GENGES FEWIS

It was a hot summer day, in moss filled field
when Genges met Fewis.
With their nobles steeds and their worriers beads,
they were intent on the death of Sir Lewis.

One an explorer, tall and aged,
he had the wonders of the western world.
The other a warrior, furred and ready,
he bought the riches of Mother of Pearl.

Both set out with the same intent,
but never banked on meeting some broads.
The philly's were loose and offered many temptations,
that neither man could de-fraud.

They were drawn to a lair stooped in gold,
where the broads set about their way.
Confusing the gents and giving double vision,
with their cunning cocktail of K.

As they slipped deeper in, the seduction was rife,
and the warrior was failed and shook.
But as the philly's played tennis, he finally came to,
sat down and settled for a book.

PLAY TIME'S OVE

So a weekend of extreme mashedness and missions is over. Having lost a car, a bank balance and some of my marbles its back to the grind for some underground brassness!!! Murkle smacked it with some bubbly bubbly So Am vibes for a maxi saturday night brock out. Some lesser highlights were sleeping on the motor way and hiding in stinging nettles, but its all part and parcel as the yearly escapades of the Secret Garden Party have drawn to a close.

I recorded these 7 inch excursions last week but now seems like a fitting time to provide the service of post party riddims to cater for either, the mass cotch or the bouncy bouncy. I am mad on these strictly 7's mixes at the moment. I went on a little mission a while back to the wonders of the St Nic's Markets stall in bristol, and this first mix has some of the pleasure I dug out.

Its a little 20 minutes affair (haven't busted one of these for a while), they seemed to be quite popular so I thought it was about time for another. On it is by far my out and out favourite Johnny Osbourne tune ever. 'PEOPLE WATCH ME' is a beautiful riddim with some of the most on point lyrics I have ever heard.

CLOCK

1. KEEP A COOL HEAD - desmond dekker

2. WAR IS OVER - dillinger

3. JOKER SMOKER - triston palmer

4. PEOPLE WATCH ME - johnny osbourne

5. THE HARDER THEY COME - jimmy cliff

6. HURTING INSIDE - marcia griffths

Roots Vibe Disco by mnemonicle

The second mix is again all 7's, but of a far different vibe. Here you will find some severely heavy weight stormers to buss up your box. And after its unbelievable feed back last time round I thought 'Wife' by Honorable deserved another outing, in between some classics.



1. GOD ABOVE EVERYTHING - anthony b

2. THREE IN ONE - anthony b

3. HILLS AND VALLEYS - buju banton

4. CALL PON DEM - chezidek

5. LET ME KNOW - collie buddz

6. GARRISON - burro banton

7. YOUTHS ARE GETTING COLD - richie spice

8. ALL ABOUT THE WEED - chuck fendor

9. PICTURE OF SALASSIE - kharl kill

10. DON'T WORRY BOUT ROMMIE - beenie man vs bob marley

11. KING OF THE DANCEHALL - beenie man

12. WIFE - honorable

13. GWAN FIGHT DEM - capleton

14. WAH DEM A DO - mavado

15. MURDERER - buju banton

16. POLICE IN HELICOPTERS - john holt and sizzla

17. WICKED IN BED - shabba ranks

Big'n'Bashy by mnemonicle

DUB CLASH

Here is a selection of the toughest dub music from the past and the future. A compendium of sub bashing percies from the likes of Disrupt, BDF & Dub Student and Mungo's Hi-Fi. I have included some of High Tone's re-fix's from the recently acquired 'DUB BOX'.

I hadn't been buying too much Dub of late, until some inspirational viewing of the steppers system at ST Paul's. This was a killer rig, part Channel One i heard someone say. It took up a whole street with wall to wall speakers at either end. It was an ear destroying experience to say the least, and re-inspired me to link up some new dub riddims for the collection.

This mix is a a little off the cuff but its most certainly a preliminary to something much bigger to come in the future. I rocked out the KP3 for some siren vibes, along side the trusty sampler. Strictly vinyl through out, and hopefully a varied enough mix of old and new fi all to enjoy. (check the last tune. An absolute killer from Led Piperz via High Tone, GWAN THE FRENCHIES!!!)

TRACK LIST

1. ITS MORE FUN TO DUBPLATE - Mnemonicle vs Disrupt

2. KEEP ON FIRE (high tone remix) - The Iration Steppas

3. RIDDIM GRID - Disrupt

4. SATAN BITES THE DUB - Jah Warrior

5. X-RAY (high tone remix) - Brain Damage

6. CRY TUFF & THE ORIGINALS - Prince Fari & The Arabs

7. HARD TIME DUB - Pablo Gad

8. ING DUB - Mungo's Hi-Fi

9. DRY (high tone remix) - Mundo's Hi-Fi

10. BABYLON DUB - Sylford Walker

11. DUB NAH FADE - BDF & Dub Student

12.TIME BOMB - System Error

13. ONE STEP INTO DUB - Byles

14. AFRICAN CHANT - Jah Woosh

15. WATCH WHAT YOU PUT INNA - The Total 'over proof sound system'

16. DEPTH IN THE MIDDLE (high tone remix) - Led Piperz

Dub fi dem by mnemonicle

SLACK JAW YOKLE

Nic Bennet and Marcroix Merrbelly Hubert Pimlico Smith (genuine name), are making some lovely tracks in the illustration game at present. Their work is is a culmination of photography, drawing, ice hockey and weed. Both members of Pikey Island in Bristol, they do most of their screen prints in caravans suspended at a 45 degree angle. They made a zine recently called Bloody Nora which is nicely spicey and they currently have a range of jerk sauce coming out, made specifically for rizla and hockey tape, another will probably follow soon. Clock up the links for more innit.

Hefty!!!!!

>>>>>>>>>>BENNET<<<<<<<<<<

>>>>>>>>>>MARCROIX<<<<<<<<<<

R.L Burnside

ALL TOO TRUE

I don't want to turn these pages of useless rambles into a place of hate, quite the opposite, but with my new place of work slap bang in the middle of the east end of London I remembered something I read in Adbusters some time ago now.

Its a painfully true article about western culture (or lack of), which whether you like it or not, we are all victims of in some degree. Whether it be wearing the freshest, quirkiest garms, incessantly following a niche dance genre and digging out those impossible to find, rubbish quality, mp3's, trimming the handlebars on your bike down so thin your thumbs keep one and other warm or living in a squat that your parents could probably buy 10 times over, to the opposing side, everyone of us has succumb to some sort of trend.

'HIPSTER' by Douglas Haddow was published in 2008, but as time seems to go on it becomes more and more relevant. I have to honest, Adbusters is, a lot of the time, a little too much on the anarchy tip and I don't rate a lot of the articles, but you can form your own opinion. Something I do find funny though, this article seems to be relevant to so many trends that Adbusters and their readers, i'm sure fit the description (almost) as much as say a Vice reader.

They do have some decent stuff though. Its all love!

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CARNIE BARNIE

Here are a couple of flicks from St Paul's, really shit one mind, my phone is a mass spastic and the photos look gash. I am trying to get some more of heads with grade tings so update to follow (maybe). Needless to say it was massively heavy, jokes and all the rest that go along with that sort of vibe!

STEPPER

I have just been lucky enough, thanks to a tip off from a like minded breh, to bag what may be my most prized vinyl purchase to date. High Tone, a seven piece dub outfit from Lyon in France, compiled this quad stacked, 10 inch box-set in 2008. Featuring remixes of artists such as Mungos Hi-Fi, Led Pipers, The Machinist and Brain Damage, they initially released 800, with hand printed sleeves and box, and have just allowed the final 200 to go (which they have). Once I have got the records I will post up some samples of these guys maxi stees, for now here is a youtube vid.....

STREET VIBES

Its that time of year again. St Paul's Carnival kicks off in massive style this weekend with a hench list of systems and DJ's ready to run track and wobble gut for all on the beautiful streetS of Bristol. If you have been before you'll know what a vibe the whole weekend is, and with everyones favourite Bristol radio station Ujima in charge of the program on the green stage, you know it will be a banger. Last years adverse weather conditions look set, fingers crossed, to not plague the jam again, but you never know in the west. Below is the full program of systems and performers for saturday, it looks set to be s stormer, so make sure you land it! 2 things i am massively excited about are Earl 16, closing Saturday night and also Troy Ellis, blees the 9 o'clock slot, ROOTS CLASH YA HEARD!

Portland square, home to the the world famous Cosie's Club will be blessed with the arrival of Excaliber for some more revival excursions!