Sly and Robbie

Drummer Lowell 'Sly' Dunbar and bassplayer Robert Shakespeare meet in the mid seventies. Dunbar already had quite a reputation as a drummer. He had played on several Jamaican hit records. His rhythmic innovations to reggae drumming were becoming a trade mark for Channel One when he got acquainted with Aston 'familyman' Barrett's youthful protege bassplayer Robbie Shakespeare. Shakespear had already done a good deal of studio work, like 'Stir it up' from Bob Marley. It didn't take very long for them to decide to form a rhythmic drum-'n-bass partnership, and Sly & Robbie was a fact.

Around 1990 a new turn in reggae music came up: raggamuffin or ragga. The drum computer became an important ingredient and started to replace live drumming on studio recordings.  From now on, Sly focuses on drum programming and production (Robbie still plays the bass), and again they produce a gigantic world wide hit: Murder she Wrote by Shaka Demus and Pliers.

Stand-out tracks from the dynamic duo include 'Murder She Wrote', Drunken Master, Destination Unknown, Unmetered Taxi'

Blue Mountain Music publish the above tracks and tracks on the album 'Sly-Go-Ville' for these artists for the World excluding the Caribbean.