ONE LOVE: REGGAE: Robin Giorno: Musician, producer, selector

“When I came to England in ’98 I must have moved into a shared house in ’99 with English people cos I was with French people the first time ‘round and somebody pulled this record out and said ‘listen to this if you like reggae and yeah instantly became a house classic - in our shared house. There’s a lot of memories of this tune being played at certain parties, house parties in Moseley at the time when it used to be thriving - when I was at uni kinda time. Yeah - it became an instant favourite kinda thing. There;s a lot to it but I think what makes it is the production and the Sly and Robbie kind of sound - it’s kind of really deep and dubbie. And also it’s a kind showcase format where you have extended tracks which go into the dub which is nice because the production’s so trip as it were And actually it’s interesting because when the whole reggae revival thing came about people started resampling this album and even recently one of the most popular tunes by Chronixx “Here Comes Trouble” was actually directly sampling “Wings With Me” off this. But then pretty much every track off this album has been sampled for the last ten years for some hit singles so it’s still unbeatable.”Robin Giorno: In his studio, Birmingham, 3rd December 2018Ini Kamoze: Sly & Robbie Presents Ini Kamoze released 1984Robin Girono - Friendly Fire
Robin Giorno: Musician, producer, selector, Ini Kamoze: Sly & Robbie Presents Ini Kamoze

 

“When I came to England in ’98 I must have moved into a shared house in ’99 with English people cos I was with French people the first time ‘round and somebody pulled this record out and said ‘listen to this if you like reggae and yeah instantly became a house classic - in our shared house. There’s a lot of memories of this tune being played at certain parties, house parties in Moseley at the time when it used to be thriving - when I was at uni kinda time. Yeah - it became an instant favourite kinda thing. There;s a lot to it but I think what makes it is the production and the Sly and Robbie kind of sound - it’s kind of really deep and dubbie. And also it’s a kind showcase format where you have extended tracks which go into the dub which is nice because the production’s so trip as it were And actually it’s interesting because when the whole reggae revival thing came about people started resampling this album and even recently one of the most popular tunes by Chronixx “Here Comes Trouble” was actually directly sampling “Wings With Me” off this. But then pretty much every track off this album has been sampled for the last ten years for some hit singles so it’s still unbeatable.” 

Robin Giorno: In his studio, Birmingham, 3rd December 2018 

Ini Kamoze: Sly & Robbie Presents Ini Kamoze released 1984 

Robin Girono - Friendly Fire