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Name: Nik
Member Since: Sep 16, 2002
Rank: 993
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Rated 264 releases, average: 4.34
Location: Scotland
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Reviews:
Augustus Pablo - King Tubby's Meets Rockers Uptown - 14-Sep-03 10:38 AM
If you only ever own one dub record (if you only ever HEAR one dub record) make it this one! All star cast of musicians headed by Augustus Pablo, with a who's who of the best 70's musicians from Jamaica. Add to this the DEEPEST EVER dubs from the master, the originator, King Tubby (RIP), makes this a 'top ten of all time' record.
Recorded and mixed on a (I beleive) 4 track recorder and mixer, the tones on this LP are some of the best heard from _any_ studio. Tubby built his own EQ's and effects, and hand wound his own inductors for his filters.
Deep deep bass, tight springy drums, sharp guitars, and the evocative melodica of Pablo drifting in and out on waves of delay, mysterious ambience, cross-talk, reverb, and the tightest playing - all dubbed within an inch of its life by King Tubby.
A must have.
Prince Far I - Cry Tuff Dub Encounter Chapter 3 - 10-Sep-03 02:50 PM
Originaly released in early 80's, features lots of nice heavy and spacey dub. A classic Prince Far I and Adrian Sherwood collaboration. Highly recomended.
Starski And Clutch - Triple Gold - 14-Jun-03 05:00 AM
East To West is a classic track, uptempo Detroit party vibe. Triple Gold and Drive Through Jit are both very fast (170 bpm) ghettotech tunes, almost the fastest this stuff goes. Both strong tracks. Drive Through Jit is really simple, just drums and synth, Triple Gold has cool low vocals.
DJ Assault - Terror Tec E.P. - 01-Jun-03 04:11 AM
Includes the Ghettotech classic "Crank This Mother", usualy played out at +8. "Terror Tec" and "Techno Freak" are also great tracks, "Terror Tec" is a 4-on-the-floor track with a fat bassline and spooky "there's no turning back now" vocal sample, while "Techno Freak" is more of an electro / R / tech affair. "Wake Up" is a more run-of-the-mill electro / bass type track.
This was the first release for Electrofunk, and quickly brought the label up to speed, both in terms of sales, and of musical direction.
Wafta - College Street Zoo - 15-Nov-02 02:27 AM
One of my favourite records, Wafta produced this 12" and then dissapeared again. I heard that the guy who did this music had just split up from his girlfriend, and this stuff does have a slightly pissed off dark edge to it. While the sound quality and production isn't totally kicking (not bad though), I like the grungy quality to it. The main thing for me in this 12" is the music, which stands apart from most every other D, jungle, 'jazz and bass' and 'drill and bass' or whatever, really unique. My faveorite track has to be Witchita Lineman, great wee electro/ drum and bass tune, kind of positive but melancholy at the same time. the rest of the tracks go between full on drum and bass 1996 style to dark ambient to almost industrial. If you see this 12", buy on sight!
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