LOVE AND ROCKERS: interview Ted Bafaloukos

Last week MR T hooked me up with a very interesting interview: Ted Bafaloukos Taught Us Everything We Know About Jamaica,  on the Vice website here. Ted made the movie Rockers in the seventies, and it still holds as one of my favorite regae movies ever, read about how a Greek ended up 2 years in Jamaica. Also lots of cool picures; the one up here is Ted himself together with Horsemouth, and down here we Richard 'dirty' Hall smoking his herb.

hoppa deel 2, doe je mee? ozzie heeft zin in roffest!

Sticks & A.R.T. - Blokkades
Fresku - Mama, Ik Snap Je
Zo Moeilijk - 1977
Appa - Gappie
...Kempi ft. Winne & RB Djan - Haat & Verraad
Gikkels - Samen Zijn
Blaxtar ft. Rico - Schrijf Ik
Opgezwolle - Verre Oosten
Opgezwolle ft. Shyrock & Josje - Balans
Duvel Duvel & Kubus - Buitenwesten
Typhoon - Nieuw Leven
Salah Edin - Horr
Zwart Licht - Ter Plekke
Zwart Licht - Dubtrip
Uniq ft. Sticks & Winne & Bianca - Kritiek
Djiggy Dje - Positivisme
Gikkels - Gekkigheid

ozzie's tribute to dutch hiphop

ELEPHANT SOUNDSYSTEM will play the ROFFEST this year and thats why i thought it was time for a project that i have been thinking of for a long time, mixing some nice dutch hiphop for y'all :-) have fun with it!!! xxx ozzie

Bijlmer Stijl – Bijlmer Stijl Anthem
Opgezwolle – Gekkenhuis
Gikkels – Het Is Wat
Salah Edin ft. Sticks, Kempi, Winne & Appie – Op De Straat
Feis – Klagen
Nick van de Kaart – Digitale Depressie
Vaderloze Troepe – 101 Barz Sessie
Winne – Lotgenoot
Winne – Wandel Met Me Mee
Fresku ft. Winne – Nieuwe Dag
Fresku – Twijfel
Gikkels – Doofpot

Sat Juli 3: Roffest @ Juliana Park Utrecht ft Elephant Soundsystem & Everton Blender.

also featuring:

- Akkachar

- Brutuzz
- Danjah
- Astroposer
- Erick
- Elephant Soundsystem
- Bojcot Selectah
- Shock and Awe
- Cutnice
- Fancy Jancey
- Turne
- Nangdo
- TK
- Skidz & Sands
- Prace
- Pushin Wood Soundsystem
- Dynamite
- Mama's Funky Flow

latest addition: EVERTON BLENDER!!!!!!!
http://www.roffest.com/

Clip last elephantsound party!

Elephant Sounds reggae mix especially for YOU!

The ways of the internet are limitless and full of surpises, turns out we didn't have a radioshow last night. But that couldn't stop us from making a mix of Jamaican music from the old to the new in 2 hours. Special dedication to all you reggae lovers out there!

Skatalites – Latin goes ska (Trojan) LP

Derrick Morgan – Miss Lulu ( Prince Buster 7 inch)

Shenley Duffus – Rukumbine (Island) 7 inch

Bob Andy – I’ve got to go back home (Studio One)

Monty Morris – What a man doeth (Treasure Isle) 7 inch

Beltones - No More Heartaches (Trojan) Liquidator LP

Rudies – Blues (Downtown Records) 7 inch

Bob Andy – Feeling Soul (Studio One) 7 inch

Alton Ellis – Tumbling ears (Studio One) 7 inch

Wailing Souls – Firecoal man (Studio One) lp

Royals – Pick up the pieces (Studio One) 7 inch (first version)

Jimmy Riley – From The Ghetto (Pressure Sounds) 7inch

Lloyd Parks – Maffia (Pressure Sounds) 7 inch

Kiddus I – Graduation In Zion (Shepherd) 7inch

Rod Taylor – Ethiopian King (Freedom Sounds) 7inch

Ranking Trevor – Sa-va-na la Mar (Socialist Roots) 7 inch

Barrington Levy & Josey Wales - Pick your soul (Volcano)

Dennis Brown – Sitting & Watching (Taxi) lp

Wailing Souls – Don’t get lost (Greensleeves)

Burro Banton – Stumbling Black (CSA) lp

Clarence Parks – Gunman (Dynamite Records) 7 inch

Ringo – Model with me (Musical Ambassador) 7 inch

Lukie D – More them want (Maximum Sound) 7 inch

Peetah Morgan ft Busy Signal – Unfair (No Doubt) 7 Inch

JahMali –In the morning (Acoustic Vibes) 7 inch

Natural Black – I Cry (Acoustic Vibes) 7 inch

Natty King – Natty Bongo (Mister Tipsy) 7 inch

Morodo ft Tony Rebel - Jah will never let us down CD

Kenny Knots – My god is real (Conscious Sounds) lp

Anthony B – Global Awareness (Blacker Dread) 7 inch

Garnett Silk – Bless me (VP Records) lp

Barrington Levy – Money Move (Powerhouse) lp

Daddy Screw – Love me till ya fool (Digital B) 7 inch

Sanchez – Chronic (Digital B) 7 inch

Michael Rose – What Can You Do CD

Junior Reid – World To Know (Clique Muzique) 7inch

Emalkay – Solid State (Storming Productions)

Darqwan - Maximum Respect (Planet Mu) 12 inch

Toots & Maytals Tour Holland 2010

The legendary Toots & The Maytals are touring The Netherlands again, and those people who've seen the man's last tour will recall the excellent performance. On wednesday July 7th, Toots & The Maytals will play the Luxor Live club in Arnhem and Elephant Soundsystem is gonna play tunes before & after the show. And we do feel honoured, of course. More info here: http://www.luxorlive.nl/Overzicht/overzicht/$id_3080/

Sat july 17th: Elephantsounds reggaeparty ft Wild Life (Jam)

Beware! Next edition of the Elephantsounds Reggae Party on Saturday July 17th will feature a massive Jamaican artist! Wild life is gonna spice up the ACU party, his big hit Ganja Yard will blaze up the place for sure. On top of that it's smartin's b-day! Be part of reggae history and come over celebrate Jamaican Music with us. Starts out @ 23:00, damage 3 euros. For more info www.elephantsoundsystem.com/, for Wild Life music www.myspace.com/wildestlife, or check the event on facebook here

June 9th: Supersonic hits Amsterdam

Ready fi ready for another super Toppa Top Wednesday @ ClubBitterZoet with one of the best sound system in thebusiness!!! 9th June 2010 TOPPA TOP WEDNESDAY 90 DEGREE SOUND ft Manjah Fyah, Prof presents, SUPERSONICSOUND (De) @ Club BitterZoet

www.myspace.com/manjahfyah

www.myspace.com/90degreesound

www.supersonic-sound.de/

ELEPHANT SOUNDS invite WILD LIFE

Sat may 29th: Counterculture Festival ft Independent Intavention

This weekend The Counterculture Festival Utrecht will feature Independant Intavention, Count Ozzie's Dubreggae project (They'll play @ 17:00, free entrance). Also lots of other stuff, check their site here:

http://www.counterculturefestival.nl/

Elephantsounds Radioshow ZionHIghness 26 may 2010

Another brand new edition of our bi-weekly reggae radioshow for http://www.zionhighness.com/, filled with hits, classics and everything in between, ska, reggae & roots, and including some exclusive freestyles by Count Ozzie, you know........

Roland Alphonso – Rollin’rollin’ (Top Deck) 7 inch
Jackie Mittoo & Ernest Ranglin – Jericho Skank (Studio One) LP
AL Campbell – Gee Baby (Sunshot) 7 inch
Dennis Alcapone – This is a Butter (Sunshot) 7 inch
Yami Bolo – True Love (Youth Promotion) 7 inch
Johnny Osbourne – Let Him Go (Midnite Rock) VP LP
Wailing Souls - Bounce Back (Sunset) LP
Count Ozzie – Bun Dem Down
Aswad – Love Fire (CBS) LP
Earl Sixteen – Pirates Game (Muzamba) 7 inch
Black Slate – Legalize Collie Herb (Mercury) LP
Tony Tuff – How Long (Clinch) 7inch
Capleton – Dislocate (Clinch) 7inch
Ziggi – Pretender (necessary mayhem) 7 inch
Ozzie – Serious Times
Capleton – Hidden Secrets (VP) LP
Fyahnahki – Fyah Haffi Blaze CD
Benaissa – (Jahsolidrock) 7 inch
WildLife – Ganja Yard (Jahsolidrock) 7 inch
Morodo – se da cuenta CD
Queen Ifrica – Don’t Sign (VP) LP
Half Pint – One in a million (Jammy’s) 7 inch
Carl Meeks – Help Me Jah (Fyahburn Sound) 7 inch
Michael Rose – Don’t Let Babylon Fool You (Fyahburn) 7 inch
Zergioteh – Un Offrenda CD
Junior Reid – Wise Up (VP) LP
Count Ozzie – Likkle Lion
Luie Lepkie – Return of the Champion (Midnite Rock) 7 Inch
Black Uhuru - Sponji Reggae (Island) LP
Burro Banton – Jah Jah rules (massive B) 7 inch
Admiral Tibet – Anything that u can Do (In The Streetz) 7 inch
WilfLife – Concrete & Steel (Bassrunner) 7 Inch
Prince Theo – Chant Dem Down (Highfly Music) 7 Inch
Perfect – Ghetto Life (Promo) CD

a wicked riddim shower mix - ozzie ranking

a nice cut and paste audacity mix of mp3's that i had, i just found out how to use the audacity software for mxing music!!!!!! :-)))) very simple but efficient! thanx smartin for explaining.

NATIVE RIDDIM
ANTHONY CRUZ – Foolish Heart
MR. CHUMPS – Hunting
TEFLON – Mama Mama
LUTAN FYAH – Walls

PRAISE JAHOVIA RIDDIM
BUSY SIGNAL – Uniform Bad Bwoy
LUCKY D – Send Dem Come
FANTAN MOJAH & ZAREB – Good Meditation
ANTHONY B – All We Have
TENOR SAW – Who Is Gonna Help Me Praise
MR VEGAS & KONSHENS – Help Me Praise

BLACK BOARD RIDDIM
MORGAN HERITAGE – Guards Up
SIZZLA – Africa Prepare
CHEZIDEK – Life Gives Us Everything
ALBOROSIE – Holy Mount Zion
BURRO BANTON – Lyrics Daddy
ANTHONY B – On Spot Herb Shop

Have fun with this mix its for download!!!!
And don't forget to come out to vechtclub on saturday may 22nd!

OZZIE RANKING

Thursday may 13th & Saturday may 15th: Elephantsound all over U-Town!

This year's Latin American Film Festival (LAFF, 6 -14 may) is gonna feature this cool documentary about sports (and music of course). On thursday May 13th, 21:30, there will be an open air screening of Why Jamaicans Run So Fast? @ The Ledig Erf, Utrecht (Check the event on Facebook here). LAFF again wisely chose The Elephant Soundsystem to host the afterparty @ the Louis Hartlooper complex. Just like last year, we're gonna mashup the place!     more info @ www.laff.nl

This saturday Elephantsoundz are back with a new edition of the famous ACU parties, this time featuring 2 special acts: Fyahnahki and I-Youth. Come out & have fun, support reggae music & shake your hips on may 15th, doors 23:00, damage 3 euros, as usual...(check the Facebook event here)

more info on the artists:
Fyahnahki: http://www.myspace.com/fyahnahki
I-Youth: http://www.myspace.com/iyouthmusic

Sat May 29th: Reggaebomb ft Foundation Sound @ Tivoli de Helling

(from the tivoli site:) A Reggae Bomb is een eerbetoon aan de authentieke reggae: rootsreggae, ska, rocksteady en vroege dancehall. Verwacht oude klassiekers en de nieuwste hits - voor modieuze, aan r&b en hiphop verwante dancehall is echter geen plaats! Keurmeesters zijn resident-dj's Don Arco, Sideburn Sound, Souljah, Ivoryman & Skank Around Sound. En vanavond verwelkomt het vaste team een special guest: Foundation Sound. Dit soundsystem, in 2000 heropgericht door Zebulon is het roodgoudgroene thuis van dj’s als Gusto, Montana, Norman B & Junior Gun. The ruling sound outta The Netherlands!

more info @ www.tivoli.nl

Fri June 11, 2010: Richie Spice @ Tivoli Oudegracht, Utrecht

 from the tivoli site:

Reggaezanger Richie Spice is afkomstig uit Kingston (Jamaica), de stad waar de helft van de inwoners reggaezanger is en de andere helft producer of dj. Zoals bijvoorbeeld de broers van Richie: dj Snatcher Dogg, zanger Spanner Banner en producer Pliers, bekend van Chakademus & Pliers. Richie Spice begon zijn muzikale carrière als openingsact voor zijn broers, maar was al snel klaar voor de hoofdrol. Samen met zijn band mengt hij jarenzeventigreggae met dancehall en rap tot een, eh, kruidig geheel. En ondanks zijn roem vergeet hij zijn afkomst niet, vandaar ook de titel van zijn nieuwe cd: Street Life!

more info @ www.tivoli.nl

Elephantsounds Radioshow ZionHIghness 12 may 2010

Busy week for the Elephants! Tonite we play the Louis Hartlooper Cinema ,Utrecht (22:00-02:00), Saturday our regular Acu Reggae Party (23:00-04:00)....and yesterday we did another Elephant Radioshow for http://www.zionhighness.com/. Old ska stuff mixed with roots, dancehall & dub, form the old to the new in 2 hours....

Jackie Mittoo – Last Train To Skaville (Studio One/Souljazz) LP
Chezidek – In a Love (VP) LP
Desmond Dekker – Bongo Gal (Beverlys/Trojan) 10 inch
The Bleechers – Ease Up (Philips) It’s Reggae Time LP
Brentford All Stars – Race Track (Studio One) Scorchers 2 LP
Max Romeo – Wet Dream (Striker Lee) 7 inch
U Roy – Wet Vision (Striker Lee) 7 inch
Michigan And Smiley – Rub A Dub Style (Studio One)
Jimmy Riley – War Onto Dem (Jammy’s)
Dennis Brown - Revolution LP
Junior Reid - Boom Shakala (Jammys) LP
King Everall – Special Singer (Firehouse) 7 inch
Leroy Smart – Believe In Jah (Powerhouse) LP
Courtney Melody – (Techniques) 7 inch
Sugar Minott – Watch Di System (VP) lp
Richie Stephens – Bring Back The Love (Techniques) 7 inch
Luciano – Travelling (Soul Vinez) 7 inch
Alborosie – Allways (forward) 7 inch
Prince Theo – Chant Dem Down –(High Fly Music) 7 inch
Capleton – Jah Bless Us (Star Trail) 7 Inch
Merciless – Countryboy (Weedy G Best Trick) 7 Inch
Top Cat – Ganja Smoker (Weedy G Best Trick) 7 Inch
Starkey Banton – Rasta Mystic (Ariwa) LP
Lorenzo – A Wa Do Dem (Irie Ites) 7 inch
Jah Cure – Ghetto Life (vp) lp
Natural Black – More Vision (Ackee Tree) 7 Inch
Natural Black – Things & Time (in time music) 7 inch
Chuck Fender – Take It With A Smile (NY Movement) 7 inch
Fantan Mojah – No Love (New York Ent. Movement) 7 inch
Richie Spice – Now & Forever (Slam) 7 inch
Busy SIgnal – Spliff Tail (Jukebox) 7 inch
Kenny Knots – Gi Mi Di Music (Concious Roots) lp
Sly & Robbie – Jailbreak (Island) Dub Experience LP
Omar Perry – Let Jah Arise (Rots Survival) 7 inch
Earl 16 – Wish It Was Me U Love (Dreadrive) 10inch
Papa San – Perdominant (Black Solidarity) 7 inch

SUNNY ROOTS IS ON THE ROLL...

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john clark - good collie weed
prince allah - take my love
mighty maytones - madness
little john - hard fe get
leroy smart - believe in jah
errol dunkley - created by the father
carlton livingston - making love
cocoa tea - cindy lue
junior reid - changting
frankie paul - deh pon di street again
don carlos - no follow babylon
wailing souls - inchpinchers
dennis brown - concrete castle king
sugar minott - jah make me sing
barrington levi - hear she come
leroy smart - moddeling
frankie paul - please stay
wayne jarret - chip in
michael prophet - gunman
johnny clarke - jah love is with i
cocoa tea - send them for me

THIS IS NOT A JOKE, U CAN DOWNLOAD THIS MIX, JUST CLICK ON THE ARROW IN THE PLAYER AND IT WILL BE SAVED ONTO YOUR COMPUTER!!!!

ENJOY!!!!!!! FI DI GAL & BWOY!!!! :-)))))))
OZZIE

Elephantsounds Radioshow ZionHIghness 28 april 2010

From ska to roots to dancehall to dubstep in just 2 hours for www.zionhighness.com.

Skatalites – Coconut rock (Studio One) Studio One Scorchers LP
Peter Tosh – Shame & Scandal (Studio One) Dancecrasher LP
Techniques – You Don’t Care (Techniques) LP
Alfred Brown –One scotch, one bourbon, one beer (Trojan) lp
I Roy – Pusherman (Trojan) lp
Prince Mohammed – Bubbling (Techniques) Bubblin lP
Meditations – Rome (United Artists) lp
Junior Delgado – Warning (Incredible Music) lp
Gregory Isaacs – Word of the farmer (Virgin) lp
Mighty Maytones – Madness (Burning Sounds) lp
Errol Dunkley – Black Cinderella (Pressure Sounds) lp
Little Roy – Rat Trap (Pressure Sounds) lp
Clint Eastwood – Production Plan (Belmont) 7 inch
Sugar Minott – Ease up Mr. Custom Man (Greensleeves) lp
Philip Meyers - Ghetto Struggle (Junior Militant) 7 inch
Horace Andy – Elementary LP
Pinchers – Agony (Jammy’s) 7 inch
Major Worries – me no response (Jammy’s) 7 inch
Pampidoo – Synthesizer voice (Jammy’s) 7 inch
Rupie Culture – Dancehall Bubbler (Sunset) 7 inch
Screwdriver – She Boom Style (Sunset) 7 inch
Ninjaman & Cool ruler – Cowboy Town (Digital B) lp
Hippy Ranks – Girls want money man (Rockers Masters int) 7 inch
Assassin – History Book (Juke Boxx) cd
Johnny Osbourne – Musical Murder (Black Temple) 12 inch
Junior Reid – Respect Due (Live&Learn) lp
Tarrus Riley – Love created I (Cannon) cd
Luciano – Jah Live (Cannon) cd
Matthew McAnuff – Be Carefull (Inna De Yard) 7 inch
Don Carlos – Living In The City (Live&Learn) lp
Nico D & Admiral P – The Pressure (cd)
Rs I-Jah & Bushman – On More Load (Goldcup) 7 inch
Junior X – Hustle (Birch) 7 inch
Natural Black – Bad Ears (Greensleeves) lp
Omari – Live up (DLM) cd
Lutan Fyah – Mother Earth’s Healing (Greensleeves) lp
Spectacular – Burn di Politicians (Greatest Friends) 7 inch
Jah Shaka – Roots of David dub (Jah Shaka) lp
Ill.Gates & Mutt – Tekdub (Tube10 Recordings) 10 inch
Benga & Walsh – Bassface (Biscuit Factory) 12 inch
Funckarma –Hawking Radiation (Eat Concrete) 12 inch

May 12th: KING KONG live @ Bitterzoet, A'dam !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

more info @ myspace.com/90degreesound