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Lee Scratch Perry featured on new 'Sherwood at the Controls' comp (listen), touring, playing 'Super Ape' in Brooklyn

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Still brilliant and defiantly eccentric at 80, dub icon Lee “Scratch” Perry will be touring North America in August and September. Dates include a stop at Brooklyn Bowl on 9/22 where he’ll perform his classic Super Ape in full, and beforehand they’re screening documentary “Vision of Paradise” across the street at Kinfolk 90 (6 PM). Tickets for the show go on sale Friday, July 8 at 10 AM. All tour dates are listed below.

In other news, Perry is featuring on the second volume of the Sherwood at The Controls compilations, highlighting the influential production work of Adrian Sherwood who helped bridge reggae, dub and postpunk. Vol. 2 looks at Sherwood’s work from 1985 – 1990 when his label On-U Sound was going strong and industrial acts like KMFDM, Ministry and others began seeking out his skills. Perry’s contribution here is an unreleased version of “Music & Science Lovers” from the same sessions that resulted in 1987’s Boom X De Devil Dead.

Volume 1 of Sherwood at the Controls features The Slits, The Fall, Shriekback and more. Both are recommended. You can stream both compilations in full, via Spotify, below.

Lee “Scratch” Perry – 2016 Tour Dates
Aug 10 Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis, MN
Aug 11 The Riot Room Kansas City, MO
Aug 12 Duck Room at Blueberry Hill St Louis, MO
Aug 13 Addams Medill Park Chicago, IL
Aug 14 The Vogue Indianapolis, IN
Aug 16 Terminal West Atlanta, GA
Aug 18 The Secret Group Houston, TX
Aug 19 Flamingo Cantina Austin, TX
Aug 20 Flamingo Cantina Austin, TX
Aug 28 Riverside Park Chester Le Street, United Kingdom
Aug 29 Clapham Common London, United Kingdom
Sep 15 Commodore Ballroom Vancouver, Canada
Sep 17 Nectar Lounge Seattle, WA
Sep 18 Revolution Hall Portland, OR
Sep 20 World Cafe Live Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA
Sep 22 Brooklyn Bowl Brooklyn, NY
Oct 12 Fiddlers Club Bristol, United Kingdom
Oct 29 DOCK DE PARIS Aubervilliers, France
Oct 31 La Nouvelle Vague Saint Malo, France
Nov 04 Le Rocher de Palmer Cenon, France
Nov 05 La Sirene La Rochelle, France
Nov 10 Transbordeur Villeurbanne, France
Nov 11 La Rodia Grande Salle Besançon, France