Sleng Teng Riddim
The Sleng Teng Riddim is one of the most famous and popular dancehall riddims . It was produced by Lloyd 'King Jammy' James in 1985. The Sleng Teng Riddim is considered the first digitally produced riddim in the world. A total of 335 official songs were sung or toasted on this riddim . There are also various remixes and unofficial versions. Many famous artists have released one or even several songs with it. a. Anthony B. , Culture and Sugar Minott .
history
The Sleng Teng Riddim is a cover version of a rock 'n' roll song from 1959. The piece was written by the American musician Eddie Cochran . It's called Somethin 'Else and was released on the Liberty label. King Jammy used the basic melody of the song in 1985 and changed it slightly. He replaced the bass used in the original song with an electronic synthesizer . The melody that once sounded in the background was now the dominant part of the piece. He used a Casio Digital Music Box for this. Jammy then produced the song Under Me Sleng Teng with the young Deejay Wayne Smith . The fully electronically produced riddim is considered the first digital riddim in dancehall history. On February 23, 1985, one of the most famous historical soundclashes between King Jammy and the Black Scorpio sound system took place on Waltham Park Road in Kingston. King Jammy put on the riddim he had produced for the first time. The novel synthetic bassline delighted the audience so much that Jammy took off a triumphant victory. After a short time, Deejays released 23 songs on the instrumentals that were released afterwards, including Cocoa Tea , Super Cat and Tenor Saw . The novel sounding riddim immediately became a hit in the dancehalls of Jamaica. In the same year, several producers used King Jammy's riddim to release their own versions. Thus, the number of releases in the first release year grew to a total of 87 songs, including by artists such as Culture or Sugar Minott . In 1986, 27 more songs were released, bringing the number of published tracks to over a hundred in less than two years. In the following two years more than fifteen songs were released. After only two songs were released in 1990, a total of 69 songs appeared on the riddim by 1995. The popularity decreased rapidly. After only a single song was released in 1997, the last 6 tracks appeared on the riddim in 1998, which came from well-known artists such as Anthony B., Bounty Killer or Capleton. After six years, the Powerstone label released 33 new songs on the Sleng Teng Riddim. Tracks were released again in the following two years. However, the riddim could not build on the great successes in the 1980s. In 2009 the last seven songs were released for the time being.
Artist / song (selection)
Interpreter | title | year |
---|---|---|
Lloyd 'King Jammy' James | Sleng Teng instrumental | 1985 |
Wayne Smith | Under Me Sleng Teng | 1985 |
Cocoa Tea | Hey bobby | 1985 |
Culture | Capture Rasta | 1985 |
Sugar Minott | Jamming In The Street | 1985 |
Super cat | Trash and Ready | 1985 |
Tenor Saw | Pumpkin Belly | 1985 |
Cutty Ranks | Blue Mountain Coffee | 1986 |
Ninjaman | Murder Them | 1990 |
Papa San | Pretend Ting | 1991 |
Bounty killer | Lodge (= Splurt) | 1993 |
Mad Cobra | Rude boy skill | 1993 |
Luciano & Cocoa Tea | Mr. Governer | 1993 |
Beenie Man | Off The Air Bad Boy | 1994 |
Spragga Benz | Mark Death | 1994 |
Wayne Wonder | Someone To Hold | 1994 |
Anthony B. | Gather and Come | 1998 |
Burro Banton | Attention | 1998 |
Capleton | Pure sodom | 1998 |
Tanya Stephens | Learn Fi Choose | 1998 |
Anthony Cruz | Know We | 2004 |
Elephant Man | Bumboclaat | 2004 |
Sizzla | progress | 2004 |
Turbulence | On my mind | 2006 |
Baby cham | No soundboy | 2008 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Somethin 'Else at Discogs
- ↑ a b c d e f Sleng Teng Riddim on the Riddim database
- ↑ a b Article about the Sleng Teng Riddim (English)