[kj] The Orb & Lee Scratch Perry - Fact mix

[Neil Perry]

Going to see Lee Scratch Perry playing with the Congos and Max Romeo
tomorrow :)

n

On 9 August 2012 17:52, folk devil <folk.devil at hotmail.com> wrote:


>  I know some folks here will be interested in this :)

>

> http://www.factmag.com/2012/08/06/fact-mix-341-the-orb-lee-scratch-perry/

>

> "*It’s really not every day you get a podcast like this.*

> The Orb, innovators of ambient house and one of Britain’s all-time most

> celebrated electronic acts, have teamed up with the inimitable Lee

> ‘Scratch’ Perry, one of Jamaica’s greatest ever musicians, for a new album,

> *The Orbserver in the Star House. *As The Orb’s Alex Paterson put it, in *an

> interview*<http://www.factmag.com/2012/02/13/the-orb-to-release-album-with-lee-scratch-perry/>earlier this year, “we wanted to do a souly type, modern, minimal album

> with some reggae influences with [Perry's] vocals on top. I think its one

> of the best bits of work we’ve ever done.”

> To toast the album’s forthcoming release, The Orb and Perry have also

> teamed up for a FACT mix. God knows how you’re supposed to start

> tracklisting, or even describing it; FACT mix 341 is like a slow-motion

> kayak ride through a pipe of slurry, thick, overwhelmingly delayed

> basslines obscuring wonky melodies – some recognisable (‘What A Wonderful

> World’, ‘Zombie’), others from another planet entirely. Plus, of course,

> you get Perry toasting on top, though around half-way through he gets bored

> and toddles off for a while. Would you want it any other way? We certainly

> wouldn’t."

>

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