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...

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...

Visual Culture: Darhil Crooks, Part few

words by Eddie STATS Houghton Our epic Q&A with the art director of Esquire magazine  (and Gargamel music!) continues in Darhil Crooks: Part II, the Electric Boogaloo...in this segment, Mr. Crooks gets int... Read More...

Visual Culture: Darhil Crooks

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton We decided to profile Darhil Crooks on Large Up because we were pretty sure you didn‘t know that the same cat who designed album covers and tees for Buju Banton also happened t... Read More...
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Trinitech: Jillionaire’s Culture Bash

Our man in Port of Spain--known to the masses as Jillionaire Juice--just posted a post-bashment carnival mix over at the newly-redesigned Mad Decent site. It's a mix of soca, warp-speed dancehall and housey... Read More...

Brown Sugar for Black History Month

Words by Martei Korley Do you remember Caron Wheeler? Waaaaaaayyyy before her luminous stint as one of the front women in Soul II Soul (the London sound system which evolved into the avant-pop of Brit So... Read More...

Kings of the Road: JW and Blaze

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Jillionaire Juice, our Trinidad correspondent and resident carnival-stalker  (does that make him a Carny?) just put us on to this song, which dominated the festivities in T&... Read More...