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| This show is a definite excursion from my usual conscious roots sound. I have finally given in to the urge to explore the genre I avoided for so many years. Branding the Lovers sound as empty |
| cheese is an easy mistake to make but over the years I have been forced to admit that there are some serious tunes out there. Ultimately Lovers is a deeply ingrained part of London’s sound system culture and if you dig deep enough you will be sure to find some exceptional records. Just as disco 12″s regularly fail to maintain the quality established in the first 16 bars thoughout an entire recording due to tireless shiny middle eights and wailing divas, a lot of the tunes on this show may have the odd saccharin overdose too. HOWEVER what you must remember is that these tunes must always be played on a huge fuck off sound system. 40 thousand watts of Steve Bedlams phattest rig is advised. The first tune worth of a mention comes from Annette Brissett - “Chant a Psalm”. Annette somehow has managed to stay almost entirely unheard of. Based in Miami, Brissett has released several albums in the eighties and ninties. A drummer and song writer she in my opinion has one of the best female voices in reggae despite never really making it big. Possibly the biggest tune on this show is “Break Up To Make Up” by Leroy Sibbles. Sibbles was the head honcho of the undisputed kings of rocksteady harmony, The Heptones. Leroy’s history is a littered with huge achievent including a lond period of multi tasking at Studio One, (singing, song writing, bass playing, arranging and production). Horace Andy’s classic cut Mr Bassie is about Sibbles. |
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