THE UPSETTERS 'SUPER APE' LP SEVEN HOURS AFTER VIOLET

THE UPSETTERS 'SUPER APE' LP SEVEN HOURS AFTER VIOLETvinyl LP pressing. Few artists enjoy a legacy that involves a re engineering of the very genre in which they work. Lee Scratch Perry is such an artist. As a pioneer of dub reggae Perry viewed the mixing console as musical instrument in its own right. The influence of his revolutionary approach has been felt world wide and into genres far beyond reggae. His 1976 effort, Super Ape, is considered a masterpiece of this or any genre. Working with The

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The record reached #10 in the US and became double platinum for shipping two million copies in the US by the end of the year

Aided and abetted by the incomparable Dave Otero (Archspire

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Escape The Fate)

With their debut album

Where previous albums dealt largely with chronicling and/or observing outward facing subject matter—such as IMPERA’s meditations on the rise and fall of empires and its predecessor Prequelle’s evocations of the ravages of era-defining plagues—Skeletá’s lyrics render the distinct individual emotional vistas of each of its 10 songs in one-on-one fashion

drummer Sean Kinney and bassist Mike Inez) headlining a sold-out international tour

unlike many of its contemporaries who "commercialized" their sound

The result is a tour de force which boasts features from EL-P and Robert Smith adding even more depth and richness to the music

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