Dirty DubCast

Bazza Ranks in conversation with Cian Finn for Dirty Dubcast #29. https://www.instagram.com/cianfinnmusic/ https://www.instagram.com/bazza_ranks/

Dirty Dubcast #27 "Energized" with Marcus Visionary. https://www.instagram.com/marcusvisionary/ https://www.instagram.com/bazza_ranks/

From taking coats at a popular London night club to touring the world and being touted by Mixmag as a potential superstar DJ. Selling Records, Producing Records and being right in the midst of the Nu School Breaks explosion. Dirty Dubcast 27 with Janette Slack. https://www.instagram.com/janetteslack/ https://www.instagram.com/bazza_ranks/

A long overdue chat with my mate MC Kwasi. Hehahahahaiii

Champion DJ Jon 1st joins me on this episode to give us a glimpse of what it takes to become a World Champ!

A quick chat with the boys from Part2Style over in Tokyo.

From catching the Hip Hop bug in his teens to becoming the turntablist in Popular DnB Duo (Jungle Drummer Vs DJ FU) Touring the World, Taking a Hiatus, competing in Street Fighter tournaments and then making money from.....Selling Phone Cases. It's all here. TUNE IN!

Dynamite MC: https://www.facebook.com/DynamiteUK https://twitter.com/DynamiteMC https://www.instagram.com/dynamitemcmc/ http://mybook.to/thebirdandelephant https://www.instagram.com/bazza_ranks/

A life changing trip to Ibiza in the late 80s leads Londoner Barry Ashworth on a 30 year musical excursion. Promoting clubs in the city full time then leads to a trip on the other side of the turntables. Dead broke to signing a contract with Jimmy Iovine. We talk touring, Live shows, the music industry. The Ups, the downs, the all arounds. WTF could possibly go wrong? Part 1.

From Trelawny Jamaica to the world. Relocating to Notthingham in the 90's and getting a 1st hand insight into the UK Music game via his mentor: Daddy Freddy. I chat with Clayton Brown to find out more about the 'Born Ready' Artist known as Peppery.

Working as a roadie for a little known boy band called "East 17" to signing a major deal with Warner Music at age 16 and right the way up to the Chopstick Dubplate mixtape series 2018 and everything in between (including some strong IPA). The King Yoof story is action packed! https://twitter.com/Kingyoof https://www.facebook.com/ChopstickDubplate/ https://www.instagram.com/alexkingyoof/ https://www.instagram.com/bazza_ranks/ https://www.facebook.com/bazzaranks/

Hailing from South Dublin. An enthusiastic record collector who blagged a guest spot which turned into a residency. Years later with a relocation to London where Ms. Frankenstein followed a passion and desire to work in Radio. Climbing her way up the internet radio channels to her current day position with the mighty Jazz Fm. We talk Music, Vinyl collecting, working and living in London as a DJ and of course we found time to exchange some DJ horror stories:) djannefrankenstein.com https://www.instagram.com/djannefrankenstein/ https://www.facebook.com/DJAnneFrankenstein/

I spoke to Aston Harvey of Freestylers about his long and storied career in the music business. From early splice/pause tapes to programming for Rebel MC aka Congo Natty on some of his early classics. Releasing seminal cuts under his "Blapps Posse" guise also work with DJ Rap all before he met with Matt Cantor to form what we all know as Freestylers which leads to some crazy experiences. Appearances on TOTP, Glastonbury '99 and a Boxing day recoding sessions with ICE-T on the Hollywood Hills, As You do!!! ENJOY. SUBSCRIBE: https://itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/dirty-dubcast/id1148972908?mt=2 https://www.facebook.com/freestylersofficial https://twitter.com/thefreestylers https://www.facebook.com/bazzaranks

Two London brothers that cut their teeth on Unity Sound System stringing up and toasting throughout the 80s until, a chance encounter led to a new direction with the explosion of the Rave Scene in the early 90's. The Ragga Twins were born and the guys have never looked back since. True UK Pioneers that helped introduce Jamaican culture to UK Dance Music. Sharing Stages & Praises with James Brown, Shabba Ranks, Salt n Peppa and many more. The Ragga Twins story is an important one. Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheRaggaTwins Sponsored by www.shop.riddimselector.com 30% Discount from shop.riddimselector.com - simply enter BAZZARANKS in the promotion code.

Always great fun chatting to Mysdiggi. We went way back to cover ground on early days in W. London, growing up around Breakers & MC's, The early Jungle scene with rinse FM and various MC crews before an unusual illness focused his mind and set him on the right path. Making his Mystrogen album, working with Australian supergroup; The Hill Top Hoods, French Electro Swingers - Smokey Joe & The Kid, his recent random success in collaborating with Sainsbury's and his plans for the future. We also chatted about his involvement with UK MMA Podcast: The Whoacast. We HAD to get some MMA and MAYMAC talk in there too. Something for the whole Family:) Salute Mysdiggi. ENJOY!

38 Years in the biz and Navigator is about to drop 27 fresh tunes on the world. Hear about his starts, early sound system days, intro to Jungle, touring the world as one of the lead Hype-men & MC with the Freestylers right up to current day. Also sharing the booth is New-York Jungle don: Liondub who has another story to tell... one that started a little later on the other side of the Atlantic. Hear how a classic sample brought these two together over a decade ago to create, manage and distribute RaggaJungle&Danehall to the world! https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/alignment/id1256271081?utm_content=buffere700d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Like – https://www.facebook.com/MCNavi4Real Follow – https://twitter.com/navi4real Website – http://www.odtmuzik.com // LIONDUB-ODT MUZIK // Like – https://facebook.com/liondubodtmuzik Youtube – https://youtube.com/liondubodtmuzik Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/beatcultureldn

DJ Vadim meets me in a pub in London to talk about his storied musical journey. From growing up in London, Getting a record deal with Ninja Tune at age 22. Touring the world as a globetrotting DJ, and a very honest take on the state of the music industry and DJing today. Tune in. http://www.djvadim.com https://www.facebook.com/bazzaranks

Alex Lawton, an inexperienced film maker took a punt on his maiden venture: Rewind4Ever: The History of UK Garage. 3 years after we invited him to Dublin to premiere the film he tells about the processes involved in making the doc and how a young outsider infiltrated the heart of this music scene and the roller coaster ride he's has been on ever since. http://www.rewind4ever.co.uk/

From working the Indie Band scene to producing a full remix album for Roots Manuva. How it all happened! Production projects with General Levy, Deemas J, Errol Dunkley and The Ragga Twins. Finding his home on Tru Thoughts Records; hear how Wrongtom has been getting it right! https://www.wrongtom.eu/ https://wrongtom.bandcamp.com/

Episode 10 already!!! JSTAR drops by to talk about his early days growing up and making music in London, becoming on of the main figures in the bubbling mash-up scene of the naughties, tour managing for Major Lazer and his brand new album: ''Stand to order'' which is available now: https://jstarmusic.com/

A singer from birth. Learning the Sound System culture from his youth spent in Jamaica, returning to UK and meeting a kindred spirit in rising star: UK Apache. Having a string of top10 tracks in the underground but no one could put a face or name to the voice till years later. A candid chat about the Journey of David Boomah with some classic selections. WheeeelUP!

How it all happened. Early Days on Tyneside, Moving to Manchester, Setting up a club night and later a record label (Grand Central) & Record Store (Fat City). A chance remix for The Pharcyde which helped spawn an 11 year run around the world as one half of Rae & Christian. Marks new book & 10'' Vinyl and his new path as an author. Tune in! https://markrae.bandcamp.com/ https://soundcloud.com/mark-rae https://www.facebook.com/bazzaranks/

A Dublin DJ for almost 30 years. One half of Irish Dance Music Institution: The Sound Crowd, owner of seminal record label: Red Records. Mark Kavanagh chats to Bazza Ranks about the early days in Dublin/Irish Dance Music. Resident DJ at legendary Dublin spots of yesteryear such as Sides, The Olympic Ball Room, The Ormond Multimedia Centre and many more. We get a good insight into those exciting early days for vol. 7 of the Dirty Dubcast: ''Dublin in the Rare Old Times'' with Mr. Mark Kavanagh. Recorded in Dublin @ www.gorillapost.ie. https://www.facebook.com/markkavanagh / https://twitter.com/djmarkkavanagh https://www.facebook.com/soundcrowdofficial/ https://www.facebook.com/bazzaranks/ https://twitter.com/dirtydubsters

What ever happened to Nu School Breaks? A Hip Hop DJ from West London that has lived and travelled the world in the name of Breakbeat. Terry Hooligan in the Hot-Seat for episode #6. Buckle UP!

Born in the West Country, Bred in South London. Jimmy talks about working in Beanos Record store, living in ''The Cronx'' aka Croydon, UK HipHop, UK Garage, DJing for a living, Producing music in Philadelphia and the more recent successes of his night at London's Book Club venue and his involvement with the hipHop karaoke events. We found time to drop some gems from London posse, Mysdiggie, Dizzie Rascal & more.

Smashing early Dance halls with Rayvon, Red Fox and Mr Boombastic himself (yes ''SHAGGY'') working on seminal 90s Hiphop/Reggae cuts produced by none other than Kenny Dope & Todd Terry. Getting pipped to the #1 spot by Buju Banton and hailing up and the NYC Gals in ''Pum-Pum'' Shorts. Hear how he ''hurdle's dem.'' Screechy's story is a must. https://www.facebook.com/screechydan @screechydan shop.riddimselector.com

From working in a Dublin record store for free (Vinyl) to supporting The Prodigy or remixing Kelis using the wifi connection of a London Pub, Arveene has been a Stalwart of Irish Dance Music for many years now. He has a good story and killer tune selection on this edition of the Dirty Dubcast.

I talk with Irish Born DJ: Count Skylarkin about growing up and living in the UK, life as a busy Reggae DJ, DJing out of a portable garden shed and his friendship with the late great DJ Derek. We also found time to drop a likkle tune! https://www.facebook.com/CountSkylarkin/ https://twitter.com/CountSkylarkin https://soundcloud.com/count-skylarkin

EP 1. ''Dubplates are forever'' All the way from USA by way of Vietnam. Bluntskull dropped by the studio for a chat while on his summer tour of UK. Drinks were had, Chat ensued and some tunes get dropped. Hope you enjoy.