about Reggae that is. Sure I know Bob Marley, King Tubby, Peter Tosh, and Lee "Scratch" Perry, but beyond that it's only a smattering of about 40 songs or so and a lot of trivial knowledge from reading. Anyway. Since it is Sunday... I found these two songs last year in the Captains Crate. It's taken from a live Dub mix by Victor Rice. And that may be all you need to know.
Posted on 05/20/2007
Comments
Comment on this Post
Login using email and password below.
My Trusted MOGs
My Trusted MOGs
The first tune sounds very UK. the kind of dark production the brit enjoy the most.. it must be the weather. You may like old stuff (90s) like the 2 Dubhead compilations. The 2nd track sounds more lively & its the winner (for me) in this set of 2. i have no idea who may be the artists, but the first tune could be "Centry" or at least the production sounds very alike.
My Trusted MOGs
Yeah I like the Portu-Bomb track the most out of the two. On the Captains Crate review he said it was by a Brazilian combo from possibly Sau Paulo.
My Trusted MOGs
I feel that way about a lot of music fistula, there is just so much to know. MOG has helped me find new artists to love, but I always feel like I am just scraping the surface. Now, if you ever need to know more about teen boy bands, I am your man with the information
My Trusted MOGs
Brazilians did it again.
My Trusted MOGs
I may be able to help with old dub/reggae music as far as we concentrate in Jamaica, man. I’m also well familiar with modern reggae & dancehall from the 80’s until today. Feel free to inquire.
My Trusted MOGs
Dubby yo' pleasure. Dubby yo' fun.
My Trusted MOGs
Vic Rice produced some of my fave ska bands.
The Toasters The Slackers Bim Skala Bim Laurel Aitken and the Skatalites The Stubborn All Stars
He also played bass and produced for The Scofflaws outta NYC.
This is probably their best known track.
My Trusted MOGs
Sorry Sam, I didn't switch out of my secret identity.
Just writing to let you know it was me. .
My Trusted MOGs
Yeah I was reading about him this morning to figure out who he was. He has a solo cd that looks good. I guess he's doing live mixes from reel to reels for shows. Seems like an interesting guy. I'd like to hear some of his dub work. That William Shatner song was pretty cool. Thanks for posting I am.
My Trusted MOGs
I just want to make an important distinction here , Sam.
Ska came before Reggae.
Let the s... storm begin for that comment.
You want to know more about reggae, I suggest you read up on the lost tribe of Jews who may/not have settled in Ethiopia.
Hint: Ark of the Covenent.
No joke Sam. It is all there. God like power bestowed on a human being.
I am not kidding. Just look it up.
Find yourself some seriously spiritual reggae, and you will understand.
The Abbyssians come to mind.
Soulrocket had commented on one of my post about mariachi. He was explaining the dif. between mariachi and narcorridos. You can read it HERE. The same goes for splits in the genre of reggae itself.
Once a music for the people, now a music about the people.
Sorry bout the rant Sam, but I feel, if you want to know more about reggae. You should take the high road.
PS My comment previewed in bold fonts. If it shows up like that in MOGtopia, I want everyone to know that was not my intention.
My Trusted MOGs
It's bolded because my last word was bolded. I'm actually quite familiar with the history of Rastafari and Haile Selassie and ska's place in history. Personally when it comes to Jamaican music I'm more fond of the super stonery spacey dub and reggae from the 60's. I haven't heard much roots ska though. Got any suggestions? A funny tidbit my Dad's uncle was a body guard for Haile Selassie I think in the 50's. This also coming from the same guy who was a merchant marine that was marooned on an island for 2 years. I went and read up more on the Rastafari movement on wiki. A lot more details I didn't realize. Although now I want to check out Mento and Niyabinghi music. The deeper you go the bigger it gets.
My Trusted MOGs
Compilations (and book) I would suggest: The History of Jamaican Music - 4 disc set of pure gold. Best of the best, lots of the visionaries. It's a great start with a good little booklet inside. Any of the Trojan Compilations - Cheap box sets of a mix of different periods in Reggae. Cool packaging too. Roots, Rock, Reggae - A book about the individual players who contributed to Reggae world altering status.
My Trusted MOGs
(Until now) I don't like Ska, and neither Reggae, but I like Dub. There's a quite good album that's called "Ambient Translations of Bob Marley in Dub". I have to see, if I can find it. And the Vinylizer (see one of my previous posts) released a mix of the Blood'n'Fire-label, that has an exceptional beginning. On the more experimental side, you may listen to Makala from Spain. He's mixing it all together but has a strong Reggea influence. He creates pretty wicked sounds, that are quite often even too freaky for me, or let's say, for the most time - and I consider my musical taste as already porfoundly perverted. ;) I'll post a Elvis Presley-Remix from him later, that's quite funny and one of the most catchy songs of his album. Just let me find out how I de- and re-compress my songs on my Mac, so that they fit the basic conditions to upload here.
My Trusted MOGs
That Makala sounds great. I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the tip Hermes. Freaky music from Spain sounds great.
Contrabandwidth thanks for the album recommendations by the way. I had heard of the Trojan comp thanks to Ivylander but I haven't checked it out yet.