STYLEGUIDES » gregory isaacs http://www.styleguides.tv Music Classics Digitally remastered Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:00:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 RIP Wycliffe ‘Steely’ Johnson http://www.styleguides.tv/steely/ http://www.styleguides.tv/steely/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:18:08 +0000 styleguides http://www.styleguides.tv/?p=1207 the news report that steely from the jamaican production duo steely & clevie passed away yesterday due to complications from pneumonia. the electro riddims of keyboardist wycliffe ’steely’ johnson and drummer cleveland ‘clevie’ browne heavily influenced the jamaican dancehall sound since the 80s, with hit productions made for gregory isaacs, maxi priest, foxy brown etc. clevie had pioneered the use of drum machines in reggae and both steely and clevie were instrumentalists for the house bands of reggae kings such as lee scratch perry, king jammy and bob marley. rip steely!

]]> http://www.styleguides.tv/steely/feed/ 0 Reggae Dub ‘79-’83 http://www.styleguides.tv/dub/ http://www.styleguides.tv/dub/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:55:29 +0000 styleguides http://www.styleguides.tv/?p=627 part three of the styleguides reggae excursion to kingston, this time seriously deep in dub with subsonic basslines, infinite echo clouds and intense grooves in slow motion:

bonus video is king jammy on the controls explaining dub:

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