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I remember that point in time, wherein Reggae
caught me so to speak. It was when I listened to
Linton Kwesie Johnson's track "Five Nights Of
Bleeding", somewhere in the beginning of the
1980's. The deep, deep sounds of the drum and
basslines was something that I had never heard
before and I knew I found the music of my life.
I started to look for the music, to quickly
discover how it was kind of difficult to find. But
I was determined and at a certain moment my eye
was caught to album covers that looked like
cartoons or comics. A whole line of albums, all
with themes like "Space Invaders" and
"Pac Man".
I had discovered Scientist, and his -then-
brand new series on the Greensleeves label.
There is no denial in the talents. When you
listen to the incredible dubs from Channel One's
Rub a Dub tunes with singers like Barrington Levy,
it is hard to believe, that these were all mixes
from a little ignorant bwaay. Sure, the Scientist
was young: but since when does that deprive one of
being gifted with incredible talents?
Doesn't any decent dictionary have the word
"prodigy"?
So if Jammy's really stated in some court in
the USA, that Scientist could never have done
this, he's not stating something which is in
accordance with reality, to put it mildly.
And if Greensleeves really had Henry
"Junjo" Lawes sign all these contracts
without him actually being able to read what it is
he was signing, they are doing what the music
industry is notorious of: making money at the cost
of the ones who originated the music that we all
love so much.
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