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While much of the LargeUp team is cooling in Miami (check out out Winter Music Massive coming up), I’m wrapping up a week of madness here in Austin for SXSW. Wrangled some nice tapes for this week, with vibes from London, Switzerland and Seattle. Let’s keep it moving…
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The big homie from London Toddla T just got us up to the time with the newest audible and wearable goods from his own Girls Music camp. In support of the newest release by his BBC Radio 1 mate DJ Q‘s Cocoa Tea-inspired Dibby Dibby Sound EP, as well as the Dibby Dibby Sound mixtape, there’s also this fresh tee to compliment the EP, as sported by the big man himself David Rodigan in the pic above. These limited edition bad boys are now available to you and can be procured right here. See what Toddla has to say about it all in the youchube below. Maddest ting!
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Hopefully you all had a good day treating your ma dukes yesterday—now it’s time to treat yourself with some Mixtape Mondays. A heap of vibez this week, straight from London, to Portugal, to Miami, to NYC, to your desktop. Ease up and let these three joints do the heavy lifting for you this week.
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Monday is upon us again, and whether you’re still recovering from too much Easter Bun & Cheese or all set to take on the week, these mixes from London, Switzerland and Boston should get you fired up. Current anthems, digital classics, jungle and more make their way in this week—get some below.
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Words by Jesse Serwer
In light of this Cockney & Yardie trip we’ve been on recently (for better or worse), we thought we’d take a journey through the reggae/dancehall archives of the British hits showcase Top of the Pops, which aired on the BBC every Thursday night from 1964 until 1996 (and at various other, less-watched timeslots until 2006). Brits have better taste than us Yanks, or at least they did at that time, so while you’d be hard pressed to name any reggae acts who ever appeared on American Bandstand (or even Soul Train), TOTP‘s history is littered with memorable appearances, lip-synced or otherwise, from Jamaican and homegrown British reggae acts. Among those who gained some of their greatest exposure from the show are Dave and Ansel Collins (One of the first Jamaican acts to appear, in 1971), Althea and Donna (Their delightfully off-key rendition of “Uptown Top Ranking” might be the most thrilling of the bunch), and the late UK dancehall pioneer Smiley Culture (Doing”Police Officer,” a song that has just now taken on new meaning given the circumstances of his death on Tuesday). The series, which also hosted two of Bob Marley’s only network-TV appearances, fortunately lives on in Top of the Pops 2, which still airs classic, OG TOTP footage on BBC Two to this date. Here are some gems that have made it to Youtube, in chronological order.
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You may remember we mentioned this excellent new BBC documentary exploring the impact of Jamaican music on UK pop culture from the 1960s til now. Unless you were actually alive during the 60s and have suffered short-term memory loss from your lifestyle choices, in which case it was here and then here. Anyway, what we’re trying to tell you is that it has now been posted online in all its glory. The unlisted upload smells like piracy, so if you live outside the UK and can’t get it any other way, jump on this train while you still can! Watch below for great historical footage, an unseen interview with the late, great Sugar Minnott (and much more). That’s what we’ll be doing.
