The 'What Song Are You Listening To Now' Thread

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Stamford Bridge late 60s early 70s - skinhead tune we all loved

Max Romeo died last week

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7 hours ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Stamford Bridge late 60s early 70s - skinhead tune we all loved

Max Romeo died last week

Jamaican reggae artist Max Romeo dies aged 80

Musician best known for tracks such as Chase the Devil and War Ina Babylon rose to fame in the 1960s

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/apr/12/jamaican-reggae-artist-max-romeo-dies-aged-80

Max Romeo, the influential Jamaican reggae artist best known for tracks such as Chase the Devil and War Ina Babylon, has died at the age of 80.

The singer, known to his family and friends as Maxie Smith, died after heart complications in Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica, on Friday.

Romeo rose to fame in the late 1960s with his provocative hit Wet Dream. Despite being banned by the BBC, the song became a UK Top 10 single and spent 25 weeks in the charts, cementing his legacy as one of the world’s most recognisable reggae voices.

“To hear of his passing is quite shocking,” said Max Romeo’s lawyer, Errol Michael Henry. “He was a perfect gentleman, and a gentle soul. He had great love for his family, and he was a legend in his own right. You couldn’t meet a nicer person – which makes the loss more difficult.”

Romeo began his career in 1965 as the lead vocalist for the Emotions, before his music became synonymous with the Jamaican social democracy movement of the 1970s. His song Let the Power Fall on I became a ballad for Jamaica’s People’s National party during its successful 1972 election campaign.

His 1976 album War Ina Babylon, released on Island Records and backed by Jamaican band the Upsetters, is widely regarded as a classic of the roots reggae era. It featured Chase the Devil, a song that has since been sampled by artists across genres, including the Prodigy and Kanye West.

Romeo later moved to New York in 1978, where he co-wrote and starred in the musical Reggae, while he went on to perform backing vocals on the Rolling Stones’ track Dance on their Emotional Rescue album.

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On 28/04/2025 at 02:32, Vesper said:

Jamaican reggae artist Max Romeo dies aged 80

Musician best known for tracks such as Chase the Devil and War Ina Babylon rose to fame in the 1960s

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/apr/12/jamaican-reggae-artist-max-romeo-dies-aged-80

Max Romeo, the influential Jamaican reggae artist best known for tracks such as Chase the Devil and War Ina Babylon, has died at the age of 80.

The singer, known to his family and friends as Maxie Smith, died after heart complications in Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica, on Friday.

Romeo rose to fame in the late 1960s with his provocative hit Wet Dream. Despite being banned by the BBC, the song became a UK Top 10 single and spent 25 weeks in the charts, cementing his legacy as one of the world’s most recognisable reggae voices.

“To hear of his passing is quite shocking,” said Max Romeo’s lawyer, Errol Michael Henry. “He was a perfect gentleman, and a gentle soul. He had great love for his family, and he was a legend in his own right. You couldn’t meet a nicer person – which makes the loss more difficult.”

Romeo began his career in 1965 as the lead vocalist for the Emotions, before his music became synonymous with the Jamaican social democracy movement of the 1970s. His song Let the Power Fall on I became a ballad for Jamaica’s People’s National party during its successful 1972 election campaign.

His 1976 album War Ina Babylon, released on Island Records and backed by Jamaican band the Upsetters, is widely regarded as a classic of the roots reggae era. It featured Chase the Devil, a song that has since been sampled by artists across genres, including the Prodigy and Kanye West.

Romeo later moved to New York in 1978, where he co-wrote and starred in the musical Reggae, while he went on to perform backing vocals on the Rolling Stones’ track Dance on their Emotional Rescue album.

Quite a few links the Stones had with reggae artists - Kieth Richards wandered into the studio where Black Uhuru were creating Shine Eye Gal - that bass is Richards !

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I don't wanna hear about what the rich are doing
I don't wanna go to where the rich are going
They think they're so clever, they think they're so right
But the truth is only known by guttersnipes

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Fabric 22 - Adam Beyer (2005) Full Mix Album

Label: Fabric – Fabric43
Series: Fabric  – 22
Format: CD, Mixed
Country: UK
Released: 17 May 2005
Genre: Electronic
Style: Minimal, Minimal Techno, Techno

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The Partisans - Mindless Violence

Label: No Future Records – PUNK 4
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: 26 Feb 1983
Genre: Rock
Style: Punk

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Thatcher On Acid ‎– Curdled LP (1987) [VINYL RIP] *HQ AUDIO* 

English anarcho-punk band. Formed in Somerset in 1983.

Label: All The Madmen Records – MADLP 007
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: 8 Apr 1987
Genre: Rock
Style: Punk

 

 

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Over 2 millions people. Biggest concert ever. And Gaga was spectacular. 

 

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Thievery Corporation - Abductions And Reconstructions (Breaks, Future Jazz, Trip Hop) (1999)

Label: Eighteenth Street Lounge Music – ESL017
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: UK, Europe & US
Released: 20 Apr 1999
Genre: Electronic
Style: Breaks, Future Jazz, Downtempo, Dub

Tracklist:

00:00 - David Byrne - Dance On Vaseline (Thievery Corp. Meets David Byrne Remix)
05:36 - Baaba Maal - I Will Follow You (Souka Nayo) (Thievery Remix)
10:28 - Slide Five - KC Doppler (Thievery Corporation Remix)
15:09 - Rockers Hi-Fi - Transmission Central (Remixed By Thievery Corporation)
19:56 - Stereolab - Tickertape Of The Unconscious (Thievery Corporation Remix)
24:07 - Pizzicato 5 - Porno 3003 (Thievery Corporation Remix)
28:28 - Thunderball - Hijack (Reach For The Sky)
33:26 - Edson Cordeiro - Ave Maria (Thievery Corporation Remix)
37:32 - Waldeck - Defenceless (Thievery Corporation Remix)
42:19 - Gus Gus - Polyesterday (Thievery Corporation Remix)
46:24 - Hooverphonic - This Strange Effect (Thievery Corporation Remix)
51:12 - Avatars Of Dub - Sexelevatormuzik (Thievery Corporation Remix)
56:28 - Black Uhuru - Boof N' Baff N' Biff (Black Uhuru Meets The Thievery)
1:02:14 - Ursula 1000 - Savoir Faire (Thievery Corporation Mix)
1:07:59 - Urbs' n Chaoz - Closer To God (Thievery Corporation Remix)

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The Partisans - Reality T.V. (2003)

25 years after they formed in 1978, they were still banging 'em out.........

The fifth and final volume of TKO's label sampler, released September 2, 2003

Label: TKO Records – TKO ROUND 150
Series: Punch Drunk – V
Style: Hardcore, Punk

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Bar Noir - Post-Punk Compilation Vol. 5

Fifth Post-Punk Compilation for dear guests of Bar Noir. Even more melodic in general because of heavy influences of coldwave, darkwave, synth-pop and gothic rock here and there.

00:00 Intro
00:12 Holygram – Signals
05:28 Drab Majesty - Dot In The Sky
10:55 Rendez-Vous - The Others
14:35 Starcontrol - A Cruel Day
19:22 Acid Ghost - I Don't Need You
22:29 LowCityRain - You Are Everyone, You Are Everywhere 
25:27 EESCA - Los Inocentes 
28:17 The Soft Moon – Far
32:11 Blind Seagull - Save
34:35 Moonlight Meadow – Dance
38:46 She Past Away – Ritüel
43:47 Box And The Twins - Dein Herz Schlägt Noch 
47:37 Mirror Of Haze - Forgotten Places, Forgotten People
52:01 Iamnoone - Stillborn
55:30 Outro

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5 HOURS OF JAMAICAN SKA [1962-66]

 

TRACKLIST:

BYRON LEE & THE DRAGONAIRES - FRANKENSTEIN 00:01
PRINCE BUSTER'S ALL STARS - ALI SHUFFLE 02:36
SOUL BROS. - WARLORD (EASTMAN SKA) 06:24
RULERS - DON'T BE A RUDEBOY 09:35
CLARENDONIANS - RUDIE BAM BAM 11:56
LORD TANAMO - COME DOWN 14:17
LORD TANAMO - IRON BAR 16:33
ERIC MORRIS - MONEY CAN'T BUY LIFE 18:52
CLARENDONIANS - YOU WON'T SEE ME 21:40
RULERS - COPASETIC 24:42
RULERS - BE GOOD 27:16
PETER TOUCH - RASTA SHOOK THEM UP 30:02
WAILERS - SINNER MAN 32:18
ALTON ELLIS - THE PREACHER 35:25
JUSTIN HINDS & THE DOMINOES - OVER THE RIVER 37:38
SILVERTONES - TRUE CONFESSION 40:01
BLUE BUSTERS & THE DRAGONAIRES - I WON'T LET YOU GO 42:44
ERIC MORRIS & BYRON LEE - SAMMY DEAD 44:59
STRANGER & KEN - ARTEBELA 47:13
HIGGS & WILSON - THERE'S A REWARD 49:51
ALTON AND THE FLAMES - DANCE CRASHER 52:25
FOLKS BROTHERS - CAROLINA 55:06
GAYLADS - YOU NEVER LEAVE HIM 57:50
TECHNIQUES - I'M SO IN LOVE WITH YOU 1:00:30
BLUE BUSTERS - SOON YOU WILL BE GONE 1:03:11
MILLIE - MY BOY LOLLIPOP 1:05:54
MILLIE - OH, HENRY 1:07:59
AZIE LAWRENCE - PEMPELEM 1:09:52
JIMMY CLIFF - KING OF KINGS 1:12:17
GAYLADS - DREAM DREAM 1:15:38
LYN CARBY & THE ORIGINALS - LOVE WILL BE MINE 1:18:13
SKATALITES - EXODUS  1:20:47
DON DRUMMOND & THE SKATALITES - ADDIS ABABA 1:23:41
BABA BROOKS - VITAMIN A 1:26:08
SKATALITES - MAGIC STAR 1:29:08
SKATALITES - GUNS OF NAVARONE 1:32:30
ZODIACS - RENEGADE 1:34:55
LESTER STERLING - HOT CARGO 1:37:35
VAL BENNETT & HIS SELECTED GROUP - ATLAS 1:40:26
LYNN TAITT & THE BOYS - STORM WARNING 1:42:54
JACKIE MITTOO - EL BANG BANG 1:45:24
SOUL BROTHERS - GUJARA SKA 1:48:51
BUSTER'S ALL STARS - LION OF JUDAH 1:51:19
PRINCE BUSTER - DANCE CLEOPATRA 1:54:18
KEITH, KEN & THE DRAGONAIRES - JAMAICA SKA 1:57:41
PRINCE BUSTER - BLACK HEAD CHINAMAN 1:59:33
DERRICK MORGAN - BLAZING FIRE 2:02:41
PRINCE BUSTER - ENJOY YOUR SELF 2:05:37
PRINCE BUSTER - MADNESS 2:08:43
PRINCE BUSTER - DON'T THROW STONES 2:11:30
DESMOND BAKER & THE CLARENDONIANS - RUDE BOY - GONE JAIL 2:14:39
WAILERS - GOOD GOOD RUDIE 2:17:26
WAILERS - JERKING TIME 2:19:46
WAILERS - HE WHO FEELS IT KNOW IT 2:22:12
BOB MARLEY - JUDGE NOT 2:24:46
WAILING WAILERS - SIMMER DOWN 2:27:16
WAILING WAILERS - RUDE BOY 2:30:06
WAILING WAILERS - PUT IT ON 2:32:27
WAILING WAILERS - ONE LOVE 2:35:36
WAILERS - CRY TO ME 2:38:56
WAILERS - I DON'T NEED YOUR LOVE 2:41:42
WAILERS - DANCING SHOES 2:44:53
WAILERS - MAGA DOG 2:47:35
PETER TOSH - MAKING LOVE 2:50:35
PETER TOUCH - THE TOUGHEST 2:53:44
LEE PERRY - DOCTOR DICK 2:56:55
MAYTALS - LET'S JUMP 2:59:27
MAYTALS - JOY AND JEAN 3:01:42
MAYTALS - LIFE COULD BE A DREAM 3:04:02
MAYTALS - I AM IN LOVE 3:06:11
MAYTALS - IT'S YOU 3:09:15
MAYTALS - I'LL NEVER GROW OLD 3:11:25
MAYTALS - NEVER YOU CHANGE 3:13:32
ANDY & JOEY - YOU'RE WONDERING NOW 3:16:04
DELROY WILSON - SOME BODY HAS STOLEN MY GIRL 3:18:17
RIO GRANDES - SAMPHEY MAN 3:21:14
LAUREL AITKEN - JAMBOREE 3:24:02
LAUREL AITKEN - BAG-A-BOO 3:27:03
JACKIE OPEL - YOU'RE TOO BAD 3:29:38
ETHIOPIANS - I AM FREE 3:32:13
GAYLADS - STOP MAKING LOVE 3:34:53
DERRICK HARRIOTT - MONKEY SKA 3:37:12
CLANCY ECCLES - SAMMY NO DEAD 3:39:29
SKATALITES - BEARDMAN SKA 3:41:15
ROLAND ALPHONSO - FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE 3:44:16
DON DRUMMOND - EASTERN STANDARD TIME 3:48:42
ROLAND ALPHONSO - JAMES BOND 3:51:53
SKATALITES - DICK TRACY 3:54:56
JACKIE MITTOO & THE SOUL BROTHERS - KILLER DILLER 3:57:44
BABA BROOKS - SPECIAL EVENT 4:00:32
PRINCE BUSTER'S ALL STARS - ONE STEP BEYOND 4:03:16
BEN LEVY - I'LL MAKE YOU GLAD 4:05:55
TECHNIQUES - NO ONE 4:08:37
LORD CREATOR - DON'T STAY OUT LATE 4:11:16
SPANISH TOWN SKA BEATS - STOP THAT TRAIN 4:13:57
SILVERTONES - IT'S REAL 4:16:32
JUSTIN HINDS & THE DOMINOES - CARRY GO BRING COME 4:19:04
BABA BROOKS - GUNS FEVER 4:21:50
DON DRUMMOND & ROLAND ALPHONSO - ROLL-ON SWEET DON 4:24:44
DON DRUMMOND - SMILING 4:28:31
ROLAND ALPHONSO - EL PUSSY CAT 4:31:50
ROLANDO AL & THE SOUL BROTHERS - PHEONIX CITY 4:35:07
ROLAND ALPHONSO - NIMBLE FOOT 4:38:06
SOUL BROTHERS - HOT SUN 4:41:08
TOMMY MCCOOK - PERSIAN SKA 4:44:16
BYRON LEE & THE SKA KINGS - LAST NIGHT SKA 4:46:47
FOUR ACES - HOOCHY-KOOCHY KAI-PO 4:48:53
FOUR ACES - RIVER BANK COBERLY AGAIN 4:51:35
BIBBY - WICKED MEN 4:54:13
DERRICK MORGAN - FORWARD MARCH 4:56:50

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Megadeth - In My Darkest Hour - 1988 (Remastered 2004)

Label: Capitol Records – SPRO-79336
Format: Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1988
Genre: Rock
Style: Thrash, Speed Metal, Heavy Metal

Label: Capitol Records – 724359862620
Series: Remixed & Remastered
Format: CD, Album, Remastered, Remixed
Country: Europe
Released: 2004
Genre: Rock
Style: Thrash, Speed Metal, Heavy Metal

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Snoopos - Sinogrime Vinyl Mix (2002-2005 bangers)

 

The term “Sinogrime” essentially refers to music made by early Grime forerunners like Jammer and Wiley, who sampled ostensibly “Chinese” sounds in some of their productions.

There's a great article on it on Radii's website: https://radii.co/article/sinogrime-explained

Tracklisting:

01. Jammer - Return to the Future [Jahmektheworld - 2003]
02. Danny Weed - Roll Deep Regular [Roll Deep Recordings - 2003]
03. Unknown Artist - Unknown [White Label - 2003]
04. Dizzee Rascal - I Luv U (Remix) [ XL recordings - 2003]
05. Wiley - Morgue [Wiley Kat Records - 2003]
06. Wonder - What [Dump Valve Recordings - 2003]
07. Flow Dan - Skydiver [White Label - 2003]
08. Wizzbit - Popadoms [Square Recordings - 2003]
09. Wiley - Ground Zero [Wiley Kat Records - 2003]
10. Wiley - Shanghai [Wiley Kat Records - 2003]
11. Wiley - Pies [Wiley Kat Records - 2004]
12. Dizzee Rascal - Street Fighter [White Label - 2004]
13. Wiley - Snowflake (Tokyo) [Wiley Kat Records - 2002]
14. Jammer - Weed Man [Wiley Kat Records - 2003]
15. Jammer - Jam Pie [Wiley Kat Records - 2005]

Runtime: 25 mins 20 secs
Turntables: Technics SL 1210 MK2
Mixer: Pioneer DJM 350

 

 

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Old School Tech House Mix (1995-2003)

Techtonics is an old-school tech house mix with tracks from 1995-2003. After listening to a few Chaos in the CBD sets, I was forever changed by their selection, range, and overall sounds they were playing. Coming to know their tracklist, I made it a mission to find tracks similar to the tech house they were playing. Tech house from this era contains that hard-hitting aspect like it does today but with more range and crossover between other genres at the time. Expect punchy basslines, loads of percussion, and sounds that aren't replicated these days. Think 3 AM Manchester warehouse rave circa 2001... if you can even envision that: dark, super sweaty, a bit of you know what involved, and most importantly people dancing their asses off until the break of dawn. What a glorious sight.

Made with love. Hope you enjoy.

Tracklist:

Little Green Men - These Are The Beats
H-Foundation - Hear Dis Sound (adam shelton remix)
6400 Crew - Give your love to me
XS - Phantasy Tribe
Onionz, Master D, Halo - Life
TDR - Squelch (Fellatio Profunda mix)
Hipp-e - Down on me (original mix)
Angel Alanis - La music funk dub
Modal - Boy - girl - boy girl
The T Collective - Burnin (Afterhour mix)
Olav Basoski - Water (remix)
Chris Lum - Big Tool
The Producers - Flying the Funky Path
Silicone Soul - Chic-O-Laa (H-Foundation remix)
Ian Pooley - Chord memory
Mr. G - Shake Da Booty Uuuhh
Scan 7 - No enemy no table
DJ Ionic - Yeah
Lemon 8 - Triple Funk
DJ Garth - 20 minutes of disco glory (acid rock mix)
Joey Beltram - Groove attack
Armando - Pleasure Dome
X-Press 2 - AC/DC Gangbanger Mix
Hipp-E and Tony - Musica De La Celva
Los Hermanos - Birth of 3000

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MOCHAKK @ Club Space Miami -SUNRISE DJ SET presented by Link Miami Rebels

Pedro Luis Nunes Maia (born 21 September 1999 in Sorocaba, Brazil), known by the stage name Mochakk is a Brazilian DJ and music producer.

Mochakk is a fully-fledged dance music phenomenon

After shooting to viral fame in 2022, Mochakk has asserted he has the range and the vision to earn his place in the top-tier of electronic music. Ana Yglesias joins him on his much-hyped, ice-cream-filled New York takeover, seeing his boundless creativity, non-stop schedule, and the many fans who idolise him first-hand

https://mixmag.net/feature/mochakk-calling-interview-dj-brazil-new-york-takeover

It's been two-and-a-half years since Mochakk burst onto the global electronic music scene with a viral TikTok—49-seconds of his enthusiastic DJ dance moves set to PAWSA's ‘Roll Play’. (At the time of writing, the clip has 1.3 million likes, just shy of the 1.4 million followers he has on that social media platform. On Instagram he now has 1.7 million.) Not all artists are ready to ride their 15-minutes of fame to something bigger, but the ‘False Need’ producer, who is still just 24-years-old, seems born ready.

In 2022, Mochakk showed us what he’s capable of. He went from booking his first gigs outside of his home country of Brazil to popping his Ibiza cherry playing DC-10’s beloved Circoloco party, remixed the Martinez Brothers (‘Rizzla’ featuring Gordo and Rema), released hot tunes on Nervous and Black Book Records (‘Da Fonk’ featuring Joni and ‘False Need,’ respectively), and launched his MOTRAXX label, to name just a few highlights. The following year, he made his Cercle debut in Seville, played huge festival stages at Sónar (in Barcelona and Lisbon), Coachella and ARC, and became a Circoloco regular, even playing their Ibiza season opener and closing out the year with his debut on their label, ‘Jealous’. His first release of 2024 will also drop on CircoLoco Records, an energetic six-track EP entitled ‘Locomotiva Ibiza 2099’, with part one coming July 26.

Mochakk’s upbeat, eclectic sound and infectious energy has had him playing a whirlwind of major gigs around the world several times over, but perhaps the most important are his Mochakk Calling parties, where he gets to book the openers, curate the space and showcase his expansive sound and skater-influenced aesthetic.

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