His collaboration with The Mutant Hi Fi, Return of the Gringo, was enjoying its album launch in suitably jocular style.Mutant Hi Fi, in his first live performance, was appropriately dressed in sombrero, Hawaiian shorts and flip flops, topped off with a pair of 3D glasses, he frantically twanged his guitar to Prince Fattys thumping backing tracks.There are two types of people in this world, he told the audience, those that love ska and those that love surf.
Weve got both. Indeed they do. The two men perfectly represented the jovial union of ska and surf music that makes their release what it is. They flocked to fill the dance floor (which had been uncharacteristically sparse during Prince Fattys set) in anticipation of her. Following a very smart appearance on Jools Holland this week, the buzz around this performer continues to grow. I have had the pleasure of seeing Hollie Cook several times this summer, fronting the stage for Prince Fattys Soundsystem. The tropical pop-reggae was created in fashion that suggests it was meant for a full band, and Hollie Cook herself seems more at home as the head of an ensemble than providing fronting for a soundsystem. The band, featuring Marcia Richards of The Skints on keys and sax, is tight and at home with each other. They comfortably made their way through their set looking like they were thoroughly enjoying themselves. Return of the Gringo personifies the gun belt rattling swagger of 50s westerns distilled over the shimmering heat of sheer reggae joy. The sizzling hi-hat patterns and choral organ rhythms that characterise Pelanconis reggae records remain. ![]() Added in such a way as to seamlessly blend quality typical of a sound track with the bouncing, irresistible tempos of Fattys modernised reggae. The two come together to form an bizarrely familiar sentiment from a fairly peculiar combination. One that is restoring the simple joy of listening to and producing music, of dancing and performing. The shimmering vibrancy of reggae music is being quickly rediscovered by the UK music scene. This rediscovery owes more than a small part to Mike Pelanconi, AKA Prince Fatty. His work is everywhere, from creating wonderfully nostalgic roots reggae music to innovative reworking of iconic grunge music. Prince Fatty Crucial Dub How To Control CookiesTo find out more, including how to control cookies, see here.
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