From Miles Egan Sent Thu, Oct 16th 1997, 04:52
From Miles Egan Sent Thu, Oct 16th 1997, 04:52
>Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 11:01:50 -0400 >From: xxxxxx_xxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx >Subject: (idm) Re: D'nB vs. African Head Charge > >whoa miles, got to take exception on this one. sherwood's reggae/dub comes >from a later period than any of the above's (perry, pablo, tubby) golden >era's at a time when the technology being used on dub records fundamentally >made them sound less warm/human more mechanical. i don't think you can >single sherwood out for this criticism, nearly all dub produced from the >late 70's on sounds this way. the early sherwood productions for dub >syndicate, creation rebel, new age steppers... , including those first 4 >wonderful AHC records that you like so much, are total sheen free zones. I'm not contesting Sherwood's production abilities; he obviously knows his way around a recording studio. He reminds me in many ways of Bill Laswell, an intelligent, talented musician capable of bringing great groups together but completely devoid any real inspiration of his own. As for the early On-U stuff, I'll agree that it lacks the glossy polish of the label's later releases, but I also insist that it's every bit as boringly paint-by-the-numbers and soulless. The fact that _Time Boom..._ is marginally less disappointing than most of Perry's later work is certainly of only very small credit to Sherwood. I'm not an expert on dub by any means, but I know that what I love about _Blackboard Jungle Dub_, or _King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown_ isn't happening on On-U. If you're questioning the relevance of discussions of dub to this list, just throw on the newest Coldcut or si-{cut}.db records and listen to the ghost of Perry rattling around in the beats. Miles np: Multiphonic Ensemble - King of May ( Sub Rosa ) - Not the envelope pusher Bisk is, in the same sphere as the Reflection album on Clear