Samstag, 24. Juli 2010

DANCEHALLNEWS FROM GERMANY - Introducing LONGFINGAH from Berlin

This time we gona present to you an artist wich we really love. Well, introducing may not be the right word, this man got history, he got a unique style, he got fresh beatz, he's a Raggamuffin and he comes from Berlin to rock the Republic. First check out the nice Video from his Electronic Project Illbilly Hitec - Tune is called "Nuff A Dem"
So we had some questions to ask
RS - Tell me something bout your musical history. How did it all started. With Ska T you played more than 300 Shows and at the Rockpalast (for those of you who don't know it - it's really a big ting, televised in whole germany. other artits there was Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff and many more)?
LF- I started MCing in 1996 when I was 16 years old. First I was doing german hip hop but I used to listen to reggae and dancehall from jamaica more than to german hip hop, so it was a nice try to sing a kind of wannabe patois the first time, as I joined the band Ska-T. We wanted to play ska punk like Sublime and also some raggamuffin and reggae like Makka B. This is how everything started. Every weekend we were on tour to get out of this boring small town in the harz mountains, where we lived. It was a nice and funny time. But after school everybody moved in a different town and so we broke up the band.
RS - Nowadays your workin in different projects. Dub Engineers (Dub & Vintage Reggae) , Illbilly Hitec (Electronics - D&B), Wood in di Fire (Jamaican jazz and heavy reggae grooves) also you got your on Program with Albums like Rebel Style and Lo-Fi Youth ina Raggamuffin - Dancehall Style. Seems like you are at home in all Reggae Styles ?
LF - Thats true. I just love music, so I don´t got no problems with different styles. But most of all I was inspired by 70ies Reggae and 80ies or 90ies Dancehall. I think everybody who is listening to my music will recognize that.
RS - Your working on a new Longfingah Album. Tell me something about it, when will it be ready to hit the streets.
LF - Mmmh, I think in 2011 I will be ready, but I take my time. For me it is very important to produce music. The most intensive thing that music can give me is when I sing a new line on a fat riddim. I don´t have any album concept or something like that. It will be a mixture of tunes which I produced in different studios, on tour and in different countries. So it is all about traveling around and visiting new places and new people. There will be some dancehall, roots reggae and also some dubstep or dub on the album. Some tunes will have a vintage flavour and some others will spread some future vibes. On many tracks I will work together with I Kalonji. He is a very talented young producer from Berlin with a nice collection of deadly riddims.
RS - You just had a release on Mungos Hifis Scotch Bonnet Lable with Deh Pon Top. How did it come to the collaboration ??
LF - A friend of mine, Signore Sereno (Palmbeats Intl Sound) from Jena gave me the riddim. As a booker for partys and concerts he had a good connection to them. He invited Mungos Hifi for a show in Kassablanca, and I picked them up from the airport in berlin and brought them to Jena. Thats how I got to know them.


Check out the exclusive promotional mix - Download

And he's givin away his Album Rebel Style (2006) - Download
and the Album LoFi Youth (2009) - Download


Also check out di brand new releases

Dienstag, 20. Juli 2010

England a Me Yard

You know we like it British and here comes a bigbig Mixtape mixed by Selecta Adham from Edinborghs Riddim Tuffa Sound. Enjoy !!!!
El Fata - London City
Soom T - Flying High - Maffi 
Top Cat - Love Mi Ses 
Soom T feat. Riddim Tuffa - Survivor Dubplate
Solo Banton feat. Riddim Tuffa - Old Time Something Rmx 
Brother Culture - Warning
Mikey Murka feat. Mungos HiFi - Old Time Dance 
Errol Bellot & The Offbeat Posse - Music Fever
Paul Andrew - Who's Gonna Make the Dance Ram 
Dixie Peach - Digital Times
Mikey Murka - Back Your Automatic 
Errol Bellot - What a Wonderful Felling 
Solo Banton - Kung FU Masta Dubplate 
Top Cat feat. Riddim Tuffa - Burn the Sensi Rmx 
Deadly Hunta & Longfingah feat. Riddim Tuffa - Many Sound Dubplate
Deadly Hunta - Yes We Will Dubplate
Mikey Murka - Ride The Riddim 
Yt - Write some Lyrics(Kuff 2009) 
Tenor Fly - Mr Soundman Dubplate
Soom T - Bong Bong Dubplate
Daddy Freddy - Nuff a Dem Dubplate
Top Cat - Girl of My Dreams
Yt - England a Me Yard
Tippa Irie - Missa Man
Volfoniq feat. Solo Banton - Love not Money 
Solo Banton feat. Riddim Tuffa - Live Good & Happy
Kenny Knots - Unbreakable
King General & Bush Chemist
Kenny Knots - Tuffa dem a Play Dubplate 
Yt - Champion Sound Medley Dubplate
Jah Screechy - Walk and Skank
Brother Culture feat. Riddim Tuffa - Digital Sound Dubplate
Top Cat feat. Riddim Tuffa - Gallis Rmx
Daddy Freddy feat. Riddim Tuffa - Bad Boy Patrol Dubplate
Papa Levi - Speed Rappin 
Tippa Irie - Tippa pon Mic
Soom T feat. Riddim Tuffa - Pull it Up Dubplate
Kenny Knots - Watch how dem People Dancing Dubplate
Flinty Ranks - Gunman Style 
Peter Bouncer - Ready for Dancehall Tonight
Tenor Fly feat. Riddim Tuffa - Rudeboy Fashion Dubplate 
Deadly Hunta feat. Riddim Tuffa - Ruff n Tuff
Top Cat feat. Riddim Tuffa - Push up the Lighta Rmx
Soom T feat. Riddim Tuffa - Ganja Ganja Dubplate
Warrior Queen & Heatwave - Things Change
Mr Benn feat. Blackout JA - Long Time 
King General - If I Was a Rich Man
Top Cat - Ganja Smoker
General Levy - Champagne Body 
Deadly Hunta - Talk Out Loud
 
Prelistening and download via Soundcloud

Sonntag, 11. Juli 2010

R.I.P. Lincoln "Sugar" Minott - A Legend gone !!

Foundation dancehall / reggae singer, Lincoln ‘Sugar’ Minott is dead. He reportedly died earlier this Saturday evening, and although the cause of death has not yet been publicized, just a couple months ago was reported that he was gravely ill and had been diagnosed as having Angina Pectoris – a severe heart condition – and ordered by his doctor to rest. R.I.P. to the original ‘Godfather of Dancehall’. (via Dancehall.mobi)

Montag, 5. Juli 2010

DANCEHALL NEWS FROM GERMANY
Well, more DnB News - this is a really brilliant Video by Nosliw and Bassface Sascha - Tune is called "Ihr könnt mir gar nichts" - Big Stuff !!
NOSLIW ft BASSFACE SASCHA ihr könnt mir gar nichts (hq) from borito blumenthal on Vimeo.