“ We’re honored to work with such an important body of music,” says Jeff Daniel, the album’s co-producer and rockr music’s chief. Through and through, the Wailers shine in every moment. Jimpster’s excellent retelling of “ 400 Years,” considered crucial in the Peter Tosh library, makes this song of rebellion available for the four-on-the-floor audience. Cordovan’s hip-hop slick kick adds punch to the sing-along “ One Love,” while Afrodisiac Sound System takes “ Soul Shakedown Party” from ghetto blaster to megaclub experience. Yet those drum beats and bass lines are completely modern, the studio refurbishing of skilled hands and ears. Everyone who worked on this project had deep respect for the music.”
None sound too electronic or far from the analog originals. There’s a lot of warmth and humanity in these songs. “There have been a few high profile, mass market projects, but we wanted to present something for dance club audiences. “We thought there was a lack of quality Bob Marley remixes for the underground,” says David Hargis, co-producer and VP of A&R at rockr music, which spearheaded this project. Nothing of the gorgeous, crackly analog originals (including classics like “ One Love,” “ Trenchtown Rock,” and “ Lively Up Yourself”) is lost in translation. Digging deeply into that sacred catalog, the 19 remixes of legendary songs on Roots, Rock, Remixed (Rockr music) are taking the familiar and cherished and reintroducing it to sound systems worldwide.įeaturing a crop of the dance/electronica/breakbeat genre’s hottest producers – including Jimpster (Jamie Odell), Yes King (Rhys Adams & Mark Rae), Trio Elétrico (Boozoo Bajou), Fort Knox Five and DJ Spooky – Roots, Rock, Remixed balances that fine line of being respectful to the inimitable artist Nesta was, and using the bass-heavy, digital technologies available to us today. The term reggae is synonymous with the musical legacy he left behind. Punky Reggae Party (Z-Trip featuring Lee “Scratch” Perry Remix)ġ6.Bob Marley Gets the Bass Turned Up on Roots, Rock, Remixedīob Marley is one of the most celebrated and beloved figures on the planet. One Love/People Get Ready (Photek Remix)ġ5.
Get Up Stand Up (Thievery Corporation Remix)ġ1. Three Little Birds (Stephen Marley and Jason Bentley Remix)ĥ. Produced by Ziggy Marley, Stephen Marley, and Jason Bentleyģ. Legend, Remixed drops June 25, but you can pre-order it here. Now see topnotch producers take on this daring remix enterprise so they too can be part of Marley’s musical legacy. There is no denying Bob Marley will live on forever through his songs. Keep an open mind as VIBE sheds light with a rundown of what to expect from Legend, Remixed because without growth, art is dead. Other brave souls who took on the challenge of reworking what many deem musical perfection-including, Pretty Lights, Thievery Corporation and Jason Bentley, to name a few-at the very least deserve props for their guts and gusto, love it or hate it.īob Marley’s message was always one of freedom-moreover the lyrics (“won’t you help me sing, these songs of freedom”) from “Redemption Song” was the final tune Marley wrote from his deathbed. Albeit, both Ziggy and Stephen Marley not only approved their revolutionary father’s masterpiece getting the EDM treatment, both did some of their own remixes. Reggae purists will surely be a bit pissed off with anyone touching it. Why would anyone deign to make an EDM remix version for one of the most treasured reggae albums of all time? Numbers don’t lie Bob Marley and The Wailers’ Legend sold over 40 million copies globally, and today’s EDM artists hope to bring a fresh new energy and flavor to it.
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