Reggaebass Posted January 12, 2020 Author Posted January 12, 2020 Some of gentlemen’s tunes can be a bit hit and miss for me, but I like the Bassline on this one. Quote
Reggaebass Posted January 18, 2020 Author Posted January 18, 2020 I was playing, book of rules by the heptones the other day and this video by davey of Cambridge bass lessons popped up, he does a good breakdown of a really nice Bassline , for anyone who is interested. 1 Quote
Frank Blank Posted January 18, 2020 Posted January 18, 2020 43 minutes ago, Reggaebass said: I was playing, book of rules by the heptones the other day and this video by davey of Cambridge bass lessons popped up, he does a good breakdown of a really nice Bassline , for anyone who is interested. That’s a cracking line. 1 Quote
Frank Blank Posted January 18, 2020 Posted January 18, 2020 Not sure this really belongs here but then where do The Slits belong? Apart from nearly top of my favourite bands list. Love this bass line. 1 Quote
Reggaebass Posted January 18, 2020 Author Posted January 18, 2020 7 minutes ago, Frank Blank said: Love this bass line. That’s a cool Bassline frank, it’s got a good groove to it . 1 Quote
Reggaebass Posted January 23, 2020 Author Posted January 23, 2020 I came across this the other day, I’m fairly certain it’s the original , cut in 1973 that was on African museum label ,that Errol Dunkley started with Gregory Isaacs ,nice old tune 🙂 Quote
TheMaartian Posted January 23, 2020 Posted January 23, 2020 (edited) On 11/01/2020 at 06:31, TheGreek said: Reggae was my inspiration to start playing bass. Loved the bass lines from Aswad and Maxi Priest in the early/mid 80s and the Reggae Hits albums opened many doors for me This led to a huge collection of Dub and Sly & Robbie/ Black Uhuru and Steel Pulse. Gregory Isaacs , Freddie McGregor and Lovers Rock are all favourites.. TBH I think it lost it's way in the 90s - I haven't bought any Reggae this century. More like "evolved" for me. For example, I've bought quite a few Stick Figure CDs the last few years. He's from San Diego (a LONG way from Jamaica). He does good work! Edited January 23, 2020 by TheMaartian 1 Quote
tinyd Posted January 24, 2020 Posted January 24, 2020 I've always loved anything with Sly and Robbie, I learned a lot about bass playing from playing along to their stuff It's not strictly reggae, but I discovered this recently: 3 Quote
Reggaebass Posted January 24, 2020 Author Posted January 24, 2020 27 minutes ago, tinyd said: I've always loved anything with Sly and Robbie, Me too tinyd, I’ve followed them pretty much from day 1 , there’s some good studio footage on YT which is well worth a look, I’m also listening to quite a bit of Israel vibration lately, some nice basslines, 1 Quote
Frank Blank Posted February 3, 2020 Posted February 3, 2020 Oh delicious extended goodness. Steel Pulse - Handsworth Revolution, one of the greatest albums of any genre imho. Here with several dub versions and BBC sessions, thirty tracks of heaven... 4 Quote
Reggaebass Posted February 3, 2020 Author Posted February 3, 2020 32 minutes ago, Frank Blank said: Oh delicious extended goodness. Steel Pulse - Handsworth Revolution, one of the greatest albums of any genre imho. Here with several dub versions and BBC sessions, thirty tracks of heaven... I’d forgotten this, Absolute tune frank ☝️ Quote
Frank Blank Posted February 3, 2020 Posted February 3, 2020 25 minutes ago, Reggaebass said: I’d forgotten this, Absolute tune frank ☝️ ...as is every track on the album. Quote
Reggaebass Posted February 3, 2020 Author Posted February 3, 2020 I’ve got back into Augustus pablo lately, this was the first album I bought of his in around 1979 and I still have it, the melodica is just great 🙂 1 Quote
TheMaartian Posted February 3, 2020 Posted February 3, 2020 7 minutes ago, Reggaebass said: I’ve got back into Augustus pablo lately, this was the first album I bought of his in around 1979 and I still have it, the melodica is just great 🙂 New artist to me. Thanks for sharing. Really nice! 1 Quote
Reggaebass Posted February 3, 2020 Author Posted February 3, 2020 2 minutes ago, TheMaartian said: New artist to me. Thanks for sharing. Really nice! That’s great ☝️, pablo was quite famous for playing the melodica and heavy roots reggae, he also worked with a lot of well known artists especially king tubby. Imo, his early tunes were the best 🙂 Quote
miles'tone Posted February 3, 2020 Posted February 3, 2020 Cool thread! Some great records here. I love this one from the Ozrics, the dubbiest of all their dubby leanings.. 3 Quote
TheMaartian Posted February 3, 2020 Posted February 3, 2020 3 minutes ago, miles'tone said: Cool thread! Some great records here. I love this one from the Ozrics, the dubbiest of all their dubby leanings.. Major Ozrics fan. Major props to you! Oh, and props on the thrashing of Italy Saturday in the Six Nations comp! 2 1 Quote
GisserD Posted February 4, 2020 Posted February 4, 2020 (edited) Koffee just won a 2020 Grammy for Best Reggae Album, making her the first woman and the youngest artist to ever win in the category Edited February 4, 2020 by GisserD 1 Quote
Raslee Posted February 4, 2020 Posted February 4, 2020 I should really get around to contributing to this thread being a bit of a reggaemon but i have been running on a Jamaican time frame, 😂....better irie than never My old reggae covers band has recently reformed, new singer (female), new horns (forgot how loud trombonists are). Very early days, 4 rehearsals so far and around 10 tunes......oddly mostly ska at this stage. I've played various reggae esq music between 2008-2015 from covers of the usual classics and also not so well known, a bit of 50/60's trad ska with a jazz flavour, bit of two tone ska depping for Too hot, heavy loud UK Roots dub being the live backing band for our friend Daddy Teacha who's worked with Vibronics, Iration Steppas, and Alpha & Omega among many, and also providing billions of classic riddims for our Jamaican friend 'Goldman' and his live Tiger style sets...20 seconds of a riddim, 'pull upppppppp'.... next riddim followed by Sleng Teng for two hours (ad nauseum).....long set list with songs lasting the average length of a Napalm death song! Then had 4 years off doing soul/funktion band stuff and a bit of grunge rock to play a bit of my youth.....but now back to the vibe i love ......the sweet reggae.....here is a nice tune we're nicking for the set, we'll do a version of a version of a version...simple B line but the sum of the parts are very nice: 2 1 Quote
Reggaebass Posted February 4, 2020 Author Posted February 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Raslee said: but now back to the vibe i love ......the sweet reggae. You can never escape the vibe 😄 , that’s great that you’re band has reformed, especially with the trombonists, I always think they add so much to the reggae sound , please keep us posted on how it’s going ,and I think covering that tune will go down really well, great post Raslee ☝️ 1 Quote
TheMaartian Posted February 4, 2020 Posted February 4, 2020 2 hours ago, Raslee said: ...here is a nice tune we're nicking for the set, we'll do a version of a version of a version...simple B line but the sum of the parts are very nice: Gonna nick this one, as well! Thanks for sharing! 2 Quote
TheMaartian Posted February 4, 2020 Posted February 4, 2020 Of course, the Caro Emerald video came from a playlist. Which also contained this gem! Gong-infused Ska. Love it! 1 Quote
Raslee Posted February 4, 2020 Posted February 4, 2020 10 minutes ago, TheMaartian said: Of course, the Caro Emerald video came from a playlist. Which also contained this gem! Gong-infused Ska. Love it! Yes man, digging them Quote
Reggaebass Posted February 4, 2020 Author Posted February 4, 2020 8 minutes ago, TheMaartian said: Of course, the Caro Emerald video came from a playlist. Which also contained this gem! Gong-infused Ska. Love it! They are great , this is another i really like 🙂 2 Quote
TheMaartian Posted February 4, 2020 Posted February 4, 2020 Warriors of the night. Warriors of the light. Quote
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