Reggae/Dub in Prog
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Topic: Reggae/Dub in Prog
Posted By: GrafHaarschnitt
Subject: Reggae/Dub in Prog
Date Posted: July 02 2018 at 11:16
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Wonder if you know any other ones: June of 44 Ozric Tentacles African Head Charge (yeah I know not on the Archives, but who knows them anyway, maybe evaluation needed xD) Rush (Vital Signs, Spirit Of The Radio,The Enemy Within, Grace Under Pressure Era (well I dont know them well enough)) maudlin of the well... its very hidden and more or less jazzy drumming but its actually reggae... just listen post rock start of heaven and weak. the reggae is actually omnipresent on this album and important for its unique sound too |
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Posted By: twseel
Date Posted: July 02 2018 at 14:41
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Tortoise comes close enough on the Post-Rock side, can't really think of any others off the top of my head ------------- 
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Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: July 02 2018 at 15:02
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IQ experimented with 'white reggae' back in 82 (bit like Rush & the Police) with their single 'Barbell is in'- if you can find the 12'' version of this its a bit more dubby. Try Tower of Dub by the Orb.. ok, maybe not Prog but in the same league as the Ozrics ------------- |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: July 03 2018 at 00:51
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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 |
Posted By: Imperial Zeppelin
Date Posted: July 03 2018 at 01:07
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Does this count? ------------- "Hey there, Dog Man, now I drink from your bowl." |
Posted By: Raccoon
Date Posted: July 03 2018 at 03:12
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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. |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: July 03 2018 at 03:50
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-------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: July 03 2018 at 06:51
| 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. |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: July 03 2018 at 07:38
Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: July 03 2018 at 15:08
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. ------------- |
Guldbamsen wrote:Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: July 05 2018 at 08:05
| Me and Sarah Jane by Genesis has a bit of a reggae vibe in it---I like a good groove so I enjoy some raggaeton also called Dance Hall---used to go to a club with my friends from Trinidad called the Raggae Lounge was fun. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: July 05 2018 at 08:54
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. ------------- “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 |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: July 05 2018 at 08:58
Thanks a bunch  Never heard of it before which is kind of surprising seeing as I am a sucker for such music. ------------- “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 |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: July 05 2018 at 09:02
| I listened to Bo Hansson's Watership Down the other day and it has a couple of Reggae/Dub moments. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: July 05 2018 at 09:19
You mean Bo Hansson's El-Ahrairah?  Just kidding, I've got the Swedish lp. I think I remember something dub about it as well now that I think of it, but it's been a while. ------------- “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 |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: July 05 2018 at 12:08
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^ ^^ Bunny Wailer makes an uncredited appearance. That record is 24 carrot gold. ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: July 06 2018 at 13:11
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Van der Graaf Generator's Meurglys III (The Songwriter's Guild): the last 8 minutes must have given UB40 food for thought, or at least something to improve. ------------- 
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Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: July 06 2018 at 15:04
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 ------------- |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: July 06 2018 at 15:27
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Love those psych rock festivals. We've got our own here in Denmark held in Christiania Freetown. It didn't featurw Here & Now though. Truth be told I had no idea they were still playing. I have been thinking about visiting the UK as a music tourist instead of the usual shop till you drop lunacy with the girlfriend. Been there done that...never happening again. The problem was always finding the right venue and psych festivals are just such friendly and interesting places. The ones I've attended felt like this wonderful oasis of music and highly imaginative tomfoolery, which coincidentally is one of my prefered hobbies. Duly noted good sir. Thanks a bunch! ------------- “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 |
Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: July 06 2018 at 15:58
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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! ------------- |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: July 27 2018 at 01:10
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Quantum Fantay have a lot of reggae, and even if in prog-related, the coda of "Cruise" by David Gilmour is nothing else than reggae. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: July 27 2018 at 02:43
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Space dub: ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: July 27 2018 at 03:28
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Material / Laswell ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiuNtWxGWBM&t=222s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SzZ2lP1RFk |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: July 27 2018 at 03:45
How's that one coming along Simon? I remember you having a hard time getting into it. I think I know why I instantly fell in love with it: it was one of the first albums I tried with planar headphones and it was unlike anything else I'd tried before. The bass just blew me straight through the room and there was a liquid and live feel that felt instantly captivating. Couple that together with those infernal discs in my back and an incessant search for chillax music and I swallowed up the Gaudi whole. There is more to this release though than what immediately jumps in your ear. I find all the swirling and zipping synths happening in the semi-background to be very pleasing together with the walloping and groovy bass lines. Maybe you should you should sell one of those Sennheisers and get yourself a planar. May just be a tad much work in order to get into an album but I bet Gaudi would approve ------------- “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 |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: August 09 2018 at 14:25
I meant to reply to this ages ago but got distracted...sorry David  Well the Gaudi stuff has actually grown on me, over time - he certainly knows how to build everyhing up from the bassline, and like you say there are some layers to this beast. I just have to be in a certain mood to let it soak into my cortex...I hope you are getting some relief from your (spinal) discs. I wonder if you've come across Samuel Hallkvist on your aural travels? I find his Variety of Live to be another good album if I want the audio equivalent of a relaxing bath and a massage... You are like a devil on my shoulder whispering of planar headphones...a devil with a small pair of horns and a large pair of Hifimans  ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: September 03 2018 at 04:33
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Seems like I'm just as bad at getting back to you...but I'm glad I remembered about this thread as my back has been excrutiatingly painful the last couple of weeks. I did find some better weed to counter this but I can always use more music that puts my muscles at ease...dub will most certainly do that. Samuel Hallkvist is unknown to me but I gather I will be checking him out asap. Thanks buddy! I know and I'm sorry. I just feel every music lover, who also happens to use headphones 90% of their time, should at least try a planar headphone once in their lifetime. Only can I can put on my mother's head and get a 'wow' reaction from. Every other one I've tried she's looked at me with disbelief in her eyes. The Hifiman prompted the said wow reaction plus 'it's like being there' comment. I happen to agree with her on both accounts. Anyway I see the original he400 for sale on the secondhand market for something like 100£ and that is quite simply a steal. The orginal one is also built like an absolute tank, so outside of the music hobby you could use it as a hammer without breaking anything on it  Yep I am being extremely helpful I know ------------- “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 |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: September 03 2018 at 05:04
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This Gentle Giant track from Interview succeeds quite well in its own perfectionist sort of way. I prefer the #7 mix. Nice , simple melody with some lovely details. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: September 03 2018 at 05:06
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: September 03 2018 at 05:17
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get a load of this reggae their first three are excellent (as are Steel Pulse's first two albums) this is also good |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: November 03 2018 at 04:29
Hope music & weed (good combination! someone should tell people about that...) continue to bring some relief. I heard this and I thought of you: Sly, Robbie, Nils and Eivind - nice team!
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: November 03 2018 at 05:58
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the greatest album ever in the reggae/dub-Prog(Related) genre... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: November 03 2018 at 06:32
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Though I don't know if they are still active, an excellent band from Vermont by the name of Electric Sorcery amply deserve a shout out. Their first two album in particular contain a lot of reggae/dub influences, and make for very enjoyable listening: http://https://electricsorcery.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - http://https://electricsorcery.bandcamp.com/ |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: November 03 2018 at 22:51
| What about Jan Akkerman's version of "All along the Watchtower"? |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: November 08 2018 at 05:25
That was such a nice listen Simon, thank you very much. Been struggling a bit lately so any kind of music that helps divert my head...is pretty much manna from the heavens. You finally bit the bullet? Or am getting ready to? I think you’ll be like a little kid once it arrives...although it just might be that you’ve gotten use to the sound of those Sennheisers, so a bit of mental break in may be required. Btw Simon I trust you already have a headphone amp, but if you are like so many other Sennheiser fans, then you may have opted for a valve one that works best with high impedance cans. Planars are generally low on the ohm scale but still tend to need a bit of juice. Just an fyi  ------------- “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 |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: November 10 2018 at 03:54
Still waiting for just the right deal to come up...there's a pair on eBay at the moment where the price is right but the colour isn't...so still enjoying the 'pleasure of anticipation' at the moment. I also need a new headphone amp, my old one (Sugden Headmaster - my experience with this unit overall was not good) got fragged. But I see we have a thread for that as well now! My general view on headphone amps is to go solid state and get one that can drive anything...ya never know what might get plugged into it. ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: November 10 2018 at 04:09
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You are such a sensible man! Could you do me a solid and infect me with some of that? ------------- “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 |