Reggae/Dub in Prog - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Tortoise comes close enough on the Post-Rock side, can't really think of any others off the top of my head

More people need to know about Here & Now. Had they formed today and released and album like Fantasy Shift I’m fairly certain they’d had both groupies and money for fresh fruit:
https://youtu.be/SBobXursW8Q

“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”

- Douglas Adams

I randomly picked it up because it had Charles Bullen from This Heat, and was super surprised.

Called Lifetones-For A Reason.
A reggae album with electronic, world, and kraut influences as well. Really surprised me. A relaxing, fun album.

Yes, there’s a lot of reggae in prog, and the amount of bands that use it is quite extensive. I cannot, for the life of me, listen to pure reggae, but as an influence in a song, I can appreaciate it’s value.

Edited by Manuel - July 03 2018 at 06:51

Guldbamsen wrote:

More people need to know about Here & Now. Had they formed today and released and album like Fantasy Shift I’m fairly certain they’d had both groupies and money for fresh fruit:

https://youtu.be/SBobXursW8Q

Absolutely! 100% agree! Saw them on the Fantasy Shift tour about 82 or 83 and loads of time since and when they dub out they really dub out n Keiff da Bass really pumps it out.. 'Theatre' is also a great (mini) lp.. they are still touring and I saw them twice last year.

Cosmiclawnmower wrote:

Guldbamsen wrote:

More people need to know about Here & Now. Had they formed today and released and album like Fantasy Shift I’m fairly certain they’d had both groupies and money for fresh fruit:

https://youtu.be/SBobXursW8Q

Absolutely! 100% agree! Saw them on the Fantasy Shift tour about 82 or 83 and loads of time since and when they dub out they really dub out n Keiff da Bass really pumps it out.. 'Theatre' is also a great (mini) lp.. they are still touring and I saw them twice last year.

You lucky *#%$£

Well I guess living in Denmark has it's virtues as well...but man some times I really do wish I resided in a different country.
I think Here & Now perfectly illustrates the secret handshake between punk and reggae that happened in between sets at the local club. The Roxy certainly played a lot of reggae. Methinks it most likely has something to do with weed and getting one's chill on in between hours of complete savageness. Yin and yan and all that good stuff.
The Police share the same heritage albeit with a slightly more straightforward expression.

Edited by Guldbamsen - July 05 2018 at 08:56

“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”

- Douglas Adams

I listened to Bo Hansson's Watership Down the other day and it has a couple of Reggae/Dub moments.

^ ^^ Bunny Wailer makes an uncredited appearance. That record is 24 carrot gold.

Edited by Mascodagama - July 05 2018 at 12:08

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Guldbamsen wrote:

Cosmiclawnmower wrote:

Guldbamsen wrote:

More people need to know about Here & Now. Had they formed today and released and album like Fantasy Shift I’m fairly certain they’d had both groupies and money for fresh fruit:

https://youtu.be/SBobXursW8Q

Absolutely! 100% agree! Saw them on the Fantasy Shift tour about 82 or 83 and loads of time since and when they dub out they really dub out n Keiff da Bass really pumps it out.. 'Theatre' is also a great (mini) lp.. they are still touring and I saw them twice last year.

You lucky *#%$£

Well I guess living in Denmark has it's virtues as well...but man some times I really do wish I resided in a different country.
I think Here & Now perfectly illustrates the secret handshake between punk and reggae that happened in between sets at the local club. The Roxy certainly played a lot of reggae. Methinks it most likely has something to do with weed and getting one's chill on in between hours of complete savageness. Yin and yan and all that good stuff.

The Police share the same heritage albeit with a slightly more straightforward expression.

There was a big reggae/psych rock cross over in Bristol in the very early 80's which came out of the squat scene mixing with the St Pauls Rasta culture- I was just a teenager and helping a mates band who went on to play Stonehenge various times; they practised in St Pauls and the dub/rasta culture just bled over into the psych space rock that was being made (on London, Birmingham as well as Bristol).. yes, Weed was a part of it but it was also the street culture of the time and the free festival scene.. Here & Now, Ozrics plus loads of other bands (Freebase and Hippy sl*g. who Richard Chadwick from Hawkwind used to drum for) who just did the free festivals and never recorded. Theres a little psych festival happens in the countryside a few miles from me and Here & Now played there last year and they played in Glastonbury (about 40 miles away) 2 weeks ago

See the little bit I put in the gigs and festivals section about Kozfest 2018.. Also there is the Glastonbury Psyche fest in Oct and the new Avalon ballroom weekends in Glastonbury and the Fruits de mare Weekend in Cardigan in Wales, all good small scale psych festivals. Ive always wanted to visit Christiana freetown!! Its somewhere ive heard lots about over the years but never got there.. my wife has family in Sweden and we've always talked about driving over via Denmark! Ah one day soon!

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