. Black Rights Version
2. Cinderella Version
3. Micron Way Version
4. Hell & Sorrow Version
5. Awn Yah! Version
6. Mother Liza Version
7. Back To Africa Version
8. She’s Mine Version
9. Wicked Have To Feel It Version
10. Black I Am Version
7. Back To Africa Version
8. She’s Mine Version
9. Wicked Have To Feel It Version
10. Black I Am Version
FREE COTTI MIX FI DOWNLOAD
Anyone who's a fan of the Jamaican born/England raised Cotti: act quick. This highly succesfull dubstep producer and -30 label owner released a blazing mixtape with some very hot forthcoming releases and dubplates in it. Surely it's worth downloading for the Public Enemy dubplate alone, but the rest is way up to par. A very nice mix containing oldies, goodies, beauties and even some charming fuck ups: this is Cotti. You gotta love it!
Tracklist:
T1: DISCO REKA - LOEFAH
T2: BRING DA NOISE - COTTI REMIX
T3: BLOODTHIRST - COKI
T4: I DONT GIVE A DUB - COTTI
T5: NAH GO DUNG DEH - COTTI
T6: DEM FI KNOW - COTTI vs SLICKMAN
T7: REDEMPTION - COTTI
T8: CALM DOWN REMIX - COTTI
T9: EASTERN JAM - CHASE & STATUS
T10: EARTHWORM JIM - COTTI
T11: BURNING - COKI
T12: END OF DA ROAD - COTTI vs CHEF
T13: NA GO DUNG DEH VOCAL REFIX - COTTI ft KINGPIN
T14: SENSI DUB - COTTI vs CLUEKID
T15: FROGS ON ACID - CLUEKID
T16: GANGSTA 4 LIFE - COKI
T17: MONKEY STYLE - CLUEKID
T18: ALICIA - MALA
T19: RISE DA TEMPERATURE - COTTI ft DOCTOR
Download here
HIGHTONE @ EKKO
High Tone is terug in de Ekko! Na dat verplaatste en véél te korte concert in februari hebben we wat goed te maken. Dus vanavond, gegarandeerd, in EKKO, een 2,5 uur lange set dikke dub van High Tone! Na het experimentele uitstapje op 'Wave Digger' doen de Franse meesters sinds het vorig jaar verschenen 'Underground Wobble' weer waar ze écht goed in zijn; het creëeren van dub met onderhuids borrelende oriëntaalse invloeden, rock, hip-hop en electro. Sample-tovenaar en scratch-virtuoos DJ Twelve voegt daar nog wat flarden filmmuziek aan toe, en maakt er met de rest van de live-band een super relaxed geheel van.
Dj's Smartin en Cold Sweat vullen de avond in met dikke, likkebaardend lekkere dubsounds. Jummy!
HIGH TONE
SMARTIN & COLD SWEAT
13 DECEMBER 2008 // EKKO
OPEN: 20:00 / ENTREE: 10,-
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