- Esoterica19 min
Dub, Scratch, and the Black Star
Lee Perry on the MixLee Perry on the Mix
Having abandoned the Jamaican tropics for the snowy peaks of Switzerland, the legendary reggae producer Lee Perry -- aka Scratch, the Upsetter, the Super-Ape, Pipecock Jackson, Inspector Gadget, the Firmament Computer, and a cornucopia of other monikers and aliases -- now makes his home in one of the quietest corners of Europe. It's an odd but somehow fitting environment for Perry -- not because precision clocks and banks have much to do with the intense, spooky, and profoundly playful records... - Quotes
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But what if the medium is the message?
But what if the medium is the message?
Having abandoned the Jamaican tropics for the snowy peaks of Switzerland, the legendary reggae producer Lee Perry -- aka Scratch, the Upsetter, the Super-Ape, Pipecock Jackson, Inspector Gadget, the Firmament Computer, and a cornucopia of other monikers and aliases -- now makes his home in one of the quietest corners of Europe. It's an odd but somehow fitting environment for Perry -- not because precision clocks and banks have much to do with the intense, spooky, and profoundly playful records... - Quotes
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Terminal. What other journey, you might ask, begins at the end?
Terminal. What other journey, you might ask, begins at the end?
Having abandoned the Jamaican tropics for the snowy peaks of Switzerland, the legendary reggae producer Lee Perry -- aka Scratch, the Upsetter, the Super-Ape, Pipecock Jackson, Inspector Gadget, the Firmament Computer, and a cornucopia of other monikers and aliases -- now makes his home in one of the quietest corners of Europe. It's an odd but somehow fitting environment for Perry -- not because precision clocks and banks have much to do with the intense, spooky, and profoundly playful records... - Quotes
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There is a difference between psychedelic experiences and psychedelic people
There is a difference between psychedelic experiences and psychedelic people
Having abandoned the Jamaican tropics for the snowy peaks of Switzerland, the legendary reggae producer Lee Perry -- aka Scratch, the Upsetter, the Super-Ape, Pipecock Jackson, Inspector Gadget, the Firmament Computer, and a cornucopia of other monikers and aliases -- now makes his home in one of the quietest corners of Europe. It's an odd but somehow fitting environment for Perry -- not because precision clocks and banks have much to do with the intense, spooky, and profoundly playful records... - Quotes
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It is too close, too far-out, its sacred transmissions too muddled with the scandalous grit of its concrete historical unfoldment
It is too close, too far-out, its sacred transmissions too muddled with the scandalous grit of its concrete historical unfoldment
Having abandoned the Jamaican tropics for the snowy peaks of Switzerland, the legendary reggae producer Lee Perry -- aka Scratch, the Upsetter, the Super-Ape, Pipecock Jackson, Inspector Gadget, the Firmament Computer, and a cornucopia of other monikers and aliases -- now makes his home in one of the quietest corners of Europe. It's an odd but somehow fitting environment for Perry -- not because precision clocks and banks have much to do with the intense, spooky, and profoundly playful records... - Quotes
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“Messages from beyond” are forms of information, and information is a trickster
“Messages from beyond” are forms of information, and information is a trickster
Having abandoned the Jamaican tropics for the snowy peaks of Switzerland, the legendary reggae producer Lee Perry -- aka Scratch, the Upsetter, the Super-Ape, Pipecock Jackson, Inspector Gadget, the Firmament Computer, and a cornucopia of other monikers and aliases -- now makes his home in one of the quietest corners of Europe. It's an odd but somehow fitting environment for Perry -- not because precision clocks and banks have much to do with the intense, spooky, and profoundly playful records...