The SiamCity Podcast

Terror Fabulous - Jump & Gwaan Bad. Non-stop 90s dancehall-ragga mix. Featuring Terror Fabulous alongside Buju Banton, Beenie Man, Daddy Screw, Nadine Sutherland, Wayne Wonder, Capleton, Shabba Ranks, Mad Cobra, Maxi Priest, Louie Culture, Spragga Benz, Tanya Stephens, Bounty Killer, Jigsy King, Carol Gonzales, Dennis Brown, Gary Minott, Peter Metro, General Degree, Frankie Sly, Snow, Shaggy, Rayvon, Terry Ganzie, Kulcha Knox, Sanchez, Frisco Kid, Don Yute and Dirtsman.

Riddim like Livestock, All Fruits Ripe, Batty Rider, Bruk Wine Butterfly, Love Punnany Bad, Excellence, Top Ten, Three Blind Mice, Story Come To Bump, Car Crash, Ba Ba Boom, Action, Could You Be Loved... Productions from Mad House, Shocking Vibes, Jammys and Digital B. 60+ tracks.

BIG UP TERROR FABULOUS - TOP-RANKING DEEJAY IN THE 90S
Versatile deejay Terror Fabulous blazed out of the Mad House and Shocking Vibes camps in 1991 alongside man like Daddy Screw, Buju, Louie Culture, Beenie and Capleton and had a string of hits throughout the early and mid 1990s. Similar in style to Buju (without the rockstone voice) but with his own trademark pronounced intonation, Terror hit first with bogle gal tunes like Gwaney Gwaney & Dorothy and tuff reality tunes like No Retreat, No Surrender and Order. His 1993 collaboration with Nadine Sutherland, Action, was a worldwide hit, winning him a major label deal for an album. The excellent Yaga Yaga, produced by Dave Kelly, was well received but a return to the grassroots soon followed. He went on to record many great tunes for Penthouse, Digital B, King Jammys/John John, Fat Eyes, Xterminator, Black Scorpio and others, coming with more and more killer reality sides after 1994. Sadly the hits dried up by the end of the decade as the sound began to change and new names emerged and Terror Fabulous, along with fellow deejays Louie Culture, Terry Ganzie and Determine, seemed to drop out of the race.

Roots N Culture 2011. Rocking new roots, one-drop and conscious dancehall mixtape. Riddim like Blue Skies (Supa Hype), Sunset Boulevard (NCF), Know My Friends (EMG), Better Tomorrow, Johnny B Goode & Big Stage (Penthouse) and more cuts of Xterminator's vital Danger In Your Face. A shower of good Cure tunes after a relatively quiet spell. Gyptian also, like the essential Kayla Bliss combination on Mr. Wicked. Rootsman Phil Watkis had a small hit a few years back with Know My Friends, a tune I first heard on a Rebel Salute DVD. Great tune but we'd like to hear some more from him. Lutan Fyah sound-alike Exco Levi's broke through this year and rides ruff again on Mr. Hammer. BIG UP Jesse Royal... the deejay crucial everytime! Another one to watch in 2012...

Featuring: Natural Black, Gyptian, Prince Malachi, Lutan Fyah, Bescenta, Warrior King, Ginjah, Exco Levi, Turbulence, Kayla Bliss, Sizzla, Jah Cure, Abdel Wright, Joggo, Phil Watkis, Cutty Ranks, Jah Mason, Ghost, Dawna Lee, Adele Harley, Dean Fraser, Duane Stephenson, Busy Signal, Tony Rebel, Richie Spice, Bushman, Gramps Morgan, Tarrus Riley, Capleton & Queen Ifrica.

Standing Firm - Roots N Culture Mixtape. New roots and one-drop reality selections on some real heavy dub rhythms. Excursions on the Tonight (BDF), Police in Helicopter Reactivated (Necessary Mayhem), Herbsman Hustling (Bombrush), more versions on Prisonbreak (Bass Runner), Standing Firm (Sick Donkey) Rootsman Skanking (Kingston) and an extended Promise Land mix (DEB/Ghetto Youths). Karim Burrell's new look Xterminator come with a gem of a riddim, Long Days, Short Nights, my selection of the month... Jesse Royal chats in fine style while Kayla does an irie cut of Ain't That Loving You. Michael Rose is on excellent, militant form. Buju tribute from Beres Hammond.

Featuring: Dennis Brown, Damien Marley, NAS, Aswad, Anthony Johnson, David Hinds, Michael Rose, Rootsamala, The Silvertones, Kojak, Heartical, The Basque Dub Foundation, Dub Terror, Gyptian, Duane Stephenson, Queen Ifrica, Lutan Fyah, Kymani Marley, Julian Marley, J.O.E., Sugar Minott, John Holt, Million Stylez, YT, Mr. Williams, Joggo, Da Grinch, Jesse Royal, Sizzla, Kayla Bliss, Beres Hammond, Assassin, Zareb, Fantan Mojah, Natty King, Luke Rich, Nikki Burt, Richie Spice, Tarrus Riley, Barbee, Macka Diamond, Chezidek, Jahson Ites, Essential I, Prezident Brown, Promoe, Jah Cure and dub poet Ras Haile Malekot.

Easy Vibes Mixtape. Collection of recent reggae and lovers rock selections. Big contributions from Tarrus, Queen Ifrica and one of the leading female vocalists outta Jamaica the past few years, Nikki Burt. Label of the year for me is Penthouse Records. Veteran producer Donovan Germain's output has increased again over the past few years as he continues to attract reggae's biggest names and best musicians into the studio.

CD1: Beres Hammond, Queen Ifrica, Gyptian, Tarrus Riley, Gramps Morgan, India Arie, Courtney John, Lloyd Brown, Marcia Griffiths, Exco Levi, Sanchez, Duane Stephenson, Adele Harley, Rihanna, Nikki Burt, Tony Rebel, Joggo, Stephen Marley, Busy Signal, Sade, Raymond Wright, Tanya Stephens, Jesse Royal, I-Wayne, Norris Man, Bushman, Cecile, Shaggy, Tessane Chin, Julian Marley and Roger Robin.

Excursions on the Heavenless and Penthouse's OMG, Don't Look Back, Front Door and Make Ends Meet.

Play Me Some Roots Rock Reggae. More conscious roots music for 2011 from Yard and abroad. More cruciality from Joggo, Mojo Morgan and Tarrus Riley. Perfect responds to sentencing in Miami with Hold On Buju. Another highlight is Rasta Chant by Jah Over Evil (J.O.E.) - formerly Lil' Joe, recorded shortly before his untimely death from a brain aneurism...RIP. Jahson Ites brings the EZ vibe all the way from Tonasket, Washington. Riddim like Gorilla (Necessary Mayhem), Nyabinghi (Bombrush), Box Guitar (Tiger), Delly Ranks' Saudi Arabia (Pure Music), Fuss & Fight (John John) I-Love (Rootsdown) and the essential Prisonbreak from Bassrunner.

Featuring: Joggo Seedorf, Perfect Giddimani, Mojo Morgan, Sizzla, Tarrus Riley, Omar Perry, Gappy Ranks, Tippa Irie, Chukki Star, Macka B, Junior Byles, Million Stylez, Busy Signal, Cobra, J.O.E. (Jah Over Evil), Third World, Stephen Marley, Norris Man, Mikey General, Tony Rebel, Lutan Fyah, Kymani Marley, Michael Rose, Cham, Bounty Killer, Shabba Ranks, Buju Banton, Gramps Morgan, Barrington Levy, Alborosie, Junior Reid, Spanner Banner, Richie Spice, Anthony B, Luciano, Ginjah, Lion Sitte and Jahson Ites.

Equal Rights 2011 - Peter Tosh Remembered... 2011's already weighing in heavier than last year with nuff variety, some strong releases and the emergence of upcoming artists like Joggo Seedorf and Jesse Royal. Excursions pon the Message (Don Carleon), Strangers On My Shore (Tuff Nut), Trouble You A Trouble Me (Tuff Gong), Island Life (Chimney) and more cuts of the Jah Army (Ghetto Youths). Penthouse lead the tributes on Equal Rights and Igziabeher (Penthouse/Gedion). Exterminator have rebuilt the dubby, jazzed up Royalty riddim (aka Jah Is Love/As A Friend) where Sizzla & Turbulence re-voice 2004 tunes, while Jesse Royal lets rip in strictly conscious mode.

Featuring: Peter Tosh, Bushman, Mojo Morgan, Jah Cure, Pressure, Lutan Fyah, I-Octane, Kulcha Knox, Natural Black, Luciano, Richie Spice, Lion D, Mutabaruka, Inner Circle, Junior Reid, Turbulence, Joggo Seedorf, Cecile, Kymani Marley, Vybz Kartel, Jah Vinci, Sizzla, Jesse Royal, Julian & Damien Marley, Ini Kamoze, Lloyd Brown, Chukki Star, Sweetie Irie, Tarrus Riley, Bugle, Konshens, Kibaki, Third World, Gramps Morgan and Andrew Tosh.

Continuous mix. 79 minutes.

Soundboy Kuff 'N' Dem - Dancehall pressure 1988. Wicked and bad raggamuffin soundbwoy collection mixtape from 1988. Nuff hi-power hits from King Jammy's, Witty, King Tubby's, George Phang (Power House), Fashion Records, Techniques and Steelie & Cleevie. Version pon version inna continuous mix stylee...

Featuring: Don Angelo, Carl Meeks, Super Black, Cutty Ranks, Bunny Lie Lie, Shelley Thunder, Trevor Sparks, Supercat, Reggie Stepper, Grindsman, Johnny Osbourne, Kenny Knotts, Taxman, Courtney Melody, Shabba Ranks, Admiral Bailey, Lecturer, Gregory Isaacs, Sanchez, Ed Robinson, Mikey General, Hugo Barrington, Scion Success, Pad Anthony, Admiral Tibett and Sugar Minott.