Angry People Smiling's video: Lee Scratch Perry Special - 2 Songs - 1 Night Train - 2 Music Science Lovers

Lee "Scratch" Perry OD (born Rainford Hugh Perry; 20 March 1936) is a Jamaican record producer and singer noted for his innovative studio techniques and production style. Lee Perry was a pioneer in the 1970s development of dub music with his early adoption of remixing and studio effects to create new instrumental or vocal versions of existing reggae tracks. He has worked with and produced for a wide variety of artists, including Bob Marley and the Wailers, Junior Murvin, the Congos, Max Romeo, Adrian Sherwood, the Beastie Boys, Ari Up, the Clash, the Orb and many others. Lee Perry's musical career began in the late 1950s as a record seller for Clement Coxsone Dodd's sound system. His sometimes turbulent relationship with Coxsone Dodd developed, he found himself performing a variety of important tasks at Coxsone Dodd's Studio One hit factory, going on to record nearly thirty songs for the label. Disagreements between the pair due to personality and financial conflicts led him to leave the studio and seek new musical outlets. He soon found a new home at Joe Gibbs's Amalgamated Records. Working with Joe Gibbs, Lee Perry continued his recording career but, once again, financial problems caused conflict. Lee Perry broke ranks with Joe Gibbs and formed his own label, Upsetter Records, in 1968. His first major single "People Funny Boy", which was an insult directed at Joe Gibbs, sold well with 60,000 copies sold in Jamaica alone. It is notable for its innovative use of a sample (a crying baby) as well as a fast, chugging beat that would soon become identifiable as "reggae" (the new kind of sound which was given the name "Steppers"). Similarly his acrimonious 1967 single as Lee "King" Perry, "Run for Cover", was likewise aimed at Sir Coxsone. From 1968 until 1972 he worked with his studio band The Upsetters. During the 1970s Lee Perry released numerous recordings on a variety of record labels that he controlled, and many of his songs were popular in both Jamaica and the United Kingdom. He soon became known for his innovative production techniques as well as his eccentric character. In 1970, Lee Perry produced and released The Wailers track "Mr Brown" (1970) with its unusual use of studio effects and eerie opening highlighting his unique approach to production. The Black Ark Studio - In 1973, Lee Perry built a studio in his back yard, the Black Ark, to have more control over his productions and continued to produce notable musicians such as Bob Marley & the Wailers, Junior Byles, Junior Murvin, the Heptones, the Congos and Max Romeo. He also started the Black Art label, on which many of the productions from the studio appeared. With his own studio at his disposal, Lee Perry's productions became more lavish, as the energetic producer was able to spend as much time as he wanted on the music he produced. Virtually everything Lee Perry recorded in The Black Ark was done using basic recording equipment; through sonic sleight-of-hand, Lee Perry made it sound unique. Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry had a particular sound and everybody was fascinated by his sound. He had this way of putting things together; it was just his sound and it influenced a lot of people. Lee Perry remained behind the mixing desk for many years, producing songs and albums that stand out as a high point in reggae history. By 1978, stress and unwanted outside influences began to take their toll: both Lee Perry and The Black Ark quickly fell into a state of disrepair. Eventually, the studio burned to the ground. Lee Perry has constantly insisted that he burned the Black Ark himself in a fit of rage. After the Black Ark Studio (1980s and 1990s)After the demise of the Black Ark in the early 1980s, Lee Perry spent time in England and the United States, performing live and making erratic records with a variety of collaborators. His career took a new path in 1984 when he met Mark Downie (Marcus Upbeat) with whom he worked on the 1986 album "Battle of Armagideon" for Trojan. It was not until the late 1980s, when he began working with British producers Adrian Sherwood and Neil Fraser (who is better known as Mad Professor), that Lee Perry's career began to get back on solid ground again. Lee Perry also has attributed the recent resurgence of his creative muse to his deciding to quit drinking alcohol and smoking cannabis. In his earlier days, the act of producing for Lee Perry was a frenzied and ritualistic one where he stated that "he blew smoke into the microphone so that the weed would get into the song. Lee Perry stated in an interview that he wanted to see if "it was the smoke making the music or Lee Perry making the music. I found out it was me and that I don't need to smoke. In 1998 Lee Perry reached a wider global audience as vocalist on the track "Dr. Lee, PhD" from the Beastie Boys' album Hello Nasty. 1st song - "Night Train" 2:56 - 2nd song - "Music & Science Lovers"