tributary

Dillinger

Lester Randal Bullock, who performed as Dillinger, was part of the second generation of Jamaican toasting deejays who rose to prominence in the mid-1970s alongside artists like I-Roy and Big Youth. His 1976 single 'Cokane in My Brain' became an unlikely international hit, reaching number one in the Netherlands and helping establish reggae deejaying as commercially viable outside Jamaica.

the sound in question
1976
Cokane in My BrainDillinger

we haven’t charted Dillinger yet

this stretch of the river isn’t mapped. we trace the watershed one artist at a time — and we’re always heading further upstream.

downstream