As Albert Hoffman, father of LSD who has just turned 100, would say: in scientific research it often happens to look for something and end up finding something else. When he discovered LSD, he was researching substances to ease blood circulation. It also happens, let’s say, to start researching things that are not particularly exciting to find something exceptional. (The opposite also applies). Late 70s, early 80s, Southern Italy: a couple of good record stores, a bunch of Reggae albums, more than enough: Lee Scratch Perry, King Tubby, Mad Professor, Scientist, Dr. Alimantado, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Jah Shaka… What’s in a name? Jamaicans in Kingston, Jamaicans in London, music from another planet, people with a style that made punks and new wavers look bland (with the only exception of John Lydon of Sex Pistols and P.I.L.). Novelty records: deep, psychedelic, spellbinding, groovy and fun. People from somewhere in the Caribbean…