I keep being somewhat flabbergasted ever time that the day's Newcomer is someone Old Skool, like Mighty Diamonds are today. Then I kinda get it. A lot of these artists are basically Reggae artists & that's not really an area of expertise to me. But so many great Reggae artists ended up with at least something that they called Dub.
Mighty Diamonds vocal trio formed in 1969 in the Trenchtown area of Kingston, JA. The group consisted of lead vocalist Donald "Tabby" Shaw along with two of his school chums, harmony vocalists Fitzroy "Bunny" Simpson & Lloyd "Judge" Ferguson. Their smooth harmonies & choreographed stage show were inspired by Motown vocal groups of the 1960s,
You might wonder, like some did when I shared LKJ in Dub, what is the point of Dub versions of vocal or lyric dominated tunes. In my ignorance of many things Reggae, I have probably missed a great deal of fantastic music. But I dig deep into Dub & when I come across an album like Deeper Roots Dub, it enables me to hear these great songs, yes, sans words, yet...
The greatness of the tunes should never be diminished by the Dub. As I sez in the past: "Dub has the ability to tranlate all the meaning of the songs into sounds that tap the heart of our unity."
Give this a listen, I think you'll get what I'm laying down...
Reality Dub
Blackman Dub
Dreadlocks Time Dub
Diamonds & Pearls Dub
One Brother Short Dub
Bodyguard Dub
4000 Years Dub
Master Plan Dub
Two by Two Dub
Be Aware Dub
Daydreamflix session is a Alpine Dub soundclash recorded in 2017 in the heart of the Swiss Alps at Lee Perry's Secret Laboratory. The Daydreamflix multimedia project offers an escape from the quarantines of the pandemic madness into pure Dub art insanity.
Side A
Planiemore
Dub Breeze
In the Moon Yeah
Rotterdambi
Mountainwater
Side B -
Daydreamflix
Dubmarine
Working Man
Hahn Solo
Piranha
Sunshine
Cover Me
non-LP bonus tracks -
Planiemore Collage
Titanic Eight
Dragsville Drowns
Dubmarine Hannah
Dub Onward,
NØ