Subject: [idm] dub selections
quoted 1 line so i've been listening to alot of dub lately, and was wondering if there
> so i've been listening to alot of dub lately, and was wondering if there
is anyone that other people think excell in this area?
quoted 2 lines i'm a bit partial to people like rhythm and sound and bill laswell.
> i'm a bit partial to people like rhythm and sound and bill laswell.
> also, is there any artist out there trying to fuse more of a glitchy sound
out there? it seems like something that would be of interest.
I second (third?) the recommendations for Deadbeat's 'Wild Life
Documentaries':
IMO, that is the finest ~dub~ thing on ~scape to-date.
Timeblind on Orthlorng Musork is worth checking out:
album 'Rugged Redemption' is right-on;
'Most Eye, The Rastabomba Remixes' is very good stuff: includes kid606 and
Kit Clayton remixes.
Old-school glitch dub: Blackbeard - 'I Wah Dub'.
This is a *phenomenal* record: Dennis Bovell is Blackbeard: he did this
album in 1980:
LP back-cover fine-print warning: 'This Record is Scratched'. ;)
(The cover listed 1980 as the pub-date, however 'p. 1978' is on the label:
1980 was the actual year of release, AFAIK.)
Around this same time, Bovell produced the Slits - 'Cut' and Linton Kwesi
Johnson's 'Forces of Vicktry':
both great records, too. He used sound effects all over the place,
particularly on 'I Wah Dub':
creaking doors, yawning lions, back-scraaaactcheeeeeed madness!
The Slits single, 'Typical Girls', is worth looking up, for the 'Brink Style
Mix' of
the title track, if not also for the cover of 'I Heard It Through The
Grapevine'.
'I Wah Dub' was re-released on CD by LKJ, on his LKJ Records label, in 2000:
it is credited to Dennis 'Blackbeard' Bovell on this re-release: the LP
credited
Blackbeard: Rastanaut. (and 'Sound Effects:Recorded at Abbey Road Studios,
London'.)
From this same period, also not-to-be-missed:
Prince Far-I - 'Cry Tuff Dub Encounter Chapter 3'.
'Play This Loud': no doubt! Amazing. Deeeeep. Gravel-voiced, dub master
Prince Far-I: sorely missed. Amongst the players:
David Toop (flute) and Steve Beresford (toy synthesizer, melodica, various
whistles).
Ari Up/Slits (vocals).
Full-length mp3s of this one are available here:
http://www.princefari.com/main.htm?http%3A//www.princefari.com/discography/p
scd007.htm
or
http://snurl.com/npi
God Bless Daddy Kool! ;)
I wasn't impressed by the Stereotyp album, 'My Sound': a bit too heavy on
the dancehall tip.
However, the Dub Club 2000+1 compilation, also on G-Stone, is a good one.
A relatively-new, similarly-styled comp: Meteosound 003: on
Meteosound/Select Cuts:
Dntel, Fehlmann/Morgenstern, Rechenzentrum, Rootsman, etc: nice.
http://www.meteosound.net/m3/f_m3.html
(The Witchman versus Jammin' Unit thing, 'Inferno', mentioned earlier is
good.)
Even better than 'Inferno', though: much better, IMO:
Jammin' Unit's 'Deaf, Dub and Blind', which the cover of 'Inferno' lists as
its inspiration.
'Deaf, Dub and Blind' is wicked: 'The Story of Brad Wilson (4 E's)',
'Handbag Dub', 'Blind Television',
'Stomach Trouble Dub' (mixes well with 'Typical Girls/Brink Style' ;)) all
stand out on this one.
On Blue Planet/Instinct; 1997.
Jammin' Unit's 'Are You Prepared?' was not as impressive as the earlier 'D,D
+ B', but among it finer moments is
'Dropout Dub': that one is tuff. Unlike 'D,D + B', 'Are You Prepared?" is
not all dub tracks:
the other dubs on this one: 'Serious Shutdown', 'Cube Dub', 'Garyleptic'
(sorta). Pharma/EFA; 1998.
Jammin' Unit's first full-length dub foray was on Rising High: 'Jammin' Unit
Discovers Chemical Dub',
released in 1995: decent, mixable, dub tracks, most-suitable for the
dancefloor.
Of course, Pole 1, 2, and 3 are all recommended for that glitched-out dub
sound you seek.
1 (Red) and 3 (Yellow) are the favourites here. The ~scape compilation,
'Staedtizism', the first one
in that series, is also recommended: Vladislav Delay, Fehlmann, Pole, Jorg
Burger, Sun Electric, Bernd Friedmann,
etc: compiled by Pole; 2000.
I ~love~ the RHK/Sandoz - 'In Dub: Chant to Jah' album. (Despite the funky
distortions. ;)) Don't miss that one.
.o0O}seeklektek{O0o.
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