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32 REGGAE / DANCE HALL guestlist.net Issue 67 / 2014 ARTIST OF THE MONTH DIRTY HEADS Californian reggae-rock with a hip hop flavour. OUR PLAYLIST Do You Love me? Johnny Clarke Playing Games With My Heart Christopher Martin Long Road Christos DC Party In The Slum (Live 1982) Gregory Isaacs Here's the Reggae on our playlist this month: ALBUM OF THE MONTH ONCE UPON A TIME AT KING TUBBY'S TRACK OF THE MONTH LEE SCRATCH PERRY - HEAVAN'S GATE Once Upon A Time At King Tubby's is an album best enjoyed when supplemented by context. Consumed passively, one could be forgiven for simply hearing another innocuous compilation of steady reggae. Yet, much like the the ocean's surface, not revealing the abyss that lies beneath, there's much more to be found here. Each of the album's 15 tracks represents a round in the boxing ring of reggae's most fabled rivalry between eminent deejays I-Roy and Prince Jazzbo. The now scarcely sought out series of 45s that shaped the 1975/76 audio spat are collated here in their entirety; each jovial jab and scathing sucker punch attaining added weight under the album's increasingly belligerent high noon duelists framework. The inclusion of dub renditions of certain tracks creates a welcome buffer between bouts, allowing the artists time to lick their wounds and sharpen their swords before beginning again. The sense of unfolding narrative and cultural documentation that the album achieves makes O.U.A.T.A.K.T. mandatory listening for even the most fair-weather reggae fans, and pop music historians alike. The legendary feud between I Roy and Prince Jazzbo collated in full for the first time. At the of 78 Perry proves himself year after year as the hardest working man in reggae. This month Perry reminds us he has no plans of slowing down. The new single Heaven's Gate finds him, teaming up with roots reggae collective Pura Vida, sounding anything but ancient in his twilight years. The desolate dirge like collaboration clocks in just over 2 minutes leaving a thirsty listener no choice but to send the track straight back to the beginning as soon as it ends. This feels quite apt when married with the theme of mortality invoked by the title; its all over too soon, and I'd like another bite at the apple please. Despite this seeming acknowledgment of an inevitable and impending end, Perry sounds resolute here, hands wrapped tight around the mortal coil that struggles to shake him loose or even slow him down. Still here and still keeping things interesting, Perry is as pertinent now as ever. Lees Scratch Perry - Heavan's Gate Dirty Heads are a band who appear to go from strength to strength. Founding members Jared Watson and Dustin Bushnell met at a party in 1996 and, after Watson heard Bushnell's rap demo tapes, they decided to form a band. They started out hitting bongs, listening to Sublime, and jamming in their garage, but quickly progressed to writ- ing reggae tunes with hip hop elements and a slight punk rock influence. After paying there dues, they've finally achieved the recognition they deserve, breaking into the mainstream this summer with the smash hit 'My Sweet Summer', which spent a massive 10 weeks in the US air- play top 10. The associated album, The Sound of Change, also reached No. 8 in the Billboard Hot 100. We're big fans of the band here at Guestlist, and expect big things from them in the future. More @ guestlist.net/Reggae