#compass point

Black Uhuru release the album Chill Out in 1982. It was recorded at Compass Point with Sly and Robbie. Darkness was one of the singles selected for release in the UK. The b side of the 10" single is Dub Of Eglington, a dub version of Youth of Eglington from the 1981 album Red, mixed by Paul "Groucho" Smykle

the a side of the 10" has Darkness go into Dubness (these are split across the 7")

Music. Fashion. Art. Icon. Attempting to mix these to create an internationally acclaimed persona would be a daunting task for anyone with less magnetism than Grace Jones, who succeeded so overwhelmingly at becoming a cross-genre “It Girl” that she forged a path for future generations of singular artists to follow.

Already a well-known model and disco queen, Grace Jones began recording music in the late 1970s. The records did modestly well, but in 1979, Island Records founder and producer Chris Blackwell began working with her on a new musical aesthetic, combining funk, disco, reggae, and new wave styles to create something new — and uniquely Grace Jones. With the talents of Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, Wally Badarou, Mikey Chung, Uziah Thompson, and other musicians who comprised the Compass Point All-Stars, the sessions that became Nightclubbing would go on to influence music through each subsequent decade.

As we seek to bridge the gap between the generations, there are few better examples of lasting musical, sartorial, and artistic inspiration than Grace Jones. In today’s episode on her 1981 album Nightclubbing, we explore the effervescent enigma of a woman who left her Jamaican home to travel the world, only to return to the Caribbean to create the music that would become the focal point of her legacy. We dive deep into the relationships between music and art, between the artist and the image, and between icon and legacy.

A year on from slapping Russell Harty on TV and the success of Pull Up To The Bumper and Feel Up (in the clubs) Grace Jones releases Living My Life, her sixth studio album for Island Records

I've been talking about producers and recording studios this week. Grace Jones will work with Trevor Horn who I mentioned yesterday in a few years time, but in 1982 Miss Jones is back at Compass Point in the Bahamas with Sly and Robbie. This will be her third and final album with Sly and Robbie, which was arguably her career defining period. RIP Robbie Shakespeare

Grace Jones - My Jamaican Guy

Unlimited Capacity For Love was co-written by Compass Point Allstar Barry Reynolds

You are designed, by creation default, to do great things whether you know it or not or even agree. We have the ability to wield, explore, inquire, discover, implement, join, steward & evolve with everything anywhere & without exceptions. Come out of your own little mind, that place of restrictions, under or over thinking, doubt, hesitation & confusion & rise above to accept whose image you were…