29 March 2023

Let's Do the Time Warp Again

This release is the result of Island Records finally reissuing Sly & Robbie's long out-of-print Raiders of the Lost Dub. To celebrate the occassion in the proper manner, they added another album's worth of "New School" Dub from the likes of Mad Professor, Jah Shaka, Dub Syndicate, Alpha & Omega.

The old school Dub such as Sly & Robbie's dubbed-up versions of Balck Uhuru & the Viceroys riddims seem equally matched to material such as Alpha & Omega's "One Prayer" & "Rastafari" or Dub Syndicate's "What Happened?".  It is a masterful juxtaposition between old-school rhythms & new-school technology. This is a listener's handbook on the essential of Dub old & new. 

 

Various - Time Warp Dub Clash - Old School Vs. New School, Island Jamaica 162-539 954-2, 1993.
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Old School (Raiders of the Lost Dub, Sly & Robbie, 1981) -

Indiana James (Man Next Door riddim) - The Paragons
Whip that Tarantula (Moulding riddim) - Ijahman
The Monkey is a Spy (Sensemilla riddim) - Black Uhuru
Pit of Snakes (Social Living riddim) - Burning Spear
Well of Souls (Feel the Spirit riddim) - Wailing Souls
The Dub of Gold (Heart Made of Stone riddim) - The Viceroys
Who's in the Tomb (Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner riddim) - Black Uhuru
Convoy Hijack (Sponji Reggae riddim) - Black Uhuru
Bazooka Blast (Fort Augustus riddim) - Junior Delgado
Fire & Brimstone (Journey riddim) - Black Uhuru

New School (compiled by Don Letts) -

Dub So Hard - Mad Professor
Absentee - Manasseh
Smiling Dub - Jah Shaka
One Prayer - Alpha & Omega
Zulu Warrior - Mixman
Kumbia Dub - Jah Shaka
Warrior Dance - Mixman
Rastafari - Alpha & Omega
What Happened ? - Dub Syndicate

Praise Jah,

9 comments:

  1. cSnvwgpR0G8Faz3EByqVLcfh8L9D9wPodtPMNnMeh5M

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  2. This looks very promising, Going for it.
    Thanks good man...
    Diego

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  3. I don't know how is this possible but yesterday I was checking jah shaka's discography https://shaka.reggaeclub.org/albums.html and I found a compilation from 93 with a Jah Shaka track included. Well today here it is....synchronicity at it's best!!!!Thank you NØ!!!! Jah Bless!!

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    1. It is truly difficult to escape the clutches of the old quantum entanglement. You were checking it out so of course I had to post it.

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  4. Figured I'd get some comments if I posted up some tastee Dubwise. This one's a gooder.

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  5. The Manasseh track is a tripper.

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    1. I loves me my Manasseh. I've post other of his music here. Manasseh meets the Equalizer,...presents Spectre, Dub Plate Style 1990-1999 Vol. 1 & 2. Check search box top left or archive list to the right under Manasseh if you have a yearning for more. Always tastee!

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