Swedish vocals, English vocals
International relevance: *
A
reggae band from Lund in Skåne with a very hands-on Peps Persson
involvement. They had released two singles before making their 12”
debut with six-track mini LP ”Rotupuls” in 1981, produced by Peps
and also featuring musical contributions from him. They had a few less likeable traits in common with Peps as displayed on his albums with Ronny Åström and ”Fyra tunnland
bedor om dan”, i.e. silly songs of a traditional Skånish type.
Then again, there are a few good tracks on both the mini album and
their first and only full-length, confusingly enough also entitled
”Rotpuls” and again with Peps producing and playing. ”Stig
Andersson” from the 12” and ”Vik ut dig” from the LP are fine
enough, but the best track is the spacious organ-laced reggae cover
of John Coltrane's ”A Love Supreme” which works really well, not
only as a cool idea but as a cool piece of music. Too uneven to be
considered essential, but the good tracks would make a pretty OK short
LP length compilation. Plus there were so few Swedish reggae bands from this period, and the Peps
relation makes Rotpuls worth mentioning.
Rotpuls (1981) full album playlist
Rotpuls (1982) full album playlist
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