My Operator: Sylvan Morris Lays it Down

words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Babylon Falling More great original fieldwork from Babylon Falling who tracked down legendary engineer Sylvan Morris for an in-depth interview and studio visit. Sylvan'... Read More...

Rockers Hall of Fame: Jimmy Cliff

words by Eddie STATS Houghton Just  a week or two short of his 62nd born-day, Jamaican music and film icon Jimmy Cliff was honored by the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame last month, welcomed aboard by super-fa... Read More...

Mos Dub: the Name Says it All

words by Eddie STATS Houghton How often do 2 syllables speak such volumes? This is exactly what it sounds like, a concept mixtape layering Mos Def raps over slabs of classic rocksteady and rub a dub regg... Read More...

Old Time DJ: African Love on Goldshop

words by Eddie STATS Houghton As promised Gold Shop has dropped part two of their re-issue run of 45s on seminal NY dancehall labels with new 45s originally released on both African Love and Witty's. We'... Read More...

Water Pumping: New Sanchez!

words by Eddie STATS Houghton Touching off in style, a new Sanchez version on the classic Johnny Osbourne vehicle called Water Pumping. Funny,  we were just sitting around the Largeup HQ, arguing about w... Read More...

Marvel I-niverse

words by Eddie STATS Houghton Our Excelsiors over at Seen have been slowly unveiling their spring line of tees and dropped this little gem just before the weekend, ft. veteran deejay Mad Cobra aka just p... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Dancehall Cameos

words by Eddie STATS Houghton Just a little something to start some Friday afternoon office arguments (stop, we know you're not actually working). The main criteria of inclusion on this top 10 is that th... Read More...