In a male-dominated genre, female singers are a breath of fresh air. Phillis Dillon, alongside Marcia Griffiths, are queens of their craft, but the real highlight of female reggae singers has got to be Susan Cadogan's ''Hurt So Good'' recorded with Lee ''Scratch'' Perry would be in my opinion would be Perry's greatest ever track. Lee Perry had the magic to layer piano sounds, rather than guitar, onto a track and cover it with his Space Echo, which has been discussed before as a combination of delay and reverb. Perry's track incorporate ''riddims'' and his signature sound as found on the Congos' release Heart Of The Congos has got this primarily piano ''riddim'' and they use various sound effects and space echo to build this wall of sound. Perry is the Spector of reggae you could say.
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