# Music Recommendations(Heavy ska/deep-voiced reggae) Wanted

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-recommendations-heavy-ska-deep-voiced-reggae-wanted/41379>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 15, 2000, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-recommendations-heavy-ska-deep-voiced-reggae-wanted/41379 "2000-11-15T23:38:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hiretsukan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47774/32.png) [@Hiretsukan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hiretsukan)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2000, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-recommendations-heavy-ska-deep-voiced-reggae-wanted/41379/1 "2000-11-15T23:38:03Z")

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With a group as eclectic and aware of esoterica as this one, I figured I could get some music recommendations.

Lately, a friend and I have caught a few cool songs on the local college radio station. One was a ska song, which was played in the ska mold but had some wild drumming techniques reminiscent of speed metal and interesting (non-annoying-punk-wank) vocals. A couple of others were reggae, with deep-voiced vocalists.

There is a glut of ska and reggae groups/artists around, and any recommendations for interesting heavy-ish ska and deep-voiced reggae would be much appreciated.

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**Author:** ![PolarField](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@PolarField](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PolarField)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-recommendations-heavy-ska-deep-voiced-reggae-wanted/41379/2 "2000-11-16T00:14:09Z")

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Well, if you’re interested in reggae. An interesting offshoot is the music genre: Jungle. Typically featuring reggae-style vocals on top of an electronic breakbeat. Try checking out Mephisto Odyssey’s “Jump (Featuring Jamalski)”. If you like that then there’s plenty of Jungle and Drum n Bass resources out there.

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**Author:** ![JamesCarroll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@JamesCarroll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JamesCarroll)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-recommendations-heavy-ska-deep-voiced-reggae-wanted/41379/3 "2000-11-16T04:05:26Z")

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Give Mephiskapheles a try. If nothing else the BumbleBee Tuan song is worth the price of admission.

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**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-recommendations-heavy-ska-deep-voiced-reggae-wanted/41379/4 "2000-11-16T19:52:55Z")

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Try the Urge - “Master of Styles” and anything by the Suicide Machines. Mephiskapheles is good too.