Album
Super Ape
album
Vinyl-Only
VP Records
UPC: 0884385001841
Cat: TGR-LP-2019-080
1.6K loves
About this album
A landmark release showcasing the artistry behind Super Ape.
The album concept
Conceived after a six-month writing retreat in St. Ann, this record was meant to be a return to first principles — small band, live takes, minimal overdubs. The band tracked most of these sessions standing in a circle facing each other; you can hear the room in every cut.
Liner notes
We made this record because we couldn't shake the feeling that something was being lost — not just in our music but in the way music is made now. The old studios that taught generations are closing one by one. The engineers who knew which tape machine to use for which song are retiring.
So we went back. Back to Kingston, back to the rooms where this music was born, back to the players who built it. What you're hearing is half tradition, half conversation between past and present.
Thank you to everyone who said yes when we asked.
Production
- Executive producer
- Cleveland "Clevie" Browne
- Producer
- Sting International
Engineering
- Mixed by
- Lee "Scratch" Perry
- Mastered by
- Steven Stewart
- Mastering studio
- Studio One, Kingston, Jamaica
Visuals
- Art direction
- Neville Garrick
- Cover photography
- Lee Jaffe
- Design
- Neville Garrick
Averaged across all tracks on this release. Higher values = more present.
Energy
49%
Danceability
65%
Positivity
43%
Acoustic
41%
Instrumental
44%
Live feel
24%
Speechy
20%
Press
"8.3"Super Ape" is the rare reggae record that earns the seriousness with which it presents itself — patient, melodically generous, and produced with obvious care.
"8.3"Super Ape" is the rare reggae record that earns the seriousness with which it presents itself — patient, melodically generous, and produced with obvious care.
- Release type
- Album
- Format / edition
- Vinyl-Only
- UPC
- 0884385001841
- Catalog number
- TGR-LP-2019-080
- Label
- VP Records
- Publisher
- Tuff Gong Publishing
- Recording studio
- Harry J Studios, Kingston, Jamaica
- Recording dates
- Recorded over 6 weeks in spring 2024
- ℗ line
- ℗ 2023 VP Records
- © line
- © 2023 Tuff Gong Publishing
