Man, I wish I was in Berlin on Thursday. Our friend Daniel Haaksman will be HEATing up things at club WMF for the third time and he pulled in yet another seen. comrade - that uber-talented Swiss kid that goes by the name Wildlife! - to serve the bass-soaked bangers.
The HEAT featuring Daniel Haaksman and Wildlife! is on from 11pm on February 11th, and for only 6 EUR you can be part of the party.
PS: We are very proud to announce that from March on, there will be a special seen. floor at the HEAT parties at WMF. Tim Turbo, Danny Scrilla and Marflix One will host the bitch and will bring you the best in dubstep and island music. Like Daniel Haaksman likes to put it: Man Rec X seen., Rio X Kingston & Berlin X Muc - a match made in heaven! Nothing to add here, prost!.
We’re very happy to announce that starting this week Thursday, we’re going to kick off a new weekly seen. podcast series.
For this podcast, we joined forces with legendary Silly Walks Discotheque from Hamburg (Germany), “Finland’s Finest”, Komposti Sound from Helsinki, Boss Hifi from Zurich, Signal From Mountain from Flims (CH) &Our Sound, also from Switzerland, as well as King Kong Disko& Selekta Mathias (Lionhearts Crew) from Hamburg again. These are the people behind one of our favourite DJ shows on German radio - “Tropical Heat” on Byte FM.
Tropical Heat means “two hours of Afro-Caribbean music in the mix, from 50’s Calypso to the latest daggering tunes - with a main focus on Reggae and related genres.”
You can listen to Tropical Heat on Byte.fm each and every Wednesday from 0-2 am.
From Thursday on, we will offer the full shows as handy seen. podcasts in addition, to make these great mixes available on demand on a regular basis.
PS: In the meantime, check the Tropical Heat archive and get adjusted to rising temperatures.
Director : Edouard Salier
Commissioner : Svana Gisla
Production : Scream Park, Paris
Executive Producer : Anne Lifshitz
Post Production : Digital District
Post producer : David Danesi
CGI: Jean Lamoureux, Rémi Gamiette, Kevin Monthureux, Jimmy Cavé
Art & Compositing : Julien Michel, Xavier Reyé.
Flame: Christophe Richard
I just realized that in all the time I have been putting up stuff on this blog, I have never tipped you on Bigmikeydread’s “Reggae Radio” podcast. Shame on me.
Steve Barrow has been collecting Jamaican music since 1962, before most people called Ska….. Ska!
Over the years Steve’s interest in Jamaican music has developed from collecting through to writing for Black Echoes, running his own record stores, compiling records for Island, Trojan, and his own label Blood and Fire records. He co-wrote the Rough Guide To Reggae, a bible for all Jamaican music fans. Amongst his close friends are people like Bunny Lee, Dennis Alcapone, Glen Brown, Lopez Walker, U-Roy and Trinity. He’s even recorded a toilet for Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry! He’s currently writing sleeve notes for Soul Jazz records and an upcoming release of some Dancehall Reggae music, related to Beth Kingston’s book ‘Dancehall’ that Soul Jazz brought out last year.
Bigmikeydread Reggae Radio had the honour of travelling up country to join Steve and his partner Sue at their house in Forest Gate, London, for an afternoon of chat, record playing, tea and biscuits. The ensuing interview spread over 4 hours of recording and will be presented in a number of parts for you to listen to. This is part 1. His insight and experience makes for essential listening for all Jamaican music fans. I know I learnt more from him in 5 hours than I have on my own in 5 years!
Listen to Bigmikeydread interviewing Steve Barrow part 1:
Listen to Bigmikeydread interviewing Steve Barrow part 2:
Just in case you have been wondering what seen. team hit kid Tim Turbo has been up to lately - here’s a little update on his activities:
Besides kicking off the Man FM podcast series as the holy host and pouring some electro-ghetto juice onto SoulForce’s “The Power” release, he has been working hard in the studio and will e.g. see the following two hit tunes hit the digital music outlets soon:
