It’s a special day over here at Wrong Towers as the fruits of my project with Roots Manuva are finally being unleashed on the world. The LP drops next week but prior to that you can grab lead single Jah Warriors on 7″ or download which also features the non album track Bashment Bogle. So bust out your chip n pin, get down to your local record shop or order direct from the label or grab it from itunes.
To tie in with the release I’ve knocked up another cheeky bootleg using the Bashment Bogle beat and a vocal care of fellow UK rap legend Silver Bullet which you can grab for free from soundcloud…
Take a look at Eddy TM over there, yep gun fingers to the head, maybe that’s how he’s gonna feel after letting me on the airwaves tonight. As ever I jest of course – Eddy and myself went head to head on a pre-carnival soundclash of sorts the other day which will be aired tonight around the 1am GMT mark so tune in on Xfm for some of my usual brand of ill thought out chit chat and a few words regarding the looming release of Duppy Writer, plus I’m gonna be dropping my all time favourite remix so if you don’t tune in you’ll never know what it is, well, unless you ask, and I still wont tell you because you didn’t tune in.
Speaking of remixes and duppies, the reviews are coming in thick n fast, for starters check out this one which Mr Trick spotted in Q magazine, and don’t forget the single Jah Warriors comes out on Monday.
So I arrive home in old Blighty and what do I return to? Only to find out Jah Warriors won Steve Lamacq’s rebel playlist on BBC 6music, Gilles Peterson bigging us up on his Worldwide show on Radio One, test pressings of my Kid Koala dub on my doormat and loads of people raving about their free copy of “Butterfly, Crab Walk” which Big Dada deemed suitable to wet your whistles in the run up to Duppy Writer’s release date. Click THIS to grab yourself some niceness.
By the way, if anyone’s in the SW9 vicinity I’ll be taking a trip to Brixton tonight for another one of Hootananny’s free sessions, dropping hot wax between Brassroots, Imperial Leisure and The Hempolics before manning the decks into the wee hours – get down and get on down.
Like the proverbial Jack I’m hitting the road tomorrow, armed with a small box of soul, ska & reggae 45’s ready to give Cliff Richard a run for his money on a well earned summer holiday. Never one to don a hanky, roll up my slacks and idle away my week on the beach, I’ll be manning the turntables at a handful of nights on either coast of the Americas.
First stop is NYC where I’ll be warming up for Easystar Allstars with a selection of deep and dubby roots reggae and a dash of dancehall in The Oval @ Stuy Town, Manhattan on July 21st – I’ll be kicking off at around 5:30pm so come down for some free blazing bass-heavy action if you’re in the neighbourhood. Following a few days of record digging and a monumental pancake binge I’ll be jumping on another plane to…
LA, where I’ve been invited to play some funk & soul 45’s at the now legendary Funky Sole @ The Echo on July 31st, run by Miles of Breakestra infamy and free of charge, what possible excuse do you have for not coming aside not actually being anywhere near Sunset Blvd that night?
Following that, after a few days of finally languishing in the sun (after months of perfecting my studio tan) I’ll be returning to Sunset for a ska & early reggae session at the Rocksteady Lounge @ Akbar. Another free session and this one’s gonna be a stormer as it’s the Lounge’s main man’s birthday session, so come shake a leg.
I can’t leave you without mentioning Huey Morgan played the forthcoming Roots Manuva meets Wrongtom single “Jah Warriors” on his 6music show this weekend, you can listen in for the rest of the week here.
It’s also very possible that on my return I will be heading to the Big Chill but more on that when I’m home, til then, adieu.
I can now officially announce my Kid Koala remix is not only going in the Ninja Tune XX box set but apparently it’ll be amongst a handful of exclusive 7″s as part of the package. It’s quite an honor to be involved with Ninja’s 20th anniversary celebrations and if you wanna know more then have a look here, and pre-order your XX box set before they run out.
As ever you can hear a snippet over on my LISTEN page along with a couple of tracks from the forthcoming Roots Manuva meets Wrongtom LP and the 1st remix from my new act Indian Queens.
Don’t forget if you’re in NYC next Wednesday I’ll be opening for Easystar Allstars in The Oval in Stuy Town, armed with a bag of dub, roots & bass, plus it’s free! info here.
It’s a special day over here at Wrong Towers as the fruits of my project with Roots Manuva are finally being unleashed on the world. The LP drops next week but prior to that you can grab lead single Jah Warriors on 7″ or download which also features the non album track Bashment Bogle. So bust out your chip n pin, get down to your local record shop or order direct from the label or grab it from itunes.
