Mungo's Hi Fi is a sound system based in
Glasgow
Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated pop ...
, Scotland, which follows the original
Jamaican sound system
In Jamaican popular culture, a sound system is a group of disc jockeys, engineers and MCs playing ska, rocksteady or reggae music. The sound system is an important part of Jamaican culture and history.
History
The sound system concept first ...
tradition. After working together previously, Tom Tattersall and Doug Paine founded the group in 2000, writing, recording, producing and performing their own brand of
reggae
Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, "Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use the ...
and
dub music, working in collaboration with other artists and producers. They were joined in 2002 by Craig Macleod, and in 2006 by Jerome Joly.
Mungo's Hi Fi have released 10 albums alongside a number of EPs and singles, collaborating with a variety of artists including
Mike "Prince Fatty" Pelanconi
Mike Pelanconi, better known under his record name Prince Fatty, is a British sound engineer and record producer.
Origin of Prince Fatty
In 2005, the clothing company Stüssy put together a line inspired by the vivid, rootsy styles of Jamai ...
,
Max Romeo
Max Romeo (born Maxwell Livingston Smith; 22 November 1944)["Respect to th ...](_blank)
, Charlie P and
Daddy Freddy
S. Frederick Small (born 1965), better known as Daddy Freddy, is a Jamaican ragga vocalist.
Early life
Small was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and grew up in the city's Trenchtown district.Huey, SteveDaddy Freddy Biography", Allmusic, retrieved ...
.
Discography
Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...
s
Singles
Singles are people not in a committed relationship.
Singles may also refer to:
Film and television
* ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series
* ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe
* ''Singles'' ...
and
EPs
EPS, EPs or Eps may refer to:
Commerce and finance
* Earnings per share
* Electronic Payment Services, in Hong Kong, Macau, and Shenzhen, China
* Express Payment System, in the Philippines
Education
* Edmonton Public Schools, in Edmonton, ...
References
External links
Mungo's Hi FiMungo's Hi Fion Facebook
Scotch Bonnet RecordsScotch Bonnet SoundcloudMungo's Hi Fion YouTube
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British reggae musical groups
Dub musical groups
Sound systems
Musical groups from Glasgow