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Sunday, February 24, 2013

Tonight / Classic Root Radics' Dangerous Dub

Posted by Charles Mudede on Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 10:08 AM

(Neumos) If you were to ask me who the greatest band in the history of pop is, I would not say the Beatles, or the Stones, or anything like that. The greatest band will not be found in England or the United States, but on the little island of Jamaica. That band is the Roots Radics. Established in 1978 by the bassist Errol "Flabba" Holt, the guitarist Eric "Bingy Bunny" Lamont, and the drummer Lincoln "Style" Scott, the Roots Radics built a sound that not only cemented dub but had the profoundest sense of space and time. Scott's drumming could be as hard as dry land and Holt's bass as substantial as a heartbeat, but they always made sure there was plenty of room for words or echoes to float about like slow-moving clouds. The Roots Radics' music is never rushed, nor tight and robotic like Sly and Robbie's, but very sensual, very physical, and very earthy. Listen to King Tubby's Dangerous Dub to hear what the greatest band ever sounds like.

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hey, is Neumo's owned by thoose ALEC republicans too or is that just the Crocodile. i don't know who to fuck with. do they pay good at least. give your people a raise you cheap ALEC motherfuckers..

Posted by tim koch on February 24, 2013 at 1:25 PM