Mixpak Extended Play is a new club night that embodies the musical and cultural vibes created by the combining of different worlds and genres in one party. This club night brings together legends with rising underground talent, all done in the name of the next level. Created by three like minded New York party mavens—Jubilee, Dre Skull, and MeanRed—this party cuts through the New York malaise to bring you back to your roots, on the dancefloor.
WHEN: Monday, October 31st
WHERE: DROM, 85 Ave A, New York NY
AGE: 21+
DOORS: 10PM
COVER: $10
This past Friday the Triple J Mixup series hosted by Nina Las Vegas had exclusive mixes from All The Lights, Drop The Lime, Diplo and Dre Skull. Stream all the mixes on the Triple J website.
Kingston Story contains all the writing abilities of Vybz Kartel and all the composing talent of Dre Skull to create excellent crossover material. I definitely have newfound respect for Vybz Kartel’s music after listening to this, and I’m really looking forward to more Dre Skull full length work like this one.
Check the in depth review of Vybz Kartel’s “Kingston Story” over Mishka’s Bloglin blog.
Derrière le proéminent album Kingston Story de Vybz Kartel se trouve l’un des producteurs les plus en vogue de Brooklyn, fondateur de Mixpak Records et qui dans sa carrière a collaboré avec une pliade d’artiste internationaux, a décider de poser ses valises en Jamaîque pour produir l’album de l’artiste Dancehall du 21ème siècle.
It’s was almost exactly a year ago that I first went down to Kingston, Jamaica to record a few songs with Vybz Kartel and at the the time, we had not yet considered doing an album. Those first few tracks seemed to have something special about them which gave rise to the idea of us doing a full length…and here we are today. Need a soundtrack to your summer? Kingston Story is out now on iTunes!
Now that we have your attention, check this week’s New York Times Music Popcast with Jeremy Egner which features a 15 minute interview with journalist Rob Kenner who just wrote a feature on Vybz Kartel that will run in this Sunday’s New York Times in the Arts & Leisure section. Stay tuned for that article, but in the meantime check the interview to hear an in depth discussion on Vybz Kartel and his new album on Mixpak. The interview includes a sneak peek (sneak listen?) to two brand new cuts from Kingston Story. World exclusive! Did you pre-order your copy of the album yet?
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For the last year I’ve been working on the new Vybz Kartel full length and it’s finally days away from release. If you want to support this project pre-order Kingston Story now from iTunes where it’s already climbed to #52 on the Best Selling Reggae albums chart.
A while back I shared the behind the scenes details from the Vybz Kartel ‘Go Go Wine’ video shoot and we’re finally ready to share the finished video. Shot on location in Kingston, Jamaica by Patrick Fraser.
Fast forward to 2011, and Dre Skull and Vybz Kartel have teamed up together again for his forthcoming album “Kingston Story”, and Dancehall fans can expect something more than the usual collection of recent singles and the odd filler track that can often blight many dancehall albums.
Read this Dre Skull interview with Strictly The Best covering working with Vybz Kartel on the upcoming album “Kingston Story,” the state of dancehall and more.
Last week I was down in Kingston for Vybz Kartel’s ‘Go Go Wine’ video shoot and I wanted to share some photos and a video. All photos by Ports Bishop.
For the final outdoor scene Kartel was rolling deep with his crew Also, note the fans watching the shoot from the roof. There were literally hundreds of people who came to get a glimpse of Kartel.
Vybz Kartel’s ‘Go Go Wine’ is is out now on iTunes and it is currently the #28 bestselling track on the Reggae charts and climbing. It’s also available at all other fine digital retailers. Support this release!
For the last nine months I’ve been working with Vybz Kartel on a full length album and it’s finally time to let the world hear some music. The album, ‘Kingston Story,’ will be out in June, but the first single, ‘Go Go Wine,’ will be released on May 3rd and Toddla T debuted it on his BBC Radio 1 show last Thursday during a special show on Jamaican music. Listen back to the show which has a bunch of great interviews and music (including a quick interview he did with me last time we were in Kingston). Pitchfork also showed support and debuted a stream of ‘Go Go Wine’ (which has resulted in 80 plus YouTube rips). On Friday, the track got radio support fom Jabba (of Massive B fame) who gave the track multiple spins on Sirius XM and from Max Glazer who dropped the track on his Federation Sound show on EVR.
I want to take a moment to give a special shout out to Mr. Glazer, because I wrote the riddim for ‘Go Go Wine’ in January after I played him a bunch of cuts from the Kartel album and he shared his perspective on what the album had and what it might be missing. Basically, he mentioned that the record could use a real Hot 97 friendly/rhythmic dancehall cut and I took his advice and went back into the studio before my last trip to record with Kartel. Respect for the advice!
