Chrome Roots 51

 

Sending love & strength to Ombak Sound 🧡

Music for road trips / campfires / the South Downs / afternoon sunshine at the Big Chill / bush walks / Bouddi / watching waves / living in the trees at #35

Dub / Indie / Folk / Electronica / D&B / Reggae

'Relax & Breathe'

Psalms 25 - Xterminator All Stars (Xterminator)
Dub Latina - Calexico (Spunk)
Plains - Tycho (Ghostly International)
Light Inside Of You - Andrew Kidman (Spunk)
Lips - Sunhouse (Independiente)
Small Dub - Bill Callahan (High Note)
Under The Covers - Carla dal Forno (Kallista)
Tempest Dub - Edge Test 2 (React)
Peacock Tail - Boards Of Canada (Warp)
Lugu Lugu Kan-Ibi - Bunun Tribe / David Darling (CMN)
Wild Majesty - Up, Bustle & Out (Unique)
Chant At Dusk - Mista Savona & Rootbound System (Elefant Traks)
Without Love - Mista Savona & Sugar D (Elefant Traks)
Danny's Song - PFM (Good Looking)
Flowers Bloom (Secret Lover Remix by PFM) - Mandalay (Organic)
Chasing Circles - Broken Chip (Feral Media)
Love & Some Verses - Iron & Wine (Sub Pop)
Heartbeats - José González (Imperial)
Temporary - Rogue Wave (Sub Pop)
First Day Of My Life - Bright Eyes (Saddle Creek)
Paris, Texas - Ry Cooder (Warner)
Fade Into You - Mazzy Star (Capitol)
A Gentle Heart - Neil Halstead (Brushfire)
You Got The Silver - The Rolling Stones (Decca)
Dub To The Rescue - King Tubby & Friends (Blood & Fire)
Love Light (Burning) - Gregory Isaacs (Trojan)
Magic In The Air - Wayne Jarrett (Wackies)
Drive (Remix) - Spacemen 3 (Fire)

Groovetech Radio / Haywire Sessions

Groovetech Radio

Haywire Sessions
Year 2000, early live streaming, grainy video of Weatherall (& friends) playing incredible tunes, beamed across London to my flat in Camberwell (via 1p a minute dial-up internet).
Happy days 😊

On This Day - 1st of March 1989

On this day... 37 years ago

1st of March 1989. Spacemen 3 live at Keele University

What a band! 

Was so very into them when we went to this gig, & still love & often listen to them now - just brilliant (see also post Spacemen work as Spectrum / Sonic Boom / Spiritualized).

Chrome Roots 50

 

Reaching Chrome Roots 50 seems like some kind of achievement (it's taken 5 years to get here)

To celebrate, I wanted to do a long, genre-hopping mix, a bunch of current favourites old & new. It covers a lot of ground but I love this kind of ebb & flow - for heads & hips, for feet & floating :)

Reggae | Dub | Electronica | Hip Hop | Post-Punk | House | Tech House
Techno | Balearic | D&B | New Wave | Trance

Made on a sunny late afternoon, sunset & into the night. Studio door open, nature sounds, incense burning, good vibes :)

Split into 3 parts for listening convenience

Last track is for anyone that was still dancing at 6am in the big room at Final Frontier, Club UK in 1994 :)

If anyone wants a postcard let me know :)

'Everybody online, looking good'

Part 1
The Light 3000 - Schnieder TM (Groovetech)
Iqbal's Groove (featuring Farrah) - Dusk & Blackdown (Keysound)
I'm Alright - Jah Woosh (Music Club)
Don't Think About Dub - Mafia All Stars & King Tubby (Trojan)
Don't Think About Me - Earl Flute & Horace Andy (Trojan)
Melody Maker - Keith Hudson (Trojan)
My Nocturne - Keith Hudson (Basic Replay)
I Trim The Barber - King Tubby & The Aggrovators (Trojan)
Bun Some Weed - Wrongtom Meets The Ragga Twins (Tru Thoughts)
Here Comes That Dub Again - Wrongtom Meets Desta Zion (Rongorongo)
Dub That Train - Reggae Roast (Reggae Roast)
Draw Your Brakes - Scotty (Music Club)
Lonely World (feat. CW Jones & SINDYSMAN) - Jehst (YNR)
Out Of Body - Innersphere (Sabrettes)
Circles (Guy Contact Remix) - Milou Moon (Milou Moon)
C.R.E.A.M. - Wu-Tang Clan (RCA)
Clockwork - Roots Manuva (Big Dada)
Fading - Rodney P (Riddim Killa)
Feel So Good - Spacemen 3 (Fire)
Lullaby (Extended Mix) - The Cure (Fiction)
Useless (The Kruder & Dorfmeister Session) - Depeche Mode (Mute)
The Guide - Lionrock (Deconstruction)
Zephyr - Guy Contact & Solar Suite (Wax'o Paradiso)
Argonaut - Hardway Bros (Throne Of Blood)
This Earth That You Walk Upon Simple Minds (Virgin)
Sweet Harmony - The Beloved (EastWest)
I’m In Love… (GLOK Remix) - Andy Bell feat. Dot Allison & Michael Rother (Sonic Cathedral)
Lewi's Dub - Duncan Gray (Tici Taci)

Part 2
Lewi's Dub - Duncan Gray (Tici Taci)
Just A Daydream Away (Joe Morris Beach Breaks Remix) - Marshall Watson & Cole Odin (Shades Of Sound)
Snappiness (Sweet Instrumental) - BBG (Hi Life)
Where Were U In 92 - Eden Burns (Public Possession)
Throwing Lines - Kelly Lee Owens (Smalltown Supersound)
Got Glint? - The Chemical Brothers (Freestyle Dust)
Feel Me (Greg Wilson & Derek Kaye Remix) - Blancmange (Cherry Red)
Claire - iO (Mo Wax)
Don't You Wan't My Love - Moodymann (Peacefrog)
Something Good (10" Mix) - Paul Haig (Cherry Red)
All Under One Roof Raving - Jamie xx (Young Turks)
Our Lips Are Sealed (Peza's 'No-ones Listening' Edit) - Fun Boy Three (Peza)
Right On 4 The Darkness - Silicone Soul (Soma)
Tucana (Extended Mix) - Asa Tate (Silver Bear)
Believe - Filter Interference (Drop Music)
Rico's Helly (Retailored By Nourizadeh & Teasdale) - Two Lone Swordsmen (Emissions Audio Output)
I Like Smoke - Akio Nagase (Emotional Especial)
Feet (Day Slam) - Sandals (Open Toe)
586 - New Order (Factory)
Throw - Paperclip People (Planet E)
Ready to Depart - Justin Robertson (Nuphonic)
Pump It Up - Elvis Costello & The Attractions (Radar)

Part 3
Somatone - The Oscillation (DC Recordings)
Sometime - A.C. Marias (Mute)
Ashley's War Part 2 (Two Lone Swordsmen Mix) - Kenny Hawkes (Paper)
LA Trance - Four Tet (Text)
Cruising Detroit - PFM (Moving Shadow)
Gravitational Pull - JMJ (Moving Shadow)
An EKO In Space - Wrongtom presents Dubstack (Rongorongo)
Revolutionary - Primal Scream (Creation)
Phiesope - µ-Ziq (Hi Rise)
World Unite - World Unite (Creation)
Rat Cut A Bottle - Bassomatic (Virgin)
Agraphobia - LA Synthesis (Plink Plonk)
You Said You’d Be Good - Midland (Graded)
Drift Into The Algorithm - Midland (Graded)
Stunnalina (Hybrid Man Remix) - Aiden Francis (Haws)
Replica - Asa Tate (Rhythm Section International)
As - Klon Dump (Kalahari Oyster Cult)
The Sound Of The Crowd (Instrumental) - The Human League (Virgin)
Treasure - Marsheaux (Les Disques Du Crepuscule / Factory Benelux)
The Weeping Waste - Renegade Legion (FNAC)

Chrome Roots 49

 

One from the archives - Social Living Dub Shack Version Part 2 - recorded January 2009.

I recently rediscovered a box full of minidiscs & CDR's (mixtapes going back to 1999) & have been really enjoying this one - top drawer reggae selection (all vinyl).

I must have recorded this after playing in the Dub Shack at Peats Ridge Festival 2008, so is likely similar to my set. Was there a Part 1? Probably yes, but since lost in a dead hard drive somewhere :)

Peats Ridge was a great festival (see previous post), I played in 2006 & 2008 & loved it. I think I was also supposed to play in 2007? Memory is a bit hazy, but possibly it got cancelled due to extreme weather conditions?

The last time I played was a pivotal moment for me though - it was a pretty hot few days & I was genuinely concerned that my records were going to melt in the car & spent too much festival time worrying about that! Definitely a big factor in moving to digital for DJing & vinyl for home use only :)

'Music which tells about the future'

El Toro - Etherealites (Roots Garden 7")
Pon Mi - Knatty P / RDK & Disciples (Universal Roots 10")
Jah Eternally - Sister Charlotte (Black Wheat 12")
Let Us Unite Dub - Sister Charlotte / Munky Lee (Black Wheat 12")
Fade Away - Junior Byles (Heavenly LP)
Chant Rasta Man - Knowledge (Wambesi 7")
Fire Burn Version - Knowledge (Wambesi 7")
Dub In Unity - The Rebels (Ja-Man 7")
Truth & Rights - Johnny Osbourne (Massive B 7")
Something Dub - Danny Red / Gussie P (Cousins 10")
China Rock - Vibronics (Jah Tubbys 10")
Cool & Humble Riddim - Murray Man / Disciples Riddim Section (Cultural Warriors 10")
Never Get Burn - Kenny Knotts (Reggae On Top 10")
Kunte Kinte - Aquizm & Mad Professor (Ariwa 10")
Arrival Part 2 - Knatty P / RDK Hi-Fi (Universal Roots / Free Radical Sounds LP)
War Of The Stars - Gregory Isaacs (Blood & Fire LP)
Victory Train - Tenor Saw (Victory 7")

On This Day - 29th of December 2006

 

On this day… 19 years ago

29th of December 2006. Day 1 of the Peats Ridge Festival, 4 days of ‘world music, blues roots & dub, chilled beats, contemporary music’.

Stunning location on the Central Coast of NSW (not too far from where we live now), sunshine & good vibes, beautiful way to welcome the new year & I got to play 2 DJ sets (as Social Living in those days) 😊🔈

Some dubby Balearic stuff in one of the big tents (early afternoon, on the first day I think, to very few people 😆) & later in the weekend a reggae set in the Dub Shack - all vinyl for both - happy days 😊

Such a good festival - beautiful location, lots of reggae & dub, swimming in the lagoon, Chai tent, Banco De Gaia for NYE. Good memories 😊

Tune Of The Day - Christmas Special

 
                    

Tune Of The Day: Santa Baby - The French Impressionists / Jingle Bell Rock - Thick Pigeon (Operation Twilight, 1982)

Festive 7” goodness, a jazzy version of Santa Baby & a post punk / synth pop version of Jingle Bell Rock.
Released on Operation Twilight which was an offshoot of @lesdisquesducrepuscule

I don’t know anything about the French Impressionists but Thick Pigeon were pretty good - a decent album on Factory & some later, more electronic, work as Stanton Miranda.

Merry Christmas to all :)