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The book delves behind the myth of Perry to give a fuller examination of his life and work through extensive interviews with family members, fellow artists, friends, lovers, enemies, as well as the man himself to present a complex portrait of a unique soul driven by unseen spiritual forces. This revised and expanded edition has been thoroughly updated and completely overhauled to render a more nuanced, accurate and accessible read, with new information on Perry's later years, including his Grammy Award, cessation of herb smoking and final passing, as well as previously unpublished information about his early life, his unique relationship with Marley, and his fabled Black Ark studio.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"White Rabbit","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":50406702252363,"sku":"1133876","price":7.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/555c0d8e-fc52-4ad3-ae2b-4caaf89a7875_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726589542"},{"product_id":"solid-foundation-an-oral-history-of-reggae","title":"Solid Foundation : An oral history of reggae","description":"\u003cp\u003eOut of print for a decade, David Katz's classic history is reborn in the White Rabbit Deep Cuts series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword by Jaqueline Crooks,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSolid Foundation is the definitive history of Jamaica's holy music: reggae in all its forms, from the earliest ska and rock steady pioneers to the dancehall and reggae revival stars of the 21st century. Woven together into an engrossing narrative, this is an extensive history charting the progression and development of the music, with all the glorious highlights and the controversies and feuds in between. First published in 2003 and including interviews with over 200 of the genre's key artists, Solid Foundation has been revised and updated with abundant new material and an introduction by award-winning novelist, Jacqueline Crooks, reissued as part of White Rabbit's Deep Cuts series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The definitive history of reggae told through exclusive interviews with the genre's greatest innovators.' - Sunday Herald\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Solid Foundation goes the extra yard to become a defining text, with Katz interviewing virtually every survivor from the island's 60s and 70s music scenes...it is a necessary work.' - The Wire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Solid Foundation is a welcome addition to the narrow shelf of books that move beyond simplistic views of reggae.' - Record Collector\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"White Rabbit","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50437508563275,"sku":"2200012","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/81KPEYzCJ4L._SY466__96c6a06f_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726931708"},{"product_id":"dub-revolution-jamaica-s-sonic-innovators-and-the-birth-of-remix-culture","title":"Dub Revolution Jamaica’s Sonic Innovators and the Birth of Remix Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003eA monumental history of reggae's most innovative and sonically adventurous sub-genre, from the leading authority on reggae music and its many subcultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe most abstract, playful and confounding of reggae subgenres, dub is a vital component of sound system culture that has wielded disproportionate influence. Emerging as an underground phenomenon in Kingston during the early 1970s, dub was wrought by sonic alchemists such as King Tubby, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Prince Jammy and Scientist, conjuring musical mutations at the mixing desk. Dub reached other lands through the Jamaican diaspora and as Lloyd 'Bullwackie' Barnes furthered the form in New York, Dennis Bovell, Mad Professor and Adrian Sherwood conjured their own dub masterworks in London, Jah Shaka and his acolytes subsequently helping dub to achieve global reach. Widely adopted by post-punk producers and later a crucial influence on the underground dance music scenes of several continents, dub indelibly changed the techniques and aesthetics of music production with far-reaching effects; it's no exaggeration to say that without dub, there would be no hip-hop or house music.\u003cbr\u003eDub is made from studio trickery, its auteurs fashioning something new by subtraction rather than addition, reversing standard recording techniques. It is a music of absence and deception, a ghostly sonic doppelganger with bass primacy and torpedoed song structures, full of holes and unexpected twists. The evolution of dub marks the birth of the remix and the emergence of the studio as an instrument in itself, a place where songs can be pulled apart and given wild reshaping, rendering a disembodied new form that is often cosmic and typically jagged. Dub's progression is also inseparable from the troubled history of post-colonial Jamaica, blighted by caustic Cold War interventions, attendant gang culture and communal breakdowns. Through first-hand testimony with dub's most noteworthy creatives, David Katz's monumental forensic history of an astounding subgenre that sounds like the future five decades after its inception stands as the authoritative book on a musical art form that continues to fascinate, generation after generation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"White Rabbit","offers":[{"title":"Hardback - Signed","offer_id":56691804111179,"sku":"R7906-1136","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":58020977443147,"sku":"R7906-9960","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/DubRevolution-jacket.jpg?v=1772620780"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_df782174_thumbnail_4096_72d9589b-5d19-4fae-8795-de0e08efff1f.jpg?v=1726589506","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/david-katz.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}