{"id":1848572,"date":"2026-03-26T14:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1848572"},"modified":"2026-03-26T14:07:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:07:00","slug":"this-book-looks-inside-the-mad-world-of-lee-scratch-perry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1848572","title":{"rendered":"This book looks inside the mad world of Lee \u2018Scratch\u2019 Perry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1200\/0-0-2479-1653\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442587.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"main-article standard \">\n<div class=\"article-main-content article-wrapper has-media-but-its-an-image\" data-status=\"loaded\" data-primary-article=\"true\" data-url=\"\/music\/article\/69990\/1\/this-book-looks-inside-the-mad-world-of-lee-scratch-perry-black-ark\" data-article-id=\"69990\">\n<header class=\"article-header has-landscape-image no-media\">\n<div class=\"wrapper dg-max-width\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<figure class=\"main-img has-figcaption\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.51\" data-template=\"Standard Article\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"GettyImages-959966580\" class=\"img\" height=\"1653\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1400\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442587.jpg\" width=\"2500\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"inner\"><span class=\"credit\">Photo by <span class=\"nowrap\">Paul Bergen\/Redferns<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"inner\"><time datetime=\"2026-03-26T14:07:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"26 March 2026\"><span class=\"month\">March<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"26\">26,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"titles\">\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<div class=\"sections\"><a class=\"category vertical - music\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\">Music<\/a><br \/>\n\/<br \/>\n<a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/news\">News<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"standard-tag-container\"><a class=\"standard-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\">Music<\/a> \/<br \/>\n<a class=\"standard-series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/news\">News<\/a><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"title\"><span>This book looks inside the mad world of Lee <span class=\"nowrap\">\u2018Scratch\u2019 Perry<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"standfirst\">\n<h2>Having launched last night at a panel discussion featuring British designer Martine Rose, new photobook Black Ark offers an in-depth look at the influential Jamaican producer\u2019s rich <span class=\"nowrap\">inner world<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-03-26T14:07:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"26 March 2026\"><span class=\"month\">March<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"26\">26,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-03-26T14:07:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"26 March 2026\"><span class=\"month\">March<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"26\">26,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/p>\n<div class=\"providers\">\n<div class=\"contributors\"><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Text\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Text<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/solomonpacemccarrick\">Solomon Pace-McCarrick<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"dazed-gallery has-20-images \">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"info\"><span class=\"heading\">Black Ark (2026)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"gallery-thumbs\">\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/gallery\/36894\/0\/black-ark-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"_DSF2503\" class=\"img\" height=\"1636\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-2455-1636\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442567.jpg\" width=\"2455\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/gallery\/36894\/1\/black-ark-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"_DSF2590\" class=\"img\" height=\"1636\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-2454-1636\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442568.jpg\" width=\"2454\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/gallery\/36894\/2\/black-ark-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"_DSF2591\" class=\"img\" height=\"1730\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-2596-1730\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442569.jpg\" width=\"2596\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/gallery\/36894\/3\/black-ark-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"_DSF2593\" class=\"img\" height=\"1619\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-2429-1619\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442570.jpg\" width=\"2429\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/gallery\/36894\/4\/black-ark-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"_DSF2594\" class=\"img\" height=\"1699\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-2549-1699\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442571.jpg\" width=\"2549\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/gallery\/36894\/5\/black-ark-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"_DSF2595\" class=\"img\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-2560-1706\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442572.jpg\" width=\"2560\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-footer\">Gallery \/ 20 images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Almost every track on the charts today owes some part of its existence to the maniacal mind of Lee \u201cScratch\u201d Perry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Born in Kendal, Jamaica in 1936, Lee \u201cScratch\u201d cut his teeth in early studio sessions with soundsystem legend Coxone Dodd before founding his own Black Ark studio in the 1970s, going on to shape foundational reggae tracks from Bob Marley and the Wailers, The Congos and more. In his own releases with The Upsetters in the late 60s, meanwhile, Lee \u201cScratch\u201d pioneered Jamaica\u2019s spiritual, bass-heavy dub sound and, crucially, implemented the first recorded use of a music sample \u2013 a baby crying on 1968 single \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=plbxFT7okBY\">People Funny Boy<\/a>\u201d \u2013 inadvertently cementing him as the godfather of almost all electronic music today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s this visionary approach to music production that forms the focus of new retrospective photobook <\/span><em><span>Black Ark<\/span><\/em><span>, which comprises never-before-seen images of Lee \u201cScratch\u201d\u2019s legendary recording studio. Over his lengthy career, which spanned right up to his death in 2021, Lee \u201cScratch\u201d made frequent allusions to an unseen world of spirits and visual references in his recordings and artwork, and these artefacts place prominently in the book. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Almost entirely composed of shots taken during a visual inventory of the studio in the months leading up to Perry\u2019s death, <\/span><em><span>Black Ark<\/span><\/em><span> reveals a rich inner world of abstract graffiti paintings on studio walls, cryptic references to the occult Seals of King Solomon, and recording equipment virtually mummified in stickers and rust. With the studio\u2019s premises now sold, these images taken by Marc Asekhame are the final record of this legacy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMy first encounter with Lee was seeing him live as part of a concert by Lil B in Zurich in 2012, he brought out Lee for the last few tracks,\u201d says Asekhame, referencing the unlikely entry point of enigmatic Californian cloud rapper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lilbisgod\/?hl=en\">Lil B<\/a>. \u201cI realised [Perry] lived in <\/span><span>Zurich. Later in 2019, I photographed him at his studio in Einsieden, a suburban part of Zurich, where he would build another version of the Black Ark that he called Blue Ark.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The book launched last night (March 25) at Cafe OTO in Dalston, London, alongside a panel featuring rising British designer Martine Rose, Perry\u2019s biographer David Katz, Asekhame and more. \u201cIt took me several years to really comprehend that Scratch lived in this universe where everything was preordained, so nothing was accidental,\u201d announced Katz during one poignant moment in the discussion. \u201c\u2018No accidents\u2019 was painted on the wall in the Blue Ark, and that is it. Everything happened for a reason, he was there to understand what their purpose was in his universe.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Catch a closer look at the maniacal world of Lee \u201cScratch\u201d Perry in the gallery above, and follow this link to preorder a copy of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editionpatrickfrey.com\/en\/books\/black-ark\"><span>book<\/span><\/a><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsletter-inline-last\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-small\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h1 class=\"newsletter-title\">Escape the algorithm! Get The Drop<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-row\">\n<p class=\"meta\">Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"confirmation\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p class=\"confirmation-title\">Thank you. You have been subscribed<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"article-footer\">\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<div class=\"article-series\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">More on these topics<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-series\"><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\">Music<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/news\">News<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/photo-books\">Photo Books<\/a><a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/jamaica\">Jamaica<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"grid\">\n<div class=\"lava-lamp\">\n<div class=\"lava-lamp-text-container\">\n<h3 class=\"lava-lamp-subheading\">Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid section-header\">\n<div class=\"section-header__link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/69990\/1\/music\"><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"section-header__title\">READ MORE<\/h2>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid tag-article-list\">\n<div class=\"swiper swiper-latest\">\n<div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"swiper-slide list-element\">\n<div class=\"scard-latest__section\">\n<div class=\"card-latest__wrapper\"><a class=\"card-latest\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/69986\/1\/dazed-mix-lauren-auder\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"card-latest__img-wrapper\"><span class=\"image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lead Image 16x9 \u2013 10\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/480\/0-0-1624-1080\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442531.png\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"card-latest__content\">\n<h3 class=\"card-latest__title\">Dazed Mix: Lauren Auder<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><a class=\"card-latest\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/69946\/1\/zaylevelten-leading-a-gen-z-nigerian-rap-revolution-spring-2026-interview\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"card-latest__img-wrapper\"><span class=\"image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_1715\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/480\/0-0-1072-713\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442090.jpg\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"card-latest__content\">\n<h3 class=\"card-latest__title\">Zaylevelten is leading a Gen Z Nigerian rap revolution<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><a class=\"card-latest\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/69940\/1\/billionhappy-is-the-king-of-the-nu-china-rap-scene-shanghai-spring-2026\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"card-latest__img-wrapper\"><span class=\"image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DC291_SO2_BILLIONHAPPY_RinoQui_DarinDong_02\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/480\/0-0-1072-713\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442028.jpg\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"card-latest__content\">\n<h3 class=\"card-latest__title\">Billionhappy is the \u2018king\u2019 of the Nu China rap scene<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"swiper-slide list-element\">\n<div class=\"scard-latest__section\">\n<div class=\"card-latest__wrapper\"><a class=\"card-latest\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/69948\/1\/what-makes-a-good-sex-song-playlist-music-bedroom-relationships-dating\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"card-latest__img-wrapper\"><span class=\"image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"everybody-serves-somebody-1726931770\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/480\/0-0-658-438\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442096.jpg\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"card-latest__content\">\n<h3 class=\"card-latest__title\">What makes a good sex song?<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><a class=\"card-latest\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/69938\/1\/genre-soup-rap-band-whatmore-new-york-interview-laguardia\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"card-latest__img-wrapper\"><span class=\"image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"the boys by john krug\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/480\/279-0-1560-1038\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442013.png\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"card-latest__content\">\n<h3 class=\"card-latest__title\">Rap band WHATMORE are the sound of New York adolescence\u00a0<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><a class=\"card-latest\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/69842\/1\/two-tribes-one-scene-uk-ug-esdeekid-chav-emo-aesthetics-2000s\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"card-latest__img-wrapper\"><span class=\"image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2T1S 16x9\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/480\/136-0-1624-1080\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/1\/1441953.png\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"card-latest__content\">\n<h3 class=\"card-latest__title\">\u2018Emo boy got the party lit\u2019: The UK underground has a new identity crisis<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"swiper-slide list-element\">\n<div class=\"scard-latest__section\">\n<div class=\"card-latest__wrapper\"><a class=\"card-latest\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/69875\/1\/rawayana-the-venezuelan-tropical-pop-band-exiled-by-maduro\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"card-latest__img-wrapper\"><span class=\"image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"maxresdefault (5)\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/480\/0-1-1074-714\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/1\/1441243.jpg\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"card-latest__content\">\n<h3 class=\"card-latest__title\">Rawayana: How a Venezuelan pop band became political exiles<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><a class=\"card-latest\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/69870\/1\/frost-children-ninajirachi-hyperpop-interview-post-skrillex-world-sisters\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"card-latest__img-wrapper\"><span class=\"image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled design (6)\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/480\/0-0-1353-900\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/1\/1441952.png\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"card-latest__content\">\n<h3 class=\"card-latest__title\">\u2018Silence is punk as fuck\u2019: Frost Children and Ninajirachi go head-to-head<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><a class=\"card-latest\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/69928\/1\/angry-chaotic-story-behind-prodigy-firestarter-video-walter-stern-keith-flint\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"card-latest__img-wrapper\"><span class=\"image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Prodigy, \u2018Firestarter\u2019\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/480\/279-263-2554-1699\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/1\/1441804.jpg\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"card-latest__content\">\n<h3 class=\"card-latest__title\">\u2018Fast, angry, chaotic\u2019: The story behind the Prodigy\u2019s \u2018Firestarter\u2019 video<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"swiper-slide list-element\">\n<div class=\"scard-latest__section\">\n<div class=\"card-latest__wrapper\"><a class=\"card-latest\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/69902\/1\/wu-tang-clan-rza-interview-final-chamber-tour-farewell-2026\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"card-latest__img-wrapper\"><span class=\"image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"GettyImages-2266072250\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/480\/64-12-825-549\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/1\/1441687.jpg\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"card-latest__content\">\n<h3 class=\"card-latest__title\">\u2018There\u2019s been tears\u2019: RZA on the final days of Wu-Tang Clan<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><a class=\"card-latest\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/69905\/1\/beabadoobee-dazed-spring-2026-cover-signing-magculture\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"card-latest__img-wrapper\"><span class=\"image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Beabadoobee Dazed cover signing\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/480\/0-976-2001-1331\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/1\/1441688.jpeg\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"card-latest__content\">\n<h3 class=\"card-latest__title\">What went down at the beabadoobee Dazed cover signing <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><a class=\"card-latest\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/69843\/1\/kim-gordon-selects-what-to-listen-to-watch-read-syllabus-spring-2026\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"card-latest__img-wrapper\"><span class=\"image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DC291_S1_KimGordon_01\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/480\/0-244-1035-688\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/0\/1440607.jpg\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"card-latest__content\">\n<h3 class=\"card-latest__title\">Kim Gordon selects: What to listen to, watch and read<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsletter-inline\" data-newsletter hidden>\n<div class=\"newsletter-small\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h1 class=\"newsletter-title\">Escape the algorithm! Get The Drop<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-row\">\n<p class=\"meta\">Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"confirmation\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p class=\"confirmation-title\">Thank you. You have been subscribed<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"dazed-gallery has-20-images \">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"info\"><span class=\"heading\">Black Ark (2026)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"gallery-thumbs\">\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/gallery\/36894\/0\/black-ark-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"_DSF2503\" class=\"img\" height=\"1636\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-2455-1636\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442567.jpg\" width=\"2455\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/gallery\/36894\/1\/black-ark-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"_DSF2590\" class=\"img\" height=\"1636\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-2454-1636\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442568.jpg\" width=\"2454\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/gallery\/36894\/2\/black-ark-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"_DSF2591\" class=\"img\" height=\"1730\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-2596-1730\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442569.jpg\" width=\"2596\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/gallery\/36894\/3\/black-ark-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"_DSF2593\" class=\"img\" height=\"1619\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-2429-1619\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442570.jpg\" width=\"2429\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/gallery\/36894\/4\/black-ark-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"_DSF2594\" class=\"img\" height=\"1699\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-2549-1699\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442571.jpg\" width=\"2549\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/gallery\/36894\/5\/black-ark-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"_DSF2595\" class=\"img\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/0-0-2560-1706\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442572.jpg\" width=\"2560\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-footer\">Gallery \/ 20 images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>Almost every track on the charts today owes some part of its existence to the maniacal mind of Lee \u201cScratch\u201d Perry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Born in Kendal, Jamaica in 1936, Lee \u201cScratch\u201d cut his teeth in early studio sessions with soundsystem legend Coxone Dodd before founding his own Black Ark studio in the 1970s, going on to shape foundational reggae tracks from Bob Marley and the Wailers, The Congos and more. In his own releases with The Upsetters in the late 60s, meanwhile, Lee \u201cScratch\u201d pioneered Jamaica\u2019s spiritual, bass-heavy dub sound and, crucially, implemented the first recorded use of a music sample \u2013 a baby crying on 1968 single \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=plbxFT7okBY\">People Funny Boy<\/a>\u201d \u2013 inadvertently cementing him as the godfather of almost all electronic music today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s this visionary approach to music production that forms the focus of new retrospective photobook <\/span><em><span>Black Ark<\/span><\/em><span>, which comprises never-before-seen images of Lee \u201cScratch\u201d\u2019s legendary recording studio. Over his lengthy career, which spanned right up to his death in 2021, Lee \u201cScratch\u201d made frequent allusions to an unseen world of spirits and visual references in his recordings and artwork, and these artefacts place prominently in the book. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Almost entirely composed of shots taken during a visual inventory of the studio in the months leading up to Perry\u2019s death, <\/span><em><span>Black Ark<\/span><\/em><span> reveals a rich inner world of abstract graffiti paintings on studio walls, cryptic references to the occult Seals of King Solomon, and recording equipment virtually mummified in stickers and rust. With the studio\u2019s premises now sold, these images taken by Marc Asekhame are the final record of this legacy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMy first encounter with Lee was seeing him live as part of a concert by Lil B in Zurich in 2012, he brought out Lee for the last few tracks,\u201d says Asekhame, referencing the unlikely entry point of enigmatic Californian cloud rapper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lilbisgod\/?hl=en\">Lil B<\/a>. \u201cI realised [Perry] lived in <\/span><span>Zurich. Later in 2019, I photographed him at his studio in Einsieden, a suburban part of Zurich, where he would build another version of the Black Ark that he called Blue Ark.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The book launched last night (March 25) at Cafe OTO in Dalston, London, alongside a panel featuring rising British designer Martine Rose, Perry\u2019s biographer David Katz, Asekhame and more. \u201cIt took me several years to really comprehend that Scratch lived in this universe where everything was preordained, so nothing was accidental,\u201d announced Katz during one poignant moment in the discussion. \u201c\u2018No accidents\u2019 was painted on the wall in the Blue Ark, and that is it. Everything happened for a reason, he was there to understand what their purpose was in his universe.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Catch a closer look at the maniacal world of Lee \u201cScratch\u201d Perry in the gallery above, and follow this link to preorder a copy of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editionpatrickfrey.com\/en\/books\/black-ark\"><span>book<\/span><\/a><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsletter-inline-last\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-small\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h1 class=\"newsletter-title\">Escape the algorithm! Get The Drop<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-row\">\n<p class=\"meta\">Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"confirmation\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p class=\"confirmation-title\">Thank you. You have been subscribed<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/69990\/1\/this-book-looks-inside-the-mad-world-of-lee-scratch-perry-black-ark&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1200\/0-0-2479-1653\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442587.jpg&#8221;] Photo by Paul Bergen\/Redferns March\u00a0 26,\u00a0 2026 Music \/ News Music \/ News This book looks inside the mad world of Lee \u2018Scratch\u2019 Perry Having launched last night at a panel discussion featuring British designer Martine Rose, new photobook Black Ark offers an in-depth look at the influential Jamaican producer\u2019s rich inner [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,76],"class_list":["post-1848572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-dazeddigital-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1848572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848572\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1848572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1848572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1848572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}