Not sure if its the right name for the genre but im looking for some nice new chillout reggae, not dancehall stuff, just modern or some classics as i just got into the more relaxing side of jamaican music. Any favourites?
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7/31/08 at 1:42am
I like the olden school vibes of the Heptones.
YouTube - The Heptones - Party Time
& The 80s sounds of Black Uhuru.
YouTube - Sponji Reggae ---- Black Uhuru
YouTube - The Heptones - Party Time
& The 80s sounds of Black Uhuru.
YouTube - Sponji Reggae ---- Black Uhuru
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7/31/08 at 5:43am
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Love reggae, been listening to it for about 20 years. Good chill non-dancehall artists:
Modern:
Aswad
Glen Washinton
Fiji
Gyptian
Garnet Silk
Junior Reid
Lukie D
Lucky Dube
Steel Pulse
Morgan Heritage
Classic:
Beres Hammond
Barrington Levy
Don Carlos
Gregory Isaacs - especially the album Night Nurse
Bob Marley - of course
Cornell Cambell
Leroy Smart - especially a song called Pride and Ambition deep deep chill song
Kick butt songs - check these out on imeem
J Boog - Love Season
Pokahu - Just a Little Love
There is literally tons of good reggae, hope this helps
DJ Rod
Modern:
Aswad
Glen Washinton
Fiji
Gyptian
Garnet Silk
Junior Reid
Lukie D
Lucky Dube
Steel Pulse
Morgan Heritage
Classic:
Beres Hammond
Barrington Levy
Don Carlos
Gregory Isaacs - especially the album Night Nurse
Bob Marley - of course
Cornell Cambell
Leroy Smart - especially a song called Pride and Ambition deep deep chill song
Kick butt songs - check these out on imeem
J Boog - Love Season
Pokahu - Just a Little Love
There is literally tons of good reggae, hope this helps
DJ Rod
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7/31/08 at 6:36am
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I don't know a lot about the newer stuff, but I love 70's reggae. One of my favourite albums (I played it on Tuesday in the UK heatwave, funnily enough) is a Various Artists compliation called Dub Chill Out featuriing remixes by Lee "Scratch" Perry, King Tubby etc. Well worth a listen. Other artists to check out would be Sly & Robbie, I-Roy, U-Roy, Black Uhuru, Big Youth, Peter Tosh, Prince Far I etc.
Man, I'm chillin' just writing this.
Here's a couple of links to CD's I'd recommend from my collection.
Dub Chill Out
Amazon.co.uk: Dub Chill Out: Various Artists: Music
Dread meets Punk Rockers Uptown (Don Letts collection)
Amazon.co.uk: Dread Meets Punk Rockers Uptown: the Soundtrack to London's Legendary Roxy Club December 1976-April 1977: Various Artists: Music
Classic Reggae, The Deejays
101CD.com: Classic Reggae (The Deejay's/The Best Of The Original 1970's Reggae DJs) - Compilations CDs - Free Delivery
Man, I'm chillin' just writing this.
Here's a couple of links to CD's I'd recommend from my collection.
Dub Chill Out
Amazon.co.uk: Dub Chill Out: Various Artists: Music
Dread meets Punk Rockers Uptown (Don Letts collection)
Amazon.co.uk: Dread Meets Punk Rockers Uptown: the Soundtrack to London's Legendary Roxy Club December 1976-April 1977: Various Artists: Music
Classic Reggae, The Deejays
101CD.com: Classic Reggae (The Deejay's/The Best Of The Original 1970's Reggae DJs) - Compilations CDs - Free Delivery
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7/31/08 at 9:48am
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Get a Gregory Isaacs best-of.
Bunny Wailer
Blackheart Man
…sings the Wailers
Burning Spear
Harder Than The Best
Pablo Moses
A Song
Bunny Wailer
Blackheart Man
…sings the Wailers
Burning Spear
Harder Than The Best
Pablo Moses
A Song
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7/31/08 at 10:12am
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Hm, I should listen to more reggae. Makes you feel like you're one with the universe 

thanks guys. Will look into the suggestions. Cheers!
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8/1/08 at 2:43am
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You Must Buy This
Augustus Pablo - East of the River Nile
It is instrumental, he plays a harmonium- probably the only person in the world to make that "toy" such a beautiful, deep instrument. Very relaxed, and easy to listen to, but it has incredible depth and soul to it.
Also, if you are going to buy a Burning Spear album, the ONLY one to get is "100th Anniversary" It has some of the same studio tracks as on Harder than the Rest, but it has more layers added onto it. It is literally as if they took the same songs, and sat down into the studio again, and added more layers, like more keyboards, percussion, etc. and it just grooves way harder.
Ahmen on the Bunny Wailer recomendation! yes
Augustus Pablo - East of the River Nile
It is instrumental, he plays a harmonium- probably the only person in the world to make that "toy" such a beautiful, deep instrument. Very relaxed, and easy to listen to, but it has incredible depth and soul to it.
Also, if you are going to buy a Burning Spear album, the ONLY one to get is "100th Anniversary" It has some of the same studio tracks as on Harder than the Rest, but it has more layers added onto it. It is literally as if they took the same songs, and sat down into the studio again, and added more layers, like more keyboards, percussion, etc. and it just grooves way harder.
Ahmen on the Bunny Wailer recomendation! yes
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8/1/08 at 2:54am
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I dunno if this counts, but it's a newer group i like: Bedouin Soundclash. Very chill.
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Also, if you are going to buy a Burning Spear album, the ONLY one to get is "100th Anniversary" It has some of the same studio tracks as on Harder than the Rest, but it has more layers added onto it. It is literally as if they took the same songs, and sat down into the studio again, and added more layers, like more keyboards, percussion, etc. and it just grooves way harder.
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For a current touring band that is very chill, check out Midnite. They are from St. Croix and have created quite a following. The lead singer Vaughn Benjamin has an amazing voice that is very soothing - it fits the definition of chill. The style is based in roots rock, but with a bit of a dub influence with the use of reverb and echo.
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8/1/08 at 4:37pm
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Mighty Diamonds -Right Time or Planet Earth
Yabby U & The Prophets - Beware
Sugar Minott - Black Roots
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Sugar Minott - Black Roots
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Funny....just a few minute ago I was browsing iTunes (UK) under iTunes Essentials...they have a reggae chillout compilation for your perusal.
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8/4/08 at 3:26am
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The record you're talking about is actually Marcus Garvey - 100th Anniversary, and the difference is that it includes the entire original album Marcus Garvey (fantastic!) as well as remixed (or "dub") versions of all the tracks (released as Garvey's Ghost). A few of the dub versions are on Harder Than The Best, which is a best-of that includes the pacifist song "Throw Down Your Arms" and "Man in the Hills." Both are sweet, but I think the best-of balances song with groove a bit better…no biggie. The Augustus Pablo disc you recommended is a bona fide landmark.
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Love reggae, been listening to it for about 20 years. Good chill non-dancehall artists:
Modern: Aswad Glen Washinton Fiji Gyptian Garnet Silk Junior Reid Lukie D Lucky Dube Steel Pulse Morgan Heritage Classic: Beres Hammond Barrington Levy Don Carlos Gregory Isaacs - especially the album Night Nurse Bob Marley - of course Cornell Cambell Leroy Smart - especially a song called Pride and Ambition deep deep chill song Kick butt songs - check these out on imeem J Boog - Love Season Pokahu - Just a Little Love There is literally tons of good reggae, hope this helps DJ Rod |
Lots of other great recommendations as well. Keep 'em coming guys. I should be able to contribute something to this thread considering that I've been dating Jamaican women for 12 years now. Several of them, I guess four to be exact. It never seems to "work out" (as in marriage) but it has always been fun to go to 'Yard' to meet their families.
On one occasion, I got to meet Beres Hammond. My former finacee's best friend from her growing up years is his common law wife and mother of four of his children. We spent and entire day at his house in Stoney Hill. I didn't even know who he was at the time, but am now a big fan. I've got about a dozen of his albums.
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