Dennis Bovell

𝘼 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙮𝙬𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙙𝙨; 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙮, 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙: 𝘿𝙪𝙗𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝘿𝙚𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙨 𝘽𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙘𝙇𝙊𝙐𝘿 𝙢𝙐𝙨𝙄𝙘. 𝘼 𝙢𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙨𝙚𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙙, 𝙨𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙮 𝙛𝙪𝙣𝙠-𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙙𝙪𝙗 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘼-𝙎𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙡𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙, 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚.

A pioneer of dub and progenitor of lovers rock, genius producer-arranger Dennis 'Blackbeard' Bovell's prolific and eclectic career encompasses a huge range of music: from dub poetry to lovers rock, afro-beat to post-punk, disco to pop and beyond.

His production work encompasses such diverse figures as Ryuichi Sakamoto, The Slits, Fela Kuti, Linton Kwesi Johnson, The Pop Group, Janet Kay, Saada Bonaire, Orange Juice, Golden Teacher, I Roy, Maximum Joy, Steel Pulse and more.

cLOUD mUsIc features 8 new, deep, never-heard heaters, initially created for upstart UK library label FOLD. Dennis had written some music under the influence of Cloud-watching and presented it to FOLD with a view to them presenting it as Library Music to be utilised by anyone interested in having music for incidentals, films, TV and advertising etc.

cLOUD mUsIc represents Dennis expressing himself freely and inviting others to join and express themselves. As Dennis explains: "Library music is what makes the difference between creating for specific reasons and creating for your own individual enjoyment. cLOUD mUsIc was created whenever I felt the urge to create music that I wanted to, with no pressure. It was recorded at various times and in various studios around the world with various musicians’ assistance. Much sonic indulgence with many different recording devices."