extraordinary reggae

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbztSVL8sxA

Heart of the Congos spooky as heck.

definitely. altho I figure everyone knows that album

dog latin there was some significant discussion of roots reggae w/ major dark apocalyptic vibes in this thread Dub / Reggae: An Idiot's Guide (which has tended to be the main reggae dub thread fwiw) including some various mixtapes created by outic that have exactly what you are looking for

main reggae dub thread fwiw

well older reggae/dub, more accurately, it is not the rolling thread to discuss current stuff obv

thx for the kind words marcos - i was trying to find a working link to one of those mixtapes but it looks like I deleted them :(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIjOU3rC7uY

wayne jarrett satta dread followed by dub version, both spooky but especially dub version

xp ha i listen to those mixtapes all the time!

ohhh and this prince far i joint from one of the tapes is so dark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w27ofotfIxI

i have been listening to a lot of big youth lately, prob my favorite 70s deejay and in general one of my favorite vocal presences in reggae music, i just love that hypnotic, manic chanting style he does that just builds and builds in tension into this like trance-inducing prayer

give praises the best example of this obv

huh I didn't know that Wayne Jarrett thx for the heads up on that one

that trinity album is so dope

B&F delivers yet again

whoah @ the acid rock fuzz guitar on this one!

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

thanks all!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-3KPnJFStI

I fell off the reggae reissue bandwagon years ago, but I picked up an album from Pressure Sounds the other day and immediately thought of this thread (which in my mind is basically for ~weird~ reggae): I-Mo-Jah's Rockers from the Land of Reggae: https://pressuresounds.bandcamp.com/album/rockers-from-the-land-of-reggae.

It has a scrappy, shambolic sound that reminds me of late Keith Hudson, Wackies, and Black Ark era Lee Perry (it's from 1982). I'm also reminded that PS started as a subsidiary of On-U Sound.

Cool!

rereading that post, I worry I'm overselling it with those three comparisons, but it's def worth checking out and if nothing else it makes me wish there were more backing choruses in reggae (and more women's voices in general)

I highly recommend reading the chapter on Pressure Sounds in Ian Preece's book "Listening to the Wind: Encounters with 21st Century Independent Record Labels". Pete Holdsworth who has been running the label since it's beginning is quite a character. Seems like he fell out with Adrian Sherwood a couple of times over the years:

"After a period of time, Adrian and me, we were getting on each other's nerves. He started collecting antique teapots. Bless him, in a way, he is what he is, he grew up in the home counties..."

I will check out Rockers from the Land of Reggae. Santic & Friends is my favourite PS release. I believe there is a second volume which is as good.

that book looks cool, thanks! iirc Blood & Fire had all kinds of weird drama going on too

And yeah "Down Santic Way" is pretty dope. Honestly, PS never got the love B&F did, but their discography is extremely consistent (though I only know it up until PS65 or so). I also picked up Rubadub Revolution—Bunny Lee productions in the "rub a dub" era—but haven't given it a close listen yet.

Here's a playlist of personal dub/DJ/reggae faves. I find a lot of dub gets boring or falls into formula, but these are the ones I find to be remarkable. Any suggestions for additions welcome

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4cfUquzRvYiuEpdIeXUmSC?si=CJoBAxcWRZinEaaJrVJVnA

got some good ones I know and some I don't (though good chance I've heard before...who can remember dub track titles??).

Some suggestions:
Think you need some more Scientist! If we're going for more atypical dub, I'd suggest "Clean Hands and Pure Heart"
"Melody Maker - Version 2: Harmonica and Bongo Dub" - Chuckles & Keith Hudson
And a track from "No Protection" wouldn't hurt would it?
Okinawan dub: "Tinsagu Nu Hana Dub" - Ryuku Underground
"Dub Plate Pressure" - Lee Perry
"Bad Things Dub" - Keith Hudson
"Planet Dub" - Harry Mudie/King Tubby
"Jam Love Dub" - Prince Douglas
"Private Armies Dub" - Vivien Goldman
"In tha Mix" - Dennis Bovell

Going to look up the ones in your list I'm not familiar with

ha both Joe Gibbs and King Tubby have albums titled "Majestic Dub". What is it you were saying about dub falling into a formula?

Nice one. thanks GD. I'll check these out

Any more vintage dub tunes that answer logical paradoxes in set theory?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2n9vxnfQ9w

I can offer you a disquisition on the effects on Jamaica’s balance of trade from a particular industry, on the same rhythm. Less extraordinary though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbFiME45734

Cameroonian reggae anyone?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOvL0P2Says

Pasteur Lappe - Babette D'o (Rastawoman)

https://assets.themodernhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/67WorningtonRd_JSouteyrat-2400px-14431-1600x1067.jpg

just saw this on the modern house

Cool place! But omg that price is insane.

The illuminated "prescriptions" sign in the next room is some try-hard "I love drugs me" bullshit but I cannot lie I love most of the decor

framed copies of bob marley legend, harder they come and two sevens clash? i’m not sure you could get more basic if you tried, even allowing for that ugly ass decor.

save that framing records shit for your pizza parlor or something, what a waste

I mean I agree there too, records should be on your turntable or in your rack, not on your wall

Also p sure one of those Marley records is some 21st century compilation, but when I catch myself even starting to sneer at such behaviour I quicly realise it's me who's being the asshole

But also reggae sleeves can be absolutely majestic, these are not they. I could understand wanting to frame, say, Dread In A Babylon.

fwiw there's a jamaican flag on the wall in another room. maybe they don't even own a record player. who cares.

honestly sneering on the internet at ppl who choose
to advertise their terrible taste (whether in interior design or reggae albums) is pretty low in the hierarchy of my asshole-ish behaviors and one i’m happy to continue indulging in

besides imo if you spend 2.5M to gussy up a shoebox w modernist glass, metal siding and wood paneling and then stick a bunch of thrift store reggae records - framed, at that! - in frames on the wall, you’re the asshole. although, in their defense, i did spy a soul jazz comp, plus i guess the thrift store reggae finds match the thrift store furniture

or maybe i’m the asshole for not editing my posts better, who knows?

records in frames just looks weird and stupid to me, maybe if they were signed or something? who cares indeed

idgaf about taste i sneer at people for being rich bourgeois scumbags.

anyway bummer revive

Where are you finding reggae in a thrift shop? All I can find is Al Hirt all over the damn place.

That Lacksley Castell album is great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YJB1g57bTk

Lee 'Scratch' Perry - not super extraordinary by Scratch's standards but could be the only reggae tune that has a sneeze in it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIq23AiLlJs

From the same album, this one is extraordinary because it could be the only reggae tune that has the word 'clammy' in the lyrics. Unless I'm mishearing the chorus. Which is possible

YouTube recommended me some 'non-metal albums for metalheads' vid for some reason and Return of the Super Ape was in the thumbnail

roy smith - “bondage”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGJdgVnx0dE

That is some extraordinary reggae.