Tagged: The Heatwave
This Week in The FADER: May 15, 2011 Edition
** Tyler, the Creator released his second album Goblin. In By the Numbers, we broke it down into basic digits and primary colors. At midweek, Tyler was on pace to sell 40-45k copies of the … read more »
Adele + Jamie XX f. Ce’cile, Mr. Lexx and Timberlee, “Rolling in the Heat (The Heatwave Refix)” MP3
The six-deep crew of The Heatwave, Rinse FM’s weekly dancehall show, recognized Caribbean elements in Jamie XX”s masterful Adele shuffle. They got in touch with Jamie through South London’s Oneman, a mutual friend. Turned out … read more »
The Heatwave’s Energy Bashment Mix
Even though it starts off with magic-magnetic duo Rihanna and Vybz Kartel, The Heatwave‘s Energy Bashment mix is not about the latest fresh-off-the-plane reggae and soca tunes. The riddims that it mashes remind us of … read more »
The Heatwave’s Carnival Bashment Mix MP3
Whether you’re in Brooklyn or Notting Hill, West Indian Carnival weekend is a good opportunity to reflect upon the year in soca and dancehall, when DJs really bring out their A game to pump up … read more »
Natalie Storm & Footsteps, “Play Di Ting (Heatwave Refix)” MP3
The Heatwave‘s been a major proponent of “funky bashment”—that is, UK funky with dancehall vocals or at the very least strong Caribbean vibage. They coined the term, and now they’re offering this super-hot refix of … read more »
Rubi Dan & Juxci, “Bashment Funky” MP3
We were reading our friend Erin’s dancehall blog out of Kingston and thinking about pizza and reggae when, gazoing, this track rather appropriately dropped in our lap in a giant flame of fire. It’s theme … read more »
Freeload: The Heatwave’s Early Warming Mixtape
Prancehall usually brings these Heatwave mixes to our attention, but this time around we were tipped off by the mighty Dutty Artz blog. Early Warming’s got a grip of FADER favorites on it like Erup, … read more »
