文化博学多才-流行歌手,电影制作人,电台播音员,评论员,格莱美奖得主。还有DJ。你可以从我们的选择者,唐·莱茨,又名恐怖叛军所穿的众多外套中挑选。莱茨出生于布里克斯顿,是风暴潮一代的孩子,如果不绕伦敦、纽约和牙买加走几圈的话,他那不稳定、不正统的职业生涯多少有点难以定义。他的职业生涯开始于管理切尔西国王路(chelsea Kings Road)上令人敬畏的时尚品牌Acme Attractions。在那里,他以自己的态度、穿着,尤其是在商店墙壁上震动的雷鬼音乐(dub reggae),给人留下了深刻的印象。他的第一场演出是在尼尔街(Neal Street)昙花一现的Roxy酒吧担任DJ,因为让一代朋克迷上了雷鬼音乐而成为神话。他们反过来又把他带到他们的DIY精神中,使他重新成为一个电影人。这导致了大量的音乐视频(林顿·夸西·约翰逊,冲突,鲍勃·马利),更不用说吉尔·斯科特-赫伦,乔治·克林顿和孙·拉的纪录片了。在80年代,他是米克琼斯的新企业,大音频炸药和他的创新使用的样本是他们的声音的核心部分。他的每周音乐广播节目的听众们被带到了一次音乐旅行中,在时间、空间和音乐类型之间无缝切换。它叫文化冲突电台可不是白叫的。 So this latest bulletin from Letts HQ is merely one angle of a multifaceted personality, his take on the JA tradition of the cover version.The history of Caribbean music owes a debt to R&B as many of the early island releases were cover versions of US 45s. Skas breakthrough commercially, Millie Smalls My Boy Lollipop, was originally recorded by Barbie Gaye in 50s New York. Cover versions became quite a thing in Jamaica and Don, following in that tradition, has dug deep with a selection of interesting dubbed out covers including thirteen exclusives.A disciple of sound system, raised on reggae n bass culture my go to sound was dub. Besides being spacious and sonically adventurous at the same time, its most appealing aspect was the space it left to put yourself in the mix underpinned by Jamaicas gift to the world - bass. But thats only half the story as the duality of my existence meant I was also checking what the Caucasian crew were up to not to mention the explosion of black music coming in from the States. Thats why this version excursion crosses time space and genre, from The Beach Boys to The Beatles, Nina Simone to Marvin Gaye, The Bee Gees to Kool & The Gang, The Clash to Joy Division and beyond. Youd think it impossible to draw a line between em but not in my world. Fortunately, the cover version has played an integral part in the evolution of Jamaican music and dub covers were just a natural extension.Theres a diverse mix of classic and new, with legendary figures like John Holt, The Tamlins and Cornell Campbell, mixed in with British veterans Mad Professor and the irrepressible Dennis Bovell, while (relatively) young striplings Kiko Bun, Emily Capell and Prince Fatty deliver the goods, with laidback Texan groovers Khruangbin also offering an exclusive bass heavy-delight.The song choices are diverse, from French dubsters OBFs renditions of Sixteen Tons, the miners paean popularised by Tennessee Ernie Ford in the 1950s, to Ash Walkers refix of Omars Theres Nothing Like This and All I Do Is Think About You, immortalised by the ill-fated Tammi Terrell and preserved here by Quantic (the latter two both exclusives). Being a Rebel Dread compilation, theres a cover (by Wrongtom Meets The Rockers) of The Clashs Lost In The Supermarket while Dons exclusive, naturally, is a rendition of Big Audio Dynamites debut hit, E = MC2.Truth be told Ive wanted to work with the Late Night Tales crew from the get go. Were talking nearly two decades such was the allure of their musical aesthetic typified by curators like Nightmares on Wax, The Flaming Lips, MGMT, Trentemoller, Khruangbin and countless others. Now being as old as rock n roll (born in 56) and having nearly 20 years of Culture Clash Radio under my belt I figured I was tooled up to musically juggle with the best of em. But I wanted to carve out a space that was distinctly my own - something that reflected my musical journey and the culture clash thats made me the man I am today.