A New Chapter of Dub

Submitted by Richard Norbury on 17 February 2013 - 9:34pm

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Aswad

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Dub Fire*Flikaflame*Truth*Bammie Blow*Tuffist*Shining Dub*Zion 1*Natural Agression*Ghetto In The Sky

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Tuesday, 9 August 2011

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reviewed by

Richard Norbury
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reviewed by

Glyn Lewis

I wonder if they know where you're coming from

5-8

I do love the idea of dub reggae – stripping back the elements of a piece, deconstructing and re-building it, adding in all sorts of crazy studio effects and a bass heavy drive beneath it all. Somehow in practice it never quite hits the mark for me. Tuffist is the one here where it all seems to click into place, this is a great track, although I'm not entirely sure why, maybe it was the percussion and the more open sound.

Dub is a sort of timeless idea, too, one of the few genres that isn't at all easy to place in any particular decade. This one does have a few little elements that betray its 80s origins: some slappy bass, looped electronic percussion and synth sounds. That's not a criticism, just an observation, by the way. There are nice touches of all sorts of brass and wind instruments – lovely touches of flute, sax and even trumpet appear from time to time. It works well as a sort of non-intrusive background sound, although that isn't always a good thing. Overall, a good album though, cheers.
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reviewed by

Matthew Baker

Unremarkable dub vibes

The thing with dub is it has never really evolved that much, and thus the more modern stuff and the classic old stuff seems to make this pale in comparison.
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reviewed by

Neil Hornsey

There's only one reggae album

There's only one reggae album, anything else seems to be a rather poor imitation of. This is pleasant and laid back, and probably very chilled in the right (mind altered) circumstances, but as general listening fails to inspire. Generally sounds like a record being played at the wrong, lower, speed. Unoffensive but lacking in balls.