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Yesterday's night ZonaReGGae broadcast, available for podcast listening!

- Roots sessions back in action, wid vintage selection featuring classics by: Massive Dread, Dennis Brown, Barry Brown, Keith Poppin, Joy White, Susan Cadogan, Linval Thompson…opening the way for a pre-celebration time, forward to Bob Marley 64th Earthday!

-Remixes, versions and Live covers livicated to the King of Jamaican music from the likes of: Dubmatix, Sly & Robbie, The Original Wailers or Rootz Underground! Highlight to The Gladiators, back in Portugal, this Friday, for a great live Bob Marley Birthday celebration venue!

-Portugal scene also back in highlight at the show, wid tunes from: Freddy Locks, Tha Bonfire, Quaiss Kitir or The Ratazanas, dis last ones, playling live, next 04th April, at Barcelona's Rude Cat Festival, as back up band to jamaican legend, Susan Cadogan!!!
(http://www.fotolog.com/54_46carquistao)

- Weekly highlight to new releases, presents another great unreleased, classic roots/rockers instrumental set from the seventies: Tappa Zukie - Horns UP 'Dubbing with Horns'

David Sinclair, better known as Tappa Zukie, is one of the great Kingston artists, that intelligently split is work, between his rough & tuff deejay versions and productions to emmerging talents.
A short passage in London during 1973, proved to be a life time opportunity, when Bunny Lee arranged him an opening act for U-Roy, in the same day he arrived at the British capital, opening the door for the recording of debut single "Jump & Twist".
Shortly after, and back in Jamaica, Tappa Zukie started out a series of works alongside Bunny Lee and Jo Jo Hookin, and later on, opened his recording studio, producing names like Junior Ross & The Spears, Prince Alla and Horace Andy!
Due to hit the stores next March, this new release from Jamaican Recordings, is centered in a series of instrumental versions, produced and arranged by Tappa Zukie, around that time, when riddim was King!
Dancehall oriented releases, demanded that drum and bass, where the predominant features in the tunes, often leaving little space, or none, for the other intruments recorded.
Horns masters Vin Gordon, Deadly ‘Headley’ or Tommy McCook, were usual to find at Tappa Zukie recording sessions, and so, he decided to get a break from the usual riddim style, using all theirs musical excellency, and arrange a set of favorite classics, where the horn sections got the chance to shine all over the riddim!
Everlasting classics like “Slave Master”, Take 5”, “Real Rock”, “Water Pump”, “Raggamuffin”…are included in this extraordinary compile of roots/rockers oriented pure instrumentals, that back in those days, the time and place did not seem suitable for the release...Directly from the masters tapes, that time 'forgot' in Tappa Zukie archives, "Horns Up" is finnaly out! Beeing a great artists, that never lost the touch, but never really emerged from the underground, "Dubbing with Horns" can be summarized in the opening words from Tappa Zukie himself:
“Now, it the spot wid all ya got…’cause your Musical Daddy is back…Horns Up!!!”

More new rootical vibes over next week session!
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I-Rick Deejay

Playlist available @
http://zonareggae.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/zonareggae-playlist-04-fevereiro-2009/