Chance Meeting
Friday February 19th, 2021 with Heavy Ben
Black History Month spotlight on Creation Rebel
Chance meeting on a UK tour of a Jamaican Prince and reggae musicians of a prolific drummer and a budding dub master
Based in London, UK, Creation Rebel worked with Prince Far-I, Adrian Sherwood, and labels Hitrun, On-U Sound, and Cherry Red in the 1970s and 80s. Recording some of the best reggae dub music during the early English punk era, their music is languorous, funky, spacey, and totally intoxicating.
Creation Rebel morphed into Singers & Players, African Head Charge, and Dub Syndicate. They variously contributed to the most significant UK reggae and dub acts of the 1980s, also including Aswad, Mark Stewart & Maffia, New Age Steppers, Playgroup, London Underground, and Suns of Arqa.
Primary members:
- drummer Eric "Fish" Clarke
- drummer and percussionist Style Scott
- guitar player and singer "Crucial" Tony Phillips
- drummer Charlie "Eskimo" Fox
- keyboard player Clifton "Bigga" Morrison
- vocalist and bass player Keith "Lizard" Logan
- composer and melodica player Peter Stroud aka. Doctor Pablo
Pictured: Prince Far I, On-U Sound, and Creation Rebel are inextricably linked
| Creation Rebel has its roots as Prince Far I's backing band The Arabs. Far I was also an early mentor to Adrian Sherwood as they worked together extensively, setting up deals to license Jamaican tunes for UK release. |
| Long Life Prince Far I & The Arabs - Crytuff Dub Encounter Chapter 1 - Hitrun - 1978 |
| Frontline Speech Prince Far I & Creation Rebel - Vibrations: 1978-1982 - On-U Sound - 2017 (orig. 1978) |
| A track from each of Creation Rebel's 7 LPs, many of which had their origin in Jamaica, then later dubbed out by Dennis Bovell and Adrian Sherwood in London |
| Dub From Creation Creation Rebel - Dub From Creation - Hitrun - 1978 |
| Know Yourself Creation Rebel - Close Encounters Of The Third World - Hitrun - 1978 |
| Rebel Vibration Creation Rebel - Rebel Vibrations - Hitrun - 1979 |
| Space Movement (Section 1) Creation Rebel - Starship Africa - 4D Rhythms/On-U Sound - 1980 |
| African Space Creation Rebel - Psychotic Jonkanoo - Statik - 1981 |
| Painstaker Creation Rebel & New Age Steppers - Threat To Creation - Cherry Red - 1981 |
| New Age Steppers (worthy of their own profile) were a post-punk group that included Ari Up and Viv Albertine of the Slits, Mark Stewart of The Pop Group, Keith Levene of Public Image Ltd, John Waddington and Bruce Smith of Rip Rig + Panic, Vicky Aspinall of The Raincoats, Neneh Cherry, and members of Creation Rebel... organized and produced by Adrian Sherwood |
| Love I Can Feel Creation Rebel - Lows & Highs - Cherry Red - 1982 |
| Checking It Out Sonia & Creation Rebel - 12" - S&S Records - 1981 |
| Fit to Survive Singers and Players & Bim Sherman - War Of Words - 99 Records - 1981 |
| Quante Jubila Singers and Players & Prince Far I - War Of Words - 99 Records - 1981 |
| Space Movement (Section 2) Creation Rebel - Starship Africa - 4D Rhythms/On-U Sound - 1980 |
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Cool stuff! I liked your dubby voice trick.
6:20 PM, February 18th, 2021