examples of DISCO-REGGAE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO5VV5PISHU

kalyan were really a disco/funk/soca group, but i can't stop playing this album this week and i figure some people here will appreciate how awesome this track is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahF-RyUxiHc

Slits' cover of Heard it Through The Grapevine is almost in this category.

Also, tons of Kid Creole and the Coconts/August Darnell, right?

peter tosh - buk-in-hamm palace

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

Also maybe stuff like:

Gibson Brothers "Cuba" (and other tracks on their LPs probably)
Johnny Chingas "Samba"

Though those probably have as much Latin-American in their rhythms as Jamaican. Probably still have at least as much reggae as "Miss Broadway" (which I always thought of as having more a Bo Diddley beat) or "Name Of The Game" (which I never thought of as reggae or disco, really, though that doesn't mean it's not), though.

Also, wouldn't plenty of Soca fit here? Or is the Caribbean influence in that always calypso rather than reggae? (Hard to know where exactly the line is drawn sometimes.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IornRX6v-kI

Don't know if Sly and Robbie's "Rhythm Killers" qualifies (they cover Ohio Players and Pointer Sisters) and a rock guitar element is pretty pervasive through most of it, but I love that record.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O6bBsn2Z4w

rhythm killers is one of the greatest records ever made. i hated it at first, but there are so many great things going on. highly creative music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK8zAssTv7Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSaJB8bnW3Y

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPMkjslzs70

i am so fucking psyched about getting home to listen to these.

If you guys like, I can make a DJ mix based on these tracks?

I Roy's album, Whap'n'Bap'n is full of disco.

Alphabet, in particular is really great.

Although, now that i'm looking at it, the album is listed as Roy Reid.

http://www.roots-archives.com/release/1780

That is I Roy

other super disco jam on the album is called Jive Time.

It sounds like I Roy.

this one melds the two splendidly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTQJwVQMFXY

I love this rhythm so much:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5U4tH4xl_A

wow, beta blog, that steel and skin track is wonderful

Wow indeed. That's great. Gonna have to order that CD. Are the rest of the tracks good quality?

that steel and skin track was the first thing i thought of.

this is the second

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

sorry, that's a terrible sounding video (and why didn't he edit out the 30 seconds of fumbling to put the record on in the beginning?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UpY2t2wBYs

Is that Clout as in 'Substitute'?

Delroy Wilson - "I'll Do Anything For You"

Aaaargh...meant Denroy Morgan obviously. (See "Performers With Names That Practically Rhyme" thread. Whenever I think of this song, "White Man In Hammersmith Palais" accidentally sneaks into my head.)

Never thought of Belle Epoque's "Miss Broadway" as reggae. I always buy Beckett 12 inches in the hopes that they will be disco-reggae.

omg yes. a friend was playing that steel an skin album in his car a few months ago and i had forgotten what it was until now!

this is one of my favorite genres of music as well, fwiw

can't forget about this one...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yn5I7g_DIg

lots of laid back songs, actually

no mention of island records yet is weird guys...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byj0LFfjEDY

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

Thinking lots of British pop-funk stuff from the early '80s (not just Linx, who I mentioned above, but also Junior, the Quick, Imagination, David Grant solo) could fit here as well. (Hot Chocolate obviously a major inspiration for that whole scene.)

Y'all should check out the Joe Gibbs 12" Reggae Discomix Showcase compilation discs which have come out the past couple years. Volumes 4 and 5 just came out this year, and the tracklisting are full of this extended play disco/dubby/reggae stuff.

i don't really get how junior is reggae, tbh, nor imagination - aren't they just funk?

Never thought of Belle Epoque's "Miss Broadway" as reggae. I always buy Beckett 12 inches in the hopes that they will be disco-reggae.

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i might be crasy, but the sloping riff totally = reggae to me.

so happy i started this thread. gonna have a proper listen this weekend when i'm at home! thanks all!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcX3aWNOxQM

obv there's a lot of crossover with punk and new wave with this style of music. but then that's going to happen, ethnomusicologically

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czpk40mlxFE

Definitely an all time favourite tune out of everything i've ever heard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGf2NJUpK6Q

there's a reggae thing going on here... for me at least

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ90ZqH0PWI

This too... I'm always looking out for tracks that have this bass'n'keys sloping melty groovy euro-jamaican-funk thing going on. In fact it's a growing obsession, so much so I'd love to start a band that pulls off this trick as a standard rule.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZZBivEtgYc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxnvqrI6q_o

This is not really Reggae Disco, but it is the most magnificent Boney M track ever recorded by a million miles and couldn't be posted too many times. Seriously, one of my favourite tunes in the world.

Stevie, you may be right about Junior and Imagination lacking reggae, though I wouldn't call them "just funk" -- Imagination were more disco I'd say, and Junior obviously had a pop Stevie Wonder thing going on. I definitely remember reggae rhythms on that Linx LP, though, and I'm pretty sure in a couple Quick tracks. Sooner or later I'll put all those LPs out and doublecheck. (Should doublecheck Gibson Bros and Johnny Chingas, too; I may be imagining their Jamaicanisms as well.)

Dog Latin -- Just out of curiosity, if "Name of The Game" counts, how about Ace Of Base? They definitely qualified as Swedish reggae sometimes. Maybe not disco enough though?

xpost ps it's all about the piano chord solo at 4:30-ish.

Ace Of Base - especially The Sign and All That She Wants count. Absolutely.

And if we're going to take things to an extreme here (and hey. that's what this thread is about:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vq0FRUjSbA

but maybe not... it's all subjective.

good mix here: http://www.largeup.com/2017/07/07/deejay-theory-dancehall-by-day-disco/

this is a jam. (verrry loose cover)

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

Okay, here we go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQn_4cg-Abo

Taggy Matcher seems to specialise in this exact kind of style.

favorite recent discovery: this anti-disco-but-still-pretty-disco/rapso anthem from Brother Resistance (RIP):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rXVDNeP-hw

Nice!

What a wonderfully funky groove, not unlike Kuti/Allen

i dug this out this weekend. so good - sad it took him leaving us for me to fully appreciate it.

sadly I'd never even heard of him until he died, but yes the whole EP is really good!

yep, me neither and it's a shame as so much of the stuff i've heard is so great

some discofied afro reggae from osibisa member kiki gyan. went down a wormhole of the (mostly silly and wild) album art of dutch designers myosotis, came upon this, and thought of this thread.

keep it cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HYChjAFjgs

just one night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRTr_7pOq1o

peace for africa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb5gBme1S10

Kiki Gyan - Disco Dancer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfXAVEUo_eY

another great one by him

Lots of dead youtube embeds itt, but is it really possible no one ever posted Keith Hudson?

Civilisation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIiffl1IQOE

Too Expensive:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1GeeXzMmwE

I suppose it is possible, since despite considering Hudson one of my all-time faves, I'd ignored Too Expensive for years due to its (wildly, infuriatingly wrong!!) rep as a failed crossover--a deranged narrative that you should only take on board if you are literally Richard Branson.

Also, it's maybe not quite disco but "Central Kingston" off From One Extreme to Another is also a massive jam and that album really deserves a legit reissue: the version on streaming sounds like a vinyl rip

f**k me! those are both ace. 'civilisation' is sooooo good. thanks. i've been on a huge keith hudson tip recently but had skipped over too expensive.

Central Kingston too; syndrum-tastic! i need to hear the rest of this now.

wow those are great! Is it just me or is there a bit of a an ian dury vibe on 'too expensive'?

I should probably take this to a Hudson thread, but both albums are superb imo. If you're expecting polished soul you'll be disappointed, but if you already dig Hudson's shambolic approach, I can't imagine being disappointed.

As annoyed as I am that I bought the critical line on Too Expensive without even listening to it for so long, the lack of a reissue for From One Extreme is a puzzle since Pressure Sounds put out its dub, Nuh Skin Up, ages ago

I have a bit of an on/off thing with Hudson but these are all killer. Made me wish for a sweaty front room dance.

At one point I took some selections from this thread for this playlist and iirc keith hudson hasnt been mentioned:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6ObTLc46jR2QPzUvtEWESp?si=9AuQfReTSWqAPXmQkovcZQ

nice cover image there, Moka!

"Civilization" was on that Virgin Front Line compilation everybody had - well, my sister had it anyway.

"Civilization" was on that Virgin Front Line compilation everybody had - well, my sister had it anyway.

And, as if by magic; Front Line comp comes out -

https://www.juno.co.uk/products/virgin-front-line-sounds-of-reality/848318-01/

Okay. Serious jam here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGScGuAKmW0

Anyone here familiar with the French Patchworks label which seems to chug out a huge amount of music in this vein? My friend sent me this playlist and it's largely top drawer: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2HOOBwOtmgyPKhY49FEOkK?si=fe9b615c70054664

Xp you're right this is a serious jam

most stuff by eddy grant!

https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/disco-reggae-rockers?fbclid=IwAR32tK6UhQOi4XsFSEblqBPyiG3WNfN9TL758HJfSmEN_F2_WR8td0BmnPg

(sorry for the formatting mishap)

A new disco-reggae compilation.

not going to click through all the youtubes to figure it out, but hopefully this thread didn’t get to 200 posts without mentioning tyrone davis “rise up” (wackies)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OrOahkRgvA

More reggae-disco than disco-reggae, but I just pulled out "Nightflight to Venus" and I'm def adding "Never Change Lovers in the Middle of the Night" to my playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjaXcIAcLY0

Yeah that's a classic. I think I put that on my original mix made from suggestions to this thread. I absolutely love it

Atmosfear's Dancing in Outer Space has a couple of moments when it becomes almost reggae - the laser-ska bit between 2:17 and 2:52, and that liquidy dub bit between about 5:25-6:25 which sounds like the dubwise equivalent of paddling a canoe in choppy waters.

This is joyful and I think it deserves to be included in this thread: https://soundwayrecords.bandcamp.com/album/chi-town-reggae

Great stuff!

I thought I'd posted about it here already, but the Risco Connection comp has been a highlight of my year: https://riscoconnection.bandcamp.com/album/risco-version

xp hah, I opened this thread wondering if it was going to be that!

Moka, how on earth did I miss that extensive spotify playlist you posted way upthread? amazing work!