For this week's mix series, Oki-ni has enlisted the skills of Scott Monteith aka Deadbeat, a Montreal based DJ that's known more for playing "dub-laden electronica". So it comes as a surprise, a pleasant one at that, that he decides to go in a whole different direction by pulling out a out 73 reggae record [...]

emmett's october playlist Le Nozze Di Figaro (Overture) - Symphonie-Orchester Berlin Wind - Sons Of The Pioneers Holiday On Saturn - Del Kent Liquidation - Ernest Ranglin Georgia On My Mind - Bob Summers Revival Lazy Bones - Bob Summers Revival No More White Horses - T2 Blue Boots - Eric Donaldson Blue Boot - Eric Donaldson [...]

Eric Donaldson: Second Time and Look What You've Done From: Kent Village [Dynamic Records, 1978] Hi gang, sorry I've been away for a minute. Miss me at all? No? Oh well. Refusing to take the lack of love to heart I'm bestowing an almighty album on you today, Eric Donaldson's 1978 release Kent Village. Even if you're not a massive fan of the reggae sound the name Eric Donaldson may ring a distant bell in the belfry of your mind as he was the [...]

Lee Perry - I Am the Upsetter - The Rare Sevens Box Set label: Trojan year: 2005 side 1a: King Iwah - Give Me Power side 1b: The Upsetters - The Tackro side 2a: Leo Graham - News Flash side 2b: The Upsetters - Flashing Echo side 3a: The Upsetters - Bathroom Skank side 3b: The Upsetters - One Room Skank side 4a: The Upsetters - Dub Organiser side 4b: The Upsetters - Bucky Skank side 5a: The Upsetters - Stay Dread [...]

This is the early, early, early, fucking EARLY Thursday edition of the Flashback Friday thing I started a couple weeks ago. Actually, it's really late since I didn't do one last weekend. Six of one, guys. Six of one. I've been pretty obsessed with old reggae and ska stuff for the past couple weeks and have revisited some old favorites that (I shit you not) I used to listen to 24 hours a day when I was 12. Namely, my favorite Eric Donaldson song - Cherry Oh [...]
I've been so busy lately I barely have time to sleep - sorry for neglecting you once again. Things'll get back on track when I get back from Chicago in November. For now, dig my super rad half joke but mostly serious reggae / ska /rocksteady/modern guilty pleasures of similar influence mixtape, full of tracks from the best Ska compilation EVER, that my friend gave me for Christmas when I was 12. I don't remember what it was called. Anyway, sorry - this shoulda gone out on Monday, didn't get made till Tuesday, and isn't being posted till Thursday: [...]