Jstar’s Control Tower 5 was featured by Scientific Sound Asia in a tracklist post published on 4 October 2018. Scientific Sound Asia operates as an Asian electronic music radio station, DJ agency, promoter and music news outlet, connecting audiences across Asia and internationally.
The post documented the selections prepared for the fifth instalment of Jstar’s programme without retaining the former live broadcast promotion. It presented the edition through a wide-ranging sequence rooted in Reggae, Dancehall, Dub, Hip Hop and later Drum and Bass.
Jstar is a London DJ, remixer and producer whose work is closely connected to sound system culture. His catalogue links Reggae and Dub foundations with Dancehall, Hip Hop, Jungle, Drum and Bass, Grime and other bass-led club forms.
By the time of this 2018 post, he had already built more than 15 years of activity across DJing, remix work and production. His reputation had been strengthened by support from David Rodigan, Norman Jay and Grandmaster Flash, placing his music within a broad network of selectors and underground audiences.
His recorded catalogue includes Licensed Plates, Stand To Order and Dub To Order. Those albums sit alongside more than 100 official and unofficial remixes, showing how his work moves between original production, reworks and DJ-focused material.
Jstar has also used production and DJ work to support Reggae artists beyond the UK. The original account cited activity with artists in China, India and New Zealand, alongside a China tour that had taken his Reggae and Bass Music selections into new contexts.
Control Tower 5 gave that background a radio setting by placing sound system material beside wider bass-led influences. The programme showed how Jstar’s selections could move through Jamaican music, UK club culture and electronic pressure without reducing the show to one narrow genre.
As an active producer, Jstar’s radio work connects directly with his studio catalogue rather than standing apart from it. Control Tower 5 documented that relationship, presenting him as a selector whose programme draws from Reggae, Dub, Dancehall, Hip Hop and Bass Music while staying tied to ongoing production work.
Jstar presents Control Tower 5 on Scientific Sound Asia, with a tracklist moving through Reggae, Dub, Bass Music, Dancehall, Jungle, Hip Hop and Drum and Bass. The episode features music from Barrington Levy, Horace Andy, Sugar Minott, Rico Tubbs, General Levy, Shy FX, Major Lazer, Wiley, Bounty Killer, 6Blocc, Stylo G and Vibronics.
Control Tower is Jstar’s programme for reggae, dub, dancehall, bass music and sound system culture. This edition opens with Jamaican roots and dub material before moving into bass-led club rhythms, Jungle, Drum and Bass, Grime and trap-influenced edits.
Barrington Levy opens with Crucifixion + Dub, placing the episode inside Reggae and Dub from the first track. An unknown dub version of Tonight follows before Leroy Brown’s Colour Barrier returns the set to vocal reggae.
Carl Fletcher’s Natty Burry + Dub keeps the early section close to reggae and version culture. Hopeton Lindo, Barry Brown, Freddie McKay and Horace Andy then build a roots-focused run through False Sentence, Natty Dread Nah Run, What You Gonna Do and Zion Gate.
Sugar Minott’s Inna Dancehall Style and Tony Tuff’s Come Fi Mash It move the programme towards Dancehall. U-Brown and Ranking Trevor then return the tracklist to deejay-led reggae through Reggae Nonstop and Caveman Skank.
Natural Touch bring Gimme Loving before Aggrovators and Bongle push the selection back into Dub. Chino’s Roots Sound closes the roots-heavy opening phase, setting up the later turn into UK bass and remix culture.
Rico Tubbs and Infekto feature Steppa Style on We Enter, moving the episode into Bass Music. Jackal, Diplo and TNGHT then keep the rhythm heavier through Shakedown, Earthquake and Higher Ground.
Vibration Lab’s Sounds So Wicked appears in the 6Blocc remix, adding a Dubstep-linked entry before DJ Marky shifts the set into Drum and Bass with Soul Patrol. General Levy’s Incredible in the Wrongtom mix then brings Jungle and reggae MC culture into the centre of the show.
Arrested Development’s Everyday People appears in the Maroon remix, giving the episode a Hip Hop reference before Visionary and DJ Gunshot move into Jungle. Shy FX and Liam Bailey then add Soon Come, connecting the tracklist to Drum and Bass with a reggae vocal line.
Busy Signal’s Cool Baby in the Poirier remix and Major Lazer’s Bubble Butt return the set to Dancehall influence. AlunaGeorge, Naughty By Nature, Toddla T with Schlachthofbronx, The Notorious B.I.G. and Gramatik then move the later section through Bass Music and Hip Hop-led remix material.
Jstar’s Lazer Dubs brings the programme back to Dub before Wiley adds Grime with God’s Gift. Jamtech and Bounty Killer then return the set to Dancehall with Dedicated, keeping the sound system thread active.
6Blocc’s Never Scared / New Dimension moves the closing stretch back into Jungle before Pocket Monsters add Psychic Type. Don Midass, Baauer, Stylo G and Vibronics close Control Tower 5 across Reggae, Bass Music, Dancehall and Dub.
Jstar Control Tower 5
Barrington Levi - Crucifiction + Dub
Unknown Artist - Dub Riddim Of ‘Tonight’
Leroy Brown - Color Barrier
Carl Fletcher - Natty Burry + Dub
Hopeton Lindo - False Sentence
Barry Brown - Natty Dread Nah Run
Freddie McKay - What You Gonna Do
Horace Andy - Zion Gate
Sugar Minott - Inna Dancehall Style
Tony Tuff - Come Fi Mash It
U-Brown - Reggae Nonstop
Ranking Trevor - Caveman Skank
Natural Touch - Gimme Loving
Aggrovators - ‘Easy Skankin’ Dub
Bongle - Natty Dub It Inna Dreamland
Chino - Roots Sound
Rico Tubbs & Infekto feat. Steppa Style - We Enter
Jackal - Shakedown
Diplo - Earthquake
TNGT - Higher Ground
Vibration Lab - Sounds So Wicked (6 BLocc Remix)
DJ Marky - Soul Patrol
General Levi - Incredible (Wrong Tom mix)
Arrested Development - Everyday People (Maroon remix)
Visionary - Sound Dead
DJ Gunshot - Soundboy
Shy FX feat. Liam Bailey - Soon Come
Busy Signal - Cool Baby (Poirier Remix)
Major Lazer - Bubble Butt
Aluna George - You Know You Like It
Naughty By Nature - Hip Hop Hooray (DJ Snake remix)
Toddla T & Schlacthofbronx - Wine & Wave
Notorious B.I.G. - Empire State of Mind (Pretty Lights Remix)
Gramatik - The Monolith
Jstar - Lazer Dubs
Wiley - God’s Gift
Jamtech feat. Bounty Killa - Dedicated
6 Blocc - Never Scared/New Dimension
Pocket Monsters - Psychic Type
Don Midass - Don't Stop
Bauer - No Good
Stylo G - Badd (So Shifty Trap Remix)
Vibronics - One Drop (Iration Steppas Mix)
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