LargeUp Presents Jam Central – It’s A Carnival (2014 Summer Soca Mix)
Jam Central's "It's A Carnival" mix rounds up a sampling of the soca that has been running 2014's summer carnivals, from Vincy Mas to Caribana.
Mixtape Mondays: Private Ryan, DJ Mess, DJ Bimshire
Head down to Barbados Crop Over Festival via this week's #MixtapeMondays, with soca mixes from Dj Private Ryan, Dj MeSs + DJ Bimshire
Toppa Top 10: International Soca Monarch Contenders
Words by Tishanna Williams—
Soca Monarch 2014 semi-finals was off the chain! With a first prize of $2 million in play, performers came hard and, in a new twist, the Groovy Soca Category has taken over ... Read More...
Mixtape Mondays: Balooba Sound x Da’Ville, Chronic Sound, Socaholic x Chris Vee
Words by Deejay Theory —
Welcome back to another Mixtape Mondays, stacked with new music from throughout the Caribbean and beyond. Italy, JA, Spain and the UK combine to serve up reggae, dancehall, soca ... Read More...
LargeUp Premiere: Jus Now’s “One Time” Video
Words by Jesse Serwer—
Occupying a space between power soca, steelpan and the freakiest outer limits of U.K. dance music, "One Time" is the debut single from Jus Now, the Anglo-Trinidadian duo of Interfa... Read More...
Soca Survivor: The Return of Super Blue
Words by Jesse Serwer—
The biggest news in soca this month is the return of Superblue —father of Fay-Ann Lyons and Terri Lyons, and the originator of the jump and wave craze—to Trinidad's Soca Monarch co... Read More...
Mixtape Mondays: Spyda the DJ, Stone Love, DJ Maya
Words by Jesse Serwer—
The man DJ Theory is sidelined with some symptoms of late winter-itis (look out for him to make a full recovery in time for his gigs at South by Southwest next week, though) this w... Read More...
Soca Non-arch: Ten Wikked Soca Tunes That Didn’t Win In 2011
Words by Rishi Bonneville—
The steady march of Trinidadian and Bajan soca music has, over the course of the last decade, had an unexpected consequence. Jamaican dancehall reggae has become more uptempo... Read More...