Wild Paarty Sounds is where it all starts to get really weird.
One for those less experimentally minded, Style Scott lays down the beats next to Eskimo Fox and Donald Campbell. Coming out of 1982, Creation Rebel’s “Lows & Highs” featuring vocals from Crucial Tony and Lizard Logan is the most straight ahead reggae album in the box. Probably the most daring dub album to emerge from the UK, this is the nexus where reggae and post punk collide. 1981’s “Threat To Creation” is a Creation Rebel/New Age Steppers double billing. Released in 1984 “Leaps & Bounds” by the collective known as Singers & Players features vocal contributions from Prince Far I, Congo Ashanti Roy, Mikey Dread and Bim Sherman.
Inside you’ll find four studio albums from Adrian Sherwood’s On-U Sound label, including the fourth instalment of the Singers & Players series, two Creation Rebel albums and the other planetary compilation of industrial reggae experiments, Wild Paarty Sounds Vol.1. Hot Milk is back with a crucially wicked box set of some of the most forward thinking and experimental reggae of the early 80’s. Master Boogies Song & Dance - When The Shit Hits The Fan (Pablo & Shoey Rejig) Loose Joints - Tell You Today (Pablo Take Your Drums To Outer Space Edit) A favourite with the likes of Theo Parrish and Dave Lee, this one always get the sneaky shebeen vibes a going.Check those lyrics! On the flip is 'When The Shit Hits The Fan', a no-nonsense, hit-the-floor and forget your troubles disco-rap stompout from 1980. The lad didn't to do much on this edit beyond adding some elements from Arthur's B-side dub, so the joy goes on for just that little bit longer. "Tell You Today" is probably the Downtownsounds anthem, a sweet song of yearning, regret and innocent joy married to Arthur Russell's wonky, wobbly percussive genius, with a perfect pop climax that has led to many moments of collective disco joy on the DTS dancefloor. For their 5th volume of the Downtownsounds Classics series, Fatty Fatty Phonographics are proud to present these gems from the West End Records catalogue, the famed underground disco label that gave us so many of our dancefloor staples.
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