Scritti Politti PERFECT WAY / HKW, Berlin / 18 August 2018

Scritti Politti PERFECT WAY (1985) / HKW - Haus der Kulturen der Welt - Dachterrasse, Berlin / 18 August 2018 / WASSERMUSIK (Goodbye UK - and Thank You for the Music) … Already in 1982 Green Gartside was rhyming “Jacques Derrida” with “bossa nova”, staking out new ground that he has been reworking ever since with his project Scritti Politti. His concept of a pop music for thinking people is not stylistically set, and encompasses noisy punk rock with a reggae feel, as well as hip-hop and melancholy folk songs. Legends like Miles Davis, Robert Wyatt, and Roger Troutman have been guests on his albums …