Global Reggae Charts - Issue #21 / February 2019

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from German cause it’s the German version – but
he said something to the effect of when listening
to the album at first he was thinking, he thought it
sounded but he wasn’t really sure what was different,
and then went back to the original album and
said that the funny thing was the new album sounds
like what he remembered the original album sounds
like… often times older music has some production
value limitations, and a big part of the new album
was extending the frequencies and things like that,
so you know, it sounds consistent in a way with music
produced today, even though it’s got something
from a previous era.
Sometimes in your head, your memory of music
from decades past, updates the music, your recollection
of it updates it to sound consistent with what
you’re hearing today. But when you go back and listen
to it, you realize it, oh wow it’s much quieter, the
bass isn’t the way I thought it is when I play it backto-back
with this track. But the feeling you got when
you first heard it: you remember that. I think that’s
part of what I like to do, not just with “Scratch’s”
music, but our own music – get that feeling of kind
of transporting you back…
AM: And finally, you’re willing to say, theoretically,
since I know there’s a lot of controversy, that Blackboard
Jungle Dub is the first dub album…?
Emch: There’s a lot of controversy, and really dub
started as b-sides for 45s, kind of accidentally, but
I would say Lee Perry, what I feel like distinguishes
him, is he was someone who was always first of all
focused on putting the producer – I think even before
that album – he was showing up as a producer, but
as the artist on the cover of the album, he was doing
a lot of stuff with instrumentals, and then he started
to get into working with effects, and he used that
as sort of a whole concept. And certainly his take on
dub is different than Scientist or King Tubby, and I
think that’s what makes all of those guys great and
interesting. You know, some people say the Augustus
Pablo Java Java Java Java album, which came out in
1973 was… I’ve heard people say that’s the first dub
album, but to me that’s an instrumental reggae
album – I love Augustus Pablo, some of his later stuff,
a lot of stuff he worked recording riddim tracks at
the Black Ark, whether “Scratch” mixed them or not;
I know they were actually good friends, “Scratch”
has enormous respect for Augustus Pablo. But I feel
like, legitimately, that’s a fair claim.
Riddim Charts | top 5
Period
Ending 31/12/2018
Contributing voters: 22
# LM 2M PK Mo Riddim Label
1 1 1 1 4 Peng Peng Riddim Boomrush
2 2 - 2 2 State of Emergency Riddim Maximum Sound
3 3 4 3 3 Militant Step Riddim Green Lion Crew
↑ 4 - 3 3 3 Old Jack Plug Riddim Giddimani
↑ 5 - - 5 2 Lecturer Riddim Stingray
Old Jack Plug Riddim
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