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September 7, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

F.S. Blumm & Nils Frahm: 2X1=4

F.S. Blumm & Nils Frahm 2X1=4 LEITER Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, in cooperation with BMG Rights Management Across the last decade Nils Frahm and F.S. Blumm have got together on four separate occasions to make albums; remarkable enough but actually rather staggering when you consider that they each have busy solo careers and wear […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2X1=4, Album Review, Dub, Duets, Duo, F.S. Blumm, F.S. Blumm & Nils Frahm, F.S. Blumm & Nils Frahm: 2X1=4, Frank Schültge, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Instrumental, Lee "Scratch" Perry, LEITER, Nils Frahm, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 29, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry

Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry has left earth – he was possibly only ever here from time to time, but in the way we calculate time that amounted to 85 years. No cause of death is given as yet but my guess is he simply decided to go live elsewhere. To sum up Perry’s achievements and influence […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Dub, Eulogy, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Lee Perry, R.I.P., R.I.P. Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Reggae, The Upsetters ·

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June 24, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Russell E.L. Butler: Emotional Bangers Only (ep)

Russell E.L. Butler Emotional Bangers Only (ep) Self Release Russell Ellington Langstone Butler makes it pretty clear with the title there that in and around the emotional heft there’s some sardonic, self-deprecating humour. Want it clearer though? Well, how about this: More songs about depression, PTSD, delivery food, and revolutionary action. Lol. But also cry-face […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bermuda, Darkwave, DJ, Dub, Electronica, Emotional Bangers Only, Emotional Bangers Only (ep), EP, House, New York, Non-Binary, Russell E.L. Butler, Russell E.L. Butler: Emotional Bangers Only (ep), Russell Ellington Langstone Butler, Self Release, Techno, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 90

Easy Star All-Stars, Radiodread (2006) I first became aware of the Easy Star All-Stars with their first album – Dub Side of The Moon. It is a brilliant set of covers (reimaginings) of that classic album. Performed in order. These days I get way more of a kick out of listening to that than I […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2006, Airbag, Covers, Dub, Dub Side Of The Moon, Easy Star All-Stars, Horacy Andy, LP, Radiodread, Radiohead, Record, Reggae, The Easy Star All-Stars, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 90, Vinyl ·

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June 7, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 113

Arthur “Duke” Reid, Treasure Dub (Vol. 1 Dub Series) (2018) Arthur “Duke” Reid was one of dub-reggae’s pioneers – running sound systems, record labels, DJing, talent spotting, promoting…and, having helped to create rocksteady, ska and early reggae music through the 1950s and 1960s he was one of the pioneers of dub music in the early/mid […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2018), Arthur "Duke" Reid, Dub, Dub Series, Dub So True, Duke Reid, LP, Record, Reggae, Reissue, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 113, Vinyl, Vol. 1, Vol.1 Dub Series ·

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May 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 120

Augustus Pablo, El Rocker’s (2000) I remember being introduced to the music of Augustus Pablo – early 2000s. Like many things with music (and you don’t often know it when it’s happening) it came at exactly the right time. I was a fan of some reggae and dub music but didn’t know a lot and […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2000, Augustus Pablo, Black Gunn, Compilation, Dub, El Rocker's, Facebook, Lockdown, LP, Record, Reggae, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 120, Vinyl ·

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May 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 122

Roots Radics, Dubbing At Channel 1 (2017) Lockdown has reconnected me with reggae, with dub, with lovers rock, ska, rocksteady – and holy shit maybe even dancehall. Jamaican music and the versions of it that appear throughout the world (especially the UK scene/s) has been a crucial part of the soundtrack to lockdown in my […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2017), Bob Marley, Care Package, Dub, Dubbing At Channel 1, Grant Smithies, Jamaica, Jamaican Recordings, Lockdown, LP, Record, Reggae, Roots Radics, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 122, Vinyl ·

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April 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Zara McFarlane: East of The River Nile (with Dennis Bovell) EP

Zara McFarlane East of The River Nile (with Dennis Bovell) EP Brownswood Recordings UK soul-jazz singer Zara McFarlane here offers a teaser for a new album and takes on one of dub’s great deep cuts in her own style with a killer band. The1977 Augustus Pablo classic East of The River Nile was recorded with […]
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April 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Boy George: This Is What I Dub, Vol. 1

Boy George This Is What I Dub, Vol. 1 BGP Records If Lou Reed and Keith Richards were the two at the top of the list of rock stars most likely to not survive the 1970s then in the late 1990s and across the 00s it was the two Georges:  Georgios Panayiotou (aka George Michael) […]
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October 31, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 191: Barnaby Weir

Welcome to episode 191 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Acast, Anchor/FM, Apple, Barnaby Weir, Chat, Conversation, Dick Weir, Dub, ep.191, Flash Harry, Fly My Pretties, Interview, La Petite Chocolat, Music, Podcast, Reggae, Roots, Simon Sweetman, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Sweetman, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 191: Barnaby Weir, Sweetman Podcast: Barnaby Weir, T Leaf T, The Black Seeds, Wellington, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 196 Ska

I think it was the killer basslines that hooked me in and the attitude as much as anything. When I first moved to Wellington in 1980 I guess I was still writing folk songs. Louise and I had found work at the Art Centre and I felt under pressure to write. That first Specials album […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged #196, Dexys, Dub, England, Fishing, Ghost, Ghost Stories, Guest Blog, Guest Post, https://offthetracks.co.nz/gig-review-the-selecter-wgtn/, Idiot Sun, Jon Mcleary, post-punk, Reggae, Ska, Specials, Spines, The Beat, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 196 Ska, The Selecter, The Specials, The Spines, UK, War Stories # 196, War Stories by Jon McLeary ·

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October 8, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Fat Freddy’s Drop: The Cure for Insomnia

It started in 2001. There was an album called Live at the Matterhorn – it only had four tracks but it wasn’t an EP – the shortest cut was 12 minutes long. Supposedly this album caught Fat Freddy’s Drop in improvisational form. Every minute of every song sounded the same to me. And I had […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Based On A True Story, BBQ Reggae, Blog, Blog On The Tracks, Dub, Dull, Fat Freddy's Drop, Fat Freddy's Drop: The Cure for Insomnia, FFD, From The Blog Archives, Live at the Matterhorn, Live Gig, Reggae, The Cure For Insomnia, Wellington ·
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