From Arthur B. Purvis Sent Wed, Mar 17th 1999, 02:05
From Arthur B. Purvis Sent Wed, Mar 17th 1999, 02:05
Offering a slightly different opinion of most of what's been said on the topic of dub records... Rule 1) if bill laswell plays bass on it, don't buy it. No matter how good the other people are on the CD, it will suck. If it's a whole CD by Bill Laswell, it will be atrocious. (note: many things that look like they are by Laswell are only produced/compiled by him - these are sometimes oK) Rule 2) The Mad Professor is only good at remixes. He may be the absolute top of the pops at it (he is) but don't buy his LPs. Rule 3) Wordsound is the best functioning label for dubbed out stuff. By far. Rule 4) Lee Perry is at this point completely worthless. Get the boxset, maybe some older LPs, but music like Technomajikal makes me ill. Rule 5) There are several schools of dub reggae, one of which originated in Jamaica in the 60s, another of which in the UK in the 90s. Decide what you like (there are of course other styles) - there are records in both that are very good. The former is more smooth, more reggaeish, more "live" (Lee Perry, Gregory Isaacs (sometimes) etc) the latter focuses on massive stomping basslines (Rootsman, Alpha Omega, etc). dub stylin' --- the humble abbott arthur purvis set his hand hereto