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music

music is magic. music can touch your soul. music can inspire you. music can lift your spirits. music can make you think about the world. music can make you want to cuddle your loved ones. music can make you dance and sing. music can make you want to cry. music can be deeply moving. music can hold so many memories. music is magic.

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zion train

dreadzone

the levellers

radical dance faction

reggae & rastafari

gigs

other music i like

(powersteppers)

Some of my other great loves:

Bob Marley, Love Grocer, Iration Steppas, Dubdadda, Ms Dynamite, Massive Attack, Dub Syndicate, The Streets, Billy Bragg, Dub The Earth, Black Uhuru, The Fugees, Lauren Hill, Mad Professor, Tricky, Roni Size, Lee ’Scratch’ Perry, Ijahman Levi, Powersteppers, Mighty Diamonds, The Congos, Rhythm-ites, P.A.I.N.

(mighty diamonds)

I also like music by these artists:

Senser, Blink 182, Ozric Tentacles, Blur, Pulp, Skindred, Eat Static, Revolutionary Dub Warriors, Beautiful South, Wu Tang Clan, The Pogues, Mary J Blige, Linkin Park, Nitin Sawhney, The Verve, Pink Floyd, Big Audio Dynamite, The Clash, The Ruts, Burning Spear, Asian Dub Foundation, Dido, Dillinja, MC Spee, Adrian Sherwood, Max Romeo, Bush Chemists, Mungo’s HiFi, Prince Buster, The Style Council, The Specials, Linval Thompson, Earl 16, Junior Byles, King Tubby, Cornell Campbell, Gregory Issaacs, Peter Tosh, Horace Andy, Scientist, Sly and Robbie, Desmond Decker, Luciano, The Jam, The Who, Half Man Half Biscuit, Fun Boy Three, The Kinks, Sublime, Junior Murvin, Soft Cell, King Kurt, Guana Batz, Torment, The Meteors, Frenzy, The Cramps, Pama International, Terminal Head, Lo Fidelity Allstars, The Prodigy, Green Day, No Doubt, Chumbawamba, India Arie, Faithless, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Gary Clail, New Age Steppers, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Squeeze, Arrested Development, Black Grape, Happy Mondays, Stone Roses, Manic Street Preachers, REM, Nirvana, Terrorvision, Audioweb, Bentley Rhythm Ace, Suzanne Vega, The Wonderstuff, Finley Quaye, Nenah Cherry, The Housemartins, Nelly Furtardo, Portishead, Mickey Finn, Kenny Ken, Culture Shock, AOS3.... and so many more!

(iration steppas)

other favourite albums:

  • bob marley - uprising
  • bob marley - rastaman vibration
  • love grocer - fresh produce
  • love grocer - rocking with the
  • various - a new breed of dub vol 3
  • lee scratch perry - arkology
  • black uhuru - reggae greats
  • mad professor meets scientist - at the dub table
  • burning spear - chant down babylon
  • ijahman levi - haile i hymn
  • various - adrian sherwood on u sound master recordings vol 2
  • dub syndicate - no bed of roses
  • various - dubwise and otherwise vol 2
  • linton kwesi johnson - independant intavenshan
  • ms dynamite - a little deeper
  • P.A.I.N. - ouch
  • skindred - babylon
  • massive attack - blue lines
  • the verve - urban hymns
  • the fugees - the score
  • the streets - a grand don't come for free
  • roni size - reprazent
  • lauren hill - the mis-education of lauren hill
  • tricky - pre-millennium tension
  • portishead - dummy
  • dubdadda - lo-fi pon de hi-fi

other favourite songs:

  • bob marley - redemption song
  • bob marley - no woman, no cry
  • bob marley - war
  • love grocer - salute to sam
  • love grocer - a little rain
  • love grocer - no turning back
  • dub the earth - heartbreaker
  • dub the earth - rumbul
  • bush chemists - backs against the wall
  • iration steppas - hard time pressure in a babylon
  • cornell campbell - two face rasta
  • junior byles and rupert reid - chant down babylon
  • dub syndicate - kingston 14
  • new age steppas - guiding star
  • gary clail and on-u soundsystem - two thieves and a liar
  • ijahman levi - jah heavy load
  • max romeo - chase the devil
  • junior murvin - police and theives
  • althea and donna - uptown top ranking
  • mary j blige - no more drama
  • pink floyd - wish you were here
  • the streets - blinded by the lights
  • massive attack - safe from harm
  • billy bragg - st swithin's day
  • billy bragg - the milkman of human kindness
  • billy bragg - a new england
  • blink 182 - miss you

(An On-U Sound 'family photograph' - 1993: Featuring Adrian Sherwood, Bim Sherman, David Harrow, Skip McDonald, Little Annie and members of African Head Charge, Akabu and the Revolutionary Dub Warriors, amongst others) thanks to SKY SAW for the picture.

some of my favourite lyrics

terrible dream you're down in the rush, caught in explosion turned to dust. terrorist incursion the law breaking in, deathly illness carried by sin. harder to survive. hope for us is a very long road, its a long long road to walk down. walking the streets do you know what i mean? walking the streets do you know how it feels? sometimes it seems like peace aint here at all. sometimes it feels like love aint coming home. charged we're charged one more day dawning, got to rise up to live again. charged we're charged one more day dawning, find a reason to live again. freedom is a long time coming. whole populations struggling to be free, so the nations got the people down on their knees. even the rich they suffer in this time, if you're not stopped or fooled let me hear you cry. hope for us is a very long road, its a long long road to walk down.' (hope-radical dance faction)

'so he walked through the valleys, the trees and the fields, and he came to a river where she waited for him. and they looked at the water of life flowing by, and he heard a voice saying "you're not alone in the fight." i'll be your queen, i'll be your mother, i'll be your mystical child, be your best friend, your lover, your wife for all time.' (elation-the levellers)

'in these days it's all about survival, finding food and bettering our rival. now you say you want me to move over. you won't lean on anybodies shoulder. you don't know you say this is your time. even though i'm telling you it's mine.' (different planets-dreadzone)

  'now who gives a damn about the ice on your hands? if it's not too complex tell me how many africans died for the baguettes on your rolex? so what you pussing a nice car, dont you know there's no such thing as superstars. we leave this world alone so who gives a fuck about the things you own?' (it takes more-ms dynamite)

'england's not the mythical land of madam george and roses. it's the home of police who kill black boys on mopeds. and i love my boy and thats why i'm leaving. i don't want him to be aware that there's any such thing as grieving.' (black boys on mopeds-sinead o'connor)

'are you picking up my message coming through? am i coming through to you now? cause its all in the mind, all you hope to find.' (biological radio-dreadzone)

'check out the real situation nation war against nation. where did it all begin, where will it end? well it seem like total destruction the only solution.' (real situation-bob marley)

'and suddenly they all flashed before his eyes, the kids that he sold to, and they mothers cries. every child is someones child you affa mind what you do, cos karma gonna bring the drama back on you. do what you gotta do, but nigger when it comes to them youths, there's no excuse, our future that, we supposed to nurture that, not let nuttin or nobody hurt that.' (seed will grow-ms dynamite) 

 

'push the door i'm home at last and i'm soaking through and through. then you handed me a towel and all i see is you. and if my house falls down now i wouldn't have a clue, because you're near me.' (thank you-dido)