General Echo

General Echo - Rocking & Swing – Manzie - 1979

When reggae music went from rockers to dancehall, or culture to slackness, depending on your viewpoint. General Echo kind of summed it up. He was the No.1 DJ at the time on Stereophonic, who were the No.1 sound. The problem, with Echo was the slackness. He more than anyone else popularised it. Yellowman took it a stage further, but by then Echo had been killed by the Police. Yet to concentrate purely on slackness in connection with Echo, is to discredit the man. This nine track set for Manzie, shows he had a wide range of interests. Which he could deejay about, with all the style of the best of them. An excellent set from a highly talented dj.