King
Tubby the Dubwize Originator at his best!
Blood and fire did it again when they
decided to make a collection of the hardest
riddims laid down by the Soul Syndicate for
Freedom Sounds Productions. I have heard a
lot of King Tubby mixes in my life, but this
collection definitely strike the top! Great
singers give acte d' presence: Prince Alla,
Rod Taylor, Earl Zero and many more. Tubby
knows so good how and where to drop in the
vocals and the instruments, and how to mix
the drums. All the tracks in this CD read
like a lesson in dub for me, as a creator of
dub music in this 21st century.
According to the liner notes that come
with the CD, the studio in which these
tracks were made, was located at the border
between two political gangs who shot at each
other. The artists involved in this music
had to hide for the bullets at King Tubby's
a lot of times. Sufferer's Music avant la
lettre.
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