Dr. Satan's Echo Chamber: Reggae, Technology and the Diaspora Process
Dr. Satan's Echo Chamber: Reggae, Technology and the Diaspora Process
“Transformations in drumbeats and rhythm not only mark changes in black musical forms, but also changes in black aesthetics from class to class, culture to culture, generation to generation. To continue this foundation myth of Diaspora, reggae should be seen as the form which realized that it was not the drum that was crucial, but the beat itself; and that in amplifying and modifying the beat even those far-flung members of the community—now that plantations are transnational and Africa is worldwide—could dance to it and in dancing, remember and re-invent their own possibilities.” (Limestone Bookshop).