Dancehall, dub and drum ‘n’ bass are party music. These spin-offs are apolitical, devoid of spirituality and rely too heavily on electronic mixing, they argue.

Goddamn that new-fangled “electronic mixing”! Oh for the days of King Tubby, er… no…. Coxsone, er….

Bingi drumming sessions in the hills it is then.

See also: yer standard rockist criticism of reggae not being exactly as it was when Marley was about. Some nice quotes from Randy Chin, tho.

“The demographic for reggae is unbelievabably confusing,” he said. “It’s worse now than ever.”