Remember when we posted FM4´s Soundsystem initiative a few weeks ago? Well, one of the readers of this blog, Paul Beats, got the message and submitted a 20 minute soundbombing. Just a few days ago, his all-exclusives mix got aired. Here´s the tracklist:

tony cottura ft. eggnog and danny english partyboom (paul beats remix)

t.o.k defense it (paul beats remix)

blacker tek off sum (paul beats remix)

t.o.k ft. tamy chin hyper monday (paul beats remix)

munga ft. french affair shake ladida (paul beats remix)

voice mail red bull & guiness (vinylshotz remix)

elephant man pon di river (paul beats remix)

cassie me and u (paul beats remix)

ciara get up (paul beats remix)

busy signal step out (paul beats remix)

twista celebrity overnight - (paul beats remix)

bunji garlin fire - (paul beats remix)

bunji garlin fire man

And here´s the download link. Nice one, Paul!

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Just a quick one for tonight: check

- Don Letts´ second Fabric podcast,

- Diplo´s Santogold mix CD,

- Imeem´s “Key to the City” on Philly,

- an insight into the life of a Woofah contributor  &

- an Rahul Verma´s article on “UK MCs, the Caribbean and rave culture” (feat. quotes from Gabriel Heatwave, Roots Manuva & the Ragga Twins)

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Currently, the remixes of our man in Berlin, Tim Turbo, seem to be even more popular than Radler.

Just one day after his mental baile funk mashup of the German rave anthem “3 Tage wach” from Luetzenkirchen (which made it e.g. on the Man Recorder blog and on Palms Out Sounds), another one of his tunes popped up in the new Heatwave mix which promotes Gabriel Heatwave´s, Rubi Dan´s, Ben Dubstar´s, DJ Rebel´s and Frenzy Don´s new night of “Caribbean jump up music” called “Immediate” at The Others in London.

And I also heard TT will be one of the residents of some new club night somewhere in Germany… More details soon.

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For all those who were wondering where you can get the bicycle Ronny Trettmann and Ill Inspecta (Germaica Digital) are currently showing off on our start page, here´s the answer: nowhere. It´s a custommade. But you can get similar stylish balloon wheel rides at Retrovelo in Leipzig, Germany. Check their website and their current catalogue.

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Even though - having gone to UWI myself - I definitely think that the sticky streets of downtown Kingston are a better place to understand the dynamics of Jamaican reggae and dancehall culture than some air-conditioned classrooms up at Mona, there´s no doubt a good reason to deal with the matter on an academic level.

On the first weekend of July, the Global Reggae Conference - number seven in a series of conferences on Caribbean cultural studies - took place on Mona campus. UWI TV has the videos of all keynotes.

I haven´t had the time to check them all myself, but from the titles, these are the ones most likely to be interesting:

- Reggae Music as Social Catalyst

- Serious Ting - The Structure of Jamaican Popular Music

- Plenary - Reggae in Japan and Australia

- Imag(in)ing Reggae

via DHM/Jojo B.

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