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Victor Rice

Victor Rice’s involvement in the world of Retro-Jamaican music, as well as his instrumental and recording technique, have been influential in creating signature sounds of this era in the world of Ska, Reggae & Dub Music. As a bassist, he started with the Scofflaws in 1988 and was soon involved in other ventures: Founding member of the Stubborn All-Stars as well as The New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble, he has also toured with Laurel Aitken and Desmond Dekker. Producing for NYC’s Moon Records in the early 90s, Rice worked with The Skatalites, The Slackers, The Toasters, The Pietasters, The Adjusters, The Epitones and many others

Soothsayers Meets Victor Rice & Friends

Label: Red Earth Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Flying East; Last Days; The Slow Life; Effra Nights; The Slow Life Dub; Flying East Dub; Last Days Dub; Effra Nights Dub.

Soothsayers: Soothsayers Meets Victor Rice & Friends

by Chris May
June 25, 2022

Nobody does it better, so the song goes, though whether the innuendo resonates most strongly with the singer, Carly Simon, or the lyrics's supposed protagonist, James Bond, depends, as it were, on the direction in which the listener is pointing. But whatever. In the context of Soothsayers Meets Victor Rice & Friends, the song's hook becomes ...

Soothsayers: We Are Many

by Chris May
March 10, 2021

Straddling jazz, Afrobeat, conscious reggae and dub, South London's Soothsayers is among the top ten must-see attractions on Britain's club circuit (on hold for the duration). Soothsayers can make the lame not merely walk, but dance. We Are Many is the band's ninth studio album and it is a superbly well-realized production, up there with an ...

Smoke

By Victor Rice

Label: Easy Star Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Lou; Tema; Turn; Bermuda Triangle; Motion Study 1; Mr. Brooks; Fumaça; Party Line; The Dream; Motion Study 2;

Victor Rice: Smoke

by Joe Gatto
November 24, 2017

When I heard this one was coming out I couldn't have been more excited! Easy Star Records described Smoke as a blend of Brazilian Jazz and Rocksteady, so I knew it would be excellent.Legendary Reggae producer, Victor Rice, has been living in Sao Paulo, Brazil since 2002 so an original album made from his ...

Super Hi-Fi - Dub To The Bone (out 12/4 on Electric Cowbell)

November 14, 2012

You might not associate the trombone with the classic dub reggae sounds of Lee “Scratch” Perry, King Tubby, and Scientist. Super Hi-Fi, the Brooklyn-based ‘Afro-Dub’ band led by songwriter-producer-bassist Ezra Gale, is about to change that. Dub To The Bone, the band’s debut album, uses not one but two trombones to create sonic tapestries drenched in ...