Mersh AF but definitely fits in here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozv4q2ov3Mk
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Wednesday, 16 August 2017 14:26 (seven years ago) link
You can still get the original mix I made for this thread here: http://www.mixcloud.com/doglatin/steady-operator-disco-reggae-sounds/ - never leaves my phone's music library
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Wednesday, 16 August 2017 14:28 (seven years ago) link
good mix here: http://www.largeup.com/2017/07/07/deejay-theory-dancehall-by-day-disco/
― rob, Wednesday, 16 August 2017 17:27 (seven years ago) link
this is a jam. (verrry loose cover)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIhONKNyhOM
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 21:01 (five years ago) link
Okay, here we go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQn_4cg-Abo
Taggy Matcher seems to specialise in this exact kind of style.
― I Am The Lionel Richies (dog latin), Friday, 29 January 2021 01:41 (three years ago) link
favorite recent discovery: this anti-disco-but-still-pretty-disco/rapso anthem from Brother Resistance (RIP):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rXVDNeP-hw
― rob, Monday, 26 July 2021 14:12 (three years ago) link
Nice!
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Monday, 26 July 2021 14:21 (three years ago) link
What a wonderfully funky groove, not unlike Kuti/Allen
― willem, Monday, 26 July 2021 14:26 (three years ago) link
i dug this out this weekend. so good - sad it took him leaving us for me to fully appreciate it.
― stirmonster, Monday, 26 July 2021 14:27 (three years ago) link
sadly I'd never even heard of him until he died, but yes the whole EP is really good!
― rob, Monday, 26 July 2021 14:28 (three years ago) link
yep, me neither and it's a shame as so much of the stuff i've heard is so great
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Monday, 26 July 2021 15:12 (three years ago) link
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 coolhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HYChjAFjgs
just one nighthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRTr_7pOq1o
peace for africahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb5gBme1S10
― andrew m., Wednesday, 4 August 2021 15:39 (three years ago) link
Kiki Gyan - Disco Dancerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfXAVEUo_eY
another great one by him
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 10 August 2021 15:25 (three years ago) link
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
― rob, Sunday, 5 December 2021 23:51 (two years ago) link
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.
― stirmonster, Monday, 6 December 2021 00:58 (two years ago) link
Central Kingston too; syndrum-tastic! i need to hear the rest of this now.
― stirmonster, Monday, 6 December 2021 01:01 (two years ago) link
wow those are great! Is it just me or is there a bit of a an ian dury vibe on 'too expensive'?
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 6 December 2021 06:52 (two years ago) link
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
― rob, Monday, 6 December 2021 16:29 (two years ago) link
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.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Monday, 6 December 2021 16:34 (two years ago) link
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
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 6 December 2021 18:55 (two years ago) link
nice cover image there, Moka!
― rob, Monday, 6 December 2021 19:44 (two years ago) link
"Civilization" was on that Virgin Front Line compilation everybody had - well, my sister had it anyway.
― When Smeato Met Moaty (Tom D.), Monday, 6 December 2021 19:48 (two years ago) link
And, as if by magic; Front Line comp comes out -
https://www.juno.co.uk/products/virgin-front-line-sounds-of-reality/848318-01/
― stirmonster, Friday, 10 December 2021 00:41 (two years ago) link
Okay. Serious jam here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGScGuAKmW0
― Night of Olay: The Resurrection (I M Losted), Thursday, 3 February 2022 11:47 (two years ago) link
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
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Thursday, 3 February 2022 13:12 (two years ago) link
Xp you're right this is a serious jam
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Thursday, 3 February 2022 13:14 (two years ago) link
most stuff by eddy grant!
― xzanfar, Thursday, 3 February 2022 13:26 (two years ago) link
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/disco-reggae-rockers?fbclid=IwAR32tK6UhQOi4XsFSEblqBPyiG3WNfN9TL758HJfSmEN_F2_WR8td0BmnPg
― giraffe, Friday, 30 September 2022 12:32 (one year ago) link
(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
― the late great, Sunday, 12 February 2023 19:41 (one year ago) link
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
― Confessions of an Oatmeal Eater (I M Losted), Wednesday, 26 April 2023 02:46 (one year ago) link
Yeah that's a classic. I think I put that on my original mix made from suggestions to this thread. I absolutely love it
― Do I look like I know what a jpeg is? (dog latin), Wednesday, 26 April 2023 10:51 (one year ago) link
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.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 29 August 2023 19:12 (one year ago) link
This is joyful and I think it deserves to be included in this thread: https://soundwayrecords.bandcamp.com/album/chi-town-reggae
― giraffe, Friday, 10 November 2023 14:50 (ten months ago) link
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
― rob, Friday, 10 November 2023 15:00 (ten months ago) link
xp hah, I opened this thread wondering if it was going to be that!
― ...eh you get the gist of it (dog latin), Friday, 10 November 2023 17:12 (ten months ago) link
Moka, how on earth did I miss that extensive spotify playlist you posted way upthread? amazing work!
― your mom goes to limgrave (dog latin), Friday, 26 April 2024 13:46 (four months ago) link
Annette Brissett - Drums
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCTXl_lKFFo
― bbq, Sunday, 28 April 2024 20:33 (four months ago) link
so good. i love Love Power.
― stirmonster, Sunday, 28 April 2024 21:27 (four months ago) link
pretty cheesy but this is good summertime fun imo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epMbespU4JImargino - you turn me on
― Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Monday, 29 April 2024 17:45 (four months ago) link
shame there's no dub version tbh because the synths are great but the singing is a bit much
― Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Monday, 29 April 2024 18:12 (four months ago) link
Forgive me if this has been posted before (I can't see it) but this compilation looks great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4UJf0NXelYhttps://rockashacka.bandcamp.com/album/reggae-funkyfied-2
― giraffe, Thursday, 2 May 2024 14:39 (four months ago) link
That Margino track sounds so much like Yvonne Chaka Chaka's "I'm In Love With a DJ". I assume it's the same producer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL4WaCvrFdo
― your mom goes to limgrave (dog latin), Thursday, 2 May 2024 14:47 (four months ago) link
Yep. Attie Van Wyk
― bbq, Thursday, 2 May 2024 19:41 (four months ago) link
agreed, Moka’s Spotify playlist is a complete banger.
Ernest Ranglin’s “Soft Touch” is complete fire.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 2 May 2024 21:26 (four months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0ACPrHCGCM
slight afrobeat flavour too
― giraffe, Tuesday, 4 June 2024 14:03 (three months ago) link
Great song!
Glad some of you have enjoyed the playlist! I need to do a clean-up and add more… in the meantime I have added some of the great suggestions so far!
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 4 June 2024 14:22 (three months ago) link
Love this playlist, moka. Thanks for taking the time and trouble.
― giraffe, Wednesday, 5 June 2024 13:43 (three months ago) link
favourite new disco-reggae nature-hippy jam:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVZqHYdgQ2wSheila & Des Majek - Let Us Plant a Tree Today
― Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Wednesday, 5 June 2024 13:52 (three months ago) link
That's very satisfying, NickB.
― giraffe, Wednesday, 5 June 2024 14:15 (three months ago) link