Dennis Bovell - Decibel: More Cuts And Dubs 1976-1983 UNREST Kevin Burleigh and Shawn Everett)

Kevin Burleigh and Shawn Everett)

and important local artists

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After they split

innovation and revolutionary spirit

Dennis Bovell - Decibel: More Cuts And Dubs 1976-1983 UNREST Kevin Burleigh and Shawn Everett)A giant of the UK reggae scene since the late 70s and founder member of Matumbi. Dennis Bovell went on to produce a trail of classics by a genre defying roster of artists, from Fela Kuti, dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson, to The Slits and The Pop Group, while also recording as Blackbeard for EMI. As if that wasn't enough, he also recorded the early Lovers chart hit, Janet Kay's Silly Games, and later a slew of Lovers Rock.