Making Conscious Sounds

 

Dougie Wardrop started his career in music production while running Dub Shack Records at Camden lock market. Inspired by early digital steppers such as Dread 'n' Fred & Manasseh, his first mix was the instrumental "Stepping Time" recorded on 4-track at Nick Manasseh's house. It was released under the name Centry in September 90 & became the launch of his imprint Conscious Sounds. 

Here's a two volume four CD overview of Conscious Sounds sounds, starting with Dougie's first ever...

Various - Conscious Sounds - From Beginning to End Volumes 1 2xCD,
Dubhead DBHD011CD, 1999.
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CD1 -
Stepping Time    
Stepping Time (Dub) - Centry
Can't Touch Jah with Tena Stelin    
Can't Touch Jah (Dub) - Centry
Original Formula with Danny Red    
Original Formula (Dub) - Centry    
Jah Bible with Barry Isaacs    
Jah Bible (Bible Dub) - Centry
Long, Long Time with King General    
Long, Long Time (Dub) - Centry    
Barefoot in the Dessert - The Music Family    
Barefoot in the Dessert (Manic Dub) - Bush Chemists

CD2 -
Zion Garden    
Zion Garden (Dub) - Centry    
Last Call - Centry meets Manasseh    
Last Call (Dub) - Manasseh    
Release the Chains with the Music Family    
Release the Chains (Dub) - Centry    
Gunman with King General
Gunman (Dub) - Bush Chemists    
Conscious Ites 3 with King General    
Conscious Ites 3 (CZ3000 Dub) - Bush Chemists    
The Fittest with Culture Freeman    
The Fittest (Dub) - Bush Chemists 

 

 

 

All tracks on these next two CDs are the Bush Chemist. It is noted if they teamed up with other artists.

Various - Conscious Sounds - From Beginning to End Volumes 2 2xCD,
Dubhead DBHD016CD, 1999.

CD 1 -
Earth Rocker    
Rocker Dub    
Some People with King General    
People Dub    
Expliotation with Ras-I    
Exploitation Dub    
Bad Boys with Ras-I    
Bad Boys Dub    
Money Run Tings with King General    
Money Run Tings Dub    
Dread ina Babylon with Culture Freeman
Dread ina Babylon Dub    

CD2 -
Joker Smoker with King General
Joker Smoker Dub    
Haste Make Waste with Hughie Izachaar (previously unreleased)
Haste Make Waste Dub (previously unreleased)
Man a Lion with Tena Stelin
Man a Lion Dub
Golden Age with Tena Stelin
Golden Age Dub
Subliminal Messages with Tena Stelin
Subliminal Messages Dub    
Evil Doer Retire with Talawa    
Evil Doer Retire Dub

 

 

 

 

& a great one from Conscious Sounds head man Dougie Wardrop's Bush Chemists wth Culture Freeman. Culture Freeman is well known for his work with the Bush Chemists. He also works as an MC with Jah Warrior Sound System.

 

 

Culture Freeman & the Bush Chemists - Conqueror, Dubhead DBHD009CD, 1998.

Pressure
Version
Conqueror
Version
Easy Squeeze
Version
Armagideon
Version
Red a Fire
Version
Rasta International
Version
Dread in a Babylon
Version
The Fittest
Version

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

Conscious Vibronics

While I was compling the month long Sound Systember, I gathered up way more than I had time to share. Several offerings from both Vibronics & Dougie Wardrop's Conscious Sounds ended up in the Overflow. Let's take on a few of those now. 

 

Steve 'Splitz' Vibronics & Richi Rootz put together Vibronics in 1995. They were key players in the 07 Egg Experience show & soon signed to Zion Train's Universal Egg label.

Performers on this one are: Boney L; Frankie Binns; Madu; Mark Iration; Richi Rootz; Stevie Splitz; Vitamin M; & Wayne McArthur. 

 

Vibronics - Dubliftment, Universal Egg WWCD037, 2004.
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Only One Dub    
Mount Zion-I    
Dub Forever    
Deep Root Dub    
Red, Gold, & Green    
Highland Dub    
Dub Herbs    
Volcano    
East End Dub    
Dub Struggle    
Sound Minded    
Dinosaur

 

 

 

Here's a Dubplate series that missed the cut on Sound Systember's Indica Dubs share Principles of Dubplate series. All the 10" mixes are different from the LP mixes; produced together by Vibronics & Indica Dubs, half of the tracks mixed at the Indica Dubs studio, the other half mixed at Vibronics' The Dub Cupboard studio.

 

 

Indica Dubs meets Vibronics - Principles of Dubplate Series, Vibronics self-released, 2021.

Jah is Here (deluxe version) featuring Shiva
Dub is Here
Dub Stream (deluxe version) featuring Vanya O
Rising Dub
Be Yourself featuring Danny Red
Truthful Dub    
Hunted (deluxe version)
Shadow Dub
Messenger of Peace featuring the Splitz Horns
Messengers of Dub
Icons (deluxe version)
Icons Dubplate mix

 

 

 

& this is a great set of Vibronic/Conscious Sounds Dub clash covering fifty years of Dub.

 

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Vibronics meets Conscious Sounds - Half Century Dub (Five Decades in the Mix),
Scoop SCOOP056CD, 2017.

Vibronics – Dub Jahovia (1970s)
Conscious Sounds – Leave ya Dub (1970s)
Vibronics – Try a Dub (1980s)
Conscious Sounds – Dub Somebody (1980s)
Vibronics – Long Time Dub (1990s)
Conscious Sounds – Jah Light Jah Dub (1990s)
Vibronics – Babylon Dub Down (2000s)
Conscious Sounds – China Dub (2000s)
Vibronics – Blaze a Fire Dub (2010s)
Conscious Sounds – Hail up Dub (2010s)

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ