Dennis Bovell = Matumbi

sufi

sufi

lala
Just a great icon, I can't say how many times I've seen him play, but he's always been around
kumar said:
i went to see dennis bovell give a talk a few years ago, and first of all he is one of the best raconteurs to ever do it, and he had a really good bit where he was talking about recording with joss stone and she suddenly wanting to ad lib the line "excuse me while i light my spliff", his face was priceless. anyway i asked a question about how ive grown up with the idea of britain in the 70s / 80s being on the one hand really grim but also a fervent period of unabashed manic cross pollinating crazy hybrid music and culture, and whether that received wisdom matched up with his take from the time, working with the pop group etc. it was a really good question. i cant remember what he said.
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and always known what he's on about

i would like to see the video of that talk (at goldsmiths?) and see how he replied!

& maybe we can get him over here for a chat one day
 
sufi

sufi

lala
sufi said:
Surprise Dennis Bovell doing Wonderful World on a pink yacht in Oxford Circus :D
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That's my Dennis anecdote - I think I got a pic, dunno why i didnt post it!

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Leo

Leo

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aside from his reggae stuff, he produced so much classic punk/post-punk: the slits, pop group, orange juice, Thompson twins, maximum joy, amazulu.

"point of view" still one of my fav singles, love the doo-wop bit in the chorus.
 
john eden

john eden

male pale and stale
@DannyL and I saw him at the Jazz Cafe doing the Babylon soundtrack which was a special night. Lots of stories between the tunes, great guy.
 
Leo

Leo

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his engineering/mixing on the early Linton Kwesi Johnson albums is so great, didn't sound like anything else.
 
M

martin

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Was 'Delroy Witter' actually Bovell? Because this 1978 album really sounds like him, it's got that classic thick syrupy sound. There's a great moment on track 2 where the song suddenly starts playing backwards. Unfortunately, the final 'tune' belongs in the 'Worst Songs You've Ever Heard' thread.
 

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it's all about:
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Blackbeard - I Wah Dub

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Black Beard - Strictly Dub Wize

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two of my absolute fave dub lps.

the production on LKJ's stuff is awesome too
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Linton Kwesi Johnson - LKJ In Dub

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bitch dub

@Lichen sent me a great doc about dubplate cutting which featured him but can't find it
 
WashYourHands

WashYourHands

Cat Malogen
sufi said:
Just a great icon, I can't say how many times I've seen him play, but he's always been around

and always known what he's on about

i would like to see the video of that talk (at goldsmiths?) and see how he replied!

& maybe we can get him over here for a chat one day - he gave me a ping on twitter a while back :) :) :)
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One of the most esteemed people played at various West Indian Cavaliers cricket and social club do’s over the last god knows how many years. They do/did an end of cricket season party where some mates and myself cut our teeth on dub (despite my own ignorance about the game). At serious volume, the music only gets better and you can’t say very often. Good times.
 
william_kent

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Janet Kay - Silly Games

Don't forget he also invented Lovers Rock! ...whatever your opinion of that, respect is due for him enabling Black British Female voices to be heard during an era dominated by militant Rasta males


An inspiring interview with Dennis Bovell at London Centre of Contemporary Music exploring the production of the hit record Silly Games
 
william_kent

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I doubt anyone cares, but this may be my favourite Dennis Bovell Production:


Errol Dunkley - A Little Way Different b/w Differentah

or maybe it's this:


Joshua Moses - Home (dub)

or perhaps...


Dennis Bovell - Rowing (12" Version)

Too many to choose from....
 
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william_kent

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martin said:
Was 'Delroy Witter' actually Bovell? Because this 1978 album really sounds like him, it's got that classic thick syrupy sound. There's a great moment on track 2 where the song suddenly starts playing backwards. Unfortunately, the final 'tune' belongs in the 'Worst Songs You've Ever Heard' thread.
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Dennis Bovell mixed Mawamba Dub Chapter 1 and Mawamba Dub Chapter 2 , but Delroy Witter is a person in his own right as Bovell explains

And I think the first session I did on my own was Labi Siffre. Labi Siffre had a session and I was the engineer. That’s how I met Janet Kay as well because D-Roy had a session and it was with Lloyd Parks and Sly Dunbar. They were in town with their group, We The People band, to do a tour with Dennis Brown; and Delroy Witter, the guy who had a sound system called Success, and he also had the label D-Roy, he had started to record Janet. He got her to sing, That’s What Friends are For, ‘that’s what friends are for’ and I thought, hmm, this is a really interesting voice. And then I worked with her again, we went into the studio to do a recording of I Do Love You, ‘I do love you...’
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