Grounation: The Roots of Reggae
- 艺人
- Count Ossie
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Retro
- 发行时间
- 1998年01月01日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
by Richie Unterberger
As the back cover says, Grounation is "a Rastafarian gathering at which nyahbingi music, usually relentless drumming accompanied by chanting, is played." Of all Jamaican music, nyahbingi is the closest in feel to African music. When recorded by its leading practitioners, Count Ossie and Ras Michael , it makes for intriguing sounds related to, but not exactly the same as, standard reggae. As there is not a ton of nyahbingi recordings out there, it's a good idea to have a compilation of them, and this disc does have a couple of offerings apiece from Ossie and Michael . Still, this isn't really a collection of nyahbingi music; it's more like a collection of nyahbingi music and various reggae cuts that have some nyahbingi influence. More disturbing, however, is the liner notes' total lack of original release dates, and the paucity of information about most of the artists represented. Chronologically, the cuts seem to cover the 1960s onward, but in the absence of ation, the context of their presence is murky; some seem to have been selected because of the Rasta philosophy of the lyrics, rather than for Grounation/nyahbingi elements in the music. Such concerns aside, this does have some good reggae and/or nyahbingi, like Negril 's "Rasta," with its swelling soul-funk organ and African beats; Nora Dean 's wacky "Ay Ay Ay," with its hypnotic chanted vocals and birdcall-like effects; Michael 's "In Zion (Dub Version)," with a riff based on "On Broadway"; Margarita and Don Drummond 's ska cut "Woman-A-Come" (the Grounation connection seems tenuous here, other than in the cadence of the vocals); and Ossie's drum'n'chant-based performances, which are far starker than anything else here.
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