Sleng Teng
The Sleng Teng Riddim is one of the best known and most popular DancehallRiddims there is. It was produced by Lloyd 'King Jammy ' James in 1985. Sleng Teng Riddim The is considered the first digitally produced riddim the world. A total of 335 official songs were sung or toasted on this riddim. There also exist several remixes and unofficial versions. Many famous artists have one or even several songs released so that, inter alia, Anthony B., Culture and Sugar Minott.
History
The Sleng Teng Riddim is a cover version of a rock ' n ' roll songs of 1959. Taken from the U.S. musician Eddie Cochran. It bears the name " Somethin ' Else" and was released on the label Liberty. King Jammy used 1985, the basic melody of the song and changed it slightly. The bass used in the original song he replaced by an electronic synthesizer. The once you hear it in the background melody was now the dominant part of the piece. He used it a Casio Digital Music Box. Jammy then produced with the young deejay Wayne Smith the song "Under Me Sleng Teng ". The completely electronically produced Riddim is considered the first digital riddim in the dancehall history. On February 23, 1985 one of the most famous historical Sound Clashes between King Jammy and the Black Scorpio sound system in the Waltham Park Road was held in Kingston. Here, King Jammy presented for the first time on the riddim produced by him. The novel synthetic bassline wowed the audience so much that Jammy wore a triumphant victory. In the later published Instrumental published after a short time equal to 23 Deejay 's song. Among Cocoa Tea, Super Cat and Tenor Saw. The novel sounding riddim became an instant hit in the dancehalls of Jamaica. In the same year, several producers used the riddim of King Jammy to publish their own versions. The number of releases in Erstveröffentlichungsjahr to including artists such as Thus grew to a total of 87 songs, Culture or Sugar Minott. 1986 published 27 more songs which increased the number of published pieces to over one hundred in less than two years. In the following two years, each more than fifteen songs have been released. After 1990, only two songs were released, appeared to 1995 a total of 69 songs on the riddim. The popularity waned rapidly. After 1997, only a single song was published was published in 1998, the last time being 6 pieces on the riddim, derived from well-known artists such as Anthony B., Capleton Bounty Killer or. After six years the label Power Stone brought 33 new songs Sleng Teng Riddim out on the. Tracks were published again in the next two years. However, the Riddim was unable to repeat the great success in the 1980s. 2009 published the now last seven songs.