Thursday, December 17, 2009

el africano


http://www.mediafire.com/?2wjdd1tjgqn
First cumbia post on this blog- this music is so heavy it will reach anyone who loves heavy grooves and powerful singing-

These cassettes were obtained at the end of an era: Woolworths on Santa Fe's plaza was fazing out their Spanish cassettes years ago, and BOOMING BASSLINES was there to swoop on anything that said cumbia, mambo or rancheros-

Sound quality is quite listenable: check the scorching Latina who voiced "El Africano" and others, and check that squishy keyboard on "El Guiro", kinda like Calypso (soca) and Cadence (zouk) among other styles from the multitude of Caribbean islands.

Pretty sure these are Mexican tapes of Colombian and Mexican artistes.

MERRY XMAS- BOOMING BASSLINES

http://www.mediafire.com/?otyq2x0nm1g

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

hardest dubplate ever cut


This Major Mackerel dubplate for EXODUS goes out to all you
can't-mix DJs, all you fake hippies and all you
bitch-attitude record collector geeks- MERRY CHRISTMAS-
http://www.mediafire.com/?jm4dt4ibitz

Thursday, December 10, 2009

babylon war


Smooth vocal from the Admiral over a digital lick of "Full Up"-
The B side was a minute long scrap of the dub version that faded in! (a big NO NO),
but here it is edited into a playable VERSION-

BOOMING BASSLINES

http://www.mediafire.com/?t42mmmomjmm

Thursday, December 3, 2009

blood in the street


Leroy going for himself in Toronto-
BOOMING BASSLINES

http://www.badongo.com/file/18770795

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

street of gold


Eighties style Heptones led by Barry, doing over the Gladiators' "streets of gold/ dreadlocks the time is now/roots natty" in a dance hall fashion- Not sure if Albert wrote that one or not- Included is a BOOMING BASSLINES discomix edit for your dubbing pleasure-

BOOMING BASSLINES

http://www.badongo.com/file/19805847

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Heptones - Harry Js Showcase A1




Imagine how the Heptones feel: coming from humble beginnings and rising to great heights internationally, they have watched as virtually everything they recorded for Coxsone has become a world standard "riddim", versioned mercilessly by countless producers and voiced by thousands worldwide. As you read this, someone is in the studio building a new version of a Heptones riddim and djs are playing any number of records based on their compositions.

Ranging from classic versions that are remarkable, to god-awful dance hall one-shots soon forgotten, Earl Morgan, Leroy Sibbles and Barry Llewellyn have recieved zero royalties from any of it.

The music presented here is from their sessions for Harry Js, grouped together by riddim and cleaned up a little. What a creative time in the music!
This music is bad and beautiful-

BOOMING BASSLINES

http://www.badongo.com/file/19805864

Friday, November 13, 2009

natural medicine



Listen keenly to the lyrics about Jamaican bush medicine-

BOOMING BASSLINES

http://www.badongo.com/file/18370090

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

HAMMER MOUTH



Hammer Mouth representing the Black Scorpio family atop the Heavenless and Dub Fire riddims- let us know if you like it-

BOOMING BASSLINES

http://www.badongo.com/file/18206940

come to me


Digital style vocal from Mr. Bobby Boom-
Let us know if you like it in the CBox-

BOOMING BASSLINES

http://www.badongo.com/file/18205375

Monday, October 26, 2009

standing on the corner



Jennifer Lara & Devon Russell:
Standing On The Corner

High Times Players:
Version
BOOMING BASSLINES
http://www.mediafire.com/?k2mizpagbjgynah

Thursday, October 22, 2009

VA - Strange Mood - JAMAICAN INSTRUMENTALS



BOOMING BASSLINES

http://www.badongo.com/file/17980371

come back fresh



Commander Shad - Come Back Fresh
Taxi Production

BOOMING BASSLINES


http://www.badongo.com/file/17975472

Thursday, October 15, 2009

CELEBRATING 30,000 HITS!!!!!!!!!!!


Tight drums, booming basslines and a heavy mix- Our taste is obvious.
There are many branches to the tree-

Please help us out with more cuts of Mr. Doo's "Tempo" riddim-
Can't seem to find the other pieces!
Here is Tony Rebel's version-

Out of thousands of you who visit BOOMING BASSLINES, I'm hoping 2 or 3 have more pieces of Mr. Doo's "Tempo" riddim- Big Love-


BOOMING BASSLINES

http://www.badongo.com/file/17835390

borro


Bad ass instrumental from The Meters-

BOOMING BASSLINES

http://www.mediafire.com/?nxy2ajjozxx

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Saturday, October 10, 2009

live out the seventies



Play this one loud and often, say hello in the cbox if you like it-

BOOMING BASSLINES

http://www.badongo.com/file/17735120

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

linton tony showcase



Under-recorded youthman vocalist from the Jammys stable atop four heavy weight riddims including The Duck- Say hello in the cbox if you have any more Linton Tony.

BOOMING BASSLINES
http://www.badongo.com/file/17677486

jammys in lion dub style


Dub LP from a nice time when Tubbys was still alive and Jammys was still a prince.
The hand drawn logo is timeless-

BOOMING BASSLINES

http://www.badongo.com/file/17677400

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Monday, October 5, 2009

greedy girl


BOOMING BASSLINES
http://www.badongo.com/file/17638532

clinch showcase 3


Abyssinians - Forward Jah Jah
Abyssinians - Leggo Beast 45
Abyssinians - Leggo Beast Version
Abyssinians - Love Comes And Goes
Abyssinians - Poor Jason White extended
Abyssinians - Prophecy
Abyssinians - Reason Time
Bongo Herman - Love Version
Clinch - Jah Jah Dub
Clinch - Prophecy Dub no horns
Clinch - Prophesy Version

BOOMING BASSLINES

http://www.badongo.com/file/17637725

Sunday, October 4, 2009

easy with the cutlass bredren!


Sun Oct 4, 6:25 pm ET

NEW YORK – Jamaican reggae artist Major Mackerel says he's been slashed in the head, arm and hand by a New York City man wielding a 2-foot sword.

Police say one of the musician's Brooklyn neighbors was arrested and the sword was recovered Sunday morning.

Major Mackerel was hospitalized for several hours. He left the hospital with bandages crowning his dreadlocks and wrapped around his left hand, wrist and elbow.

Major Mackerel has released several albums. His real name is Garfield Dixon.

His girlfriend, Novia Watson, says the neighbor said he was angry because the reggae artist was harassing his wife. But Watson says the artist never messed with her.

Major Mackerel also denies harassing the woman. His neighbor faces charges including assault with intent to cause serious injury with a weapon.

Here is the Major's piece of "All Fruits Ripe" from a JR 45-

BOOMING BASSLINES

http://www.mediafire.com/?zmzuzgzwzou

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

weird world


Dedicated to all the fakes and weirdos out there-

BOOMING BASSLINES

http://www.badongo.com/file/17539179

Monday, September 28, 2009

the view



Okay okay, enough JR stuff right? Judging by how you guys are stampeding to download the previous JR cuts, you like Junior Reid quite a bit. This lyric uses a joke about "having a view" in Mountainview and Harbourview in Jamaica. Most of you will miss the reference.

Many are complaining about Badongo being used as the link, but this hasn't stopped lots of you from taking the music. Play these loud in the dance, and if you like them say hello in the cbox.

BOOMING BASSLINES
http://www.badongo.com/file/17498789

Saturday, September 26, 2009

chrome skin


Four pieces of the Trodding riddim mixed by Sojie for Redman years ago- if you like it or have more pieces of the riddim, say hello in the cbox-

BOOMING BASSLINES

http://www.badongo.com/file/17398919

Thursday, September 24, 2009

year of the chalice



At some point dancehall heads noticed that Junior Reid had found a cheaper way to press his own productions. The actual vinyl was of sketchy quality, and had a cloudy look to it. The labels, with their gaudy logo and odd coloring, were printed in bulk and hand-titled with a rubber stamp. This sleeve was used as a test sheet to get the ink pad "just right".

"No Loafting" is JR's treatment of "Skylarking", and "Year Of The Chalice" uses the Kuchie riddim.

BOOMING BASSLINES

http://www.badongo.com/file/17414654

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

WHITE MICE


Digital favorite White Mice did this cut of the Paragon's "Danger In Your Eyes" for JR to pleasant effect. Version is included for the ones who appreciate it.
BOOMING BASSLINES
http://www.badongo.com/file/17371297

JR 45s 1



Two all star combination tunes featuring Waterhouse legend Michael Rose over "Billie Jean" and icon Dennis Brown over JR's cut of "Mister Bassie".
BOOMING BASSLINES
http://www.badongo.com/file/17371278

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

DUB DANCE


Soundboy lyrics over a nice piece of "Throw Me Corn"- The dub version is included for hardcore music people-

BOOMING BASSLINES

http://www.badongo.com/file/17217235

Friday, September 11, 2009

SEPT. 11


Baby Huey AKA James Ramey was part of the Curtom roster and ended up doing two spinoff tracks based on the Impressions' "mighty mighty spade and whitey", a hit on it's own already. Here are three pieces, each with their own subtleties- Anyone have the instrumental?

BOOMING BASSLINES

http://www.badongo.com/file/17135010

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

TAXI GANG



We linked with Taxi Gang again in our town this weekend- Sly, Robbie, Nambo and the crew brought a heavy set of riddims to the stage, and spread nuff good-natured vibes around the place off-stage too.

You probably already have these two pieces of “Moving Away” by Ken Boothe, also known as the M16 riddim.

MORE LOVE!

BOOMING BASSLINES
http://www.badongo.com/file/17074344