Blog: For The Sake Of The Song

I always like it when a cover version differs radically from the original, and that just happens to be the case here. A young Bob Marley recorded his Sun Is Shining in the early seventies under the productional guidance of the one and only Lee Scratch Perry. It´s not Robert Nesta´s best song by far, but still very agreeable, with special thanks to Peter Tosh playing a subtle melodica. And then it´s time to shine for the Japanese duo of turntablist DJ Krush and trumpeter Toshinori Kondo. Find their superb, Miles-goes-triphop interpretation [...]

• Bob Marley & The Wailers - Sun Is Shining
• DJ Krush & Toshinori Kondo - Sun Is Shining