Posts tagged with ‘reggae’

  • Quotes

    Quote 3

    “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...
  • Quotes

    Quote 4

    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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    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

    Quote 1

    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...
  • Esoterica
    19 min

    Dub, Scratch, and the Black Star

    Lee Perry on the Mix

    Lee 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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    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...