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

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Post by lelandfe »

nyanpasu64 wrote: post #106
lelandfe wrote: post #77

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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.

Can you tell it has been a while since I played a set? :) thanks

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Post by Cockbrand »

wzy wrote: post #110
npteljes wrote: post #92

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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.

See also Barrington Levy's "Under mi Sensi", with the same riddim played on actual drums and bass: https://youtu.be/yFEvdWHK7GA

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Cockbrand wrote: post #89
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…

Hehe, I remember telling an American friend about 10 years ago that I was really into dubstep at that time. She was appalled and couldn't understand why a somewhat decent person like myself could listen to that kind of music. Much later, it dawned on me that she was thinking of US bro-step like Skrillex, while I in fact was listening to "UK Bass Music" like Benga and Skream and Digital Mystikz and Loefah.

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

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Post by Cockbrand »

rvense wrote: post #115
Cockbrand wrote: post #89

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Hehe, I remember telling an American friend about 10 years ago that I was really into dubstep at that time. She was appalled and couldn't understand why a somewhat decent person like myself could listen to that kind of music. Much later, it dawned on me that she was thinking of US bro-step like Skrillex, while I in fact was listening to "UK Bass Music" like Benga and Skream and Digital Mystikz and Loefah.

All my homies hate Skrillex! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hLlVVKRwk0

I only watched the first few minutes so far, and the storyline quite reminds me of myself being quite fascinated by hearing my first jungle tunes about 15 years earlier. Nice!

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Post by whatshisface »

JohnBooty wrote: post #73
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.

Agree completely, though, I also don't feel like this sort of (awesome) thing is what anybody is talking about when they discuss cultural appropriation! Cross-pollination like this is, I dare say, universally loved and recognized as vital. Generally when people speak of "cultural appropriation" it's a situation where you have a majority and/or oppressing group capitalizing on the culture of a minority and/or oppresse…

The load-bearing word in that sentence is "stealing," rather than "prison guard."

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Post by kingsloi »

okl wrote: post #102
kingsloi wrote: post #70

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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.youtub…

Yes, what a beautiful song! Alton Ellis and his sister Hortense really are timeless.

Awesome, I'll check them out! Appreciate it!

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Post by JohnBooty »

okl wrote: post #119
nyanpasu64 wrote: post #106

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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.

High/low pass = high/low frequency components pass through. Simple?

Yeah high pass / low pass have always seemed totally logical to me. At least once I knew what they meant.

I suppose they're not 100% intuitive or self-explanatory, but I can't think of a better alternative.

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Post by adamrezich »

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 for anyone who's looking for just the actual track from the Casio keyboard by itself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhsjL8FHXbY&t=13s

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Post by JohnBooty »

teachrdan wrote: post #4

For those who don't know, "Riddim is the Jamaican Patois pronunciation of the English word 'rhythm'. In the context of reggae and dancehall it refers to the instrumental accompaniment to a song and is synonymous with the rhythm section... A given riddim, if popular, may be used in dozens—or even hundreds—of songs, not only in recordings but also in live performances." The actual riddim sounds completely uninteresting…

    The actual riddim sounds completely uninteresting to my American ears
Counterpoint: the actual riddim sounds awesome to my American ears. Although of course, it's a building block for a song, not a song itself.
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