DAY OF SHOW: $20
Audio / Video
Gallery
About This Event
Minimum Age:
21+Doors Open:
9:00 PMShow Time:
9:00 PMDescription:
It might be more than 40 years since Lee Perry built an unassuming studio called The Black Ark in the Washington Gardens neighborhood of Kingston, Jamaica, and his brother-in-mind King Tubby worked his magic on a couple of multi-track tapes. But their echoes still resonate to this day. From your favorite woozy indie pop combo to the countless bedroom producers exploring the limits of bass from London to LA, dub still stands as one of the main influences of today’s dance and pop music. To celebrate this heritage, the Red Bull Music Academy invited some of those artists who carry the torch that Perry and Tubby once ignited to perform in a truly unique setting. Expect double-trouble pairings, heavenly harmonies in surround sound, and mixing board magic live on stage. Acts on the bill include dubwise devastators such as the mighty Adrian Sherwood; Jamaica’s greatest vocal group of all time, The Congos; Maxmillion Dunbar and Protect-U’s Future Times; DIY electronic dubbers Peaking Lights; and none other than his majesty, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry himself. A long night on the echo beach!
This is a general admission, standing event.
Artists
http://www.lee-perry.com
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http://www.adriansherwood.com
In a career spanning over 30 years, music producer Adrian Sherwood has worked with artists as diverse as Lee Scratch Perry, Primal Scream, Depeche Mode, Asian Dub Foundation, Little Axe and Sinéad O’Connor. He is also the founding father of legendary dub label On-U Sound.
http://www.myspace.com/congoscongos
The Congos were the reggae duo “Ashanti” Roy Johnson tenor, and Cedric Myton falsetto, both born in 1947. Specialising in roots reggae, with rastafarian/spiritual lyrics, they recorded the classic Heart of The Congos in 1977, produced by Lee Perry at the Black Ark Studio, with the Congos augmented by illustrious backing singers such as Gregory Isaacs and the Heptones. Leaving Black Ark, after predictably arguing with Perry over sales, royalties and payments, their career lost momentum. Later recordings such as Congos Ashanti being sparser and sounding ordinary compared to Perry’s kitchen-sink-and-all massive productions. Cedric Myton had previously worked with Prince Lincoln Thompson. In 2005 Myton recorded Give Them the Rights with a host of backup singers and star session players such as Sly and Robbie and Chinna Smith, very much in the spiritual 70s roots vein.
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