DON HUSKY, SUPPORTED BY BOUNTY KILLER AND DUBBED BY BBC AS ONE OF THE “SICKEST BRAND-NEW ARTISTS” ON THE DANCEHALL REGGAE SCENE.
Don Husky, supported by Bounty Killer and dubbed by BBC as one of the “sickest brand-new artists” on the dancehall reggae scene, juxtaposes sweet melodies and rugged chatting over a hyped up, roots dancehall riddim produced by Lee “Scratch” Perry’s NYC band Subatomic Sound System in the future dubwise style of their acclaimed “Super Ape Returns to Conquer” album and their recent hit “Police in Helicopter” featuring Jah9 & Yaadcore.
With Subatomic’s 21st-century sub bass and drums, and plenty of dubwise smoke & fire, Don Husky’s baritone rides the riddim with lyrics about Kingston street life and his dream to make his “Mama live how the queen lives”.
Subatomic’s producer Emch chops and mixes the music under Husky’s verses in a lively fashion typical of a sound system dance rather than a studio session. While Don Husky’s vocal style evokes early DJ stars like Yellowman & Tiger, his tone and delivery are a clear descendant of the modern sound of Bounty Killer and Vybz Kartel.
The result is a forward-leaning boomshot that harkens back to classic moments from the roots of dancehall for a cross-generational flex.
The Dubstrumental mix highlights Subatomic’s Troy Shaka Simms whose horn arrangements evoke Jamaica’s golden age of 1980s Channel One roots dancehall recordings as well as peppering it with African melodies inspired by the timeless Ethiopian jazz of Mulatu Astatke. Emch adds heavily effected melodica blasts in the style of Augustus Pablo’s experiments with Lee Perry at the Black Ark studio and goes wild on the knobs and faders, soloing instruments and splashing in spring reverb, Mutron phasers, and Space Echo trails that float up and away like clouds of ganja smoke dissipating in night sky above Kingston.
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