Rootfire Mixtape 011 celebrates Old Dry Diggings, a boomtown in the Sierra Nevada mountains which rose and fell during the heyday of California’s gold rush. Known today as Placerville, the mountain town will host Dry Diggings Festival September 25-26, a celebration of the California Roots music and lifestyle. In honor of the festival, Mixtape 011 shines a light on some of our favorite reggae riddims and the darker space outside the chorus.

Rootfire Mixtape 011 – Dry Diggings // Mixed by Alific
Produced and Selected by Seth Herman and Brendan Dane
Artwork: Andy Pritiken
Release Date: September 01, 2015
Length: 28:17

0:00 – 0:26 – Panda Dub – Feeling Alive
0:00 – 0:38 – Panda Dub – Purple Trip
0:10 – 1:32 – Seeed – Dancehall Caballeros
1:32 – 2:26 – Alific – Chain Gang (riddim reflix)
2:00 – 3:25 – John Brown’s Body – Traveling Man
3:07 – 3:40 – Led Zeppelin – When the Levee Breaks [drum beat sample]
3:23 – 4:20 – Stick Figure – Choice is Yours (feat. Slightly Stoopid) [riddim]
4:10 – 6:40 – John Brown’s Body – The Gold (feat. Peetah Morgan) [Dubmatix Double Dutch Remix]
6:31 – 7:38 – Midnite – Banking In the Pig (guitar / guitar sample)
6:48 – 8:24 – St Germain – Sure Thing
7:31 – 7:38 – Spice – So Mi Like It [scratch sample]
7:39 – 8:35 – Thievery Corporation – Indra
8:23 – 9:10 – Spice – So Mi Like It
9:01 – 9:22 – Panda Dub – Planet Pillow
9:22 – 9:32 – The Skints – This Town (feat. Tippa Irie & Horseman) [vox sample]
9:29 – 10:07 – John Brown’s Body – Full Control [riddim sample]
9:48 – 10:55 – Panda Dub – Die Brücke
10:13 – 10:35 – Salmonella Dub – Push On Thru [sax/riddim sample]
10:53 – 11:44 – Wild Belle – Keep You (Ticklah Mix)
11:25 – 12:11 – Panda Dub – Purple Trip
12:04 – 15:33 – Santigold – The Riot’s Gone
15:33 – 15:50 – Panda Dub – Mayd Hubb meets Joe Pilgrim – Tribute to Yabby You – Panda meets Jamma Dim REMIX
15:45 – 16:25 – John Brown’s Body – Singers & Players [riddim sample]
16:03 – 16:26 – Tatanka – 100 Weight
16:26 – 16:53 – Tatanka – Mango
16:49 – 17:55 – Panda Dub – Purple Trip
17:55 – 22:06 – Maad T-Ray – Babylon Drugs
21:43 – 22:13 – Slightly Stoopid – Rolling Stone
22:10 – 22:41 – DJ Riggle – Carnies 1
22:42 – 23:38 – DJ Riggle – Just Like
23:28 – 25:52 – The Frightnrs – Admiration
25:40 – 26:02 – Salmonella Dub – Push On Thru
26:00 – 27:18 – The Expanders – The Horse
27:19 – 28:10 – Eek a Mouse – Black Cowboy

Dry Diggings Festival: Sept 25 – 26 at The El Dorado Fairgrounds in Placerville, CA!