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offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2002-07-24 21:39 [#00323107]
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I recently got into this guy, he does some awesome reggae
with crazy echo effects on the vocals, its really trippy and
awesome to listen to.

Did I mention I love reggae? well, anyone heard him? check
him out if ur interested.


 

offline smokehammer from Saigon (Vietnam) on 2002-07-24 22:05 [#00323145]
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the guy is mashed but happy

beats the shit out of gangsta rap and all that poncy
strutting / largeing / posturing

anyone who sings "In Buckingham palace; they gonna smoke the
chalice" gets my vote ;D

check out 'the upsetters' , his old band , their stuff good
too


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2002-07-24 22:06 [#00323147]
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yeah, I also like the upsetters, but I prefer his newer
stuff.

"anyone who sings "In Buckingham palace; they gonna smoke
the chalice" gets my vote ;D" Damn right! :)


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2002-08-22 02:14 [#00359361]
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*bizz-ump*

I'm listening to scratch's "jamaican e.t."... its a great
fuckin album. :)


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2002-08-22 03:05 [#00359378]
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anybody?


 

offline Sido Dyas from a computer on 2002-08-22 16:57 [#00360264]
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Yes he is a living legend.

I have always thought of Aphex as the Lee Perry of
electronica.


 

offline pomme de terre from obscure body in the SK System on 2002-08-22 17:06 [#00360269]
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he's the great grandfather of cut and past music
production/intense studio trickery. we all owe a lot to
him..

can't really get into his new suff much.

i have a fuckin stack of lee perry vinyl though.

i started collecting those trojan box sets. diggin the hell
outta that. i've got the dub, ska and roots boxes... is
there a rocksteady and dancehall? i'd like to get those.

anybody else getting these?


 

offline Sido Dyas from a computer on 2002-08-22 17:11 [#00360273]
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I have the "Dub" "Ska" "Producer Series" "D.J". and
"Dancehall" box sets : )


 

offline pomme de terre from obscure body in the SK System on 2002-08-22 17:22 [#00360275]
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that producer series set looks like it would be pretty good.
i wouldn't mind checking out the rare groove box set
either...


 

offline astrid-gil-botn from Londinium (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-22 17:34 [#00360282]
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not really - the whole musique concrete scene which was way
before his time dealt with tape editing cutting and pasting
and echo - he just did things with a popular form which made
them avant guarde at times


 

offline pomme de terre from obscure body in the SK System on 2002-08-22 17:37 [#00360283]
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touche.

lee perry: great grandfather

pierre henry: great great grandfather


 

offline DJ Xammax from not America on 2002-08-22 18:18 [#00360336]
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He is crazy! He wears Jesus on his head or something...


 

offline astrid-gil-botn from Londinium (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-22 18:36 [#00360364]
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they have nothing to do with each other - perry never cut
and pasted he just mixed thru and echo unit - teo macero
who produced miles davis stuff did cut and paste however -
as did the radiophonic workshop who made doctor who theme
from tape - if you want an example of avant guarde
procedures used outside the academic musical world these are
better comparisons


 

offline jand from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-22 19:01 [#00360401]
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astrid...that's one weird dismissal of Lee Perry you got
going on there...

I bet he'd never heard of the term Avant Garde which makes
his studio work all the more impressive...and I think you'll
find he did just a wee bit more than mix some tracks thru an
echo machine....

Year Zero spotting is pointless...culture's far more
rhizomatic than that & whatever historical narrative anyone
subscribes to is at best subjective; at worst, fascistic...


 

offline pomme de terre from obscure body in the SK System on 2002-08-22 19:14 [#00360411]
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word.


 

offline astrid-gil-botn from Londinium (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-22 19:47 [#00360434]
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i don't think he would have heard of pierre henry at tjhe
time of making dub tracks no - he didn't cut and paste like
the academics - saying he cut and paste was wrong - he mixed
and dubbed tracks through an echo unit - which undoubteldly
he was a master of - but he has nothing to do with the
european avan tguarde muscial tradition that someone like
pierre henry belongs to so it's a lousy comparison .


 

offline astrid-gil-botn from Londinium (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-22 19:50 [#00360435]
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the creativity of the man is impressive - he was primarily
making stuff for soundsystems - dubs on 7 inches (the
overiding format in reggae music) - i met him once when i
was little at reggae sunsplash which my mates dad used to
put on - he was very nice


 

offline Sido Dyas from a computer on 2002-08-22 20:03 [#00360447]
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Did you understand what he said at all?
I find it hard to understand what the man says in interviews
and stuff with his thick jamaican accent and blurry voice.

Im allso having trouble understanding what Ol DIrty Bastard
says sometimes.


 

offline jand from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-22 20:14 [#00360457]
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You get used to it....like any other accent really...

was a little bemused to see subtitles used on the BBC reggae
programs recently...that was just plain wrong; I just felt
embaressed....



 

offline jand from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-22 20:21 [#00360463]
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astrid, pomme was just saying that the current crew do owe a
lot to Perrys exploration of the studio...as they do to the
more Academic european world...I agree with him ; the
connection seems pretty apparent to me..

even Gibson in Neuromancer acknowledges Dub as a primal
musical form...some of the best writing on Dub is in that
book BTW...


 

offline Sido Dyas from a computer on 2002-08-22 20:25 [#00360467]
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What do you mean "best writing on dub"
The characters in the book listens to dub or something?

(i never read Neuromancer)


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2002-08-22 20:39 [#00360475]
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wow, didnt expect this many of you to have heard mr. perry,
hence my for-the-uninitiated description. :)

unfortunately, I had to give the jamaican e.t. cd back to my
friend, but I will soon go out and buy it.


 

offline jand from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-22 20:56 [#00360494]
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There's a number of rasta characters in there and passages
about Dub....I can't get enough of
Gibson; serious lit presented as sci-fi...



 

offline Lividiom from Olympia (United States) on 2002-08-22 21:43 [#00360521]
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testing testing 1 2 3
Lee Scratch Perry
makes me want to dub-it all day


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2002-08-22 21:46 [#00360525]
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"lee scratch perry for-eva! ha-ha-ha, for-eva"

i love that. :)


 

offline astrid-gil-botn from Londinium (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-22 22:39 [#00360586]
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yeah - you get quite accostomed to jamaican patois in the uk
- sly and robbie were there two - he didn't talk in riddles
as much as he does now


 

offline astrid-gil-botn from Londinium (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-22 22:42 [#00360591]
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some might some might not have heard of him - i don't think
that was really what pomme was saying tho -
best writng on dub iwasd this in the wire you can read it
here http://www.thewire.co.uk/articles/index.htm go tio the
piece on black secret tricknology by ian pennman it's pretty
amazing


 

offline Peter File from the future!!! Ooooh chase me! on 2002-08-22 23:44 [#00360657]
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Not that familiar with the music, but is it true that he
burned down Black Ark studios because someone had stolen his
lucky mascot off the top of the mixing desk? Or is that
just yet another apocryphal music industry legend?


 

offline diablo on 2002-08-22 23:52 [#00360660]
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The Upsetter Collection is a good compiliation of his ska
type stuff,

Collie Weed & Corn Bread album also very nice.

Return of the Super Ape is a v good reggae / slightly
tripped out album

He did burn down his studio, but I think it was because of a
bad friendship / business / money thing, I think he wanted
to start all over again so he burned down his studio. (!?)
He was reported to have walked round Kingston backwards for
several days before hand. What a dude. I think he uses his
"madness" as a shield to avoid stuff he doesn't like. But
what do I know.


 

offline Verkrampte from Renton (United States) on 2002-08-23 01:04 [#00360746]
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never heard of him


 

offline jand from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-23 07:06 [#00361037]
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I think he bruned down the Ark cause he felt it was gonna
fall into the wrong hands...and he didn't want his shit
nicked...

Despite being a little bid mad, dig thru his comments and
there's grains of turths to each & every one....

Astrid... yeah, I know of that article, I've got the print
version if it here...theres a v. nice unpublushed Q&A with
Lee Perry on that site as well that hasn't been the print
WIRE...


 

offline jonesy from Lisboa (Portugal) on 2002-08-23 07:57 [#00361065]
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My mate said last night that it was for three days and he
banged a hammer on the ground as he walked.

I missed him in Bristol last night damnit!


 

offline jonesy from Lisboa (Portugal) on 2002-08-23 07:59 [#00361068]
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Me too; it was well patronising. The good ole BBC eh?


 

offline heptanary from the place where nobody whants (Spain) on 2002-08-23 08:15 [#00361076]
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Lee for President


 

offline jand from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-08-23 09:15 [#00361158]
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yeah, that was really suprising to me...the BBC is not as
nanny-ish as it once was but they def got this wrong...

They interviewed Perry on top of a London Bus...He lives in
Switzeland now; I believe he's married to some minor member
of the swiss royal family (can anyone confirm that?...)...



 

offline diablo on 2002-08-23 10:54 [#00361307]
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He does a good turn on the Beasties "Hello Nasty" album as
well. And he calls them "The Beastly Brothers"
Cooool!


 

offline jonesy from Lisboa (Portugal) on 2002-08-23 11:12 [#00361329]
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I like his crown.


 


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