Roots Train - Junior Murvin/Dillinger is such a banger
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Sunday, 29 August 2021 21:27 (two years ago) link
rip to the only person on this planet who actually knew how to use a computer https://t.co/VPLC1xaERG pic.twitter.com/C8tuSrN0qA— Kyle McDonald (@kcimc) August 29, 2021
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Sunday, 29 August 2021 22:10 (two years ago) link
Aw man RIP. The Black Ark stuff is my favorite "sound of a producer" output of any music ever. 2nd the Seke Molenga album. My favorite unheralded one is Susan Cadogan's Hurt So Good. Prob partially due to featuring female vocals, which is relatively rare for reggae. Just a touch of pop in the tracks but still unmistakably Scratch. And George Faith for the "Jamaican quiet storm" lazy Sunday afternoon vibe.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Sunday, 29 August 2021 22:48 (two years ago) link
Right missed him playing here several times over the last few years. Really should have got it together. Should know it was a possibility that it would be last chance.
― Stevolende, Sunday, 29 August 2021 23:18 (two years ago) link
Cockamamie proclamation I formed around the turn of the century: you could sum up the changes of 20th century music with two artists: Duke Ellington and Lee Scratch Perry. They get you from stride piano to techno with their genre explorations, and collaborations with Lonnie Johnson, Mingus, the Clash, George Clinton, Beasties, etc will Kevin Bacon you everywhere. Conny Plank is sort of the median. But most of all Ellington exemplifies the idea that with recording you could compose for the timbre and eccentricity of specific musicians, and would compose to the limitations and constraints of specific media, and Perry takes that through to the studio as an instrument and sampling and sequencing.
― Citole Country (bendy), Monday, 30 August 2021 00:31 (two years ago) link
Wow I've had pretty much that exact thought
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 30 August 2021 01:29 (two years ago) link
Makes sense to me.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 30 August 2021 01:30 (two years ago) link
extremely otm imo
― sleeve, Monday, 30 August 2021 01:44 (two years ago) link
oops sorry
Lee Perry gave the impression of burning very hot for a very long time. Not sure how he managed it. RIP.
― lukas, Monday, 30 August 2021 02:08 (two years ago) link
I get the sense he could keep the ( literal ) demons at bay by always pushing forward.
― Citole Country (bendy), Monday, 30 August 2021 10:16 (two years ago) link
My favourite late-era Perry is this one, which on paper should be terrible (dubstep wobbles! Jean-Michel Jarre cover!) but it's totally enjoyable for two hours straight.
― Siegbran, Monday, 30 August 2021 10:26 (two years ago) link
Anyone like the 1986 album Battle of Armagideon? Turns out a mate of mine's uncle was a producer on it...I haven't heard it yet, going to make that right today.
― glumdalclitch, Monday, 30 August 2021 10:54 (two years ago) link
Right missed him playing here several times over the last few years. Really should have got it together. Should know it was a possibility that it would be last chance.― Stevolende, Monday, August 30, 2021 1:18 AM (eleven hours ago)
― Stevolende, Monday, August 30, 2021 1:18 AM (eleven hours ago)
― willem, Monday, 30 August 2021 11:10 (two years ago) link
Curious to hear the stuff he did with Robert Palmer after reading this.
robert palmer, lee perry and a cream cracker pic.twitter.com/7vrbnMoMGA— cowsarejustfood (@cowsarejustfood) August 29, 2021
― Dan Worsley, Monday, 30 August 2021 11:33 (two years ago) link
I love this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp85RALyx4Y
― "Bobby Gillespie" (ft. Heroin) (Tom D.), Monday, 30 August 2021 11:39 (two years ago) link
https://www.johnlewisjournalist.co.uk/lee-scratch-perry
interview from 2002 when Lee was curating the meltdown festival.
― calzino, Monday, 30 August 2021 11:56 (two years ago) link
Battle of Armageddon isn't all bangers, but it does have "Sexy Lady" which would by on my POX for LSP, where the sexy lady may actually be his Echoplex effect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m00WixmHCHE
― Citole Country (bendy), Monday, 30 August 2021 12:41 (two years ago) link
This video is great, I love the way you can see him constructing the track in real time while it's being recorded.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y651C7aNXRc
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 30 August 2021 17:02 (two years ago) link
Watched that yesterday cause it's my fav clip of him
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 30 August 2021 17:08 (two years ago) link
He's having such a good time.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 30 August 2021 17:14 (two years ago) link
As a newb to reggae/dub, what produces the wobbly, airy, vaguely electric saw effect in a lot of tracks? Is that a steel drum, a synth, or some post-production effect?
― Taliban! (PBKR), Monday, 30 August 2021 17:19 (two years ago) link
You mean the flexatone?
― The 25 Best Songs Ever Ranked In Order (Deflatormouse), Monday, 30 August 2021 18:08 (two years ago) link
I guess that's it. Thanks.
― Taliban! (PBKR), Monday, 30 August 2021 18:17 (two years ago) link
Yeah I love how much stuff that sounds futuristic on his tracks is produced by very basic effects.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 30 August 2021 18:23 (two years ago) link
Listening to lots of this. So many huge tracks.
https://img.discogs.com/XICsVHm9ndh3bm1Angqqn4Bv2b8=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-510944-1369334962-1775.jpeg.jpg
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Monday, 30 August 2021 18:38 (two years ago) link
yep, so good
― sleeve, Monday, 30 August 2021 18:40 (two years ago) link
4xp you don't sound too convinced lol, could be the sound of a spring reverb tank given a good swift kick
― The 25 Best Songs Ever Ranked In Order (Deflatormouse), Monday, 30 August 2021 18:50 (two years ago) link
Not doubting, just don't know anything in this area. From what I've found online, that spring reverb tank is definitely one of the sounds.
― Taliban! (PBKR), Monday, 30 August 2021 20:21 (two years ago) link
Just the general production on dub stuff is so awesome and weird.
― Taliban! (PBKR), Monday, 30 August 2021 20:22 (two years ago) link
That's a great video, somehow strange seeing Boris Gardiner on bass, a guy who had a No. 1 single in the UK with a schmaltzy lover's rock pop song! The loss of the Black Ark was a disaster and tragedy.
― "Bobby Gillespie" (ft. Heroin) (Tom D.), Monday, 30 August 2021 20:41 (two years ago) link
Well, add me to the list of folks who needed daily doses of Arkology in 1997. Bottomless music inhabited by ghosts and spirits both good and evil, ripped the veil wide open. Reading his interviews over the last 24 hours, his conversation reminds me very much of two people I've known who suffer from paranoid schizophrenia. While I don't want to jump to conclusions, it's sad and also remarkable that he lived his best life to the end.
― The 25 Best Songs Ever Ranked In Order (Deflatormouse), Monday, 30 August 2021 21:14 (two years ago) link
I was just listening to an interview with him from the mid-80s and he was actually perfectly coherent when he wasn't playing up to his self-constructed image.
― "Bobby Gillespie" (ft. Heroin) (Tom D.), Monday, 30 August 2021 21:19 (two years ago) link
I got Arkology when it came out, barely knowing who Scratch was, just starting to check out nonMarley reggae. I remember it not clicking for awhile, possibly due to having so many versions of the same riddim in a row. Of tracks that weren't even my favorites. Something that still annoys me today with reggae comps. But there were 10 or so tracks that eventually made me see his appeal. I'm still mad that "Make Up Your Mind" isn't available streaming. Recently discovered it's a Ricky Nelson cover lol wtf. There's so many American songs that I only ever heard the reggae covers of, for years not knowing they even were covers.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 30 August 2021 21:29 (two years ago) link
I There's so many American songs that I only ever heard the reggae covers of, for years not knowing they even were covers.
― Citole Country (bendy), Monday, 30 August 2021 21:55 (two years ago) link
Love how the Island Records press officer refuted his allegations that Chris Blackwell is a vampire. They didn't think "we mustn't dignify this with a response", they thought "we must deny this unequivocally!!" 😂
― The 25 Best Songs Ever Ranked In Order (Deflatormouse), Monday, 30 August 2021 23:22 (two years ago) link
Did you really repaint Chris Blackwell’s flat because you didn’t like the vibes?Of course. I also fill up his fridge with rocks. To kaput his energy, confuse his brain, give him big shock. Ha ha!
Of course. I also fill up his fridge with rocks. To kaput his energy, confuse his brain, give him big shock. Ha ha!
― calzino, Monday, 30 August 2021 23:41 (two years ago) link
Check out Perry's Instagram and Facebook accounts - apparently they're claiming he was more or less killed and plan to sue those they're holding responsible. (They're reporting that Perry wasn't sick or anything, which is plausible given that Perry himself uploaded a selfie video the day before he died - he looked otherwise in fine physical health.)
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 01:37 (two years ago) link
i am completely failing to process his death. the claim that he was more or less killed makes sense to me as surely he was eternal?
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 15:15 (two years ago) link
Lots of new comments. I don't know if this is credible, but one commenter said he was answering text messages up to the day he died. Details are still sketchy, but whoever's running his account emphatically and repeatedly states he wasn't sick, that something "just happened." Crazy.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 16:28 (two years ago) link
Clearly I haven't the first clue whether something dodgy went on but it's worth noting that the person who's running that Insta account now (who may be Scratch's widow?) has a main account linked from that post which is pretty much wall-to-wall conspiracy stuff, including some repulsive bits IMO.
― Tim, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 16:49 (two years ago) link
85-year-old smokers do die from heart attacks and strokes sometimes
― fc_TEFH28mo (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 16:51 (two years ago) link
Ahhh, good catch. Well, I guess we'll see whether their arguments before the court makes a convincing case (or not).
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 17:15 (two years ago) link
wall-to-wall conspiracy stuff
lee perry was of course perhaps thee original conspiracy theorist so i guess it makes it all the more fitting. i put him on around the turn of the millenium and he refused to shake hands with any meat eaters as they could transmit hormones, or something....
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 17:51 (two years ago) link
still sounds as fresh today as it did in 87.
https://www.discogs.com/Lee-Scratch-Perry-Dub-Syndicate-Time-Boom-X-De-Devil-Dead/release/192162
― mark e, Saturday, 4 September 2021 20:44 (two years ago) link
Indeed it does. I saw him perform this album at Kentish Town Town & Country Club (now The Forum). Dub Syndicate started and were then joined by Akabu. Eventually it became apparent that Perry was refusing to come on stage. After much coaxing he finally came on only to announce that he had no intention of performimng and everyone should instead show respect to Akabu and "listen to the ladies sing" which was "much better than listening to The Upsetter", and then off he went. Another awkward half hour or so passed until he finally appeared and performed a few songs off "Time Boom..." before the house lights came up.
― stirmonster, Saturday, 4 September 2021 21:25 (two years ago) link
thank you for bringing up that dub syndicate album, i had never heard it before and it really rules
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 September 2021 16:03 (two years ago) link
I can’t POX with this guy, but just came here to say that one of my favorite magical moments in my memory is one afternoon, in the aughts, I was wandering around Brooklyn with no particular destination in mind and completely randomly stumbled across Lee Perry performing with his band at an outdoor party next to the Gowanus Canal. So surreal and wonderful. He had a small audience but far from what you’d expect for someone of his stature (maybe there are other ilxors who witnessed this?)
― Josefa, Tuesday, 7 September 2021 17:05 (two years ago) link
https://www.nts.live/shows/optimo/episodes/optimo-7th-september-2021
― stirmonster, Thursday, 9 September 2021 18:53 (two years ago) link