adrian sherwood dub show

Bootleg video footage of one of the dub shows Adrian Sherwood did in Japan this fall with Lee 'Scratch' Perry. This was recorded on November 2 in Club Quattro in Osaka.

audio active - elements of rhyme

Audio Active featuring Ill Bostino (from Tha Blue Herb) in the official video for their track Elements of Rhyme.

mark stewart + maffia - hypnotised

Mark Stewart's Hypnotised (from the 1985 album As The Veneer Of Democracy Starts To Fade). Video obtained on VHS from Southern Studios.

on-u sound documentary

Great Polish documentary on Adrian Sherwood and his On-U Sound label, with Sherwood talking about past, present and future.
Big up to Maken for making this available!

tribute to john peel

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gary clail - human nature

Some more Gary Clail: Snub TV on the set of filming the video for 'Human Nature', On-U Sound's bigest hit record ever!

tackhead/gary clail - hard left

This is the official video for 'Hard Left' by Tackhead (ON-U DP 16) from 1986.
Gary et al riding round on top of an open top double-decker bus near the Houses of Parliament with bandages on his head!

stormy weather live

Tackhead playing the Fats Comet classic 'Stormy Weather' live. Made public by noone other than Keith LeBlanc.

tackhead in the studio

A videoclip shot by Doug Wimbish(!) of Tackhead rehearsing in the studio. You can actually see Doug filming in the beginning of the clip.

tracklisting 'johnny was' soundtrack

2 Bad Card - Weed Specialist

Adrian Sherwood - Stepping Crowd
Adrian Sherwood - Trot One Off
Adrian Sherwood - Zero Zero One
Adrian Sherwood - X Planation

Afro Celt Soundsystem - Whirl-Y-Reel 1

Beanie Man - In the Ghetto

Creation Rebel - Space Movement 5

Congo Ashanti Roy - Breaking Down the Pressure

Congo Natty - Banana Boat Man
Congo Natty - H.I.M. War

Dennis Bovell - Different Dub

Dub Syndicate - Fire Burning
Dub Syndicate - 2001 Love
Dub Syndicate - Precinct of Sound
Dub Syndicate - African Landing
Dub Syndicate - Fight the Power
Dub Syndicate - Stoned Immaculate

Ganja Kru - Super Sharp Shooter

Ghetto Priest - Visionary
Ghetto Priest/Ri Ra - Rise Up

Harry Beckett - Monsters

Home T./Cocoa Tea/Shabba Ranks - Pirates Anthem

Ja-Man All Stars - Herb Cutter

Junior Delgado - Invisible Music

King Tubby - Great Stone
King Tubby - Peace and Love in the Dub

Lee Perry/Dub Syndicate - You Thought I Was Dead

Lenky Marsden - Diwali Rhythm

Little Roy - Piece of the Earth
Little Roy - Bongo Nyah
Little Roy - Jah can Count on I

Natty Wailer - Lift Your Spirits

Noah House of Dread - Murder

Samia Farah - Homesick Blues Dub

Sam Sarpong - Brixton Party

Singers and Players - Bloodshed dub

The Abyssinians - Satta Massagana

Yellowman - Zungguzungguguzungguzeng

'johnny was' - american trailer

Here it is again, in different form: 'Johnny Was', with an awesome reggae soundtrack compiled by Adrian Sherwood. This is the American trailer. Check this blog for more info on the film itself.

tracks - arte special on dub

Television special by the program Tracks from German cult channel Arte on dub music, featuring Adrian Sherwood and Nick Mannaseh, Bunninton Rogers. Big up to Ralf for making this available!

'johnny was' - a MUST see!

This is a MUST for all you On-U Sound lovers out there: the film 'Johnny Was', out on DVD on September 16, with a 39 track reggae soundtrack, compiled by Adrian Sherwood, and with (having had a look at the official trailer below) a lot of his own work.
Here's a synopsis of this 2005 film from Northern Ireland, directed by Mark Hammond and with actors such as Samantha Mumba, Lennox Lewis, Patrick Bergin, Vinnie Jones, Eriq La Salle and The Who singer Roger Daltrey:

'Johnny (Vinnie Jones), trying to escape a violent past, hides out in the world's least-safe safe house, sandwiched between a crime den run by a Jamaican gangster (Eriq LaSalle) and a pirate radio station belonging to a Rasta DJ (Lennox Lewis). When Johnny's former comrade (Patrick Bergin) escapes from prison, Johnny faces being dragged back into violence and away from his new love (Samantha Mumba).
Johnny's actions ignite a simmering war on two fronts with his drug-dealing neighbor and his former boss Jimmy (Roger Daltrey). Johnny faces questions of race, morality, loyalty, and ultimately survival - played out against a great reggae sound track from legendary DJ-producer Adrian Sherwood.'

akabu live performance

Footage of Akabu during the Crisis? What Crisis? fundraising for homeless people in Britain in 1992. Other artists performing were Gary Clail, African Head Charge, Erasure, The Shamen, amongst others.

bim sherman's miracle - the making of

Promo documentary made for On-U Sound/EFA Medien about the recording of Bim Sherman's masterpiece 'Miracle'. Features interviews with Bim himself, Adrian Sherwood, Shara Nelson (Massive Attack), Talvin Singh, Doug Wimbish and Skip McDonald.

doug wimbish at canadian bass clinic

Doug Wimbish performs one of his tamer tracks during a bass and drum clinic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 26, 2006.

african head charge live

Footage of African Head Charge during the Crisis? What Crisis? fundraising for homeless people in Britain in 1992. Other artists performing were Gary Clail, Akabu, Erasure, The Shamen, amongst others.

audio active - happy shopper

Official video for Audio Active's track 'Happy Shopper'. Audio Active is a Japanese trio, formed by Masa, 2DD and Nanao. They make a pumped-up rastified version of hip-hop, with heads bowed to dub wizard Lee 'Scratch' Perry. Audio Active recorded several records for the British dub label On-U Sound, owned by Adrian Sherwood. 'Happy Shopper' was one of them. The single was released in 1995.

bim sherman in the recording studio

Presumably from the same Arte program: footage of Bim Sherman in the recording studio, with Adrian Sherwood, Skip McDonald and Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah.

adrian sherwood at the control tower

Adrian Sherwood at the control tower. This clip (far too short...) was taken from the European art channel Arte.

And yes, I know, it took me way too long to update this blog. Stay tuned for another blog in the next few days!

bim sherman (2)

Another Bim Sherman. Same photographer (Colin Hawkins), presumeably the same shoot.

tribute to bim sherman

One more from that load of On-U sound related pictures I found at the record fair the other day: a beautiful photo of the late Bim Sherman taken by Colin Hawkins for Mantra Recordings, the label that released Bim's brilliant album 'Miracle'.
If your not familiar with that record, go hide yourself and start shaming. Or else: try and get hold of a copy. You'll love it.

the riddle has been solved!

To solve the riddle: the 3rd picture (see below) is indeed a promo picture of Mark Stewart. Who solved it? Mark Stewart himself! To top it off, one more picture:

mind at the end of the tower

Guess you mean this one, David?
There sure is a resemblance to the style in picture of the log below.

but is THIS mark stewart?

Came across these 3 promo pictures at a record fair. The first 2 are obvious: that 's Mark Stewart, of Pop Group and Mark Stewart + Maffia fame. But how about this one? Is this Mark Stewart as well?
Looks like him, but IS it him? Please let me know what you think.

this is mark stewart 2

this is mark stewart