Punky Dread

 

There are a few great compilations of music when punk met Jamaica: Wild Dub-Dread meets Punk Rocker (that I shared here); Time Warp Dub Clash (shared here); Snuffin' in a Babylon; Babylon Breakdown; & more.

If you really want to immerse yourself in this whole scene, I suggest going over to Butterboy's Compilations: K Special - Punky Reggae Party - Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers (Updated Improved Remastered Expanded Super Deluxe Edition) here. There are 575 tracks on 36 volumes & the accompanying write-up is top-notch. If you like what you find, leave a comment & tell'em NØ sent you.

This is one of my favorites of the genre..

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Various - Spiky Dead Issue One: Punky Reggae & Post Punk Dub 1978-1984 2xLP,
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Side A -
Cool Down - The Offs
Who Killed Bruce Lee (version) - Glaxo Babies
Bass Adds Bass - Family Fodder

Side B -
Same Thing Twice - Chantage
Pleasures of the Dance - Ruts DC
Merge - JahScouse
Trapper Aint Got A Bird - Peter & the Test Tube Babies

Side C -
Calling Capitain Nemo - Return of the Panthers
Sommadub - Sir Horatio
More or Less Cut - Red Beat

Side D -
Dangerous Girls – Dangerous Girls
Stay Close to Me - Bad Brains
Animal Space - The Slits

 

 

 

 

So after Dub meets punk, how about Dub meets Club. Here are the first two from the Club meets Dub series from Zip Dog Records.

Zip Dog sez:
     "The next generation of Dub controllers warp trance, techno, ambient, & jungle styles into the weave of Dub reggae. From the Dub Specialists' electro influences & the acid edge of Mudskipper & Dreadzone to Emperor Sly & Dubolition meeting techno at bass camp zero & More Rockers beating the jungle drums - taste all the new Dub flavours here."

 

 

Various - Club Meets Dub V1.0, Zip Dog Records ZD5CD, 1995.

Africa (live version) - Dreadzone    
Get Down Dub - Dub Specialists    
Heavy Dub - I-Shensound    
? - The Outer Space    
Syncro (Moonrock mix) - Emperor Sly    
Bankman - Mudskipper    
Blaah - Dubolition    
Cool Down - The Disciples    
Dubnut (The Rootsman's Third Eye Dubplate mix) - The Woodshed
Oppression Cease - Jungle Neck    
Analogue Jungle - More Rockers    
Ya Loozin It - Dublik Sektor

 

 

 

 

On V2.0, Zip Dog sez:
     "Stronger than ever! Zip Dog brings you the best new Kinetik Dub sounds - deep-bassed reggae infused with the club vibe. Pick the cream of the crop with Dreadzone remixed by Underworld, Phlex (Charlie Hall), Zion Train's riffin' acid hotstepper, Emperor Sly's frontier-push Dub techno, with many other new Dub maestros. Check out buzzing new discoveries Shotgun Rockers & Universal Dubwise..."

 

 

Various - Club Meets Dub V2.0, Zip Dog Records ZD8CD, 1996.

Hover Craft - Zion Train
Blood Rising - Emperor Sly
Bind Us Together (Unity Dub mix) - The Rootsman
Melon - Dublik Sektor
Natural Elements - Universal Dubwise
Return of the Mountain King - Shotgun Rockers
Dog Hair Soup (Dope Dub) - Phlex
Zion Youth (Underworld remix #2) - Dreadzone
Big Aura - Freaky Chakra
Run Dibby Dibby Dub - Iration Steppas Meets Dennis Rootical
(Why Try to Kill a Million) Ants (to Cure Arthritis) - Tribal Drift
Politricks - Armagideon

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ