Playlist - 28th June 2026

 

 

 

Dub Syndicate – Ravi Shankar Pt1 (Christiaan Virant rmx) – digiplate
Joy White - Dread Out Deh/Dread Dub - Leo 7"
Wayne Wade - Down in Iran - Live & Learn (Poor & Humble)
Bim Sherman - Chancery Lane - RDL (Lovers Leap Showcase)
Bim Sherman - Chancery Lane Part 2 -  RDL (Lovers Leap Showcase)
Yabby You - Jah Vengeance - Rama (Ram-A-Dam reissue)
Little Tempo - Kete Rock - Cutting Edge (Ron Riddim 1999)
Little Tempo - Drum Rock - Rhythm Republic (Ron Riddim in Dub)
The Upsetters - Bathroom Skank - Doctor Bird (Flashing Echo - Lee 'Scratch' Perry Presents The Upsetter Singles 1973, Chapter 2)
The Upsetters - Washroom Skank - Doctor Bird (Flashing Echo - Lee 'Scratch' Perry Presents The Upsetter Singles 1973, Chapter 2)
The Upsetters - Kentucky Skank - Doctor Bird (Flashing Echo - Lee 'Scratch' Perry Presents The Upsetter Singles 1973, Chapter 2)
The Upsetters - Kuchy Skank Kuchy Skank - Doctor Bird (Flashing Echo - Lee 'Scratch' Perry Presents The Upsetter Singles 1973, Chapter 2)
The In-Crowd - Mango Walk - Wise Records 12" (2022 remastered)
Horace Andy - Wicked Babylon (Jah Schulz Version) - Echo Beach
Soul Revivers feat. Johnny Clarke - The Good Book - Acid Jazz (Holding It Down)
Pope Monk I - Problemas (ahí también) - Croto Estudio
Pope Monk I - Pesanta - Croto Estudio
Conscious Sounds/Dub Marta - Black Rose - Conscious Sounds (Inner City Dub)
Jah Warrior - Sound of the Drum (mix 4) – unreleased
Manwel T - Unidentified Flying Cymbals – manwelt.com
O.B.F & Junior Roy - Babylon Corner – Dubquake
O.B.F & Junior Roy - More Peace Dub – Dubquake
Cutty Ranks - Limb by Limb (DJ SS Remix) - Soul Jazz (Rumble in the Jungle)
Brendon Moeller - Velocity Shift - Steadfast Records (Sound Older Than Fear)
Exotic Gardens - Afternoon Dubs 15 - Pinchy & Friends (Afternoon Dubs)
EJ Mass/Jah Massagan Sound  - Side A Excerpt - Death Is Not The End (Mass-Studio Dubs)

Playlist - 21st June 2026

 

 

Dub Syndicate – Ravi Shankar Pt1 (Christiaan Virant rmx) – digiplate
Xexa - Plural Feels - Flee (Candomble - Sacred Rhythms in Brazil)
SKRS x wzrdryAV - Reversal 1.1 - Accidental Meetings (Orbit Flares)
Tim Reaper - Triumphant March - LoDubs Records
Cheikha Zafta - Chorbi Chorbi Chrab Dwa - Hive Mind Records (My Heart is Dust Before Him)
Antoine Dougbé et L'Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou - We Tayi Sin Assi Tche - Analog Africa - (Antoine Dougbé et L'Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou 1977 – 1982)
The Sterling Jubilee Singers - Operator - Death Is Not The End (Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb - Gospel Quartet Singing in Jefferson County, Alabama) 
Seminole Syncopators - Sailing on Lake Pontchartrain - Tompkins Square (Dick Spottswood & Tompkins Square Present ... 1925 Songs)
Space Afrika - From the Heart of Knowing ft. Alto Aria - Dais Records (Quiet Storm)
Tomat - Blue Reverie - State51 (Reverie Reverse)
Brady Cohan - Reverie - OLC Recordings (Everything That Matters)
XI - Mr DuppyMaker - LoDubs Records (Partydun Vinyl EP)
Botez / Wilson - Low Cuss - dubplate (FARE FARE001)
NOME - Zoom Tokyo (Damos Room Remix)
Wolf Moon & the Ancient Beast - Lizards - scopeOtaku/Bandcamp (Inna Secret Soundlab Vol-1)

Fenny
Leenalchi - Hihi Haha - Luaka Bop (EP Here Comes That Crow)
Baile Entero and Pablo Martin Jones - Seguidillas - Lovemonk
Yelka - Roll Over - Karaoke Kalk (Jeans)
Lambchop – Stella - City Slang (Punching the Clown)

Burnt Harbors - Wahmonie, Nevada (excerpt) - Folded Time
Henry Birdsey - Door to the Middle Room (for two lap steels) - Bandcamp (Blue Fifty Seven)
Intrusion - A Gentle Embrace (Reduced) – echospace313/bandcamp
Sons of Kemet - My Queen Is Nanny of the Maroons - Impulse! (Your Queen is a Reptile)

Playlist - 14th June 2026

 

 

 

 

 
Dub Syndicate – Ravi Shankar Pt1 (China mix) – Leghorn
PT Musik - Nha Budjura - Principe (Consumação) 
A Minha Vida é um Filme e Nele Eu Sou o Vilão -  Carimbos e Vinhetas dos Paredões Brasileiros -Side A - Lugar Alto cassette (My Life is a Movie and in It I'm the Villain - Stamps and Vignettes from Brazilian Sound Systems)
Abadir - The Primitivist - Planet Mu
Arthur Russell - Every Face in Every Window - Audika Records (Love Is Overtaking Me (Redux)
Arthur Russell - Not Checking Up - Audika Records
Bill Orcutt & Mabe Fratti - Steps of the Sun - Tin Angel Records (Almost Waking)
James 'Blood' Ulmer - Jazz Is the Teacher (Funk Is the Preacher) - Rough Trade (Are You Glad To Be In America?)
Durutti Column - Free From All the Chaos - Durutti 7"
Luciano Cilio - Secondo Quadro Della Conoscenza - Superior Viaduct(Dialoghi De Presente)
Accident Fantôme - Rhubarbe Bleue - moli del tro (Objets enchâssés dans un anneau planétaire)
Fax + Braulio Lam - Serifa - Dragon’s Eye Recordings (Mixed Signals III)
Kirk Barley - Billow - Marionette (Arc)
Mika Vainio - Kesamaa/Summerland - Sahko (Kantamoinen)

Fenny
Espen Berg Trio - Equilibrium Suite Pt 1 - Svale Records (Entropies) 
Baby Berserk - Mind Explodes - Bongo Joe
Paul Rooney - Marble Tiles - Owd Scrat Records (Different Types of Road Signs
(2026 Extended Edition))
Blind Yeo - Colour Pillow - Bongo Joe (The Lemoine Point) 

Répéter - Too Many Lawyers - repete/Bandcamp (Boredom at the Belly-free Buffet) 
Répéter - The Last Sip’s Bitter - repete/Bandcamp (Cocktail Hour in Purgatory)
Roy Ayers - Day Dreaming - VampiSoul (Red Black and Green)
Sylvain Chauveau - Le Zen Dans L’Art Du Tir À L’Arc - FatCat Records (The Complexity of the Simple)
Gulls - Bio Map (Version) - basscomesaveme (Time Spirals)

Steve Barrow R.I.P.

29^th September 1945 to 17^th May 2026

I feel it was a privilege to have known Steve for over thirty five years and, throughout that time, his friendship and kindness was always a great support to me.

On a professional level I sincerely hope that tributes are now being written attesting to his importance in raising the profile and credibility of Jamaican music worldwide. The significance of his Blood & Fire label to the furtherance and understanding of a much misunderstood and overlooked genre is incalculable and can never be overestimated. It was the first label to re-issue classic reggae from the roots presented in a format that gave the same attention to detail that jazz, blues, soul & rock re-issues had been given with faultless artwork, detailed comprehensive liner notes and crystal clear mastering. The music always deserved this treatment but had very rarely received it up until this point. Blood & Fire, guided by Steve’s deep love and understanding of reggae, set the standards to aspire to for the many re—issue labels that flourished in its wake.

His co-authored (with the erudite Peter Dalton) ‘Reggae The Rough Guide’ still remains the definitive guide to Jamaican music nearly two decades after it was first published in 1997. It is still the best primer for the newcomer, packed full of information with innumerable recommendations, but also invaluable to seasoned adherents to focus on artists and releases they might otherwise have overlooked.

Steve was as serious about his family, politics and football as he was about music and all always imbued with a great sense of humour…

And, on a personal level, Steve gave me the honour of writing the liner notes for two Blood & Fire releases, Yabby You & The Prophets’ ‘Jesus Dread 1972 to 1977’ and Big Youth’s ‘Natty Universal Dread 1973 to 1979’ box sets when he could very easily have done the notes himself… and probably made a better job of it! His trust in me was an important stepping stone towards the path I have followed for the past twenty five years. He went on to ask me to assist him and Stuart Baker writing entries for the Soul Jazz ‘Reggae 45 Sound System The Label Art Of Reggae Singles’ book... an endeavour I had first dreamed of forty years previously but never thought would see the light of day. He followed this up with agreeing to work for Germany’s renowned Bear Family… but only on the condition that I worked with him… and we spent a very enjoyable long weekend in Hamburg and Bremen with their team working on the details. I could go on… but, in short, Steve was a friend in deed when I was a friend in need and I will never forget his generosity and trust in me.

I think the story that best sums up what Steve was all about came when he was contemplating a move from his East London home to North Somerset. He contacted a removal firm who asked “is it domestic? and Steve replied in the affirmative. However, when the contractor arrived to look over the job he walked through the front door, took one look at his incredible record, CD and book collection and exclaimed “this isn’t domestic… it’s f***ing industrial!”. Steve Barrow never did anything by halves.

My sincere condolences go out to his wife, Sue, and to all his family and friends. Steve’s memory as a family man and friend will live forever in many of our hearts… and so too will his knowledge and love of reggae that he selflessly poured into a plethora of books and records for music lovers the whole world over.

Noel Hawks - June 2026

 

Steve Barrow (29 September 1945–27 May 2026)

Steve Barker 

 

 

Playlist - 7th June 2026

 

 

 

Dub Syndicate – Ravi Shankar Pt1 (China mix) – Leghorn
Dr Alimantado & Jah Stitch - The Barber Feel It - Blood & Fire (If Deejay Was Your Trade - The Dread At King Tubby's 1974 – 1977)
Keith Hudson - No Skinup – Keja (The Black Morphologist of Reggae)
Sensible Soccers vs Mad Professor - Dub De Saia Travada (Ep#1 - Dub Versions)
Barry Brown - Cool Pon Your Corner - Shanachie (Roots Radics Revolution Crucial Cuts)
Jah Thomas - Dance Pon The Corner - Shanachie (Roots Radics Revolution Crucial Cuts)
Jah Woosh & Sis Bee - Herb Reasoning - Burning Sounds (Rebellion)
Digidub feat Julian Fairshare - Flick of the Fingers - Digi Dub 10" (A Tribute to Julian Fairshare)
Digidub feat Julian Fairshare - Flick of the Dub - Digi Dub 10" (A Tribute to Julian Fairshare)
Ghetto Priest - Binghi Order - Bandcamp (Bright Soul)
Jah Melodie - Things and Times - Roots Tribe 12"
Slimmah Sound - Dub Times - Roots Tribe 12"
The Upsetters - Jungle Lion - Doctor Bird (Lee 'Scratch' Perry Presents Jungle Lion - The Upsetter Singles 1973, Chapter 1)
The Upsetters - Freak Out Skank - Doctor Bird (Lee 'Scratch' Perry Presents Jungle Lion - The Upsetter Singles 1973, Chapter 1)

Fenny
Hands Free - Upturned Cup - New Amsterdam Records (Hands Free)
Nana Osei Twum Barima - Mono – Zephyrus (Journey to the Unknown)
Kay Slice - I Take You Highlife - Agogo Records (I Take You Highlife)
Montoya – Fantasia - ZZK Records

Black Uhuru - Eden Pon Street - Greensleeves 12"
Flatplay - Fish - Moonshine Recordings (Mystery of the Belly Button)
Medisun X Adam Prescott - Scorching Dub – Bandcamp
Okhuma - Grinding – newdubhall
Sheriff Lindo - Creepy Dub - EM Records (Aftershock Dubs)
Captain Yossarian - Expensive Shit in Dub feat. Jimi Tenor (Fela Kuti in Dub)