The late production genius’s chaotic reputation has always preceded him. But could two new books, a posthumous album and a flurry of classic reissues change all that – and put the focus back on his ...

Lee "Scratch" Perry’s layering techniques were the stuff of legend; he used stones, water, kitchen utensils to create surreal, often haunting, sonic density ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Mouse On Mars were preparing to welcome Lee “Scratch” Perry to their Berlin studio in December of 2019, the occasion came ...

Do you swear you saw a giant gorilla at Bumbershoot 2015, but your friends keep telling you it was just the ‘shrooms? I have good news: You were right. Two years ago, Jamaican music legend Lee ...

Perry often revelled in a ganja-fuelled, madman persona for media and audiences alike, but his crazed outbursts often held more than a seed of truth. So it is with his contribution to Lee “Scratch” ...

Of course, in Perry’s native Jamaica, the sound-system circuit meant those at the controls were as much a focus – and sometimes more so – than the singers or bands. Duke Reid, Clement ‘Sir Coxson’ ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “We hardly spoke about what we were doing. We met and got going,” Mouse on Mars’s Jan St. Werner said in a press statement. “He ...

Onstage and in interviews, Lee “Scratch” Perry’s persona is a mix of giddy surrealism, folk wisdom, apocalyptic theology, and simple crudity (fart jokes, raw sex talk, etc.). Although there’s fun to ...

“I’m not really a musician,” says Adrian Sherwood, trying to describe what it is he does and has done for over 40 years. “I’m more a sound man. I was once described derogatorily as a fan who’d got his ...

Nearly five years following Lee “Scratch” Perry’s death, the dub legend’s final album is arriving. Produced with Mouse on Mars, Spatial, No Problem lands June 5 via Domino. The German electronic duo ...

Ever since the Rialto announced that Lee “Scratch” Perry is coming to town with the Wailers next month, I keep meaning to post something about what a strange and outstanding occasion this show is.

Lee Perry has operated on the lunatic fringe for so long, his distorted reality has itself turned out a distortion. Bob Marley became the big tree while Perry stayed the small axe, but today, the ...