…Stumbled on this wicked 90?s tribute mix, selected and recorded by Berlin, Germany’s Major Steve. Not a lot of info to be found on the deejay, but this strictly vinyl digital reggae and dancehall mix delivers more than a little bit. Essential tunes from a crucial era, clean blends and some custom sound effects make for an easy listen around here…

You’ve gotta love the new Elephant Man video from Terminal 4 Media. Not just because it’s hilarious seeing Elly and Ding Dong and Keiva and the Ravers Clavers crawling in the primordial ooze like a bunch of swamp creatures. And not just because they so clean up in the second half of the video, trash and ready and bush to the bone ready to floss around the world in yet another dancehall version of Psy’s runaway hit “Gangnam Style.” And not just because it’s great to hear Elly singing a ridiculous dancehall instructional video all hoarse and off-key and not giving a frack like in the good ol’ days. It’s a little bit of all those things, actually. “How dem say Ding Dong stop dance?” Elly asks, outraged. “A lie dem ah tell!” As silly as these songs are—and make no mistake, they’re pretty silly—there’s a serious subtext behind the whole thing. “Mek we bring back the dancehall,” Elly sings on the delightfully ear-splitting hook. “Mek we show dem how it used to be.” Which means you’ve got to come with a new style. Even if it means making up your face like a reptile and crawling in the mud. And of course “Badman Style” isn’t exactly new. Psy did it first. Then Mega Banton, Singer J, and G-Loc brought it into the dancehall. But theirs was more of a bad man badman thing. And you already know Elly’s thing is a dancing thing. As in not taking oneself too seriously. As in embracing the inherent silliness of the whole thing. As in having fun again. Just like it used to be.

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Tunes pon top a tunes each and every week. Listen to a top notch special courtesy of Mojo Morgan, multiple brand tunes from Sean Paul, new Mavado, new Busy Signal plus riddims like China Rave, Dog Bite, Bad Bounce, Kickdown, Good Formula, 90′s Bubble and the V-Town Sound.

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Kenny Meez laced #276 with nuff new tunes, riddims and remixes. Listen to new Vybz Kartel, Mavado, Chino & Kardinal Offishall, Aidonia and toppa top new riddims like Radio Active, Dead End, Back Pocket Rag, Lawless, Back Way, 90′s and more.

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Tune in to the Federation Invasion Podcast for new music from Mavado, Cham, Frankie Sly, I-Octane, Konshens, Collie Buddz and more plus fresh riddims like Antibiotic, Soak, GSUM, China Rave and 90′s Bubble.

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Norman Manley with a group of children celebrating Jamaica’s Independence ca. 1962, via.

Jack it up selector! The Heatwave cram the biggest UK hits to come out of Jamaica into one crazy mix: 50 years + 83 tunes x 73 minutes = approximately five million rewinds. These songs have been pulled up, wheeled, rewound and replayed literally MILLIONS of times – in bedrooms, house parties, blues dances, nightclubs and raves throughout the UK.

To celebrate 50 years of Jamaican independence, The Heatwave’s quickfire insanity-inducing DJ style is applied to half a century’s worth of classic tracks. 50 years of Jamaican sounds hyping UK ravers. How many times will you rewind this mix?

Happy 50th Birthday Jamaica! Sweet Jamaica” just got alot more flavor. “Sweet Jamaica”, has a whole new set of names attached to it and an all star video to prove it.

Joining Mr Vegas, Shaggy and Josey Wales on “The Voices of Sweet Jamaica” is Shaggy’s fellow Grammy winner, Beenie Man, rising star Christopher Martin, foundation deejay U-Roy and dancehall super group T.O.K. , as well as the ‘good’ gyal Ce’Cile and international performer Barrington Levy. When you add in Tony Curtis and Singing Melody (one half of Jamaica’s favorite harmony group, LUST) as well as Marcia Griffiths, Cocoa Tea, Freddie McGregor and Leroy ‘Heptones’ Sibbles the “The Voices of Sweet Jamaica” are a virtual who’s who of the nation’s musical legacy.