Acres Of Space - Dub Syndicate

Advantages: Good music to relax to and appreciate as well as dance to.
Disadvantages: none

...This music and album is one to appreciate. Salmonella Dub hails from Kaikoura, New Zealand and were formed in 1994. One Drop East is Salmonella Dub's second major album released in New Zealand in 2004. This albums shows that the bands dub music has matured since their first album Killervision was released in 1999, which was released to critical acclaim. Tracks such as 'Nu Steppa', 'Pure', 'Simmer Down', 'Octopus' and 'Bubble' have made me forget the world and go into my own world. If you like dub music and want to chill out buy it. The album displays influences quintessential to the new wave of New Zealand, which was first displayed in Killervision in 1999 and has been improved upon... Read review

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Advantages: peacefull
Disadvantages: short

...Absolute Classic. the dub connection from dc by earl morgan some new techinques used here, diverse production skills and crazy off beat effects bring the true elements of dub out of the woodworks! The way the album progress's realy brings out some true roots elements and manifests into a dreamwork of an album, i could go technical into how its produced, but i want the music to speak for it itself its very well produced and diserves the up most respect. this is definetly one for the summer vibe, with the top down shirt off and the shades on with a pina colada relaxing in the sun haha or whatever you like to do to relax and enjoy the good time you may have... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Fantastic bassline. Original sounds. Good chioce of tracks.
Disadvantages: It's music designed for sound systems. Sound quality suffers.

...’ - another Augustus Pablo experiment gone right. Personally I really enjoy all the tracks on the album, but perhaps putting the dub version as well as the original version for a few tracks is unnecessary as it takes up the valuable space on this compilation CD. Because of the age of the tracks, the sound quality would only be getting half marks, but it’s hardly bad and adds to the atmosphere. I don’t think sound quality is a worthy basis to judge this album on. A little bit of hiss in the background is no bother. All tracks are in stereo. Perhaps because it is seen as a ‘spin off’ from traditional roots reggae, dub is not as popular as it really should be. The genre is limited possibly by the fact that it sounds far, far better when played on a sound system that no I-Pod or home stereo can ever match (unless you got a lot of money... Read review

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