Dubtember 18

Newcomer to NSS today is Version Big-Fi. 

 

From their bandcamp page:
     "Version Big-Fi bring wired-up punk energy, super heavy reggae grooves and booming dub echoes to the forefront, as well as taking in influences as diverse and eclectic as King Tubby, The Clash, Massive Attack, Dreadzone, Joe Gibbs, Suicide, Scientist, Death In Vegas, The Specials, John Barry & Pop Will Eat Itself they have a foot firmly implanted in the 21st Century taking Dub forwards and upwards."

Here's a compilation of tracks I've accumulated over time. Its for Nothin' (Dub)... 

 

Version Big-Fi - Latest, NØ Comp., 2023.
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Nothing Dub
Revolution
Probably a Robbery Dub
Shine
Mash-up Me Sensi
Maxi Tempo
Up Town Top Boxing
Feel Like Jumping
No Salvation Until
Mashed Up Nation
Walk & Skank
I Know
Guns of Kingston
Boom Boom
Blue Monday
Nuff Buggeration

 

 

 

 

Dubly Beloved Dub dentist Keith Hudson originally recorded this one in 1984 (shortly before his death) with some gateway Dub mixed by Jammy. 

 

 UPDATE: Frenz of NSS Groovenor left a comment letting me know that the last track on the Keith Hudson Jammys Dub Encounter "Rites of Version" was foreshortened. He was kind enogh to share a link to a complete version that also contained Tuff Gong Encounter. I have swapped out my damaged version for his new share. Thanks from all, Groovenor.

 

 

Keith Hudson - Tuff Gong Encounter, VP Records VPCD2527, 2015.

Tuff Gong Encounter -   
I Know My Rights
White Africa
Run, Run, Run
Rebel Rasta
Starlight
I Know My Rights (Version 2)
       
Jammys Dub Encounter -   
Rites of Dub
Dub Africa
Run the Version
Rasta Dub
Star Dub
Rites of Version

Dub Onward,
NØ

Diving into the K-Hole

 

Back in August 2015 I started working on things I had stashed in a folder marked "Musick that Needs Work". Needing work meant anything from cleaning up the sound to fixing the tags to getting the art work, whatever. I made it as far as letter J on May 11, 2018.

 

Finally looked under K & whoda thunk it???, here in the middle ground, under the unassuming letter K a plethora of releases needing my attention. One of these cropped up in this folder after this project began but I’m adding it in cuz it's great.  Fixed as well as I can. Let's start with one of my favorite Dubsters... 

 

Keith Hudson / Third World Product - Rebel Dub, Third World TWLP 106, 1976.
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Side One -
Third World Rocker Dub
Rootes Man Dub
Vibration Dub
Midnight Dub
Callie Rocker Dub

Side Two -
Rocker Dub
North (St.) Rocker
Dread in the West Dub
High (Rd.) Rocker Dub
Congo Dub 

 

Another favorite around these parts...

Kendra Smith - Five Ways of Disappearing, 4AD 9 45853-2, 1995.

Aurelia
Bohemian Zebulon
Temporarily Lucy
In Your Head
Space Unadorned
Maggots
Drunken Boat
Interlude / Dirigible
Valley of the Morning Sun
Judge Not
Get There
Interlude / Saturn
Bold Marauder 

 

 

Kalahari Surfers - Living in the Heart of the Beast, Recommended Records RR C24, 1985.

Side I -
Dance of the Young Fascists
   a. Grensvegter
   b. The Branch
   c. Hoërskool Grenswag
   d. Singing in the Rain
Europeans
Safety Seat
1999
Side II -
Township Beat
Zola & the Budget
Song for Magnus
Reasonable Men
Play it Backwards
The Voice of Rage & Ruin

 

 

A self-released rarity from this San Francisco band... 

 

 

Kill the Messenger - Detail, Suede Brain Operations KTM 170562, 1987.

Side A -
One Night
This is America
Boy Anymore
I Don’t Know
Bhopal
Side B -
Whisper
I Want to Come Back
Eliminate Coercion / Sucked Down the Tunnel
DNA 

 

 

A recent addition that needed repair, a great Euro-psyche space rock sound from Stockholm...

Kungens Män – Bränna Tid, Auricle AMCDR 236, 2017.

K-rauta
Ring Så Spelar Vi
Third War Three

 

 

Kabanjak - Dub to Go 12" EP, Switchstance Recordings SR12 013, 2010.

Side A -
Dub to Go
Wishcraft
Side B -
Dub to Go (Ancient Astronauts remix)
Ketama Dub

 

 

 

 

Japanese version of this release with four bonus tracks... 

 

 

 

Klaxons - Love Frequency, Sony Records Int’l SICP-4142, 2014.

A New Reality
There is No Other Time
Show Me a Miracle
Out of the Dark
Children of the Sun
Invisible Forces
Rhythm of Life
Liquid Light
The Dreamers
Atom to Atom
Love Frequency
bonus tracks-
Love Frequency (Tom Rowlands remix)
Show Me a Miracle (produced by Redlight)
Everywhere My Heart Goes
The Big Squeeze

Enjoy, m’K
NØ

The Dub Dentist

A while back I served up Keith Hudson’s Brand. At the time I was showcasing some early Pressure Sounds releases that are no longer available. That post was one of the most popular at the time.

Brand is in fact the second act of the trifecta of innovate dub albums that began with the classic Pick A Dub & ended with Nuh Skin Up.

The first third of the set, Pick A Dub, is one of the earliest dub albums to ever be released, way back in 1974. It features Hudson’s ultra-heavy bass & drum style propelled by Carlton & Aston Barrett. It showcases remixes of earlier reggae material with echoing vocals including Hudson, Horace Andy, & Big Youth to underscore the intense percussive rhythm. More than 40 years after the record's original release the raw edge of experimentation still pours forth.

Keith Hudson & Family Man - Pick A Dub, Mamba MAM003, 1974.

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Side A –

Pick A Dub
Black Heart
Michael Talbot Affair
Don't Move
Blood Brother
Dreaded Than

Side B –

In the Rain
Part 1-2 Dub Wise
Black Right
Satia
I'm All Right
Depth Charge

The Soul Syndicate is the backing band (Earl 'Chinna' Smith – guitar, Augustus Pablo – melodica, Aston Barrett – bass, & Carlton Barrett – drums). Recorded & mixed at Harry J’s Recording Studio in Kingston, Jamaica by Keith Hudson & Aston Barrett.

The third act, Nuh Skin Up, has been largely eclipsed by the first two, but in my opinion, this is the crowning gem of the three, so strongly & creatively inspired. This album collects another set of tracks recorded with the legendary Soul Syndicate band as well as, according to the interview with Hudson’s close associate Junior Walker: ''a white reggae group from Baltimore playing on "Ire Ire" & "Troubles" (most likely also on "No Commitment"). The tracks that feature the Soul Syndicate band probably came from the same sessions that make up Brand, which were mixed at King Tubby's.

Keith Hudson – Nuh Skin Up (Dub), Joint International GT006, 1979.

Side 1 –

Even Those Dreadful Words

Nuh Skin Up

Mercy

Bad Things

Side 2 –

Keeping Us Together

Ire Ire

Desiree

Troubles

No Commitment

Reespek,

NØ

I'm Feeling More Pressure

Keith Hudson – Brand, Pressure Sounds CDPS004, 1995.
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Tracklist –

Image Dub

National Anthem Dub 2

Felt the Stain Dub

Darkness Dub

Highter Hights Dub 2

Leggo Dub

Musicology Dub

My Eyes are Red Dub

Barrabas Dub

Rub Dub

Words Dub

Bad Things Dub

My Eyes are Red (alternate version)

Felt the Stain (alternate version)

This sucka boasts a cast of All Star characters:  Keith Hudson - keyboards & rhythm guitar ;  Earl "Chinna" Smith - lead & rhythm guitar;  Bertram "Ranchie" Mc Clean, Gitsie, & Tony Chin - rhythm guitar;  Willy Barrett - Hawaiian guitar; Errol "Tarzan" Nelson, Keith Sterling, Ossie Hibbert, & Theophilus "Easy Snappin" Beckford - keyboards;  Ken Elliott - synthesizer;  Aston "Family Man" Barrett, Bertram "Ranchie" Mc Clean, George "Fully" Fullwood, Robbie Shakespeare - bass;  Tony Brothers – percussion; &  Carlton "Carly" Barrett, Eric "Fish" Clarke, & Lowell "Sly" Dunbar – drum.

Enjoy,
NØ