Ring The Alarm playlist, BaseFM, Jan 17
Daktaris - It's a big hustle (Mad Professor remix)
Tenor fly - Mind weh uh say
Joe Ariwa - The train (He's the Mad Professor's son, ya know!)
Dub colossus - Shem city steppers
Jay Z at Studio One - Dirt off your shoulder
Jackie Mittoo - Mother funk
Eli Paperboy Reed and the trueloves - Take my love with you
He 6 - Dance to the music
Mr confuse - Feel the fire (Smoove remix)
Nuyorican soul - I am the blakc gold of the sun
Como/John Edwards Singers - New burying ground
Staple singers - Name the missing word
Mr Vegas - Lean wid it
Manu Chao - Politik kills (Dennis Bovell mix) feat LKJ
Bobby Byrd -I know you got soul
Julien Dyne - Truffle shuffle
Rhythm and Sound feat Cornell Campbell -King in my empire (Rhythm and Sound live in Auckland Jan 31!!! With The Bug and Warrior Queen!!!)
Visionaries -Bhutee skank dub

Back to the 80s set
ESG - Moody (spaced out mix)
A certain ratio - Shack up
Junkyard band - The word/sardines
Cherelle - You look good to me
Jeffrey Osbourne - Soweto
Rob Base - Full control (go base)
The Normal - Warm leatherette

Staple Singers - Washington we're watching you
Mark de Clive Lowe feat Lyric L - Mesmerised (DJ Spinna remix)
One essence - Blackness of darkness

Friday Freshness
Brand new mixtape from Platinum Pied Pipers, for their new album out soon, get it here.
New single from Koushik, MP3 at Stonesthrow Records site.
Check out Canadian singer Ayah - killer mixtape Problem Woman, beats based on Marvin Gaye's Trouble Man LP. Get it here.
Also at Stonesthrow, read the sad story of the battle over J Dilla's legacy, from Vibe mag.


And currently enjoying Jay-Z at Studio One mashups, not remotely interested in Jaydiohead (Jay Z over Radiohead).

Go check out DJ Miles Cleret (Soundway Records) at Khuja this thursday night
"Miles Cleret runs the much heralded Soundway Records, a London-based reissue label that has put out some of the finest vintage jams from around the world. Among their most famous releases are the Ghana Soundz collections.

Soundway and reissue labels of similar vision such as the Numero Group, Blood and Fire, and Light In The Attic do far more than license a random bunch of tracks. They do primary historical research on forgotten chapters of groove music and combine them with first rate graphic design and thoughtful annotation.

In these days of declining CD sales, these physical products are well worth owning. Soundway’s latest release is Nigeria Special — their second volume of Nigerian sounds with at least two more to come in the near future"

Link to full interview with the man. You might also catch him at Lilyworld stage at the Big Day Out on friday.

Iggy and the Stooges Mike Watt on Ron Asheton
"In case you missed it, the Los Angeles Times gave space for Mike Watt, formerly of the awesome Minutemen but more recently the bass player for the reunited Stooges, to recount his memories of his bandmate Ron Asheton in the wake of the Stooges guitarist's sudden death this week. [see LA Times]

Brighton Port Authority
New tunes from Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim) feat David Byrne (seen the vid?), Iggy Pop and more. Album out Feb, grab a sneak preview here.

Ring The Alarm playlist, BaseFM, Jan 10
Horace Andy - Dont say no
Alton Ellis - African descendents
U Brown - Gal u so bad
Cedric Im Brooks - Shaft
John Holt - Fat she fat
Jackie Mittoo - Hang em high
Mophono - The edge remix
Eli Paperboy Reed and the trueloves - I'm gonna getcha back
Montefiori cocktail - Sophisticata (Nicola Conte remix)
B-Real feat Damian Marley - Fire
Jay Z at Studio One - Encore
Joe Ariwa - The train
Phokus - Inta
Kyenie - Lambsbread
Como - Trouble in my way
Bill Withers - Grandmas hands (live)
Dub colossus - Azmari dub
Bim Sherman - Bewildered
Ayah - Reminisce
Ladi6 - Dark brown
Amadou and Mariam - Djama
Boozoo bajou - Night over Manaus
Dazz band meets Whitfield bros - Let it whip (B.cause edit)
Karl Hector and the malcouns - Nyx
Dub Asylum - My sneaker collection weighs a ton
V V Brown - Crying blood (Andrew Weatherall remix dub)
Rhythm and sound feat Tikiman - Jah rule
Iggy and the stooges - 1969

RIP Ron Asheton (Iggy and the Stooges)
"Famed rock-and-roll guitarist and longtime Ann Arbor resident Ronald "Ron" Asheton was found dead in his home on the city's west side this morning, police said.

Asheton, 60, was an original member of The Stooges, a garage-rock band headlined by Iggy Pop and formed in Ann Arbor in 1967.

Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton was found dead early today in his Ann Arbor home.

His personal assistant contacted police late Monday night after being unable to reach Asheton for days, Detective Bill Stanford said.

Officers went to the home on Highlake Avenue at around midnight and discovered Asheton's body on a living-room couch. He appeared to have been dead for at least several days, Stanford said" Link


ADDED: Via NME.com "A statement issued by Iggy Pop, Stooges drummer (and Asheton's brother) Scott Asheton, saxophonist Steve Mackay, bassist Mike Watt and The Stooges' management and crew reads:

"We are shocked and shaken by the news of Ron's death. He was a great friend, brother, musician, trooper. Irreplaceable. He will be missed.

"For all that knew him behind the facade of Mr Cool & Quirky, he was a kind-hearted, genuine, warm person who always believed that people meant well even if they did not.

"As a musician Ron was 'The Guitar God', [an] idol to follow and inspire others. That is how he will be remembered by people who had a great pleasure to work with him, learn from him and share good and bad times with him.

Iggy Pop added a further personal statement, simply declaring: "I am in shock. He was my best friend."

PLUS 2007 interview with Ron Asheton.

Lafayette Afro Rock Band reissued
"A conglomerate of US musicians based in France between 1971 and 1979, the Lafayette Afro Rock Band was originally formed as the Bobby Boyd Congress in 1970 before escaping the crowded US funk scene to relocate to France a year later. Their limited output has endured as underground favourites for vinyl collectors and as a significant source for samples. Everyone from Jay-Z and Janet Jackson to Public Enemy, LL Cool J and Wreckx ‘N’ Effect have plundered the Lafayettes in recent times.

DARKEST LIGHT: THE BEST OF THE LAFAYETTE AFRO ROCK BAND was originally released on Strut in 1999 and tells the story of the band from their early days as Ice including the key tracks from their two landmark albums ‘Malik’ and ‘Soul Makossa / Voodounon’. The album also features tracks recorded under one-off pseudonyms for the Japanese market, Crispy & Co. and Captain Dax.

This updated edition of the compilation features two tracks previously unavailable on CD, including an epic early Ice cut, ‘There’s Time To Change’. The CD package features a 12-page booklet including the original compilation sleeve notes by James Maycock along with rare photos of the band at Parisound studios."

Check the audio over here, plus free MP3 bizniz.http://www.lafayetteafrorockband.com
Out Feb 3 on Strut.

RIP Byron Lee
This one slid by me, but worth paying tribute to this reggae great. More at Soulsides.

Ring The Alarm playlist, BaseFM, Jan 3
Theme of today's show was Jazzy And Playful. Watch out!

Marlena Shaw - Woman of the ghetto
Freddie Hubbard - Red clay
Thelonius Monk - In walked Bud
Lonnie Smith - Straight to the point
Mario's tuna - Waste of money (Resense 006)
Sunset Serenaders Steel band - Summertime
Grace Jones - Pull up to the bumper
Troublefunk - Pump me up
Gwen McCrae -Funky sensation
Timmy Thomas - Why can't we live together? (Shoes dub edit)
Prof Oz - Waves and skank (Grant Phabao remix)
Pitch black - 1000 mile drift (International observer remix)
Cleo Laine - Come back to me
Ramsey Lewis - The in crowd
Eartha Kitt - I want to be evil
Theo Buckford and Raymond Harper -Ska-ta-brain
Kyenie - Lambs bread (Prison oval rock riddim)
Joey Fever - Nuh follo (Prison oval rock riddim)
The Game - Hate it or love it inst
Mayer Hawthorne - Just aint gonna work out
Commodores - Rapid fire
James Brown - There was a time (Kenny Dope remix)
Wrexx'n'effect - Wreckxshop (Jamaican mic)
Benga - B4 the dual
Kolab - Sideways (Dub asylum remix)