Reading Chris Welch's 1969 Melody Maker article on reggae and this jumped out...
Boghausen, the German chemist, once wrote at Worms in 1612: "Luther? — No tighter", which many interpreted as a direct prophecy of the holocaust to come.Many of the sounds of Reggae are "musique concrete" or "cement waltz," some of the everyday sounds that occur in the Reggaeist's life; a dripping tap, a lavatory being flushed, the sound of a stomach, the beauty of a birdcall — thus: "Ark, ark, Belay there!"
Yes, Reggae can be a frightening, but often moving experience.
...mostly because he goes for "musique concrete" as his term to cover it, in 1969 (!) But which records do you think he had in mind as he wrote that? My knowledge here is evidently too patchy as all I can think of are tracks that came after (in dub primarily obv).
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Sunday, 5 March 2023 03:11 (three years ago)