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

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Sounds great.

My only experience of Lee Perry live was unquestionably the worst gig I have ever willingly attended.  I guess part of the problem was that I had very high expectations, but even allowing for that it was awful.  He meandered around stage, muttered, started songs, stopped them, started making pronouncements that tailed off....  Three of the four people I was with walked out, and I'd have joined them except that I rather fancied the fourth.

Jamie Lion


-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Perry <65snoopy at gmail.com>
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Well that was just fucking brilliant :)

Was a good (relatively) young backing band and we got five or six songs from the Congos, the same
from Max Romeo and then Scratch as the finale.
The Congos were just frigging astonishing - they came roaring out on stage with the energy of a 
boy band, I think the youngest of them is 65 - with grey beards and white dreadlocks flying everywhere :)
They were leaping around, and the crowd responded, great atmosphere, big smiles all round (but
then I think any reggae/ska show you find the same). Most songs were from the classic debut album
plus one I didn't recognise.

Max Romeo did Sipple Out Deh, One Step Forward, War Ina Bablyon and of course Chase The Devil - 
amazing how that song is known the world over, the whole crowd was singing along. For a couple of songs 
two young kids came on, possibly his grandchildren, who put in a great performance. It was just great to hear
these songs live and loud and heavy :)

Lee Perry probably got the biggest cheer of the night when he came on, and I'm glad to report he
didn't embarrass himself, performance wise. He was wearing his magic CD-festooned hat, flashing electronic earings and
what looked purple sparkling spandex trousers - to match the purple beard. His voice is not the
strongest however, and while he was arguably the most legendary reggae figure on stage he is
the least accomplished performer. Still, he did a great version of Marley's One Drop, plus Secret Laboratory and
a few others. At one point he asked the crowd if he could say something, then said: "I'm sorry if you are
all disappointed in me tonight but I am sorry, I left my *something* in the bathroom!" (It sounded like "lax", but I 
think it was "lyrics"...). A woman who I think is his wife was stood at the side of the stage constantly
reassuring him with thumbs up signals and nods, and just as he looked like he was getting into it, the power
was cut as they had overrun the time.
Still, much much better than I had dared hope for. Don't know if this is an ongoing tour or not but 
get to see it if you can!

N, happy chappie



On 9 August 2012 18:02, folk devil <folk.devil at hotmail.com> wrote:


Enjoy! :D
 
Are you going to wear tin foil on your head? ;)
 



Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 18:00:24 +0200
From: 65snoopy at gmail.com
To: gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] The Orb & Lee Scratch Perry - Fact mix


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 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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