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Sleng Teng is the name given to the first fully computerized
riddim in
Jamaican music. The riddim, which was created by the collaboration between
King Jammy and
Wayne Smith, was titled "
Under Mi Sleng Teng". However, in this case Wayne Smith was the one who had found the computerized sound in Noel Davey's keyboard. Together they were the ones who arranged the riddim, slowed it down, matched it to his key, and rehearsed on it before taking it to Jammys studio. The riddim itself is apparently an attempt to recreate
Eddie Cochran's "
Somethin' Else." It is a pattern found in the
Casio MT-40 home keyboard.
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After the riddim was brought to the studio and Jammy heard it, he then placed a clap on it. Jammy recorded a number of other artists on the original backing track including
Tenor Saw (with "Pumpkin Belly"), and
Johnny Osbourne (with "Buddy Bye").....
OMG IM SO SAD RIGHT NOW..R.I.P TO DA SLENG TENG MAN...WAYNE U WILL BE FOREVER MISSED AND REMEMBERED... ONE LOVE.. <3
ReplyDeletewow omg condolences to the family of Wayne Smith this is sad.
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