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

[Paul Gorman [Mobile]]

They're all down to play this year's Electric Picnic, at the end of this month. I'm looking forward to it. Best I've seen Lee Scratch Perry, was at a Saint Patrick's day gig in Dublin, was more of a spiritual gathering than a gig, but that could well have been down to the weed I had on the night! ...lol

Neil Perry <65snoopy at gmail.com> wrote:


>I too had a grim experience going to see him in the 90s, only saved by

>the

>fact

>it was an On-U Sound night and the rest of the evening was great.

>

>I felt it was pretty unfair on the others last night - The Congos

>undoubtedly put on

>the most electrifying performance (they could have carried the whole

>gig)

>and Max Romeo

>had the crowd going due to his songs being the most well-known, so to

>have

>Scratch

>coming on after them deflated the mood a little bit. People were

>genuinely

>elated just to

>see the guy alive and kicking I think - and he was pretty funny to

>watch -

>but as a performer

>he was far outclassed by the others. Perhaps they put him on last so

>they

>know that after

>four or five songs they can just cut the power and gently usher him

>off...

>

>n

>

>On 11 August 2012 15:06, <jpwhkj at aol.com> wrote:

>

>> 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>

>> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)

><gathering at misera.net

>> >

>> Sent: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 13:27

>> Subject: Re: [kj] The Orb & Lee Scratch Perry - Fact mix

>>

>>  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*<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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