Ancient sun gods got nothing on me… I’ve been to Egypt and my sound is still the champion sound.

New mix… starting off with some versions on the very excellent Prisonbreak Rhythm, couple jams from the new South Rakka’s joint, and leaning heavily on Poirier’s forthcoming Running High album for material because it’s just not easy to choose one tune (and hey… if I’ve got to do the paperwork for it… I’m going to cramp his style). If you were at the big big Karnival V.2 last weekend you’d have heard most of this go down…

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01 Is Bigger Than Amun-Re

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Jan 27th…This weekend… Saturday…the return of Poirier’s “Karnival”… V.2 promises another night of all the hottest Caribbean (from and influenced by) jams…

Part of Nuit Blanche… which means it’s all going down for the low low price of FREE!

Poirier, Ghostbeard, Bonjay, and Valeo on the decks and mics… BIG!

Guaranteed to provide the hangover you need to watch Canada win hockey gold on Sunday (please god don’t make me have to edit this post in 5 hours…).

On road with King Cannibal this week.

Feb 9th (tonight) : NYC (Santos House Party) w/ King Cannibal, Beans & Priest (Anti-Pop), and Ghostbeard.

Feb 13th : SF (Club Six) : King Cannibal, Ghostbeard, Ripley, and more… Valentines lover rock reggae in effect.

Now with flyer…

Remember, this Thursday :

Thursday, Feb 4th
Passeport (2037 St. Denis)

Synkro
King Cannibal
Ghostbeard
Wally

$8 advance (Moog/Atom Heart) and $12 at door

Yeah… so… holy shit… Igloofest… -30 and 5000+ people. Everyone on that bill smashed it.

And now King Cannibal is swinging back through Montreal for a smaller/warmer gig alongside myself &  fellow dub-step Brit, Synkro

Thursday, Feb 4th
Passeport (2037 St. Denis)

Synkro
King Cannibal
Ghostbeard
Wally

$8 advance (Moog/Atom Heart) and $12 at door

And also to look forward to… big big Nuit Blanche edition of Karnival! With Poirier, Bonjay, myself, an Valeo. Guaranteed messy…

This is kind of a random post… but fuck it… I’m uploading files and bored.

While travelling in Tanzania last month and explaining to someone what I do, the question was asked how I got into reggae/dub, and additionally what was it that kept me drawn to it.

The answer to #1 is simple… while working at a record store in the 80’s I stumbled across Linton Kwesi Johnson’s “Live In Concert” album and was blown away enough to realize I needed to start looking past those Bob Marley albums that I was casually aware of.

#2 is much harder to answer, but recently I’ve been digging out my old Joe Gibbs Disco Mixes (and thanks to VP just got sent a bunch of CD collections also), and I think I can sum it up here… basically on this version of George Nooks ‘Tribal War” (one of my all time favorites)… if I could sell my house, buy a piece of land, and build a house on the space occupied during the  3:45 to 5:30 minute mark of this track… I think that would be the best place to live ever…

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Two shows this week..

Jan 26th : URLer.tv Season 2 launch party at The SAT (1195 St. Laurent). Filling in for Masala’s DJ ECP who’s off in Haiti doing the right thing. Starts earlier (5:00 PM) and I’m doing a few sets over the night.

Jan 29th : The big night at Igloofest. Myself, King Cannibal, Rusko, and Douster. Temperature is dropping again this weekend for a proper outdoor winter party… but there’s plenty of bass to keep you warm (not to mention Caribou to keep you properly fucked up)… come try and outdrink me… I dare you… oh and come early… cause I’m on opening duties.

The good folks at Piknic Electronik are once again getting the masses out for snowsuit, booze, and bass mayhem for 9 nights in February.

Night #8 on Jan 29th sees Ninja Tune’s King Cannibal & Ghostbeard alongside Rusko, and Douster for what guarantees to be one fuck of a heavy night.

For more details :

www.igloofest.ca

Oh hey folks… been a minute… but time for a bit of news.

The Clockout (possibly with different name) is set to return to Montreal early 2010. And expanding out to a couple other cities on a regular basis.

Also taking booking for US/Canada for King Cannibal. Looking for dates between Feb 1st-12th. I’m going to tag along and pick up the opening slot on a couple dates (as my schedule allows… you know… got a record label to run and shit). Hit me up at jeff@ninjatune.net if you want to bring to town.

King Cannibal brings some serious bass heat… think like somewhere between Amon Tobin & The Bug and you’re kind of there/kind of not…but it’s a start…

King Cannibal \”So Embrace The Minimum\”

King Cannibal/Daddy Freddy \”Dirt\”

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Misses His Gig In Hell

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