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Big news: the “Yuh Love” video is in proper rotation on just about every station in Jamaica and it’s starting to chart! Last week it took the #6 spot on the RE’s MVP Top Ten Chart, the #5 spot on CVM TV’s Hit List Chart and the #10 spot on TVJ’s FiWi Choice Top Ten Chart. If you h...

Details have been released on the upcoming Buraka Som Sistema FabricLive compilation and we’re excited that Mixpak’s first release “Gone Too Far” (MIX001) has been slotted as the first track on the mix. Drops on December 7th 2009. FABRI...

“Take the human touch combine it with the digital computer and you’ve got composer/producer Giorgio Moroder.”

Mixpak welcomes our newest member to the blog, original badman Jimmy Sing hailing from Sydney, Australia...

Hot on the heels of a remix for the elusive, multi-culturally minded Gucci Vump (what the hell is a vump, anyway?), a recent “tweet” from East London powerhouse L-Vis 1990 provides us with a cryptic teaser about an upcoming surefire dancefloor destroyer. F...

Tom Hohmann, of USAISAMONSTER fame has started selling custom, one of a kind sweaters knitted to your specifications. Above is a one-off he did for a customer featuring bunny rabbits in a Super Mario Brothers context – pretty incredible. If you have an idea, he can knit it. ...

Parisian hotshot DJ Koyote has done an impressive mix to promote his upcoming appearance at Belguim’s own Freaks & Geeks party. There’s no tracklist, but Koyote explains. I’...

Dre Skull helms the most recent XLR8R podcast previewing a bunch of unreleased Mixpak material. Check it out.

UK magazine Digital Arts checked in with Pomp&Clout and got a behind the scenes look at how they made the video—including the secert on how they bypassed three weeks of render time to get the “I Want You” video finished on deadline. Check the interview and get the details here.

According this study from the University of the West Indies, Vybz Kartel is the most popular dancehall artist right now...

This three part Kraftwerk documentary is inspiring.

Shouts to The Heatwave blog for picking Vybz Kartel’s “Yuh Love” for their October charts. If you are checking on Dancehall or Funky or the intersection of the two genres then add The Heatwave to your feedreader. There are not enough blogs that go as deep. And...

Check this great article about Natalie Storm and Dylan Powe on the “Letter From Jamica” blog. Natalie voiced a big new song, “Look Pon Me,” that features her incredible catchy flow on a Funky riddim straight outta the UK. This w...

As a young label, we don’t have the PR muscle to break every record as hard as we’d like, but we’re keen to believe that quality releases will breakthrough…even if it takes some time. In th...