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Radiodread
''Radiodread'' is a 2006 tribute album by the Easy Star All-Stars that covers Radiohead's 1997 album ''OK Computer'' in reggae, ska and dub styles. History The ''Radiodread'' producer and arranger, Michael Goldwasser, said ''OK Computer'' had elements that were well suited to reggae, such as "strong melodies, intense dynamics and trippy soundscapes", but also uncommon elements such as complex time signatures and lots of chord changes. He said, "The more we looked at it, the more we realized that this was an album we had to do." The Radiohead singer, Thom Yorke, praised it, and the lead guitarist, Jonny Greenwood, described it as "truly astounding". The album features musicians including Toots and the Maytals, Horace Andy, Israel Vibration, Sugar Minott and Frankie Paul. The track listing is identical to ''OK Computer'' and no songs were changed, except for "Fitter Happier" (which has slightly altered lyrics to fit the style, with permission from Radiohead), and "Paranoid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easy Star All-Stars
Easy Star All-Stars is a reggae collective founded in 1997 by Michael Goldwasser, Eric Smith, Lem Oppenheimer and Remy Gerstein of New York City-based Easy Star Records. The band is known for its reinterpretations of classic albums in reggae style. Their first album, released in 2003, was '' Dub Side of the Moon,'' an interpretation of Pink Floyd's 1973 album ''Dark Side of the Moon.'' This was followed by '' Radiodread'' (2006), an interpretation of Radiohead's 1997 album ''OK Computer;'' '' Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band'' (2009), an interpretation of the Beatles' 1967 album ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band''; and ''Easy Star's Thrillah'' (2012), an interpretation of Michael Jackson's 1982 album '' Thriller''. History Originally formed as a studio band for Easy Star Records' earliest recordings, Easy Star All-Stars existed mostly as a studio entity until the release of their first album in 2003. Although they have produced several original releases, they are best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easy Star Records
Easy Star Records is an American independent record label founded in 1996. Based in New York City, the label primarily produces and releases albums in the genres of reggae and Dub music, dub. The label has had multiple albums chart at No. 1 on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Top Reggae Albums chart, including ''Easy Star All-Stars, Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band'', two albums by The Green (band), The Green, and ''Vines'' by Passafire, who signed to the label in 2013. In 2014, the label released albums by Rebelution (band), Rebelution, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, Backbeat Soundsystem, New Kingston (band), New Kingston, and The Expanders, whose June 2015 album ''Hustling Culture'' debuted at No. 1 on the Top Reggae Albums chart. Since 2015, the label has released albums by London-based quartet The Skints, Jamaican vocalists Jesse Royal (musician), Jesse Royal and Protoje, among others. ''Falling Into Place'' by Rebelution (band), Rebelution and ''A Matter Of Time'' b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OK Computer
''OK Computer'' is the third studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 21 May 1997. With their producer, Nigel Godrich, Radiohead recorded most of ''OK Computer'' in their rehearsal space in Oxfordshire and the historic mansion of St Catherine's Court in Bath in 1996 and early 1997. They distanced themselves from the guitar-centred, lyrically introspective style of their previous album, '' The Bends''. ''OK Computer''s abstract lyrics, densely layered sound and eclectic influences laid the groundwork for Radiohead's later, more experimental work. The lyrics depict a dystopian world fraught with rampant consumerism, capitalism, social alienation, and political malaise, with themes such as transport, technology, insanity, death, modern British life, globalisation and anti-capitalism. In this capacity, ''OK Computer'' is said to have prescient insight into the mood of 21st-century life. The band used unconventional production techniques, including natural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toots & The Maytals
The Maytals, known from 1972 to 2020 as Toots and the Maytals, are a Jamaican musical group, one of the best known ska and rocksteady vocal groups. The Maytals were formed in the early 1960s and were key figures in popularizing reggae music. Frontman Toots Hibbert, who died in 2020, was considered a reggae pioneer on par with Bob Marley. His soulful vocal style was compared to Otis Redding, and led him to be named by ''Rolling Stone'' as one of the 100 Greatest Singers. After Hibbert's death, the Maytals indicated that they would continue as a working group. Their 1968 single " Do the Reggay" was the first song to use the word "reggae", coining the name of the genre and introducing it to a global audience. The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' credits Toots and the Maytals in the etymology of the word "Reggae". According to Island Records founder Chris Blackwell, "The Maytals were unlike anything else ... sensational, raw, and dynamic." Career Formation and early success Frede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let Down (Radiohead Song)
"Let Down" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead, released on third studio album, ''OK Computer'' (1997). It contains multilayered Arpeggio, arpeggiated guitars and electric piano in different time signatures, and lyrics inspired by a disconnection from emotion. "Let Down" was released as a Promotional recording, promotional single in September 1997 and reached number 29 on the US Modern rock tracks, Modern Rock Tracks chart. It was included on ''Radiohead: The Best Of'' (2008). In 2025, after it became popular on the social media platform TikTok, it debuted in the top 20 of the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs charts. Recording Radiohead recorded "Let Down" was recorded at 3 am in the ballroom of St Catherine's Court in Bath, Somerset, with the producer Nigel Godrich. The guitarist Ed O'Brien said it was influenced by Phil Spector, a producer and songwriter best known for his reverberating "Wall of Sound" recording techniques. It contains multila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paranoid Android
"Paranoid Android" is a song by English alternative rock band Radiohead, released as the lead single from their third studio album, '' OK Computer'' (1997), on 26 May 1997. The lyrics were written by singer Thom Yorke following an unpleasant experience in a Los Angeles bar. The song is over six minutes long and contains four sections. The name is taken from Marvin the Paranoid Android from the science fiction series ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.'' "Paranoid Android" charted at number three on the UK Singles Chart, Radiohead's highest-charting position in the UK to date. It received acclaim, with critics claiming it to be the band's ''magnum opus'', comparing it to the songs " Happiness Is a Warm Gun" by the Beatles and "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen. It has appeared regularly on lists of the best songs of all time, including ''NME''s and ''Rolling Stone''s respective 500 Greatest Songs of All Time lists. Its animated music video, directed by Magnus Carlsson, was plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sugar Minott
Lincoln Barrington "Sugar" Minott (25 May 1956 – 10 July 2010)Campbell, Howard (2010)Reggae singer Sugar Minott dies at 54, Associated Press, 11 July 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2010Peru, Yasmine (2010)Godfather of Dancehall, Sugar Minott, dead at 54", '' Jamaica Observer'', 12 July 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2010 was a Jamaican reggae and dancehall singer, record producer and sound-system operator.Barrow, Steve and Dalton, Peter: "Reggae: The Rough Guide", Rough Guides, 1997, Thompson, Dave (2002) "Reggae & Caribbean Music", Backbeat Books, Biography After working as a selector on the ''Sound of Silence Keystone'' sound system, and then his own ''Gathering of Youth'' system, he began his singing career as part of The African Brothers in 1969, along with Tony Tuff and Derrick Howard. The group released several singles in the first half of the 1970s on labels such as Micron and their own Ital label, and were an early example of the Rastafari movement's influence on the Jamaican ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horace Andy
Horace Andy (born Horace Keith Hinds, 19 February 1951) is a Jamaican roots reggae songwriter and singer, known for his distinctive vocals and hit songs such as " Skylarking", as well as "Government Land", "Angel", "Spying Glass", and "Five Man Army" with English trip hop group Massive Attack. He is also famous for a cover version of " Ain't No Sunshine". Andy is often described as one of the most respected and influential singers in Jamaica. Biography Early years Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Hinds recorded his first single, "This is a Black Man's Country," in 1967 for producer Phil Pratt. "This is a Black Man's Country" failed to make an impact, and it would be 1970 before he achieved a breakthrough. After unsuccessfully auditioning at Coxsone Dodd's Studio One as a duo along with Frank Melody, he successfully auditioned on his own a few days later. Dodd decided Hinds should record as Horace Andy, partly to capitalise on the popularity of Bob Andy, and partly to avoid compar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toots And The Maytals
The Maytals, known from 1972 to 2020 as Toots and the Maytals, are a Jamaican musical group, one of the best known ska and rocksteady vocal groups. The Maytals were formed in the early 1960s and were key figures in popularizing reggae music. Frontman Toots Hibbert, who died in 2020, was considered a reggae pioneer on par with Bob Marley. His soulful vocal style was compared to Otis Redding, and led him to be named by ''Rolling Stone'' as one of the 100 Greatest Singers. After Hibbert's death, the Maytals indicated that they would continue as a working group. Their 1968 single " Do the Reggay" was the first song to use the word "reggae", coining the name of the genre and introducing it to a global audience. The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' credits Toots and the Maytals in the etymology of the word "Reggae". According to Island Records founder Chris Blackwell, "The Maytals were unlike anything else ... sensational, raw, and dynamic." Career Formation and early success Frede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Citizen Cope
Clarence Greenwood (born May 20, 1968), also known by his stage name, Citizen Cope, is an American singer-songwriter and producer. His music is commonly described as a mix of blues music, blues, soul music, soul, hip hop music, hip hop, folk music, folk, and rock music, rock. Citizen Cope's compositions have been recorded by Carlos Santana, Dido (singer), Dido, Pharoahe Monch and Richie Havens. He currently records and produces for his own record label, Rainwater Recordings, which he founded in 2010. He had previously been signed to Capitol Records, Capitol, Arista Records, Arista, DreamWorks Records, DreamWorks and RCA Records, RCA. On March 1, 2019, he self-released his first album in six years, ''Heroin and Helicopters''. Early life Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Greenwood spent parts of his childhood in Texas and Mississippi, ultimately ending up in Washington, D.C., where he was primarily raised. He graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School (Washington, D.C.), Wilson High Schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitchfork Media
''Pitchfork'' (formerly ''Pitchfork Media'') is an American online music magazine founded in 1996 by Ryan Schreiber in Minneapolis. It originally covered Alternative rock, alternative and independent music, and expanded to cover genres including pop, hip-hop, jazz and metal. ''Pitchfork'' is one of the most influential Music magazine, music publications to have emerged in the internet age. In the 2000s, ''Pitchfork'' distinguished itself from print media through its unusual editorial style, frequent updates and coverage of emerging acts. It was praised as passionate, authentic and unique, but criticized as pretentious, mean-spirited and elitist, playing into stereotypes of the cynical Hipster (contemporary subculture), hipster. It is credited with popularizing acts such as Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, Bon Iver and Sufjan Stevens. ''Pitchfork'' relocated to Chicago in 1999 and Brooklyn, New York, in 2011. It expanded with projects including the annual Pitchfork Music Festiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel Vibration
Israel Vibration are a reggae harmony group, originating from Kingston, Jamaica. Lascelle "Wiss" Bulgin, Albert "Apple Gabriel" Craig, and Cecil "Skelly" Spence all contracted childhood polio, and went on to be a Jamaican roots reggae group in the 1970s. The trio initially met as children at a rehabilitation center. History Bulgin (born 1955), Craig (1955–2020), and Spence (1952–2022) first met as children at the Mona Rehabilitation Clinic, all polio patients in the epidemic that spread through Jamaica in the 1950s. Several years later they formed Israel Vibration.Thompson, Dave (2002) ''Reggae & Caribbean Music'', Backbeat Books, , p. 133-135Brown, Joe (1991)Reggae Culture Has Vibrations, ''The Washington Post'', 8 February 1991Block, Melissa & Siegel, Robert (2004)Interview: Gary Himmelfarb discusses a reggae adaptation of some of Bob Dylan's songs, NPR, 27 August 2004, Craig attended the Alpha Boys School but ran away at the age of fourteen, living on the streets. Spenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
