'Jah' nuary - Reggae, Roots, Dub, Ska, Bluebeat, Rocksteady

[parakitaMol.]

OK new thread time - amongst many other things I am a massive ska / dub fan

Jah-nuary thread celebrates classics/new/variants of reggae and all its wonderful sub genres / remixes

My first contribution is my lifelong hero Lee 'Scratch' Perry who has been the longest soundtrack to my life. The Dub reggae scene seemed to run parallel with punk in the late 70's/early 80's so we used to go see all the reggae bands as well as the punk ones.

I love Lee Perry because of his crazy eccentric perspective and the way he works with so many other artists and experiments with his own sounds - way too many to mention - he was the original Upsetter! He's a clever songwriter, and very funny. And even in his 80's he is STILL playing live (I last saw him 2 years ago).

Kicking off with this classic / iconic Perry classic 'Chase The Devil' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hVwwH8TDco



Who else is a dub/ska/reggae fan?

[vixen1700]

Seen him a few times, always a good night.

[CeramicMX5ND2]

Here's my starter.... Dave And Ansell Collins with Double Barrel

Always loved this one....!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQNPiUuU58Y

[vixen1700]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_5UtBwJN-g

"Where's the spliff? Nobody answer!"

[BIRMA]

Excellent music from Lee Scratch Perry, I also like Sly and Robby. I had an eight piece Boogie Woogie band and sometimes in our practice sessions a few of us would slip into a very long dub track, great.

[vixen1700]

We had the Mad Professor play upstairs at our local in 2019 which was a good night of heavy basslines and dancing.



Showed the flyer to my mate and he thought Lenny Henry was playing.

Edited by vixen1700 on Tuesday 5th January 13:36

[parakitaMol.]

This album was released in 2002 - Gorillaz dub remix album of their own tracks

Laika Come Home - Gorillaz vs Spacemonkeyz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufR3gbyG2EM

I think it's absolutely brilliant. Nearly 20 years old and I still listen to it a lot.

[parakitaMol.]

Love this recent release from - Prince Fatty & Shniece Mcmenamin - black rabbit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH9zYaiGoNk

[parakitaMol.]

The Orb - dub remix of Fluffy Clouds with Lee Perry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeikzaMWSBY

[parakitaMol.]

The Skatalites are fabulous, if you like ska - They have been around since 1963!

Still playing live - saw them a couple of years ago on their anniversary tour.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeJHGlCaFwQ

[parakitaMol.]

So lucky that some of this archive stuff still exists - fabulous

This is Ska https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNUVLZ_4V1M

[parakitaMol.]

More up to date/ mix of styles - The Hempolics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxO9S3n0710

[toasty]

vixen1700 said:

We had the Mad Professor play upstairs at our local in 2019 which was a good night of heavy basslines and dancing.



Showed the flyer to my mate and he thought Lenny Henry was playing.

Edited by vixen1700 on Tuesday 5th January 13:36

I love his remix album of Massive Attack's Protection.

[toasty]

[parakitaMol.]

toasty said:

vixen1700 said:

We had the Mad Professor play upstairs at our local in 2019 which was a good night of heavy basslines and dancing.



Showed the flyer to my mate and he thought Lenny Henry was playing.

Edited by vixen1700 on Tuesday 5th January 13:36

I love his remix album of Massive Attack's Protection.

Good call!

[Big_Dog]

Big fan of Roots man Rodigan.
Oh and Dub side of the Moon anybody: https://youtu.be/VJEZWsnIECo

[Huntsman]

Roots reggae and Trojan for me.

Since this is PH, Trojan records was named after Duke Reids Trojan van.

Joya Landis' Moonlight Lover is my fave track.

[jet_noise]

Tried a couple of the links from this thread (thanks ) and YT popped this fabulous thing up next Kunta Kinte Dub. Drop in a foghorn? Schmokin'.

Done a load of digging and I can't find all 3 versions otherwise they'd be downloaded already!

Apparently in the recent Small Axe TV prog.

[vixen1700]

https://youtu.be/uW0zmcWm-tg

https://youtu.be/ns2p4EM4hfE

A new and old fave.

https://youtu.be/SkSSaHyk77U

Killing Joke In Dub - Tomorrow's World

https://youtu.be/CwgYt8LmJVw

Silicon Drum - Dubkiss

[parakitaMol.]

vixen1700 said:

A new and old fave.

https://youtu.be/SkSSaHyk77U

Killing Joke In Dub - Tomorrow's World

Killing Joke were my favourite punk band back in the day. I went to see them loads of times, I think 'Turn to Red' was way ahead of it's time in a sort of dance/dub way. It's one of my most treasured originals in my whole collection.