Tagged: Lee “Scratch” Perry
Gang Gang Dance, “Mindkilla (Lee Scratch Perry Remix)” MP3
Legendary vibes manager Lee Scratch Perry re-imagined Gang Gang Dance’s psych-cardio track “MindKilla” as an 8-minute mutant dub about rats eating cops. His engineers in Negril, Jamaica loved, “the great voice of Lizzi.” This is, … read more »
Heal Yourself and Move: Moog Reggae and Cosmic Dancehall
This week’s Heal Yourself And Move—a biweekly column about dance and electronic music, written by Maryland’s finest, Andrew Field Pickering—presents to you, in honor of the upcoming Season of Slow Cuts, tracks at the impasse … read more »
Premiere: Lee “Scratch” Perry, “Santa Claus”
This is where Lee Perry goes PoMo/topical with his ode to Santa and Mickey Mouse over a skipping, clapped-out riddim, stoner-bong guitar riff and lava synths that seem like some new form of soca-trance. Lyrically … read more »
Lee Perry’s “Blackboard Jungle”: From Dub to Dubstep
Obviously the root sound of dubstep is um, dub, but this video documents legend Lee “Scratch” Perry’s transition into making actual dubstep and does a good job of showing how the genres/cultures inform each other … read more »
