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Adrian Sherwood
In 1980, fired by the collective, optimistic spirit of the Rock Against Racism movement, he formed On-U Records (“It means “onus”, or very important sound”) and its equally ubiquitous touring offshoot, the On-U Sound System. Sherwood joined forces with Pop Group vocalist Mark Stewart and members of The Slits in projects like New Age Steppas, pushing dub and reggae into hitherto unknown territories of new wave and industrial rock. A vast army of reggae, funk, rock, and rap artists – Bim Sherman, Cabaret Voltaire, Tackhead, Lee Perry, Gary Clail (for whom he produced a top ten hit with Human Nature), Keith Le Blanc, and innumerable others – were soon clamouring for Sherwood’s wildly experimental studio techniques.
The legacy of his use of technology, particularly the then-unheard-of use of ambience and delay, is evident to anyone familiar with the history of club music and, it must be said, the work of multi-million selling acts like Moby. Sometimes, he even ran whole tracks in reverse.
The On-U vibe was democratic, leftfield, determinedly non-materialistic, and unashamedly idealistic. With it, Sherwood created a niche. “It gave us an identity among like-minded people,” he offers. “Anything with the O
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Nine Jamaican Music Producers You Should Know About
Jamaica is one of the epicenters of music and culture. With more artists emerging on the scene, it’s important to note the names of the Jamaican music producers who have pushed artists into newer, and dare we say, more uncharted territory.
In 2020, Jamaica reclaimed its tastemaker status as one of the epicenters of music and culture. Jamaicans are now playing to a more international audience and pushing beyond the barriers of the genres they have been pigeon-holed into: dancehall and reggae. So extensive is this metamorphosis that many key industry players have clamored to create a name for these emerging sounds as the current categories don’t seem to do them justice. From Grammy Award-winning producer of Major Lazer Walshy Fire coining the term "Reggae Vibe" to numerous news outlets describing the sounds as neo-Reggae, one can easily see how steadily this new wave of sounds has staked its claim.
Artists have encouraged this shift, as well as the producers who, these days, have become the drivers of a lot of these new sounds emerging from the country. While much has changed in how Jamaicans consume new sounds — the shift from "riddim projects" which would see five plus artists on one signature beat
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Jo Mersa Marley - The Immortal Interview
05/17/2021 by Gardy Stein
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