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:.: .Roots And Culture Proudly Present Another High Quality Release. :.:
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Release Name.... Dub Syndicate - Classic Selection Vol.2
Record Label............. On-U Sound
Original Year............ 1991
Compressed by............ Team RAC
Rip Date................. Jan-31-2003
Size..................... 95,5 MB
Release Type............. Reggae, Album
Number of Songs.......... 16
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:.: Notes And Comments About The Release :.:
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Drummer Style Scott joined Adrian Sherwood's influential
On-U Sound dub label in the late '70s and played on
Sherwood's influential releases as the New Age Steppers
(with vocalist Bim Sherman, horn player Deadly Headley,
melodica player Dr. Pablo, and a large guest lineup). Scott
later formed his own band, Dub Syndicate, which soon became
ù with the possible exception of African Headcharge ù On-U
Sound's most popular act. Though not a group per se, Style
Scott and producer Sherwood explore reggae, dub and
dancehall by collaborating with some of reggae and dub's
greatest talents, including Lee "Scratch" Perry, Skip
McDonald, U-Roy and, in a bit of posthumous sampling of an
old friend, Prince Far I (on 1990's Stoned Immaculate).
Debut album Pounding System (1982) and the following year's
One Way System were both reissued in America by ROIR. A
project with Dr. Pablo titled North of the River Thames
didn't earn a domestic release, but 1985's Tunes from the
Missing Channel was licensed to EMI. An import-ony project
with Lee "Scratch" Perry called Time Boom 'De Devil Dead
followed in 1986, but 1990's Strike the Balance appeared on
the Island subsidiary Mango. On-U Sound, in conjunction with
the American label Restless, began an ambitious reissue
effort with three volumes of the Classic Selection series
(similar to African Headcharge's Great Vintage series) but
continued to make new Dub Syndicate projects such as From
the Secret Laboratory and Stoned Immaculate available only
on import. Restless, though, did eventually give Stoned
Immaculate and 1994's Echomania domestic releases. In 1996,
Dub Syndicate released both an album of new material (Ital
Breakfast), and the remix album Research & Development, with
reworkings of tracks from the entire Dub Syndicate catalogue
by Zion Train, Soundclash, Iration Steppas and the Rootsman.
Four years later, the performance album Live at the Maritime
Hall was released. The next album, Acres of Space was
recorded in Jamaica and mixed by long-time collaborator,
Adrian Smith.
John Bush http://www.allmusic.com
Album review :
AMG REVIEW: Like its predecessor, this is a generous
collection of new and old tracks from the U.K.'s premier
roots reggae band. As usual, the focus is on instrumental
groove music, though voices are punched in regularly. This
collection features more creepy poetry from Andy Fairley
("Your head will become a crazy bulbous punchbag of sound,
lead-weight and fearsome") and more of Bim Sherman's light,
gauzy crooning, along with the requisite bizarre vocal
samples. "Style" Scott and "Flabba" Holt keep things tight
and heavy on drums and bass, respectively, but Adrian
Sherwood's production takes center stage, as the bass shakes
the walls and other instruments fly around the room crazily.
This is ominous, exhilarating, frightening music that shows
how interesting and creative it's possible to get while
remaining within the confines of a genre as stylistically
defined as reggae.
Rick Anderson
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01. The Precinct Of Sound 05:36
02. Reggae Ragga 03:37
03. Mafia 07:05
04. Lack Of Education 03:28
05. Guss Guss 04:33
06. Shout It Out 03:40
07. Hawai 04:03
08. Boof Um Baff 03:30
09. I'm The Man For You 03:34
10. Chapter and Verse 03:33
11. Empires Falling 03:22
12. The Real Power 04:42
13. Can'T Stop Dancing 05:56
14. Hi-Fi Gets A Pounding 05:29
15. African Head Charge Don'T Care 02:50
16. Fringe On Top 04:27
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:.: Roots And Culture Production 2003 :.:
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