s w e e t b e a t s
february.17.2001 - #461
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artist : Various
album : Dubhead Vol 4
year : 1998
label : Shiver
genre : Lo-Fi
catalogue : IVECD006
url : www.dubhead.dircon.co.uk
quality : CD 192k HQ True Stereo
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01.Dub Organiser - Mountain Kings 03:50
02.Armagideon - Spontaneous Combustion 04:46
03.Basque Dub Foundation - Ministerio Del Dub (Alboka Mix) 04:27
04.Respected Men - War Song 05:24
05.Shades of Black - Freeman Dub 04:15
06.The Messenjah - Kunte Kinte 03:49
07.Vibronics - Blessed is He 04:16
08.Hydroponics - Here Comes the Judge 03:48
09.Dub Specialists - Lone Star 04:21
10.Jah Free - Dub One Another 04:30
11.Drumhead Feat. Spee - 16 Hole Dub 05:33
12.Dub Ghecko - in a Wolfs Clothing 04:55
13.Bud Alzir - Return Dub 05:48
14.The Truth - Garage Dub 06:18
14 tracks | 66:00 mins | 90,8 MB
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Where has all the Digi-Dub gone? Timewas, there were mountains of
new releases shivering timbers and vibrating the walls, electro-dub
style. The answer is of course, back to the underground of clubs
and festivals - where would a British summer (no matter how grey)
be without a collection of trucks and tents in an East London
field, gently vibrating with the earthquake bass of the regular
sound systems and the throb of Trance Techno?
For the dubplates required for the sound system, look no further
that this compilation. Mixing up the digital roots in a (mostly)
familiar sample-heavy way are the likes of Dub Organiser's
Classical-dropping skank, Armagideon's "Spontaneous Combustion" -
which throws in a beautifully sliding digital bass with a stomping
stepper's rhythm - or the Basque Dub Foundation with their light
confection of sparkling echoes and good old-fashioned analogue
bassline; and this is just the first three tracks.
Each following track delivers little in the way of surprise or
astounding invention. Instead there is the uplifting chant of Jah
Free's thoroughly enjoyable "Dub One Another", the clever echo
chamber of Hydroponics' virtual cut and paste Ska-dub "Here Comes
The Judge" or the heavyweight propulsive chug of Drumhead, and none
the worse for that. Spliffed out and still managing to be as
eclectic as previous editions, Dubhead Volume Four is a far more
pleasurable if mainly undemanding celebration of a self-reliant
group of producers and artists less dependant on hype and more on
delivering the head-nodding goods. --freq
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