Tuesday, December 16, 2014

The Mighty Upsetter -- Kung Fu Meets The Dragon

  A classic in the Lee 'Scratch' Perry, OCD riddled, cult film obsessed, dub reggae style.  Perry's Jamaican space-psych pre-trip hop music is pure mad scientist genius in technique, form and sound, recorded in his studio/ dub-experiment lab, Black Ark studios, which he cheaply built in his back yard to gain more control and isolation, and eventually burned down in a fit of paranoia due to 'unclean spirits' ... I suspect that the super ape had escaped and was totally pissed!

The Dave Brubeck Quartet -- Time Out

  I may not, yet, be a jazz aficionado, and don't get me wrong Time Out is a great album, but I somehow find it has a white naïveté sound to it.