DISCO DUB VIBES
There is of course tons and tons of reggae disco, dubbed out B side instrumentals, jamaican boogie, london carribean scene funk and what have you, and by all means put your favorites in the comments section. Reggae and dub hit the North American and European mainstream the same time as disco and punk (right? no?), or so it figures I guess. These two tracks though are from my own collection and I could not find them elsewhere on the greater internet, and are both very different from one another, so I though it would make a good post.
Landscape were a UK New Wave band that had some artsy electronic 7"s in the seventies and a couple of radio played synth pop tracks in the 80's (one was called 'Einstein' or something, and had a great video with the ghost of Einstein in it haunting a chemistry lab..). "The Fabulous Neutrinos" is a dubby instrumental B side to the harsh ears single "So Pure, So Good, So Kind", unearthed from a cheap record store many moons ago. Frankie Paul, sometimes called the "Jamaican Stevie Wonder" because of his poor vision, is a dancehall singer who was associated with the Coxsone soundsytem. "Funky Reggae Party" is an out of place mid tempo electro funk track that sits weirdly on the B side of the South London produced and recorded dancehall reggae album "Ripe Mango" on Blacker Dread Records in 1983. I forget which part of South London the Blacker Dread record store is in, but it's still there. Flip the record over and you will find a nice surprise:
Franky Paul - Funky Reggae Part
Landscape - The Fabulous Neutrinos
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