Organic Vibes 06.03.2026

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Organic Vibes 06.03.2026

AUGUSTUS PABLO - East of the River Nile/Intro

MUNGO'S HI FI x AZIZA JAYE - That Thing ('That Thing' EP/Scotch Bonnet Records; 2026)

12 TRIBES OF MARS - Push On (Single/Dubophonic Records; 2026)

KING STANLEY, KRONE & TING-A-LING - The Wicked Harm (Evidence Music; 2026)

EARL SIXTEEN & THE 18TH PARALLEL - My Son (Evidence Music; 2026)

DA FUCHAMAN - Get Out Of My Way ('Colours of Life' LP/Evidence Music; 2026)

BLAIZE FYAH & FRIENDS - Hot Party (Single; 2026)

PEPE LINK & KIKO NAVARRO feat. AFEERIKA - Kokó Ngbélé (Single/Afraterraneo Records; 2026)

KANDA BONGO MAN - Billi (Live)

IREKE (feat. NAYEL HÓXÓ) - Abanije ('Ayo Dele' LP/Underdog Records; 2026)

KEPA - Dream Enhancer ('Soul Wash Services' LP/Heavenly Sweetness Records; 2026)

GENTLEMAN'S DUB CLUB & JOLIE P - Bop (Single; 2026)

DA FUCHAMAN, ANJELICA MAVA & LITTLE LION SOUND - Good Over Evil ('Colours of Life' LP/Evidence Music; 2026)

ROBBIE STICKLAND - All Films Are So Good ('A Litany Of Failures Vol. V' LP; 2025)

PIJULE & ROOTS MECHANICS - Quen - Yah + Quen - Yah Dub 1(Single; Earth Works Records; 2026)

MARK VERNON -

1. 'Quick rinse system in operation
2. MRI Scan recorded through operator-patient intercom
3. METI Human Patient Simulator - mannequin breathing (used in exercises by trainee medical staff)
4. Haemoglobin A 1 C Analyser Processing Samples
5. Heater fan (used to keep patients warm during anaesthetic procedures) - air from fan blowing across microphone)
6. Phacoemulsifier - suction and ultrasound during cataract surgery - two perspectives

('Sounds of the Modern Hospital' LP/Death Is Not The End)

TAKAAT - Ijit N'elwan 4 ('Is Noise Vol. 3' EP/Purplish Records; 2026)

HOLLIE COOK - Rockaway Dub  ('Shy Girl In Dub' LP/Mr Bongo; 2026)

T. NATTY & ADDIS RECORDS - Milk & Honey (Evidence Music; 2026)

JAH VERSION - Gather Round (Evidence Music; 2026)

GYM SHORTS - DUI IUD (2025)

DA FUCHAMAN - Sail On ('Colours of Life' LP/Evidence Music; 2026)

THE APPETIZERS - A Message  From The Meters ('Keep Your Step'LP/Killer Groove Records; 2026)

ESKORBUTO - Enterrado Vivo (Primera Maqueta) ('Maldito Pais Primera Época 1982 - 1984'/Munster Records; 2025)

ALTIN GUN - Gonul Dagi ('Garip' LP/Glitterbeat Records; 2026)

RANKING BARNABAS - Raw Meat ('Cold Crusher' LP/ Originally Released on Jamdung Records in 1976; Reissued, Cinedelic Records 2026)

ELASTICA DUB & ZION TRAIN - Astral Vision ('Astral Vision' EP/Dubophonic Records; 2026)

DA FUCHAMAN  & LITTLE LION SOUND - Feeling Irie ('Colours of Life' LP/Evidence Music; 2026)

ESSAIA  - Rayon Vert (Single/Dubquake Records; 2026)

VIBRONICS - Damascus (Bungalo Dub Iztapalapa Mix) ('Damascus Dub' EP/SCOOPS Records; 2026)

MUNGO'S HI FI x AZIZA JAYE - That Dub (Doo Wop Mix) ('That Thing' EP/Scotch Bonnet Records; 2026)

Out

 Out, out, out

Yeah, you heard me right,

Get out the door and

Don't catch fright,

Out for Yoga

Out for Pilates - don't be late!

Or out to smoke

Out for a coffee date

Out, out, out!

Never stay in

Unless it's a sin

For you've got to mind

Your mental health

Not to be left behind

Craving wealth

Leave your cosy dwelling

Start to walk

Soon things will begin gelling

Yes, you see

Getting out is being free

Free from the wife

Or a too constricting life

We're not made for 

Stillness - too much anyway

No, we need to move

Out for a drink

Time to think

Help that little old lady

Cross the road

Clear that fellow's awful load

You always told me 

Get out, out, out

And without a doubt

You've helped me out!

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Dedicated to the memory of Paul Hayden who died in December 2023 - a generous soul who liked to help people out.

© Iano 2024

Organic Vibes 14.02.2026

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Organic Vibes 14.02.2026

AUGUSTUS PABLO - East of the River Nile/Intro

THE LAST POETS - Rain Of Terror ('Understand What Black Is' LP/Studio Rockers; 2018)

SID BUCKNOR (feat. MYSTIC 13) - So Much Trouble ('Singles Collection 2023-2024' LP/Kingston Roots)

LOYAL FLAMES & VIKINGS BAND - Searching (Evidence Music; 2026)

BIA FERREIRA & LITTLE LION SOUND - O Seu Silencio (Evidence Music; 2026)

ALPHA STEPPA & NAI-JAH - Green White Green + Green White Dub ('Crowned Eagle' LP/Steppas Records; 2025)

JACKET BURNER - Slates ('Short Fuse' EP/Goodbye Boozy Digital Records; 2024)

MOHAMMED AL-HARAZI - I'm Afraid For You ('Visit Me' LP/ Originally Released: 1994; Reissued: Hive Mind Records; 2026)

NOURA MINT SEYMALI - Wezeun (Lebteit) ('Yenbett' LP/ Glitterbeat Records; 2025)

MAKAYA McCRAVEN - Lake Shore Drive Five ('The People's Mixtape'/ International Anthem Records; 2025)

SLY & ROBBIE + BUNNY LEE - Legalise The Dub ('Sly & Robbie Meet Bunny Lee At Dub Station' LP/Jamaican Recordings; 2002)

RIP LOWELL FILLMORE DUNBAR (aka SLY DUNBAR)

THE AGGROVATORS - I'm Still Waiting Dub ('Kaya Dub' LP/ Attack Records; 2007)

DELROY WILSON - Kiss An Angel Good Morning ('Gold Busters In Reggae'/ VP Records; 2026)

ALPHA STEPPA & NAI-JAH - Streets Of Africa + Streets Of Dub ('Crowned Eagle' LP/Steppas Records; 2025)

THE DEADLIANS - Beep Beep Teddy ('A Litany Of Failures Vol. V'/ A Litany Of Failures; 2025)

THE TWO THINGS IN ONE - Stop Telling Me ('Street Sounds From The Bay Area: Music City Funk & Soul Grooves 1971 - 1975'/ BGP; 2011)

TUNJI OYELANA - Ipasan ('Tunji Oyelana & The Benders' LP/Originally Released: 1974; Reissued, Soundway Records; 2026)

FABIANO DO NASCIMENTO - Spring Theme ('Vila' LP/ Far Out Recordings; 2026)

JOAO SELVA - Atras Do Teu Othar (Behind Your Gaze) ('Azul Noite' EP/Underdog Records; 2026)

THE EXPANDERS - Careful ('The Expanders'; 2011; Reissued, Easy Star Records; 2026)

SISTA IRIE & JUNGLEFIRE - We Are One ('We Are One' EP/ Substrate Records; 2026)

TONY HALL'S "Hallstars" - Hi-Ya Mr Jackson ('I Had The Craziest Dream: Modern Jazz & Hard Bop In Post War London Vol. 1'/ Death Is Not The End; 2022)

GAME SET MATCH - Want To Lose ('Game Set Match' EP/ Goodbye Boozy Digital Records; 2026)

CP WESTMAN ORKESTER - Video Guitar ('Backpack Baby' EP/Goodbye Boozy Digital; 2026)

UZLY HI FI, OWL TRACKERS - Daily Steppin' Mix 1 + Daily Steppin' Mix 2 ('Daily Steppin' - Usual Warmin' ' EP/Culture Dub Records; 2026)

JOSEPH KAMARU & KAMARU SUPER STARS - Karolina ('Heavy Combination 1966 - 2007'/Disciples Records; 2025)

ALPAH STEPPA & NAI-JAH - Where You Dey + Where You Dub ('Crowned Eagle' LP/ Steppas Records; 2025)

THE LAST POETS - What I Want To See ('Understand What Black Is' LP/ Studio Rockers; 2018)

Thank God For Heel Grips

My first pair of green Doc's (c.2020)

In July 2020 I bought my first pair of green DM's. I'd had boots before, but never in green. So some heads turned once I started wearing them. I loved them and managed to keep them - despite being in terrible condition - until July 2024! At that time I bought a new pair of green ones and I really love both the strength and colour of them.

Unfortunately, like most Doc wearers, my heels can be in pain for a few weeks until the footwear is 'broken in'. I discovered a way of lessening the pain - they come in the form of heel grips. All of this motivated me to write this poem as I stuck the grips into my boots before triumphantly strolling down the road with a pep in my step. Read on...

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THANK GOD FOR HEEL GRIPS

Only the other day

I bought a pair of Doc's

Green and shiny

A pair of beauty

Except...

I was down at the heel

Literally!

My feet were sore

As I tried my DM's once more

Left heel in agony

From the cutting of the Doc's

'Breaking in' was required

Said the nice man in the shop

So, was I to walk with a hop from the pain?

Fear not!

The arrival of saviours

They came in the form of heel grips

Once inserted correctly

My heels will 

No longer peel

No more pain in order to gain

The heel grips did their job

My daily trips no longer would throb

In pain

A small strip of adhesive

Affixed to the interior of my boots

Have revived my love of DM's

No longer am I staggering

My heels cut into bits

I now walk with grace

Moving at great pace

Yes, these are the wonders of invention

Thank God for heel grips!

© Iano 2024

Organic Vibes 01.02.2026

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Organic Vibes 01.02.2026

AUGUSTUS PABLO - East of the River Nile/Intro

IAN McKELLEN performs a speech from Shakespeare's 'Sir Thomas More' (2016)

I DREAMED I DREAM - Banana Sushi ('A Litany Of Failures Vol. V' LP/A Litany Of Failures; 2025)

CULTURE DUB ALLSTARS, MAT SOUND, SISTA BETHSABÉE, EL FATA, GURU POPE - Rockin' Circus (Single/Culture Dub Records; 2026)

MACKA B & SUNS OF DUB - Jah Love Is Amazing (UK Toaster meets dub producers from Trinidad & Tobago; Single/Earth Works; 2026)

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS - Kinky Reggae (B Side to 'No Woman, No Cry' Single/Island Records; 1974)

DAVID WALTERS & FATOUMATA DIAWARA - Ti Love ('Ti Love' LP/Heavenly Sweetness; 2026)

AFRICA EXPRESS feat. HAK BAKER, BONOBO, DAMON ALBARN & Others - Frenemies ('Africa Express Presents...Bahidorá LP/World Circuit; 2025)

VANITY MIRROR - Jack Of All Trades ('Super Fluff Forever' LP/We Are Busy Bodies; 2025)

ZIG ZAG BAND - Hombiro (Mischievous Baboon) ('Zig Zag Band: "Chigiyo" Music Kings 1987 - 1998'/Analog Africa Records; 2025)

PRINCE FAR I - Boz Rock ('Under Heavy Manners' LP/VP Records; Originally released, 1976; Reissued, 2023)

SENNID - Cool To Be Kind (Single; 2026)

JEB LOY NICHOLS - Step In ('This House Is Empty Without You' LP/Timmion Records; 2025)

SKARRA MUCCI, DUB AKOM & SHOCK DEM RECORDS - Blud (Evidence Music; 2026)

BUGLE, LAYLA REI, LITTLE LION SOUND & DUB AKOM - Good Over Evil (Evidence Music; 2026)

LOYAL FLAMES & VIKINGS BAND - Elevation Time (Evidence Music; 2026)

I DREAMED I DREAM - Tin Tin Haircut ('Why Say A Lot' EP; 2023)

Organic Vibes 14.01.2026

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Organic Vibes 14.01.2026

AUGUSTUS PABLO - East of the River Nile/Intro

EESAH, RANDY VALENTINE & DERRICK SOUND - Tired Of The System ('Success' LP/Evidence Music; 2025)

INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE - Outernationalism (Ukweli Duas and Asanas Mix) 

PAOLO BALDINI DUBFILES meets NOISESHAPER - Good Enough ('Paolo Baldini meets Noiseshaper' LP/Echo Beach Lifefidelity; 2021)

JACKET BURNER - Livin' Like A Creep ('Tonite' EP/Goodbye Boozy Digital; 2025)

STAR FEMININE BAND - Yain isa porn'bi ('Jusqu 'au bout du monde' LP/Born Bad Records; 2025)

RSD feat. BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH - Spirits In A Material World (RSD Vocal Mix) ('Dubxanne - Police In Dub' LP/Echo Beach Lifefidelity; 2022)

JEB LOY NICHOLS - Here With You ('This House Is Empty Without You' LP/Timmion Records; 2025)

EESAH & LITTLE LION SOUND - Girl From Costa Rica ('Success' LP/Evidence Music; 2025)

IMARHAN - Azaman Amoutay ('Essam' LP/City Slang Records; 2026)

MACKA B - Les Éléphants (Single/AZK Productions; 2025)

ANDERS PONSAING feat. KALETA - Erin (Music For Dreams Records; 2025)

THE UPSETTERS - Return Of The Super Ape ('Return Of The Super Ape' LP/  Goldenlane Records; Reisssue: 2021)

DAOIRÍ FARRELL - Van Dieman's Land ('True Born Irishman' LP/Daoirí Recordings; 2016)

EESAH & 808 DELAREGA - Moments For Life ('Success' LP/Evidence Music; 2025)

SUN RA - St Louis Blues ('Uncharted Passages - NY Piano Solliloques 1977 -1979' LP/Sundazed/Modern Harmonic Records; Reissue: 2025)

MICHAEL D HIGGINS with MYLES O'REILLY - Stargazer ('Against All Certainty' LP/Claddagh Records; 2025)

STINGING RAY & IRIE ITES - Don't Let Dem

IRIE ITES - Don't Let Dem Dub ('Cream Of The Crop 2025'LP/Bandcamp)

ORCHESTRE POLY RHYTHMO DE COTONOU DAHOMEY - Gnonnou Ho ('Le Sato' LP/Acid Jazz Records/Albarika Store; 2021)

BANDA ESCOLA PUBLICA - Samba de Novato ('Far Out Presents: Brazilian Bass' LP/Far Out Recordings; 2014)

GEORGE JACKSON - Back In Your Arms ('This Is Fame: 1964 - 1968' LP/Kent Records)

MILION STYLEZ; DUB AKOM & SHOCK DEM - Don't Cry (Evidence Music; 2025)

CHEZIDEK & JUNIOR SCRATCH - Strong Fighter (Evidence Music; 2025)

LASAI & LITTLE LION SOUND - Walk With Love (Evidence Music; 2025)

BAD BRAINS - Big Take Over ('Bad Brains' LP/ROIR; 1982)

NOURA MINT SEYMALI - Moughadim Karr ('Yenbett' LP/Glitterbeat Records; 2025)

EESAH - Dreamer ('Success' LP/Evidence Music; 2025)

Lemi Ghariokwu - Fela Kuti's sleeve designer (Guardian, 09 January 2026)

Lemi Ghariokwu (Photo: The Guardian)

In the link, below, is an article from The Guardian newspaper published in their editions for 09 January 2026. It's a fascinating article and it's coincidental that both Lemi and Noel Hawks (see my recent posting on this website) are both experienced in sleeve design - an interesting occupation.

Lemi Ghariokwu - artist who designed many of Fela Kuti's record sleeves

Legendary Reggae - Interview With Noel Hawks (c.2013)

 

Anyone familiar with the reggae scene, particularly in the UK will have heard the name Noel Hawks. Below is a link to an interview carried out with him from 2013 on the Legendary Reggae website. I hope you enjoy what I felt was a great read...

Legendary Reggae Interviews Noel Hawks

Organic Vibes 17.12.2025

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Organic Vibes 17.12.2025

AUGUSTUS PABLO - East of the River Nile/Intro

WARSAN SHIRE - Home 

SAMBANZO - Capadocia ('Tapioca - Brasil Diverso' LP/Poeira Music; 2025)

NOURA MINT SEYMALI - Bidayett Lehjibb

NOURA MINT SEYMALI - Lehjibb ('Yenbett'LP/Glitterbeat Records; 2025)

GOD KNOWS feat. FARAH ELLE - A Little Piece Of Home ('A Future of the Past' LP/Narolane Records; 2025)

HORACE ANDY - She Say (Dubjestic Version) ('Horace Andy - Broken Beats 2' LP/Echo Beach; 2021)

DUB SPECIALIST - Marcus Dub ('Roots Dub' LP/Winro Records; 1975)

KoI.EE aka KING D - Wise Solution (Single/Anaves Music; 2025)

BOUBACAR TRAORE - Kar Kar Masison ('Mali Bluesman - The Best of Boubacar Traore/Wrasse Records; 2003)

LEE 'SCRATCH' PERRY - Kimble The Nimble ('Joe Gibbs Presents The Big Takeover' LP/Doctor Bird Records)

MUNGO'S HI FI x EVA LAZARUS - Amsterdam (Flight Mode Mix) ('Sound System Champions 2'/Scotch Bonnet; 2025)

LAYLAH ARRUDA - Fuego + Dub Version (Single; 2025)

ERIC DOLPHY - Something Sweet, Something Tender (Remastered Rudy Van Gelder Edition; 1998) ('Out To Lunch' LP/Blue Note Records; 1964)

MIK ARTISTIK's EGO TRIP - Put It In A Fuckin' Box ('Pop' LP; 2024)

GWENIFER RAYMOND - Banjo Players of Aleph One ('Last Night I Heard The Dog Star Bark' LP/We Are Busy Bodies Records; 2025)

L'ENTOURLOOP feat. EESAH, HOLLOW POINT, DANNY ENGLISH, ECHO MINOTT, BUNNY GENERAL & TRISTON PALMA - Muffin Kings (Evidence Music; 2025)

TURBULENCE & JUNIOR SCRATCH - Show Some Love (Evidence Music; 2025)

TOMAWOK & DREADSQUAD - Locomotive (Evidence Music; 2025)

JAH THUNDER & IRIE ITES & THE LIGERIANS - Haffi We Place (Evidence Music; 2025)

DOUGY & LITTLE LION SOUND - Life Goes On (Evidence Music; 2025)

ANNE BRIGGS - Tangled Man (Remastered) ('The Time Has Come' LP/Columbia Records; 1971; Reissued 2007)

CHARLIE ROUSE - Hopscotch (Originally 1974; 'Strata-East: The Legacy Begins' LP/Strata-East Records; 2025)

BOOKER T & THE MG's - Time Is Tight ('The Stax Story'/Stax Records; 1969)

FELIX ANTONIO - Christmas With You (In Finé Records; 2025)

Organic Vibes 03.12.2025

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Organic Vibes 03.12.2025

AUGUSTUS PABLO - East of the River Nile/Intro

THEE HEADCOATS - The Friends of the Buff Medway Fanciers Association ('The Sherlock Holmes Rhythm 'n' Beat Vernacular' LP/Damaged Goods Records; 2025)

NAT BIRCHALL - Press Along ('Liberated Sounds' LP; 2025)

AUNTIE FLO - Joy Mantra ('Birds of Paradise' LP/A State Of Flo; 2025)

MANWEL T - Rasta Medi + Rasta Medi Dub ('Africa' LP; 2025)

HONNY & THE BEES BAND - Psychedelic Woman ('Ghana Special: Highlife' LP/Soundway Records; 2025)

SOTOMAYOR - Who's There ('WABI SABI' LP/Wonderwheel Recordings; 2025)

JOHN LEE HOOKER - Black Cat Blues (not sure of label; 1949)

EMPRESS AHAVAH feat. QSHAN DEYA - Dreadfull Times (Single/Fontoyard Music; 2025)

HOLLIE COOK - Take Me In Your Arms ('Shy Girl' LP/MR BONGO; 2025)

QUANTIC feat. HOLLIE COOK - Shuffle Them Toes ('Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno - 1000 Watts' LP/Tru Thoughts; 2016)

SWEENEY'S MEN - Dicey Reilly (or Riley, not sure) ('Sweeney's Men' LP; 1968; Reissued on Transatlantic Records; 1996)

CHEZIDEK, DUB AKOM & SHOCK DEM RECORDS - What Your Love Is (Evidence Music; 2025)

EESAH & LITTLE LION SOUND - Lakeport (Contraband) (Evidence Music; 2025)

INEZI & ADDIS RECORDS - Social Mess (Evidence Music; 2025)

THEE HEADCOATS - If People Don't Like It (It Must Be Good) ('The Sherlock Holmes Rhythm 'n' Beat Vernacular' LP/Damaged Goods Records; 2025)

Organic Vibes 19.11.2025

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Organic Vibes 19.11.2025

AUGUSTUS PABLO - East of the River Nile/Intro

TWINKLE BROTHERS - Africa Shall Be A Scar + Version (Single/Twinkle Records; 2020)

ELIJAH MINNELLI with DENNIS BOVELL - Canaan Land ('Clams As A Main Meal' LP/Breadminster County Council; 2025)

SOOTHSAYERS - Love Will Find A Way ('Fly Higher' LP/Wah Wah 45's; 2025)

PUBLIC ENEMY feat. DJ PREMIER - State Of The Union (STFU) (Single; 2025)

DEAD PIONEERS - Freedom Means Something (Single/Hassle Records; 2025)

LANKUM - Ghost Town (Single/Rough Trade Records; 2025)

12 TRIBES OF MARS - Mountain Flower (Single/Dubophonic Records; 2025)

THE ZIG ZAG BAND - Ndoita Ripi Zano (What Advice Can You Give Me?) ('Chigiyo Music Kings 1987 - 1998' LP/Analog Africa Records; 2025)

KOTOA - I Am ('Earthwise' EP/Wah Wah 45's; 2025)

ALPHA D - Disarmament (Single/Fontoyard Music; 2025)

47 SOUL x TOUMBA - Intro To Shamstep (Official Remix) ('Shamstep' EP/Cooking Vinyl; 2025)

DM BOB & THE DEFICITS - Bush Hog'n Man ('Bush Hog'n Man' LP/Crypt Records; 1996)

MAVIS STAPLES - We Got To Have Peace ('Sad And Beautiful World' LP/Anti Records; 2025)

OBF & MAX ROMEO - Badminded People + Bad Dub (Single/Dubquake Records; 2025)

NAZAMBA - The Children ('A Message From Zion' LP/Dubquake Records; 2025)

NOURA MINT SEYMALI - Ch'tib (Naha) ('Yenbett' LP/Glitterbeat Records; 2025)

MULATU ASTATKE - The Way To Nice ('Mulatu Plays Mulatu' LP/Strut Records; 2025)

GÉTATCHÉW MÉKURYA - Antchi Hoyé ('The Very Best of Ethiopiques' LP/Manteca Records; 2007)

JEFFREY LEWIS - Do What Comes Natural ('The Even More Freewheelin' ' LP/Blang Records; 2025)

BUGLE & AGENT SASCO & DERRICK SOUND - Upliftement (Evidence Music; 2025)

FUTURE IRIE & GREATEST FRIENDS - Tough (Evidence Music; 2025)

DOUGY & AKUEN - Lueur D'Espoir (Solid Session) (Evidence Music; 2025)

ANGEL FACES - Searchin' For The Truth ('Out In The Street' LP/Slovenly Recordings; 2025)

DRY BONES, DENNIS BOVELL - Pharmacy ('Babylon Prophecy'LP/Point Blank Recordings; 2025)

TWINKLE BROTHERS - Nah Eat Can't Sleep + Version (Single/Twinkle Records; 2020)

Organic Vibes 05.11.2025

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Organic Vibes 05.11.2025

AUGUSTUS PABLO - East of the River Nile/Intro

ALL GIRLS PISS - Dogboy (Irish Trans-Punk band, 'Live From The Grand Social' EP/Bandcamp; 2025)

SWANGA - Deka (Single/Ondubground Records; 2025)

I - TAWEH - Executive Order (Build A Wall) (Evidence Music; 2025)

KING KONG, IRIE ITES & NARAM - Repatriation (Evidence Music; 2025)

CHEZIDEK & LITTLE LION SOUND - More Ganja (Evidence Music; 2025)

BROTHER CULTURE & LION MESSAGER - Together (Evidence Music; 2025)

IMARHAN - Derhan n'ouldine (Single/City Slang; 2025)

HEMPOLICS - KCT (Single/Bandcamp; 2025)

MYSTIC FYAH - Sativa Dub 

MYSTIC FYAH - Dub No Place ('Ruff 'N' Tuff' LP/Subciety Records; 2025)

SHANKS - Cooley's Dub ('Fragments of Earth' EP/Culture Dub Records; 2025)

CRETE & MOUSTACHE - Calido (Live Session Edit) ('La Live Session' EP/Ondubground Records; 2025)

NASHWA - Lawla (Ondubground Remix) (Single/Ondubground Records; 2025)

BOW WOW WOW - Do You Wanna Hold Me? ('Barking Mad Tour - Live 1998' LP/Cleopatra Records)

THE MUSIC MACHINE - Masculine Intuition (The Bicycle Music Company; 1966)

ALL GIRLS PISS - Just Fine ('Live From The Grand Social' EP/Bandcamp; 2025)

Organic Vibes 15.10.2025

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Organic Vibes 15.10.2025

AUGUSTUS PABLO - East of the River Nile/Intro

ART-X & THE ROOTS ADDICT feat. LITTLE R - We Arise Now ('The Haven' EP/Ondubground Records; 2025)

LION MESSAGER & DERRICK SOUND - Traverser Les Époques (Evidence Music; 2025)

INEZI & ADDIS RECORDS - Give & Take (Evidence Music; 2025)

BROTHER CULTURE & SIMON SANDOZ - Picking Up (Evidence Music; 2025)

YOUNG KULCHA, IRIE ITES & THE LIGERIANS - Sweet Reggae Music (Evidence Music; 2025)

MADÉ KUTI - Take It All In Before The Lights Go Out ('Chapter 1 - Where Does Happiness Come From' LP; 2025)

CIMARONS - Ship That Took Us Away ('Harder Than The Rock' LP/A-LONE Productions; 2025)

DJ SAEG feat. OMAR PERRY & CRISTROMBON - Switch It Up ('Burning Steppas' LP/Culture Dub Records; 2025)

LUNACHICKS - Octopussy

LUNACHICKS - Sugar Luv (both taken from 'Babysitters On Acid' LP/Blast First Records; 1990)

SOOTHSAYERS feat. YOUTHSAYERS - BJP ('Fly Higher' LP/Wah Wah 45's; 2025)

CHIEFTAINS - Comb Your Hair And Curl It - The Boys of Ballisodare (Slip & Hop Jig) ('Chieftains 1' LP/Claddagh Records; 1964)

MY DUBZ & DUB IDREN - Black Desert + Raw Desert (Single/Dubophonic Records; 2025)

ART-X & THE ROOTS ADDICT - The Last Ship ('The Haven' EP/Ondubground Records; 2025)

Organic Vibes 01.10.2025

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Organic Vibes 01.10.2025

AUGUSTUS PABLO - East of the River Nile/Intro

INDRA MC - Burning Bush ('Burnin' Bush' EP/Subciety Records; 2025)

MARK IRATION, MICHAEL PROPHET & OBF - Protection ('Guide & Protect' EP/Dubquake Records; 2025)

JAH WOOSH - Wicked Melt Away ('Jah Woosh Meets Jah Stitch At Leggo Sounds'LP/Original Music Records; 1995)

THE CONGO's - Solid Foundation (Disco Cork Mix) (4Oth Anniversary Edition Of 'Heart of The Congo's'/VP Records; 2017)

LOYAL FLAMES, LITTLE LION SOUND - Sleeping Dogs Dubplate ('Musically Mad - A Dubplate Collection'/Evidence Music; 2025)

SOOKIE - Rhythm On Rhythm (DJ FOOD Chop Up) ('Afrosonique Vol 1' LP/Africa Seven Records; 2017)

ORIGINAL FIVE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA - I'll Fly Away (Originally released in 1953; Reissued on 'The Sermon' LP/Ace Records; 2003)

MOOR MOTHER - Solo Blues (Track available on Bandcamp; 2025)

BALIMAYA PROJECT meets DISCOS PACIFICO ALL STARS - Yo te ri ('CALIMA' LP/Llorona Records; 2025)

TWAN TEE - No Way ('The Other Side' LP/Evidence Music; 2025)

LUTAN FYAH & DERRICK SOUND - Blessings (Evidence Music; 2025)

MYSTIC FYAH - Blazin' Dub ('Burnin' Bush' EP/Subciety Records; 2025)

The joys of listening to African music

 Ladysmith Black Mambazo with Paul Simon (photo: The Guardian)

Between roughly 2010 and its closure in 2014, I wrote regularly for the Irish-based periodical - The African Voice newspaper.  The following article - written by me - appeared in the September 16-30, 2012 edition of the newspaper.

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In the summer of 1986 I turned 14. One of my memories from that time was listening to Paul Simon for the first time. He had just released the album 'Graceland' to critical acclaim and I managed to get a copy from a friend. The hushing sounds of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, along with contributions from Miriam Makeba, were a joy to hear. Little did I realise that this would herald an interest in African music in me that continues to this day, albeit with newer artists.

Later that year I started listening in earnest to John Peel on the BBC. At that time he was hugely turned on by the Zimbabwean guitar style known as 'Jit Jive', practiced by the likes of The Bhundu Boys and The Four Brothers, among others. My knowledge of music emanates from Peel's programmes and his great love of diverse forms of music. Indeed African LP's were never far from his turntable. Another hugely influential DJ was Andy Kershaw, arguably even more determind to seek out African music than Peel. Kershaw was instrumental in introducing listeners, such as myself, to the latest sounds from around the world. 

Throughout 1987 my listening habits were broadened as I was turned on to more and more African musicians. Artists such as Salif Keita and Youssou N'dour were gradually reaching greater prominence. I even managed to get a couple of compilation albums of music recorded in Madagascar on the wonderful Globestyle label. Music fans in Dublin had, by then, a greater choice of record shops with the opening of Virgin and HMV in the city for the first time. These large retailers stocked plenty of music, including those by African artists, previously unavailable to many Dubliners. 

My maternal grandmother died in the summer of 1987 and as a treat my uncle brought me over to his pad in London, that December, for a short break. During my stay I was driven to a record fair in Brighton (the venue, the Royal Hotel, had been bombed by the IRA a few years previously while hosting the Conservative Party Conference). It was my first time ever at a record fair and I was excited. One of the LP's I bought in Brighton was by Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens. The memory will never leave me of the wonderful deep throated sound of Mahlathini's vocals on that slab of vinyl, as I placed it on the turntable for the first time.

In my time I have been lucky to hear lots of African music and am now the proud owner of recordings by artists such as: Franco; Sam Mangwana; Abdul Tee-Jay's Rokoto; Oliver Mtukudzi; Thomas Mapfumo; SE Rogie; Robson Banda and the New Black Eagles; Fela Anikulapo Kuti; Femi Kuti and Seun Kuti. When the weather's sunny I always play some of these recordings and it always adds to the good atmosphere.

In terms of live music, a wealth of African bands and musicians have come here to play over the years. The Bhundu Boys, in their heyday, came here although, sadly, I never got the chance to hear their shimmering guitar sounds live. I have, though, been fortunate to have been at gigs by Tinariwen; Amadou & Mariam, Boubacar Traore (the latter played a sell-out concert in Dublin earlier this year); Thomas Mapfumo; Oliver Mtukudzi; and the Lubumbashi Stars. One of the most memorable concerts I ever attended was when Kanda Bongo Man came to Dublin's Ambassador Theatre in May 2008. It was a night packed with rhythm. As someone once said - if you can't dance to Kanda Bongo Man you may need hospital treatment.

This year I have managed to get recordings by The Owiny Sigoma Band from Kenya (they played a hopping gig at the Twisted Pepper last July) and Staff Benda Bilili (a group of disabled Congolese musicicans), who have just released their latest album. The African sounds just keep on coming and my thirst for the music from the continent has not yet been quenched, almost thirty years after I first tuned in to my little red transistor as a young boy in Dublin's southern suburbs.

Organic Vibes 17.09.2025

 PLAY LIST

https://www.mixcloud.com/IanoSounds/organic-vibes-17092025/

AUGUSTUS PABLO - East of the River Nile/Intro

GEORGE DEKKER - Believe In Yourself ('Man In The Street' LP/Room In The Sky Records; 2025)

PRINCE THEO & GREATEST FRIENDS - Best Life (Single/Evidence Music; 2025)

VANZO - String Up A Sound (Single/Evidence Music; 2025)

VANZO - People Jumping (Single/Evidence Music; 2025)

EESAH, LITTLE LION SOUND & GROOVEWAX - Big & Bad (Single/Evidence Music; 2025)

HOLLIE COOK - Shy Girl + Frontline (Single/Mr Bongo; 2025)

ELASTICA DUB featuring GABRIELE BLUE - Never Falter (Single/Dubophonic Records; 2025)

ELASTICA DUB - Rootsland (Single/Dubophonic Records; 2025)

FRANCO et LE TP OK JAZZ featuring MADILU & DALIENST - Azda (c.1970's)

JOAO SELVA - Amor Em Copacabana ('Onda' LP/Underdog Records; 2025)

JOHN KIRKPATRICK - Oakham Poachers ('A Short History Of John Kirkpatrick'/Topic Records; 1994)

JOHNNY TRUITT - For The Good Times (Originally released in the US, 1973; Reissued on 'You Gave Me A Reason To Live: Southern & Deep Soul From Louisiana'/Kent Records; 2021)

DUBMATIX featuring RASTA RUEBEN, FREDLOCKS, ILL VIBE - Pirate Dub ('Champion Sound Clash' LP; 2004)

GEORGE DEKKER with WINSTON REEDY & AJ FRANKLIN - Passion Love ('Man In The Street' LP/Room In The Sky Records; 2025)

Organic Vibes 02.09.2025

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https://www.mixcloud.com/IanoSounds/organic-vibes-02092025/

AUGUSTUS PABLO - East of the River Nile/Intro

PARANOID VISIONS - California Screaming (Single/FOAD Musick; 2025)

SHAZDOWN - Bouyon Beam (Originally released, 2015; Various 'Road Fever: New Generation Carnival Riddims from St Lucia  & Dominica'/Soundway Records; 2025)

BURRO BANTON & REGGAE ROAST - Untouchable + Version (Single/Reggae Roast Records; 2025)

JAMES BROWN - I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door I'll Get It Myself) (Originally released on King Records; 1969. Reissued on 'Foundations Of Funk - A Brand New Bag: 1964 - 1969'/Polygram Records; 1996)

DUB SPENCER & TRANCE HILL - Full Time Dub (Single/Echo Beach Records; 2025)

JOHN KIRKPATRICK - The Man-and-Woman Dancing (The Holly & The Ivy) ('Earthling' LP/MW Records; 1994)

KEN BOOTHE - African Lady ('Mr Boothe - Everything I Own' LP/Wild Flower Records; 1974)

MSAFIRI ZAWOSE - Pepeta (Single/Bandcamp; 2025)

JOBY FOX - It's Genocide (Single/Dimple Discs; 2024)

YELLOWMAN - CNN News ('New York' LP/Sanctuary Records; 2003)

AMMAR 808 - Ah Yallila ('Club Tounsi' LP/Glitterbeat Records; 2025)

SWANGA & MORGAN AIDEN - Lonely Smokii (Single/ Ondubground Records; 2025)

PARANOID VISIONS - Don't Vote For Freedom (Single/FOAD Musick; 2025)

Organic Vibes 15.08.2025

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https://www.mixcloud.com/IanoSounds/organic-vibes-15082025/

AUGUSTUS PABLO - East of the River Nile/Intro

MISTY IN ROOTS - Wicked Man ('Live at the Counter Eurovision 79' LP/People Unite Records; 1979)

NETO YUTH & ANTHONY B - So Long ('Angles Of Light' LP/Evidence Music; 2025)

THE LIBERIANS - Precious Memory ('Flowers In The Desert' LP/Tamoki-Wambesi-Dove; 2015)

BIG YOUTH - Keep Your Dread (Originally released in 1975; Reissued: 'Talk About Love, The Best of Sunshot Records - Chapter 1' LP/Sanctuary Records; 2023)

AFROSIDERAL (a.k.a. KUMAR SUBLEVAO - BEAT) - Filho do Mar (Son of the Sea) ('El Olimpo de los Orishas' LP/Wonderwheel Records; 2019)

LANDLESS - Blackwaterside ('Lúireach' LP/Glitterbeat Records; 2024)

YETEMWORK MULAT - Heathen & Earth ('The World Is But A Place Of Survival - Begena Songs From Ethiopia' LP/Death Is Not The End; 2025)

THE ANOMALYS - Coke Head ('Down The Hole' LP/Slovenly Recordings; 2024)

UMAHLATHINI NABO - Qhude Manikiniki (Fair Fight) ('The Indestructible Beat of Soweto, Vol. 1'/Earthworks Records; 1985)

NETO YUTH x DADDY MORY - High Grade Spot + Dub Version ('Angles Of Light' LP/Evidence Music; 2025)

APERO - Kentucky Fried Kitten ('Cold Drinks, Cool Snacks' LP/Bandcamp; 2025)

EOIN KENNY - When I'm Old ('About June' EP/Bandcamp; 2025)

L'ENTERLOUP & JOE YORKE - Rocksteady (Evidence Music; 2025)

CHEZIDEK & THE LIGERIANS & IRIE ITES - Wasp Nest (Evidence Music; 2025)

JO & DERRICK SOUND - Gringo Pira (Evidence Music; 2025)

BUSY SIGNAL & DJ SMO & REID WATERS - Activate (Evidence Music; 2025)

NETO YUTH - Food, Clothes & Shelter ('Angles Of Light' LP/Evidence Music; 2025)

NAT BIRCHALL - Passing Through ('Liberated Sounds' LP/Na Bi Records/Bandcamp; 2025)

BOOGIE DOWN PRODUCTIONS - Illegal Business ('By Any Means Necessary' LP/Jive Records; 1988)

TWINKLE BROTHERS - Image of the Emperor + Image of the Emperor Dub Version (Single/Twinkle Music; 2020)

AUNTI FLO - El Heine ('Outernational Dance' EP/Multi Culti Records; 2025)

ASWAD - Nuclear Soldier ('To The Top' LP/Island Records; 1989)

NETO YUTH - Most High Love ('Angles Of Light' LP/Evidence Music; 2025)

BERT JANSCH - I'm Lonely, I'm Lost ('Young Man Blues - Live In Glasgow 1962-64'/Stamford Audio Heritage; 2012)

PARANOID VISIONS - Cudda Wudda Shudda (Single/FOAD Musick; 2025)

MISTY IN ROOTS - Ghetto In The City ('Live at the Counter Eurovision 79' LP/People Unite Records; 1979)

Organic Vibes 01.08.2025

PLAY LIST

 https://www.mixcloud.com/IanoSounds/organic-vibes-01082025/

AUGUSTUS PABLO - East of the River Nile/Intro

RASTAVELI MC & DUB HEALER - Jah Plan (Single/Dubophonic Records; 2025)

STAR FEMININE BAND - The World Is A Village (Born Bad Records; 2025)

THE CONGO'S - Congoman 12" Mix ('Heart of the Congo's 40th Anniversary Edition'; 2017)

STIFF LITTLE FINGERS - White Noise ('Inflammable Material' LP/Rough Trade Records; 1979)

JAH LION - Dread Ina Jamdong ('Colombia Colly' LP/Island Records; 1976)

MUKASAMUKA - Sini Sana ('Desert Mood' EP/MaAuLa Records; 2025)

IMARHAN - Alwa ('Temet' LP/City Slang Records; 2018)

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS - Small Axe ('Burnin'' LP/Island Records; 1973)

MITTY COLLIER - Git Out (Originally released as a single/Chess Records; 1967; Reissued on 'Chess Club Rhythm & Soul' LP/Kent Records; 1996)

SISTASARA - Nothing Is In Vain ('Ablaze' LP/Advaita Oneness Dub; 2025)

CULTURE SHOCK - Open Mind Surgery ('Onwards & Upwards' LP/Bluurg Records; 1988)

10000 LIONS Feat. KARE - Ni Vyema (Single/10000 Lions Sound System/Bandcamp; 2025)

THE JOE HARRIOTT QUINTET - Sprititual Blues ('I Had The Craziest Dream: Modern Jazz & Hard Bop In Post War London Vol. 1/Death Is Not The End; Originally released in 1963)

DENNIS BOVELL - Train to dUbville ('Dennis Bovell: Wise Music In Dub'/ Wise Records; 2025)

RASTAVELI & DUB HEALER - Dub Plan (Single/Dubophonic Records; 2025)

Organic Vibes 16.07.2025

 PLAY LIST

https://www.mixcloud.com/IanoSounds/organic-vibes-16072025/

AUGUSTUS PABLO - East of the River Nile/Intro

X RAY XEROXX - Johnny Rotten Is A Fascist Pig ('Bored & Loving It' EP/Richter Scale; 2025)

ANAYEH ROOTS - Let It Free (Various - 'Big Ganja Tunes' LP/Good Over Evil; 2016)

THIRD EAR AUDIO - Jamaican Robot (Various - 'Select Cuts # 6' LP/Dubmission Records)

TAD - High On The Hog ('Salt Lick' EP/Glitterhouse Records; 1990)

JAMES CARR - Hold On (Single/Atlantic Records; 1971;  Reissued on  Various - 'Our Turn To Cry' LP/Kent Records; 2001)

BAPTISTE & GROOVEWAX - Gwaan 

VOICEMAIL & 808 DELAREGA - Di World 

LION MESSAGER & RAS P - Affronter Mes Peurs 

CIMARONS - Oh Jah (all Evidence Music; 2025)

LITTLE BOB STORY - I'm Crying (Chiswick Records; 1976)

SUPER RAIL BAND OF THE BUFFET HOTEL DE LA GARE DE BAMAKO - Mali Yo (Globestyle Records; 1985)

BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO - Walkin' To New Orleans ('Waiting For My Ya Ya' LP/Rounder Records; 1985)

DILLINGER - Dwell In Love And Dubwise (Various - 'Messian Dread Presents A Heavyweight Dub Selection Without Objection' LP/ music.dubroom.org ; 2014)

CHARLIE FEATHERS - One Hand Loose ('Jungle Fever' LP/Hoodoo Records; 2016)

X RAY XEROXX - Radio ('Bored & Loving It' EP/Richter Scale; 2025)

Organic Vibes 04.07.2025

 PLAY LIST

https://www.mixcloud.com/IanoSounds/organic-vibes-04072025/

AUGUSTUS PABLO - East of the River Nile/Intro

SISTASARA  - The Road Unexplained ('Ablaze' LP/Advaita Oneness Dub; 2025)

SISTA MANU - Fight The Corruption ('Dreaming Outta Babylon' LP/Rupa Rupa Records; 2025)

SISTA LIVITY - Miss Jane + Miss Jane Dub (Single/Good Over Evil Records; 2023)

IRMA THOMAS - It's Raining ('Time Is On My Side' LP/Kent Records; 1983; Originally released in 1962)

FLORA ADAMS - Fire Fire + Dub Music (Single/Death Is Not The End; 2025; Originally released on the Flames label in 1975)

TENESHA THE WORDSMITH - Dangerous Women (Single/On The Corner Records; 2018)

SISTER NYA - Step Out On A Limb ('Step Out On A Limb/Know Your Culture' EP/Channel One Sound System)

TEMPER MENTAL MISS ELAYNEOUS - Sugar Lump

MAVIS STAPLES - We Go High ('If All I Was Was Black' LP/Anti- Records; 2017)

SISTER NANCY - Armageddon (Single; 2021)

SISTAH MARIHUANA FOGO - Reggae Vibes Sound

SISTER AUDREY - English Girl + Dub (Single/Ariwa Records; 1984)

LAYLAH ARRUDA - Loba Leoa (Feminine Hi Fi Tunes)

SISTASARA - New Strain ('Ablaze' LP/Advaita Oneness Dub; 2025)

Organic Vibes 18.06.2025

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https://www.mixcloud.com/IanoSounds/organic-vibes-18062025/

AUGUSTUS PABLO - East of the River Nile/Intro

HOLLIE COOK (feat. HORSEMAN) - Night Night (Single/Mr Bongo; 2025)

K.O.G. , PAT THOMAS, MO LAUDI - Odo Sronko (MO LAUDI's Paris Afro House Club Mix) (Single; 2025)

SAM AMIDON - Friends & Neighbours ('Salt River' LP/River Lea Recordings; 2025)

CLIFFORD JORDAN - John Coltrane ('Strata-East - The Legacy Begins' LP/Strata-East Records; 2025; Originally released in 1974)

BLEU SOLEIL x LUIZA - Soleil Bleu (Ondubground Records; 2025)

TROY BERKLEY & KRAK IN DUB - Golden Rule ('Free The Hard Way' EP/Evidence Music; 2025)

TIDIANE THIAM - Oo Duna ('Africa Yonti' LP/Sahel Sounds; 2024)

HOT SNAKES - Automatic Midnight

HOT SNAKES - Braintrust ('Peel Sessions' EP; 2005)

JOHNNY COPELAND - No Puppy Love ('Los Angeles Modern Kent Northern Soul'/Kent Records; 2019)

M(H)AOL - 1800-Call-Me-Back ('Something Soft' LP/Merge Records; 2025)

NETO YUTH - Karma ('Angles of Light' LP/Evidence Music; 2025)

SENNID & JOSH GRENNAN BEATS MUSIC - Coconut Tree

WINSTON JARRETT & THE RIGHTEOUS FLAMES - Should Have Been Me + Dub Version

HOLLIE COOK (feat. HORSEMAN) - Night Night (Dub) (Single/Mr Bongo; 2025)