A winding road from roots reggae to HHT tonight....
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Six months or so ago, I posted three cuts of the fabulous Jackie Mittoo/Soul Defenders rhythm "Peenie Wallie" - http://mog.com/Baudolino/blog/156158.
That will be our starting piont for tonight's excursion. In 1974, The Morwells, a roots trio consisting of Eric "Bingy Bunny" Lamont, Morris "Blacka" Wellington and ex-member of the Versatiles Louis Davis enjoyed some local success with singles and an LP on their "MOR-WELL ESQ" label. One of their best loved tunes was a cover of "Peenie Wallie" called "Brentford Rock" in honour of the fact that it was recorded first at Studio One on Brentford Road. The dub cut was called "Morpheus Special"
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In 1978, popular DJ Pat Francis aka Jah Lloyd The Black Lion revisited the rhythm for the title track of his Virgin Front Line LP "The Humble One"
In 2001, Blood and Fire, who had re-released the Morwells "Dub Me" album, leased some tracks to Select Cuts, a German based outfit who put out two CDs of remixes of old dubs, by the likes of Apollo 440, Leftfield, Mr Scruff and Iration Steppas. This track is called "The One Arm DJ Block Party Mix" and was mixed by the French based Kid Loco.
This can be found on "Select Cuts From Blood and Fire Chapter Two"
Think I have the Blood & Fire re-issue. King Tubby was a genius, wasn't he? Wonderful track, thanks for putting it out
As you would expect from a fogie, thought the King Tubby was superb and the Jah Lloyd not far behind it. Kid Loco? Eh. Sounds like a few hundred other remixes....
What ivylander said. Kid Loco's had promise, but used certain elements, such as the white preacher's voice, that didn't fit in. One idea would be to find another sound that resembles that of the woman saying "what?" and insert it after, and then insert another sound that resembles it, and so on. The same for some of the other sounds he used. The collage would of course have to relate to the beat, which the preacher didn't. It's makes one realize that re-mixing is still a wide-open field of exploration. All told, another expert Baudolino post.
I listened to the "Select Cuts" CDs again a year or so back, and they hadn't really lasted at all. a few decent mixes, but a lot that really hadn't understood the beat, and just chucked more and more incongruous samples over the top, regardless of their melodic or rhythmic sympathies with the core track. This one is above average, but fairly representative
"...really hadn't understood the beat, and just chucked more and more incongruous samples over the top...." That, for me, is the remix story 95 percent of the time, brilliantly condensed into less than a sentence.