Not quite. It was actually brought to the lisland by the original east Indians that were brought there before the Africans. As was the ganjah and most of the rasta beliefs about word sound and power (which is the cornerstone of the nyhabingi order as well as their creed). The Indians that were brought over were all of the ancient Kashmir shaivite sect of Hinduism. A large part of their ritual is centered around the smoking of the ganjah and achieving a state of openness and power through the recitation of certain words/sounds of power while beating a very specific three part drum tune (father drum, kete drum, funde drum). The rasta's adopted this more mystical approach and blended it with the more progressive political views of the time (enter garvey)and a few kinda skewed ideas about emmanuel and emperor selassie and voila! Ratsa as a religion and political movement. I was raised rasta and spent a lot of time in the Binghi camps up in st anns. And even down there, few "rastas" willingly accept their east Indian roots. But check out the old school shaivites. You'll see what I mean.
And I can't believe no ones mentioned "Dread at the Controls" mikey dread was one of the dub producers that stayed around, stayed progressive and didn't shy away from the "digital". Imo, he was the only one besides tubby to achieve a proper balance of the really crazy digital sounds and effects and the original heaviness and sloppy thudding energy of the old ghetto sound. Check wall street dub, proper education, and jumping master for a good sample. I'm pretty sure he's got a website and when I went to ask about vinyl awhile ago, his wife answered the email address (only cause he was on tour!) and I ended up getting almost everything he's done on wax! Nice peeps. Others that haven't been mentioned are prince fari (in the dub poets section), nyhabinghi elders, and if you can find any of the maytals stuff in dub (think Trojan did a thing awhile ago) it's golden. Sorry for the long post. Back to the darks. K mwnb -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 5:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: (313) Weatherall - Reggae/Dub/Hip Hop > if you REALLY want to get to the heart of reggae then definitely check out > Ras Michael and the whole Nyahbinghi movement > it's totally stripped down the core of the music - the rhythm - very > spiritual music and apparently started with the free and escaped slaves in > Jamaica sorry, scratch that - it originated in the 40s but it took it's influences directly from the music of Africans enslaved in the islands MEK
