Dr. Deadlock feat. Prince Flo & Lady Pet

There is a new release by myself and my friends Prince Flo and Lady Pet on my very own Blue Esquire Records label. DIY since ever, please enjoy and spread the word.

Ever thought you might need another version of these SKA classics? Hear "Gangsters" like you've never heard it before. Choose "Rivers of Babylon" for your next christmas party, scream to "Long Shot" and play "Donna" while havin' an amorous téte-à-téte with your baby.

Download only unless I can afford a physical format, preferably a 7". For now you can purchase at download stores or simply listen to at streaming services.

Skacoustic Sessions, Vol.1 - at iTunes Store
Skacoustic Sessions, Vol.1 - at Amazon

Follow the link to listen to the Spotify album:
Dr. Deadlock feat. Prince Flo & Lady Pet – Skacoustic Sessions, Vol. 1


6 monster SKA tunes, 3 singers and 2 guitars

Tracklist:
Shanty Town
Donna
Israelites
Gangsters
Rivers of Babylon
Long Shot (Kick de Bucket)


Listen to Long Shot on YouTube:

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Ska Bike Videos - Pt. 8: Dr. Deadlock - La Bicistaffetta

Ska, Beer & Bicycles in association with Blue Esquire Production and

FIAB Onlus

proudly present:

La Bicistafetta (song, video & download)

Brand new recording and DIY production. Music by Tschinge Khan, words by Dr. Deadlock (which is me, myself and I&I). We're both part of the legendary German skaband Bluekilla - pure Ska since 1985, which some of you might have heard about in the past 28 years. No money has been spent, just time. Fun we had and a good time. Fuck Cars - Go Bike!

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Blue Beat Bikes - Pt. 3

Marc's trade mark

is a very distinguished way of playing his tenor sax. He isn't spoilt by scholastic lessons and smart-alecky teachers, quite the contrary, he's one of the last self made masters of the dreaded deadly tone. Just the same way as he rides his white Pakka bike. Most likely the only MTB on this planet with a carrier AND a wire basket. It's the only way to carry a sax safely, he claims.

Marc has been sax playing with Bluekilla since 1987.

West Indian Weed Woman

Very rudy-mental version of Bill Roger's outstanding calypso song about a weed woman in Trinidad. The first recording was made in New York, dated in November 1934 and Rogers was accompanied by Felix's Krazy Kats Orchestra with Gregory Felix on clarinet. Bill Rogers was born in Georgetown, Guyana and took Bill Rogers as his stage name during a long lasting singing career. West Indian Weed Woman is his best known calypso, or better "shanto", a calypso song related to Jamaican mento. This widely known piece has inspired many other calypsonians to make imitations of this rapid-fire catalogueing of caribbean herbs. My version is just an aficionados attempt to spread the words of this beautiful jewel of early caribbean music. Hope you enjoy.

Blue Beat Bikes - Pt. 2

This time we're having a look at both the live equipment and preferred means of transportation of a dedicated bassplayer in the genre we all love so much. Guido mostly plays an Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay bass guitar since he bought it in 1989. All studio recordings were done with the StingRay except for "Skanimali" (Back to Skatalonia / Pork Pie / 2004) which was played by Tschinge on a double bass. On the great Australian Tour in 2001 he bought a handcrafted Sonet bass guitar which he uses at rehearsals. The amp is some 1980s Peavey top and cabinet with 2x15" Electro-Voice loudspeakers. By the way, would you guess that Guido actually is one of the two remaining pioneer members of Bluekilla. Probably he is even the one who gave the band its name. I'm saying probably because no one could ever remember for sure. Guido played bass on 98% of all studio recordings and missed only 4 or 5 out of approx. 500-550 gigs, which makes it a total appearance quota of 99,7%. Only Fiebig, our drummer can beat him with a quota of 1 single gig missed, but Fiebig doesn't ride bikes. He passed his driving license test ages ago and later on never drove a car and always used public transport, so Fiebig will get no more attention in this series. Let's turn back to Guido:

Guido from Bluekilla - live @ Muffathalle, Munich

Well, Guido's passion for 2-Tone is as deep as his enthusiasm for the two-wheelers. His Ska/Rocksteady/Reggae vinyl collection is enormous and, I must admit sadly, beats my pants off. His bike pool is twice as big as mine, consisting of a Cyclocross-Bike and a MTB. The KTM touring bike doesn't count. Since it was hit by a car the KTM is out of use.

Now here we see the Cannondale CAADX, a bike for fast riding and extended cruising range. Guido has owned it since 2012. The former owner was Cpt. Soulas,  Bluekilla's lead vocalist from the years 1989 - 1992. A detailed description of Cpt. Soulas' bike fleet will be presented within this series of Blue Beat Bikes.

Cannondale CAADX

Gossamer Crankset

Cannondale Stem & Handlebar

Cross Tires for expanded road access

Now here we see something special: A bavarian built Heavy Tools MTB with the laconic stem, exclusively developed by HT for the HT bikes. This bike never brakes.

Heavy Tools MTB Stem

Heavy Tools

Blue Beat Bikes - Pt. 1

Hannes2 from Bluekilla at Marienplatz 2012

First bike in my series of SKA Bikes will be Hannes2's fantastic "Fausto Coppi" road racer. This bike was built in the 70s in Italy. Every conscious biker knows who Fausto Coppi was: "Il Campionissimo", thee legendary Italian ciclist who won the Giro five times and the Tour de France twice after WWII. He died in January 1960, aged 40, and several mythical theories about his death circled around since then, varying from malaria or bronchial complaint to cocaine overdose and poisoning, all after an invitation to Burkina Faso for cycling and hunting in December 1959.

The saddle and handlebar are the only parts that aren't original but Hannes2 said he got the handlebar somewhere and will replace the modern one with the original. The saddle will stay as it's fitting better to his butt. Hannes is one of those Skasters who never takes a car to rehearsals. Good attitude, strong stamina. Well, the bike is a bit worn out and the chain shows some rusty spots. I think he could wash the whole thing a lot more often and add a little Balistol from time to time but nonetheless I'm tuely jealous about his bike. A real beautiy in blue metallic and all the mechanics work perfectly. Those Campagnolo parts really were top notch at that time and nearly indestructible until today.

Hannes2 is playing solo guitar with Bluekilla since 2003 and first appears on a Bluekilla recording in 2009, when we contributed the Song "Where Would We Go" to "The Spirit of SKA - 20 Years Jubilee Edition" of our former label Pork Pie. The same song appeared on the next long player "Never Was a Ska Band" with a different title, 51 years after Fausto Coppi's death. He's playing a blue Fender Stratocaster and a completely worn out Kitty Hawk Combo, a Roland WahWah and a Roland overdrive.

Fausto Coppi

Down tube with the signature

Chain rings with cut signature

Fausto Coppi (bit fuzzy)