Showing posts with label ska/rocksteady. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ska/rocksteady. Show all posts

Sunday, August 20, 2017

Doe Maar - Skunk (1981)


Hey there everybody. Got back last night from a week at the beach, during which I apparently forgot about the internet. It was great. Here's a record that I put on during one late-night porch hang. Skunk is a puzzlingly great fusion of old-school ska and new wave, straight outta the Netherlands. Taps so effectively into the nervous energy at the core of both genres that you often can't really tell where one ends and the next begins. Then they throw in a lil' dub for good measure.

Track listing:
1. Sinds 1 Dag of 2
2. Te Laat
3. Bella Donna
4. Smoorverliefd
5. Nederweit
6. Nix voor Jou
7. Mis
8. Ruma Saja
9. De Laatse X
10. Dansen met Alice

Some girls

You might also like:
The Upsetters -
Return of Django (1969)
Björgvin Gíslason ‎-
Örugglega (1983)

Thursday, July 6, 2017

The Upsetters - Return of Django (1969)


A little slice of instrumental reggae/rocksteady heaven courtesy of the house band for Lee Perry's record label, Upsetter. Makes me want to get high and cruise.

Track listing:
1. Return of Django
2. Touch of Fire
3. Cold Sweat
4. Drugs and Poison
5. Soulful I
6. Night Doctor
7. One Punch
8. Eight for Eight
9. Live Injection
10. Man from M.I.5
11. Ten to Twelve
12. Medical Operation

Ice on my head feels nice on my head

If you like this, listen to:
U-Roy -
Dread in a Babylon (1975)
Bunny Wailer -
Blackheart Man (1976)