Chrome Roots 11

NYE party was great fun, this is a 2 hour mix of some of the tunes that got played - good vibes, old favourites & a few new scorchers :)

Reggae / Funk / Hip Hop / Trip Hop / House

 

'More than just a random person walking by'

Roots Of Creation - Fyah Walk (Roots Tree & Stream)

Lightning Flash Weak Heart Drop - Big Youth (Front Line)

Police In Helicopter - John Holt (Trojan)

Night Nurse (Dub 2) - Gregory Isaacs (Island)

Plantation Run - King Tubby & The Aggrovators (Pressure Sounds)

Associates - Burning Spear (Caroline)

Healing (DJ Fitchie / Fat Freddy's Drop Mix) - Resurrectors (Future Classic)

Do Your Thing - Lyn Collins (Polydor)

The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) - Missy Elliott (Goldmind Inc)

Five Man Army - Massive Attack (Wild Bunch)

Roady - Fat Freddy's Drop (The Drop)

Earth Boots - Galliano (Talkin' Loud)

For What It's Worth - Sergio Mendes (Global Television)

Ms. Fat Booty - Mos Def (Rawkus)

Hypnotize - The Notorious B.I.G. (Bad Boy)

I Know You Got Soul - Eric B. & Rakim (Cooltempo)

Soul Power '74 - Maceo & The Macks (Polydor)

Moira Jane's Cafe - Definition Of Sound (Circa)

Our Lips Are Sealed (Peza 'No-ones Listening' Edit) - Peza (Peza)

Some Lovin' - Liberty City (Network)

Lost & Looking (Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy Cosmodelica Remix) - Lady Blackbird (BMG)

Lost & Looking (Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy Cosmodelica Dub Mix) - Lady Blackbird (BMG)

Discopolis - Lifelike & Kris Menace (Vulture)

Sundar (Newman (I Love) Retouch) - VICTHOR and Christian Lepah (All Day I Dream)

Mas - Faze Action (Nuphonic)

Whoktish - Idjut Boys & Laj (U-Star)

Tropical Soundclash - DJ Gregory (Defected)

Chrome Roots 10

Another sunny afternoon mix - Downtempo / House / Reggae / Techno / Funk

Happy New Year :)

'A heatwave all year long'

Sumeru - Islandman (Music For Dreams)

Iz Usta - 33.10.3402 (Sahko)

Renegade Soundwave (Leftfield Remix) - Renegade Soundwave (Mute)

We Love You (The Great Awakening) - JBC (Creation)

Dream Some Paradise (12" Mix) - Intastella (MCA)

Palatial (Danny Rampling Mix) - Love Corporation (Creation)

Where Clock Goes (Long Version) - Duncan Gray (Tici Taci)

Will We Ever Dance Again - Coyote (Is It Balearic?)

Karra Mesh - Woodleigh Research Facility (Rotters Golf Club)

Philly (Jamorphous Mix) - Fluke (Creation)

Karma - Peza (Peza)

Biosphere - Versa (System)

Love In Space - Fulltone (All Day I Dream)

Orient - Echomen (End)

Overcome - Schatrax (Schatrax)

You Can't Hide From Your Bud - DJ Sneak (Classic)

Pop A Cap In Yo' Ass (feat. Estelle) - Ben Watt (Buzzin Fly)

Daisy Temple - Serge Gainsbourg (Mercury)

Man From Wareika - Rico (Island)

Ultraviolence - New Order (Factory)

Andomraxess - Skintrade (Soma)

Ballet Fusion (Belfast Fusion) - Sven Vath (Eye Q)

Perfume (Loved Up) - Paris Angels (Virgin)

Oh So Good - Bushwacka (End)

Come Together - Chairmen Of The Board (Ace)

Cloud Nine - The Temptations (Motown)

Chrome Roots 9

New mix - mostly down tempo, dubwise head nodders. Made on a sunny afternoon :)

 

Techno / Drum & Bass / Dubstep / Reggae / Balearic / Trip Hop / House etc.

'Blue Dreamers' 

My Sun - Seekae (Rice Is Nice) 

Quiddity Last Visit - Max 404 (Mo Wax) 

The Schematics - DJ Vadim (Ninja Tune) 

Tape Syndicate - Beat Pharmacy (Silent Season) 

Ricorda Tell Me (Main Mix) - Isola (Godmode) 

The Spell (Burial Remix) - Charles Webster (Dimensions) 

uwem/creation - Space Afrika (Sferic) 

The Real Thing - Peshay (Mo Wax) 

In The Mood - Dillinja (Mo Wax) 

Cont No Stop - Pye Corner Audio (Type) 

Slow Jam - Young Echo (Nexus) 

Delphium - Aphex Twin (Distance) 

Visions - Slam (Soma) 

City Streets - Jehst (YNR) 

U (feat. Kinsey Lloyd) - Space Afrika (Dais) 

Wishful Thinking VIP - Vaccine (Hotflush) 

Your Say - Headhunter (Tempa) 

Dissolved - Kryptic Minds (Swamp 81) 

Tuning - Distance (Planet Mu) 

Stolen Shadows - Calibre (Deep Medi) 

Push The Tempest - Dub Terror (Universal Egg) 

Talk Some Sense (Gamma Ray) - Keith Hudson (Basic Replay) 

My Nocturne - Keith Hudson (Basic Replay) 

Rematerialised - Death In Vegas (Concrete) 

The Outsider - Coyote (Is It Balearic) 

Release Part 2 - Blackalicious (MCA) 

Bodybeat - Yargo (Bodybeat) 

Noctuary - Bonobo (Ninja Tune) 

Sabbia Magica - Hear & Now (Claremont 56) 

Soufie - Banco De Gaia (Beyond) 

QMS - T Love (Ninja Tune) 

One Time For Your Mind (JStar Under Arrest Re-Rub) - Gift Of Gab / JStar (JStar) 

This Earth That You Walk Upon - Simple Minds (Virgin) 

Until You're Worth It (Andrew Weatherall Remix) - Mugwump (Subfield) 

Wrong Dream (Hardway Bros Cosmic Intervention) - Margee (Other Goodness) 

Red - James Bright (Eclectics) 

Weird Gear - Ultramarine (Rough Trade)

Chrome Roots 8

Following on from Chrome Roots 7...

2 hours of Dub Disco / Acid House. I've been listening to a lot of ALFOS mixes recently & loving this stuff. Respect, as always, to Andrew Weatherall.

'I'm gonna hide this tape when I'm finished, if none of us make it at least there'll be some kind of record'

Knuddelmaus - Ulrich Schnauss (City Centre Offices)

Space Operator (Donato Dozzy Cadillac Rhythms Reshape) - 4M International (Mr Disc Organization)

Buddah's Watching - Peza (Peza)

Argonaut - Hardway Brothers (Throne Of Blood)

Desertico - My Friend Dario (Hell Yeah)

Mania Theme (Andrew Weatherall Remix) - Hardway Brothers (Is It Balearic?)

Goldenlips - Chicken Lips (Phantasy)

Mustat Varjot - Roberto Rodriguez (House Of Disco)

A Life Of Silence (Timothy J Fairplay's Fall Of Shame Remix) - Scott Fraser (Permanent Vacation)

A Love From Outer Space (Version 2) - The Asphodells (Rotters Golf Club)

Pleasure Moon (DJ Version) - Marcus Marr (DFA)

Reflextion (Ray Mang Knee Jerk Reaction Mix) - Daniele Baldeli & DJ Rocca (Is It Balearic?)

Ulysses (Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve Re-Animation) - Franz Ferdinand (Domino)

Albatros (Coyote Remix) - Bonnie & Klein (MM Discos)

Lose Your Love (Andrew Weatherall Remix) - Le Carousel (Phil Kieran Recordings)

Feels Like Love (Tiefschwarz Remix) - Lost 'N' Alive (Fine)

Ours (Hermanez Remix) L0C (Akbal Music)

The Returning feat. James Yuill (Prins Thomas Disko Miks) - Downtown Party Network (Is It Balearic?)

Pacific Coastal Highway (Hardway Brothers Reconstruction) - Hawke (Is It Balearic?)

Charas - TOHT (TOHT)

Breathe - User Only (TOHT)

A Hymn For Your Dreams - Lee Burridge (All Day I Dream)

Rotting Hills - Avalon Emerson (AD93)

Chrome Roots 7

 

For anyone that missed my warm up set at the recent BSS party (i.e almost everyone 😉), this is kind of how it went... late afternoon, sunshine vibes, beautiful location & lovely party. Ambient / Downtempo / Trip Hop / Reggae / Electronica / Balearic & into some chugging Dub Disco / Acid House (which continues in Chrome Roots 8).

'I just woke from a dream... it wasn't like a typical dream, it seemed more like I'd walked into an alternate universe or something'

Cathedral Oceans - John Foxx (Metamatic)

Drunken Galleon - Walls (Kompakt)

Textures - The Amalgamation Of Soundz (Filter)

Refit Blues - The Mexican (Catskills)

Original Stuntmaster - Aim (Grand Central)

Take A Ride - Al Campbell (Studio One / Soul Jazz)

Truth & Rights - Johnny Osbourne (Studio One / Heartbeat)

Automatic - Lone Ranger (Studio One / Soul Jazz)

Protection (The Eno Mix) - Massive Attack (Wild Bunch)

Angel Dust - DJ Cam (Inflamable)

Tempest Dub - Edge Test 2 (React)

Ascension - Tycho (Ghostly)

So You Think You're Special - Scuba (Hotflush)

The Plug - Bonobo (Tru Thoughts)

50 Ways To Leave Your Lover - Playgroup (Source)

Signs - Badmarsh & Shri (Outcaste)

Feet Keep Moving - Natural Self (Tru Thoughts)

Phiesope - u-Ziq (Hi-Rise)

Valley Of Paradise - Psychemagik (Psychemagik)

La Marsa - Hear & Now (Claremont 56)

Paradise Lost (Dream Chimney Dub) - Faint Waves (Eclectics)

Lessons (Coyote's Deep Dub) - Statues (Eclectics)

Jah Wish - DJ Shepdog (Nice Up)

World Unite - World Unite (Creation)

In A Lonely Place - IWDG (Rotters Golf Club)

Lewi's Dub - Duncan Gray (Tici Taci)

The Moton 5 - Andrew Weatherall (Pamela)

Trebizond - Mr BC (Eclectics)

Something More (Dark) - Roisin Murphy (Skint)

Out The Window (Andrew Weatherall Remix) - Confidence Man (Heavenly)

Smokebelch II (Beatless Mix) - The Sabres Of Paradise (Warp)

Chrome Roots 6

 

Strictly reggae selection. Roots / Dub / Early Dancehall / UK Dub & plenty of Lee Scratch Perry productions, RIP to The Upsetter.

'Greetings music lover'

Dyon Anasawa - The Upsetters feat. Full Experience (Island)
Mr Cop - Gregory Isaacs (Trojan)
Got To Be Witty - Morwells (Burning Sounds)
Talawah - The Gladiators (Studio One / Soul Jazz)
The Ruler (Cold I Up) - Johnny Clarke (Trojan)
A Colder Version - The Aggrovators (Attack)
Ball Of Fire - Israel Vibration (Pressure Sounds)
Rock & Come On Ya - Johnny Osbourne & Pappa Tullo (Soul Jazz)
When Will Better Come - Junior Byles (Trojan)
I Trim The Barber - King Tubby's & The Aggrovators (Trojan)
People Cruel - Cornell Campbell & Errol Scorcher (Pressure Sounds)
Rockers Master - Sugar Minott (Power House / 17 North Parade)
Lone Ranger & Tonto - Tenor Saw (Power House / 17 North Parade)
Hill & Gully Ride - Ini Kamoze (Xterminator)
Pumpkin Belly - Gappy Ranks (Greensleeves)
Stop That Train (Outta Babylon) - Reggae Roast feat. Ranking Joe & Donovan Kingjay (Reggae Roast)
Allergic To Lies - Lee Scratch Perry & Dub Syndicate (On-U Sound)
Roots Reality & Culture - Bounty Killer (17 North Parade)
We Rule The Dance - Interrupt & Tenor Youtman (Reggae Roast)
The Cutter - Cutty Ranks (Fashion)
Congoman (12" Mix) - The Congos (Blood & Fire)
Rejoice Jah Jah Children - The Silvertones (Music Club)
Rejoicing Skank - The Upsetters (Trojan)
Rock Me In Dub - Linval Thompson & The Revolutionaries (Trojan)
Slum - Gregory Isaacs (Burning Sounds)
Vibrate On - Augustus Pablo Meets The Upsetter (Island)
Better Future - Errol Walker (Pressure Sounds)
If You Don't Love Jah - Althea & Donna (Front Line)
So Jah Dub - Hydroponics (Dubhead)
So Jah Say - Culture Freeman (Dubhead)
Live Up - The Bush Chemists (Dubhead)
Voice In The Wilderness - Alpha & Omega (A&O)
Inner Dub - The Power Steppers (Planet Dog)
Run This Nation - Skari (Roots Garden)
Wrong Hands Dub - Manasseh & Skari (Roots Garden)
Pain Killa - Tiawa (Roots Garden)
Babylon Makes The Rules - Steel Pulse (Mango)
Never Get Weary - Culture (Heartbeat)

Chrome Roots 5

House & Techno - current favourites, old & new.

'How did all this start? How did you get here in the first place?'

How The West Was Won - Psyche (New Electronica)
On The Beach (Chaser Remix) - Marcel (Nuphonic)
Mana's Bounce - Recloose (Peacefrog)
End Times Sound - Andrew Weatherall (Byrd Out)
Brother Johnston's Travelling Disco Consultancy - Andrew Weatherall (Rotters Golf Club)
Brining It - Retromigration (Wolf Music)
Space Disco - Faze Action (Nuphonic)
Little Bullet Part 1 - Spooky (Guerilla)
Rainforest - Alaska (F Communications)
Sundar (Newman (I Love) Retouch) - Victhor & Christian Lepah (All Day I Dream)
Neunivai - Volen Sentir (Shanti Moscow Radio)
Jinx (Volen Sentir Pure Magic Healing) - Lost Desert & Hermanez (Peace Symphonies)
Mushrooms (Salt City Orchestra Out There Mix) - Marshall Jefferson vs Noosa Heads (Airtight)
The Deep - Manoo & Francois A (Buzzin Fly)
Ain't Got Everything - Gene Tellem (Wolf Music)
Baby Love (Muzique Tropique Love The Bass Remix) - Cassio (Glasgow Underground)
Something For The Dancers - Lea Lisa (Wolf Music)
Safe - Monkey Safari (Spectrum)
Tribal Confusion (Inhalation Mix) - Culture (Strictly Rhythm)
Jerusalem (King Soloman's Dub) - Jerusalem (Om Records)
Feels So Good - Scott Grooves (Soma)
Hurdy Burdy - Those Norwegians (Paper)
Walk So Lonely - St Germain (F Communications)
The Child (Kenny Dope Mix) - Alex Gopher (Disques Solid)
8th Movement - Kassian (Heist)
Stay With Me - Mateo & Matos (Glasgow Underground)
Prix Choc (Ultra Bright Mix by La Funk Mob) - Etienne De Crecy (Different)
Big Tight Flares - Dave Angel (Blunted)
School - Four Tet (Text)
Bad Chicago - Martyn (Nonplus)