Early digi reggae

[Bang Diddley]

Following on from the digital devotion 1 above, here comes 2. More on a rootical tip this time. Liking this a lot.

http://higherlevelsound.wordpress.com/2010/05/17/download-rough-lynx-digital-devotion-vol-2/

 

[sufi]

i dunno, still goes in waves,

seem to have caught one recently;
pre-glasto session with aba at scala last weekend, very nice, good sound, good crowd, good smoking arrangements, he has redeemed himself in my eyes after the wilderness years at se1,
then 'babylon' on the telly friday night
roots and culture

 

[Bang Diddley]

Just picked up an Augustus Pablo comp called Message Music on Pressure Sounds. It's a collection of his digital dubs. Really worth getting your hands on if you like this sort of stuff. Good sleeve notes as ever on Pressure Sounds releases.

 

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I've little sense of a time frame with this stuff. I know it's basically the 80s onward as that's when the digital gear came in, but my exposure to the tunes is entirely through YouTube, Discogs and Hard Wax and Honest Jons selling represses by labels like Basic Replay, Dug Out and Digikiller. Other than Sleng Teng, I dunno what's a classic, what influenced what. It's just this almost random patchwork of songs I like.

I remember getting this first Courtney Melody one from HJ years and years ago now.

 

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[william_kent]

I've little sense of a time frame with this stuff

UK invented it in 1984



Paul Blake and Bloodfire Posse - Rub A dub Soldier

sounds like "sleng teng" bassline a year before "Jammy invented it"

also UK invented reggae / hip hop crossover years before BDP



Paul Blake and Bloodfire Posse - Rub A dub Soldier ( scratch version )

1985:



Dixie Peach - Slaughter / Jah Tubbys - Slaughter Mix

this tune got ripped off and called "Tempo" by the Jamaicans

this is all pre sleng teng

 

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UK invented it in 1984



Paul Blake and Bloodfire Posse - Rub A dub Soldier

sounds like "sleng teng" bassline a year before "Jammy invented it"

also UK invented reggae / hip hop crossover years before BDP



Paul Blake and Bloodfire Posse - Rub A dub Soldier ( scratch version )

1985:



Dixie Peach - Slaughter / Jah Tubbys - Slaughter Mix

this tune got ripped off and called "Tempo" by the Jamaicans

this is all pre sleng teng

'Sleng Teng' was invented in Japan.

Okuda Hiroko: The Casio Employee Behind the “Sleng Teng” Riddim that Revolutionized Reggae

The “Sleng Teng” riddim revolutionized reggae music in the mid-1980s, and has spawned hundreds of versions in the decades since then. Less well known is the story of how the distinctive bassline originated in a preset sample included on a Casio electronic keyboard and the work of a young...

www.nippon.com

 

[william_kent]

'Sleng Teng' was invented in Japan.

Okuda Hiroko: The Casio Employee Behind the “Sleng Teng” Riddim that Revolutionized Reggae

The “Sleng Teng” riddim revolutionized reggae music in the mid-1980s, and has spawned hundreds of versions in the decades since then. Less well known is the story of how the distinctive bassline originated in a preset sample included on a Casio electronic keyboard and the work of a young...

www.nippon.com

not really - that's revisionist! early dancehall used a lot of rock and roll basslines, the Casio just used one as a preset that had already been appropriated by the UK tune I posted above

 

[william_kent]

I have the power of RUM to back me up in my wild claims!

 

[william_kent]

some kids might be playing this version of the slaughter ( oops, sorry "tempo" ) rhythm this month due to the DKR reissue



Hopeton Lindo - Tribute Dub

 

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some kids might be playing this version of the slaughter ( oops, sorry "tempo" ) rhythm this month due to the DKR reissue



Hopeton Lindo - Tribute Dub

Love the King Kong and Nitty Gritty tunes on that one.

 

[william_kent]

I might have played this tune from from 1991 at a 'free party sound system' a decade ago before the dubstep guys came on



Hopeton Lindo - slaughter

this Gussie Clarke Music works productions from the early 90s really don't get the love they deserve

I used to play some of them on the 'free party sound system' in the back room in rusholme ( Antwerp mansions )

my favourite was:



Gregory Isaacs - Rumours

but sometimes I'd swap it out for this to satisfy the dubstep children



ghost writerz - rumours

 

[william_kent]

Love the King Kong and Nitty Gritty tunes on that one.

yeah, I used to play those ones "out" in the back room on the 'free party sound system' when we played at Antwerp mansions - 'i'd have a bottle of rum in my dj bag and I'd chop out lines of crystal MDMA and play roots and Digital reggae before the urban tunes came on

 

[william_kent]

this one used to go down well



Dennis brown - the Exit / version

 

[william_kent]

this one definitely rocked on the free party sound



Screwdriver - Computer Rule

so drunk I'm exposing my secret weapons..

 

[The King of Pussy Gettin]

this one definitely rocked on the free party sound



Screwdriver - Computer Rule

so drunk I'm exposing my secret weapons..

me every time i see a Computer :

 

[The King of Pussy Gettin]

me every time i see a Synthesizer:

 

[The King of Pussy Gettin]

me every time i see Boy George :

 

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me every time i see a Synthesizer:

Mad later one of his.