How a Japanese song from the 1950s turned into a ska classic -
and a Jahtari track! The ties from Japan to Jamaica are stronger,
and the influence on Reggae (and anything after) bigger, than
one would think. Get all the rant you need about it [HERE].
posted: 10.04.2010
Virtual Haircut: 3D-Audio
Ultra-creepy use of 3D-binaural audio recording techniques, all
wrapped up in a funny little story about a virtual visit at a virtual
barbershop. Grab some ganja and your headphones and get
ready
for a massive attack of goosebumps! [MORE].
posted: 17.05.2008
Stoned Robo-Fighting: Sumotori
An ultra-funny free Robot-Sumo-fighting game with an awesome
physics engine. If you've always wondered how robots will move
when completely drunk or stoned [THIS] one is for you.
The UK has one of the nicest radio cultures on the globe. There is
(or was) John Peel. There's Mary Anne Hobbs. And there's "On The
Wire". Being one of the longest running and most groundbreaking
radio shows ever you can count on wicked weekly mixes ranging
from Reggae, Dub, Dubstep on to Techno, Dance music and Soul,
insightful reviews and funky presentation.
And then there are still tons of historic recordings around dating
back to 1984 - all for free download! [READ MORE].
posted: 15.12.2007
MUNGO's HIFI and BROTHER CULTURE in Germany
Scotland's number one soundsystem Mungo's HiFi and dancehall
legend Brother Culture are underway now in Germany for a small
tour.
Still a kind of secret among collectors and Dub experts in
Germany the
awesome Mungo's sound, coming from their Scotch
Bonnet label, will
shake the soil here in the future. Heavy.
Lots of background info, funny pics and music [HERE].
Also finally online: some fotos and a live recording from our Jahtari
trip
up to Glasgow and the UK in general back in March HERE.
posted: 15.10.2007
NETLABEL FESTIVAL 2007 - Going Nowhere
Last weekend the 2007 Netaudio festival took place in the RAW
Temple in Berlin. Lots of people from the scene from all over the
world
met in that awesome location to hear and discuss at
workshops about
the current state of affairs and to have a party
afterwards. Time for
some honest criticism. [MORE].
posted: 09.10.2007
Flashing Sound Systems
Anybody claiming that Flash is just a big heap of senseless internet
gimmicks can go home now. Because there's THE ultimate Flash
application around now : a simulation of a Reggae Sound System!
Actually several of them. [READ MORE]
posted: 20.04.2007
Pulp fiction classics: Dr. Fu-Manchu
Sax Rohmer's series about the ultimate villain of them all. The
Chinese
mastermind and criminal genius reaching out for world
dominion in the
foggy London of the 1920ies. With help of the
most obscure means.
Can two honest English gentlemen thwart the
devilish plans of this
sinister Chinaman? [MORE]
posted: 07.04.2007
Bookmooch - swap your books around the world. For free!
Well, almost. A great concept for getting rid of your old paperbacks
while receiving even more other books in return. Fine for classics
and
pulp fiction. Read all the cunning details of the system [HERE].
posted: 07.04.2007
THE TRUE SOUND OF FRUIT AND CHEESE
Fascinating insight into the world of funky / mad scientists: hear
the true sounds of fruit and cheese! More [HERE].
via the excellent MusicThing-blog: a bass speaker from King
Tubby's
legendary Hometown Hi-Fi sound system has been found in
a yard in
Waterhouse / Kingston / Jamaica and been sold via ebay.
Through
this very speaker the first Dub tunes EVER may have been
played
during dances! [READ MORE]
posted: 19.03.2007
DISRUPT VINYL ON WERK DISCS!
One from the blatant self-promoting department - but the news are
just TOO nice: a heap of disrupt-tunes will be out on vinyl on the
excellent London-based label WERK DISCS soon! The releases will
include new tracks as well as some thouroughly re-worked Jahtari-
classics, all expertly mastered and cut into finest wax for maximum
niceness.[READ MORE]
posted: 07.02.2007
THE UNITY STORY
Excellent story on one of the nicest labels of the Digital Reggae era
in
the mid- to late 80ies: Unity Sound from London. Lots of
background
infos and vinyl tips! Groove along to oringal sound
snippets while
reading! by Dave Hucker. [MORE]
posted: 04.02.2007
COMMODORE 64 MANUAL - ON TAPE!
Why isn't stuff like that being made anymore? A quickstart guide
for
the C64 that came along as funny audio book on cassette!
Listen
and download [HERE].
posted: 04.02.2007
UNIVERSAL TECHNO - great Detroit techno documentary
Allright, starting a small contest in our alltime-favourite field of
research: Cover Madness! Our first entry being Reggae Play's 7" on
the East German label AMIGA, 1986. Let's see if you can beat that
one! Prepare for the worst in high resolution [HERE].
posted: 18.01.2007
THE ULTIMATE HISTORY OF VIDEO GAMES
From Pong to Pokemon and Beyond...the Story Behind the Craze That
Touched
Our Lives and Changed the World
by Steve L. Kent (2001)
Excellent volume containing all the background stories you'll
ever
need to know about how the biggest branch of the
entertainmant
industry - and contemporary culture - took its
way. Read about
the weed consume at the early ATARI
company, the coin shortage
created by Space Invaders,
the
design of PAC-MAN and much,
much more [HERE].
posted: 15.01.2007
SHARI VARI video. Detroit 1982.
Funky and ultra-funny dance video of the first ever Techno track to
be
released out of Detroit City, A Number Of Names' "SHARI VARI".
More [HERE].
posted: 15.01.2007
THE OTHER RIDDIM TWINS
Steely & Clevie, the unknown force behind the Jammy$ riddims that
brought drum
machines and analogue
synths into Reggae and Dub.
Big time.
by Pete Murder Tone. [MORE]
Since 1978 and Infocom's "Zork", computer games completely
changed our way of perceiving
and consuming stories and fiction
became interactive. The history of adventure games, theory
and
old
heroes.
Lots of stuff to download, some classics from the Infocom
backcatalog and other Interactive
Fiction, including walkthroughs,
box-pictures, screenshots and game music. [MORE]
posted: 10.03.2005
The 8bit-heritage
The COMMODORE C-64 and it's funky SID-soundchip. Actually the
story of
the foundation stone for Computer
Music and the story
of
the
unknown heroes of our youth. With lots
of rocking
sid-tunes
and programs to download! [MORE]
(Before going to this story you should first download and install the SID-Player-Plugin
for your browser to hear some nice
background music. Very much recommended!)
posted: 14.12.2004
The History Of Reggae Music
This topic in general is a very complex one but since we are a
Reggae label here and this is the
definitive background of our
work I
thought it possibly makes sense to write something about
the
musical and historical aspect of the single transformation steps
this
music went through.
Many aspects of it influenced us
enormously
while many others didn't so I tried to select the to
us
important
ones out and recount their (quite interesting) stories.
This section includes many pictures and sound examples and I
hope
you find the one or other
thing there you didn't know before
and
otherwise have a good time while doing it! [MORE]
