The most versioned riddims are more than 20 years old and originated at Coxone Dodd's legendary Studio One studio, Brentford Road, Kingston. Most riddims have originated from a hit tune, and usually the riddim has been given the name of that tune. In other musical contexts it would be called a groove, and that pretty well sums up what it is about. Sometimes a short melody is associated with the riddim, but the main ingredient is the bassline. It's basically a bassline and usually a special drumpattern is used with the bassline. The sound was so powerful that it gave birth to an entire style of reggae meant for slow dancing called ''rub a dub.'' - Ī rhythm, riddim in reggae vocabulary, is a rhythm pattern. The pattern repeated over and over hypnotically. It was built around a single, emphatic bass note followed by a rapid succession of lighter notes. Dodd's house bands, Sound Dimension, on that occasion including the drummer Phil Callender, the guitarist Eric Frater, the percussionist Denzel Laing, the bassist Boris Gardiner, the trombonist Vin Gordon and the resident keyboard genius and musical director Jackie Mittoo. ''Real Rock,'' the genre's most often licked riddim, was recorded in 1967 by one of Mr. This is a piece from the original S#! cut.
Sound Dimension's old classic is the most versioned riddim ever according to most of the RMR massive. Second type is the ragga riddim backing raggamuffin and dancehall tunes (for example: "Juice" produced by Richard "Shams" Brown), just as the third and last type, the digital riddims (for example: "Sleng Teng" produced by King Jammy). The oldest type of riddims is the classical riddim providing roots reggae dub and lovers rock with instrumentals (for example: "Bam Bam" produced by Sly & Robbie). In general riddims can be divided in three main sections. Most riddims are named by the tune sung on that instrumental track for the first time (the "Satta-A-Masagana" riddim is named by the song "Satta-A-Masagana" performed by the group The Abyssinians). Vegas' tune "Go Up" or TOK's "Man A Bad Man" are based on the "Juice" riddim). Its also very typical that different producers have their own versions of the same riddim.ĭifferent artists perform on one and the same of the hundreds of riddims with different lyrics and different vocal styles, ranging from singing to rapping (for example Beenie Man's song "My Wish", Mr.
In most cases the term riddim is used to reference to the whole background track or rhythm section, but in older, roots riddims, riddim name is used to reference to that certain bassline and drum pattern. In other musical contexts a riddim would be called a groove or beat. Riddims are the instrumental background of every reggae, lovers rock, dub, raggamuffin or dancehall composition. The Jamaican-English term originates from the word rhythm.
Often a melody is associated with the riddim. Dodd and Sound DemensionĪ riddim is a rhythm pattern, basically consisting of a drum pattern and a prominent bassline.
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