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Finally Spring appears to have sprung! The past week has been full of more calm weather here, the sun shining and when in it the rays feel just a bit warmer, it is obviously still not shirt sleeves weather but it is a welcome change from bitter cold winds and rain. We booked up a little walking tour up town late on a Friday night, admittedly we have done quite a few in the past e.g. The Ripper Walk Tour…

Sadly I seem to have missed this band back in the day, but what a good band they were, Dif Juz (a play evidently on the words 'different jazz'). They were an instrumental quartet who actually worked with some great names in the post punk scene, e.g. Wolfgang Press, This Mortal Coil and The Cocteau Twins as well as Dub innovator Lee 'Scratch' Perry. Catch the following tracks by them: 'Hu' ...followed by 'Re' ...then 'Mi' ...and finally... 'Cs' ...all…

After a recent trip to a part of London I hadn't been to for a long while, which you can read at: Dead Beats & Kings Cross Indie 80's. I decided to take another little trip down memory lane at the end of October and revisit a place further afield that I haven't been to for over 20 years, so I took the couple of hours train journey to 'Steel City' aka Sheffield. I used to work there on frequent…

Lovin' Those Reggae Vibes Love a bit of reggae and seriously don't post enough of it, (mental note to self) 'must try harder'... Following reading a recent wonderful post from baggingarea.blogspot.com about the mighty Barrington Levy with his track 'Here I Come', it re-kindled many happy memories, dancing to reggae sounds on Alt Indie Nights at 'The Pink Toothbrush' to wandering around places like Brixton, Camden and Ladbroke Grove/Portobello Road and hearing some wonderful reggae sounds to later hitting websites…

No, this post is not about independent label music, just about several musicians I admire and to post something a little different from my usual.... Bill Laswell teamed with Jah Wobble, two bass playing legends. This track is called 6th Chamber from the album 'Radioaxiom - A Dub Transmission'. Possibly a bit more 'World' than 'Dub', but still very good.... The track list for the album is: Have a listen to the brilliant track 6th Chamber at the above link.