Warehousin'

New tune from yours truly for the weekend.

Octagon73 - Skeng

Ninja jzZi AKA Octagon73 ventures deep into the post dub step world of bass music with his new track. Heat!

FREEYESFREE

The latest from Hennyvaults. Very laid back and downtempo feel in this beat. Starts a bit timberlandish but you gotta pay tribute, right?

Died your arms - Stranger Remix

Stranger Things series really made an impact on me, and not least because of the soundtrack. And this sound inspired me to make a remix in style of Stranger Things, more or less so. So I turned the guitar filled 80's hit by Cutting Crew into a more synth driven version. Enjoy!

Keys to my Bimma

Seems like Beenie man references neva go outta style!

(Oi) You Need To Hold It Down!

HennyMan strikes again!

A take on the summer sound of 2016, a struggle between techno and house with some tribal feels (as always with HennyMan). An to spice it up, a little UK twist (Streets vox sampled). Not being a true conoisseur of genre I label it as tech house. Enjoy.

Best Content Marketing

Everyone talks about content marketing but many seem to miss the whole point. You need to have content that is relevant and excites your (potential) customers. No boring or dull stuff. And content should not be (just) about your product, but about something that is interesting and in some context with your brand. LANDR is my favourite example of a brand that does it really well.

LANDR is a company that has a online audio mastering service. Ideal solution for musicians who are not yet pro, but would appreciate to have their music mastered well. A cool service, I suppose.

But what they have done is a blog that has content that is useful and relevant when it comes to recording and making your own music. Tips, hints and reviews may not be a new thing, btu they have just done this really well.

You should follow them now!

Olari, budi, kyl sä tiiät

Papier-mâché Mountain

90's is back! Remember "Acid Jazz" and the groovy instrumental hip hop tracks? Here's a brand new HennyMan track as an ode to the era.

Industrial Plant

Torcha is back!

Here is the remix of the classic Kriton track Torcha by HennyMan, released just this weekend.
The original version was released in 2008. A remastered version was made in 2010ish but this is totally a new version. Enjoy.
The best way to describe this remake is "Disco Meets Trap." Go figure.

Happy Ten Year Anniversary To Life Of Kriton

Santa, drunk santa, Jopo -bike and gay saunas of Helsinki. Those were among the first things we covered here on the Life Of Kriton ten years ago. Yes, we will celebrate a 10 year anniversary in March. Quite amazing, really. The average lifespan of blogs is hard to determine, but Technorati once quoted that 95 % of blogs will die within a couple of years.

So we're still alive. Ok, the fact is that we're barely alive, but still breathing. The reason of course is that during ten years we've seen the internet coming to and changing our daily behaviour; microblogging with Twitter, mobile and social sharing with Facebook, link sharing with Tumblr, Vlogging with Youtube, live streaming with Periscope, music sharing with Souncdloud, photo sharing with Instagram...you remember Google+??? The list goes on and on. The blogging community is bigger than ever, but the environment is different.

So we have also many other channels to contribute to and maybe we're a bit lazy as well.

After 941 published blog posts it's been cool to see 165.000 unique visits during those years. 2010 was our best year with over 30.000 visits. Interestingly the most viewed blog posts were... Well, they're about Jopos and gay saunas. These very subjects covered in 2006 still bring traffic. Thanks to Google indexing system I guess.

We will promise nothing, this could be our last blog post, maybe not.

Keep it real, homies.

Hard Copy

2016 starts with a fresh HennyMan track as it should. Take 1/4 of old disco feel, use roots sounds as the base and add some synth leads and you have Hard Copy.

Root Down

I wanted to catch the 90's rap production aesthetics with this beat. Sampled and slightly distorted drum loops and very minimal use of melodic instruments, keeping it simple and a bit dirty. Once I completed the track it was quite obvious that I should use my all time favourite rappers, Beastie Boys on this. Ok, the original is hard to compete with, having Jimmy Smith samples and all, but give it a try.

Istanbul Revisited

The latest from HennyVault. It's a classic type of roots & one drop riddim, based on the Istanbul riddim from 2005. This is total remake, no original samples used. HennyMan - Istanbul Revisited

Havanna 5-0

HennyMan strikes again! This is the theme from "Havanna 5-0" tv series concept that stars latin tempered undercover cops who are fighting against crime on the streets of Havanna and occasionally dreaming of surfing the big wave. It's a boogaloo & latin funk inspired piece with some old skools hip hop breakbeat. HAVANNA 5-0

Some Glad Morning

Another track from HennyMan. This one's titled Some Glad Morning and it's a midtempo R&B track. Having Drake and/or Kendrick Lamar to feat on this one would hurt no one.

Triangle Of Evil

I think that hating Nickelback is ok. But people often forget that there are at least two bands who should also be labeled as potentially hazardous to your ears.

1) Creed 2) Daughtry And here's a NB song to remind you. And because we rock Finland, we're not gonna start with Sunrise Avenue, although they don't stand too far from this crowd.

Artiphonists, anyone?

A weird but intriguing instrument. Supposedly made 80kUSD on Kickstarter in just six hours.

Shaded Rooms

Year 2015 brings the first tune from HennyMan in a while. This time a track that's a well bodied and a tasty coctail of softrock, disco & electro. It is somewhere in between of Eagles, Kraftwerk & Chromeo. With a clear schlager feel to it. This is the instrumental version with some additional melodies to spice it up. Vocal version should come later this year, let's hope Glenn Frey can find the time to drop by at the Staten Island Studios.

Enjoy,

Hennyman - Shaded Room

How Much Is TheFish?

Man, you gotsta love these EDEKA ads. Latest on featuring "that Scooter dude" And not to forget the classic Super Geil Ad

Where dey at doe?

Reggae Line Hakaniemi

There is a story behind this (Romain loved Helsinki when he saw snow for the first time in his life), but still it's weird; scenes from Hakaniemi Metro station in a video mainly shot in JA. Just go to 0.22 to check it out... I guess Romain could not take anyone home with HSL-service.

Big up...80s dancehall

Reminder: not all surfers are cool

The skateboard guitar is off the hook, but that's how far it goes.

mini BMX

Not my cup of tea, but funny enough.

Ei Tippa Tapa...

Trap music from Turku, Finland. Quite loyal to the cliches of the genre, but the flow ain't bad.

F**k them trees

Some pretty decent designer drugs perhaps? I used to think tree hugging was a hippy thing, but I guess I was wrong.

Lorde, I'm Busy

Great warmup of this Lorde track by Busy Signal. Busy is always on the nose with recycling the right stuff.

Wayne Smith R.I.P.

http://www.clashmusic.com/news/wayne-smith-inventor-of-sleng-teng-riddim-has-died

GoT and other stuff on 6 strings

This is somewhere between off the hook nerdy, borderline annoying and ultra cool. This guy plays themes from Game Of Thrones, Skyrim and Pirates Of The Caribbean. Seriously? Pirates? Yar De Har Har?? But hats off to the guy, he knows his series & games & films and is pretty handy with the axe as well.

Thono Slowknow & Eräkoira - Knock It (Kolahtaa Bongi dub)

Life of a Bicycle Seat

Smack My Party Up

All geeks know the Kim Dotcom story, the cool MegaUload support song that had the support of Snoop Dogg, Kanye West, Alicia Keys and likes. But I had never encountered Kim's own music until today. Wow. I like the vest he is wearing with led etc. lights attached. Seriously want to have one.

Love Is In The Oven

Congratulations Colorado! This makes me hungry.

High Tea Time! // Hot Ash

1-2-3 Bizarre Love Triangle Riddim Interaction

Tiana a real bad gyal !!!

EXIT STAGE LEFT

Michael Bay not quite finding the right words at CES 2014. Or any words at all. And freezes. And disappears. Hilarious. See the whole thing here

Ever Blessed

2014 starts with a reggae beat, but that's ok. Here is HennyMan's remix of Vybz Kartel's last year song "Ever Blessed". Enjoy, and free the gaza boss!

Three Kings

A nice remix here, not your typical dancehall sound.... And it's cool to hear Mavado teaming up with Vybz & Busy Signal.

Thank You 2013

And welcome 2014, the year of the Horse. I hope your Kwanzaas and Hanukkahs were more cheerful than this little brat's Xmas here. Stay tuned. Peace.

You should always go green

Hilarious. Fat Mike don't dig tobacco. Read the comments, really entertaining stuff here "Using bacci in your joint makes your bud go wayyy further" "Maybe Europeans and bums do. Roll a fatty or don't roll at all" "Not the true stoners. We go all green"

Paper, Scissors, Fire (and fire always wins)

HennyMan at it again. This time a lot of new synths here, big props to SynthMaster, which is a pretty cool plugin. I would describe this somewhere between punk house and electronic pop.

Going Home

Roots riddims were really popular around the 2002-2008 era. Lately there have been some good riddims every now and then. Well this one is a fresh one, maybe not the new "Truth and Rights" or "Police In Helicopter", but it'll nice up the dance fi real.

Support Black Superman

This was really sad news. The Black Superman who has already featured on our blog before was assaulted a couple days ago here in Helsinki. Apparently some inebriated young men had kicked him off his rope to show their masculine power of joint effort and the creativity of drunken mind.

Fortunately Superman did get too bruised and he was not left with permanet injuries. We the Kriton Posse would like to send him all the best and encourage you to give him a couple of euros next time you pass by his act. Let's all sing this song.

She Call Me The King Riddim

Although HennyMan is a true reggae head, he hasn't actully produced any reggae riddims. Until now. Here's She Call Me The King Riddim, a combination of one drop and dub with some hip hop flavoured drums. If you're a deejay/singjay/vocalist and find this interesting, holla back.

Boffkick Murphys

There is something seriously disturbing in this vid. I mean, Dropkick Murphys soundtrack to a boffing gettogether? LARPing thugs? But then again, there's something tempting here... Might just want to take a swing at them?

Smooth talker

Here's a brand new soundtrack for the weekend, HennyMan's Smooth Talker. This time some soulful vocals with a lot of keyboards and some four on the floor as well.

Bad Minton, a new track from Henny

Yes, new gear makes Henny active. Big up Ableton Live 9, here's brand new track called "Bad Minton". It hasn't been mastered or anything yet, and maybe we'll get some groovy vocals added later. Just wanted to share it as soon as I felt there was a good vibe to it.

Hennyman Comes Alive

Kriton members activate themselves 2013! Here's a fresh cut from Hennessy Studios, Hennymans dub-esque/Trap remix of Tuuttimörkö's Tee Mitä Lystäät. Enjoy!

Not a teenager, not a mutant, not a turtle

True dem seh mi easy Mi bubble dem fi burst Tell dem seh mi birthday a no April first Ninja Man a ninja, mi no Hunda, mi no Yahama Ninja man a ninja, no Suzuki, no Catana Ninja man a ninja, mi a no police, mi a no soldier Mi a di general, mi a no, no push ova

Nimbin Mardi Gras

"It is almost impossible to get a drink in Nimbin, but pot smoking is encouraged everywhere."

Dyrt Byking

Sweet. Baltimore kids are the craziest.

Yeah!

Never wondered how many times has James Hetfield said Yeah? Well, click the Yeah above and find out, it's a massive sound collage of all of James' yeahs.

Vatos Locos!

And it's on Youtube....

Hey, Cinderella, go find yourself a fella, you're on the clock bitch and midnight is coming, you got the wrong man

I may be white from the outside, but I'm brown on the inside, TO THE BONE.

Dick and Asshole that's all you ever call me. What is my name Dick Asshole?

CHINGA TU MADRE!

Vatos Locos forever, ese!

Bathing Bad

This cracked me up.

Wu Tang Gurlz

I'd be careful out on the field with these gurlz. They apparently are nothing to f*** with.

Well Hello Kitty

Gene Simmons is known to be a business man and also a business, man (like Jay Z would put it). But still this is a bit... awkward? Mr Simmons is now the executive producer for a new tv animation series with a working title "Kiss Hello Kitty". It is the latest brand extension from a series of Kiss x Hello Kitty products, which feature Hello Kitty wearing the trademark Kiss make up (uh-huh). This product line actually debuted already in 2010.

Read more here

Or watch this post apocalyptic pearl from the golden era of music videos:

Lidl Wain Represents

Source: via Gaba on LOL Wall

This just makes me wanna smoke crack. Hilarious.

Ixnay on the Chronixxnay

So if 2012 was about Popcaan and Tommy Lee, I would predict Chronixx to be a safe bet for a 2013 talent in JA.

Don't sleep on Protoje!

Yeah, mon. I've always had a sweet spot for this kind of singjays with semi-conscious style mixed with a likkle of old skool patois verbalism. And looks like Protoje has actually invested some time and green for his videos, they're not just mobile cam shots from Kingston. This one's the fresher hit: But he's done good stuff for a couple years already, no wonder that he has also teamed up with Ky-Mani, this has a certain Marley-brotherhood vibe in it. Booyah, rasta!

Rusko - Somebody To Love X 2

Rakennusinsinööri

LEGOLIZE IT !!!

Original Harlem Shake

Harlem Shake way back Harlem Shake 2013 The internetz got me going nuts.

Beyonce removed from the internet

Beyonce's publicist wants all copies of unflattering Super-Bowl photos removed from the internet. Can you please help by not sharing this photo and removing any other like it that you find - Thanks. 

Original Don - Flosstradamus RMX

Meet me in a .... It’s Goin’ Down!

Diamonds In The Rough

Remixes still get people on the dancefloor and especially reggae remixes. And spicing up Rihanna isn't a bad idea, or what do you think?

SLAM: Positive Education / Intensities In-Ten-Cities

We Are The Robots

The coolest thing this year so far.

Stan 2.0

Let see if our favourite new talent Kendrick Lamar can support Dido in her comeback. The rap verse is solid K-dot, but the song is more of a remake of Stan with Eminem from year 1999 or so. Read more and listen to the track 'Let us move on' here. And yeah, she still looks hot.

Karriem Riggins

WHERE THE RED NOSED REINDEER AT?

Burning Spear, Jamaica, Queens

"Music is life why destroy I man life ? The Spear shovel his own snow. Just a man like any other man."

Via: https://www.facebook.com/burningspear

FINNISH HARDCORE MIXTAPE: Kiitos veteraanit 1982-1982

DJ PERZZA's notorious semi-legendary mixtape from 2007.

"Itsenäisen Suomen 90-vuotispäivän johdosta Perzza rykäisi levyhyllystään kasan classista ja harvinaista KOTIMAISTA 82'hooceeta. Jos ei maistu, nii tappakaa ittenne vitun ÄPÄRÄT"

"Some people have been longing for this Finnish hardcore -mixtape I made for independence day 2007. Here it is again, uploaded by a friendly soul. "KIITOS VETERAANIT 1982-1982" 

Including Terveet Kädet, Stalin, Lama, Maho Neitsyt, Kaaos, Kansan uutiset, Klimax etc. Ask for the track list and I'LL BURN YOUR EMBASSY."

DOWNLOAD, click quickly while it's still there. 

Tuuttimörkö - KANTAA OTTAVA KAPPA LE

Tuuttimörkö - Totuus feat. DJ Kridlokk

How to use Snus

There you got it, you americans. It's not snuff or dip, it's the swede stuff. Appararently snusing is taking some air in the west coast where you can get this black gold from quite many instances.

Whoop, whoop, we are the Juggalos!

"We come from all walks of life – from poverty, from rich, from all religions, all colors. [...] It doesn't matter if you're born with a silver spoon in your mouth, or a crack rock in your mouth" This is the dopest ish. White trash and proud of it. Gathering of the Juggalos 2013, let's meet there, whoop, whoop! Mere education here --> American Juggalo

Zombie Love

There are a couple of TV series that keep me glued to the tv-set (or laptop) and one of them is the Walking Dead. A killer (!) first season, a semi-boring second one and now the third season really got me hooked.

But even more I was impressed by the the Walking Dead Game. This is mos def a daddy game, a one for the senior citizens, but in a good way. You don't go running around slashing zombies, it's more about living the story and making decisions that will alter the storyline.

Much more cool than the Star Wars Kinect that I bought last week. High expextations (I mean light sabers and Kinect, makings of ultimate fun) but serious fail. Disney-like storytelling and some wack gamemodes (dancing???) turned me off. Zombies rule.

Stoned Love

Baraka! Colorado! Washington!

Pirihannu Anthem

CHIEF KEEF - 3HUNNA

PERCOLATOR

 CLASSIC TIME !!!

Fatty Boom Boom (what drugs was I on)

There are good pills and bad pills. I think these guys just took 'em all.

World of Rock And Roll

The Finnish view on the world of demonic hard rock.

Who took my big piece of chicken

Makes me wanna have sum.... chikin.

Fly like an EAGLE ! / Nobody Beats The Put

SNORT MORE KETAMINE !!!

From Washington D.C. to South Central, Los Angeles

This is how you start a gig. Body Count is awesomeness. But then again this was pretty cool as well, back in 1983...

Mavado gettin' sum cash'n money

One of the latest really big dancehall stars, Mavado has been signed to Cash Money Records and taking over the US. Maybe some duets with Lil Wayne coming up? Read more here. We the best!

Party Like A Rockstar

Tommy Lee rule di summah!

You gotta love him. He has a confusing name and he has both a mickey mouse voice and a rough singjay voice. And he is the hottest gun at the moment in Jamdom dancehalls. Ladies and gentlemen; Tommy Lee. Gaza man crazy, yuh know he crazy...

Latin rappin for a summer day

Heere you goooo. Crack Family representin'

XX TRUE TILL DEATH XX

BrooklynVegan (our trusted sxe source of info) has revealed that it’s pretty much a definite that Chain of Strength will be playing Revelation 25 in NYC in October 2012. Let's see if they have beers in their hands or not. XX

Solstice celebration 2012

I guess I was in Seattle a week too early. I mean, naked bikeriders, superstar costumes, bodypaintings and stuff. Sure beats the midsummer fiesta in Finland with mosquitos, drunk drivers and people drowning in the lakes and unpredictable weather conditions.

I’m in Oakland and I’m Riding My Scraper Bike

Via Urbanvelo.

Vybz Kartel vs. Aidonia