Lion Head Recordings presents it's first collection of tracks compiled by founder Glyn "Bigga" Bush, featuring his musical projects old and new as a taster for the label, along with some rare and previously unreleased tracks. These include the classic batucada remix of Ella Fitzgerald's "Sunshine of Your Love"; a previously unreleased collaboration with Farda P, "Going Over"; Bigga's first foray into dubstep, "Sounds & Blues"; the ambient "guitar" version of Rockers Hi Fi's "Push Push" plus a tune from that outfit's 1992 debut album "Rockers to Rockers", entitled "More and More", plus more BiggaBush productions and collaborations.

Feedback on this release:

Bigga Bush’s label never fails to deliver and this compilation is packed with sure fire crowd pleasers. Love it.
Tim Love Lee, Boy Scout Recordings

Yes man! Crucial tracks abound on the Lionhead Compilation.
Some greats getting spins and radio plays with me currently include "East Africa Dub Stylee" -- wicked sounds and rhythms there, and "Sick State," one of the best Afrobeat/Afropop inspired tracks I've heard in a while. And god, the acoustic "Push Push" version is absolute magic. Basically this comp is all killer no filler, an amazing 12 track journey around the globe with dub and bass as your guide and heartbeat pulse.
Tomas Palermo, XLR8R

Wicked selection of tracks from past, present and future of Dub sounds.... A Ace Compilation!!!
Enrique Domenech, Fusionova 021, Ibiza Sonica

Fantastic stuff
Buzz Rozwell, Sounds From Upstairs, Upstairs Recordings, Vancouver, Canada

A sterling set, what more can i say??!! many great tunes on there...
Jim Pinckney, Round Trip Mars, Auckland NZ

"Me and My Princess" is the jam, it's been getting lots of plays at the Afrolicious party, people always asking about who does that one!
Oz McGuire, Afrolicious, San Francisco

I'm all over it. Love the Ella Fitzgerald breakdown. Amazing stuff. Glad to see some Rockers Hi-Fi on there.
Todd Racer, Ripple Effect

That Magic Drum tune is pure percussion pressure, recorded just right.
Ennio Styles, Stylin

Very cool new comp!
DJ Delphinus / THE DARK ROOM KPFK- Pacifica Radio Los Angeles

Deep, spacial, raw, afro style body rockers
Alan Gubby, Nanny Tango

When I dropped Magic Drum Ragga Samba, man, people went bonkers! fun heavy stuff.
Chris Murphy, SLO

The whole album is great!
Pathaan, Globetronica, BBC World Service

Lovely music as usual
Andrea Martini, Martini & Jopparelli

Great selection
Marcus Wagner-Lapierre/Makossa, FM4 Radio, Vienna, Austria

Tracklisting:

1 Ella Fitzgerald meets Rockers Hi Fi - Sunshine of Your Love (Bigga's Batucada Version)
2 Lightning Head - 2nd Line Stomp
3 Lightning Head - Me and Me Princess
4 Magic Drum Orchestra - Ragga Samba
5 Rockers Hi Fi - More and More
6 BiggaBush - Going Over
7 BiggaBush and Ventoux - East Africa Dub Stylee
8 BiggaBush - Sounds and Blues
9 BiggaBush - Cool It (Don't Give My Name)
10 Lightning Head - Sick State (Ilu Baje)
11 BiggaBush - Push Push (Gtr Version)
12 BiggaBush - The Bells


Click here to buy this album.

New album from BiggaBush aka Lightning Head

"13 Faces of Lightning Head"


The new album is released October 2008.

Click here to play the "Journey Into Afrobeat" documentary

Here are some reactions:

Lovin - sounding very fresh
Gav Smith, Pantone Music, Mr. Bongo, Disorient

Superb afro grooves that go down a treat
Alan Gubby, Nanny Tango

Great album
Peter Kruder, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Peace Orchestra, Voom Voom

Brilliant album - recommended
Gilles Peterson, BBC Radio 1

Will be hammering numerous tracks over the coming months.
Simon Harrison, Basic Soul

This is a fantastic record – seriously.
Aaron Schultz/ DJ DRM/Bastard Jazz

Wow, great album & nice production. Really like it. Hope to hear more like this from you.
Rino Spadavecchia , Pulver Records

What a great album bro! Absolutely love it...Right down my Strasser.... Can feel you in da zone musically...
George Evelyn/DJ EASE, Nightmares on Wax

A rich and full album that really pays respect to world music, while retaining the meticulous details that help make your music stand out from many others
Velanche Stewart, Urban Landscapes, KCPR, San Luis Obispo, USA


Sounds superb, nice work! Fela would be proud
Mark Turner, Found Sounds/DJ Mag

Very nice.. enjoying all the afrobeat flavours
Petrit Paula, NuBlu, NYC

I love the release. It's totally the vibe that I'm digging ... so good.
Q Burns Abstract Message

There’s always room for Lightning Head in just about every set I do. Never fails
Tim “Love Lee”, Boy Scout recordings, Tummy Touch

"Power of the Great" sounds like one of the possible singles, the bass is amazing, soundwise, just like "Preguntas Por Que". I dig Earl Zinger's poetry in "Shark Finn Soup", the eerie Carpenter soundtrack-like analogue feel is real dope, especially put under a slow afro beat. “Sousaphunk” sounds like it's taken out of Beastie Boys "The In Sounds From Way Out". “Rascal Republic” sounds like a lost Africa 77 track, the warmth of the recording shivers me timbers... the hot Rhodes versus the sax is the best way to wrap up the album, it is SOOOO beautiful.
DJ Kaspar, Groovement, Portugal


THANKS FOR THE NEW ALBUM LOVE IT.
PLAYING IT A LOT ON RADIO AND CLUB
Raphael Sebbag, UFO, Tokyo

Great work.... have been playing it out
Will Quantic, QSO, Flowering Inferno, Tru Thoughts

Loving it !!
Pathaan, BBC Radio

I really love the album!.. really good floor reactions, really nice rhythms, horns and melodies.
My fave of the album is "Rascal Republic", already an anthem for me!!
Felix Haaksman, Pulver Recordings


A very strong release indeed. I will be dropping some from this without doubt
Paul Boots, For The Love Radio Show

There are quite a few Lightning Head fans at the station...last EP was excellent.
Jason Bentley, KCRW, Los Angeles USA

The album is great. Wonderful production, a warm authentic afro inspired sound with a modern feel
Tony Nwachukwu, Attica Blues/NEPA Recordings




Available from www.biggabush.co.uk

Sun Ra Songs From Saturn

These are the first two of four half-hour radio shows presented by Jez Nelson in the mid 90s.

It's fascinating stuff with interviews from band members and the great man himself.

Essential listening for fans of Sun Ra and a good intro for those who are interested in finding out more about the Arkestra and how they lived and worked.

Sun Ra Songs From Saturn #1

Sun Ra Songs From Saturn #2

I will post the next two editions soon.

New DJ mix from BiggaBush

For them's that interested I have a new mix up for your listening pleasure....
Bigga's Afro Funk Selection May 08

New Afrobeat single out June 9th

With the new "13 Faces of Lightning Head" album done and dusted and at the artwork stage we are proud to announce a 4-track Afrobeat EP on Lion Head Recordings.

Initial reactions to promos of the single have been very encouraging (see below)

This new Lightning Head EP is in stores from June 9th and available now from www.biggabush.co.uk
You can listen to tracks here and here

Tracklist:
1. The N.P.G.
2. Bokoor Sound Special
3. Afro Spot
4. Ilu Baje (Sick State)

Yeah; Sir Bigga Bush in Africa:
We like!! love this deep Mulatu breeze in your new productions!
Can´t get enough of that vibe.
Tom Wieland (Les Gammas)

Fantastic stuff Glyn, will definitely be playing out and on the radio show !
Tim “Love “ Lee (Tummy Touch, Boy Scout Recordings)

Nice afro-dub infused grooves by the man biggabush - always fresh!
Richard Dorfmeister

I LIKE FIRST TRACK ON CD.WILL PLAY ON NEXT RADIO SHOW
Nik Weston, Mukatsuku

I can live without ever hearing another Afrobeat record, but this is among the best I've run across by a modern outfit. Like Bokoor Sound Special, will play on the radio
Charlie Gillett, Sound of the World, BBC Radio

Smoking hot my friend ,,,,,,,really feeling the 6/8 on on Ilu Baje....also Bokoor Sound Special is Bass HEAVY !!
Gav Smith, Pantone Music, Mr. Bongo, Disorient

Thanks for the tunes sir
ace!
will support
Dom Servini, Wah Wah 45s, Trust the DJ

Well GOD DAMN brother! Thanks for these serious fire-starters right here. That Bokoor remix is all love... finally someone is giving a bangin' beat to these beautiful Highlife harmonies. Already mixed your "Afro Spot" at Afro Funke' (our Afro spot) and folks were literally yelling like it was their favorite tune. But maaan, N.P.G. is the one that's got me lately. Expect to hear them all on the KCRW show too... I can't wait to share them with the people!
Jeremy Sole's Musaics (KCRW / Afro Funke' / Bembe)

Sick!
Jason Bentley KCRW

It's bangin!
Garth Trinidad (KCRW/Garth Trinidad Sound)

Loving Afro Spot which definitely has the biggabush sound nicely ingrained there. Ilu Baje is a favourite with the slightly off-kilter rhythms and melodies.
Cubik Music blog

Great tracks, Fela style
Marcus 'Makossa' Wagner-Lapierre
FM4 head of music ORF / Austrian Broadcasting Corporation


Great little off-kilter number you've got with Ilu Baje. Love the organ on that one.
Justin Carter

Really like the EP. Played it on the radio show this week too..
Tomas Palermo, XLR8R

Just been listening to these and love them, productions like this are great to confuse the music geeks out there... is it old or new :o)
Simon Harrison , Basic Soul

Yes, yes. Feeling those tunes Glyn - proper Afro-Beat business
Steve Williams, UK Vibe

Calm Down My Selector Chart April 08
BiggaBush - Afrobeat EP
“It rocks”
Mixmaster Morris

IBIZA SONICA 95.2FM
PLAYLIST: #105 – 07/04/2008

#1. Lightning Head - N.P.G. (Lion Head Recordings)

#106 – 21/04/2008

6. Lighting Head. Afro Spot. Lion Head Productions

“The future sounds of afro”, really good, and really well produced
Enrique Domenech, Ibiza Sonica

Sounds dope! Dub-ious afro, a perfect combination.
Sanna Luoma

Great tracks! Will play one or two of them on my Radio Show today.
Buzz Rozwell , Upstairs Recordings

This release is really nice and a breath of fresh air.
I'm especially enjoying "Afro Spot" and "Bokoor Sound Special" ... great sounds.
I look forward to hearing the upcoming tunes you're cooking, for sure.
Q Burns Abstract Message

Thanks man, great tunes! Love “The N.P.G.” mos def integrated in my sets now!
Marc Hype

Amazing package! Love all the cuts and although it is clearly and afro vibes thing, has a strong jazz aroma for me. Absolutely wicked.
Borja/Lovemonk

Some really lovely stuff on this ep… like N.P.G., the dubby Bokoor Sound and my favourite one- Ilu Baje
DJ Morpheus

This new work is so beautiful! Really, really special! I will play it tonight, tomorrow.... love all four tracks!
Wiseacre (Funky in the Middle / Sundaze / Pushin' On / LA)

Thanks for the tunes, they are fantastic!! Will be getting much play on my radio show in the coming weeks, to be sure! Especially 'NPG', totally feeling that!
Mike B, Friday Night Session 90.3 KUSF

Loved the tracks. Transformed grey, overcast Hackney into blazing mid-70s Lagos. Top work.
Ollie Cherer, Dollboy


BIG one
Michael Rütten, Soulsearching - the Compost radioshow, Vinyl Vibes

It sounds great - I will playlist this on Parisdjs and Getupandthink.com (Our New site for
Afro-Beat)
Ness Erramani, Paris DJs

Thanks for the music I really dig it. Keep on with the great grooves!
Rob Garza, Thievery Corporation


Cool sounds + vibes. Liking the "Afro Spot" track the most I think.... I think "Ilu Baje" is just an incredibly sick tune as well...can't stop listening to that one actually. Looking forward to playing it out in the right situation.
Aaron Schultz/ DJ DRM/Bastard Jazz

Enjoying your tracks very much
Pete Lawrence, The Big Chill

Loving this release, especially NPG... good work!
Felix Haaaksmann, Highscore Publishing/Pulver Records

Loving the grooves on NPG & Afro Spot.
Played NPG In France last week during the warm up, sounded heavy heavy, banging!
TM Juke, Tru Thoughts, Me and You

Like your new stuff!!!!!!! really like it!!!! It Fucking grooves man...
Joan Barbena, Lasal, Barcelona

Really enjoying all of the tracks on the new release... great production on here, all very natural sounding and I'm loving the new African direction : )
Michael Cook, Sancha Panza, Low Life


Those are really some funky ass tracks - fits perfect into todays’ sunshiny vienna!
keep on
Franz Otto, PLAY.FM

Very good and subtil release. I really enjoy the "Bokoor Sound Special", I cannot stop listen to it, the melody stays deep inside my head.
zAc, Barna Soundmachine, Somosunekipo.com

#1 in the June/July "Lucky 13" for XLR8R # 118 charts
Toph One, XLR8R

Loving the tunes… really authentic sound
Chris Knight, Astrojazz

Sounds great...specially feeling the psychafro vibes of Ilu Bajae, but to be honest I love it all
Justin Unabomber/Electric Chair/Elektrons

All Time Top 100

After a couple of false starts, double bookings, call them what you will - I am finally booked to play my ALL TIME TOP 100 tunes at the Big Chill Bar on Sunday 30 March 2008.

In choosing what tunes to play I was immediately faced with a dilemma: what to play when a NORMAL DJ set for me consists of my favourite tunes? I had to come up with a solution that would allow me to play my faves but make it more of a special occasion and throw in some surprises.

So I decided to (mostly) play tracks that I had played out less than three times, which gives me to scope to include all my deep dark prog rock secrets, weirdness from the early 70s, as well as punk, funk, junk and, er gunk from across the ages. I'll be posting a full list of tunes on here in due course - and I doubt whether I'll get through all one hundred in a six hour set, what with all the 20 minute Yes tracks (haha).

Hope to see you there

Back at the Big Chill Bar 8 March 2007

Deep in the heart of Brick Lane, where you have to step around the guys hustling you to eat in their Indian restaurants, where cars are parked in every conceivable space and the twenty-somethings of East London jostle for position with the suits on a night out ("Thursday night is the new Friday..."), tucked away up an alley, is the Big Chill Bar.
It has little in common with it's parent festival in deepest Herefordshire apart from the relaxed vibe, excessive consumption of alcohol, friendly staff and, it is hoped, fine music. I play there every few months and it's not my favourite gig for the simple reason that most people don't appear to be there for the music, so it's a constant battle between me turning it up to try and get it across and the punters shouting louder across their pints. But I have come to enjoy the experience of driving for four hours, struggling to find a parking space, and playing my favourite tunes for another four hours before wisely driving home in less than three hours across a quieter London and an open M3. Last night's music included the Sahara Allstars, Afrodesiac Soundsystem's Fela Kuti vs. Queen mashup, new Lightning Head material (my ape-screeching take on the theme from 2001; A Space Odyssey certainly upped the volume of the pint-shouters), some legendary deep funk old and new, Sinead O'Connor's lovely version of War, War's lovely instrumental version of In the Ghetto, the full-length take of Masterpiece by the Temptations, the evergreen Cymande's Bra, some punk-funk, Naked and Boy's cult classic (or it should be) Jimmy, and many others to numerous to remember. Nice to see Funky Jim (of ATT100 fame, to which I'm bringing my favourite Henry Cow, Fall and Captain Beefheart - among other - records on May 17) along with Dr Emmental, The Fly's Gerry Hectic and Andy from the Bays.

I return to London on March 22 on a tropical tip, with Equator Sound System (me and Guy Morley from Yam Yam) playing at the Big Chill House in Kings Cross. Tuned into some ground-breaking sounds from Mary Ann Hobbs on the trip back, some very cool dubstep and an amazing mix from Klute.

BiggaBush Podcast February 2007

This is a new DJ mix featuring BiggaBush, Lightning Head, Orgone, Danny Krivit, Bloodfire Posse, Bugz in the Attic, Bodyrox, D. Ramirez, Afro Rock, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Daptone Records, Quantic Soul Orchestra, Tru Thoughts, Professor Longhair, Soul Jazz, Bobby Byrd, Nemoy, Domu, Henrik Schwarz, Luke Solomon, Forro in the Dark, Nublu, Spank Rock, Big Dada, Dream Warriors

biggabush podcast feb 2007

for a full tracklist and further information please email me at biggabush@gmail.com or visit
www.biggabush.co.uk
www.myspace.com/biggamusic
www.myspace.com/lionheadrecordings
www.myspace.com/rockershifimusic

watch the Schmooz video for my version of Midnight Marauders (Joe Dukie/DJ Fitchie/Fat Freddy's Drop)