james brown & afrika bambaataa - unity

Way back from 1984, but still funky as hell: James Brown & Afrika Bambaataa doing 'Unity' with the Sugar Hill House Band backing them, being of course Keith LeBlanc, Doug Wimbish and Skip McDonald.

asian dub foundation - fortress europe

Official video for one of Asian Dub Foundation's best tracks. Is that because Adrian Sherwood was twisting the knobs? Or is it the voice of the Ghetto Priest? Anyway: great video.

tackhead - ticking time bomb

Seldom to be seen, but what a wild video this is! Tackhead and 'Ticking Time Bomb'. ...This could explode into a conflict!

the enemy within - strike

Wow, check this out! Supporting the miner's strike in the UK back in the eighties, Adrian Sherwood and Keith LeBlanc recorded 'Strike' under the alias The Enemy Within. This is the official video for that track.

dub syndicate - doctor who

Video for Dub Syndicate's 'Doctor Who' featuring Doctor Pablo, and indeed not Augustus Pablo (thanx for correcting me!).

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.