BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia

Saturday 9th February, 2013

Featuring the Wisdom riddim from DJ Kemys, the Melodical Fyah riddim from Union World Music, and the Weed Out riddim from Med Tone… plus a bunch of requests, and a bag of Bob Marley ahead of the annual Bob Marley Birthday Bash…

LUCIANO – 400 Years (Wisdom riddim: DJ Kemys)
CHINO – A Nuh Nothing (Wisdom riddim: DJ Kemys)
LUTAN FYAH – Badmind (Wisdom riddim: DJ Kemys)
WAYNE WADE – Lord Of Lords (Jesus Dread: Blood and Fire)
TRINITY – Income Tax (Vivian Jackson 7″) –request
JACOB MILLER – Keep On Knocking (Who Say Jah No Dread: Ras)
HUGH MUNDELL – Book of Life (Africa Must Be Free By 1983: Ras)
LACKSLEY CASTELL – What A Great Day (Fat Man)
LACKSLEY CASTELL – Unkind To Myself (Princess Lady: Negus Roots) –request
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS – She’s Gone Dub (In Dub vol.1: Island)
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS – We and Dem (Uprising: Island)
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS – War (Rastaman Vibration: Island)
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS – Positive Vibration (Rastaman Vibration: Island)
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS – Three Little Birds (Exodus: Island) –request
THIRD WORLD – Feel A Little Better Now (96 Degrees In The Shade: Island)
TOOTS & THE MAYTALS – Reggae Got Soul (Reggae Got Soul: Island) –request
ISRAEL VIBRATION – Jah Runnings (Fighting Soldiers: Nocturne) –request
TONY TUFF – Ease Up Oppressors (Niagara 12″) –request
TONY TUFF – Dance Hall Style (Big J Records)
ADMIRAL TIBET, SHABBA RANKS, NINJAMAN – Serious Time (Digital B) –request
BUJU BANTON – Good Body (Digital B)
LUTAN FYAH – Dancehall Still A Gwaan (Real Life riddim: Nature’s Way)
ILEMENTS – Real Life (Melodical Fyah riddim: Union World Music)
PERFECT – TGIF (Melodical Fyah riddim: Union World Music)
SIZZLA & NEIMAN – Ok (Melodical Fyah riddim: Union World Music)
RAS CHARMER – Give Praise (Melodical Fyah riddim: Union World Music)
PEURCY G & DUANE STEPHENSON – Far We A Come From (Melodical Fyah riddim: Union World Music)
RAPHAEL – Still Burning (Melodical Fyah riddim: Union World Music)
KABAKA PYRAMID – War Crime and Violence (Melodical Fyah riddim: Union World Music)
CORNELL CAMPBELL – Weed Out (Weed Out riddim: Med Tone)
ZVULOON DUB SYSTEM – Going To Zion (Weed Out riddim: Med Tone)
RANKING JOE – Nah Give Up (Weed Out riddim: Med Tone)
TORCH – Jah Seeds I Sow (Ever Burning Flame: Penthouse)
MIDNITE – Hemp Scroll (Free Indeed: Higher Bound)
ANCIENT KING – Ethiopie (Ethiopie: Higher Bound)

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BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia

Saturday 2nd February, 2013

Paying respects to good friend Jah Lew, and showcasing his last mix. RIP bredren.
Also featuring the Think Twice riddim by special request, a killer new 10″ from Peckings,
and a heap of Gappy Ranks ahead of his show at Laundry Bar.

AL CAMPBELL – Down In Babylon (Channel One 7″)
< “Duppy Mix” by Jah Lew >
FANTAN MOJAH – Rasta Got Soul (Think Twice riddim: WMP) –request
LUCIANO – I Can You Can (Think Twice riddim: WMP)
SIR FORD – Oh Lord (Think Twice riddim: WMP)
ANTHONY B – Too Much Guns In Town (Think Twice riddim: WMP)
ZAMUNDA – Forever Loving Jah (Think Twice riddim: WMP)
LUTAN FYAH – Rastafari Leads The Way (Think Twice riddim: WMP)
GAPPY RANKS – So Lost (Peckings 10″)
PRINCE MALACHI – Jah Never Fail I (Peckings 10″)
MIKEY SPICE – The Creator (Peckings 10″)
RANKING JOE – War and Crime (Peckings 10″)
MACKA B – My God (Peckings 10″)
GAPPY RANKS – Kooyah (Peckings 7″)
GAPPY RANKS – Pumpkin Belly (Peckings 7″)
GAPPY RANKS & MILLION STYLEZ – Life (Macro Beats)
GAPPY RANKS – Long Time (Special Delivery)
CHUKKI STARR – Tings and Times (Special Delivery)
ZIGGI RECADO – Mary (Special Delivery)
ZIGGI RECADO – Pure N Devine (Liberation 2.0: Ziggi Recado)
GAPPY RANKS & WINKY D – Kings of Africa (Yard Rock riddim: Special Delivery)
CHRONIXX – I Am Chronixx (Yard Rock riddim: Special Delivery)
CHRONIXX – Behind Curtains (Zinc Fence)
MIDNITE – Is His (Free Indeed: Higher Bound)

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http://www.pbsfm.org.au/taxonomy/term/183/2013-02-02

BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia

Saturday 19th January, 2013

Featuring an excerpt from the new Chant Down mix CD “Keep Focus”, plus the Tropical Escape riddim from Chimney Records, and the new Midnite album “Free Indeed” from Higher Bound.

DESMOND IRIE – Babylon You Must Go Down (Channel One)
JACOB MILLER – Forward Jah Jah Children (Jam Sounds) –request
JACOB MILLER – Forward Ever Backward Never (Songbook: VP)
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS – Buffalo Soldier (Confrontation: Island) –request
THE WAILING SOULS – Firehouse Rock (Volcano) –request
GREGORY ISAACS – Number One –request
FREDDIE McGREGOR – Let Me Be The One (Thompson Sound) –request
THE VICEROYS – Love Is A Key (Thompson Sound)
BARRINGTON LEVY – Poor Man Style (Thompson Sound)
HUGH MUNDELL – Jah Will Provide (Africa Must Be Free By 1983: Ras)
ASHER & TRIMBLE – Humble Yourself (Rockers 7″)
DAVE ROBINSON – Everyone Is Crying (Jigsaw 7″)
DAVE ROBINSON – If You Give To Me (Jah Life 7″)
LINVAL THOMPSON – I Love Marijuana (Chant Down dubplate special)
AL CAMPBELL – Children Of The Ghetto (Reggae Road 7″)
CLIVE MATTHEWS – Live Not For Vanity (Fox Fire 7″)

< excerpt from Chant Down mix CD “Keep Focus” >
01. Ini Kamoze – Hail Mi Idren
02. Ini Kamoze – Wings With Me
03. Tarrus Riley – Cold Girl
04. Iba Mahr – Great Is HIM
05. Jesse Royal – Modern Day Judas
06. Chronixx – Start A Fyah
07. Kabaka Pyramid & Italo Skarcha – Pon Di Wings
08. Jahmali & Ras Indio – Games They Play
09. Torch – Chant Down Sound Power (dubplate)
10. I Octane – System A Beat Dem
11. Bugle – It’s A Journey
12. Loyal Flames – Keep Focus
13. RC – Holding Firm
14. Tidal – Tell Dem Fi Farm
15. Exco Levi – Save The Music
16. Peetah Morgan – I’m A Survivor
17. Torch – Leave The Youths Alone
18. Chronixx – Lightning Flash
19. Exco Levi – Chains Of Your Brains
20. Apprentice – Watch Your Step (dubplate)

KABAKA PYRAMID – No Capitalist (Tropical Escape riddim: Chimney Records)
ZAGGA – Never Give Up (Tropical Escape riddim: Chimney Records)
CHRONIXX – Ain’t No Giving In (Tropical Escape riddim: Chimney Records)
I OCTANE – What About The Poor (Tropical Escape riddim: Chimney Records)
CECILE – Life Is So Precious (Tropical Escape riddim: Chimney Records)
CHRISTOPHER MARTIN – Too Big (Tropical Escape riddim: Chimney Records)
QUEEN IFRICA – Let’s Get Silly (Tropical Escape riddim: Chimney Records)
TARRUS RILEY – Gimme Likkle One Drop (Tropical Escape riddim: Chimney Records)
MIDNITE – To Gain To Lose (Free Indeed: Higher Bound)

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BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia

Saturday 12th January, 2013

Featuring the Corner Shop riddim from 21st Hapilos, the Queen Of Queens riddim from Larger Than Life, the Adam and Eve riddim from Digital B, and the Seize The Day riddim from Jahlight Records…

DOUGLAS BOOTHE – Holy Mount Zion (Modernize Music 7″)
HORACE MARTIN – Bad Boys (Modernize Music 7″)
SAM BRAMWELL – Ruling Time (Bad Rock 7″) –request
STEVE BOSWELL & JAH BERRY – Cool Rastaman Cool (Children of Jah: Blood and Fire)
SMITH & THE PROPHETS – Valley of Joeasaphat (Deeper Roots: Pressure Sounds)
BARRINGTON SPENCE – Don’t Touch I Dread (Deeper Roots: Pressure Sounds)
I ROY – Don’t Touch I Man Locks (Crisus Time: Virgin)
SCOTTY – Draw Your Brakes (The Harder They Come: Island) –request
BIG YOUTH – Cool Breeze (Negusa Negast 7″)
FREDDIE McGREGOR – Jah A We Father (Observer 7″)
EARTH AND STONE – Give Me (Hit Bound)
EARTH AND STONE – Sweet Africa (Earthquake 7″)
MAX ROMEO – Chase The Devil (War Ina Babylon: Island) –request
DA PROFESSOR & PROTOJE – Skanking and Rockin (Don Corleon)
PROTOJE & DON CORLEON – Our Time Now (Don Corleon)
QUEEN OMEGA & FYAHKIN – Who Feels It Knows It (Seize The Day riddim: Jahlight Records)
DJAMA KEITA – Love Mama Earth (Seize The Day riddim: Jahlight Records)
ROXY SINGH – Never Had (Seize The Day riddim: Jahlight Records)
PRESSURE – Queen of Queens (Queen of Queens riddim: Larger Than Life)
CHRONIXX – See Her Face (Queen of Queens riddim: Larger Than Life)
GAPPY RANKS – Riverside (Queen of Queens riddim: Larger Than Life)
LUTAN FYAH – Deliver Me Jah (Queen of Queens riddim: Larger Than Life)
WINSTRONG – Gun Fool (Queen of Queens riddim: Larger Than Life)
BOBBY HUSTLE – Real Ganja Man (Queen of Queens riddim: Larger Than Life)
DELLY RANX – Pass The Herbs (Queen of Queens riddim: Larger Than Life)
RICHIE CAMPBELL – I’m Going (Corner Shop riddim: 21st Hapilos)
SOPHIA SQUIRE – No More Struggles (Corner Shop riddim: 21st Hapilos)
ROMAIN VIRGO – Beat You Down (Corner Shop riddim: 21st Hapilos)
CECILE – Upgrade (Corner Shop riddim: 21st Hapilos)
CHRISTOPHER MARTIN – Mi Friend Dem (Corner Shop riddim: 21st Hapilos)
COLLIE BUDDZ – No Time (Corner Shop riddim: 21st Hapilos)
JAH VINCI – Never Too Late (Corner Shop riddim: 21st Hapilos)
DI GENIUS – Me Alone (Big Ship)
MARCIA GRIFFITHS & BUJU BANTON – Childish Games (Marcia Griffiths & Friends: VP)
SK SIMEON – Melbourne Girls (Naram Remix)
SHELLY THUNDER – Man A Rush me (Naram Refix)
I OCTANE – Gal A Gimme Bun (Seanizzle)
DEMARCO – True Friend (Fresh Ear) –request
TARRUS RILEY – For Me (Adam and Eve riddim: Digital B)
CALI P – Send Praises (Adam and Eve riddim: Digital B)
KONSHENS – Mr Judge (Adam and Eve riddim: Digital B)
LUTAN FYAH – Nuh Care Bout The Youths (Adam and Eve riddim: Digital B)

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http://www.pbsfm.org.au/taxonomy/term/183/2013-01-12

BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia

Saturday 5th January, 2013

JUNIOR DELGADO – Chant Chant Chant
KING TUBBY & THE MORWELLS – Concord (Dub Me: Blood and Fire)
WILLIE WILLIAMS – Give Me Bread (From Studio One To Drum St: M 10)
JUNIOR BYLES – The Long Way (Orchid 7″)
FREDDIE MCKAY – In A Me Yard (Attack)
EVERTON DACRES – Jah Jah Ah Come (LTD 7″)
KING TUBBY & YABBY YOU – Ruff In A Firehouse (Time To Remember: Prophet) –request
JIMMY CLIFF – Lonely Street (Give Thankx: Warner) –request
THE WAILERS – Slave Driver (Catch A Fire: Island) –request
PETER TOSH – Legalize It (Legalize It: CBS) –request
PETER TOSH – No Sympathy (Legalize It: CBS)
PETER TOSH – Oh Bumbo Klaat (Wanted Dread and Alive: Intel Diplo) 1981
MUTABARUKA – Whiteman Country (The Ultimate Collection: Shanachie)
LINTON KWESI JOHNSON – Inglan Is A Bitch (Independant Intavenshan: Island)
TENOR SAW – Jah Guide and Protect Me — request
DA PROFESSOR – Peace and Unity (Don Corleon)
TURBULENCE – More Life (Trippin riddim: Itation Records)
KALI BLAXX – Hold Your Crown (Trippin riddim: Itation Records)
ZAREB – Ruff Time (Trippin riddim: Itation Records)
FANTAN MOJAH – Rastafari Bless (Trippin riddim: Itation Records)
RAS ATTITUDE – Dis Ya Time (Trippin riddim: Itation Records)
DELLY RANX – Chant Mi A Chant (Trippin riddim: Itation Records)
D’MAJOR – Rude Boys (Top Of The 100 riddim: Kirkledove) – swa, rude boy back in town
MACKEEHAN – You A Go Get A Beating (Top Of The 100 riddim: Kirkledove)
SHUGA – Mr Murderer (Top Of The 100 riddim: Kirkledove)
EXCO LEVI – Dutchie Waan Food (Top Of The 100 riddim: Kirkledove)
COCOA TEA – Legalize The Herb (Xterminator)
PRINCE MALACHI – Our Country (Xterminator)

BEST OF 2012 SLOW DANCEHALL REVIEW

As Jamaican music has evolved, the two traditional categories of “reggae” and “dancehall” no longer seem adequate. This chart is for the sort of songs that are neither real one-drop reggae, nor proper dancehall – the slower riddims that often straddle the divide between reggae, dancehall, hiphop and r&b.

(aired in reverse order finishing with number one)

1. I OCTANE – Walk With Jah Jah (Blackspyda)
JAH VINCI – Rise Against Me (Good Memories riddim: Black Spyda)
2. I OCTANE – My Story (DJ Frass)
3. CHRIS MARTIN – Chill Spot (Chill Spot riddim: Chimney Records)
4. DEMARCO – Give Thanks For Life
5. CHAN DIZZY – Gone Too Far (Black Spyda)
6. TARRUS RILEY – Love Up Mi Woman (Tuff Love riddim: DJ Frass)
7. POPCAAN – Caan Believe (Reservoir riddim: Young Vibez)
8. DEMARCO – It Ruff (Di Struggles riddim: DJ Frass)
9. I OCTANE & CHAN DIZZY – Til Kingdom Come (Head Concussion)
10. BUGLE – Jah Be With You (UIM)

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

ASSASSIN & CHRIS MARTIN – Dial Out (DJ Frass)
FANTAN MOJAH – Heavenly Throne (Duplicity riddim: WMP)
TAJI – Bare It (General Next riddim: D1 Productions)
DAMIAN MARLEY – Affairs Of The Heart (Ghetto Youths)
JAHMEIL – Never Give Up (Dunwell Productions)

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