This is sometimes my favourite type of vintage dancing music, but it's not really a genre - more something people have dabbled with throughout the years.
Any good examples?
― village idiot (dog latin), Thursday, 20 May 2010 10:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Susan Cadogan - ShameJohnny Clarke - None Shall Escape The Judgement360 Degrees - MoneyAbba - Name Of The GameBelle Epoque - Miss BroadwayTalking Heads - I Get Wild Wild GravityBoney M - lots of things. Most obvious is Rivers Of Babylon, but I don't like it much.
― village idiot (dog latin), Thursday, 20 May 2010 10:23 (fourteen years ago) link
The first one that springs to mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tID6rEcYMgc
― Daniel Giraffe, Thursday, 20 May 2010 10:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Not quite sure what you mean but maybe Ken Boothe's "Walk Away From Love"?
― Whirlwind Bromance (Tom D.), Thursday, 20 May 2010 10:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Not sure if you'd also include reggae covers of disco but Soul Jazz did a great comnpilation a few years back, including this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4a8t8gDU08
and this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X0u7PbcPBA
― Haunted Clocks For Sale (Dorianlynskey), Thursday, 20 May 2010 10:51 (fourteen years ago) link
that comp is fantastic, 2nded dorian. studio one also put out the 'disco mix' comp a few years back, which is ace.
― #klohasmadecrazierpoliticalpredictions (stevie), Thursday, 20 May 2010 10:54 (fourteen years ago) link
although rereading dl's second post i think we're thinking of something else to the intentions of this thread
― #klohasmadecrazierpoliticalpredictions (stevie), Thursday, 20 May 2010 10:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Reggae that is disco; disco that is reggae - take it as you will :-)
― village idiot (dog latin), Thursday, 20 May 2010 10:56 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUA1CIipenY&a
― Vision Creation Mansun (NickB), Thursday, 20 May 2010 10:59 (fourteen years ago) link
@stevie Yeah, I don't think we're on the same tip as those initial suggestions but I'll take any excuse to post those tunes.
― Haunted Clocks For Sale (Dorianlynskey), Thursday, 20 May 2010 11:02 (fourteen years ago) link
and i'll take any chance at listening to them!
― #klohasmadecrazierpoliticalpredictions (stevie), Thursday, 20 May 2010 11:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Eddy Grant - "Romancing The Stone," "Walking On Sunshine," "Electric Avenue"Lots of Grace Jones (esp. early '80s)Linx - first (and maybe only?) albumUSA-European Connection - Come Into My Heart"Stevie Wonder - maybe "Boogie On Reggae Woman" and/or "Master Blaster (Jammin'") (I'd need to doublecheck the disco quotient on these)Probably some Hot Chocolate songs, too.some Goombay Dance Band, I think
― xhuxk, Thursday, 20 May 2010 11:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Delroy Wilson - "I'll Do Anything For You"
― xhuxk, Thursday, 20 May 2010 11:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Coupla Funkadelic tracks, which only serve to illustrate that US funk/soul artists doing reggae is generally not a great idea
― Wenlock & Mandelson (Tom D.), Thursday, 20 May 2010 11:58 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCAVDg2uXWg
― Fox Force Five Punchline (sexyDancer), Thursday, 20 May 2010 12:10 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO5VV5PISHU
― Fox Force Five Punchline (sexyDancer), Thursday, 20 May 2010 12:27 (fourteen years ago) link
kalyan were really a disco/funk/soca group, but i can't stop playing this album this week and i figure some people here will appreciate how awesome this track is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahF-RyUxiHc
― scott seward, Thursday, 20 May 2010 12:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Slits' cover of Heard it Through The Grapevine is almost in this category.
― village idiot (dog latin), Thursday, 20 May 2010 13:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Also, tons of Kid Creole and the Coconts/August Darnell, right?
― xhuxk, Thursday, 20 May 2010 13:19 (fourteen years ago) link
peter tosh - buk-in-hamm palace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULXdGjFkKBc
― geheimnis (r1o natsume), Thursday, 20 May 2010 13:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Also maybe stuff like:
Gibson Brothers "Cuba" (and other tracks on their LPs probably)Johnny Chingas "Samba"
Though those probably have as much Latin-American in their rhythms as Jamaican. Probably still have at least as much reggae as "Miss Broadway" (which I always thought of as having more a Bo Diddley beat) or "Name Of The Game" (which I never thought of as reggae or disco, really, though that doesn't mean it's not), though.
Also, wouldn't plenty of Soca fit here? Or is the Caribbean influence in that always calypso rather than reggae? (Hard to know where exactly the line is drawn sometimes.)
― xhuxk, Thursday, 20 May 2010 13:30 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IornRX6v-kI
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 20 May 2010 13:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Don't know if Sly and Robbie's "Rhythm Killers" qualifies (they cover Ohio Players and Pointer Sisters) and a rock guitar element is pretty pervasive through most of it, but I love that record.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O6bBsn2Z4w
― I turn it up when I hear the banjo (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 20 May 2010 14:18 (fourteen years ago) link
rhythm killers is one of the greatest records ever made. i hated it at first, but there are so many great things going on. highly creative music.
― zingzing, Thursday, 20 May 2010 15:31 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK8zAssTv7Y
― are we human or are we dancer (m coleman), Thursday, 20 May 2010 15:52 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSaJB8bnW3Y
― are we human or are we dancer (m coleman), Thursday, 20 May 2010 15:56 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVTEEeOEfKw
― are we human or are we dancer (m coleman), Thursday, 20 May 2010 15:59 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPMkjslzs70
― are we human or are we dancer (m coleman), Thursday, 20 May 2010 16:01 (fourteen years ago) link
i am so fucking psyched about getting home to listen to these.
If you guys like, I can make a DJ mix based on these tracks?
― village idiot (dog latin), Thursday, 20 May 2010 16:10 (fourteen years ago) link
I Roy's album, Whap'n'Bap'n is full of disco.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 20 May 2010 16:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Alphabet, in particular is really great.
Although, now that i'm looking at it, the album is listed as Roy Reid.
http://www.roots-archives.com/release/1780
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 20 May 2010 16:32 (fourteen years ago) link
That is I Roy
― Wenlock & Mandelson (Tom D.), Thursday, 20 May 2010 16:33 (fourteen years ago) link
other super disco jam on the album is called Jive Time.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 20 May 2010 16:34 (fourteen years ago) link
It sounds like I Roy.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 20 May 2010 16:35 (fourteen years ago) link
this one melds the two splendidly:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTQJwVQMFXY
― beta blog, Thursday, 20 May 2010 16:39 (fourteen years ago) link
I love this rhythm so much:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5U4tH4xl_A
― Daniel Giraffe, Thursday, 20 May 2010 16:43 (fourteen years ago) link
wow, beta blog, that steel and skin track is wonderful
― Daniel Giraffe, Thursday, 20 May 2010 16:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Wow indeed. That's great. Gonna have to order that CD. Are the rest of the tracks good quality?
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 20 May 2010 17:02 (fourteen years ago) link
that steel and skin track was the first thing i thought of.
this is the second
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUFehaMonSo
― jaxon, Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:19 (fourteen years ago) link
sorry, that's a terrible sounding video (and why didn't he edit out the 30 seconds of fumbling to put the record on in the beginning?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UpY2t2wBYs
― jaxon, Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Is that Clout as in 'Substitute'?
― Vision Creation Mansun (NickB), Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Aaaargh...meant Denroy Morgan obviously. (See "Performers With Names That Practically Rhyme" thread. Whenever I think of this song, "White Man In Hammersmith Palais" accidentally sneaks into my head.)
― xhuxk, Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Never thought of Belle Epoque's "Miss Broadway" as reggae. I always buy Beckett 12 inches in the hopes that they will be disco-reggae.
― bamcquern, Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:39 (fourteen years ago) link
omg yes. a friend was playing that steel an skin album in his car a few months ago and i had forgotten what it was until now!
this is one of my favorite genres of music as well, fwiw
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:44 (fourteen years ago) link
can't forget about this one...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yn5I7g_DIg
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:46 (fourteen years ago) link
lots of laid back songs, actually
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:47 (fourteen years ago) link
no mention of island records yet is weird guys...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byj0LFfjEDY
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:50 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SizxCxCJZjs
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Thursday, 20 May 2010 18:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Thinking lots of British pop-funk stuff from the early '80s (not just Linx, who I mentioned above, but also Junior, the Quick, Imagination, David Grant solo) could fit here as well. (Hot Chocolate obviously a major inspiration for that whole scene.)
― xhuxk, Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Y'all should check out the Joe Gibbs 12" Reggae Discomix Showcase compilation discs which have come out the past couple years. Volumes 4 and 5 just came out this year, and the tracklisting are full of this extended play disco/dubby/reggae stuff.
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 20 May 2010 22:11 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't really get how junior is reggae, tbh, nor imagination - aren't they just funk?
― #klohasmadecrazierpoliticalpredictions (stevie), Thursday, 20 May 2010 23:05 (fourteen years ago) link
― bamcquern, Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:39 (Yesterday) Bookmark
i might be crasy, but the sloping riff totally = reggae to me.
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 21 May 2010 00:23 (fourteen years ago) link
so happy i started this thread. gonna have a proper listen this weekend when i'm at home! thanks all!
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 21 May 2010 00:26 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcX3aWNOxQM
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 21 May 2010 00:32 (fourteen years ago) link
obv there's a lot of crossover with punk and new wave with this style of music. but then that's going to happen, ethnomusicologically
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 21 May 2010 00:33 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czpk40mlxFE
Definitely an all time favourite tune out of everything i've ever heard.
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 21 May 2010 00:35 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGf2NJUpK6Q
there's a reggae thing going on here... for me at least
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 21 May 2010 00:37 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ90ZqH0PWI
This too... I'm always looking out for tracks that have this bass'n'keys sloping melty groovy euro-jamaican-funk thing going on. In fact it's a growing obsession, so much so I'd love to start a band that pulls off this trick as a standard rule.
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 21 May 2010 00:40 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZZBivEtgYc
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 21 May 2010 00:43 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxnvqrI6q_o
This is not really Reggae Disco, but it is the most magnificent Boney M track ever recorded by a million miles and couldn't be posted too many times. Seriously, one of my favourite tunes in the world.
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 21 May 2010 00:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Stevie, you may be right about Junior and Imagination lacking reggae, though I wouldn't call them "just funk" -- Imagination were more disco I'd say, and Junior obviously had a pop Stevie Wonder thing going on. I definitely remember reggae rhythms on that Linx LP, though, and I'm pretty sure in a couple Quick tracks. Sooner or later I'll put all those LPs out and doublecheck. (Should doublecheck Gibson Bros and Johnny Chingas, too; I may be imagining their Jamaicanisms as well.)
Dog Latin -- Just out of curiosity, if "Name of The Game" counts, how about Ace Of Base? They definitely qualified as Swedish reggae sometimes. Maybe not disco enough though?
― xhuxk, Friday, 21 May 2010 00:50 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost ps it's all about the piano chord solo at 4:30-ish.
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 21 May 2010 00:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Ace Of Base - especially The Sign and All That She Wants count. Absolutely.
And if we're going to take things to an extreme here (and hey. that's what this thread is about:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vq0FRUjSbA
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 21 May 2010 00:53 (fourteen years ago) link
but maybe not... it's all subjective.
speaking of new wave, i used to love this kinda stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=811ZqRUWS2o&feature=related
― scott seward, Friday, 21 May 2010 01:00 (fourteen years ago) link
this is for my pal chuck:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl1Tu0Dg2fM
― scott seward, Friday, 21 May 2010 01:03 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3zOeMJ90zs&feature=related
― scott seward, Friday, 21 May 2010 01:04 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm trying to think of an example from the Ze Records bands, but struggling. Surely Was Not Was, or James White did a reggae disco track?
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 21 May 2010 01:08 (fourteen years ago) link
this is the closest thing i can think of:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au8XQriJRV4
It fits I think - there's a vague offbeat chop to it.
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 21 May 2010 01:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Sorry if someone mentioned it (I didn't see it), but the ultimate one for me here is probably Bob Marley's "Could You Be Loved." Sick of most of the Marley standards, but this one holds up very well for me. Rhythm track is fantastic. (And though I don't have my BPMs book handy, I'm guessing it's somewhere in the 114-116 range? Maybe even faster... which certainly adds to its disconess.)
― sw00ds, Friday, 21 May 2010 01:28 (fourteen years ago) link
If you want something very cheesey and obvious:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m0lquPk6hg
― Vision Creation Mansun (NickB), Friday, 21 May 2010 04:44 (fourteen years ago) link
serious disco-euro-reggae vibes from the brand new Aeroplane track posted on official i love music thread for AEROPLANE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcxELgEH06U
― I DIED, Friday, 21 May 2010 06:07 (fourteen years ago) link
ze records...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGEQhf9GwSE&feature=related
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Friday, 21 May 2010 08:18 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGM7XXTxn00
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Friday, 21 May 2010 08:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh, and what with the Alex Sadkin production, fat reggae-esque-bass and the reggae-influenced percussion, I guess this band sort of belongs here too:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYwEv38AIPE
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Friday, 21 May 2010 08:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Which also brings me to wonder whether stuff like International Observer and The Orb fits in here too?
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Friday, 21 May 2010 08:51 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWuoGZAz94c
^ OH DUH!
― Vision Creation Mansun (NickB), Friday, 21 May 2010 08:53 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z29kgmDKrY8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjuWsmzOeNg
― ☆, Friday, 21 May 2010 08:59 (fourteen years ago) link
"Genius of Love" obv
― The Reverend, Friday, 21 May 2010 09:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Stevie, you may be right about Junior and Imagination lacking reggae, though I wouldn't call them "just funk" -- Imagination were more disco I'd say, and Junior obviously had a pop Stevie Wonder thing going on.
aw yeah, definitely. and apologies if it seems i'm playing genre cop here. imagination were *weird, and brilliantly so. and 'mama useta say' is a genius single, i've always wanted to search and see if Junior had any other such greatness in his discography.
― Worth waiting for the fannypunch at 4.02 (stevie), Friday, 21 May 2010 09:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Nah, I don't discern much reggae there. Same for Hot Chocolate, I don't think they had any reggae influence at all.
― Wenlock & Mandelson (Tom D.), Friday, 21 May 2010 10:49 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULvu8FzEt14
lol u rong
― Vision Creation Mansun (NickB), Friday, 21 May 2010 10:56 (fourteen years ago) link
I can't actually see that! Just as well!
― Wenlock & Mandelson (Tom D.), Friday, 21 May 2010 10:57 (fourteen years ago) link
It was their first single (on Apple Records) - a reggae cover of 'Give Peace A Chance'. It's terrible btw.
― Vision Creation Mansun (NickB), Friday, 21 May 2010 10:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Ah right, I've never heard that before
― Wenlock & Mandelson (Tom D.), Friday, 21 May 2010 11:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Not missing much tbh!
― Vision Creation Mansun (NickB), Friday, 21 May 2010 11:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Can't imagine how you couldn't hear reggae in, say, "Brother Louie."
― xhuxk, Friday, 21 May 2010 13:17 (fourteen years ago) link
This site even calls the Stories version "a cover version of a British pop-reggae hit about an interracial marriage," so my ears can't be completely crazy. (It was apparently also covered by the British reggae band Matumbi, fwiw.)
http://www.superseventies.com/sw_brotherlouie.html
― xhuxk, Friday, 21 May 2010 13:22 (fourteen years ago) link
I can't really remember their version of "Brother Louie" tbh. NickB has just proved they started off as a reggae band, so I can't argue against that! I don't hear too much reggae in their big hits however, but possibly it's the singing that gives them a Caribbean flavour
― Wenlock & Mandelson (Tom D.), Friday, 21 May 2010 13:25 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EH5GFP2Otk
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Friday, 21 May 2010 15:13 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEAMc56iuLA
― ☆, Friday, 21 May 2010 22:20 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3stclvX_QaQ
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Friday, 21 May 2010 22:21 (fourteen years ago) link
(Although I guess the upbeat on that one is more Motown than reggae)
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Friday, 21 May 2010 22:22 (fourteen years ago) link
xhuxk, I'll see your Name of the Game and your All That She Wants and I'll raise you The Land Of Make Believe by Bucks Fizz.
― Daniel Giraffe, Friday, 21 May 2010 22:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Have these 2 back-to-back on a playlist I've been addicted to all spring. You really want the extended 12" version of the Jennifer Lara, but this'll have to do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AlcLFNX-JI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jp7nuVwKqY
― The Amy Misto Family Knife (Plasmon), Saturday, 22 May 2010 18:33 (fourteen years ago) link
that jennifer lara song is nice, never heard it before
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 22 May 2010 22:10 (fourteen years ago) link
and by nice i mean niiiiiice
I have I'm In Love pt. 2 as well as pt. 1 but they're not mixed combination style.
― brotherlovesdub, Saturday, 22 May 2010 22:21 (fourteen years ago) link
that jennifer lara song is so good! wish i'd bought it when i had the chance.
got this one the other day:Bits & Pieces aka sly & robbiehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxPyLoznoGE
― one time gaffled 'em up (one time), Saturday, 22 May 2010 22:50 (fourteen years ago) link
apologies if this was already posted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LSCXP0p-Wc
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Sunday, 23 May 2010 02:13 (fourteen years ago) link
that steel an' skin thing is like my reggae disco holy grail!!!
― village idiot (dog latin), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 00:19 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, took me a while to find a copy, but holy shit, it's great. thanks to the original poster for the tip.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 16 June 2010 00:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Bob-A-Rela too. I love that kind of groove.
― village idiot (dog latin), Wednesday, 16 June 2010 00:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Gino Soccio - "Steady Operator"
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 23 June 2010 13:47 (thirteen years ago) link
that jennifer lara is a cover of a track by evelyn champagne king
― jaime, Thursday, 24 June 2010 23:48 (thirteen years ago) link
also there is a cover of this by a reggae singer whose name is escaping me right now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K6N619lSos
― jaime, Thursday, 24 June 2010 23:50 (thirteen years ago) link
i think there was a thread like this over at djh a while ago? i think some people referred to a qv track as "cod reggae".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFm5BmoupX8
― jaime, Thursday, 24 June 2010 23:56 (thirteen years ago) link
I've started collating a lot of the suggestions on this thread into an epic dj mix. will try and get a YSI soon.
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 30 July 2010 08:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Good thread. I actually made a little mix as intro music for a friend's band that starts off like this then goes dub, er then ends in Gregory Isaacs.
http://soundcloud.com/citizen-smith-1/raving-tonight
― Citizen Smith (Jamie T Smith), Friday, 30 July 2010 09:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Chain Reaction - comprising Bobby Davis, Bruce Ruffin (no relation) and Dave Barker ('Dave' of '...and Ansel Collin')were a strange Philly type soul/ reggae crossover, with great singing - I have two LPs by them, one - Indebted to You - on Gull c 1976 and one a bit later - Chase a Miracle(?). When I got the latter I thought it was a different group of the same name: the first record could have come from Philly, the second unmistakably from JA via NW10...both fine in their own way, though.
― sonofstan, Friday, 30 July 2010 09:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Nice mix, Jamie! I think betablog tripled sales of that Steel an Skin album with this thread...
― elephant rob, Friday, 30 July 2010 16:14 (thirteen years ago) link
ha! though i still need my own vinyl copy of it for playing out :P
― beta blog, Friday, 30 July 2010 19:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Anyone have/heard this Disc 'O' Lypso comp? the Other Music email newsletter tells me it was just reissued.
― Spencer played 'Where have all the flowers gone' on her saw (elephant rob), Thursday, 12 August 2010 19:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Okay, I've finished the mix - it's in two parts. Here's the first part, the next one will be posted up in a few days/weeks/when i get a moment. Enjoy!
http://soundcloud.com/doglatin/2010-dj-dog-latin-steady-operator-disco-reggae-mix-cd-1
― village idiot (dog latin), Sunday, 22 August 2010 13:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Here's part two
http://soundcloud.com/doglatin/2010-steady-operator-disco-reggae-mix-cd-2
Thanks to everyone who posted on this thread.
Tracklisting for both mixes:
Part 1Clout – Sunshine BabyRichard Ace – Stayin AliveGino Soccio – Steady OperatorBlondie – Die Young Stay PrettyBob-A-Rela - MoneySly & Robbie – SuperthrusterAeroplane – We Can’t FlySusan Cadogan – ShameJohnny Clarke – None Shall Escape The JudgementBelle Epoque – Miss Broadway300 Degrees – MoneyJackson Jones - Put Your Pants OnLaid Back – Fly AwayCoati Mundi – Me No Pop IThird World – Try Jah LoveTonetta 777 – Devil DevilI Roy – AlphabetJanet Kay – Silly Games
Part 2Boney M – Nightflight to VenusAural Exciters - Spooks In SpaceTalking Heads – I Get Wild Wild GravitySteel & Skin – Afro Punk Reggae DubMarianne Faithfull - Blue MillionaireThe Slits – Heard It Through The GrapevineStevie Wonder – Master Blaster (Jammin)Kalyan – Disco Reggae (Tony’s Groove)King Tubby – Sir Niney’s RockBlood Sisters – Ring My BellJames Chance & the Contortions – Contort YourselfSka Boys – Norwegian Wood DiscoThe Selector – On My RadioThe Beat - Mirror In The BathroomHortense Ellis – I Can’t Stand The RainStorm – It’s My HouseJennifer Lara – I Am In LoveFamily Choice - Reggae Beat Goes OnLizzy Mercier Descloux – Sun Is Shining
These won't be up long so I've allowed downloading.
― village idiot (dog latin), Wednesday, 25 August 2010 19:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Part one is gone. Any chance it's coming back?
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 25 August 2010 19:31 (thirteen years ago) link
*sigh* yeah, unfortunately soundcloud won't let me have enough space to host both mixes :-( if you have gmail i could try forwarding it to you?
― village idiot (dog latin), Wednesday, 25 August 2010 19:46 (thirteen years ago) link
or if anyone can host both, would be even better!
― village idiot (dog latin), Wednesday, 25 August 2010 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm pretty sure if it's more than 10mb it won't forward. if its under 100mb, mediafire works great.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 25 August 2010 19:52 (thirteen years ago) link
okay, i'm giving it a try. i will try and host these somewhere better soon cos i'm not ashamed to admit i'm really pleased with them.
― village idiot (dog latin), Wednesday, 25 August 2010 20:16 (thirteen years ago) link
"fly away/walking in the sunshine" has grown on me so much since i first heard it (thanks to this thread and making the mix).
― village idiot (dog latin), Thursday, 9 September 2010 17:14 (thirteen years ago) link
just discovered this one on that Bamboo LP (a Supermax-related project). not sure what the naked lady is all about, but:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JsMsy89P30
― beta blog, Friday, 10 September 2010 15:06 (thirteen years ago) link
^ it's the cover of an in flagranti record
― jaxon, Friday, 10 September 2010 18:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Waht about this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY41o-iZStI
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 10 September 2010 19:03 (thirteen years ago) link
In a similar vein, I've been kind of enjoying this recently. Don't know how disco-y they are, but the definition is intentionally loose.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klSOBbG-Tfs
― village idiot (dog latin), Friday, 10 September 2010 19:04 (thirteen years ago) link
cosmic disco? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL-6IqhSyH4
― jaxon, Friday, 10 September 2010 22:57 (thirteen years ago) link
a Spotify playlist made thanks to all the suggestions on this thread!
http://open.spotify.com/user/scifipogo/playlist/3hlGvaQ5weYPf8cw7BXWkl
― Kaiser Size, Thursday, 23 September 2010 12:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Cool!
One day I'm going to edit the two mixes I posted upthread, cut out a bit of the fat and add a few latecomers for a single-cd version.
― village idiot (dog latin), Thursday, 23 September 2010 14:27 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAXRY2SPWMY
lew kirton : island girl
as the man says, 'do a little disco, and a little reggae, i guarantee you everythings ok'
― mark e, Tuesday, 22 March 2011 11:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Right, it's high time I put this reggae-disco mix together properly. More suggestions please!
― Evil Eau (dog latin), Thursday, 28 April 2011 08:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Joe Gibbs has some excellent almost entirely disco-based tunes. Bionic Encounter is like a dubbed-out version of "Runaway" by Loleatta Holloway. He also has a version of "I Want Your Love".
― Evil Eau (dog latin), Thursday, 28 April 2011 08:57 (thirteen years ago) link
I was sure I'd posted this before (is there another disco reggae thread?):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1u_h090m-k
The "version" is even better but not on YouTube.
― Lidl Monsters (seandalai), Thursday, 28 April 2011 10:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Risco Connection also worth a mention here; is this the version of "It's My House" that jaime mentioned upthread?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61_Ceg8rRKg
― Lidl Monsters (seandalai), Thursday, 28 April 2011 10:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Cheers - Not sure about either of these versions as I'm at work. The version of It's My House posted upthread was by Storm IIRC.
The Brentford versh of I Want Your Love is possibly the Joe Gibbs production I mentioned too.
― Evil Eau (dog latin), Thursday, 28 April 2011 10:49 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvABWs3r-VI
― C0L1N B..., Thursday, 28 April 2011 22:12 (thirteen years ago) link
just picked up this from the 2nd hand store -
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SuF20p9BiFI/SoxNWTvnx0I/AAAAAAAADp8/davUTbexxh0/s320/20+reggae+disco+hits.jpg
― just sayin, Monday, 2 May 2011 15:16 (thirteen years ago) link
!!!! What's it like? I need this.
― Evil Eau (dog latin), Monday, 2 May 2011 16:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Google album title. First page of results.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 16:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Sadly (well not that sadly, but for the purposes of this thread), the "disco" part of the title only refers to where one would hear it, not the music style.
― Evil Eau (dog latin), Monday, 2 May 2011 18:07 (thirteen years ago) link
probably already said in this thread, but 'discomix' in reggae generally refers to a combination of the original vocal mix plus either the dub mix or the dj version.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 2 May 2011 18:18 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost yeah i hadnt listened to it before i posted! its a good comp, but not disco-y at all
― just sayin, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 10:34 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97T4hWQNLEs
supermax, camillo
― Crackle Box, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 17:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Heard this Marcia Griffiths cover of a Gamble & Huff song the other day and thought of this thread.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PsRbxOtYoI
Hopefully this isn't a repeat of one of the many removed youtubes upthread.
― rob, Sunday, 5 June 2011 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Bob Marley and the Wailers - I Know (on Confrontation album)
― timellison, Monday, 6 June 2011 00:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Nazia hassan - "aao na"
― bamcquern, Monday, 6 June 2011 02:09 (thirteen years ago) link
I've uploaded the full Disco Reggae Mix to Mixcloud, so while you can't download it, you can stream the whole 2 and a half hours from here: http://www.mixcloud.com/doglatin/steady-operator-disco-reggae-sounds/
― pssstttt, Hey you (dog latin), Friday, 5 April 2013 11:07 (eleven years ago) link
Does this count?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igjNEy9TvIg
― Daniel Giraffe, Monday, 29 April 2013 07:17 (eleven years ago) link
It's summer time, which can mean only one thing. Time to break out the DISCO REGGAE!
Mix is still up for those who wanna dig it out again:
http://www.mixcloud.com/doglatin/steady-operator-disco-reggae-sounds/
Part 2Boney M – Nightflight to VenusAural Exciters - Spooks In SpaceTalking Heads – I Get Wild Wild GravitySteel & Skin – Afro Punk Reggae DubMarianne Faithfull - Blue MillionaireThe Slits – Heard It Through The GrapevineStevie Wonder – Master Blaster (Jammin)Kalyan – Disco Reggae (Tony’s Groove)King Tubby – Sir Niney’s RockBlood Sisters – Ring My BellJames Chance & the Contortions – Contort YourselfSka Boys – Norwegian Wood DiscoThe Selector – On My RadioThe Beat - Mirror In The BathroomHortense Ellis – I Can’t Stand The RainStorm – It’s My HouseJennifer Lara – I Am In LoveFamily Choice - Reggae Beat Goes OnLizzy Mercier Descloux – Sun Is Shinin
― 3kDk (dog latin), Tuesday, 8 July 2014 11:39 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVHEljAd13M
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 8 July 2014 12:36 (nine years ago) link
doglatin that is an absurdly fun mix; I've been passing it around the office demanding that people listen to it
― a duiving caTCH, a stuolllen bayeeeess (jamescobo), Thursday, 10 July 2014 22:32 (nine years ago) link
Did this get posted?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRj9RSpXQHo
La Famille - All Night Long
― feargal czukay (NickB), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 20:15 (eight years ago) link
Or this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y1lgh166rk
Fern Kinney - Groove Me
^^^ awesome tune btw
― feargal czukay (NickB), Sunday, 13 September 2015 21:31 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93yOrb04Eao
US Girls - Damn That Valley
― Ray Chard (NickB), Thursday, 1 October 2015 13:36 (eight years ago) link
Love those dog latin mixes.
Repost from an ID thread for future reference: I made this 40+ song playlist on spotify (it's set to private... although I think you can share it even if it's private?) Inspired by this reggae-disco thing. Some of my favorite are unfortunately not available in there (clout's sunshine baby and steel an skin come to mind) but there's some songs you might enjoy, several which I didn't see mentioned in this thread (will copy the text in a minute), in case you want to take a listen for your own sets/playlists:
https://open.spotify.com/user/moteldemoka/playlist/6ObTLc46jR2QPzUvtEWESp
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 18 November 2015 21:11 (eight years ago) link
Here's the playlist in text form:
KASA - Too Tough / I'm Not Going To Let You Go - I'm A Song WriterMichael Oliviere - Unfinished Business/Soon Come - Reggae Is Here Once AgainTogetherness - The Best Of Disco Demands - A Collection Of Rare 1970s Dance Music - Compiled By Al Kent - Hey Mister - Re-editDerrick Harriott - Loser / Now We Know - LoserMonyaka - Go Deh Yaka - Go Deh Yaka - InstrumentalPeter Tosh - Mystic Man - Dubbing Buk-In-Hamm Palace - 2002 Remastered VersionAeroplane - We Cant Fly - We Can't FlyFern Kinney - Groove Me - Groove MeAhmed Fakroun - Compilation - NisyanRisco Connection - Ain't No Stopping us Now & Chapter Three - Ain't No Stopping Us Now - Unreleased VersionBelle Epoque - Il Meglio - Miss BroadwayJohnny Clarke - Don Letts Presents The Mighty Trojan Sound - None Shall Escape The JudgementJanet Kay - TROJAN PRESENTS: CLASSIC REGGAE - Silly GamesLaid Back - Balearic Pop - Fly Away / Walking In The Sunshine - 2008 Remastered VersionThe Dynamics - Version Excursions - Move on UpJohn Milk - Disco Reggae, Vol. 2 - The Fool (John Milk Disco Reggae Mix)Dennis Brown - The A&M Years - Get High On Your LoveDerrick Lara & Trinity - Joe Gibbs 12" Reggae Discomix Vol. 4 - Don't Stop Til You Get EnoughDerrick Harriott - Let Me Down Easy / Hell Below - Let Me Down EasyDerrick Harriott - Derrick Harriott Reggae & Roots 1971 to 1977 - 10 Singles Set Pt. 4 - Dancing The ReggaeMighty Sparrow & Byron Lee - Again - The HustleBeres Hammond - Just A Man - Music Is A Positive VibrationThe In Crowd - Reggae Chartbusters ,Vol. 6 - Back a YardVarious Artists - The Best of Neville King - Ring My Bell (feat. Blood Sisters)Black Harmony - Sideshow Reggae - Don't Let It Get to Your HeadCarol Cool - Reggae Fever - Upside DownJennifer Lara - Studio One Presents Jennifer Lara - I Am In LoveTaggy Matcher - Disco Reggae - Rapper's Delight (Dub Version)John Milk - Disco Reggae - Suit & TieTaggy Matcher - Singasong - Paranoid (feat. Birdy Nixon)Ernest Ranglin - Be What You Wanna Be - Soft TouchJunior Tucker - Take A Message - Which Side Of The Coin - Spinning Around - VersionJoe Gibbs & The Professionals - Majestic Dub - Ten CommandmentsDisco Dub Band - Late Night Tales - Franz Ferdinand - For The Love Of MoneyThe In Crowd - Jazzie B Presents School Days - Baby My LoveThe Heptones - Changing Times - Giving Up On LoveWillie Lindo - Beach Diggin’, Vol. 1 - MidnightCedric IM Brooks & The Light of Saba - The Magical Light of Saba - AfricaChalice - Blasted - Loosen UpBeres Hammond - Just A Man - Do This World A FavourBarry Waite & Ltd. - Out on a Funky Trip - Funky Sting Part 1Ambelique - Ambelique Singles - Talk Like ThatMarcia Griffiths - Trojan Reggae Sisters - When Will I See You Again
"Michael Oliviere - Reggae Is Here Once Again" is in lieu of the Steel an Skin song of the same name since it's not on spotify. Is this the original song? A cover? It's actually pretty good, not as good and funky as the steel an skin one but an apt substitute.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 18 November 2015 21:15 (eight years ago) link
Oh the order of the playlist is important for the flow. Here's the actual arranged playlist (without the album name, no idea why it copied it the last time)
I'm A Song Writer – KASA, Rim Kwaku ObengReggae Is Here Once Again – Michael OliviereHey Mister - Re-edit – Togetherness, Althea ForestLoser – Derrick HarriottGo Deh Yaka - Instrumental – MonyakaDubbing Buk-In-Hamm Palace - 2002 Remastered Version – Peter ToshWe Can't Fly – AeroplaneGroove Me – Fern KinneyNisyan – Ahmed FakrounAin't No Stopping Us Now - Unreleased Version – Risco ConnectionMiss Broadway – Belle EpoqueNone Shall Escape The Judgement – Johnny ClarkeSilly Games – Janet KayFly Away / Walking In The Sunshine - 2008 Remastered Version – Laid BackMove on Up – The DynamicsThe Fool (John Milk Disco Reggae Mix) – John MilkGet High On Your Love – Dennis BrownDon't Stop Til You Get Enough – Derrick Lara & TrinityLet Me Down Easy – Derrick HarriottDancing The Reggae – Derrick HarriottThe Hustle – Mighty Sparrow & Byron LeeMusic Is A Positive Vibration – Beres HammondBack a Yard – The In CrowdRing My Bell (feat. Blood Sisters) – Various Artists, Blood SistersDon't Let It Get to Your Head – Black HarmonyUpside Down – Carol CoolI Am In Love – Jennifer LaraRapper's Delight (Dub Version) – Taggy MatcherSuit & Tie – John MilkParanoid (feat. Birdy Nixon) – Taggy Matcher, Birdy NixonSoft Touch – Ernest RanglinWhich Side Of The Coin - Spinning Around - Version – Junior TuckerTen Commandments – Joe Gibbs & The ProfessionalsFor The Love Of Money – Disco Dub BandBaby My Love – The In Crowd, Jah StitchGiving Up On Love – The HeptonesMidnight – Willie LindoAfrica – Cedric IM Brooks & The Light of SabaLoosen Up – ChaliceDo This World A Favour – Beres HammondFunky Sting Part 1 – Barry Waite & Ltd.Talk Like That – Ambelique, Sly & RobbieWhen Will I See You Again – Marcia Griffiths
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 18 November 2015 21:27 (eight years ago) link
Here's another good reggae/disco track that hadn't been mentioned yet and is not available on spotify.
Capo And The Crew -- Mad Blank https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEzXav84ACk
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 18 November 2015 21:54 (eight years ago) link
wow Moka, amazing! I'll have to dust down my copy of spotify and take a listen.
― canoon fooder (dog latin), Thursday, 19 November 2015 09:25 (eight years ago) link
bought this on vinyl this week. almost reggae house music - but i guess reggae disco. amazing tune.
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Monday, 9 May 2016 09:52 (eight years ago) link
so good. i had been chasing it for years so was delighted it got put out again.
― stirmonster, Monday, 9 May 2016 14:16 (eight years ago) link
Why has this song changed to B.B. Seaton - Dancing In The Moonlight?
― TARANTINO! (dog latin), Monday, 9 May 2016 14:30 (eight years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/dkmntl/orpheu-the-wizard-jamie-tiller-at-lente-kabinet-festival-28052016
anyone know the id of the tune at 1 hour 1 minute? it is total fire.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 18 August 2016 14:27 (seven years ago) link
https://www.discogs.com/Michael-Paul-Reggae-Music/release/4840338
according to the comments. i think that's right but i'm struggling to find an online sample
― Tom Watson in a fedora (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 18 August 2016 14:34 (seven years ago) link
yeah I couldn't find on either, but it being US-produced makes sense and this sounds like the same dude years later: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/mpaulitopia
― rob, Thursday, 18 August 2016 14:38 (seven years ago) link
turns out it's this: https://www.discogs.com/Michael-Paul-Reggae-Music/release/4840338
xpost yeah otm. can't find it online.
this is also good, the first track on the below ep - at 1 hour 14
https://www.discogs.com/Staffud-Reggae-Revival/release/2941696
not reggae, just disco but the track at 1.15.48 is amazing as well. anyone know what that is?
it's a brilliant mix, especially from about 55 mins in.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 18 August 2016 14:40 (seven years ago) link
http://www.noiseinmyhead.com.au/2016/06/240516-w-chris-bonato-left-ear-records/
there's a mix on there with the same Michael Paul track, so it's definitely that track, but he's barely released anything else i can find. great tune tho.
― Tom Watson in a fedora (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 18 August 2016 14:42 (seven years ago) link
others:
22 mins (heard this a lot, asked already on ilx but no dice)37 minutes
xpost yeah it is amazing, such a good example of DISCO-REGGAE
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 18 August 2016 14:45 (seven years ago) link
excited to listen to the whole thing later. actually digging this Noise in my Head mix right now. current track is very Studio-y
― rob, Thursday, 18 August 2016 14:47 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1RLtpPCpAE
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 18 August 2016 14:48 (seven years ago) link
posted a fern kinney song before (groove me) but this one is just as great (it's the b-side of her massive hit, together we are beautiful):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaxyQF0jegQ
― Rae Kwoniff (NickB), Thursday, 18 August 2016 14:49 (seven years ago) link
Mersh AF but definitely fits in here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozv4q2ov3Mk
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Wednesday, 16 August 2017 14:26 (six years ago) link
You can still get the original mix I made for this thread here: http://www.mixcloud.com/doglatin/steady-operator-disco-reggae-sounds/ - never leaves my phone's music library
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Wednesday, 16 August 2017 14:28 (six years ago) link
good mix here: http://www.largeup.com/2017/07/07/deejay-theory-dancehall-by-day-disco/
― rob, Wednesday, 16 August 2017 17:27 (six years ago) link
this is a jam. (verrry loose cover)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIhONKNyhOM
― Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 21:01 (five years ago) link
Okay, here we go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQn_4cg-Abo
Taggy Matcher seems to specialise in this exact kind of style.
― I Am The Lionel Richies (dog latin), Friday, 29 January 2021 01:41 (three years ago) link
favorite recent discovery: this anti-disco-but-still-pretty-disco/rapso anthem from Brother Resistance (RIP):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rXVDNeP-hw
― rob, Monday, 26 July 2021 14:12 (two years ago) link
Nice!
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Monday, 26 July 2021 14:21 (two years ago) link
What a wonderfully funky groove, not unlike Kuti/Allen
― willem, Monday, 26 July 2021 14:26 (two years ago) link
i dug this out this weekend. so good - sad it took him leaving us for me to fully appreciate it.
― stirmonster, Monday, 26 July 2021 14:27 (two years ago) link
sadly I'd never even heard of him until he died, but yes the whole EP is really good!
― rob, Monday, 26 July 2021 14:28 (two years ago) link
yep, me neither and it's a shame as so much of the stuff i've heard is so great
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Monday, 26 July 2021 15:12 (two years ago) link
some discofied afro reggae from osibisa member kiki gyan. went down a wormhole of the (mostly silly and wild) album art of dutch designers myosotis, came upon this, and thought of this thread.
keep it coolhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HYChjAFjgs
just one nighthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRTr_7pOq1o
peace for africahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb5gBme1S10
― andrew m., Wednesday, 4 August 2021 15:39 (two years ago) link
Kiki Gyan - Disco Dancerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfXAVEUo_eY
another great one by him
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 10 August 2021 15:25 (two years ago) link
Lots of dead youtube embeds itt, but is it really possible no one ever posted Keith Hudson?
Civilisation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIiffl1IQOE
Too Expensive:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1GeeXzMmwE
I suppose it is possible, since despite considering Hudson one of my all-time faves, I'd ignored Too Expensive for years due to its (wildly, infuriatingly wrong!!) rep as a failed crossover--a deranged narrative that you should only take on board if you are literally Richard Branson.
Also, it's maybe not quite disco but "Central Kingston" off From One Extreme to Another is also a massive jam and that album really deserves a legit reissue: the version on streaming sounds like a vinyl rip
― rob, Sunday, 5 December 2021 23:51 (two years ago) link
f**k me! those are both ace. 'civilisation' is sooooo good. thanks. i've been on a huge keith hudson tip recently but had skipped over too expensive.
― stirmonster, Monday, 6 December 2021 00:58 (two years ago) link
Central Kingston too; syndrum-tastic! i need to hear the rest of this now.
― stirmonster, Monday, 6 December 2021 01:01 (two years ago) link
wow those are great! Is it just me or is there a bit of a an ian dury vibe on 'too expensive'?
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 6 December 2021 06:52 (two years ago) link
I should probably take this to a Hudson thread, but both albums are superb imo. If you're expecting polished soul you'll be disappointed, but if you already dig Hudson's shambolic approach, I can't imagine being disappointed.
As annoyed as I am that I bought the critical line on Too Expensive without even listening to it for so long, the lack of a reissue for From One Extreme is a puzzle since Pressure Sounds put out its dub, Nuh Skin Up, ages ago
― rob, Monday, 6 December 2021 16:29 (two years ago) link
I have a bit of an on/off thing with Hudson but these are all killer. Made me wish for a sweaty front room dance.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Monday, 6 December 2021 16:34 (two years ago) link
At one point I took some selections from this thread for this playlist and iirc keith hudson hasnt been mentioned:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6ObTLc46jR2QPzUvtEWESp?si=9AuQfReTSWqAPXmQkovcZQ
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 6 December 2021 18:55 (two years ago) link
nice cover image there, Moka!
― rob, Monday, 6 December 2021 19:44 (two years ago) link
"Civilization" was on that Virgin Front Line compilation everybody had - well, my sister had it anyway.
― When Smeato Met Moaty (Tom D.), Monday, 6 December 2021 19:48 (two years ago) link
And, as if by magic; Front Line comp comes out -
https://www.juno.co.uk/products/virgin-front-line-sounds-of-reality/848318-01/
― stirmonster, Friday, 10 December 2021 00:41 (two years ago) link
Okay. Serious jam here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGScGuAKmW0
― Night of Olay: The Resurrection (I M Losted), Thursday, 3 February 2022 11:47 (two years ago) link
Anyone here familiar with the French Patchworks label which seems to chug out a huge amount of music in this vein? My friend sent me this playlist and it's largely top drawer: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2HOOBwOtmgyPKhY49FEOkK?si=fe9b615c70054664
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Thursday, 3 February 2022 13:12 (two years ago) link
Xp you're right this is a serious jam
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Thursday, 3 February 2022 13:14 (two years ago) link
most stuff by eddy grant!
― xzanfar, Thursday, 3 February 2022 13:26 (two years ago) link
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/product/disco-reggae-rockers?fbclid=IwAR32tK6UhQOi4XsFSEblqBPyiG3WNfN9TL758HJfSmEN_F2_WR8td0BmnPg
― giraffe, Friday, 30 September 2022 12:32 (one year ago) link
(sorry for the formatting mishap)
A new disco-reggae compilation.
not going to click through all the youtubes to figure it out, but hopefully this thread didn’t get to 200 posts without mentioning tyrone davis “rise up” (wackies)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OrOahkRgvA
― the late great, Sunday, 12 February 2023 19:41 (one year ago) link
More reggae-disco than disco-reggae, but I just pulled out "Nightflight to Venus" and I'm def adding "Never Change Lovers in the Middle of the Night" to my playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjaXcIAcLY0
― Confessions of an Oatmeal Eater (I M Losted), Wednesday, 26 April 2023 02:46 (one year ago) link
Yeah that's a classic. I think I put that on my original mix made from suggestions to this thread. I absolutely love it
― Do I look like I know what a jpeg is? (dog latin), Wednesday, 26 April 2023 10:51 (one year ago) link
Atmosfear's Dancing in Outer Space has a couple of moments when it becomes almost reggae - the laser-ska bit between 2:17 and 2:52, and that liquidy dub bit between about 5:25-6:25 which sounds like the dubwise equivalent of paddling a canoe in choppy waters.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 29 August 2023 19:12 (nine months ago) link
This is joyful and I think it deserves to be included in this thread: https://soundwayrecords.bandcamp.com/album/chi-town-reggae
― giraffe, Friday, 10 November 2023 14:50 (seven months ago) link
Great stuff!
I thought I'd posted about it here already, but the Risco Connection comp has been a highlight of my year: https://riscoconnection.bandcamp.com/album/risco-version
― rob, Friday, 10 November 2023 15:00 (seven months ago) link
xp hah, I opened this thread wondering if it was going to be that!
― ...eh you get the gist of it (dog latin), Friday, 10 November 2023 17:12 (seven months ago) link
Moka, how on earth did I miss that extensive spotify playlist you posted way upthread? amazing work!
― your mom goes to limgrave (dog latin), Friday, 26 April 2024 13:46 (one month ago) link
Annette Brissett - Drums
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCTXl_lKFFo
― bbq, Sunday, 28 April 2024 20:33 (one month ago) link
so good. i love Love Power.
― stirmonster, Sunday, 28 April 2024 21:27 (one month ago) link
pretty cheesy but this is good summertime fun imo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epMbespU4JImargino - you turn me on
― Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Monday, 29 April 2024 17:45 (one month ago) link
shame there's no dub version tbh because the synths are great but the singing is a bit much
― Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Monday, 29 April 2024 18:12 (one month ago) link
Forgive me if this has been posted before (I can't see it) but this compilation looks great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4UJf0NXelYhttps://rockashacka.bandcamp.com/album/reggae-funkyfied-2
― giraffe, Thursday, 2 May 2024 14:39 (one month ago) link
That Margino track sounds so much like Yvonne Chaka Chaka's "I'm In Love With a DJ". I assume it's the same producer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL4WaCvrFdo
― your mom goes to limgrave (dog latin), Thursday, 2 May 2024 14:47 (one month ago) link
Yep. Attie Van Wyk
― bbq, Thursday, 2 May 2024 19:41 (one month ago) link
agreed, Moka’s Spotify playlist is a complete banger.
Ernest Ranglin’s “Soft Touch” is complete fire.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 2 May 2024 21:26 (one month ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0ACPrHCGCM
slight afrobeat flavour too
― giraffe, Tuesday, 4 June 2024 14:03 (one week ago) link
Great song!
Glad some of you have enjoyed the playlist! I need to do a clean-up and add more… in the meantime I have added some of the great suggestions so far!
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 4 June 2024 14:22 (one week ago) link
Love this playlist, moka. Thanks for taking the time and trouble.
― giraffe, Wednesday, 5 June 2024 13:43 (one week ago) link
favourite new disco-reggae nature-hippy jam:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVZqHYdgQ2wSheila & Des Majek - Let Us Plant a Tree Today
― Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Wednesday, 5 June 2024 13:52 (one week ago) link
That's very satisfying, NickB.
― giraffe, Wednesday, 5 June 2024 14:15 (one week ago) link
What a tune that is
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 5 June 2024 17:09 (one week ago) link