{"id":85727,"date":"2021-08-26T10:13:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T08:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=85727"},"modified":"2021-08-26T11:40:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T09:40:54","slug":"don-letts-version-excursion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/don-letts-version-excursion\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Letts curates Late Night Tales\u2019 latest release, Version Excursion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The British compilation series has partnered with the British\/Jamaican rebel for this upcoming project, slated for September 24th.&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Letts (aka The Rebel Dread) is a cultural polymath \u2013 pop star, filmmaker, radio broadcaster, commentator, Grammy winner, and DJ. Just like his predecessors (Nils Frahm, BADBADNOTGOOD and Metronomy), the British\/Jamaican artist takes charge of a set of remixed songs that have influenced his musical culture. Named \u201cVersion Excursion<em>\u201d<\/em>, the compilation offers a diverse mix of classic and modern, with legendary figures like John Holt, The Tamlins and Cornell Campbell alongside British veterans like Mad Professor and the irrepressible Dennis Bovell. The Late Night Tales\u2019 release also features the (relatively) young striplings Kiko Bun, Khruangbin, Emily Capell and Prince Fatty who deliver the goods. Don\u2019s exclusive remix is a deeply reggae-ed rendition of Big Audio Dynamite\u2019s debut hit, \u201cE = MC2,\u201d which is produced by Gaudi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3919073647\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/latenighttales.bandcamp.com\/album\/version-excursion-selected-by-don-letts\">Version Excursion &#8211; Selected By Don Letts by Late Night Tales<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking about the compilation, Letts explained: \u201c<em>A disciple of sound system, raised on reggae n\u2019 bass culture, my go to sound was dub. But that\u2019s only half the story as the duality of my existence meant I was also checking what the Caucasian crew were up to, not to mention the explosion of black music coming in from the States. You\u2019d think it impossible to draw a line between \u2018em but not in my world.<\/em>\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><em>Version Excursion <\/em><\/em>is scheduled for a September 24 release. You can pre-order it <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/latenighttales.bandcamp.com\/album\/version-excursion-selected-by-don-letts\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to &#8220;E = MC2&#8221; in our Songs of the Week playlist on <a href=\"https:\/\/spoti.fi\/2Pz0eyg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/30zVbUA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deezer<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/don-letts-version-excursion-1010x1010.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-85705\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The British compilation series has partnered with the British\/Jamaican rebel for this upcoming project, slated for September 24th.&nbsp; Letts (aka The Rebel Dread) is a cultural polymath \u2013 pop star, filmmaker, radio broadcaster, commentator, Grammy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3944],"tags":[40768,40769,23663],"location":[8230],"yst_prominent_words":[8403,9172,10327,8996,8933,8617,8621,33383,8543,9095],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85727"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85727\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85727"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=85727"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=85727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}