Customer Reviews

Dub Chamber 3

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The chain of reviews for Dub Chamber 3 aptly shows it to be a love-it-or-hate-it affair. What I suspect attracts or repels people about Bill Laswell's work is that he usually mixes and synthesizes disparate musical styles that are rarely combined.

If you really love dub, you may not want it blended with jazz, other "world" musics, and approached like chamber music. If you think dub should only sound like Lee "Scratch" Perry, this will surely appall you. George Clinton insists on getting his funk uncut. This dub has been "stepped on" big time -- for reasons of artistic ambition, not as a way to water it down.

If the idea of dub as one of a number of musical pallettes used to paint a portrait sounds interesting, this could work for you. Dubby bass, Milesian trumpet washes & jabs, synths, guitar with a little Pat Metheny in it, an Eastern feel to some of the percussion coexist here. Everyone doesn't think that's a good idea. It works for me. Highly recommended, as long as you know what you're getting yourself into.

This record is much more inspired than I found Laswell's remixing of Miles Davis. But the occasional trumpet flurry in this relaxed set is reminiscent of Davis' sound. The opening notes sound like something from "Sketches from Spain."

Jah Wobble's pulsating bass drives this sometimes spacy, sometimes housy, and sometimes jazzy dub-mix: all skillful masterminded by Mr. Laswell.

The perfect record for musing around the house on a rainy afternoon and writing that letter you've been putting off.

As a long time fan of Bill Laswell's Dub & Electronic experiments I was really suprised on hearing his Dub Chamber 3 on ROIR (also known for their love for the Dub). Not only is it one of his best All-Time Cd's and a really solid Dub mover but it has the great European trumpet giant Nils Petter Molvaer on some of the tracks. I loved Molvaer's "Khmer" & newly released "Solid Ether" on ECM and have been buying everything--- and there is very little-- he has recorded. Dub Chamber 3 also has Jah Wobble (PIL), Big Nicky Skopelitis (a mainstay on many a Laswell title), Karsh Kale (doing lots w/ Talvin Singh) and Carl Craig from the InnerZone Orchestra. It must have been one swell inspired night of recording...oh to be a fly on the wall....Really Strong...LASWELL STRIKES AGAIN!

1. Deep bass dub with a spacy feel, artfully produced. Great for sub woofer.
2. No vocals at all!
3. No jarring heavy metal guitars. No brash brass bursts.
The above three points are all I need. This is a wonderful CD. Great to play while you're involved in artistic pursuits. Utterly satisfying.

Granted... I have only heard snippets of mp3's, bought Imaginary Cuba (letdown), and Sacred System, Chapter 2 (letdown... but barely). Still, this one is great. I'm still checking out the others!

This is a very good dub album, have a lot of experimentation. Bill Laswell is an innovator.

This is cool music. Spacy, futuristic, unhurried... huge dub drums n' bass with ambient spacy sounds, and beautiful sax, rhodes, and guitar over top of it. Like the title says, it's music for the year 2000. Laswell rules!

...you'll enjoy this album. As all his relases, this is very high quality music that you can listen to over an over and hear something different each time. A must buy for any Laswell fan.

I have Sacred System 1 & 2 and Radioaxiom: A Dub Transmission and i like them all, but i think he went overboard on this one. Track 2 Cybotron is pretty good, but definitely not worth the price of the entire cd.

mr. laswell needs to leave dub music alone . he fails miserebly
to make the connection of dub music maker to dub music listener.
the essence of dub is totally lost within his socalled musical
ramblings.this cd is the perfect example of the music industries ability to pimp "musical garbage".