Another Mix!

Here is a new mix from Conqueror Sound out of Stuttgart, Germany.
I think its thier first soca mix.

Its 80 mins of madness:
Its Never Too Late for Carnival.
Download here.


Soca Revolution going today to Stockholm to play at Carnaval 2008 at Munchenbryggeriet. Read more here.

After that we taking some vacation and going sking in north Sweden. Its like 1,5meters of snow there. We will be back in the end of next week.
See you later.

Caribbean Bacchanal part 4

Another Caribbean Bacchanal Show is online, check it here:




It got quite a little bit in the beginning, but after that we got on the track...

Tracklist:
Chutney
01 D Hunter ft Bunji Garlin - I want meh rum Remix
02 Bombay Vikings - Superstar

Zouk / Soukous
03 Leslie ft Magic Systems & Sweety - On n'sait jamais (dans la vie)
04 dj Jacob and Teeyah feat anofela - La malin
05 Kaysha - Jusqua Fatigue

Groovy / Ragga Soca
06 h2o Phlo - Vacation 2004
07 Square One & Alison Hinds - Aye Aye Aye 1998
08 KMC & Jungle - Mama 2004 (Drunk man riddim)

2007 / 2008 Groovy Ragga Soca
09 Jamesy P - Bashment 07
10 Keann ft Ayanna - Stand up 08
11 Maddzart - Gotto Be crazy 07 (Henrik play drop)

12 Kerwin DuBois ft Shal M - Gayl Farm (Road mix)
13 Brick & Lace ft Kes - Love is wicked
14 Natasja enur ft assassin - Calabria rmx
15 Pitbull ft Machel Montano & Lil John - Defense (Soca Remix)
16 Saga Bois ft Rebel X - Superman Whine RMX

17 Bunji Garlin - We Doh Watch Face
18 Icon - Coconuts
19 Kes & KMC - 365 days
20 Ramie Chocolate
21 Scarface - Rasta

Bigtruck 2nd 100% Soca World DJ Clash

Calling All Soca Djs!
Bigtruck Entertainments has lunched it 2nd %100 all soca mix contest.
There will be two Catogoies Rookie and Pro, the first prize for the Pro is three dubplates from Problem Child, Ricky T and Zoleah. (Hopefully)
Send your mix to bigtruckent@gmail.com.

Deadline is the 28th of Feb.

More info & rules here.

Trinidad Carnival 2008 Groovy & Ragga Soca Mix!

Finally something new and related to soca:
I got a new mixtape out: Trinidad Carnival 2008 Groovy & Ragga Soca You can download right here:

Trinidad Carnival 2008 Ragga & Groovy Soca Mix, 192kbit, 73:59, 107 Mb, Cover

Spread it to all your friends and family!



Tracklist:
01.Machel Montano HD - Make Love
02.A1 & Sea Breeze - Jam With You
03.Crossovah - Hey Lady
04.Ghetto Flex Ft Snow - B.A.B.Y. Remix
05.Peter C Lewis Ft Mr Vybe - I'm Sorry
06.Gailann - Candy Carnival
07.Chucky Ft Choko - Abyss
08.Billy D Kid - True Caribbean Gyal
09.Skhi - Desire
10.Alicia Keys - No One (Dj Spice Remix)
11.Troots Ice - Natural
12.Chester Derrick - Work It Work It
13.Keann Ft Ayanna - Stand Up
14.Postman - Drop Him
15.Terry Seales Ft Maximus Dan & Ziggy Ranking - Think It Over (Remix)
16.Tasha Ft Nice - Battle Of The Sexes
17.Sizwe C - Wine On You
18.Patrice Roberts - Thundah Waist
19.Peter Ram Ft Aidonia - Pumpin
20.Farmer Nappy Ft Anthony B - Chippin Wit Me Own Woman
21.Patrice Roberts Ft Macka Dimond - Wukkin Up Remix
22.Mr Vybe - Would You Mind
23.Peter C Lewis - Over And Over
24.Tracy D - Island Jam
25.Mauricia - Aggressive
26.Third Bass - No Time To Waste
27.Kmc - Carnival Clap
28.Jadee - Not Inna Dat
29.Jadine - Don't Call My Phone
30.Farm P Ft Kerwin Du Bois - Sexy Chocolate Girls Remix
31.Karene Asche - What Your Love Does
31.Kess - Right Dey
32.Zan - Out On De Road
33.Cutty - Caribbean Lady
34.Machel Montano HD - One More Time (Whine Up Remix)
35.Destra - Wine It (Philosophical45 Rmx)
36.Shurwayne Winchester Ft Johnny King - Whole Day (Razorshop Roadmix)
37.Ice And Kit- Sweetest Wine
38.Maximus Dan - Piranha
39.Alison Hinds - No Sleep Till Ash Wednesday
40.Destra Garcia Ft Sean Paul - Free It Up

Carnival 360 Full Edition

The Toronto Lime 360 video blog from carnival stayed unupdated all from J'ouvert. That’s normal during Carnival, nothing get done.. Its some serious liming time.. But after carnival was over it just disappeared from the front page and never got updated. I looked for it and now I found it here.

The days from 9-13 are now online. It’s the best carnival documentary I seen so far. I bought the Inside Carnival 2k7 too, but it’s too much interviews away from the carnival and the presenter is too much. It’s like she is angry or something.

DJ Playhouse hosting 360 and living in Canada does it excellent for Toronto Lime. He has the right style and sound sooo authentic.. (OOOOOh GOOOOOOD) ;)

Hopefully I can get it on DVD soon. It’s a bit low resolution online.

Link: TNT Carnival videoblog 360

Beware: You going to get some stong withdraw feelings when watching it. I cyan wait until 2k9 when we all going...

Stockholm Indoor Carnival 2k8

Next week; the 1st of March Soca Revolution comming to Stockholm to play at the biggest indoor carnival of northern Europe. We are going to play alongside with Uncle Eric & Thomas Gylling. Uncle Eric started to play soca 1994 so i hope the clash is going to be friendly...

SOCA FARM - West indian carnival with Uncle Eric & Thomas Gylling + precussions in a DJ-Battle with SOCA Revolution & Crew from Gothenburg! - EAST v/s WEST! (Well, half of Soca Revolution are from Lund)

MÜNCHENBRYGGERIET
Torkel Knutssongatan 4 (T-Mariatorget)
Open 21-04
Tickets: 220:- + förköpsavgift (280:- vid dörren).
Age: 18 years

Info in Swedish:
Carnaval 2008 - Skandinaviens största inomhuskarneval!
För fjortonde året i följd arrangerar Bar Brasil ÅRETS PARTY! Carnaval 2008 bjuder på orkestrar, sambadansare, slagverkare, Dj's och givetvis ett oförglömligt mega-party tillsammans med stockholms skönaste karnevalspublik! Dessutom tre heta dansgolv; Brasilianskt, Västindiskt och ”Bar Brasil XL - Urban Carnival Mix".

I år flyr vi Stockholms City och kristallkronorna på Berns och klättrar återigen uppför berget på Södermalm (o morro do Södermalm) och intar "Quadran" - Stockholms stora partyhangar Münchenbryggeriet - Folkligt, festligt och fullsatt!
Dessutom billigare entré + något billigare barer! Ta för er!
Boka din biljett redan idag: www.ticnet.se/carnaval2008

PROGRAM:
Stora scen:
• BATERIA BAR BRASIL - 15 slagverkare spelar Samba-enredos.
Puxador: Baiano (Rio de Janeiro). Cavaquinho: Grillo.
• BEIRA DE BOTEQUIM - Rio-klassiker i svettigt samba-groove
med Wesley, Grillo, Baiano, Osmar med flera..
• SINHO & BANDA COLIBRI / Karneval Bahia/Recife med Axé-music, Afrobrasilianskt, Frevo & Forró!
• Sambashow med 15 dansare från VIVA BRASIL
• Capoeirashow med CAPOEIRA GUANABARA
• Frevoshow med dansarna Adriana & Aldo Mendes
• Special appereance: Lupita Jones - a dancarina sem vergonha!

THREE DANCEFLOORS
• SOCA FARM - Västindisk karneval med Uncle Eric & Thomas Gylling + slagverkare i ett hett DJ-Battle med hitresta SOCA Revolution & Crew från Göteborg! - EAST v/s WEST!
• BAR BRASIl XL - Miguel La Bamba och DJ Wesley spelar Baile Funk, Reggaeton, Latin & Urban Mix,
• BAR BRASIL Estocolmo - "100% Brasil" i stora salongen med DJ Wesley, Sergio Leão & Le Fox.

Karnevalens drottning 2008: Angela Parker

More info here.

Warning for Dubai

I just wanted to share this with you, even if non soca related.

If you going to Dubai, check what you eating for breakfast before so you dont accidently get some poppie seeds from your sandwich. And be very aware where you walk, it could end up in four years in prison!

This is real madness. Read about Dubai custom control here.

I dont see why people go there anyway, its just a desert...

Update: A very famous Uk DJ called Grooverider has also been jailed, and 64 British nationals are currently in Jail. They faceing a four year minimum jail sentance... Link.

Reggae from Southside

Post Carnival means for a lot of people Reggae. Here is a new tune from Southside and Mastamind Productions.

Here is some Bio bout the artist:
"We need to appreciate our women" they said "that is why we wrote this song for every mother, wife, grandmother, girlfriend, sister, daughter, auntie, to let them know that we know and appreciate their worth" This was response when the group Southside was asked about there latest single "Empress"

Keston Harris and Kwasi Jones are two young warriors hailing from Marabella, Trinidad going by the name Southside. They grew up listening to a variety of music but soca reggae and calypso inspired them the most, and after migrating to the United States at 12 and13 respectively, it is not surprising that they started pursuing music.

Kwasi Jones now known to many as Kemau, started singing while attending San Fernando Boys RC, Trinidad where he was a member of the choir , after migrating to the US, he continued singing while in High school and would participate in many talent shows and competitions. In 2005 he recorded his first soca song entitled Wuk It and then followed up with his first reggae recording entitled "Open your eyes and was blessed with the opportunity to perform at the prestigious Newark Symphony Hall.

Keston Harris or Kes as he is called by his friends grew up listening to the songs of Black Stalin, Lord Kitchener, Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff. He would spend many summers at his Grandmothers house in 5th Company Village, Moruga with his cousins singing and writing. So inspired was he that at age 11 he took part in a calypso competition at Marabella Boys Anglican primary school, as he tells it , he didn't win but that encouraged him to pursue music even more.

Keston and Kwasi, although they were childhood friends came together to form the group Southside in 2006. They chose this name because they are both from the south of Trinidad. Since then they have done numerous shows throughout New Jersey and New York, opening for Machel Montano HD, Mr. Vegas and Sanchez. There latest release Empress is the second of many soulful tracks to be released by this duo. On this track they teamed up with ace producer and music composer Shawn "Da Ma$tamind" Noel of Ma$tamind Productions.
Listen!! Southside is coming to radio station near you.

Southside - Empress
Download Here.

Podcast

Click here to get your own player.

Radio Show

I just got back from my radio show, part three. This time the theme was Ash Wednesday - Cool Down. All the three episodes are online at podomatic. Link here.
So go and download your copy today.

This is this weeks track list:

Alison Hinds & Walker - Never too late
Shurwayne Winchester - Carnival please stay
Peter C Lewis Ft Mr Vybe - Im Sorry

Karene Asche - What your love does
Kai - Do you like me
KMC - Wild West
Farm P Ft Kerwin Du Bois - Sexy Chocolate Girls Remix

Banjo Riddim
Destra - Saddle
Bunji - Beep Beep
Carnival Clap Riddim
Jadee - Not Inna Dat
KMC - Carnival Clap

Full Clip - Frenzy
Toots Ice - Natrual
Mr Vybe - Would you Mind
Sizwe C - Wine on You
Timbaland - The way i Are (Dj Dee Remix)

Destra - Wine it (Philosophical45 remix)
J Holiday - BMWA Bed Remix
Desta Ft Sean Paul - Free it up
Maximus Dan - Piranha

Blackie - Take ah Rest

Pics from Club Bacchanal Pt 3

I been trying to upload the pics to soca.se but had some difficulties with the ftp server. I’ll let you all know when they up. Here are some pictures in the mean time.
Photographer David Skoog.

Jamaican Carnival 2008

JA carnival has not been around since long. This year Slaughter Arts has a new version of Soca Bluethooth out soon. The artist are now recording.

Here is some clip from the studio:



Here is the new version and some info:



I think the carnival in Jamaica is the 30th of March.

Here is a mas camp called Bacchanal Jamaica's homepage.
and here some events.

Here is some more info about the Jamaican carnival.

This week

Hey, after a stormy weekend we back in Lund. I have the whole apartment to clean out, and cook some food to my sweet girl..

Whats up this week:
On Wednesday its Caribbean Bacchanal again at 22PM www.radioaf.se and FM99.1.

On Thursday we have a workshop in Malmoe where everybody can go that want to see some videos from Trinidad and Möllevången carnival and try to dance some soca.

Info in Swedish:
Kom och testa att dansa Soca, den nya häftiga musiken från Trinidad och karibien! Alla är varmt välkommna Torsdag den 21 kl 1745 studiefrämjandet i Malmö. Sal 304.
Nu har du möjligheter att prova på Soca -dans!

Karnevaler med denna musik förekommer bland annat i London, Toronto, Miami, Trinidad, nu Möllan står på tur...
dessutom kommer att visas filmen om Karneval 2007
Event Info Name: Prova på : Soca -dans + Filmvisning Karneval 2007
Tagline: SOul + CAlypso = SOCA
Host: Möllevångsfestivalen
Type: Other - Carnival
Time and Place Date: Thursday, February 21, 2008
Time: 5:45pm - 8:00pm
Location: Studiefrämjandet
Street: Ystadsgatan 53
City/Town: malmo, Sweden
Link to facebook event.

Club Bacchanal!

We are in Göteborg right now for the gig at Club Bacchanal.
Today just chillin with a old friend and a pizza. Now we going to head out on the town and make it unsafe.. Later boys and girls, have a nice weekend!

Two Israeli remixes

I'm back from the radio show. Me and Andreas had a good time, too bad the liquor was missing... We went thru the carnival in one hour, from J’ouvert to Ash Wednesday.


Here is two remixes from Israel. I had this a time and should have post them earlier, but carnival came in between...

Kmc Ft Shivirine - Mr Dj (Djamsal Remix)
Machel Montano - One More (Dj Genetu Time Remix)


And a audioblog news:
The Israeli blog known as www.2all.co.il/web/sites/reggaedancehall
has change name and location to www.dancehall-club.blogspot.com.

Take care all soca junkies.

Ragga the artist

Back to something a little more socalish. Here is an interveiw made with Ragga, the singer from Ny York.
Check out this video: Ragga Behind the Music



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From Denmark

Just have to post this here. I live 20 min from Denmark and beleive me, theeeey crazy mad sick! They had a market with weed and hash called Pusher Street up til a couple of years ago... Check this animated video from a dubplate session gone wrong. ;)


Universal Soudstestem

KMC and Shabba

One of my favorite soca artist is KMC. Ever since his song "Rolling Back" together with Jungle & "Mr Adams Daughter" on the album "Checkmate" I have been hook. I believe that KMC don’t get so much exposure that he should in Trinidad.

I think KMC came with some strong nice songs this year. He released this song together with Shabba Ranks. It’s called "Born As A Winner" and it’s a groovy positive tune. Shabba drops some nice nice rhymes on this one...
Listen here:

Download here.

KMC has also this big song out with video and all:

KMC - Carnival Clap

A couple more songs from KMC this carnival; First "Wild West", where he comparing Trinidad to the lawless Wild West. And that’s true sometime, more than one person get murder every day the year thru the year in Tnt, and that’s with a population of little bit more of a million... Plus kidnaps of successful persons are increasing were the relative have to pay up with millions of dollars.

KMC - Wild West

Second, THIS TUNE ROCKS!!! MADMADMADMADMADMADMADMADMAD!
This tune is MAAAAD!
Listen here:

Cupid Featuring KMC - Mad Again

Site & Radio

I've updated Soca.se with a new Radio page for
Caribbean Bacchanal. The show will come up there as a podcast. We also have a new site at http://radio.af.lu.se/bacchanal/.

Next show will be on Wednesday at 22PM.CET at FM99.1 and www.radioaf.se and its going be a carnival special. We going to explain about Carnivals different aspects and history with plenty Road March tunes. So log on!

No sleep

So, carnival is over. I havent got so many eye-witness reports yet. I guess everbody people still in recovery.. The party is from 4am on Monday until midnight on tuesday and all people say that you dont sleep during carnival... I dont know how true this can be, but i always had to take some powernaps. Some time I even sleept in to 12, but thats a sin.
Here is one of the really good cool down songs:


Alison Hinds - No Sleep Till Ash Wednesday
Download here.

Video for Rollin & Blazin the Trail

Machel Montano & Patrice Roberts - Rollin / Blazin the Trail

Video for Road March 2k8

I just wanted to tell you Im BACK!

Here is the video for the road march 2k8:


Faye Anne Lyons - Get on

Heading for Maracas Beach?

Hey, sorry been working with my soca show, first show was today... And boy was I nervous. Well after I while I got in the groove. I’m working on a podcast...

The Road March of 2008 is official too:

ROAD MARCH 2008
1. Faye-Ann Lyons - Get On (331)
2. Blaxx - Breathless (127)
3. Machel Montano - Blazin D Trail (72)

Faye-Ann had a landslide, more then 100% more then nr 2, Blaxx...
Get on is available for download at Soca Lime.

Carnival here again

Well i was supposed to write something bout the roadmarch and how the style changed over the years, but i don’t have any time right now. I have a big thing in school plus have to fix things for my premiere show in Wednesday at 10pm.

Don’t forget listen in to Caribbean Bacchanal - First Soca Show on the Radio in Sweden!
Every Wednesday at 10pm on 99.1FM and www.radioaf.se. Hopefully I can put up a podcast online too.

Carnival tip

If you are home and want to feel some of the carnival spirit I can highly recommend Toronto Lime's Carnival Video Blog - 360. I just finished watching day 7, and boooi do I feel the vibe...

Check it here.

Video with Jalena

Jalena is origanaly from Germany but lives now in Virgin Islands. She is signed to Slaughter Arts music. This video been out for a while but has a new riddim in this version.


Jalena - Roll

Videos from the show

Groovy Monarch

#1 Shurwayne Winchester - Carnival Stay (Winner)
(Performance Edited)
#2 Patrice Roberts - Mo Wuk
(Performance Edited)
#3 Kerwin Dubois & Shall Marshall - Gyal Farm
(Performance Edited)

Skhi - Desire
Biggie Irie - Band On Fire (Barbados)
Mr. Dale - Soca Junkie (Barbados)


Power Monarch

#1 Bunji Garlin - Firery (Winner)
#2 Iwer George - Over Your Head
#3 Faye Ann Lyons - Get On
#4 Nadia Batson - Posse

Blaxx - Breathless
Luni & Electrify - High (Grenada)
Ricky T - Pressure Boom (St. Lucia)
Problem Child - Party Animal

Shurwayne Winchester - Whole Day

and a Interview with Bunji Garlin & Faye Ann Lyons at Soca Monarch

International Soca Monarch Results

Yesterday was the International Soca Monarch 2008. Unfortenly there was no live broadcast because of copyrights issues. But here are the results:

Groovy Soca
1 - 266 - Shurwayne Winchester (Carnival please stay)
2 - 262 - Patrice Roberts (More Wuk)
3 - 261 -Shal Marshall & Kerwin Dubois (Gal Farm)
4 - Farmer Nappy (Own Woman)

Power Soca
1 - ? - Bunji Garlin (Fiery)
2 - 257 - Neil 'The Boss' George (Over yuh head)
3 - 254 - Fay Ann Lyons-Alvarez (Get On
4 - 250 - Nadia Batson (My Posse)

From C tnt World.

So Bunji and Shurwayne were the winners, no surprise there. A big surprise would be if someone outside had taken the title, or even placed in the top four. As some know its a lot of politics in the Soca business, especially in Trinidad. Some mayor players are really controlling the scene. I think this will hit back in Trinidad in the long run, and I believe it already has. The songs for BIM, SVG and Spice Mas and the rest of the island for last year are stronger then the trini for this year...

2 x Anthony B

I saw that Anthony B is in Trinidad for the Carnival. He was interviewed on Synergy the other night together with Farmer Nappy. I had a hard time recognize him even if I have more then 3 cds with him. His is the best reggae artist in my book and he is not the only Jamaican star that is on the island right now. Macka D was on the show before and I heard that Sean Paul made a quick stop too. Some people think it’s to much Jamaican culture in Soca right now. There are Jamaican dances in the videos and flag waving and all the remixes by JA artists.

I personally don’t think it’s a problem, more a possibility. All over the world reggae has gone big, even so big that like some in the Swedish reggae scene don’t think they have anything to do with Jamaica anymore. Well hope we never go that for with Soca, its important to know where you come from. But Soca can defiantly need to get a push overseas. When the people who love Anthony, Sean, Shaggy and the other artist, see that they big up the soca artist maybe they get curious and start to explore. The culture in Caribbean is really the same culture, just different flavours.

Because remember that even if the Soca scene is alive in places in NYC and UK it hasn’t really gone outside its group, its still mostly immigrants from the islands that supporting the music. It need to crossover to the other groups in respective country.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to see Soca blog up and be the new trend, trends always die. But I would like to see it established in everybody’s head, so at least people now what it is (which they don’t do now) and so the artists can do more extensive touring in Europe and beyond.

If you are in Sweden the 16/2 be sure to go to our fete and here the sweet riddims of Soca and Dancehall mix...


Here is two songs with Antony B:
First we got Bunji Garlin feat Anthony in the tune "Your Body Gal".
This one has a more dancehall feeling to it. Listen here:


Bunji feat Anthony B - Your Body Gal
Download Here.


Next out is Farmer Nappy, Farmer was (is?) the backup singer for Machel, and he is now pursuing his own career. It going rather good, this tune has really has the island locked last year. I read a Swedish girls travel diary on the net and she said she really grown in love with this one. It’s not my Farmer favourite, that the tune Granny. That one is the bomb. This is the remix featuering Anthony B.


Farmer Nappy ft. Anthony B - Chippin Wit Me Own Woman
Download Here.