Greetings All!
Spring is in the air and everyone is feeling very up-ful here at Irish Moss HQ. Before we are snowed under with newborn lambs and valentine cards, here's a quick run down on what's happening and what's coming up... Again, there are live shows to tell you about, a brand new release from Capitol 1212, who also bring you this edition's free download, and a Zion Train/Dirty Dubster exclusive.
Firstly let us all pause and raise our glasses and lighters to DJ Tzinas and Clinton Sly, who have put
Irish Moss Records back up in top spot on
Juno Download's Reggae Chart with "Real Good Gal" well done guys, nuff respect! You deserve the first two lambs of the season...we just have to figure out how to post them...
If you haven't already got your copy then check out our preview
HERE and grab it while it's still Jam Hot!
Capitol 1212 ft. M.A.D.
Worldwide Echo
CAT NO. IMR019 -
OUT FEB 24th
The brand new release from
Capitol 1212, and the second single from their forthcoming album
"The Return Of Rudy Nacho" sees the Edinburgh duo team up with vocalist
M.A.D. (who absolutely EVERYBODY will know from the global smash hit with
Groove Armada "Superstylin"). This tectonic mover is set to echo worldwide as 140bpm breaks, bass, and bouncin' chatter from
M.A.D. combine in a dancefloor smasher which drops to a big bad half-time reggae skank before building all the way back up to the top again. Another taste of the big things yet to come on 1212's album debut. Details on next month's album release will be coming shortly, but while you're waiting check out
"Worldwide Echo" on Juno Download, where you can add it to your wishlist.
Being bad-ass in the beats department doesn't mean the
Capitol 1212 boyz can't also be top rankin' all round nice guys too, which in fact they are, and to prove it they've dropped us off a little freebie for readers of the IMR blog...just check out the "Don Man Sound" remix at the bottom of the post, download and enjoy!
Rub-A-Dublin VOL2...
Line up including special guests
Trojan Soundsystem, General Levy & Capitol 1212
Some line-up details for you on the second installment of
Rub-A-Dublin, the big bad session at
Twisted Pepper on Easter Sunday. We can now let you know the line-up, which once again brings you the cream of local talent, but with the added firepower of giants
Trojan Soundsystem, the "incredible"
General Levy, and making their Irish debut,
Capitol 1212.
As you may guess, we are really hyped about this one, and you can expect a killer session over three rooms with hometown crews
Junior Spesh and
Worries Outernational joining local heroes
Tom Beary,
DJ Ram ,
Jigzsaw, and host
Crazy-D.
Irish Moss Records will be fully represented, with
Dirty Dubsters live and
Ancient Alien, while
Lex Woo brings his
Babalonia live sound to the party with
MC Littletree, and Carlos Irie will be hitting the party with Aunty Shimmy for an Irie Ireland set.
DJ Ram will be bringing his pop-up-reggae-store (
In-Dub), there'll be cinema screenings, and
Propa Bickle take over the loft with a
Munroes Marinade jerk cook-out (nom nom nom!).
Keep yourself up to date
HERE on the Rub-A-Dublin Facebook Page.
Jungle Swingerz Valentine's Night Special
More news for the Dublin crew now, with
Dubster DJ Obese (aka Bazza Ranks) and
Lex Woo electing to spend Valentines night together for the
Jungle Swingers gig at
Pacino's. All for your dancing pleasure of course... The lads have lined up a special one-off loved up mix for the night which this blogger is not even going to attempt to accurately preview, as I am not so in tune with affairs of the heart, but expect a big mix of bass, beats, and funky tropical skankyness. Lovers Yardrock maybe...? Check out the event page
HERE and fall in love...
Irish Moss Records Session at The Energy Collective
Once the honeymoon is over, it's back to business, and
Irish Moss are returning to our good friends at
The Energy Collective for another massive party at
Fibber Maggees. This one starts early, with a beer garden session from 8pm, with yer man
Carlos Irie and
Ancient Alien, and of course,
Dirty Dubsters do it live with
MCs Leiko and
Russell Flow. All the usual love, hugs and rainbows will be there in abundance, as will the face painters. If you're bored with clubbing, pop down and find yourself again at this gem of a night. Big ups to the
Energy Collective Crew...we'd give you one of the spring lambs, except you'd probably paint it with UV and stick lasers to it (might look cool, but this is a baby lamb, not an adult sheep...) Instead we'll give you an exclusive listen to this
official Dirty Dubsters remix of Zion Train's "Rainbow Children", which we feel is very fitting!
Check the
EVENT PAGE, and we'll see you all on the 1st of March!
Finally, we get to the loot...yes, as promised, here is the
FREE DOWNLOAD from
Capitol 1212. Big ups to the guys, and don't forget to look out for the Feb 24th release of "Worldwide Echo"!
PEACE!
On Friday night Bazza hits The Bernard Shaw with Scribble Soundsystem's Tom Beary for a night of "Island Sounds". Place rocked for the last IMR session so we can't imagine this being any different, especially with Tom at the helm...nuff respect sah! For directions check out the Facebook Event Page, where we're told to expect dancehall, reggae, calypso, cumbia, reggaeton and sounds influenced by the Caribbean. Gate pressure is a big fat zero...yes it's a free event, with 8pm doors, so get down early!
