Trash & Ready Carnival Special 30th August 2015

I gotta say that this was one of the best nights I've been involved with in years! The night was EPIC! I got to spin tunes for Unity, Taurus, Jamdown Rockers & Youthman Promotion, can't thank you guys enough. Big Up my music family Seanie & Ricky. Big up the Tighten Up Crew, Mistah Brown & Tim P for making it happen. Large Up all artists on the mic.... Ricky Ranks, Seanie T, Champian, Flinty Ranks. Deman Rockers, Navigator & Virgo Don. Big Up Mark Professor Double G, Huggy for the support. One Love. Here's some video footage I managed to piece together & some pics from the night....

DJ Diablo Dubplate Carnival Mix August 2015

So Carnival is nearly upon us & on Carnival Sunday 30th August Banana Klan & myself with be throwin' down at the Trash & Ready Special at The Silver Bullet in Finsbury Park North London alongside the mighty Tighten Up Crew & Charlie Dark representing Run Dem Crew. With extra special guests The Ragga Twins this is a night not to be missed. So I thought it only right to bring out an Exclusive Mix full of dubplates & specials......This is up there with my all time best mixes Enjoy! One Love

DJ DIABLO CARNIVAL DUBPLATE MIX 2015 by Dj Diablo on Mixcloud

Tracklisting

1. Intro - DJ Diablo
2. England Story (Dubplate) - YT (Bobby Babylon/High Fashion Riddim)
3. Marley Medley (Jaro Special) - Garnett Silk (Bobby Babylon/High Fashion Riddim)
4. The Right Place - Barry Brown (Bobby Babylon/High Fashion Riddim)
5. Put The Stereo On (Dubplate) - Gappy Ranks (Hot Milk Riddim)
6. Play Some Music (Dubplate) - YT (Hot Milk Riddim)
7. Live And Love - Junior Reid (Hot Milk Riddm)
8. Greetings (Dubplate) - Half Pint (Heavenless Riddim)
9. Live On Funhouse TV - Ricky Ranking & Seanie Tee (Heavenless Riddim)
10. Golden Champion - Tenor Saw (Golden Hen Riddim)
11. Return Of The Golden Hen - Gappy Ranks (Golden Hen Riddim)
12. The Stopper (Diablo Version) - Cutty Ranks (Golden Hen Riddim)
13. Killin' Spree (Dubplate) - The Ragga Twins (Come Down Riddim)
14. Vigilante (Refix) - Buju Banton (Come Down Riddim)
15. Food Fi Di Pot - Busy Signal (Duck Dance Riddim)
16. Dead This Time - Bounty Killer (Duck Dance Riddim)
17. Kill Some Soundbwoy (Dubplate) - YT (Sick Riddim)
18. Soundboy (Dubplate) - Serocee (Sick Riddim)
19. For The People (Diablo Dancehall Remix) - The Ragga Twins Ft. Seanie Tee
20. Life's A Bitch (Diablo Studio One Mix) - Nas & AZ
21. No No No (Dubplate) - Dawn Penn

Carnival Special: Trash & Ready!

Yes people! I can happily confirm that this years Carnival Sunday Special will be at The Silver Bullet in Finsbury Park with an All Star line Up.
Trash & Ready hosted by the amazing Tighten Up Crew, Tim Dancecrasher, Mistah Brown & MC Champian supported by Charlie Dark out of the Run Dem Crew.
Myself, Seanie T & Ricky Ranking will be holding it down for the Banana Klan passing through with extra special guests, Badman Flinty Ranks & Deman Rockers aka the legendary Ragga Twins, in their 25th Anniversary year taking it back to where it started.
With MC's from 3 powerhouse 80's soundsystems (Unity, Taurus & Jamdown Rockers) this is one session not to be missed. Gate Pressure is a fiver and it starts at 9pm till we done! Be There!!!

FOUNDING FATHERS - THE UNTOLD STORY OF HIP HOP (2011)

A factual report about unsung DJ's who contributed to the foundational principals of the music known today as Hip Hop. This documentary transports you to a journey back to the early underground disco days of the streets and parks throughout New York City. Narrated by Chuck D, this is an excellent documentary about the DJ scene in New York City in the late 60's & 70's. Although the documentary claims that Hip Hop did not start in the Bronx but in Brooklyn & Queens (which has caused much debate)it is still an incredible piece of film.
Rest In Peace Grandmaster Flowers
Rest In Peace Pete "DJ" Jones

DJ DIABLO 80'S SALUTE VOLUME ONE 2013

New Mix!!! Takin' you back to the Original Dancehall Days! For all Original Rude Boys from way back when!!!!!

DJ Diablo 80's Salute Volume One 2013 by Dj Diablo on Mixcloud

Tracklisting...

1. Intro - Ricky Ranking
2. Sweet Reggae Music - Nitty Gritty
3. Love Sick - Super Black
4. Respect My Sound - Mikey Melody
5. Bits And Pieces - Gregory Issacs
6. Lovin' That You Want - Pinchers
7. Control The Dancehall - Mikey Murka
8. Denise - Pinchers
9. Let Off Supum - Leroy Smart
10. Bad Boy - Super Black
11. Nah Look No Work - Cocoa Tea
12. I'm A Don - Pinchers
13. Must Haffi Get It - Horace Andy
14. Devil Send You Come - Little Twitch
15. Murder In The Place - Icho Candy
16. Kill Dem With It - King Kong
17. Hell A Go Come - Super Cat
18. Dry Your Tears - Tinga Stewart
19. Rude Boy - Lloyd Hemmings
20. Gimme Some Of Your Something - Nitty Gritty
21. Cry Fi Di Youths - Super Cat
22. Sandokhan - Super Cat
23. Chalice A Lick - Super Cat
24. Ninja Mi Ninja - King Kong
25. Blue Mountain Coffee - Cutty Ranks
26. Boops Fi Dem - Cocoa Tea
27. What A Riddim - Pad Anthony
28. Fade Away - Little John
29. Death To A Sound - Pad Anthony
30. Kill A Sound - Eccelton Jarrett
31. Rougher Than Them - Johnny Osbourne
32. Peanie Peanie - Shabba Ranks
33. Lonesome Side Of Blue - Cocoa Tea
34. Soundboy Go Home - Cocoa Tea
35. 18 And Over - Cocoa Tea
36. Turn On The Heat - Eccelton Jarrett

Download Link in the Download Section on the left
Blessings Respect and One Love!

DJ Diablo All Star Xmas Jamboree at The Funhouse December 19th 2012

To end off the year at The Funhouse we decided to get another Jamboree together... Inna Dancehall Sound System stylee.

Chris P Cuts and the Trash and Ready DJ's Mistah Brown and Tim Dancecrasher warmed up the session neatly then myself and Huggy Bear came with the riddims for the microphone dons to the their thing. Seanie T and Ricky Ranking with YT, Mr Williamz and Randy Valentine all killed it. Dancehall Nice Again!!!!



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DJ Diablo All Star Birthday Bash 17 April 2012

Back in April I celebrated my birthday by bringing and all star DJ & MC line up to The Funhouse.

DJ English Fire from Black Chiney, The Ragga Twins, Ricky Ranking, Seanie T, YT, Serocee, Tuggawar and K9 all smashed it to make this a memorable session.

Check it out!!!!





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King Tubby and The Dub Rebelution

King Tubby


I started off as a Hip Hop DJ and through Hip Hop I discovered many other genres of music as a teenager. One of these was Reggae and all its sub-genres from Dancehall to Ragga, Roots and Lovers Rock. But it was through Dub that I wandered into the world of the Sound System.

Dub took me to another place and it was the sounds of the late great King Tubby (Osbourne Ruddock 1941-1989) that sent me to musical heaven. Tubby is the Dub Master. Skilled in electronic repairs he built his own Sound System "King Tubby's Hometown Hi-Fi" in the early Sixties and started playing at dances in Kingston. With the legendary U-Roy controlling the mic and Tubby droppin' special after special at the control tower, Hometown Hi-Fi became one of the most popular sounds in Jamaica. Through the success of the Sound System he set up his own studio and developed a new style of mixing the instrumental "the version".

Using a 4 track mixing desk he brings the vocal's of the original song in and out adding some effects with an echo chamber and turn "the version" into "the dub". Tubby is hailed as the man who invented dub, although some claim he wasn't the first. Whether he did or didnt doesn't matter, it was the way Tubby mixed down the songs that made him the King. The Dub Conqueror and the Originator of the Remix.


Dub Echoes Documentary King Tubby


After my first experience of listening to King Tubby I was hooked! The music was 20 years old but sounded so unique I was amazed. I was rinsing out a couple old homemade compilations on tape everywhere I went . At that time, during through the night smoking sessions Hip Hop and Dancehall were replaced with Dub as the music of choice and in particular King Tubby. I went out and bought all the Tubby's vinyl I could get my hands on and begun my Degree In Dub Knowledge.

That was the Summer of Dub and by the middle of Autumn I decided that it was time to get myself schooled in the ways of the dubwise selector, to become a champion selector. So I jumped in the car and headed out into the cold North London night to a popular weekly Roots and Culture event, The Dub Club. Jah Youth Sound were playing in a Dubwise style and that was the start of my Dub Rebelution.


Linval Thompson Whip Dem King Tubby


http://www.discogs.com/artist/King+Tubby

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Tubby