The first gift of the new year..by way of the PUNKDOWNLOADS BLOG.

...way to many FREE downloads of most of the TROJAN box sets!


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 "king on the way" - Purpleman - TROJAN DANCEHALL DISC 3

My personal faves are the DJ and dancehall sets, but naturally the

DUBS sets are deep and nice... They are all fantastic, pick a flavor.

              ********ENJOY*********
thanks duttyartz.com for the heads upward on this..

last week.
PDX had its sleepy brow graced with a very rare appearance by UK dancehall/grime chief THE BUG.
He threw down some great live mixes. Each beat was epic and about 45 seconds long… almost annoyingly so… But for me the abrassion of hearing 50 different beats cut and placed next to each other with very abrupt even unfreindly transitions added to the grime layers. Perfect. I loved it.
…Dude seemed to be really into the fast forward/scatch effect on his mixer….. goofy..
But the bass felt good in me chest.

The Bug live at Rotture PDX #1

The Bug was joined by UK dancehall queen Warrior Queen . The PA was not really as on point as it should have been… thus this part of the set was less enjoyable to me.. nothing worse than vocals that sound like they only comeout the tweeters and live on a different sonic plane than the music..arrgggh. A bit of a let down…
As this track from The Bug’s new ninja tune release, featuring Warrior Queen had been rocking my world for the past several weeks.

The Bug live at Rotture PDX #2

Thanks Michele for the videos and photos…..

BIG DADDY LOVES YOU TOO

++listen++ ..big daddy kane

suns out today in pdx. .. finally! time to cut that grass!

I just want to put it out there that BOOMARMnation is gaining momentum!

This is the first of many many audio posts to come!!

Keep your eyes peeled in the coming weeks….

coming soon::::::::::::::

—- “PORTLAND DOJOS” -(in 4 parts)- a photo / video / audio tour of 4 protland producers home studios

—- “BOOMARM family TELETHON!” - a mash up banger release exclusive to this site of 12 portland musicians remixng and reinventing a blend of cumbia and heavy dancehall bass! yes. its fire!
…….the deets :.. I sent out a package of loops to my closest audio twisting friends, complied of a classic cumbia columbiana riff, and a bass heavy dancehall beat. each musican is asked to use the loops as fuel for re-mixl fuel. And creates a short 40second track. once the tracks are compiled they will be sewn toghether to create a seemless rollercoaster of a mix. …suitable for wylin out, mowwin the grass, or cooking up some steaks to.

stay tooned. –JMJ

LIVE music..huh? yeah. think– tight ass grooves. no excess. No wankers. live DUB style. horns. polyrhythmic smarts… from a real live band! + ++ all night spins before and after. ( dub, dancehall, hip-hop, soul, bollywood, cumbia, soukus…)