*** CultchaSound - Basement 45s Mix series ***

Apologies for the stagnation in activity, but ICOOYS HQ has been blasted with historical amounts of snowy weather and thus had to retreat into emergency dub hibernation....  In preparation for the Spring season, our good friends around the way at CultchaSound have blessed us with a brand new installment of i-grade dancehall from inna di yard. CultchaSound crew - we appreciate your attitude, dedication and positive vibes. The family connection is vital!!  All reggae/dub/dancehall fans or just fans of good music in general, grab this and keep it locked for future transmissions from CultchaSound and Version Sound + special guests!

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Massive >>>

We continue with our latest installment of Basement 45's - Our Monthly 30 min FREE Mix of heavyweight Dancehall selections direct from the CultchaSound vault to you- Below is the link to the latest session #4 and link to the past three >> DUB Them!!

Basement 45's - Session 4

Tracklisting:
1. Cool & Loving - Barrington and Lady Saw
2. Lift Up Your Head - Everton Blender
3. Girl of My Dreams - Top Cat
4. Yes I Am - Alborosie
5. Park Yuh Guns - Norrisman
6. God Above Everything - Anthony B
7. I Shall Sing - Marcia Griffiths
8. No Respect - Buju Banton
9. Don't Have To - Wayne Wonder
10. Ease The Pain - Little Kirk
11. Shot A Kill - Ninja Ford
12. Fret - Shawn 14
13. Tek Him Money - Beenieman
14. Your World - Luciano
15. Prison Cell - Morgan Heritage
16. Gash Dem - Chuck Fender
17. Halfway Tree - Anthony Cruz
18. Wanted - Natural Black
19. Yeah - Turbulence
20. To The Rescue - Tanya Stephens

Session's 1, 2, & 3

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Linval Thompson - Phoenix Dub * Re-Up!

Linval Thompson - Phoenix Dub
Label - Motion
Recorded - 1980-1982
Style - Dancehall, Dub, Reggae, Lee Library

Tracklist:
1. Clock Face Dub
2. Back Against The Wall
3. Dub Somebody
4. Wrong Fight Version
5. Hungry Belly Dub
6. Holding On I Dub
7. Dubbing Feet
8. Guide Me In Dub Style
9. Got To Hide Dub
10. Lonely Cry
11. Own Eyes Version
12. Scatter Grain Dub
13. Dubbing To Africa
14. Doing Good Dub

(from Dusty Groove):
So the story goes on this set that Linval Thompson came across these tapes when cleaning house, tapes of previously unreleased sessions he'd cut with the Roots Radics and the Revolutionaries, then handed over to Tubby, Scientist (yes!!) and Jammy to mix. There are some nice dubs of Thompson's best rhythms here, choice cuts and unique versions that you know haven't been released, they've been in the bottom of a closet for years! Remastered with fine sound quality, there's 13 bottom heavy cuts here to keep your woofer from gathering dust: "Clock Face Dub", "Back Against The Wall", "Dub Somebody", "Wrong Fight Version", "Hungry Belly Dub", "Holding On In Dub", "Dubbing Feet", "Guide Me In Dub Style", "Got To Hide Dub", "Lonely Cry", "Own Eyes Version", 'Scatter Grain Dub" and "Dubbing To Africa".

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African Head Charge - Off The Beaten Track * (Re-up Request)

African Head Charge - Off The Beaten Track
Label - On-U Sound
Recorded - 1986
Style - Electronic, Dub, Reggae, Lee Library, World Music
Additional Musicians - Skip McDonald, Jah Wobble

(review by Steve Barker)
Off The Beaten Track

In the intervening years between the 1986 release of “Off The Beaten Track” and its immediate predecessor 1983’s “Drastic Season”, African Head Charge had been moulded into a live blood-pumping band by its main man Bonjo lyabinghi Noah, who had truly come out of the shadows where percussion usually resides, fuelled by a righteous desire to occupy that front-of-stage position. Also during that time producer Adrian Sherwood had volunteered to be fed through the funk-mangle by Messrs.

(Skip) McDonald, (Doug) Wimbish and (Keith) Le Blanc, had come out the other end more disciplined and focused on what fresh sounds might be possibly created through the blatant use and abuse of state of the art technology, where he had previously generated samples as a “captured sound” by-product of the studio hardware or bled all over the old Studer decks as a result of a thousand razored edits. The result of this “great leap forward” was the fourth actual, but first “modern”, African Head Charge album – “Off The Beaten Track” – which sounded like nothing else around at the time, and whose combination of fat beats and ethnic chants was to provide the template, which many lesser lights were to attempt to emulate over the ensuing years.

Compared to previous efforts the "new" AHC rhythms were less abstract and more direct, with continuous and flowing percussion lines and more managed tempo shifts. The application of loops and samples of increased time duration made all the difference when combined with the more fluid and confident approach of the musicians involved in the build of the tracks. Sherwood shows up once more under his by now redundant guise as "The Prisoner". Skip McDonald makes an early non-funk entry and the reappearance of Jah Wobble makes clear his creative commitment to his old friends at On-U. But most remarkably, and making his debut as a recording artist, is the twentieth centuries most radical scientist - the super-cool Albert Einstein, laying down a sweet rap with the most conscious of lyrics in "Language And Mentality". Of course, Albert was in the studio in spirit only and the exercise, to my knowledge, has never been repeated.

The title “Off The Beaten Track” was not just an example of a great piece of wordplay, but also incredibly apt as the music was not only a departure for On-U Sound, but also a landmark album for what was to become the whole new ethno-beat strand within the commercial category of what we now know as “World Music”. – Steve Barker

Tracklist:
1 Off The Beaten Track (5:02)
2 Some Bizarre (5:05)
3 Belinda (3:40)
4 Language & Mentality (4:22)
5 Throw It Away (3:35)
6 Conspiring (4:38)
7 Release The Doctor (3:32)
8 Down Under Again (3:05)
9 Over The Sky (3:15)

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**Pretty cool re-up request, even though the requester was 'anonymous'... usually anonymous requests are prioritized least @ ICOOYS - but interesting, unpredictable or bizarre requests trump blogger anonymity. So - hope you enjoy!**

Active Links

Sorry for the slackness, but a certian Quail.Egg has been ultraslack on posting anything new like he promised (hisssssss!) so here's a list of Dub and Afro joints still active in our RS conservatory:

http://rapidshare.com/files/76533389/Original_Living_Dub_Vol_1.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/76517619/Scientist_-_Dub_In_The_Roots_Tradition.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/76516294/Big_Showdown_At_King_Tubby_s_1980.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/76515848/Scientist_Meets_The_Space_Invaders.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/76515631/Scientist_Wins_The_World_Cup.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/76515557/Heavyweight_Dub_Champion.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/76503147/Beyond_World_War_III.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/76502386/Dub_Gone_2_Crazy_1975-79.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/76502326/Dub_Gone_Crazy-_The_Evolution_of_Dub_at_King_Tubby_s_1975-1979.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/76501347/Augustus_Pablo_Presents_Rockers_Story.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/76500331/Cry_Tuff_Dub_Encounter_Chapter_1.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/76440048/Dubwise.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/76436531/A_Dub_Experience.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/73913133/Niney___King_Tubby_-_Bring_the_Dub_Come.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/73912146/Sledgehammer_Dub_in_the_Streets_of_Jamaica.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/73910809/UMOJA_-_20th_Century_DEBwise_pt1.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/73911944/UMOJA_-_20th_Century_DEBwise_pt2.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/73910307/Pick_a_Dub.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/73895794/100th_Anniversary-_Marcus_Garvey___Garvey_s_Ghost.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/73895114/A_Double_Helping_Of_Jah_Lloyd_And_King_Tubby.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/73894653/Legendary_Skatalites_In_Dub.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/73894502/Dennis_Brown_in_Dub.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/73891374/Dub_It_.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/73891065/I_Admire_You_In_Dub.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/73890915/Morwell_Unlimited_Meet_King_Tubby_-_Dub_Me.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/73243270/African_Dub_All-Mighty_1.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/73243442/African_Dub_All-Mighty_2.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/72764598/Gato_Negro_-_Black_Cat_Dub.ZIP
http://rapidshare.com/files/72760080/King_Tubby_-_Loving_Memory_Dub.ZIP
http://rapidshare.com/files/72757479/Scientist_-_Dub_911.ZIP
http://rapidshare.com/files/70255959/Prince_Lincoln_and_The_Rasses_-_Vortex_Dubzip.ZIP
http://rapidshare.com/files/70254693/Ranking_Joe_-_World_In_Dubzip.ZIP



AFRO:
http://rapidshare.com/files/95490293/Africafunk_1.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/95492228/Africafunk_2.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/95513756/Nigeria__70_Disc_2a.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/95514517/Club_Africa_Vol_2b.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/95514576/Afrodeclic_1.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/95515917/Afrodeclic_2.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/95516490/Club_Africa_Vol_2a.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/95517533/Nigeria__70_Disc_2b.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/95518587/Nigeria__70_Disc_1.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/95518825/The_Shrine_Presents_Afrobeat.zip


Enjoy.

Version Sound Afterdark.... New mix!

Version Sound, DC's undisputed Dub heavyweight champions have just launched a Tech/House/Classics subsidiary called Version Sound Afterdark. Their sound is geared towards the more mature, diverse and abstract musical mavericks who thrive after 2AM.

This is the debut mix, clocking in at just under an hour and represents the 'late shift' of techno and house music. Please download and spread the link to friends/family.



Download Mix (98MB @ 256k Mp3): http://rapidshare.com/files/239641587/Version_Sound_Afterdark_-_I_Love_Bass_Promo_Mix_2009.mp3

Got plans for a dope Afterhours party in DC, Baltimore, Philly or NYC? Book us and we'll guarantee a satisfied crowd of post-party goers wherever you let us play. Reply to this post in comments w/ contact info.

Smith & Mighty/Rockers Hi-Fi/More Rockers/Bristol

In response to the handful of More Rockers requests we received in the past week alone, I have to say their old material is impossible to find! I couldn't find anything really. So I apologize for that, but I did find some great mixes featuring lots of that Bristol Dub/Drum'n'Bass sound, including More Rockers acetates. So that should tide you over until something more substantial comes along...

A bit about Smith & Mighty:
The story of SMITH & MIGHTY is closely bound up with the musical history of Bristol, their hometown. For a good decade Rob Smith and Ray Mighty (joined nowadays by third member Peter D. Rose) have featured among sound pioneers like Massive Attack, Tricky, Portishead and Roni Size who have enjoyed worldwide success. However, despite their huge influence on the 'Sound of Bristol', whereas the aforementioned have been able to celebrate their well-deserved successes, SMITH & MIGHTY have always had to take a back seat due to a plethora of unfavourable circumstances. In spite of some excellent 12" releases and their totally cool debut album 'Bass Is Maternal', an international breakthrough was not foreseeable for the time being. This only changed in 1998, with their self-compiled release for the DJ Kicks series, which firmly put them back on the map and earned them much respect internationally. But let's start at the beginning:

In the mid-eighties a scene arose in the St. Paul's district, based around DJs like Nellee Hooper (later founder of Soul II Soul), Miles Johnson, Grant and Mushroom, who soon dubbed themselves the Wild Bunch, going on to father the 'Sound of Bristol' by blasting a bassy melt-in-your-mouth mix of fusion, dub, reggae, soul and hip hop out of their soundsystems on to the streets of St. Paul's. What was initially played through traditional soundsystems progressed into the production of their own tracks, and the 'Wild Bunch's first recording 'Look of Love' clinched them quite a local hit. Co-producing was a second Bristol team, namely Rob Smith & Ray Mighty, who had established their own soundsystem called '3 Stripe' In 1987 SMITH & MIGHTY released a cover version of Burt Bacharch's 'Anyone (Who Had A Heart)', shortly followed by 'Walk On By' on their label, also dubbed '3 Stripe'. With this brace of tracks and their mellow basslines, soulful vocals and deep arrangements SMITH & MIGHTY had set the precedent for successive releases in the British port. (Such as a certain Massive Attack's debut single 'Any Love', which they produced.)

They were also producers of 'Wishing On A Star' by Fresh Four (a one hit wonder featuring the then 17 year old DJ Krust) at the end of 1989, marking the beginning of a five year odyssey through the lowlands of the (major) music industry. After the huge success of 'Wishing On A Star', record companies began to take an interest in the boys from Bristol. They refused a lucrative offer from Virgin's Richard Branson, commenting 'We just don't like his style, and the way Margaret Thatcher portrayed him as the ideal business mogul. Maybe it's got something to do with the fact that we used to be punks" (Ray Mighty). The deal signed with London Records proved to be disastrous. They still went ahead with producing Carlton's album, 'The Call Is Strong', exposing a real source of inspiration, but the record company couldn't handle their visionary downtempo beats when England was obsessed with fast house and techno beats. To this day the album is regarded as the 'great lost album of the Bristol Sound'. Further SMITH & MIGHTY productions were greeted with the same lack of recognition by the record company and mostly weren't even released.

After their deal with the major company had expired, the first album on their own label More Rockers was released in 1995 (a dub version of an LP originally recorded for London Records). Due to woeful distribution, this album only managed to make its way to hard core fans, yet rave reviews in the press consoled SMITH & MIGHTY. The next stage was to concentrate on the project and label More Rockers, run with third member Peter D. Rose. They started laying down tracks with groundbreaking breakbeat and Drum 'n' Bass again, which were picked up and reworked by producers like Roni Size and DJ Krust. Hence the arrival of 'Bristol Jump-Up'.

Hip hop, reggae, soul and mainly a great love of dub make the songs on the new album somewhat of one of the most exciting records to appear out of Bristol. The album was recorded over a period of two years, with vocals by the likes of Tammy Payne, Alice Perera and Rudy Lee, who all also hail from Bristol, and SMITH & MIGHTY's deeply-embedded roots in the city make the whole thing into rather a family affair.

Rockers Hi-Fi - Transmission Control (1998)


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Now for the mixes!

Smith & Mighty - Essential Mix 11 - 24 - 96 part 1
Quality: 85.93 MB | 192 kbps | 44100 Hz | Stereo | 62:34 min.

Massive Attack - Any Love (Massive Attack)
Smith & Mighty - Walk On (Three Stripe)
McKelz Smith & Mighty - Mix me Down Maestro (Three Stripe)
The General - The Time To Rhyme (FFRR)
Fresh 4 - Wishing On A Star (Ten)
Smith & Mighty - Anyone (Three Stripe)
Receiver - Irrational (Swarf Finger)
The Wild Bunch - The Look Of Love (4th & Broadway)
Smith & Mighty with McKelz & Tammy Payne - Seeds (White Label)
Wilks - A & R Man (White Label)
Dub Ghecko - Love To The Power Of Each (Dub Head)
Dub Ghecko - Love To The Power Of Each (Dub Head)
Smith & Mighty - Killa (FFRR)
Blue & Red/ Freddie - Blessed (Acetate Pressing)
Blue & Red - Unity (Acetate Pressing)
Blue & Red/ K.Oil - Don Anything (Acetate Pressing)
Tamlins - Baltimore Remix 2 (Acetate Pressing)
Tamlins - Baltimore Remix 3 (Acetate Pressing)
Smith & Mighty - Heavens In (Acetate Pressing)
Bally Sagoo - Ghuraliya (Columbia)
Virginity - Rainbows (More Rockers)
Flyn & Flora - New World (White Label)
Jazklash - Off The Edge (White Label)
Jazklash - BQE (White Label)
Smith & Mighty - Same (More Rockers)
Smith & Mighty - Higher (More Rockers)
More Rockers - Another Day (More Rockers)
More Rockers - Sound Boy (More Rockers)
More Rockers - Show Love (Acetate)

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Smith & Mighty - Essential Mix 11 - 24 - 96 part 2
Quality: 78.98 MB | 192 kbps | 44100 Hz | Stereo | 57:30 min.

More Rockers - 162 (Acetate)
More Rockers- Nightfall (More Rockers)
More Rockers - First Time (More Rockers)
More Rockers - Frush (Acetate)
More Rockers - Das Ya One (More Rockers)
More Rockers - 1 2 3 Break (More Rockers)
Silent Poets - Talk Is Toy (Acetate)
Jazklash - Than The Haze (Acetate)
More Rockers - Bibo (Acetate)
More Rockers - Cure (Acetate)
smith & mighty - Down In Rwanda (More Rockers)
Flyn & Flora - Bass Speaker (White Label)

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Rockers Hi-Fi: Live on Back To The Basics, 1997
BTTB-X-Series: Rockers Hi-Fi

Rockers Hi Fi - "Xmas-Intro" (Different Drummer)
Primal Scream - "Vanishing Dub" (Creation)
The Angel - "Strange Times" (Om Records)
Organic Synthetic - "Space Walkin'" (Funk 21)
Omni Trio - "Sanctuary (Original Mix)" (Moving Shadow 1997)
Coast - "Shield" (Pepper)
pHrack R - "Yardstick" (Fused & Bruised)
Shantel - "Hey Girl" (No Info)
George D. Geckeler, M.D. Coupling - "No Info" (Philips)
Rhythm & Sound - "Music A Fe Rule" (Rhythm & Sound 1997)
DJ Bigfoot - "Hello" (Covert)
Scuba - "No Info" (No Info)
DJ Wally & DJ Swingsett - "Hungry In The Abstract" (Ubiquity 1997)
Tekware - "Nostalgia" (Grand Larcency)

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Rob Smith - Live at Groovalistic 11/2002
No Tracklisting available - this mix starts off dubby/housey and then moves into Bristol-style Drum'n'Bass. Very good mix!

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MVSCLZ.

Just got a couple new mixes from my homey in Austin called MVSCLZ (aka Ben Aqua). Well that's his latest pseudonym at least; Ben is a man of many different faces and sounds. MVSCLZ plays alot of early 80s obscure-ish new-wave/electro/dub/disco stuff, which isn't necessarily much of what we post on this blog but it's always fun to switch things up every once in a while. Plus he sports ridiculous mustaches. Keepin it free-form, ya know...

This guy also sometimes performs in a 1-man fantasy metal band called ASSACRE (yes!!), which has been described as a continuous shredding guitar solo. While Wikipedia elaborates like this:

After releasing a demo in 2004 entitled Impossibly Silent, ASSACRE began making a name for himself throughout Texas with his wild, confrontational, and unpredictable performances. He is often extravagantly costumed in concert and in photographs. The costumes, which he creates himself, result in the visual aspect of the project becoming as important as the musical.

ASSACRE ambitiously toured the USA in the summer of 2005 in support of his first full-length release, Fantastic Illusions Worth Dying For (Awthum Records, August 2005). The album features 8 tracks of fantasy, death, and thrash metal mixed with bizarre, abstract sound collages, displaying a wide array of musical influences - from Death to Klaus Nomi to Merzbow to Sun Ra.

So anyways, this post isn't primarily about Assacre but I just think the notion is so ridiculous that it demands attention. For more on Assacre, peep the myspace: http://myspace.com/assacre.

So anyways, dude hooked me up with his latest mixes and I need to post them. Here ya go:

MVSCLZ - Black Magic Mountain
1. (intro) Vangelis - Conquest of Paradise
2. Future World Orchestra - I'm Not Afraid of the Future
3. Goblin - Tenebre
4. Claudio Simonetti - College
5. Bob East Showband - Squash
6. Martin Agterberg - Ephemeron
7. Gene Ramone - Romantic Face
8. Passengers - Go Michelle
9. Vivien Vee - Gotta Go
10. Imagination - Music and Lights
11. Peter Jacques Band - Counting on Love One, Two, Three
12. Arabesque - Don't Kiss a Crocodile
13. Change - Angel in My Pocket
14. Richard Romero - Non Chalance
15. Alexander Robotnick - Love Robot
16. Vam Cyborg - Gods Valley (New Dance Mix)
17. Patrick Cowley - Teen Planet

download: http://www.mediafire.com/?3rfhmdwlqmd

and MVSCLZ - 2008 Will Be Delicious
1 (intro) Cerrone - Désertion (Suite)
2 Midnight Passion - I Need You
3 Bamboo - Space Ship Crashing
4 Creatures - Digital Rebel
5 Neoton Familia - Disckokece
6 Disco Dream and the Androids - Connection Disconnection
7 Video Kids - Communication Outerspace
8 Psychic Interface - Dancin' in the Night
9 Xalan - I Only Move For Money
10 Space Art - Axius
11 Moon Birds - Astro 9
12 Giorgio Moroder - First Hand Experience in Second Hand Love
13 Telex - L'amour Toujours
14 Wish Key - Orient Express
15 Passengers - Go Michelle
16 Crazy Gang - Telephone Computer

download: http://www.mediafire.com/?a5my7gm5nhg

If you like what you hear, hit him up via myspace or check his main website here.

Renegade Soundwave - Select 12" rips

Renegade Soundwave - Select 12" rips
c/o Mr. Ward (thanks!!!)

1986 - 1990
Style - Electro, Dub, Electronic

Formed in London during the late '80s, Renegade Soundwave applied the punk and industrial ethic to both dub and dancefloor electronica, in good company with fellow sound terrorists throughout the decade, from Cabaret Voltaire to Skinny Puppy and Meat Beat Manifesto. The trio of Gary Asquith, Danny Briottet and Carl Bonnie debuted on Rhythm King with the 1987 single "Kray Twins," and moved to Mute one year later for an EP, Biting My Nails. Though Renegade Soundwave spent two years recording material for an album, the release of Soundclash and In Dub within six months vindicated them somewhat. The group's only hit, "Probably a Robbery" (from Soundclash), made the British Top 40 early in 1990, but Bonnie left later that year, after releasing the single "Renegade Soundwave", for a solo career. Asquith and Briottet spent several years in isolation before emerging in 1994 with the "Renegade Soundwave" single and the album How You Doin? During late 1994, after playing their first live date since their participation in 1991's "Mute Over America" tour, the duo released Brixton and The Next Chapter of Dub the following year. The compilation RSW 87-95 emerged in 1996.

http://www.mutelibtech.com/mute/rsw/rsw.htm
http://www.myspace.com/renegadesoundwave

RSW1
Cocaine Sex (Bonus Porno Beats)
Cocaine Sex (Sub Aqua Overdrive Dub)
Cocaine Sex (Turbo Lust mix)
Cocaine Sex
Kray Twins (7 inch easy mix)
Kray Twins (Dragon Based Sound System)
Kray Twins (Renegade Theme)
Kray Twins (Terror Drum mix)
Kray Twins

RSW2
Ozone Breakdown (Original Version)
Ozone Breakdown 90 (Uprising mix)
Probably a Robbery (12 Gauge Turbo)
Probably a Robbery (Extended mix)
Probably a Robbery (Turntable Scratch mix)

download RSW1
download RSW2

New Dub Mixes!

I'm part of a dc-based Dub soundsystem crew called Version Sound, and we've been hard at work putting some promo mixes together to get bookings (book us!). We've got 2 new mixes up for your enjoyment. Both have been getting heavy praise from DC to SF to NYC to UK and beyond...

The first mix is "Twiss Up" - featuring a bunch of obscure Dub tunes that you will love. We've loaded up the chamber with dubbed-out 80s arcade fx and lazers and digital bombs, which really help bring the soundsystem vibe to the mix. Twiss Up goes into some obscure Jamaican funk later on in the mix - featuring two tunes from a record called Prime Cuts. Then its back into Dub. Good stuff. The second mix "Be Thankful" is a more rootsier dub, deejay and early dancehall-oriented mix. Both are excellent mixes and won't dissapoint! Here are the stats:

Version Sound - Twiss Up
March 2008



1. Ethnic Fight Band - Dub Explosion
2. Ethnic Fight Band - Danny J * Special Dub
3. Fatman Riddim Section - Twelve Tribes Rock
4. Fatman Riddim Section - Sounds of Israel
5. Joe Gibbs & The Professionals - Majestic Dub
6. Matumbi - Ajali
7. Blackbeard - Hyde Park Corner Investigation
8. Blackbeard - Who Made The Prime Minister's Honour List
9. Prince Hammer - Churchill
10. Prince Hammer - Dreadlocks Rebel Force
11. Dynamic - Dub Dunza
12. Fatman Riddim Section - Lick Chalice
13. ??? - African Communication
14. Prime Cuts - Two-Way Stretch
15. Prime Cuts - Vice-Versa
16. Junior Delgado - Dance a Dub
17. Kodama & The Dubstation Band - Fire Fire
18. Kodama & The Dubstation Band - Neppu No Machi Pt. 2
19. Lloyd - Blood for Freedom Dub
20. King Tubby, Scientist & Prince Jammy - Chapter 2
21. Creation Rebel - Drum Talk

download: http://www.whalefish.org/Version_Sound-Twiss_Up.mp3
info: http://www.whalefish.org/vs2.html



Version Sound - Be Thankful
March 2008



1. Aswad - Warrior Charge
2. Dennis Bovell - Scientific
3. Ranking Joe - Gideon Time
4. Prince Lincoln & the Rasses - Interstellar Over Dub
5. Joe Gibbs - No Bones for the Dogs
6. Clint Eastwood & General Saint - I Can't Take Another World War
7. Twilight Circus Sound System - Dub Voyage
8. Aswad - Hey Jah Children
9. Lone Ranger - Rub 'n' Scrub
10. Mikey Dread - Resignation Dub
11. Yabba You - No Tarry Yah Version
12. Clint Eastwood & General Saint - Another Ones Bites the Dust
13. Little Joe - Tradition Skank
14. Prince Jazzbo - Gal Boy I Roy
15. Jah Stitch - Set Up Yourself Dreadlocks
16. Michigan & Smiley - Sensimilla
17. Ranking Dread - Superstar
18. Mikey General - Tell It Like It Is
19. Dr. Alimantado - Poison Flour
20. Augustus Clarke - Rockers Time
21. King Tubby - Moving Version
22. Donovan Carlos - Be Thankful

download: http://www.whalefish.org/VersionSound_-_Be_Thankful.mp3
info: http://www.whalefish.org/vs1.html

Depth Charge 12"s

Depth Charge 12"s
Label - Vinyl Solution
Released - 1989-1990
Style - Electronic, Breakbeat, Dub

This one submitted by Mr. Ward. (Thanks!!)

Real Name: Jonathan Saul Kane
URLs: http://www.phinnweb.org/jsk/
Aliases: Alexanders Dark Band, Block Ink, Depth Charge, Grimm Death, Mr. Selfish, The Octagon Man, The Spider, T.E.T.

Tracklist:
Bounty Killer (The Sequel)
Bounty Killers (Death is ma name - the bit in the middle - measly 1000 bucks version)
Bounty Killers
Dead by Dawn
Dead by Dub
Depth Charge (Drum Death - Bass It)
Depth Charge (Han Do Jin version)
Nectar
Space Mutant

download pt 1
download pt 2
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Boozoo Bajou - Satta

Boozoo Bajou - Satta
Label - Stereo Deluxe
Released - 2001
Style - Downtempo, Dub, Nu-Jazz

On the Nuremberg based Downbeat/Lounge/Nu Jazz Label Stereo Deluxe, Boozoo Bajou released their 10 track debut album Satta. Since 1997 the duo Peter Heider and Florian Seyberth aka Boozoo Bajou caught the eye of DJ's through the release of three twelve inch records, Night over Manaus, Under my Sensi and Divers, which brought a whole lot of club-play and smaller notification all over the world. The album has turned into a classic and is described as a milestone for the downbeat scene. Those 10 tracks from Satta can now be found on more than 120 CD compilations worldwide and the music was used on half a dozen top class tv adverts.

Tracklist:
1 Yma (6:30)
2 Camioux (5:32)
3 Night Over Manaus (6:19)
4 Divers (5:02)
5 Bakar (5:14)
6 Down & Out (6:06)
7 Yoruba Road (5:40)
8 Under My Sensi (6:01)
9 Lava (4:51)
10 Satta (5:42)

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Burning Spear - Garvey's Ghost

We posted the Burning Spear 100th Anniversary Marcus Garvey/Garvey's Ghost album back in December, but my homeboy R.D. hooked me up with just the Garvey's Ghost album - so if you don't want both the vocal AND the Dub, Garvey's Ghost is just the Dub. Thanks, R.D.!

Burning Spear - Garvey's Ghost
Label - Island
Released - 1976
Style - Dub, Reggae, Roots, Group Vocal

Tracklist:
1. The Ghost
2. I And I Survive
3. Black Wa-Da-Da
4. John Burns Skank
5. Brain Food
6. Farther East Of Jack
7. 2000 Years
8. Dread River
9. Workshop
10. Reggaelation

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On U Sound - Pay It All Back [request]

This one goes out to Barbi-Q who left a comment asking for these last night. I generally don't repost other blogs' material, but I found all of these in our buddy's blog "You And Me On A Jamboree" so hopefully he won't mind the exposure ;) Just make sure you visit his blog and leave lovely comments!




Pay It All Back - Volume 1

01* Singers & Players - Bedward The Flying Preacher
02* Maffia - Hallelujah
03* Dub Syndicate - Must Be Dreaming
04* The Circuit - Loudspeaker
05* Mark Stewart - Jerusalem
06* Voice Of Authority - Fuh Fuh
07* Missing Brazilians - Ace Of Wands
08* Akabu - Akabu Theme
09* New Age Steppers - Some Love
10* African Head Charge - Timbuktu Express

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Pay It All Back - Volume 2

01* Lee Perry & Dub Syndicate - Train To Doomsville
02* Barmy Army - Billy Bonds M.B.E.
03* Forehead Bros - Circular Motion
04* African Head Charge - What A Wonderful Day
05* Dub Syndicate - No Alternative (But To Fight)
06* Singers & Players - Run Them Away
07* Singers & Players - Water The Garden
08* African Head Charge - Throw It Away (Remix)
09* Eskimo Fox - Digital (Theme From On The Wire)
10* Singers & Players - Bedward The Flying Preacher
11* Maffia - Halleluja
12* Dub Syndicate - Haunting Ground
13* Mark Stewart - Jersusalem
14* Mark Stewart - The Wrong Name & Wrong Number
15* Singers & Players - Quante Jubila
16* Dub Syndicate - Red Sea

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Pay It All Back - Volume 3

A1* The Strange Parcels - Disconnection
A2* The Strange Parcels - Hearts Desire
A3* Lee Perry & Dub Syndicate -You Thought I Was Dead (Remix)
A4* Dub Syndicate - Stoned Immaculate (Feat. Akabu)
B1* Little Annie - I Think Of You
B2* Andy Fairley - Jack The Biscuit
B3* Dub Syndicate - Hey Ho
B4* Mark Stewart - These Things Happen
B5* Martin Frederix - Ennio
C1* Strange Parcels - To Be Free (Feat. Bernard Fowler & Akabu)
C2* African Head Charge - My God
C3* Alan Pillay - Spirit Soul
C4* Gary Clail - False Leader
D1* Jesse Rae - Jacobs Pillow
D2* The Barmy Army - Devo
D3* The Barmy Army - Blue Moon
D4* Bim Sherman - Nightmare

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Pay It All Back - Volume 4

A1* Dub Syndicate - Chapter 4
A2* Dub Syndicate - Echomania
A3* Bernard Fowler & Strange Parcels - High Ideals & Crazy Dreams
A4* Bim Sherman & Strange Parcels - More Is Insane
A5* Jesse Rae & Strange Parcels - Victory Horns
B1* Skip McDonald - Hammerhead
B2* Jalal - Mankind
B3* Little Annie - Bless Those
B4* Andy Farley - Segue
B5* The Trebunia Family Band & The Twinkle Brothers - Don't Betray Me

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Pay It All Back - Volume 5

01* Audio Active - Happy Shopper
02* Doug Wimbish - Life In Arena (Version 1)
03* Mark Stewart - Digital Justice (Dub)
04* 2 Badcard - Weed Specialist
05* Little Axe - Out In The Cold And Rain (Remix)
06* Bim Sherman - Can't Be Free (From Crying)
07* Dub Syndicate - Roots Commandment (Remix)
08* Gary Clail - One Flesh And Blood
09* Revolutionary Dub Warriors - Mystic (Remix)
10* Strange Parcels - Outsiders (Remix)
11* Akabu - Africans United
12* Little Annie - I Drop Your Name
13* African Headcharge - Animal Law (Remix)

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Pay It All Back - Volume 6

01* 2 Badcard - Pure Illusion (Remix)
02* Little Roy - All Day Long
03* Doug Wimbish - Glorification Chant
04* Little Axe - Return (Remix)
05* Audio Active - Paint Your Face Red
06* Mark Stewart - Scorpio
07* Jalal - Mortal Passage
08* Bim Sherman - It Must Be A Dream
09* Dub Syndicate - Japanese Record (Remix)
10* Dub Syndicate - 2003 Struggle (Remix)
11* Akabu - No Crack
12* Revolutionary Dub Warriors - Irie Warrior

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Various Artists - Trojan Dub Rarities Box Set

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Various Artists - Trojan Dub Rarities Box Set
Label: Trojan
Record date: 197X-8X
Album style: Dub, Lee Library, Roots

Tracklist:
Disc 1:
1. Tapper Zukie - Rub A Dub A Weh Them Want
2. Agustus Pablo & The Upsetters - Babylon Police Thief Dub
3. Queen Tiney & The Aggrovators - Natty Dread Time Dub
4. The Observers - Under Tight Raps (Flat Foot Dub)
5. The Key All Stars - Key Dub
6. The Silvertones - African Dub Version
7. The Musical Intimidators - Double Struggle
8. The Upsetters - Tedious Dub
9. Tommy McCook - African Jumper
10. Niney - My Time Version Observer Style
11. The Revolutionaries - Natty Dread Dub
12. The Blackbeard All Stars - Garvey Mead Dub
13. Augustus Pablo - Fat Girl Jean
14. Tapper Zukie & The Musical Intimidators - Revolution Version
15. The Upsetters - Roots Train Dub
16. Cornell Campbell & The Aggrovators - Reggay Train Dub
17. Clint Eastwood & The Observers - Gate Number Version

Disc 2:
1. Tommy McCook - Lambs Bread Herb
2. The Revolutionaries - Roots Dub
3. The Upsetters - Iron Wolf
4. Tapper Zukie & Brethren - Broad Back Skank
5. The Observers - Boiling Water
6. Augustus Pablo - Rocky Road
7. Zoot Sims & The Aggrovators - Fat Dub
8. In Crowd - Dub In Love
9. The Upsetters - Sipple Dub
10. The Musical Intimidators - Real Version
11. The Observers - Iron Fist
12. Barrington Levy & The Roots Radics - Shine Eye Dub
13. Cornell Campbell & The Aggrovators - Daughter Dub
14. The Roots Radics - Loving Version
15. The Upsetters - Three Times Three
16. The Musical Intimidators - Natty Prince Version

Disc 3:
1. The Musical Intimidators - Mariguana Version
2. The Observers - Headline
3. The Green Stars - Effortless Dub
4. The Roots Radics - Settle Down Version
5. The Blackbeard All Stars - Bridgeport Dub
6. The Upsetters - Dub In Time
7. Tapper Zukie & The Musical Intimidators - Sensimelia Version
8. The Observers - Straight To Bunny Lee Head
9. Cornell Campbell & The Aggrovators - Only Love Dub
10. The Wittys All Stars - Just Like A Dub
11. Augustus Pablo - Pablo In Red
12. Thunderball - Twenty Eight Version
13. The Musical Intimidators - Escape From Hell
14. The Observers - Hotter Fire
15. Tommy McCook - Rasta Da Master
16. The Roots Radics - Scientist In Fine Style
17. Tapper Zukie & The Musical Intimidators - She Want A Version

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Various Artists - Trojan Dub Box Set Volume 2

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Various Artists - Trojan Dub Box Set Volume 2
Label: Trojan
Record date: 197X
Album style: Dub, Lee Library, Roots

Tracklist:
Disc 1:
1. Sly & The Revolutionaries - Lambs Bread
2. Observer All Stars - Casanova Dub
3. Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators - A Loving Melody
4. Prince Jammy - Fist Of Fury
5. The Upsetters - Kingdom Of Dub
6. War In A South African (Version) Killerman Jarrett
7. The Roots Radics - Buck Rogers In The Black Hole
8. Linval Thompson - Channel One Dub
9. The Rupie Edwards All Stars - Buckshot Dub
10. The Gregory Isaacs All Stars - Reform Institute
11. Niney & The Soul Syndicate - Smile Dub
12. Augustus Pablo - Well Red
13. King Tubby - Dancing Version
14. Scientist - Young Lover
15. The Revolutionaries - Fredom Dub
16. Truth Fact & Correct - Jungle Fever
17. The Aggrovators - Since I Dub

Disc 2:
1. King Tubby - I Trim The Barber
2. Niney & The Soul Syndicate - Here I Come Dub
3. The Aggrovators - Stop The Dubbing
4. Sly & The Revolutionaries - Rizla
5. Linval Thompson - Thompson In Dub
6. The Roots Radics - Gambling
7. Prince Jammy - Throne Of Blood
8. The Rupie Edwards All Stars - Doctor Seaton In The Echo Chamber
9. The Aggrovators - Straight To Channel One Head
10. Augustus Pablo - House Raid
11. The Upsetters - Bad Lamp
12. The Gregory Isaacs All Stars - Embarrassment
13. Observer All Stars - Silver Bullett
14. The Soul Syndicate - This Is The Greatest Version
15. Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators - The Mighty Gates Of Goza
16. The Revolutionaries - Dub I Dub

Disc 3:
1. The Upsetters - Bus A Dub
2. The Aggrovators - Soldering Version
3. The Revolutionaries - Roots Man Dub
4. King Tubby - Another Version
5. Prince Jammy - Shaolin Temple
6. Niney & The Soul Syndicate - So Long
7. Winston Fergus - Long Time Version
8. Augustus Pablo - Curly Dub
9. The Gregory Isaacs All Stars - Crofs
10. The Roots Radics - Flash Gordon Meets Luke Sky Walker
11. Linval Thompson - Nigrea Africa Dub
12. Observer All Stars - Mr. D. Brown Skank
13. The Groovemaster - Tanglelocks
14. The Rupie Edwards All Stars - Strictly Dub
15. Scientist - Scientist
16. Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators - True Believer In Dubs
17. Sly & The Revolutionaries - Acapulco Gold

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Various Artists - Trojan Dub Box Set

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Various Artists - Trojan Dub Box Set
Label: Trojan
Record date: 197X
Album style: Dub, Lee Library, Roots

Tracklist:
Disc 1:
1. Sly & The Revolutionaries - Marijuana
2. The Roots Radics - Storming The Death Star
3. Gregory Isaacs - Public Eyes
4. The G.G. All Stars - Love Of Jah Jah Children
5. Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators - A Dancing Version
6. Scientist - Miss Know It All
7. Observer All Stars - Rebel Dance
8. The Upsetters - Dubbing Sandra
9. King Tubby - King Tubby's Conversation Dub
10. The Aggrovators - A Crabbit Version
11. Sly & The Revolutionaries - White Rum
12. The Roots Radics - Mission Impossible
13. Gregory Isaacs - Leggo Beast
14. The Velvet Shadows - Dubbin & Wailin
15. Observer All Stars - Rema Dub
16. The Upsetters - Long Time Dub
17. Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators - A Version I Can Feel With Love

Disc 2:
1. King Tubby - King Tubby's Explosion Dub
2. Sly & The Revolutionaries - Cocaine
3. The Roots Radics - The Death Of Mr Spock
4. Gregory Isaacs - Nigger
5. The Jahlights - Right Road To Dubland
6. The Aggrovators - Jah Jah Dub
7. The Observers - Rasta Locks
8. The Upsetters - Dub Dat
9. Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators - The Gorgon Of Dubs & Horns
10. King Tubby - King Tubby's Patient Dub
11. Sly & The Revolutionaries - Black Ash
12. The Roots Radics - The Son Of Darth Vadar
13. Gregory Isaacs - Slum
14. The Aggrovators - Do You Dub
15. The G.G. All Stars - Mosquito Dub
16. The Observers - Dubbing With The Observer
17. The Thompson All Stars - Rock Me In Dub

Disc 3:
1. The Upsetters - Freedom Dub
2. Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators - A Gigantic Dub
3. Sly & The Revolutionaries - Collie
4. Gregory Isaacs - Tam Tam
5. The Observers - Turntable Dub
6. Scientist - Scientist Ganja Dub
7. The Aggrovators - Dub On My Pillow
8. Sly & The Revolutionaries - Herb
9. The Roots Radics - The Alien Aborts
10. Gregory Isaacs - Leaving
11. The Lloyd's All Stars - Dread Dub
12. The Observers - Sir Niney's Rock
13. Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators - The Big Boss Of Dubs
14. The Upsetters - Dub So
15. King Tubby - King Tubby's Badness Dub
16. The Silvertones - African Dub

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Various Artists - More Pressure Vol. 1 (Straight To The Head)

Various Artists - More Pressure Vol. 1 (Straight To The Head)
Label: Pressure Sounds
Record date: 197X
Album style: Deejay, Dub, Lee Library, Roots, Vocals

This album is simply stunning - in our opinion - and we have chosen tracks that are our personal favourites so every track is a stone dead killer. Although some of them may be slightly unfamiliar don't panic as this really is the crème de la crème of reggae music.

'Diverse Doctrine' by Ras I Buna, Michael Rose with 'We Shall Overcome' included with its searing dub version and The 'Way It Is' by I Kong are not only extremely rare but also fantastic to listen to... 'Folk Song' by Uhuru (Black Uhuru's first ever recording) rare as hens teeth!!! ~pressure.co.uk

Tracklist:
1. Ras Ibuna - Diverse Doctrine
2. The Village Bunch - Diverse Doctrine Version
3. Ricky Storm - The Way It Is
4. Ricky Storm - The Way It Is Version
5. Michael Rose - We Shall Over Come
6. The Key - Over Come
7. Bongo Gene - Skyjack
8. Bongo Gene All Stars - Skyjack Version
9. Cornell Campbell - Free Meal Ticket
10. Barrington Levy - The Winner (Twelve Inch Version)
11. Dillinger - Nah Chuck It
12. The Hardy Boys - Chucky Dub
13. Tafari Syndicate - Free For All
14. Tafari Syndicate - All For Free
15. Black Uhuru - Folk Song
16. The Freedom Singers - Folk Song Version
17. The Mercenaries - Eight Against Rome Version

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Various Artists - Studio One Dub

Various Artists - Studio One Dub
Label: Soul Jazz
Record date: 197X
Album style: Dub, Lee Library, Roots

Continuing the Studio 1 Series this album features classic and rare Dub tracks from Studio One, many available for the first time in over thirty years. Studio One Dub includes the dubs of many classic tracks such as Horace Andy’s “Skylarkin”, Johnny Osbourne’s “Truth and Rights”, John Holt’s “Hooligan”, Freddie McGregor’s “Bobby Bobylon” plus many more rare tracks. In short, this is an essential album! ~souljazzrecords.co.uk

Tracklist:
1. Bionic Dub
2. Take A Ride Version
3. Sky Rhythm
4. Taurus Dub 2
5. Hooligan
6. Dub Rock
7. Rastaman Version
8. Jah Jah Version
9. Creator Version
10. Running Dub
11. Hi Fashion Dub
12. Pretty Version
13. Race Track Version
14. Spawning
15. In Cold Blood Version
16. Chase Them Version
17. Feel The Dub

Producer: C.S. Dodd ("Dub Specialist")
Studio: Studio 1 (Kingston, JA)

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Various Artists - Dub Xperience - The Dread Operators: An On-U Sound Compilation

Various Artists - Dub Xperience - The Dread Operators: An On-U Sound Compilation
Label: Cherry Red - Cleopatra Records
Record date: 1981-84
Album Style: Dub, Experimental, Lee Library, Roots, UK Stylee

From beginning to end, this album is packed with great dub, roots, and early dancehall recorded between 1981 and 1984. There isn't the over-production and/or over-experimentation that plagues some On-U Sound releases, and neither is there the generic sound that plagues others. This is just good old-fashioned reggae in all its glory. Creation Rebel and Singers & Players dominate Dub Xperience, each contributing 4 strong tunes. Creation Rebel's "Independent Man," a cover of Bob Andy's "Unchained," may be the best song here, with its classic, emotional roots melody and driving bass, while "Chemical Specialist" -- the dub version of Jah Woosh's fun "Woodpecker Sound" (in which he mimics a woodpecker's call) -- and "Eugenic Device" are inventive dubs. Singers & Players meanwhile contributes the solid early dancehall chatting style and simple drum and bass rhythm of "Autobiography" alongside 3 airy roots numbers: "Breaking Down the Pressure," "Make a Joyful Noise," and the Congos-esque "Moses." Easily the best of the 3 albums in the On-U Sound Box set (along with In Dub Daze and A Party of Dubbers and Toasters). ~reggae-reviews.com

Tracklist:
1. Autobiography (Dread Operator) - Singers & Players
2. Quante Jubila - Prince Far I
3. Independent Man (Part 1) - Creation Rebel
4. Independent Man (Part 2) - Creation Rebel
5. Ballroom Control - Playgroup
6. Moses - Singers & Players
7. Woodpecker Sound - Jah Woosh
8. Chemical Specialist - C.Rebel/N.A.Steppers
9. Middle East Power Station - Voice Of Authority
10. Breaking Down The Pressure - Singers & Players
11. Silent Mover - Playgroup
12. Creation Rebel - Creation Rebel
13. Eugenic Device - C.Rebel/N.A.Steppers
14. Make A Joyful Noise - Singers & Players

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Various Artists - In Dub Daze: An On-U Sound Compilation

Various Artists - In Dub Daze: An On-U Sound Compilation
Label Cherry Red - Cleopatra Records
Record date: 1981-84
Album Style: Dub, Experimental, Lee Library, Roots, UK Stylee

Collecting together Adrian Sherwood-produced dubs recorded between 1981 and 1984, In Dub Daze was released in 1996 and then re-packaged in 1999 with A Party of Dubbers and Toasters and Dub Xperience: The Dread Operators as the On-U Sound Box. In Dub Daze is the most experimental, with only about half of the tracks being traditional dub or reggae. Much of this album is influenced by the early '80s New Wave and electro-funk scenes -- "Feeling Wild" and "Technical Miracle" by Voice of Authority being examples of the former and "Stopping and Starting" by Voice of Authority and "Parasitic Machine" by Alan Pellay of the latter. Of the more traditional dub cuts, Creation Rebel's "Rubber Skirt" -- which utilizes the music from John Holt's "Love I Can Feel" -- and "Painstaker," along with Singers & Players' "Alla la Dreadlocks Soldier" -- featuring Prince Far I -- are the best. ~reggae-reviews.com

Tracklist:
1. Epic Sound Battles - Playgroup
2. Stopping & Starting - Voice Of Authority
3. Painstalker - C. Rebel/N. Age Steppers
4. Alla La Dreadlocks Soldier - Singers & Players
5. Crunch - Playgroup
6. Final Frontier - C. Rebel/N. Age Steppers
7. Feeling Wild - Voice Of Authority
8. Deep & Mintyful (?) - Playgroup
9. Love I Can Feel - Creation Rebel
10. Technical Miracle - Voice Of Authority
11. Asian Rebel - Suns Of Arqa
12. Parasitic Machine - Alan Pellay
13. Afghani Dub - The Mothmen
14. Epic One Drop - Playgroup
15. Knock The House Down - Voice Of Authority

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