October 11, 2009 01:32 PM PDT
September 25, 2009 04:26 PM PDT
"Reggae drumbeats fall into three main categories: One drop, Rockers and Steppers. In Steppers, the bass drum plays four solid beats to the bar, giving the beat an insistent drive. An example is "Exodus" by Bob Marley and the Wailers. Another common name for the Steppers beat is the "four on the floor." Burning Spear's 1975 song "Red, Gold, and Green" (with Leroy Wallace on drums) is one of the earliest examples. The Steppers beat was adopted (at a much higher tempo) by some 2 Tone ska revival bands of the late 1970s and early 1980s."
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Irie music for positive people
September 08, 2009 12:38 PM PDT
"Não é moda, nem estilo, nem indústria, nem comércio. Esta música é um assunto sério!"
Disse Louis Kahn “Até o mais simples tijolo ambiciona ser um dia algo maior”. Com origem apontada para uma data que permanece ainda hoje difícil de definir com perfeita exactidão, o soundsystem Youth Culture desde sempre cobiçou uma autónoma capacidade de propagação cultural. Com a música como plataforma de expressão universal, Watts e Decibéis impõe o seu protesto em terras que nem o omnipresente Belzebu se lembraria visitar para promover as suas mais sombrias conquistas.
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TrackListing:
Toots and the Maytals - 54-46 was My number
Desmond Dekker - Shanty Town
Jackie Mittoo - James Bond
The Wailers - Simmer Down
Bob Marley - TrenchTown Rock
Dawn Penn - No No No
Garnet Silk - Splashing Dashing
Alborosie - Sound Killa
George Nooks and Beenie Man - Money in my Pocket
Sizzla - Red Wine To Gaze