Black Foundation Dub - Augustus Clarke

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

...and nice neighbours). There are only really a handful of dub reggae artists from the 70’s, but between them they have produced a lot of material. The 21 tracks here, recorded at Randy’s, Black Ark, Harry J’s, Channel One and King Tubby’s studios are simply a taster of the total. Sadly Augustus Pablo (Horace Swaby) died in 1999 at only 46 from the nerve disorder ‘Myasthenia Gravis’ but left a whole discography behind for us to enjoy. The album features a whole host of bass players and drummers. On lead guitar is Earl ‘Chinna’ Smith and on rhythm guitar are Fazal Predergrass, Tommy McCook, Marquis, Bobby Ellis and Vincent Gordon. The saxophone is played by Richard ‘Dirty Harry’ Hall and Everton DaSilva is on percussions. For a good comparison check out King Tubby, Lee Perry or Scientist. The first two of which have also contributed to this... Read review

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...". The techno beat is quick and unrelenting with the typical techno hi-hat noise. Dave Clarke is well reknowned for his real jack-hammer, blasting style and this song sums it up. This is one that again wouldn't be out of place in a club; the MC on this track does a great job and his hiphop style makes this track diverse. An immense piece of music from start to finish. "Dirtbox" is quite an experimental track, the beats are dubbed at start but then it blends into a techno style. This song has a real mix of everything from hints of tribal drums and sample of old vocals that blast out of the speaker shouting "wow". The rock edge comes out ever so slightly with the slightest airing of a guitar rift before descending into pure tribal madness at the end. "Disgraceland" picks up the earlier vibe of "What Was Her Name?" and Chicks on Speed at that real... Read review

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...Asian Dub Foundation are a band that makes you sit up take notice. They blend a mixture of Asian sounds with punk, rap, metal, dance and jungle to produce something quite unprecedented. When this album was released it won awards due to its originality and all out energy. Rolling bass lines, upbeat politcal lyrical onslaught, soaring guitars and insane drums mesh like never before. All 12 songs on this album have great meaning to the band who are all of Asian decent. They hit topics like police corruption, wrongful imprisonment and governmental issues with great anger and feeling. The album opens with Naxalite. The guitar starts us off with a great riff waiting for the rest of the band to oblige. And they certainly do. An up tempo track about an uprising of peasants in the 1960s. Next is Buzzin. Probably my favourite song... Read review

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