Direct from the Sirian Mothership Duke Etienne delivers another session of selective vibration for you aural delectation….word is reborn…

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Tracklisting

Poem – Bobby Konders ft. Mutabaruka
Arigato – Bodycode
Fall – Blue Daisy
J&W Beat – Floating Points
Dancing On Holiday – Souled
Galaxy – Visions of Tomorrow
Adventures In Success (Dub Copy) – Will Powers
Revelations – Mos Def
Get Dollars – The Beat Konducta
Nirvana – Shafiq Husayn
The Underground Reprise – Amede the Soundsmith
Sole Sweat (Reso Remix) – Debruit
551 Blues – ????????
Sweat – Untold
Emora – The Clonious
Sagittarius Black – Timothy McNealty
Musical Revolution – Carlton Coffie & the Natural Elements
I’m a Levi – Ijahman Levi
Fort Augustus – Junior Delgado
Roots Upon Yuh Corner – Yami Bolo
Oil Ting (Version) – Coco T
Ride Pon De Riddim – Mikey Murka
You Too Good – General Trees
Jah Station – Johnny Lover
Private Life – Grace Jones
Queen Dub – Ticklah ft Rob Simeon
Marcus Garvey – Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
When The Sun Breaks Through – Karl Hector & The Malcouns
Addis Black Widow – Mulatu & The Heliocentrics
Jazz Note – Dj Krust
I Wanna Be There (Waxdoctor Remix) – Model 500
Solar Feelings (J Majik Remix) – Jacobs Optical Stairway
Consciosness – Photek

This one’s for the true school hip hoppers amongst you. You might remember me moaning about the decline of the craft of the Master of Ceremonies. Well, i’m not ready to take back what I said….but I will admit there’s more nice ones out there than I gave credit to. Leimert Park’s CO$$ is one of those. What you think?

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Anyone whose been listening to my Heads High shows for SpaceinvaderRadio or represented at our Marketplace session of late will be only too aware that i’ve officially caught the Funky/Broken/Garage/Bashment/Soca bug thats been going around (more virulent than Swine Flu if you ask me). I don’t know whether its a reaction to the cruel snatching away of summer just as we were getting to know one another again, but I can’t get enough of the sound.

On perusing Heatwave’s excellent blog I came across this latest offering from Sticky of Ms. Dynamite Booo! fame. As you may or may not have heard, Sticky had his studio robbed recently, the theives making off with nigh on ten years of his work archived on his hard drives….i’ll pause here to let that sink in….apart from feeling for him personally, I also mourn the loss of the forthcoming heat that may never see the light of day. Karma is unavoidable so those responsible will undoubtably get theirs….for now though, here’s ‘Sticky Situation’ ft. Lady Chann. If you like the sound, I recommend checking out the JA Bashment meets UK Funky article over at Heatwave. Informative and comprehensive. Nice.

Sticky Situation