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The dubwise
counterpart to Max Romeo's "Fari - Captain Of My Ship" album. This
album heralded a new sound for Shaka, the sound of Jamaica,
recorded at Augustus "Gussie" Clarke's Music Works Studio with the
Firehouse Crew, and more crucially, at the mixing board it featured
"Soljie" Hamilton and Paul Daley, two of the island`s finest mixing
engineers. The Firehouse Crew add the "fire" of Jamaica in the
rhythms, most of which are updated versions of older classic tunes.
Check "Smiling Dub" (a version of the dubplate killer "Jah Give I
The Power" by Johnny Clarke), "One Dub" (a lick of the classic
"Warning" by Desmond "Desi Roots" Young) and "Dub Away" (Max
Romeo`s "Melt Away" originally recorded circa `77). Also versioned
is Shaka`s own "Revelation 18" ("Suffer Dub") and Dread &
Fred`s "Warrior Stance" ("Kumbia Dub"). Dig deeper and there`s
more! What makes this album and its vocal counterpart stand out is
the production mix, a blend of digital mix and dubwise
sophistication, in turn making this, the first dub album to come
out of Jamaica in about 10 years.
Russ ~ The
Disciples ~ May 2000 |
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