BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
Saturday 29th August 2015

Featuring new riddims including Column, Tears Of Joy and Take Time, plus the On The Corner riddim revisited by special request, and new tunes from I Octane, Queen Omega, Midnite, Koro Fyah, and nuff more…

LJ – Babylon (Blessings Flow vol 1: House of Music)
CEDRIC IM BROOKS & THE LIGHT OF SABA – Rasta Lead On Version (The Light Of Saba: Honest Jons)
AFRICAN STONE – Run Rasta Run (K&B Records 7″)
MILL HENRY – Rasta In Zion (Medious 12″)
WAYNE JARRETT – Satta Dread (Bar Bell 7″)
HOPETON LINDO – African Choice (Gussie 12″)
EARL ZERO – Please Officer (Talent Corporation)
JACOB MILLER – Mr Officer (Mixed Up Moods: Top Ranking)
BARRINGTON LEVY – I Have A Problem (Black & White)
THE MELODIANS – Come On Little Girl (Treasure Isle) –request
TERROR FABULOUS – Face Me If You Can (Xterminator)
NATTY KING – Mr Greedy (Insight 7″)
TURBULENCE – Never Lose Your Faith (Insight 7″)
ANTHONY B – Let Down (Insight 7″)
RAS DEMO – Wah Gwaan (Long Time riddim: Buzzwakk)
IJ – Smokers Choice (Blessings Flow vol 1: House of Music)
QUEEN OMEGA – Free (Blessings Flow vol 1: House of Music)
KORO FYAH – Eyes Red (Bebble Rock)
RC & LUTAN FYAH – Yadding (Boss Man: K&R Production)
BOBBY HUSTLE & EXCO LEVI – Defend Them (It’s The Hustle: Bobby Hustle)
MIDNITE – Sand Sea Side (Iaahden Sounds)
MIDNITE – Ride Tru (Ride Tru: I Grade)
MORGAN HERITAGE – Social Network (Column riddim: Dawg House)
IBA MAHR – Won’t Lose My Way (Column riddim: Dawg House)
ROMAIN VIRGO – God Inna Mi Corner (Column riddim: Dawg House)
iCANDY – I Am Blessed (Column riddim: Dawg House)
MARCIA GRIFFITHS – Column This (Column riddim: Dawg House)
JAH VINCI – Never Give Up (Take Time riddim: Luv Number One)
VERSHON – Used To Hungry (Take Time riddim: Luv Number One)
BUGLE – Good Friends (Take Time riddim: Luv Number One)
DEXTA DAPS & BLAKKMAN – Miss You So Much (Take Time riddim: Luv Number One)
VERSHON – Tun It Up Ya Now (Tears Of Joy riddim: TJ riddim)
I OCTANE – Life Is What You Make It (Tears Of Joy riddim: TJ riddim)
JAH VINCI – One Day (Tears Of Joy riddim: TJ riddim)
DEMARCO – Case (Tears Of Joy riddim: TJ riddim)
VYBZ KARTEL – Believe (Tears Of Joy riddim: TJ riddim)
I OCTANE – Merciful Father (John John)
KABAKA PYRAMID – Well Done (On The Corner riddim: Ghetto Youths International) –request
TYDAL KAMAU – Babylon Can’t Get Away (On The Corner riddim: Ghetto Youths International)
CHRONIXX – Ghetto People (On The Corner riddim: Ghetto Youths International)
IBA MAHR – Talk If Dem Want (On The Corner riddim: Ghetto Youths International)

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BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
Saturday 22nd August 2015

The usual roots and culture niceness, including the Old Friends riddim from Island Yard, new tunes from Clay, Romain Virgo, Exco Levi and Jah Cure… plus a post-Sumfest dancehall special, including interviews with Masicka, Gage and Ding Dong…

BARRINGTON SPENCE – Blood of Babylon (Next Cut: Pressure Sounds)
THE AGGROVATORS – Blood of Babylon Dub (Next Cut: Pressure Sounds)
BARRINGTON SPENCE – Don’t Touch I Dread (Hot City)
I ROY – Don’t Touch I Man Locks (Virgin)
I ROY – Freestyle (Attack)
PRINCE JAZZBO – It Dread Inna Earth (Attack)
RANKING TREVOR – Rub A Dub Style (Channel One)
BIG YOUTH – Political Confusion (Leggo Sounds)
BLACK UHURU – Willow Tree (Love Crisis: Third World)
BLACK UHURU – Happiness (Sinsemilla: Island)
BUNNY WAILER – Bide Up (Blackheart Man: Island)
THE ABYSSINIANS – I and I (Satta Massagana: Clinch)
AFRICAN YOUTH – Forward Down A Channel One (UER)
CLAY – Clean Hands Pure Heart (Clay:List: Silly Walks)
NIYORAH & HOUSE OF SHEM – Rising Sun (Denkenseh Records)
ANTHONY B – Higher Heights (2 Strong: Star Trail)
ROMAIN VIRGO – God Inna Mi Corner (Dawg House)
EXCO LEVI – Rude Bwoy Skanking (Festival Jam riddim: Adriatic Sound)
NATURAL BLACK – In The Cold (Old Friends riddim: Island Yard)
TASHA T – World In A Turmoil (Old Friends riddim: Island Yard)
CHRISINTI & NESBETH – How Come (Old Friends riddim: Island Yard)
SHANTY B – Beautiful People (Old Friends riddim: Island Yard)
KANANGA – Nuh Memba (Old Friends riddim: Island Yard)
TURBULENCE – Opportunist (Old Friends riddim: Island Yard)
EXCO LEVI – Hide Under Locks (Old Friends riddim: Island Yard)
JAH CURE – Corruption (The Cure: VP)
MASICKA & GARNETT SILK – Keep Them Talking (Don Corleon)
MASICKA – Dread (Equiknoxx Introduces Masicka To King Tubby: Equiknoxx)
MASICKA – Like Weed (Equiknoxx Introduces Masicka To King Tubby: Equiknoxx)
< Interview with Masicka >
MASICKA – Just Can’t Do It (CR203)
MASICKA – Frenz List (Equiknoxx)
GAGE – No Problem (Cornelius Daley)
< Interview with Gage >
GAGE – Kitty Cat (Promiscuous riddim: Full Chaarge)
VYBZ KARTEL – Pretty Position (Promiscuous riddim: Full Chaarge)
< Interview with Ding Dong >
DING DONG, SEAN PAUL, BUNJI GARLIN – Lowe Mi Nuh (Happy Hour riddim: Chimney)
DING DONG & CHEVAUGHN – Holiday (Notice Records)
VYBZ KARTEL – Pressure (Real Youths)
VYBZ KARTEL – Money Me A Look (True Loyal)

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BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
Saturday 15th August 2015

Featuring a spotlight on reggae out of Virgin Islands, plus a bunch of requests, and the new Bunny Lee compilation Next Cut…

JOHNNY CLARKE – Down In A Babylon (alternate cut) (Next Cut!: Pressure Sounds)
VIN GORDON & THE AGGROVATORS – Enforcement (Next Cut!: Pressure Sounds)
LINVAL THOMPSON – Supernatural Love (Next Cut!: Pressure Sounds)
LINVAL THOMPSON – Ethiopian Girl (Next Cut!: Pressure Sounds)
TOMMY McCOOK – Death Trap (Steppers Cut) (Next Cut!: Pressure Sounds)
JIMMY CLIFF – Many Rivers To Cross (Island) –request
UB40 – King (Signing Off: Island) –request
DAWN PENN – You Don’t Love Me (Studio One) –request
JACKIE EDWARDS – Johnny Gunman (Jackpot) –request
STANLEY & THE TURBINES – Weeping Slave (Africa: Lagoon)
STANLEY & THE TURBINES – Leave Mi Kisiloo (Africa: Lagoon)
DAVE BARKER & THE WAILERS – Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying (Upsetter)
CARL DAWKINS – Picture On The Wall (Upsetter)
LITTLE JOHN – I Love You Jah Jah (Ghetto Youth: Jah Guidance)
LITTLE JOHN – Youth In The Ghetto (Ghetto Youth: Jah Guidance)
MICAH SHEMIAH – Lemonade Days (Shemala Productions)
NIYORAH – Angry Mother Nature (A Different Age: I Grade)
MIDNITE – Voices Of The Remnancy (Ride Tru: I Grade)
MIDNITE – Jubilees Of Zion Dub (Intense Pressure: Rastafaria)
YAHADANAI – Roman Soldiers (One Atonement: I Grade)
DANNY I – Gone Away (Unchangeable: I Grade)
DANNY I & ARMY – Never Lay Down (To Your Majesty: I Grade)
YAHADANAI – Rise In Dub (One Atonement: I Grade)
DEZARIE – Not Who We Are To Be (Love In Your Meditation: Benjamin Newton)
BAMBU STATION – How Tings A Go
ABJA – To De Ground (Songs Fa Jah: Lionz Of Kush)
REEMAH – Wanderaz (Check Your Words: Feel Line)
XANA ROMEO – Rate Rasta (Charmax)
MORGAN HERITAGE – Rise and Fall (Strictly Roots; VP)
JESSE ROYAL – Little Did They Know (XTM.Nation) –request

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BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
Saturday 8th August 2015

Jesse I back at the controls after a few weeks away on the inaugural PBS Reggae Lovers Tour of Jamaica. Featuring interviews with Dexta Daps and Jesse Royal, some fresh Chant Down dubplate specials, and a few guest selections from System Uknown’s Major Delay.

JAH VINCI – Never Give Up (Babylon Burning dubplate special)
HEPTONES – Hypocrite (Joe Gibbs) –request
DENNIS BROWN & BIG YOUTH – Money In My Pocket (Joe Gibbs) –request
AL CAMPBELL – Hide and Seek (Sunshot)
COCOA TEA – Lost My Sonia (Volcano)
COCOA TEA – Rocking Dolly (Volcano)
COCOA TEA – She Loves Me Now (Xterminator)
BERES HAMMOND – I Could Beat Myself (Xterminator)
JESSE ROYAL – Finally (Biggy Music)
< Interview with Jesse Royal >
JESSE ROYAL – Modern Day Judas (Overstand Entertainment)
CHRONIXX – Here Comes Trouble (Overstand Entertainment)
KABAKA PYRAMID – Too Long (Notis)
RAGING FYAH – Jah Glory (Raging Fyah)
JEGZ & BUGLE – Step Town (Babylon Burning dubplate special)
TORCH – Good Reggae Music (Chant Down dubplate special)
IBA MAHR – Diamond Sox (Chant Down dubplate special)
JAH VINCI – Never Too Late (Chant Down dubplate special)
DEXTA DAPS – We Reach (CR203)
DEXTA DAPS – 7Eleven (Troyton)
< Interview with Dexta Daps >
DEXTA DAPS – Shabba Madda Pot (Daseca)
RED DRAGON – Duck Dance (Jammys)
RED DRAGON – Hol A Fresh (Techniques)
YT – No Wata Down (Chant Down dubplate special)
KABAKA PYRAMID – Phenomenon (Digital B)
< interview with Major Delay >
COCOA TEA – Good Life (Xterminator)
LADY SAW – Sycamore Tree (Mad House)
BURNING SPEAR – Social Living (Social Living: Burning Spear)

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BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
Saturday 11th July 2015

Featuring the Soul Roots riddim from Big Link, new music from Chronixx and Fikir Amlak, and an interview with local reggae artist Ras Jahknow.

BURNING SPEAR – Door Peep (Man In The Hills: Island)
KARL BRYAN – 2K Strut (Studio One)
BURNING SPEAR – Come (Social Living: Burning Spear)
THIRD WORLD – Satta Amasa Gana (Third World: Island)
THIRD WORLD – Yim Mas Gan (Ghetto Youths International)
BUNNY WAILER – Rastaman (Blackheart Man: Island)
PETER TOSH – Jah Guide (Equal Rights: Virgin)
CLIVE MATTHEWS – I’m Going Home (Fox Fire) –request
IJAHMAN LEVI – Jah Is No Secret (Haile I Hymn: Island)
PETER TOSH – Igziabeher (Legalize It: CBS) –request
BURNING SPEAR – Man In The Hills (Man In The Hills: Island) –request
RAS JAHKNOW – Rastaman (Jah Sta Li: Ras Jahknow)
RAS JAHKNOW – You and I Dub (Jah Sta Li: Ras Jahknow)
RAS JAHKNOW – Can’t Change Jah Jah Man Dub (Jah Sta Li: Ras Jahknow)
RAS JAHKNOW – Can’t Change Jah Jah Man (Jah Sta Li: Ras Jahknow)
MIDNITE – True King (Ainshant Maps: Afrikan Roots Lab)
DEZARIE – Gracious Mama Africa (Gracious Mama Africa: Afrikan Roots Lab)
FIKIR AMLAK – Give Thanks (Be Still and Know: Conscious Riddims)
FIKIR AMLAK – I Garden (My Time Will Come: One Drop Music)
REEMAH – Jah World (Feel Line)
JAH BOUKS – Angola (Sunizes) –request
KHARI KILL & IZIAHDESERVANT – Selassie I Return (Royal Order Music)
BUSHMAN – Chant Down Chant (Chant Down dubplate special) –request
I WAYNE – Stay Humble (Soul Roots riddim: Big Link)
I SEMAJ – Fire Red (Soul Roots riddim: Big Link)
LUTAN FYAH – Africa (Soul Roots riddim: Big Link)
DAWEH CONGO – Free Ganja (Soul Roots riddim: Big Link)
CHRONIXX – Ghetto People (On The Corner riddim: Ghetto Youths International)
IBA MAHR – Talk If Dem Want (On The Corner riddim: Ghetto Youths International)

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BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
Saturday 4th July 2015

Featuring new music from the likes of Kabaka Pyramid, Army, Midnite, Alpha Blondy, plus riddims Sounds Of The Heart, Body Grooving, and Kingston Jamaica… plus the usual foundation classics in the first hour.

MAX ROMEO, SUGA ROY & CONRAD CRYSTAL – Chant Rasta (Fire Ball)
JR ROOTS – Natty Dread Time (Black Roots)
SUGAR MINOTT – Penny For My Song (Black Roots)
DENNIS BROWN – Home Sweet Home (Papa D)
FRANKIE PAUL – Cardboard Where I Lay My Head (Hit Bound)
MICHAEL PALMER – Your Love (Black Roots)
BARRY BROWN – Land Of The Living (Snowbird)
HORACE ANDY – Give It To Me
FREDDIE McGREGOR – Lovers Rock, JA Style (Observer)
CULTURE – Dog A Go Nyam Dog (Production Something: Heartbeat)
DECLAN KELLY & EMMA DONOVAN – The Dead Heart (Diesel N Dub: Declan Kelly)
ANTHONY QUE – Stop Play Politics (Terrence Matthie: Black and Yellow Entertainment)
JHIKOMAN & PEETAH MORGAN – Africa Arise
ALPHA BLONDY & IJAHMAN LEVI – Rainbow In The Sky (Positive Energy: Alphalliance)
IJ – Smokers Choice (Blessings Flow vol 1: House of Music)
ARMY – Close To The Ground (Be Still and Know: Conscious Riddims)
MIDNITE – Plants Grow Up (Be Still and Know: Conscious Riddims)
PREZIDENT BROWN – Never Be Ungrateful (The Journeyman: Tower Productions)
SEVANA – Bit Too Shy (Overstand & Indiggnation)
PUMA PTAH – Upright (In One Accord: Honest Music)
KABAKA PYRAMID – Too Long (Notis)
MICAH SHEMIAH & RASSY HARDLOCKS – Legal (Shamala)
VERSHON – Inna Real Life (Sounds Of The Heart: Cashflow)
FABIAN – Live How Mi Waan Live (Sounds Of The Heart: Cashflow)
BUGLE – Got A Lot Of Love (Sounds Of The Heart: Cashflow)
EXCO LEVI – Today (Sounds Of The Heart: Cashflow)
KABAKA PYRAMID – Change This World (Sounds Of The Heart: Cashflow)
BUGLE – No Bad News (Body Grooving riddim: Stainless)
BUSY SIGNAL – Winner (Body Grooving riddim: Stainless)
LUTAN FYAH – Higher The Monkey Climb (Body Grooving riddim: Stainless)
JAH VINCI – Provide My Needs (Kingston Jamaica riddim: Social Yaad)
DEMARCO – Nah Change (Kingston Jamaica riddim: Social Yaad)
SIZZLA – Haunted and Nervous (Star Trail) –request

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BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
Saturday 27th June 2015

BRIMSTONE – Babylon (Cobra Style: Heartbeat)
PABLO NKOMO – Du Misa Gunman Version (Harry J 7″)
WAYNE JARRETT – Live It Up (Mini Showcase: Wackies)
WAYNE JARRETT – Praise Jah Jah (Mini Showcase: Wackies)
NAGGO MORRIS – You Rest On My Mind (Mini Showcase: Wackies)
OKU ONUORA & AK7 – A Slum Dweller Declares (Pressure Drop: Blue Moon)
OKU ONUORA & AK7 – Dread Times (Pressure Drop: Blue Moon)
LINTON KWESI JOHNSON – Reality Poem (Forces Of Victory: Island)
TOOTS & THE MAYTALS – Monkey Man (Beverlys) –request
ALTON ELLIS – It’s True (Studio One) –request
ALTON ELLIS – I’m Still In Love With You (Trojan) –request
KC WHITE – Throw Me Corn & DJ Version (Showcase: Love People)
JUSTIN HINDS – In The Jungle (Travel With Love: Nighthawk)
ANGELE SMITH – If You Want Good (Reggae Land riddim: Masterkat)
TORCH – Bring Back The Love (Reggae Land riddim: Masterkat)
LUTAN FYAH – Wah Dat (Reggae Land riddim: Masterkat)
ANTHONY QUE – Boby Wrong (Terrence Matthie: Black and Yellow Entertainment)
TYDAL – Somewhere In Africa (Mission Incomplete: Master One)
I OCTANE – Pretty Little Flower (Contagious riddim: Troyton Music) –request
JAH VINCI – Ghetto Youths (Contagious riddim: Troyton Music)
MORGAN HERITAGE & CHRONIXX – Child of Jah (Strictly Roots: VP)
MORGAN HERITAGE – Strictly Roots (Strictly Roots: VP)
NIYORAH – Let Love Flow (Rising Sun: Denkenesh)
ALAINE & TARRUS RILEY – Sugar Love (Ten Of Hearts: Juke Boxx)
CHRONICLE – Give A Little Love (Answer riddim: Massive B)
DON CARLOS & NORRIS MAN – I’m Not Giving Up (Answer riddim: Massive B)
NICODEMUS – Keeping A Dance (Answer riddim: Massive B)
JR KELLY – Ghetto Region (Answer riddim: Massive B)
BURRO BANTON – Settle Yourself (Answer riddim: Massive B)
PINCHERS – Bandelero (Jammys)
BUJU BANTON – Batty Rider (Penthouse)
SHABBA RANKS – Caan Dun (Steely & Cleevie)
SUPERCAT – Mud Up (Skengdon)

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