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!!" đ
― The 25 Best Songs Ever Ranked In Order (Deflatormouse), Monday, 30 August 2021 23:22 (two years ago) link
Did you really repaint Chris Blackwellâs flat because you didnât 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 canât 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 youâd 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
thank you!
― sleeve, Thursday, 9 September 2021 19:11 (two years ago) link
so, was his last album the On-U collab, Rainford and its associated dubbed up variation, Heavy Rain ? or did he sort out a few extras in the last months?
― mark e, Thursday, 9 September 2021 19:18 (two years ago) link
caught the last half of that NTS show live the other day - good vibes, and felt like stirry was just getting warmed up at two hours in
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Friday, 10 September 2021 05:06 (two years ago) link
The Wayne and Wax ; and the Erin Macleod Spotify playlists are worth checking out
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 11 September 2021 15:15 (two years ago) link
You mean this? https://www.npr.org/2021/09/10/1035510633/the-magic-of-lee-scratch-perryCouldn't find the second one.
― What Does Blecch Mean to Me? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 11 September 2021 15:20 (two years ago) link
Oh, this, I guess. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5ZmHhHqG6VKGfWGC8GwvV9?si=d682ee4c55d845e2
― What Does Blecch Mean to Me? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 11 September 2021 15:21 (two years ago) link
Yep
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 12 September 2021 04:13 (two years ago) link
been going back through his catalogue in piecemeal since the summer and stumbled on this. it's not a lost classic or anything, but more from that era is always welcome and it's very cool to hear him work with a female vocalist.
― please don't refer to me as (Austin), Monday, 29 November 2021 16:45 (two years ago) link
So what's good from the post Black Ark era?
― paolo, Friday, 16 September 2022 08:46 (one year ago) link
Been going through a bit of a LSP phase recently and at least for now I would say he is the greatest musician to come out of Jamaica (sorry King Tubby)
― paolo, Friday, 16 September 2022 08:48 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zyynfnY3Cw
A recent personal favourite
― paolo, Friday, 16 September 2022 08:55 (one year ago) link
My favourite LP post-Black Ark is probably Time Boom x De Devil Dead, which he made with Adrian Sherwood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9USR-7opK3E
I really like this Mad Professor dub of I Am A Madman (the original being one of two or three good ones from Battle of Armageddon / Millionaire Liquidator):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqNBHNMddfM
― Tim, Friday, 16 September 2022 09:15 (one year ago) link
The next Sherwood-produced LP after Time Boom, "From The Secret Laboratory" is an interesting listen if you've been on a Black Ark era jag, it has radically updated takes on a handful of 70s classics; some people love it but I've always found it diverting rather than brilliant.
― Tim, Friday, 16 September 2022 09:31 (one year ago) link
Tim, the 'Secret Laboratory' title track is up there with my favourite things by LSP.
― giraffe, Friday, 16 September 2022 12:58 (one year ago) link
And for good reason I'm sure, I'll give it another go sometime.
― Tim, Friday, 16 September 2022 13:26 (one year ago) link
Iâve fallen into a Scratch hole myself. My favorite discovery so far is âCheerioâ from Battle Axe by the Upsetters. Itâs this basic, instrumental thing with a rhythm lifted from something that I canât quite place. But the way it all clicks together is so perfect! Itâs very repetitive and my wife is probably going to ban it soon.
Iâm a little stumped for classifying Perryâs stuff in Itunes. My impulse is to label all Upsetters stuff as Perry, so his stuff is all together. Does that make sense? Were they always his project with a fluid membership?
― Cow_Art, Friday, 16 September 2022 13:39 (one year ago) link
I quite liked Rainford too, which I think is/was his last album
― giraffe, Friday, 16 September 2022 14:00 (one year ago) link
âCheerioâ is the âCherry Oh Babyâ rhythm, which might be what youâre thinking of, Cow_Art? Sorry if thatâs too obvious.
― Tim, Friday, 16 September 2022 14:07 (one year ago) link
"From The Secret Laboratory" has really grown on me over the years. "Time Boom X De Devil Dead" is all time.
― stirmonster, Friday, 16 September 2022 14:45 (one year ago) link
If you're not too fussy about tags, would it make more sense to hijack a different one that you don't really use (I dunno, Composer)? If I'm pulling together all my scratch stuff for a big shuffle I also want all the things he produced where he's def not the Artist.
Speaking of which, lately I've been getting very into George Faith's Super Eight (aka To Be a Lover) - fabulous deep echoing LSP sound around songs that are more⌠well this is OTM from Granny Dainger upthread -
And George Faith for the "Jamaican quiet storm" lazy Sunday afternoon vibe.
― woof, Friday, 16 September 2022 15:03 (one year ago) link
Thanks for the recommendations!
Were they always his project with a fluid membership?
I believe so
― paolo, Friday, 16 September 2022 16:16 (one year ago) link
I remember reading a while back that Billy Idol was obsessed w/that George Faith record at the height of his druggy strung-out 80s days
― politics is about vibes and the vibes are off (stevie), Friday, 16 September 2022 16:29 (one year ago) link
time boom is by far the best of the on-u collaborations.however, secret laboratory, has some brilliant tracks on it.'african headcharge in the hackney empire' being an absolute classic.that said, there were a couple of low key LSP vs ON-U releases that happened before things kicked off again due to warpthis album has dreadful cover art, but features roots manuva on the brilliant 'international broadcaster.
https://www.discogs.com/release/1750076-Lee-Scratch-Perry-The-Mighty-Upsetter
― mark e, Saturday, 17 September 2022 22:02 (one year ago) link
and its dub version still hits the spot :
https://www.discogs.com/release/2309885-Lee-Scratch-Perry-And-Adrian-Sherwood-Dub-Setter
― mark e, Saturday, 17 September 2022 22:06 (one year ago) link