Ever since I was a young boy I've been exposed to reggae by my parents. I grew up listening to Black Uhuru, Steel Pulse, but also a whole variety of other genres. When I was about 13 or so, I discovered Dancehall through the popular acts like Sean Paul, Beenie Man, Elephant Man, and through file sharing networks I found more and more. After a while I wanted to do more with the music than just listen to it. Using virtual dj I tried to make a refix of Still D.R.E. on the Diwali Riddim. It didn't seem to fit right, it wasn't quite beat matched, so I left remixing for what it was. I came across Lenky's XM24, a purely instrumental tune using the diwali riddim: that tune needed lyrics. I got to work in virtual dj and after a short while I got the hang of it.
Since then I've done over 600 blends and riddim mixes, raising the level all the time. After playing on fyahchunes radio a few times (http://fyahchunes-on-air.zapto.org:8000), I was asked to join Raggakings, a much larger online reggae station. I don't have a scheduled show there yet, but I select during the day every now and again, when I have time. You can check out the radio station at http://www.raggakings.net. If you have mIRC or another IRC chat program, you can join ..raggakings on irc.quakenet.org for the raggakings chat.
Now it's time for another step. After doing many remixes on older instrumentals from the 1960's to now, with all kinds of genres, I came up with an idea: A mix cd with 40 to 50 remixes using instrumentals from all kinds of old hits, mixed and presented by Black Supreme. I call it: "The Resurrection". The cd's nearly done. All the remixes are complete. I will post up more information when it drops on where to get your hands on it. For a preview, listen to the 4 tracks above, it's a small selection of what you can find on "The Resurrection".
I'll be doing a few promo shows on raggakings.net for the cd too. I'll post up the dates n times soon, so make sure you check back regularly. I'll also update the remixes up there every now and again :). You can contact me at [email protected] via mail, MSN and now also via Y!M at that same address.
What else can I say: enjoy! :)
