#Duppy echoes

[djhamaradio]

Max Roach Quartet with the inimitable Abbey Lincoln

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R.I.P. Lee "Scratch" Perry

Reggae and dub pioneer Lee "Scratch" Perry died August 29th in Jamaica at age 85. Perry started his career as an apprentice to reggae producer Clement Coxsone Dodd. After a time of working with Amalagated Records he formed his Upsetter Records in 1968. He started his career as a solo artist with his inaugural single "People Funny Boy" being released under the name Lee Perry. A series of songs followed and were released on various labels he controlled and there was time spent working with his studio band The Upsetters. In 1970, he produced and released his first production for The Wailers, "Mr. Brown."  His famous Black Ark studio was constructed in 1973 and legendary sessions for Bob Marley, The Heptones, The Congos, Junior Murvin and Max Romeo took place. This was also the year he would collaborate with fellow dub designer King Tubby on the Upsetters 14 Dub Blackboard Jungle album which many consider to be the first dub album. Augustus Pablo, who became known for adding melodica to dub, is also on the album's personnel.

Perry's productions took reverb and echo to make rippling rhythms that reflected a disjointed diaspora yet united the various geographies in sound. Samples of American soul made itself into dub alongside the distinct reggae beat he helped to popularize with his first recordings. He saw the studio itself as an instrument to be manipulated and used as his own artificial intelligence hybrid. Perry claimed to have burned The Black Ark down himself at the beginning of the '80s. But he also had a creative resurgence and started working with producer The Mad Professor and others.

His fame continued to grow in the '90s and he had a high-profile appearance on the Beastie Boys' Hello Nasty album. The 2003 Grammy for Best Reggae Album award went to Perry for his 2002 Jamaican E.T. album. Perry collaborated with producers Bill Laswell and Adrian Sherwood for the Rise Again and The Mighty Upsetter projects during the 2000s. He would later venture into the dubstep genre with the group Dubblestandart and the Subatomic Sound System. Music was his life's work but he also became a visual artist and had his first exhibition at Dem Passwords Gallery in Los Angeles in 2010.

Perry stayed busy with music until the end of his life. He co-produced The Orb's 2012 The Observer In The Star House album and still went on tours. He participated in the first two Dub Champions Festivals in New York City in 2011 and 2012 and Coachella in 2013. Three documentaries were released about him; The Upsetter (2011), Lee Scratch Perry's Vision Of Paradise (2015) and The Revelation Of Lee "Scratch" Perry (2019). He released 77 albums and four this year including Dubz Of The Root, Friends, No Bloody Friends and To Conquer The Evil Duppies. There was a re-release and remaster of Roast Fish, Collie Weed and Cornbread for Record Store Day 2021.

Lee "Scratch" Perry's dub and reggae creations have seeped into punk, dance music and hip-hop. Several artists paid tribute to him on Twitter and acknowledged the way he forever changed music.

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[carryforthtradition]

BROTHER WOODPECKER

A Tale from Jamaica

Re-told by Cardinale Montano with illustrations by Becky James

At the top of a hill stood a neat little house with a roof of tin

and walls of wood, set tight around a polished door

and a few, small, windows.

It was here lived sister Michelle, and beautiful she was,

and she lived alone

in the neat little house, of wood and tin.

 From her house she could see - on a higher hill which rose

behind the hill on which she lived-

a Breadfruit Tree.

A great and towering tree it was, the branches thick

with leaves of glossy green as big as two grown hands

or maybe

three grown hands put together,

and underneath the leaves, thick globes of fruit still brighter green,

there hanging.

 It was that tree in which he lived, good brother Woodpecker;

his scarlet crest bright, bright, between the leaves

of glossy green, from which he looked,

with black and shining eyes, upon the hill below,

and to the little house of tin and wood.

And over time his heart did beat with love,

for beautiful sister Michelle until

one day,

his love grew strong and strong, so that it lifted up his wings.

 Down, down, he flew, and told her of his love

and of his heart so full, and then confessed

from all that love which over-filled his heart,

his deepest wish- to marry her.

 But, oh - she turned, and oh!

She walked away,

her long, black, braid set swinging from the turn,

between the blades of shoulders,

set, and proud.

 Heavy his heart, and tears so thick, his wings

could lift him just so far as to a tree, beyond the house

of beautiful, sister Michelle.

There he sat upon a branch and from that branch,

with scarlet crest bowed down,

brother Woodpecker flew no further.

 It was then, as he sat, that he heard

between the beat, beat, beat, of his broken heart, a car

come slowly up the narrow road, and up

it wound, and up - until it reached her house, and there,

it stopped.

 The man was tall when he stood from the car,

and his stride was big and smooth, beneath a new, white, hat.

As he brushed specks of dust from his shirt,

his fingers, long.

And he walked to the door and knock, knock, knocked.

  She opened the door, the beautiful sister Michelle, and,

“Ah, it is true!”,

brother Woodpecker heard him say,

the man with the hat.

“You are as beautiful as I was told, and more than even I believed,

when I was told.”

And he asked then, if she would come and walk with him on the beach,

and

she said,

‘yes’.

 Night had fallen.

 Brother Woodpecker watched from the branch, his tears

no more, his eyes sharp, sharp,

as she walked with the man to the car.

There, as they walked, brother Woodpecker saw in the moonlight

but one shadow cast across the ground,

and it was the shadow of sister Michelle,

for the man

had none.

He was a man without a shadow,

a no-good spirit,

a ghost -

a duppy man.

 Now

down, down,

down along the twists of the winding road,

with all his might brother Woodpecker flew as quickly as he could

behind them.

All the long way down to where they walked, then,

through the Gully, thick

with ferns and sounds of night, to the edge

of the sea,

where the man then said to sister Michelle,

‘Take off your shoes, your hat, your pretty things, and put them

in the sand

where the salt-tide washes up;

there,

where the sea can take them.’

 Now she felt a fear,

a fear which ran sharp from her heart,

through her bones, to her skin, and oh!

That fear was wrapped around her tight, so that

she could not move.

 Down, down, flew brother Woodpecker, down,

in a blur of brown and white and red

and three times flew around her, where she stood.

 Now

she felt her body change in shape and feathers, where there once

was skin

and a strong bill formed where her lips once were,

and her arms

became wings

and with those wings she flew, transformed.

Sister Woodpecker now, behind brother Woodpecker flew,

up and up,

above the winding road, and over the neat little house of tin and wood,

to the Breadfruit tree.

 There - high and safe in the arms of the tree,

within the leaves of glossy green,

Brother Woodpecker spoke.

 ‘You can go back to your house of tin and wood, in the shape

of sister Michelle.

This you can choose to do - this, I can do for you.

Or,

you can marry me and you will stay as you are now

with feathers, wings, and strong brown bill -

forever

here,

with me.

This you can also choose, this I can do for you.’

 And now she looked on him and saw

for the first time

all goodness which was him

and shone so bright,

that feathers were no more - nor crest, nor bill, nor wings

but only that

which was the light within, that light

which shines

from a heart that is true

which was - and had been, always -

brother Woodpecker.

 She stayed.

 Many eggs were laid, over time,

and from these hatched many children.

And these children grew and burrowed out new nests,

in the trees of the forest of the Breadfruit tree

and so it went,

with their children’s children.

 Those, you can hear today,

their words –

the sharp, drumming, sounds

ringing in echoes through the woods-

telling over and over again,

the love story

of their grandparents.

[donsinclair]

Official Lee Scratch Perry Musical Journey A notoriously eccentric figure whose storied reputation and colorful personality match the sheer strangeness of much of his recorded output, Lee Perry is unquestionably one of reggae's most innovative, influential artists. His mixing-board innovations, from his early use of samples to hallucinatory echo and reverb effects, set the stage for generations of musical experimentation, particularly throughout electronic music and alternative/post-punk, and his free-association vocal style is a clear precedent for rap. Active as a producer and vocalist since the early '60s, he helped guide Jamaican music's shift from ska and rocksteady to reggae with singles like "People Funny Boy" (1968). During the '70s, he became a super-producer, helming seminal works by Bob Marley & the Wailers, the Congos, and Junior Murvin, in addition to releasing dub albums such as Upsetters 14 Dub Blackboard Jungle (1973) and Super Ape (1976), often credited to his band the Upsetters. His work became popular in the U.K., and he collaborated with the Clash, broadening his audience. By the end of the '80s, he had begun recording extensively with dub acolytes such as Mad Professor and Adrian Sherwood. Compilations such as 1997's Arkology and acknowledgment from alternative acts like the Beastie Boys confirmed Perry's legendary status during the '90s. He remained highly active during the first two decades of the 21st century, touring often and collaborating with artists ranging from Andrew W.K. (2008's Repentance) to the Orb (2012's The Orbserver in the Star House), in addition to revisiting earlier material on releases like 2017's Super Ape Returns to Conquer. Born in the rural Jamaican village of Kendal in 1936, Perry began his surrealistic musical odyssey in the late '50s, working with ska man Prince Buster selling records for Clement "Coxsone" Dodd's Downbeat Sound System. Called "Little" Perry because of his diminutive stature (he stands at 4'11"), he was soon producing and recording at the center of the Jamaican music industry, Studio One. After a falling out with Dodd (throughout his career, Perry has a tendency to burn his bridges after he stops working with someone), he went to work at Wirl Records with Joe Gibbs. Perry and Gibbs never really saw eye to eye on anything, and in 1968, Perry left to form his own label, called Upsetter. Not surprisingly, Perry's first release on the label was a single entitled "People Funny Boy," which was a direct attack upon Gibbs. What is important about the record is that, along with selling extremely well in Jamaica, it was the first Jamaican pop record to use the loping, lazy, bass-driven beat that would soon become identified as the reggae "riddim" and signal the shift from the hyperkinetically upbeat ska to the pulsing, throbbing languor of "roots" reggae. From this point through the '70s, Perry released an astonishing amount of work under his name and numerous, extremely creative pseudonyms: Jah Lion, Pipecock Jakxon, Super Ape, the Upsetter, and his most famous nom de plume, Scratch. Many of the singles released during this period were significant Jamaican (and U.K.) hits, instrumental tracks like "The Return of Django," "Clint Eastwood," and "The Vampire," which cemented Perry's growing reputation as a major force in reggae music. Becoming more and more outrageous in his pronouncements and personal appearance (when it comes to clothing, only Sun Ra could hold a candle to Perry's thrift-store outfits), Perry and his remarkable house band, also named the Upsetters, worked with just about every performer in Jamaica. It was in the early '70s after hearing some of King Tubby's early dub experiments that Perry also became interested in this form of aural manipulation. He quickly released a mind-boggling number of dub releases and eventually, in a fit of creative independence, opened his own studio, Black Ark. It was at Black Ark that Perry recorded and produced some of the early, seminal Bob Marley tracks. Using the Upsetters rhythm section of bassist Aston "Familyman" Barrett and his drummer brother Carlton Barrett, Perry guided the Wailers through some of their finest moments, recording such powerful songs as "Duppy Conqueror" and "Small Axe." ❤️💛💚 #Reggae & #SoundSystem #Culture For more Quality Vibes Subscribe

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I do not have a brand because I am not a corporation.

I lost my job recently and had to log back into my LinkedIn account. The whole thing felt forced and weird because I never use the app and I never post anything and suddenly I posted an alert showing I was open for work. The whole process felt weird because everyone in my network seemed to be confused because everyone on there is an ace at networking and using their personal brands to show people what they have going on in their work lives and I felt like a faker. Same way I feel when I am told I am not effectively branding my radio show and my escapades in the record digging world to become a vinyl influencer (not sure if that exists). The whole thing has me depressed because I get the feeling my inactivity is not helping with my job prospects. And no matter what advice I read on Forbes or whatever blog about personal marketing I’m never going to be good at it. I lack the brand consistency or whatever it’s called because ultimately I am not that committed to this world of personal branding. The article above from the wonderful folks at Vox reminds me that this is one of the legacies of late market capitalism everyone is merely a sellout but we don’t have interests or passions anymore everything we do or say has to be leveraged for likes and followers. The thing I find most intriguing about this world is the pervasisveness of hucksterism, and just pure fakery. I find people employing awful vague corporte phrases like maximizing productivity to describe their day to day lives.I find people posting shit about how one can leverage their brand to build a following that will lead them to make a living off social media. it is all disgusting but more than anything speaks to just how much consumerism, and capitlism in general has infected every sacred facet of human life. We have all become brands, and as brands your ultimate goal is to sell, sell and sell. Sell agressively, sell even if it means lying and sell with your consumer in mind. I look at myself I truly joined social media to connect with friends, at some point I left Facebook because my conservative family had joined and thewas now on they had an issue with my Halloween costume (Me dressed as a member of De La Soul and my girlfriend at the time in. slutty Nun costume), so I deleted the account and stuck with IG. On IG aI liked sharing music banter, odd ball humour and rap references with my small cast of friends who get it, and I use it to let people know when my radio show is on. My show is decently popular and I dont make a living doing it, I do DJ gigs on the side and I make decent guap doing it but would absolutely never do that for a living. The DJ gig funds the record collecting, and the radio show is a creative outlet that is all it is. I dont give a shit about branding, even though in a sense I am acting like a brand but I am not selling you anything. I put myself out there simply to say hey check out what I am doing and let me know if you fuck with it other than that no biggie. I aint out here saying if you listen to my radioshow your dick will grow bigger, all the chicks will like you and I am offering somekind of solution to one of lifes ills. My purpose is simply to say hey dont know what you doing but tune into my non-commercial uninterrupted absolutley amteurish radio show where you get to hear me play funk, soul, jazz and african music, for its on sake and not to sell but plugs or lawn mowers. The branding shit is particularly insidious because it makes us forget that there was a time when people congregated because they shared deep interests outside of the capitalist objective, think about stamp collectors, book clubs, bowling leagues and in my case a group of guys who drive around the midwest frequenting record stores spending huge amounts of hours scouring dollar record bins for prized records (This is also a dying art but I digress). I think at the heart of it social media has democratized aspects of the creative world. I just want to live in a world where I am not a brand.

[djhamaradio]

I feel like her example is really shaping a lot of newer black artists operating in a world that works with black spirituality that stretches itself outside the bounds of Christianity and says we too can explore other spiritual and religious textures.

[djhamaradio]

As usual great recommendation here from the folks at Bandcamp.

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Stooges all day

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Anyone who knows me knows I live on YouTube and it entertains and educates me. I love studying Africa and love studying the diaspora in general. This video was a very illuminating and respectful analysis of Vodoun culture. It really points to how folks in the diaspora used religion to maintain cosmic ties to Africa as a physical and spiritual place so interesting.

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Duppy Echoes - 07.30.23

Side A - 00:00 - 01:00

Gonjasufi - Sheep

King Crimson - Court of the crimson king

US69 - A Spaced Oddity

Gaslamp Killer - She's coming

September - Ostavi Trag

David Axelrod - Holy Thursday

Lil Wayne - Dr Carter

Curtis Mayfield - Make Me Believe

Donny Hathaway - I hear voices

Side B - 01:00 - 02:00

Brigitte Fontaine - Moi Aussi

Monk Hughes & The Outer Realm - Keys

Sambo - The Little Things You Say

- A Ver Que Sale

Quarteto Em Cy - Zambi

Shivkumar - Raga Piloo

- Las Flute Des Mornes

Flying Lotus - Putty Boy

Shuggie Otis & Al Kooper - Bury My Body

LivE on WCSB 89.3 FM Cleveland

Pre-recorded Joint link Here

[djhamaradio]

Favorite documentary films of all time

To say I love documentaries is an understatement. check these movies below:

1. The blues according to lightning Hopkins - les blank

2. Lake of fire - Tony Kay

3. You see me laughing - Mandy Stein

4. Buena Vista Social Club - Wim Wenders

5. Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robinhood hills

6. Only the dead see the end of war - Michael Ware & Bill Guttentag

7. Control Room - Jehane Noujaim

8. When we where kings - Leon Gast

9. Grey Gardens - Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer

10. Shoah - Claude Lanzmann

11. Sans Soleil - Chris Marker

12. Grizzly man - Werner Herzog

13. Man on wire - James Marsh

14. Kooyanisqatis - Godfrey Reggio

16. The Fog of War - Errol Morris

17. The look of Silence- Joshua Oppenheimer

18. I am your negro - Raoul Peck

19. Exterminate all brutes - Raul Peck

20. Concerning Violence - Goran Olsson

21. The Black Power Mixtape - Goran Olsson

22. The Century of Self - Adam Curtis

23. Hypernormalization - Adam Curtis

24. Cave of forgotten dreams - Werner Herzog

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Rap Tiers

I have a youtube channel that I subscribe to, and the channel was discussing Mos-Defs comments about Drake (Which I will discuss at another time), but during the conversation he brought up that a friend of his brought up having more than one Top 10 or Top 5 Hip Hop list, but instead of having lists based on Tiers or specific lists that speak to specific aspects of the art form. So my first list is my normie rap list check it out below, in no particular order my favorite emcees normie list is:

Jay-Z

Nas

Biggie

Tupac

Scarface

Ice cube

MF Doom

Mos Def

Blackthought

Andre 3000

That is my defacto boring thoughtless list but when I actually really think about it i got different types of lists, so my next list will be rappers who I listen to the most whose albums mean a lot to me.

MF Doom

Danny Brown

UGK

OutKast

Common

Cannibal Ox

Ghostfacekillah

Kanye West

Mos Def

I have more or my rap tier lists like 1) favorite 80s OG rappers, 2) favorite underground rappers and favorite rappers from different time periods keep it locked to see more