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The Casio employee behind the “Sleng Teng” riddim that revolutionized reggae

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Re: The Casio employee behind the “Sleng Teng” riddim that revolutionized reggae

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Post by bredren »

sequoia wrote: post #44

For people wondering "what's the sleng teng riddim?" here's some examples: Original "under mi sleng teng" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjw7m-BKmQ8 One of my favorites, "The Don" by peter metro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnZuTOH2zoc 90 minute sleng teng mix (here's a bunch): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwLKc61dVWQ related: Under mi sensi (doesn't actually use sleng teng riddim but it's a riff on the sleng…

And a track related to honoring Hiroko’s contribution to reggae: https://youtu.be/VLZDucQFnuQ

Re: The Casio employee behind the “Sleng Teng” riddim that revolutionized reggae

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Post by okl »

kingsloi wrote: post #70
okl wrote: post #64

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Delroy Wilson, Cornell Campbell, Don Carlos, Carlton & The Shoes, Garnett Silk, Bob Andy, Freddie McGregor, Frankie Paul... Personally I prefer the sound of the late 60s — Rocksteady: The Paragons, Lynn Taitt, Prince Buster, Alton Ellis, Phyllis Dillon, Bob & the Beltones, The Progressions...

I appreciate the recommendations! Roots reggae was the only music I played my baby was in the hospital. So much so, I actually created a Spotify playlist of all of the songs we jammed together to. Let me know what you think https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1qp5AfSmmKLwefGyaJfLxP

You've got a nice playlist there. #63 - If I Could Rule This World is one of my all time favorites.

Most of the Soul Jazz Records samplers are on Spotify, well worth a listen. Unfortunately Spotify is missing many of the older/rarer tunes. There are some collectors who record their 45s and upload to Youtube:

- https://www.youtube.com/c/VROCKET/videos

- https://www.youtube.com/user/jahbuzzz/videos

- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfvSuY0GF6i7yPCX2qnrw5Q/vid...

- https://www.youtube.com/c/aeon23/videos

If you are into more funky Reggae stuff check out Jackie Mittoo.

Re: The Casio employee behind the “Sleng Teng” riddim that revolutionized reggae

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Post by dave_sid »

dave_sid wrote: post #95
voldacar wrote: post #62

This is super cool. I instantly recognize the riff and vocals from countless 90s jungle & hardcore tracks even though I'm not a reggae fan. Still have no idea what a sleng teng is though.

I’m sure the prodigy sampled it

Actually I’m wrong it was SL2! Same era.

https://youtu.be/xI8S1Nn6NRk

Re: The Casio employee behind the “Sleng Teng” riddim that revolutionized reggae

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Post by voldacar »

dave_sid wrote: post #104
dave_sid wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m sure the prodigy sampled it

Actually I’m wrong it was SL2! Same era. https://youtu.be/xI8S1Nn6NRk

Yeah that's the track I was thinking of. great stuff

a little better sound quality here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtoCjkZYxJ8

Re: The Casio employee behind the “Sleng Teng” riddim that revolutionized reggae

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Post by nyanpasu64 »

lelandfe wrote: post #77
chrisjc wrote: post #57

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Quick note to those that were potentially triggered when they read "dubstep"... Early dubstep was based on two-step and garage music, while at the same time heavily based on dub and reggae. Digital Mystikz - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9H3i0T1iN4 Spaceape - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfyRjyKj05I Goth Trad - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d12dJbE_xxw Listen to some of the early dubstep and you'll start to u…

Nice to see some heads on HN! Great list, and RIP The Spaceape. You can find proper sound system culture in the states, though not much is happening since COVID. Tsunami Bass has an enormous PA and Reconstrvct hopefully will be back one day. Analog in Brooklyn did have a whopping home built system but it was sold off and the club is under new management these days. Here's a glimpse into what this sort of stuff is lik…

Technically low-cutting is called highpass rather than lowpass. I don't exactly like the low/high pass terminology myself either though; you end up putting a high pass at a low frequency to remove bass, and low pass at a high frequency to remove treble.

Re: The Casio employee behind the “Sleng Teng” riddim that revolutionized reggae

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Post by elefanten »

winternett wrote: post #91
zuminator wrote: post #25

This is a beautiful example of why people shouldn't be too quick to tag cultural borrowings as "appropriation." They often result in a back-and-forth cross-pollination that bears novel hybrid fruit we can all enjoy.

The problem in enjoying the "cross-pollination" is that it never rewards the founders, and often rewards others that deliberately copy the overlooked artists. Many modern works completely lift sounds and rebrand them as founded by someone else new. That is where the problem lies in modern appropriation. It's sad that social media now encourages people to completely copycat ideas and totally steal credit for innovatio…

Founders being rewarded is completely orthogonal to culture, in this picture.

Any knowledge or innovation could be “stolen” and used by someone else, whether its origin is cultural or not.

Using the possibility of value extracting theft as a reason why (certain) people should never find inspiration in (certain other) cultures… is just bigoted and nonsensical. It’s racist territorialism.

Especially when all culture is built on something that came before anyway.

Re: The Casio employee behind the “Sleng Teng” riddim that revolutionized reggae

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Post by afro88 »

slim wrote: post #93
afro88 wrote: post #84

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> another interesting aspect is it's free from intellectual property. it makes for a good example of the impact of free culture on creativity. You better believe Diplo got paid by Beyonce to use Pon De Floor in a track.

of course he did :) free culture does not prevent one from profiting from non-free culture. on a similar note, there's another thread on how Monty got paid twice for mysql.

And the other side of the coin: you better believe a lot of people were cease and desisted out of using Pon De Floor in tracks too.

My point was that riddims unfortunately aren't as free. But the culture around them uses them as if they are (at home, at small parties, in mixes for friends etc), until they're not (on the public internet, played at clubs, in mixes played on radio etc)

Re: The Casio employee behind the “Sleng Teng” riddim that revolutionized reggae

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Post by dave_sid »

voldacar wrote: post #105
dave_sid wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually I’m wrong it was SL2! Same era. https://youtu.be/xI8S1Nn6NRk

Yeah that's the track I was thinking of. great stuff a little better sound quality here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtoCjkZYxJ8

Don’t forget this gem

https://youtu.be/gXCN1DhHTZA

Re: The Casio employee behind the “Sleng Teng” riddim that revolutionized reggae

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Post by wzy »

npteljes wrote: post #92
sequoia wrote: post #44

For people wondering "what's the sleng teng riddim?" here's some examples: Original "under mi sleng teng" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjw7m-BKmQ8 One of my favorites, "The Don" by peter metro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnZuTOH2zoc 90 minute sleng teng mix (here's a bunch): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwLKc61dVWQ related: Under mi sensi (doesn't actually use sleng teng riddim but it's a riff on the sleng…

Now we're just left wondering what's a "sleng teng". Teng is maybe "thing", so we're left with what's "sleng". Searching for it I'm corrected to "slang", and if I force "sleng" then all I can find is the song itself.

It's just a euphemism for marijuana. "Unda mi sleng teng" is being under the influence of marijuana.
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