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October 2007 - In the early 1990's, the drum
computer and other digital technologies had
definitely taken over the Jamaican Studio's
and Dancehalls.
It all
started in the mid 1980's with the
Sleng-Teng riddim, a production by Prince
Jammy's. It was the first digital production
and the people loved it. The Digital
Revolution was a fact!
Many people
complain about these technologies. Let's
call them preterists: people with a
rather unhealthy love for the past. Drum
computers and programming music would kill
creativity, was the claim.
Well, this
podcasts proofs them wrong from the top to
the very last drop.
When you
hear Dennis Brown, for example, singing out
from his heart and soul or Frankie Paul who
basically does the same, any claim that this
music has no heart and soul is beyond the
comprehension of the writer of this review.
So let the
drum and bass lines of this great mix of
programmed and played material make you
skank heavy while the singers give you food
for thought and love...
PLAYLIST
01.
Pull Your String | Cohesion | Exterminator |
1990
02. Flex Out | Studio Case | Exterminator |
1990
03. Come With Me | Dennis Brown | Shocking
Vibes | 1992
04. To Have And To Hold | Dennis Brown |
Power Matic | 1992
05. Promise Land | Frankie Paul | Champion
Records | 1992
06. Everything I've Got | Garnett Silk |
Penthouse | 1992
07. No More Will I Roam | Dennis Brown |
Jammys | 1993
08. Putting Up Resistance | Beres Hammond |
Tappa | 1992
09. Love Is The Answer | Junior Reid | Tappa
| 1992
10. Good Man Scarce | Junior Reid | J.R.
Sound | 1990
11. No More Walls | Dennis Brown | Two
Friends | 1990
12. Love In Your Heart | Dennis Brown |
Tappa | 1992
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