REVIEWS

I resolutely believe that the role of veterans in the scene, those veterans who are in it since we could remember, is to string together a fundamental musical heritage with an actuality which is showing up many other possible directions, to set something as evident, for instance that a new hit by elephant man gets exactly in time with a classical tune by Shabba Ranks, being almost its ideal prosecution. Dj War, one of the most respected masters of reggae and hip hop movements in Italy , succeeds in this job by making this mixtape for Segnale Digitale. This work actually consists in the fixing up of three megamixes selected at their best, and tracing many other shades of dancehall music. We listen to rarities coming out of the magic box of this selecta from Salento, records which need an archaelogist of reggae music to be dated and tunes of a proto-dancehall past sounding fresh even in our time. The mix also contains selections of recent riddims, played in the wise way of someone who well knows the riddims we will remember even in the next ten years. An hystorical teaching and a bright vision of actuality served in an eaasy cd edition to feed your cd players and better get straight to your ears.
Andrea Mi