Fat Nostalgia for Dele

I gathered this while working on Sound Systember. So glad to finally be able to share it here.

Dele Sosimi was born in Hackney, East London, but returned to his parents' native Nigeria at the age of four. Dele was musically schooled & raised in Fela Anikulapo Kuti's shadow at the height of early 70s Afrobeat. Chosen by Fela to join his band at somewhat of a tender age, he was still a young man when he began sharing his soundscape vision. 

 

He fronted Fela's Glastonbury stage in 1984, becoming Musical Director for both Fela's Egypt 80 & FemiKuti's Positive Force. After Fela's passing in 1997, Dele went on to concentrate on his own solo career. With diligent patience, he carved out his own Afrobeat niche. In London, where he again resides, his Afrobeat Vibration all-nighters are charged with the Sound System culture of his passion, labor, & unrelenting spirit.

You No Fit Touch Am was released by Wah Wah 45s in May 2015. It represents what Dele has become to today's music scene, something of an vital untouchable force. The album provided a musical representation of Dele's strong socio-political opinions, as well as delivering classic song-writing that could have come straight out of 1970s Lagos. You No Fit Touch Am was mixed by Ben Nostalgia (Nostalgia 77).

In his 4 star Mojo review, David Hutchinson sez:
       "A Dub version could be a stone killer".

Well, here it is. Afrobeat icon Dele Sosimi's recent album gloriously re-imagined in Dub by two production masters, Prince Fatty & Nostalgia 77. Prince Fatty brings the spirit of 80s On-U Sound, Mikey Dread, & Mad Professor to the mix & Ben, being on the boards for the original, has intimate insight. This is a perfect blend of Afro-funk, Ethio jazz & Dub tripping off into the deepness of groove, space, & time. I couldn't let this month pass without sharing this nugget.

All Dubs performed live & mixed by Prince Fatty / Nostalgia 77. Original sessions recorded at The Fish Factory Studio London, mixed at the Ironworks, Brighton. 

 

 

Dele Sosimi meets Prince Fatty & Nostalgia 77 - You No Fit Touch Am in Dub,
Wah Wah 45s WAHLP010, 2016.
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Side A -
You No Fit Touch Am Dub
E Go Betta Dub
Santuary Dub

Side B - 
Na My Turn Dub
Dance Together Dub
I Don’t Care Dub
bonus track
Dance Together (radio Dub)

 

 

 

African unity,
NØ

Can’t Force the Rhythm

The next two are some Dub adjacent African inspired music. 

 

This one giving a nod to Wackie's Rhythm Force in their name & purpose..

Mark Ernestus is no stranger to the Dub techno/Ambient Dub scene since the 90s. He is probably most known from his partnerships with Moritz von Oswald as Basic Channel. He founded the legendary Hard Wax record shop in 1989 & collaborated with Jamaican singers for the more Dub-oriented Rhythm & Sound project I shared last post.

Mark Ernestus' Ndagga Rhythm Force is a collaboration between a revolving group of Senegalese sabar musicians & German techno pioneer Mark Ernestus. A 2007 encounter with a Gambian DJ team turned Ernestus on to mbalax, a Senegalese polyrhythmic dance music developed in the early 70s. The mbalax dancing is based on rhythms from the sabar, a family of drums commonly know as the talking drums with a history of use for communication between neighboring villages up to 10 miles apart. Ernestus travelled to Dakar in search of the mbalax music & the sabar drummers. There he met up with an impromptu ensemble of over 20 mbalax musicians & percussionists, including veterans of the bands of Senegalese legends Baaba Maal & Youssou N’Dour. Over the course of the next two years, the sessions yielded seven records of hypnotic, Dub-inflected mbalax. Finally condensed down into a core unit of 12 musicians, Ndagga Rhythm Force (named in reference to legendary Bronx Dub session band Wackies Rhythm Force) was formed in 2014. 

 

 

Mark Ernestus' Ndegga Rhythm Force - Yermande, Ndagga ND25, 2016.
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Lamb Ji
Walo Walo
Simb
Jigeen
Ndiguel
Yermande (Kick & Bass mix)

 

 

 

Back to Africa,
NØ

Tikiman's Got Rhythm (& Sound)

This third iteration is Tikiman's early days with Rhythm & Sound. 

 

Basic Channel's founding duo of Moritz von Oswald & Mark Ernsetus are also Rhythm & Sound. Rhythm & Sound recordings are much more Dub-influenced & less techno-orientated than the duo's previous, more legendary, Dub-techno recordings as Basic Channel. By the mid-90s they began releasing a series of 10" singles with Tikiman. These are classic examples of Rhythm & Sound's great Dub-related offerings. 

 

Rhythm & Sound w/ Tikiman - Never Tell You 10", Burial Mix BM01, 1996
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Side a -
Never Tell You
Side B - 
Never Tell You (version)

 

 

 

Rhythm & Sound w/ Tikiman - Spend Some Time 10", Burial Mix BM02, 1996.

Side A -
Spend Some Time
Side B -
Spend Some Time (version)

 

 

 

Rhythm & Sound w/ Tikiman - Ruff Way 10", Burial Mix BM03, 1997.

Side A - 
Ruff Way
Side B -
Ruff Way (version)

 

 

 

Rhythm & Sound w/ Tikiman - What a Mistry 10", Burial Mix BM04, 1997.

Side A -
What a Mistry
Side B -
What a Mistry (version)

 

 

 

Rhythm & Sound w/ Tikiman - Why 10", Burial Mix BM05, 1997.

Side A -
Why
Side B -
Why (version)

 

 

 

Rhythm & Sound w/ Tikiman - What a fe Rule 12", Rhythm & Sound RS01, 1997.

Side A -
What a fe Rule (Part 1)
Side B -
What a fe Rule (Part 2)

 

 

 

Rhythm & Sound w/ Tikiman - Jah Rule 10", Burial Mix BM07, 2001.

Side A -
Jah Rule 
Side B -
Jah (version)

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

St. Hilaire Was a Tikiman

 

I got this Tikiman gem when January 2025 I shared Deadbeat & Paul St. Hilaire’s Infinity Dub Sessions. Just waiting in OVERFLOW for you.

Dominican born & Berlin-based Paul St. Hilaire used to be Tikiman. He worked heavily with Basic Channel as well as Rhythm & Sound. Then due to legal problems with the name, since 2003 he has released music under his given name. However, that being said, this one is from Paul but is called Tikiman Vol. 1???

Paul St. Hilaire - Tikiman Vol. 1,, Kynant Records KYNX003, 2023.
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Bedroom in My Bag    
Little Way    
Keep Safe    
Bright One    
The Weather Man    
In Fortis    
Ten to One    
In Door    
Three & a Half 

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

Tiki Was a Deadbeat

Started gathering up these next ones December 2024 when I shared a Deadbeat reinterpretation of Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session. 

First off are three Dub techno 12"ers from Deadbeat from the Infinity Dub Sessions he did with Tikiman (Paul St. Hilaire).

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Deadbeat - The Infinity Dubs Vol. 1 12", BLKRTZ 005, 2013.
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I.D. 1
I.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Deadbeat - The Infinity Dubs Vol. 2 12", BLRTZ 007, 2013.

I.D. 3
I.D. 4

 

 

 

 

Deadbeat - The Infinity Dubs Vol. 3 12", BLKRTZ 009, 2013.

I.D. 5
I.D. 6

 

 

 

 

Next are some Dub edits from Deadbeat for Last Night on Earth Rcords... 

 

 

Deadbeat - LNOE in Dub 2x12", Last Night on Earth LNOE117, 2020.

Side A -
Together (Dub edit) - VONDA7
Island (Dub edit) - Hunter/Game
Side B -
Octiv (Dub edit) - Ejeca
Carson (Dub edit) - Jody Barr
Side C -
Sk4 (Dub edit) - dubspeeka
Float Collapse (Dub edit) - Sasha
Side D -
Virgo (Dub edit) - Alex Niggemann
After it All (Dub edit) - Jon Gurd

 

 

 

 
This final one from Deadbeat... 

 

Deadbeat - Kübler-Ross Soliloquies, BLKRTZ 055, 2024.

The Double Bong Cloud (Denial I)    
Straight no Chaser (Denial II)
Tough Love (Anger I)    
Brick Stick Blick Blade (Anger II)    
Huey Lewis Voters Dub (Negotiation)    
Things Fall Apart (Depression)    
With Grand Trepidation (Acceptance I)    
Mountains from Mole Hills (Acceptance II)

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

The Disciples Help Them that Help Themselves

Improvisators Dub is a French Dub band from Bordeaux formed in 1994. This is Dub for the new millenium... 

 

Improvisator Dub meets The Disciples - Dub & Mixture, Vicious Circle Reverb46, 2000.
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Bass-Batt    
Tubby's    
Outerdub    
Improdub    
Herb    
I-Dub    
Arrach'Dub    
Problems    
Spirit of the Piper    
Shiva    
Sativa    
Supercussion

 

 

 

 

This one is a live set from Torino (Turin), Italy on March 21, 2009, an hour & twenty minutes of great Live music... 

 

The Disciples & Jonah Dan - Ministry of Dub Chapter 3, Live in Turin, 2009. 

 Live Set

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

The Disciples post-Lol - Just a Rusty Bell

Various Disciples riddim mixes... 

 

The Disciples - Disciples Vintage Collection Chapter One,
Backyard Movements, 2009.
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Addis Ababa mix 1
Addis Ababa mix 2
Bass Theme mix 1
Bass Theme mix 2
Peacemaker mix 1
Peacemaker mix 2
Bushman mix 1
Bushman mix 2
Prayers mix 1
Prayers mix 2
African Horizons mix 1
African Horizons mix 2
Worship mix 1
Worship mix 2
Merciful Dub mix 1
Merciful Dub mix 2

 

 

 

 

This is a collection of previously unreleased Dubs from the Backyard Studio from 1997 - 2001.

 

 

The Disciples - More than Enuff Dub to Spare, Backyard Movements, 2014.

Revelation Dub
Wickedness Dub
Freedom Dub
Keep Kool Dub
False Religion Dub
Universal Dub
Chant Dub
Free My Dub
Mama Seh Dub
Zion Gate Dub
Food `N Water Dub
Material Dub 
Look After Your Dub 
Look Before You Dub 
Higher Ites Dub

 

 

 

 

A new set of Dubs from the Disciples... 

The Disciples - Calling for Dub, Backyard Movements, 2021.

Calling Dub
Talking Dub
Herbs Dub
Nyahman Dub
Mighty Dub
The Bomb Dub
Doomed Dub
Rudeboy Dub
Guilty Dub
Little Dub
Simple Dub
G'night Dub

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

What Do You Call a Disciple of the Disciples?

Not adjacent, definitely Dub.

 

The Disciples are one of my favorite Dub outfits of all times & definitely my favorite UK Dub unit. I've shared them here before & will probably continue to share them here as long as I can carry on with this mess. 

 

For the next couple shares I will be emptying out the Overflow of all things Disciple. First the duo from their beginnings, then Russ D. on his own, then as they team up with others. 

Briefly, the Disciples were brothers Lol & Russel Bell-Brown. They were the musicians for early great Jah Shaka productions, started the Boom Shacka Lacka label / Sound System, the Backyard Movements label. At some point in their journey, Lol left the music game but Russ D has kept the fires burning to this day, still manning the Backyard Movements & releasing Disciples material.

Here's one of the greatest Dub albums in the Dub Universe... 

 

 

The Disciples - Hail H.I.M. in Dub, Roots Records RRCD014, 1995.
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Dub Out Iniquity
Jah Man Dub
Africa Call Dub
Only Jah Worthy Dub
Gather Dub Children
Hail HIM in Dub
Dub Babylon System
Give Jah Praise Dub
Raised in Dub
Jah no Partial Dub
Iniquity Dub
Gather Jah Children in Accapella
Don't Ever Think It Dub

 

 

 

 

The Disciples - Resonations, Cloak & Dagger Records nlx064cd, 1995.

Eastern Fire    
Wild Fire    
From Genesis to Revelation    
Root of Creation    
Mabrak    
Thunder & Lightning    
Fire Burn    
Faithful Man    
Inner Spirit    
Iyaman Say    
After the Battle    
Tribute to the Don    
Salute to the Brave

 

 

 

 

The Disciples - The Infinite Density of Dub, Dubhead DBND004CD, 1997.

Higher Dimensions    
Astral Flame    
False Distintions    
Realm of Symbols    
Ritual Drum    
Absolute Motion    
Temporal Chains    
Beneath Time    
Celestial Dub    
Paradoxical Dub    
Dub Realms    
Oscillating Curve    
Celestial Horizons    
Substratum Dub    
Natural Selection

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

In the Salon of Dub

I onced belonged to a short-lived (not my chosing) private blog that shared all things reggae & related. I shared some Dubsalon there but enjoyed it personally so much that I gathered up a goodly amount, which then just ended up in Overflow. 

 

Dubsalon is an outernational music maker & sound designer from La Fortuna, Argentina who strives to move outward beyond national borders, envisioning a world connected through shared human experience, kinda like NSS is an outernational blog trying to share music beyond geographic or genre limitations. He is a musickal space traveler specializing in psychedelic Dub.

I first listened to Ancient Tongues when I was sharing it on Rebel Roots. I then expanded my Dubsalon library as I enjoyed more & more...

Here's Dubsalon's very first LP from 2011... 

 

Dubsalon - Durban Chamber, iD.EOLOGY iD.068, 2011.
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In a Dream    
Shifting Mood    
Green Dub    
Twisted Dub    
Sound Clash    
Awka    
4 am
From the Sea

 

 

 

 

If you aren't familiar or would like a suggestion for a jumping in point, might I suggest Morphic Resonance. By the time you finish this short four-track EP, I believe you will be thoroughly enthralled. 

 

 

Dubsalon - Morphic Resonance EP, Nutek Chill NUCH005, 2013.

Dwapara Drone    
Rootical One    
Shanti River    
Timeless

 

 

 

 

Dubsalon - Softcore Dreams EP, Eardream Music, 2014. 

Indigo    
Binaural    
Entangled (redubbed)    
Where U Going

 

 

 

 

On this, his second full-length release, Dubsalon has perfected his psychDub downtempo style. As he sez:
       "Space travellers, enjoy the trip." 

Ancient Tongues is the first Dubsalon I discovered & I soon shared it on Rebel Roots. I then expanded my Dubsalon library as I enjoyed more & more, but I go back to this one most often... 

 

Dubsalon - Ancient Tongues, Nutek Chill NUCH024, 2017.

Embrace     
Soft Cell     
Hexagram    
Collective Memories    
Altered Reality    
Beyond the Seen     
Ancient Tounges    
Timeless (Squazoid remix)
Skunked    
Psychilled    
Come & Ride (Trancient Dreams remix)

 

 

 

 

For this one, Dubsalon sez:
       "For those in search of the truth..."

Dubsalon - Riverside Tales, Dubsalon self-released, 2018.

Dub Baba    
5​.​13 AM (version)    
Within    
Moment    
Shanti River in Dub    
One & Many    
Holy Cricket from the Void    
Numbers    
Glimpse    
Much More than This

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

Wobbling Along Adjacent to Dub

Weaving in & out through this twisted tale that is the influences of Don Letts is bassist Jah Wobble. Letts became familiar with the Public Image Limted trio of Lydon, Wobble, & Levene when he was making videos for the band. This led directly to the Steel Leg vs the Electric Dread I shared last time.

Jah Wobble

Jah Wobble's heavy basslines have been for the most part quite Dub adjacent. PIL, Invaders of the Heart, much of his collaborations, & solo work have aligned him with another great bassist Robbie Shakespeare, reggae at the core but vesatile & varied in his abilities.

Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart was formed in 1982. The original line-up was Ollie Marland on keys (who went on to become Tina Turner's musical director), Annie Whitehead on trombone, Neville Murray on percussion & a musician named only Cliff on drums. By 1983 Lee Partis was the drummer. Trumpeter Harry Beckett & pedal steel player B. J. Cole regularly performed with the group. Wobble was always a hard-drinking, brawling ham-fisted bloke, but by 1985 his drinking & drunken brawls were having pronounced negative effect on his life. In October 1986, halfway through the recording of his solo album Psalms, Wobble stopped drinking. From then through to the present day he has remained 'clean and sober'.

For several years Wobble stepped back from the music world, but due to the repeated prompting of his friend & former bandmate, percussionist Neville Murray, Wobble reformed The Invaders of the Heart in 1987.  By the time of their first release (Without Judgement) the band consisted of Wobble - bass, synth bass, vocals, percussion; David Harrow = keyboards, vocals, percussion; & Justin Adams = guitar, vocals, percussion. They are still active (with varying line-up) having released Ocean Blue Waves in 2019.

Jah Wobble & Temple of Sound

In 2002 Wobble teamed up with Temple of Sound. Temple of Sound are an internationally established production & performance duo at the forefront of the dance, Dub, & world music fields. The duo is comprised of Neil Sparkes - vocalist, percussionist, programmer, poet, painter; & Count Dubulah - guitarist , bass player, programmer, editor. Together Sparkes & Dubulah helped create the style of global dance groove mash up. Sparkes & Dubulah expanded their dance scene style into Transglobal Underground. Natacha Atlas provides vocals on numerous tracks for the following.

 

 

Jah Wobble & Temple of Sound - Shout at the Devil, 30 Hertz Records 30HZCD17, 2002.
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Hayati
Moutains of the Moon
Cleopatra King Size
Zaardub
Shout at the Devil
Once Upon a Time in the East
Maghreb Rockers
La Citadelle
Symphony of Palms
Mistralazul 2

 

 

 

 

Jah Wobble with the English Roots Band

Hooking up with the English Roots Band, Wobble released this back to basics CD. Wobble lays down some Dub bass-laden heavy folk roots stylings, offering up a great version of Dawn Penn's classic "No, No, No". The whole thing was mixed by Mick Routledge. 

 

Jah Wobble & the English Roots Band - self-titled, 30 Hertz Recrds 30HZCD28, 2006.

One Day
No No No
Ploughboy's Dream
Visions of You
Blacksmiths Song
Rocky Road to Dublin
And There was the Sea
Byker Hill
My Love's in Germany
Full Steam

 

 

 

 

Jah Wobble with Keith Levene 

 

 

At an impromptu appearance at the Musicport Festival in Bridlington Spa on October 24, 2010, where Wobble was joined by vocalist "Johnny Rotter" of the Sex Pistols Experience, Wobble renewed his association with former PiL guitarist Keith Levene.

In 2012 Wobble teamed up once more with his longtime PIL bandmate Levene to release the following (& it ends with Dub)... 

 

 

Jah Wobble & Keith Lavene - Yin & Yang, Cherry Red CDBRED540, 2012.

Yin & Yang
Strut
Jags & Staffs
Mississippi
Within You Without You
Back on the Block
Fluid
Vampires
Understand
Understand Dub

 

 

  

Enjoy,
NØ

Donovan

 The Electric Dread

 This one is a direct off-shoot of this month's opener. With it we will follow some of the wandering connections of one musical genius...Donovan Letts.

Don Letts (born January 10, 1956) is a British film director, DJ, & musician. In 1975, he ran the London clothing store Acme Attractions, selling, as he sez:
      "electric-blue zoot suits and jukeboxes, and pumping Dub reggae all day long". 

Seeing the crowd at Acme, promoter Andy Czezowski started up the Roxy, a fashionable nightclub in Covent Garden during the original outbreak of punk in England, so that people could go from the Acme store & have some place to party. As most bands of that era had yet to be recorded, there were limited punk rock records to be played. Instead, now Roxy DJ Letts included many Dub & reggae records in his sets. He is most commonly credited with introducing those sounds to the London punk scene, influencing the Clash & other bands. 

 

Letts quit the retail business to manage the band the Slits. He managed to get the Slits an opening spot for the Clash during their White Riot tour. Don didn't really feel cut out for the management gig but his involvement with the Clash grew as he became the videographer for the band, directing several of their music videos.

In 1978, Letts recorded an EP, Steel Leg v the Electric Dread, with Keith Levene, Jah Wobble, & Steel Leg. 

Steel Leg vs the Electric Dread

Steel Leg was a one off project of Jah Wobble / Keith Levene featuring Don Letts & Wobble's mate Vince Bracken on vocals. Desribed as being the missing link between PIL's First Issue & Metal Box releases.

On Steel Leg vs the Electric Dread: Vince Bracken - vocals; Don Letts - vocals; Jah Wobble - bass, synthisizer, & vocals; & Stratetime Keith (Levene) - guitar & drums.

 

 

Don Letts, Stratetime Keith, Steel Leg, Jah Wobble – Steel Leg V The Electric Dread 45rpm,
Virgin VS23912, 1978.
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Side One -        
Steel Leg    
Stratetime & the Wide Man    
Side Two -
Haile Unlikely by the Electric Dread    
Unlikely Pub

 

 

Big Audio Dynamite

In 1984, Letts co-founded the band Big Audio Dynamite with former Clash lead guitarist & co-lead vocalist Mick Jones, acting as the band's sampler as well as videographer.

After leaving the Clash in 1983, Mick Jones formed a new band called Top Risk Action Company (T.R.A.C.). He recruited bassist Leo "E-Zee Kill" Williams, saxophonist John "Boy" Lennard (from post-punk band Theatre of Hate), & former Clash drummer Topper Headon. Although the band was short-lived & only demos of their material exist, which I shared here, the band led directly to Big Audio Dynamite.

  

Jones then formed Big Audio Dynamite with film director Don Letts (maker of 1978 film The Punk Rock Movie, various Clash music videos, & later the Clash documentary Westway to the World in 2000), bassist Leo Williams (from T.R.A.C.), drummer Greg Roberts, & keyboardist Dan Donovan.

In 1989, BAD released Megatop Phoenix, the original line-ups last full-length...

 

 

Big Audio Dynamite - Megatop Phoenix, Columbia CK45212, 1989.

Start / Rewind    
All Mink & No Manners    
Union, Jack    
Contact    
Dragon Town    
Baby, Don't Apologise    
Is Yours Working Yet?    
Around the Girl in 80 Ways    
James Brown    
Everybody Needs a Holiday    
Mick's a Hippie Burning    
House Arrest    
The Green Lady    
London Bridge    
Stalag 1 2 3    
End

 

 

Screaming Target

In 1990, the original B.A.D. line-up wrote & recorded the song "Free" for the soundtrack to the adventure comedy film Flashback, starring Dennis Hopper & Kiefer Sutherland. This would be the final song written with the original line-up, as the band broke up shortly after.

In 1990 Letts formed Screaming Target

Screaming Target was formed as the first iteration of the Big Audio Dynamite split in 1990. The former B.A.D. band members Don Letts, Greg Roberts, Leo Williams, & Lynette Brathwaite formed Screaming Target (the name taken from Big Youth).

The following aired on Mark Goodier's August 5, 1991 BBC radio show, recorded earlier, July 27... 

Screaming Target - Mark Goodier Session, July 27, 1991, BBC Radio, 1991.

Who Killed King Tubby
Fallout
This Town
Bedazzled 

 

 

Dreadzone

Screaming Target only released one album & three singles before the band split in 1992, as Greg Roberts & Leo Williams left for Dreadzone. 

Greg Roberts teamed up with Julian Cope's sound engineer Tim Brian & formed Dreadzone. The name was the idea of none other than Don Letts. Ex-BAD members bassist Leo Williams & keyboardist Dan Donovan soon joined the band. In the early days, Alison Goldfrapp was one of the bands vocalists,  By 1995, Earl Sixteen had joined the band as vocalist. 

 

Dreadzone - Second Light, Virgin CDV2778, 1995.

Life, Love, & Unity
Little Britain
A Canterbury Tale
Captain Dread
Cave of Angels    
Zion Youth
One Way    
Shining Path    
Out of Heaven

 

 

More tomorrow, still on the Trail,
NØ

Overflow Dub & Dub Adjacent

For the month of February all the music from the Overflow folder will be Dub & Dub adjacent. Doing Dubtembers & all the other various Dub & Dub related shares, I have accrued a stack of material in the Dub & Dub adjacent section of Overflow. It's been since last September that I really focused on Dub, so it's about time. 

 

Last Dubtember was Echo Beach month. That's when this first one ended up in the Overflow. It was released the 12th of Dubtember & I had already planned the rest of the month's shares. A great one from one of the Originators...Sir Don Letts. This one is an expanded 24-track version (the original weighed in at 17 tracks). 

 

Don Letts, the Rebel Dread - @ Echo Beach expanded,
Echo Beach 223, 2025.
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Dubinator (Jam Hot version) - Dubinator
Echo Beach (Lee Groves extented remix) - Martha & the Muffins, Lee Groves
I Believe in Miracles (Gaudi remix) - dubmones, Earl 16, Oku Onuora, Gaudi
Evil Burma Dub - Don Letts, Dubblestandart
Running up that Hill - DubXanne, Guido Craveiro, Claire Parsons
Time is Tight (Dub edit) - Dub Stax, Markus Dassmann
One People (Dub Cartel version) - Don Letts
Blue Moon (Dub edit) - AaRON, Bernd Breitbach
Holding You Close Dub - Dubblestandart, Marcia Griffiths, RSD aka Rob Smith
Fade to Grey - DubXanne, Guido Craveiro, Toogah
Blood & Fire Megamix - Fila Brazillia
Island Girl (Robo Bass Hifi Defending Rights & Justice version) - Lee Scratch Perry, Ari Up, Dubblestandard, Robo Bass HIFI
Bushmaster (Paolo Baldini DubFiles remix) - Noiseshaper, Paolo Baldini DubFiles
The Robots Dub - Kid Loco, Soul Sugar
Baby I Love You So Dub - RSD aka Rob Smith, Ammoye
Guns oF Brixton (Manasseh Dub version) - Dub Spencer & Trance Hill, Nick Manasseh
Space Oddity - Dubby Stardust, James Riley
Mach Dich Grade Dub - Rockers to Rockers, TC Sunshine
Johnny & Mary (radio edit) - RE-201, Peter Heppner, Doug Wimbish, Mika Bajinsky, Dubvisionist
In the Right Way (Dreadzone vs. King Tubby Dub) - King Tubby, Dreadzone
Message in a Bottle (RSD short edit) - DubXanne, Earl 16, Rob Smith
Bobby Rob (King Mango version) - Dubinator
The Third Man (radio cut) - Dubblestandart, Ale X
M.P.L.A. Dub (Subsonic Legacy version) - Danny Briottet

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

Slipping a Little More Tongue

As a prelude to the Overflow February's Dub & Dub Adjacent shares, I'm slipping you all a bit more Holy Tongue. On this one they teamed up with Berlin-based British Dub techno producer Sam Shackleton. 

The union came about after they all shared a festival lineup in Sweden. Holy Tongue, the trio of Valentina Magaletti, Al Wootton, & Susumu Mukai had initially wanted Shackleton to remix one of their existing tracks, but they ultimately settled on working on a whole new project. & what a project it proved to be. Shackleton's usual elegant signature sounds are all still here, the hurky-jerky tape stops, spiralling tubullar bells, Sound System bass heaviness, but never once overwhelming Holy Tongue's core energy. 

 

Holy Tongue meets Shackleton - The Tumbling Psychic Joy of Now,
AD 93 WHYT080, 2024.
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Side A -
Ancient Model
Blessed & Bewildered
The Fruit of the Fall

Side B -
The Other Side of the Bridge
The Merciful Lake
Gravity Will Fail Us

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ