Friday 22 September 2017

Red Gold & Green #23 - Dadawah


Leading purveyors of the Nyabinghi sound, Ras Michael and the Sons of Negus have released at least 25 albums over the last 43 years, though early on in his career, Ras Michael (Michael Henry to his Mum) produced music under the Dadawah moniker. 1974's 'Peace & Love' consists of four extended trippy excursions, all of which were allegedly recorded and mixed by Henry and producer Lloyd Charmers during the course of a single long night. It's been claimed that this album is the closest reggae comes to psychedelia and that's a valid point of view - but it's a pretty darned funky LP too. Just listen to Lloyd Parks' bass as it anchors 'Seventy Two Nations'. Absolute bliss.

Dadawah - Seventy Two Nations

2 comments:

George said...

Today's hotel room reaction: 50% a big "thumbs up", 50% fed up after 6 minutes of it. (No sexual innuendo intended in this comment)

The Swede said...

I'm so glad you clarified that George!

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