Dub Reviews
| Artist: | Clive Hunt | Cover scan:
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| Title: | & The Dub Dancers | |||
| Label: | Makasound | |||
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| Format: | CD | |||
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| Result: | Jamaican dub of today | |||
| Review date: | 2008-07-09 | |||
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So, Clive Hunt anyone? Yes, you in the last row? Correct. Jamaican studio musician and producer, worked with Max Romeo, the Abyssinians, Skatalites and many more. What would you expect of an album featuring a musician from the 70s in Jamaica? You on the left? Possibly some sort of best of of his classic tunes or something? That was my first thought, too. But no! Totally wrong. Clive Hunt & The dub Dancers is a NEW dub album from Jamaica! A 2007 production. Now, who would have thought that? Apart from maybe some B-Sides and the Vybz Kartel releases... how much new dub was exported from Jamaica during the last maybe 25 years? Not much. And now, a new Jamaican dub album. The album was recorded in Tuff Gong, Mixing Lab and other studios. The guestlist of featured musicians is long, just to drop some names: Sly Dunbar, Horsemouth Wallace, Glen Browne, Chinna Smith Sticky Thompson or Llyod Parks. Together they recorded 16 tracks, all mixed and dubbed by Clive Hunt himself. If you would listen to the album without knowing the afroementioned background story, you would possibly never guess that thisis a Jamaican dub album. It sounds so fresh, so new, so different than what you are used to hear from Jamaica. I would have bet that this is a French production. But no, it is still from Jamaica. And that might be the explanation why you find many known riddims like Cuss Cuss or... damn, what are the names of all the riddims again, why do I always forget them?! Well,you will immediately recognise them anyway. But while one can easily think: Oh no, not another xyz version, I can assure you that this time, the versions definitely sound different. Different and interesting. Let's have a closer listen to some of my favourite tunes: "Bagdad in Dub", the second track is an insanely deep dub tune, one of the kind where you don't need drugs to get "on". Like the productions from behind the Andromeda Galaxy. King Tubby would have loved this dub. "Dreadnaught Dub" comes with a demanding killer bass, again a dub deeper than the ocean. "Da Dub Child" follows and again, massive. And these are only the tracks 2, 3, 4. Hm. Next high point is "Nite Aftah Dub", a very popular classic riddim with an extra dry one drop riddim and cool dub effects on top of it. One of the wickedest keyboard effects ever can be found on "Night Dub" which is again based on a very famous riddim. Just why the heck can I never recall the names of them. And then the total blast of 'em all: "Gangsta Flex Dub", which is based on the Cuss Cuss riddim (at least this one I can name). Very rough and dirty hip hoppy beats, extensive dubbing and a crisp'n'clean bass sound. Splendid! And finally, "Rockers Dub". I don't know but this is somehow a sleazy joint. But in a positive meaning. Porn dub. It makes me wanna have sex. Now. Where's my girlfriend... All in all, this album makes fun and gives hope that maybe they find back their roots in Jamaica and remember the DUB for real! Check out Makasound.com for details. The album only costs 9 Euros there. |
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