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Off to Notting Hill Carnival 2010

Yes, it is that time of the year again!

The seen. crew leaves for London town tomorrow to enjoy three days and nights of Notting Hill Carnival madness.

Listen the latest Guardian Music Weekly podcast below in case you want to warm-up yourself or to check what you miss in case you can not make it to NHC:

This week, the podcast team have slapped on their baseball caps, William Hague style, and are sipping from a coconut in preparation for this weekend’s Notting Hill carnival.

We meet DJ Norman Jay who tells us about his favourite carnival memories and how his life changed after the riots in 1976. Then we take a trip down to Carnival Village to see how preparations are going. And we’ve got an exclusive track from the Jamaican band The Jolly Boys.

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PS: Good news for all the ladies: before we leave to LDN, we will drop the ladies shirts you ordered at the post office, so you should hold them in your hands fairly soon.

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Introducing Sani Showbizz

via Peter Dean Rickards

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Solid Steel Radio Show 13/8/10 feat. Boom Monk Ben

Another bashment-soaked installment of the infamous Solid Steel radio show:

Boom Monk Ben returns in fine style, with a mix to shuffle your feet and blow your bassbins. Bashment flavas start the show with Roots Manuva and Breakage, followed closely by Heist and Fletcher Beadon. Busta Ryhmes drops in over Hovatron and more ragga touches from See-I and Top Cat, before switching up with DJP’s cheeky refix of Magnetic Man and more dubstep from JFB and SLK.

Tracklist (that Bongo Chilli & Rogue State tune is sick!!!):

Solid Steel Radio Show 13/8/2010 Part 1 + 2 – Boom Monk Ben by Ninja Tune & Big Dada

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»Keep On Running« – The Story of Island Records

Looks like 2010 is the year some of the most-influential international labels in the history of reggae are putting out their memoirs in book-form.

After Greensleeves collaborated with Al Fingers and Stüssy to drop »The First 100 Covers« recently, Rizzoli Books now announced the release of »Keep On Running« – The Story of Island Records.

Of equal appeal to music nerds and esthetes alike, the U.S. release of »Keep On Running« – The Story of Island Records is a collection of album art and photographs telling the story of founder Chris Blackwell’s enormous role in introducing Jamaican reggae and other fringe music to the world. (via Future Blog)

The book will be out in September.

In the meantime, make sure to watch »Do it Yourself – The Story of Rough Trade« – a nice documentary about another formative indie record label that helped making reggae music available to the world.

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RBMA: Headphone Highlights w/ Busy Signal

Back in July, Busy Signal sat down with The Fader’s Eddie Stats and gave away his top 10 pop summer jams.

Already in December 2008, he talked about his Jamaican »Headphone Highlights« with the peops from the Red Bull Music Academy:

Listen to the very well-selected show below:

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Support GABE on Threadless!

Our graphics boss GABE is on a killing spree right now: after a comic book he contributed to won the most renowned award for graphic novels in Germany and some of the seen. shirts he designed got picked for Typoshirt One – a book showcasing great typographical t-shirt designs, his photographic work can currently be seen in Riddim magazine (even though they basically raped some of the pictures with the layout). Also, Stüssy (!) just licensed two of his shirt designs for an upcoming collection.

Show the man some respect and support him – the easiest way to to that is currently to vote for »The Wisdom Lies in the Past« (see above), an artwork that he submitted to Threadless.

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London Calling: The Heatwave »Plan B Podcast 005«

As we keep on counting down the days to Notting Hill Carnival 2010, The Heatwave and Plan B provide us with the ultimate soundtrack for the days left:

Rinse FM’s finest The Heatwave bring you a special carnival mix ahead of their Bank Holiday showdown with Deadly Rhythm on Sunday 29th August. It showcases The Heatwave’s distinctive Funky Bashment style taking in everything from Ms Dynamite to Mavado and is definately essential carnival listening.

Make sure to check the mix and don’t miss The Heatwave vs. Deadly Rhythm carnival after party on Sunday, August 29th.

PLAN B PODCAST 005 – THE HEATWAVE by Plan B (London)
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