A candidate for the "record of the year award" (and I'm not talking about dub only but music in general) is on it's way from Southeast Poland: Ragana, a four piece live dub band featuring singer Jagha are responsible for something which can hardly be described with plain words. It has to be heard - and felt.

The 9 track album "So Many Reverbs to Cross" will be officially available from August on and I have to say that I seldomly wanted to encourage anyone to get a record as now. What you get on this album is some of the deepest, most crucial, strongest, best dub records I ever came across. And I came across many, of course.

The instruments are played live, the bass player for example was "borrowed" from Poland's no. 1 reggae band Paprika Korps and the bass could really not be crispier, crystal-clearer and deeper as on this CD. The drums are a story for itself as well, they must really be mixed by a perfectionist. All analogue effects as well. You hear it. It's a nice warm sound indeed. "Oh totally wow", if I might quote Cassie Ainsworth...

A guitar and a keyboard provide some serious skanking and harmonies and as an add-on, the Crispy Horns are featured with their famous brasses. On top of all that you will find singer Jagha, who does a mix of singing and telling on the album, most pleasingly for my ears she does not try to sound reggae-esque at all but instead she sounds just as I think she would sound if she would sing as herself. What a sentence... It's a comfort for the ears to hear her vocals.

I don't know how often I played my favourite tune "Prayer" since I have the song. It immediately made it into my top dub list of all time. And it's only one of 9 outstanding tunes. Seriously, here is not one minor tune on the CD. All tunes are A+ or the equivalent of the best grade. Hm, I might as well write: ;)

Well, I don't really know what else to write except that you should check www.ragana.pl for updates on when you can get this CD. You want it! Don't question my authority! ;p