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Adventures In Sound And Music 16 February 2012

February 2012

This edition revisits the music of the crucial and newly reactivated UK reggae and dancehall empire Fashion. Aligned with the Dub Vendor shop in South London, Fashion sprung up in the early 80s with cuts from a host of home-grown and relatively unknown reggae vocalists, and as the decade rolled on, became an essential part of the 'fast chat' school of reggae DJing, an essential building block of 1990s Jungle. Hosted by Derek Walmsley

Duppy Gun Productions
"Earth" (Version)

from Multiply/Earth
(Duppy Gun)

Tom James Scott
"Skire"

from Crystal
(Carnivals)

Shit And Shine
"Frankie's Theme"

from Le Grande Larance Prix
(Rock Is Hell)

Asher Senator
"Abbreviation Qualification"

(Fashion)

Andrew Paul
"Who's Gonna Make The Dance Ram"

(Fashion)

Merciless
"Park Up The Hearse"

(Fashion)

Joseph Cotton
"No Touch The Style"

(Fashion)

General Levy
"Heat"

(Fashion)

Cutty Ranks
"The Stopper"

(Fashion)

Top Cat
"Gallist"

(Fashion)

Starkey Banton
"Jungle Banton"

(Fashion)

Bunny General
"Full Up A Class"

(Fashion)

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Mustapha Skandrani
"Mode: Raml Maya"

from Istikhbars And Improvisations
(Em Records)

Mustapha Skandrani
"Mode: Moual"

from Istikhbars And Improvisations
(Em Records)

Mustapha Skandrani
"Mode: Sika"

from Istikhbars And Improvisations
(Em Records)

Mustapha Skandrani
"Mode: Araq"

from Istikhbars And Improvisations
(Em Records)

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