examples of DISCO-REGGAE

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.

― bamcquern, Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:39 (Yesterday) Bookmark

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.

speaking of new wave, i used to love this kinda stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=811ZqRUWS2o&feature=related

this is for my pal chuck:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl1Tu0Dg2fM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3zOeMJ90zs&feature=related

i'm trying to think of an example from the Ze Records bands, but struggling. Surely Was Not Was, or James White did a reggae disco track?

this is the closest thing i can think of:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au8XQriJRV4

It fits I think - there's a vague offbeat chop to it.

Sorry if someone mentioned it (I didn't see it), but the ultimate one for me here is probably Bob Marley's "Could You Be Loved." Sick of most of the Marley standards, but this one holds up very well for me. Rhythm track is fantastic. (And though I don't have my BPMs book handy, I'm guessing it's somewhere in the 114-116 range? Maybe even faster... which certainly adds to its disconess.)

If you want something very cheesey and obvious:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m0lquPk6hg

serious disco-euro-reggae vibes from the brand new Aeroplane track posted on official i love music thread for AEROPLANE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcxELgEH06U

ze records...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGEQhf9GwSE&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGM7XXTxn00

Oh, and what with the Alex Sadkin production, fat reggae-esque-bass and the reggae-influenced percussion, I guess this band sort of belongs here too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYwEv38AIPE

Which also brings me to wonder whether stuff like International Observer and The Orb fits in here too?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWuoGZAz94c

^ OH DUH!

and this one is super intriguing, though i'm not sure about the reggae content...

https://www.discogs.com/release/11818782-Bill-Campbell-We-Are-Funky

and he produced a whole bunch of stuff forf other people which i really don't have a grip on at all but here's one...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGC-8-vdEYs
Belinda Parker - Don't Make Wave

OH SHIT! how the fuck could i forget this absolute delight...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymvqwNGWO2I
Bill Campbell - Chicks Are Cheeky

okay i realise i'm just having a conversation with myself now (sorry!!), but this is the 'We Are Funky' track that i linked to, which came out on a b-side under the name Campbell Allstars...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sz5xomh1Tw

not very reggae i'm afraid, but a pretty cool electro boogie experiment nonetheless. bit of a pricey one now though since the A-side appeared on one of those great AOTN lovers comps:
https://www.discogs.com/release/2200525-Valerie-Harrison-Campbell-Allstars-Fools-Paradise-Lets-Get-Funky

should add that he was also the guy behind Family Choice btw, who are on that Hustle! comp upthread (they did 'Reggae Beat Goes On')

okay one last Bill Campbell joint and then i'll STFU. but it's a big one!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7HTwg9Bkf8
Deirdre Murray – You Can't Turn Me Away

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgU4PPHbGlY

Does Carly Simon's Why count? Yeah - it's a Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards production, but there's a bit of reggae influence there.

Actually I know "Why" - it doesn't have a pure uptempo disco beat I guess.

I know what you mean about "Why?" it's got that low-end lope and the way it's quite repetitive you could definitely hear a dub version working. Has there ever been a dub of this?

This Dennis Bovell tune is great!!

not a dub but there's a pretty good reggae version by Stella from a few years ago. rest of the EP is nice too if you're at all into zouk...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiowjlmxOz0

ISTR a Steely and Cleavie version in about 1992 which sounded very much of its time (I am a big fan of that late 80s early 90s sound).

Yeah there it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l_q1pHXJs4

enjoying these!

the French label, Patchworks, is one to look out for - lots that might come under this banner

here's a fave:

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

Just ordered that Dennis Bovell album on the strength of the track giraffe posted.

"kung fu fighting"

I couldn’t see Tapper Zukie - Vision of Love shared. So here it is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqLIU2jmGgA

bought this one yesterday, killer production...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRTVD0IbsIE
Marcia Griffiths - Electric Boogie (Dub Mix)

I don't know if this quite fits the brief but I'm sure it will appeal to the good people of this thread. Bim Sherman - Tribulation Dub (track 8)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeQ8UZNOECA

Revive reminds me I forgot to revive this thread after hearing this recently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx08rpImnRw

Has this been mentioned yet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiqWWMLxfqs.

no but that's fantastic!