Omar Perry - Channelling Lee 'Scratch' Perry [CD]

Cat. no: BSRCD829
Format: CD
Barcode: 5036436155422
Release Date: 07 Mar 2025
Genre: Reggae

The album, 'Channelling Lee Scratch Perry', is a tribute from Scratch's son, Omar Perry, to his father

'Scratch' was, beyond question, a genuine genius responsible for creating some of the greatest, most complex, and thought-provoking music to ever come out of Jamaica... or anywhere else. His importance to the furtherance of Jamaican music as a producer, arranger, writer, and artist is beyond compare and he played an integral role in, and was the inspiration for, many of the key movements in the development of reggae throughout the Sixties and Seventies.

Omar Perry is an accomplished performer in his own right with an impressive track record and 'Channeling Lee Scratch Perry' leavesthe listener in no doubt as to where Omar and Olivier Gangloff,the producer of Scratch's fnal studio album 'Heaven' (Burning Sounds BSRCD/ LP 840) are coming from. And, every bit as importantly, they demonstrate where they are going... it's not nostalgia but an intelligent use of the past to create music for the future.

Omar and the ERM (Easy Riddim Maker) band, "Lee Perry's ofcial group for Europe",are currently in the process of planning their forthcoming tour for 2025.

New Reggae Album. Incl. Sleeve notes

CD Tracks: Time To Boom / Wicked Back Deh / Magnetic Lights / Key To Your Heart / Pied Piper / Wah See No Foe / Lovers Paradise / Weh Dem A Try / Garden Grow