Sirens and 'Laser' sounds in dub, reggae etc.

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you know the sounds i mean? are they known as anything else?

who were the first producers to put these sounds in their tracks and run the echoes/delays on them? which tracks?

i'm guessing it was all about recreating the sounds of the streets - police sirens, gunfire etc. and layering them on top of each other with mad echo was about reflecting the oft compromised consciousness of those making it. i think it's one of my favourite sound things ever but not sure why.

Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 10:50 (nineteen years ago)

what about the lee perry "cow/zombie" noise? where did that come from?

steve, my guessing it was king tubby who started with the lazer noises, but that's a guess.

dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 11:17 (nineteen years ago)

Ring the alarm...

js (honestengine), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 11:18 (nineteen years ago)

I saw Toots and the Maytals in Boston recently and the DJ wouldn't lay off the sirens. I can do without it.

Jim M (jmcgaw), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 11:21 (nineteen years ago)

MASSIVE:
http://deadlydragonsound.com/v3_selectors.php

jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 11:27 (nineteen years ago)

That Goddamn Fog Horn -- ie Dancehall Sound Effects

Confounded (Confounded), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 11:55 (nineteen years ago)

I don't know who started it, but Massacre by Nigger Kojak from 1979 is a classic example of the 'laser' effect.

eyesteel (eyesteel), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 12:11 (nineteen years ago)

I'm pretty sure I used to have a King Tubby track called 'Laser Dub'

like murderinging (modestmickey), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 13:58 (nineteen years ago)

pretty sure it's credited to Joe Gibbs' African Dub Chapter 1-3.

biz, Wednesday, 3 May 2006 14:05 (nineteen years ago)

Nigger Kojak

wow. that's quite a name.

GOD PUNCH TO HAWKWIND (yournullfame), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 14:15 (nineteen years ago)

Stonelove 3 way soundclash

Unlimited Toothpicker (eman), Thursday, 4 May 2006 00:53 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.greensleeves.net/pics/grelcd775.jpg

Unlimited Toothpicker (eman), Thursday, 4 May 2006 11:47 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.roots-archives.com/artwork/albums/4232.jpg

Jason Toon (Jason Toon), Thursday, 4 May 2006 14:00 (nineteen years ago)

Can I have this as my new desktop wallpaper?

PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 4 May 2006 14:09 (nineteen years ago)

sixteen years pass...

Reading Chris Welch's 1969 Melody Maker article on reggae and this jumped out...

Boghausen, the German chemist, once wrote at Worms in 1612: "Luther? — No tighter", which many interpreted as a direct prophecy of the holocaust to come.

Many of the sounds of Reggae are "musique concrete" or "cement waltz," some of the everyday sounds that occur in the Reggaeist's life; a dripping tap, a lavatory being flushed, the sound of a stomach, the beauty of a birdcall — thus: "Ark, ark, Belay there!"

Yes, Reggae can be a frightening, but often moving experience.

...mostly because he goes for "musique concrete" as his term to cover it, in 1969 (!) But which records do you think he had in mind as he wrote that? My knowledge here is evidently too patchy as all I can think of are tracks that came after (in dub primarily obv).

you can see me from westbury white horse, Sunday, 5 March 2023 03:11 (two years ago)


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