Local roving soundsystems, Controverse All-Stars and Skank Around, are putting the ‘raw’ back into raggamuffin and reggae. Being the dub fountain from which drum and bass and other current dance music was born, Jamaica is now happily re-appropriating many of the new sounds it inspired. The result is yet another musical renaissance on this most rhythmic of islands. The Controverse All Stars will help you put your finger – and your hips – on this latest bass-heavy pulse.
August 2, 2011