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release date: 18.10.2002; 18.11.2002 (USA)
Burt Friedman & Nu Dub Players recommended by:
Richard Dorfmeister, Ritchie Hawtin, Gilles Peterson, Andrew Wheatherall,
Rainer Trüby, John Peel, It´s absolutely awesome. Stunning Stuff. (Laurent
Garnier)
Burnt has dipped his toes in many pools : Flanger for instance, of which DJ
and producer Rainer Trüby says :"They are the only act I know that could
deserve the word "Nu Jazz", but they don´t need it." Or the Nonplace label,
where most of Friedman´s music gets released, an outlet for experiments and
collaborations with drumming legend Jaki Liebezeit and electronic wizards
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Although the Nu Dub Players did exist in some form or another, for the new
record hardly any electronic tools were applied. As a consequence, around
15 musicians from Auckland,New Zealand, Sydney and Melbourne, Australia and
Cologne and Berlin participated in making this exotic folk-funk reggae
hybrid. Mostly recorded under ozone layers this fascinating blend of styles
and sounds always keeps you on the edge of your seat.
The title-track "Fuck Back" features singer and performing artist Theo
Altenberg from Berlin. He was a member of the Viennese Otto Mühl Commune.
Know for his photographs documenting the life of the commune from
1973-1978, he states:" Communal life was a life of intense psychological
self-admiration, cut off from the outside world; there, the most diverse
forms of free love and the sexual culture were played out. The potential
released by this was converted into screenplays, photographic works and
paintings- giving rise to new social utopias, researching democracy and
analyses of language and substitution." According to Altenberg, the commune
was "owned by the most consistently leftist practise, because we had made
communal ownership a reality and had overcome petty rivalry, because we
interpreted revolt as hedonism and were united by psychoanalytical theory."
These four tracks are the precursor to next year´s album from Burnt
Friedman & The Nu Dub Players. The band will be touring next year,
featuring Jaki Liebezeit on drums and Daniel Schroeter on bass.
Ever wondered what weed-smoking rasta martians listen to ? Well, it´s not
this. (The Big Issue, Eddy Lawrence)
BF & Nu Dub Players Discografie:
exclusive track on Funkungfusion (Ninja Tune), 12" Don´t Legalize It !
(scape), CD/LP Just Landed (scape), exclusive track on Staedizism 2
(scape), exclusive track on Stone, Scissors & Paper ( Play ), Japan
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