Dubmatix Sticky Icky Reggae Mix

Funk Disco House - Holiday Mix

This mix leans into disco and modern funk, keeping the groove locked down for 60 minutes. Classic late-70s and early-80s grooves sit comfortably alongside newer edits and remixes that respect the original feel while adding a modern touch.

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PLAYLIST

George Benson – Give Me the Night
Enzo Pianzola Mr. Trend – Soul People (Rework 2025 – Nu Club Radio Mix)
CHIC – My Forbidden Lover (Dimitri From Paris Remix)
Opolopo – Bebeccie’s Theme
Diana Ross – Upside Down
Change – Sunrise Forever (Michael Gray Remix) [feat. Tanya Michelle Smith]
Urban Blues Project – We Are One (Art of Tones Remix) [feat. Bobby Pruitt]
Geraldine Hunt – Can’t Fake the Feeling
McFadden & Whitehead – Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now
Serge Funk – You and I (Radio Edit)
Enzo Pianzola Mr. Trend – Disco Biscuit (70’s Mix)
Jamiroquai – Canned Heat (Dimitri From Paris Remix Edit)
Shakedown – Funky and You Know It (Myd Remix) [feat. Bootsy Collins]
Ministers de la Funk – Believe (Kurd Maverick Revamp) [feat. Jocelyn Brown]

Johnny Osbourne - A Voice With Soul

Some artists belong to a moment. Johnny Osbourne is part of the evolution of reggae, dating back to the 1960s and the Studio One world, to the raw energy of 1980s dancehall. Osbourne didn’t just adapt to change; he carried his voice through it all while delivering his unique vocal style.

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Studio One foundations

Johnny Osbourne came up at Studio One, and early recordings like “See and Blind” showcase a young vocalist steeped in soul, restraint, and melodic control. Studio One was a label but also a fertile training ground, a boot camp for many young artists over the years, and Osbourne took it all in.

By the mid–1970s, Osbourne moved beyond Studio One and began shaping a more personal sound - his tone grew stronger and more street-aware. Tracks like “Truths and Rights” and “Ready or Not” feel like a bridge, still rooted in roots reggae, but miles away from his first Studio One Recordings.

When dancehall took over in the early 1980s, many roots singers faded into obscurity. Osbourne didn’t. Instead of fighting the shift, he leaned into it — applying a roots-trained voice to harder, faster riddims. Songs like “Buddy Bye,” “Folly Ranking,” and “No Ice Cream Sound” became sound system staples, built for crowd reaction and rewind culture.

It’s been 6 decades since the 77-year-old released his first music, and he is still recording to this day. That is a remarkable career and legacy.

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PLAYLIST

1. Johnny Osbourne – See and Blind (with The Sensations)

2. Johnny Osbourne – Truths & Rights

3. Johnny Osbourne – Right, Right Time (with Earth, Roots & Water)

4. Johnny Osbourne – Jah Ovah

5. Johnny Osbourne – In the Area

6. Johnny Osbourne – We Need Love

7. Johnny Osbourne – Fally Ranking

8. Johnny Osbourne – Ready or Not

9. Johnny Osbourne – Purify Your Heart

10. Johnny Osbourne – Ice Cream Love

11. Johnny Osbourne – No Lollipop, No Sweet So

12. Johnny Osbourne – Water Pumping

13. Johnny Osbourne – Give a Little Love

14. Johnny Osbourne – Rock and Come In

15. Johnny Osbourne – No Sound Like We

16. Johnny Osbourne – Never Stop Fighting

17. Johnny Osbourne – Buddy Bye

Bass Culture - 90s Dancehall Classics

We’re going back to a moment in time during the 90s when you had breakout stars from Jamaica - Shabba Ranks and iNi Kamoze hitting the mainstream charts and rotation on MTV and other music video stations. You also had the mixing of dancehall with hip-hop - Vicious with Doug E Fresh, Supercat, and others. This mix moves between street anthems, radio hits, and club staples.

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PLAYLIST

1. Beenie Man – Who Am I

2. Buju Banton – Champion

3. Spragga Benz – She Nuh Ready Yet (Hype Up)

4. Chaka Demus & Pliers – Murder She Wrote

5. Shabba Ranks – Trailer Load a Girls

6. Super Cat & Salaam Remi – Ghetto Red Hot (Hip-Hop Remix)

7. Cutty Ranks – Limb By Limb

8. Patra – Queen of the Pack

9. Sanchez – Missing You

10. Super Cat – Don Dada

11. iNi Kamoze – Here Comes the Hotstepper

12. Maxi Priest – Close to You

13. Nadine Sutherland & Terror Fabulous – Action

14. Vicious & Doug E. Fresh – Freaks

15. Lady Saw – If Him Lef

16. Garnett Silk – Zion in a Vision

When Punk Met Reggae in the '70s

There was a crossroads in the UK during the ’70s, as dub and reggae sound systems were spreading and building a wider audience. By mid-decade, the rise of punk began - a raw, gritty DIY ethos that opened the door for thousands of youth who wanted to play music. Anyone was welcome.

Don Letts is well known for helping introduce the sounds of dub and reggae to the punk scene at The Roxy, as both shared a like-minded attitude toward inclusion and anti-establishment values. It was only a matter of time before both styles began to appear in the same songs.

This mix pulls together late-’70s and ’80s tracks where punk and reggae came together.

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PLAYLIST

1. Stiff Little Fingers – Johnny Was

2. The Ruts – Jah War

3. The Clash – Bankrobber

4. Bad Brains – I and I Survive

5. Public Image Ltd. – Careering

6. The Slits – Instant Hit

7. The Members – Offshore Banking Business / Pennies in the Pound

8. The Specials – Little Bitch (2015 Remaster)

9. Generation X – Wild Youth

10. The Police – Peanuts

11. The Stranglers – Nice ’N’ Sleazy

12. X-Ray Spex – Germfree Adolescence

13. The Clash - Rudie Can’t Fail

Deep Crates, Hot Plates - The Jazz Funk Mix

This Funk Jazz mix leans hard into the groove, moving between modern jazz-funk burners, deep-pocket classics, and band-driven jams where feel is everything. Tight rhythm sections, loose nimble fingers, letting forth musical consciousness. New cuts sit beside genre classics - let your flow go and dig what’s going on.

PLAYLIST

1. Skinny Hightower & Alex Parchment - Red Lights

2. Scary Goldings - Larry Pockets

3. Sam Fribush & Ari Teitel & Adam Deitch - Chester

4. Ari Joshua & Grant Schroff & Delvon Lamarr & Skerik - Audio Bicycle Day

5. Ghost-Note & Eric Gales - Grandma’s Curtains

6. Nick Andre & Jazz Mafia - Concave

7. Herbie Hancock - Chameleon

8. Sam Fribush & Charlie Hunter & Calvin Napper - Ok Boomer

9. Brooklyn Funk Essentials & Anna Brooks & Iwan VanHetten - Miss Mess

10. Redtenbacher’s Funkestra & Tucker Antell - Wiggles

11. Zbonics & Melvin Sparks & Karl Denson - Soul Good

12. George Duke - Au Right

13. The Greyboy Allstars & Fred Wesley - Soul Dream

Aram Scaram (Guest Mix)

Aram Scaram began his DJ journey in Toronto’s late-90s underground, spinning at house parties and one-off club events before landing weekly residencies at the beloved lounges Ciao Eddie and Alto Basso. It was at Ciao Eddie where he met Sassa’le, founder of the influential Version Xcursion radio show on CKLN 88.1 FM — a connection that would shape the next chapter of his career.

Scaram soon joined Version Xcursion as co-host and co-producer, helping transform the show into a staple of Toronto’s music landscape. Their weekly broadcasts championed dub, downtempo, trip-hop, reggae, and emerging Canadian talent, establishing the program as a go-to platform for genre-bending sounds.

Over the years, Scaram has brought his signature style to major stages, including the Du Maurier Jazz Festival, the first Virgin Festival on the Toronto Islands (2006), and an opening slot for Massive Attack at The Carlu. He also founded Dub & Beyond, a hugely popular monthly club night at Andy Poolhall, broadcast live-to-air on CKLN 88.1 FM. Running for seven and a half years, it became a cornerstone of the city’s dub and bass culture. His international appearances include performing at the Shatter The Hotel release event in London and playing the legendary Dub Chamber party at OT301 in Amsterdam.

As a producer with Version Xcursion, Scaram released two full-length albums and three singles, including the cult classic Moments featuring Treson — widely regarded by tastemakers as one of Canada’s standout tracks of the early 2000s.

In 2010, he launched his solo project Citizen Sound, releasing a full-length album that featured the award-winning single Reggae Is Her Name with Blessed, which earned the Canadian Reggae Music Award for Best Male Single. A second Citizen Sound album followed in 2014, along with numerous singles and EPs. Throughout his production career, he has collaborated with many of Canada’s premier reggae and dub artists, including Ammoye, Blessed, Chester Miller, Treson, Dubmatix, and Prince Blanco.

After a 14-year break from radio, Scaram returned in 2025 with Sound So Nice, co-hosted with Eddie Go Boom on CFRU 93.3 FM in Guelph, Ontario. The weekly show explores the deep roots of sound system culture — from Jamaica’s foundational influence to its global evolution — guiding listeners through reggae, dub, electronic, drum & bass, house, afrobeats, downtempo, and beyond. Driven by an electrifying musical selection, the show blends minimal commentary with occasional interviews featuring artists, producers, and organizers shaping today’s scene.

Links:

https://www.instagram.com/citizensoundmusic

https://www.instagram.com/soundsoniceradio

https://www.mixcloud.com/scaram/

https://m.soundcloud.com/aramscaram

PLAYLIST

1. Thievery Corporation - Waiting Too Long feat. Notch

2. Stephen Marley - Don’t Let Me Down

3. Salmonella Dub - Rhythm & Pattern

4. The Nomad - Open Your Eyes

5. Boztown - Instant Playa

6. Boogie Belgique - Every Time

7. Flowering Inferno & Quantic - Make Dub Not War

8. Gregory Isaacs - Number One

9. Prince Fattty - Roof Over My Dub feat. Little Roy

10. Sugar Minott - Rockers Master

11. Cornell Campbell - Boxing Around

12. Augustus Pablo - Rockers Magic

13. John Holt - Ali Baba

14. Keznamdi - Pressure

15. Asa - Jailer

16. Little Simz - Point and Kill feat. Obongjayer

17. Chronixx - Keep On Rising

18. Bunny Rugs - Rumours feat. Sly & Robbie

19. Quakers - Approach with Caution feat. Sampa The Great

20. Super Beagle - Dust A Sound Boy

21. Yeza & Rorystonelove - Road Runner

22. Lauryn Hill - So Much Things To Say

23. Bob Marley - Roots Rock Reggae feat Steven Tyler & Joe Perry

24. De Lata - Breathe

25. Major Lazer - Can’t Stop Now feat. Mr. Vegas & Jovi Rockwell

26. Jada Kingdom - Budum

27. DJ Vadim, Kathrin deBoer & Belleruche - Black Is The Night Pt. 3

28. Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley - Hey Girl feat. Stephen Marley

29. Red Astaire - Dum Dum

30. A Tribe Called Quest - Rock Rock Y’all feat. Punchline, Wordsworth, Jane Doe & Mos Def

31. Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - What Can You Bring Me

Mid 90s Big Beat (aka Electronica / Breakbeat) Mix

Going back to a period in time in the 90s that seemed short-lived once it hit the mainstream media - Electronica / Big Beat. However you categorise it, it fused aggressive drums, breaks, dance, rave, and other genres to create something fresh.

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PLAYLIST

1. Leftfield – Inspection (Check One) – Remastered

2. Death In Vegas – Dirt

3. Bomb The Bass; Justin Warfield – Bug Powder Dust

4. Fatboy Slim – The Rockafeller Skank

5. Leftfield; Afrika Bambaataa – Afrika Shox

6. The Prodigy – Breathe

7. Filter; The Crystal Method – (Can’t You) Trip Like I Do – 2009 Remastered Version

8. Timo Maas – To Get Down

9. Basement Jaxx – Where’s Your Head At

10. Propellerheads – Spybreak!

11. The Chemical Brothers – Block Rockin’ Beats

12. Asian Dub Foundation – Fortress Europe

13. Underworld – Cowgirl – Remastered

New Funk Movement

A few years back, my dad and I had a radio show called “Groove Radio” on the local University Radio Station, playing funk, some hip-hop, gospel, soul, etc.

That show was picked up at Jazz FM here a few years later. This was right at the start of COVID on a Tuesday night, and we grew the listener base from a couple of thousand to 30000+ in just over a year. COVID was one factor, but the other was the music and artists we were selecting. We’d each bring in our tracks and rinse them out, tune-fi-tune styles. The challenge was that we needed music enough to fill 3 hours every week. This is where we discovered an incredible pool of young talent creating, fusing, and releasing wonderful music.

For this mix, I dove into a selection of artists that bring old school funk and hip-hop together into modern times - New Funk, Modern Funk, however you describe it, FUNK is in each one of these tunes.

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PLAYLIST

1. The New Mastersounds – Lack Of Afro – Idle Time (Lack of Afro Remix)

2. Orgone – The Only One

3. The Dap-Kings – Nervous Like Me

4. The Tao Of Groove – Honeybee Blues

5. Lettuce – Mt. Crushmore

6. Ikebe Shakedown – The Hold Up

7. The Budos Band – Budos Rising

8. Pacific Rhythm Combo – Lance Ferguson – Honky Tonk Popcorn

9. Mr President – Left and Right

10. Breakestra – Dark Clouds Rain Soul (Dub)

11. Polyrhythmics – Yeti, Set, Go

12. Lack Of Afro – One for the Trouble

13. Big Boss Man – Sea Groove

14. El Michels Affair – Uzi (Pinky Ring)

15. Speedometer – Rubberneck

Midweek Reggae Mix

A roots-and-dub midweek mix for your ears.

PLAYLIST

1. Junior Murvin & Trinity – Time Stiff / Time So Rough

2. Dandelion & The Drop – Bus Gun

3. Total Hip Replacement & Dubmatix – The Door (Dubmatix Dub)

4. Bunny Wailer – Dream Land

5. Mungo’s Hi Fi & Eva Lazarus – Amsterdam (Flight Mode Mix)

6. Skinshape & The Horus All Stars – The River Effra

7. Steel Pulse – Your House

8. Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett – Bide Dub

9. Roots Makers & Lyndon John X – Giving Up My Dub

10. Ras Teo, Ashanti Selah & Zion I Kings – Yanks and Ises Dub

11. Lone Ark & Roberto Sanchez – Rowing Boat

12. Alpha Blondy – Jerusalem

13. Wailing Souls – Jah Give Us Life

14. Ewan ‘Ian’ Gardiner – Father’s Call

15. Winston Reedy – Drifter

Guest Set: Eccodek DJ set (One Hour Mix)

Today I bring in a long-time brother-in-dub - Andrew (aka Eccodek). We’ve shared stages and music for almost 20 years now. I asked him to create the mix for today, and knowing his musical inspiration, it’s a good one.

Andrew McPherson is a 2-time Juno Award nominee and 2-time Canadian Music Award winner, releasing a total of 23 albums under 4 distinct musical identities - global-dub fusionists Eccodek, ambient-classical Peppermoth, funk/soul groove merchants Sonova and singer/songwriter.

Andrew has also collaborated and remixed a huge array of artists that include Vieux Farka Touré, Jane Siberry, Desert Dwellers, Kiran Ahluwalia, Philosopher Kings, Lenka Lichtenberg, Dubmatix, The McDades, Jaffa Road, Dub Colossus, MC Yogi, Delhi 2 Dublin, Stephen Fearing, Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Society, Kevin Breit and many more. His work has appeared on distinguished labels like Six Degrees Records, Real World Records, Buddha Bar, White Swan/ Black Swan, The Ambient Zone, National Geographic, EMI and Sony Music.

Andrew operates a full-service recording studio, The Monastereo, favouring a hybrid analogue/ digital recording and mixing approach, at the centre of which is his beloved 40-year-old Sony MCI JH618 mixing console.

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PLAYLIST

1. Sonova - Track the groove (Eccodek’s Groovinator Remix)

2. Sherwood and Pinch- Different eyes

3. Chris Bottomley - Smoke a big patty

4. Tinariwen - Oualahila Ar Tesninam (Transglobal Underground Remix)

5. Eccodek - My primitive heart (feat. MC Yogi)

6. Lightning Head - Superfunky bird

7. Sonova - Sonova System

8. DJ Vadim - Hey hey hey

9. Soul2Soul - Fairplay

10. Count Basic - Gotta jazz (Richard Dorfmeister Remix)

11. Eccodek - Voices have eyes (Dubmatix Remix)

12. Mexican Institute of Sound - Microfono (Nickodemus Remix)

13. Tosca - Rondo Acapricio

14. Dr. Israel - Sensemilia

Check out Eccodek on Bandcamp / Instagram

https://www.andrewmcpherson.ca/

https://eccodek.bandcamp.com/music

https://www.sixdegreesrecords.com/sonova-2/

https://www.sixdegreesrecords.com/peppermoth/