speaking of reggae and dub - I just saw the film "Whale Rider" and while
it takes place in New Zealand, there are a couple of really amazing dub
reggae tracks in there - one is super deep and begins to touch on the R&S
sound a bit. The rest of the soundtrack is a nice mix between ambient
soundtrack stuff and traditional songs.
cool movie too
MEK
"Andrew"
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06/28/03 07:44 AM
> Queen in my Empire is an excellent track. I havn't heard the King of my
> Empire, but I love the Queen one. The best part about those 10" on
Burial
> is the B side has the instrumental version. So if you don't like the
vocal,
> BAM, its cut right out!
For those that don't know, this is generally the way it's done in Reggae -
a
vocal A side backed with a B side instrumental 'version', maybe with a
little bit more dubbing out. R&S are just following in the long Jamaican
tradition, even down to the 10" format and the nice new yellow/orange
sleeves.
There's certainly an interesting story waiting to be told about how this
whole Jamaican hook-up came about, and how it seems to be deepening as R&S
continue, with more singers added to the roll-call. I know that Jamaican
musicians aren't afraid of foreigners adapting and building on their music,
I suppose as long as it's done well, and with respect. R&S seem to have
carved a cool niche between the roots and digital camps in dub, perhaps
having their own brand of 'digital roots'. I wonder if any others are doing
this style, unfortunately my dub is a bit rusty.
I am hearing their sound in new music, there is that certain BC/R&S gritty
synth-like sound which gets ripped up in each of their songs, and people
are
using that very same sound, perhaps with a little delay. I think this
mimicry sounds cheap, but not many people even know what you're talking
about, same old story for techno lovers!! Like you can imagine the next
generation of synth manufacturers building in such sounds into their
equipment - look, instant Basic Channel!! ;-)
If anyone can flesh out the story a bit, it would be cool.
Thanks,
Andrew
