And Mafia & Fluxy...

 

Mafia & Fluxy are a British reggae rhythm section & production team. They are brothers Leroy (bass) & David Heywood (drums). They began their musical careers with the London reggae band The Instigators in 1977. They were heavily relied on as rhythm section for many Jamaican artists on UK tours. They also created rhythm tracks for producers such as Bunny Lee, King Jammy, Mad Professor, Donovan Germain, & Philip "Fatis" Burrell.

This is their first meeting with Mad Professor...

Mafia & Fluxy - Meets Mad Professor, Ariwa ARILP051, 1993.
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Side A -
Rude Boy Dub    
Black Sheep Dub    
Rough Ride    
Hypocrites & Parasites    
Bad Bwoy Dub

Side B -
Six Million Dub    
Pumping Iron    
Dancehall Cowboy    
Shush

 

 

 

 

Nearly twenty years later the three teamed up again (this time with Mad's boy Joe), erupting with Dub lava, burning up the landscape... 

 

 

Mad Professor meets Mafia & Fluxy - Sci. Fi. 3: Volcanic Dub, Ariwa ARICD232, 2011.

    
A Fresh Eruption
Old Eruption
Big Big Piton
Original Piton     
Etna Ready
Etna is Cuming    
Raining Ash
Ash
Dub Explosion
Eyjafjallajokull
Askja
Hekla
Laki

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

Dubtember 4

Yesterday's teaming of Dubly Beloved Mad Professor with Lee Perry (the two have collaborated many many times starting with 1987s Lee meets Mad Prof in Dub Chapter 1) led directly to these Scratch offerings.

The sleeve notes for Soundz call this album "the missing link in the Lee Perry legacy". This release was made available by Alvin Raglin, who received the tape from Perry as collateral on a loan that remains unpaid. It contains some first rate groovers. Another of his many achievements besides pioneering reggae & farthering Dub, Lee is right up there with the best Toaster of JA. 

Miss you, Rainford Pipecock Jackxon...

 

Lee "Scratch" Perry - Soundzs from the Hot Line, Heartbeat Records CD HB 76, 1992.
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Bionic Rat
Ashes & Dust
Righteous Oily
In This Iwa
Babylon a Fall
Rainbow Throne
Standing on the Hill
News Flash
When You Walk
Sweet Guava Jelly
So You Come, So You Go
Free Up the Prisoners
Track 13

 

 

 

 

The next release was produced by P. Brunkow along with DJ Startrek & his combo The Whitebellyrats, mastered at Sterling Sound, NYC.

 

Lee Perry & the Whitebellyrats - Panic in Babylon, Damp Records DM-012, 2004.

Rastafari
Purity Rock
Pussy Man
Fight To The Finish
Voodoo
Panic In Babylon
Perry's Ballad
I am a Psychiatrist
Inspector Gadjet 2004
Are You Coming Home?
Baby Krishna
Greetings
Devil Dead (live)

 

 

 

 

& here's one with Lee & the Upsetters, Sly & Robbie, Mafia & Fluxy from Bunny Lee Studios 1976-1977 that ties the Dubly Beloved & Newcomer to NSS Mafia & Fluxy. It's a boot & kinda weak, more for completists but it's a concept...

 

Lee Perry meets Mafia & Fluxy - In Jamaica bootleg, Lagoon LG2-1025, 1992.

A Ruffa Dub
A Badder Dub
A Revengeful Dub
A Wickeder Dub
A Evilous Dub
A Cut Throat Dub
A Upsetting Dub
A Aggrovating Dub
A Dangerous Dub
A Murderous Dub
A Brutal Dub
A Serious Dub

 

 

 

 

& Newcomers to this mess from this pair. Rootsy Dub revival sounds from brothers Leroy & David Heywood...Mafia & Fluxy. This one's the real deal Dubwise.

 

Mafia & Fluxy - Dub Anthems, Black Arrow BACD10, 2010.

Grab a Dub
Striving a Dub
Downtown Rockers
Tribulation Dub
War Dub
Come to Dub
Every Knee Shall Dub
Forever Loving Dub
Open the Gate Dub
Real Dub
Conquer Dub
Remember Dub
Laser Dub
Bad Dub
Fittest of Fittest Dub

Dub onward,
NØ