I need your help! We’re shooting footage for a video to accompany the forthcoming Wrongtom Meets Deemas J single and we need you, yes you, in the audience, pulling the one foot skank, doing the bogle and generally helping us nice up the dance.
If you can make it to The Big Chill House in Kings Cross this coming Saturday we’ll be testing out tracks from our almost finished album as part of the lineup for Dancehall Jamboree. It kicks of at 9pm, we’re on at 10pm sharp and it’s all FREE! Check out the advert below…
In other news I’ll be hot footing it from my usual “radio” residency with Mr Trick this Wednesday night to select some synth related favourites for Tim Noakes’ Synth Heroes show on NTS Radio. Tune in around 10:30 when I’ll be selecting a few tracks and talking Arps & Moogs with Mr Noakes.
Let’s set the way back machine to January 2011. One of my favourite labels Heavenly Recordings asked me if I’d like to remix their new signing LCMDF who in turn became my new favourite band. “Great Scott” I replied and set about ragga-ing up their forthcoming ‘”Future Me” single then sent it to the label who exclaimed “woah, this is heavy”.
And then… nothing. Lost in time, I didn’t hear a peep out of this release until this weekend when apparently it actually dropped digitally back in July. So now you can own it for yourself, just thumb up a couple of bucks (well, 89p) and it’s all yours.
I’m remaining a little cloaked about the ins and outs of the Wrongtom Meets Deemas J album but I can reveal the 1st sneaky peek at one of the tracks. “Crime Times” sees me dusting off my trusty MT-40 once again to make some throwback digital dancehall with Deemas J riding the rhythm taking us on a journey through the world of South London street crime, from the 80’s to present days.
Prior to the Jamboree I’ll be hitting the north for a brace of gigs in Liverpool and Hull respectively. Tomorrow night I’ll be descending on Liverpool Music Week to play the closing party alongside the likes of Ghostpoet, The Whip and everyone’s favourite reggae uncle DJ Derek. The full lineup is certifiably insane and it’s all there under one roof for just a tenner at the Contemporary Urban Centre. I’ll be on at 1:30am so come say hello and shake a leg or two while you’re at it.
Following that I’m teaming up with Shepdog from Nice Up! who’s currently running a night at Fruit in Hull which will be put to the test with a full bass assault from our dusty record boxes. I’ll no doubt test out a couple of these Deemas tracks while I’m at it too.
It seems like an age since I made Cassetiquette, and indeed a lot of music has gone stale in the last 5 years; mash-up seems to be one of the dirtiest combination of words in the English language, and B-more is now the springboard for some of the most insidious pop in the game. I still think Cassetiquette stands up in it’s own right though, and if you missed it first time around, you can now listen for the first time on line thanks to the marvel that is Mixcloud.
I’ve also uploaded a roots/reggae/dub mix I recorded for last week’s Sound Of Leisure show on Space Invader FM if you fancy a listen. Oh and word on the street is there’s still a few Cassetiquette CD’s knocking about if you look carefully.
I’m on a break from putting the finishing touches to the album I’ve just recorded with Deemas J which is shaping up nicely and I’ve got just enough time to furnish you with a teaser mix of the forthcoming Pama International Meets Wrongtom album “The Seventh Dub”.
If you’ve been following me for the past few years you’ll know this has been in the pipeline since early 2008, and now the waiting is almost over as Phoenix City Records will be releasing it on ultra limited vinyl and download in the near future. I’ll let you know when that is exactly once it’s mastered and the artwork’s finished but for now, feast your ears on my Seventh Dub mini-mix… Pama Intl Meets Wrongtom “The Seventh Dub (album sampler)” by wrongtom
Also, as it’s a year since Gregory Isaacs passed away, here’s my dub mix of the Dub Pistols “Six Months” which sadly never saw the light of day, though you can still purchase the full vocal mix featuring the cool ruler and Rodney P here. Dub Pistols “Six Months (Wrongtom Meets The Cool Ruler)” by wrongtom
I need your help! We’re shooting footage for a video to accompany the forthcoming Wrongtom Meets Deemas J single and we need you, yes you, in the audience, pulling the one foot skank, doing the bogle and generally helping us nice up the dance.
