Dancehall...

[EminencE]

I'm looking to update my CD collection soon... I'd like to expand my music collection to incorporate Dancehall. Anyone know of any "must-have" dancehall CD's that are good from start to finish?

Old stuff, new stuff... it doesn't matter so long as it's quality!

Thanks in advance!

-TiFF-

[**TORMENT**]

:PartEkid:


THE BUG - Pressure (TigerBeat 6)


That's all you need to know. It'll open up an entire new view of current possibilities within dancehall music an'ting!@







TRUST.

[Wood]

Vinroc has a CD out on the Triple Threat label, probably not the easiest one to find. buy on sight if you find it, it's pretty much the essential primer for anyone interested in dancehall (actual jamaican dancehall that is). i think it's called 'dancehall flavours' or something... sick mix, upwards of 45 tracks on one cd (!)

another good, although unmixed, comp is 'Nice Up The Dance', released last year on Soul Jazz. available on double vinyl or CD, it includes some essential dancehall classics (Dawn Penn 'No No No', Cutty Ranks 'Who Seh Mi Dun', Tenor Saw 'Ring The Alarm'), some hip hop/reggae fusion (Kenny Dope ft Shaggy 'Gunshot', J-Live 'Satisfied') and some more current hits (Sean Paul 'Infiltrate', Ms. Thing 'Get That Money'). i highly reccommend this one for DJs and listeners, usually in stock @ Boomtown in both formats.

That's all you need to know.

Torment's a big fan of catchy phrases like that one, but in this case it's so rediculously off base that i'm gonna hafta call him on it. please take the time to check out some authentic dancehall before you peep the stuff made by suburban white kids. please. there's good and bad in both areas but i'm a firm believer in knowing the roots of your music.

[Bobby_T]

Oohh

Good post. I'm in the same boat. I absolutly love dance hall but I am void of any titles to search for. There's alot of shit out there so i need some help filtering, YA HEARD?

[tufflove]

flex(time to have sex)-mad cobra

red rat -tight up skirt
hmm i have all my dancehall at my dadds i will post when i go there.

[Filo]

red rat - tight up skirt is my fav dancehall track!! off the heeeezy

[**TORMENT**]

"Torment's a big fan of catchy phrases like that one, but in this case it's so rediculously off base that i'm gonna hafta call him on it. please take the time to check out some authentic dancehall before you peep the stuff made by suburban white kids. please. there's good and bad in both areas but i'm a firm believer in knowing the roots of your music."....


THE BUG... Kevin Martin??? Suburban white kid??? :finger: :284:

( 1000 industrial fans have now just been offended.. look out!! haha. ) He may be white but hardly suburban.

If anyone has slept: THE BUG!! Get on it.


Martin's roots were in UK industrial extremes/metal/punk, GOD, TECHNO ANIMAL.... fans of Godflesh related experiments rejoice! Uh... The man also responsible for the Marco Dub Infection comps back in the day. He's been working with riddim for awhile, more "African Headcharge" than Sean Paul, more "On U Sound" than.... Baby Blue Sound Crew. Get me?


SOOOOOO WRONG . Hmm..


Anyhoo... "PRESSURE" is breaking new territory in dancehall for real.

Collaborations with vocalists such as Daddy Freddy, Wayne Lonesome, Rootsman, dub poets Roger Robinson & Paul Sinclair and a variety of side projects/labels/remixes to boot. From dancehall, dub, dark riddim rides, and 'more (breakcore!!).

Check it out.

Oh, and having played back to back with the more hardcore dancehall radioshow selectors in town... THE BUG brings it on. Even THEY recognize.



Recommended.

(I listen to more soundsystem/soundclash recordings than anything else. Sound systems like FIRE LINKS!! MatterHorn!! David Radigan, KillaMon Jaro. CaveMan, etc. )



BOH!

[**TORMENT**]

and yeah, RED RAT is raaad. ZEBRA??? :tounge1:

[Wood]

yeah, yeah, i know who kevin martin is... i'm interested to check the bug stuff, even though i think techno animal is utter garbage. my point is, someone who wants to get into dancehall wouldn't be well advised to start with this guy's work imo. start with the real shit. work your way out from there. otherwise you have no frame of reference for his divergences from the traditional sound.

plus i just thought it was ironic that you used the phrase 'that's all you need to know' when there is obviously so, so, so, so, so much more to be learned about dancehall (and jamaican music in general) and it's influence on today's dance & electronic music.

oh yeah, and if i can offend 1000 industrial fans with one comment, then my day's work is done. now i go back to bed. :smoke1:

[Wood]

Originally posted by **TORMENT**
Martin's roots were in UK industrial extremes/metal/punk, GOD, TECHNO ANIMAL.... fans of Godflesh related experiments rejoice! Uh... The man also responsible for the Marco Dub Infection comps back in the day. He's been working with riddim for awhile, more "African Headcharge" than Sean Paul, more "On U Sound" than.... Baby Blue Sound Crew. Get me?

well as far as i could tell, this was a post asking about DANCEHALL MUSIC, if she's asked about industrial dub i would've reccommended On U Sound as well, being that i'm a huge fan

your ability to miss people's point entirely never fails to astound me :p

[Wood]

Originally posted by **TORMENT**


Anyhoo... "PRESSURE" is breaking new territory in dancehall for real.

listening now, it's a pretty hot album, nowhere near as 'experimental' as i'd expect from the man behind techno (barf) animal

not sure it's breaking that much new territory, but definitely some rude beats, good choice of vocalists too, definitely worth a listen or five :smoke1:

*ed: on further listening, i found that it kind of descended into wank after the first couple of tunes, which were real scorchers. love to have those 2 on wax... plus 'run the place red' is a dope tune (duh, my cat could make a dope tune with Daddy Freddy on vocals) but mixed in too much of an 'aphex twin' style for my liking... lord knows most sound systems will provide enough distortion on their own, without including it in the mix....

[Wood]

Originally posted by Filo
red rat - tight up skirt is my fav dancehall track!! off the heeeezy

it's on that Vinroc CD, along with just about every other dancehall anthem pre '01

can't stress enough how sick that mix is.... my copy is MIA ( :soak: ) but if i find it i'll throw it up on winstons ftp for all to hear.

Originally posted by ~ASH3~
flex(time to have sex)-mad cobra

joking? please tell me you are

that tune ties with Patra's Grace Jones cover ("pull up to the bumper") for all-time dancehall fromage

[Wood]

here's a tracklisting for the Vinroc cd, unfortunately i couldn't find one with the artist's names (??) but these titles should provide a starting point for you soul-seekers.... each one a classic

1 Live at the Beatlounge (5:14)
2 Intro (1:21)
3 Infiltrate (1:41)
4 Who Am I (1:05)
5 Bam Bam (2:00)
6 Murder She Wrote (1:12)
7 Hot This Year (0:43)
8 Pose Off (2:35)
9 Bookshelf (0:59)
10 Say Wooee (1:40)
11 Killa Pride (2:24)
12 Tight Up Skirt (2:13)
13 Tell Me (1:28)
14 Headshigh (1:38)
15 She Nuh Ready Yet (0:58)
16 Traffic Blocking (1:09)
17 Dwayne (1:29)
18 Nuff Man a Dead (2:19)
19 High Grade (0:55)
20 Sellasie Warning (0:51)
21 Wala Wala (1:11)
22 Ting a Ling (1:58)
23 Hey Girl (1:00)
24 Wickie Dickie (1:46)
25 Action (2:02)
26 Number 2 (1:00)
27 You Nuh Kotch (0:40)
28 Limb by Limb (1:20)
29 Gal Teacher (1:20)
30 Try Again (Remix) (4:25)
31 Putuntun (1:11)
32 Dancehall Rock (2:03)
33 One Blood (1:28)
34 Murder Dem (1:34)
35 Bone Man Connection (1:06)
36 Zungazeng (0:55)
37 Hot Gal Today (0:56)
38 I Gotta Be (1:39)
39 Bam Bam (1:50)
40 Kuff (2:07)
41 Bubblers (0:56)
42 Ye Knoe Fe Chat (1:16)
43 Baby Ca I Hold You Tonight (1:13)
44 Brown Eye Girl (1:06)
45 When I'm With You (1:21)
46 (Untitled Hidden Track) (1:55)

[Wood]

okay somebody else reply to this thread... i'm starting to feel like a one-man show here

[**TORMENT**]

"Old stuff, new stuff... it doesn't matter so long as it's quality!

Thanks in advance!"


^^ THE BUG "Pressure" release fits that bill, ya think? NEW sounds, bubbling as we speak. Happening NOW?? Merely expounding on the point, mate.

Scratch that surface, there's loooads more to check out. Martin's Bug project is a very prominent example of recent "underground' dancehall mutations, but the album is only the beginning of the sound. I recommend it for anyone interested, its easily available.

From there, look out for dancehall mutations and artists on international labels like CLASH RECORDS, Razor X, SHOCK OUT, Full Watts, Rewind, artists like ENDUSER (Sonic Terror Records), Rup/ture, ....

If you're interested, its out there.


Next level?? You know what's in my crate!



:smoke1:

[**TORMENT**]

Also available on TIGERBEAT 6 / Violent Turd Recs: (not too hard to find...)


Dj Rup/ture (Madrid,Spain) "Gold Teeth Thief Mix" mix cd, released last year.

"Dancehall cd's good from start to finish??"

http://reliq.net/soot/gold_teeth_thief.html

[EminencE]

Thanks for the replies... t'is nice to know some of you out there know what you're talkin about when it comes to different genre's of music and where they originated from.

Mr Wood: I'm guessing I'll be able to find the Vinroc cd at A&B Sound and places as such?

Thanks again!

-TiFF-

[Wood]

Originally posted by EminencE
Mr Wood: I'm guessing I'll be able to find the Vinroc cd at A&B Sound and places as such?

not sure, i'd actually be surprised if a&b had it - maybe beat street? you might have more luck ordering online, check http://www.triplethreatdj.com/

[angst]

Dancehall mixes:

Shortcut's (same crew as Vinroc) "Inner Dancehall Stylee" is another killer dancehall mix.
TESTER of TRILOGY SOUND : DANCEHALL 2003 RECAP

Few other recommended dancehall albums :

Bounty Killer "Art of War"
Beenie Man’s "Art and Life"
Sizzla "Words of Truth"
Sizzla "Praise Ye Jah"
Buju Banton "Unchained Spirit"
Capleton "More Fire"
Anthony B "Seven Seals"
Barrington Levy "Too Experienced" - Best of

hope that helped

~Bless~

[EminencE]

^ Thank you! That was exactly what I was searching for!

Cheers,
-TiFF-