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Rastafari Dub

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This dub doesn't disappoint! Buyers should be aware however that this album is NOT just dub versions of songs from Ras Michael's "Rastafari"- it also includes tracks from "Kibir-Am-Lak". According to the Rough Guide to Reggae, it collects the best tracks from both of those albums.

The sound quality of these dubs is clear and deep; they are truly a pleasure to listen to. The liner notes are pretty useless however, as they contain just as much MIS-information about the album as correct info. (I refer here to the text written by Elena Oumano, as well as the recording date. The info about producer and musicians seems to be correct.)

Rastafari Dub is a far cry from mainstream reggae. It pulls deep into it's tribal roots and emerges as a box. A huge box. Once you step in side this box you are in a forest. You're path is the bass and drums, you have a guide in Peter Tosh's guitar and Ras Micheal comes down like thunder, while the backup singers are like rain. While this may sound really weird and loosey goosy or somthin, listen to the album and try to find a better way to describe it, you cant (unless you wish to describe the pyrotechnics of the bass and sound like a stiff who didn't even get the point) The Album is amazing, it is the first album I have ever listened to that frustrates me. You always feel that there is something more. That you are missing something. If you don't have the album i urge you to get it. You will never understand it from samples or reviews. If you don't like the album and wish to mark it poorly I urge you not to because it is one of those albums that is like a Poem for an english class that cannot be graded for it was never really assigned. And if it was assigned it would have gotten an F becuase the teacher was to stuck up to admit that he didn't understand it either. I can't say that I think you (the reader of this) will like this, but one things for sure, you'll be confused as hell after it breaks down everything you know about music.

This album is equal with my favourite dub.
It really is superb. There is so much complexity here, whilst still keeping a sparse, relaxed sound.
The Drumming and percussion is a real treat. Unusual in the sense that the classic drum kit doesn't dominate as much as the hand drums on most tracks, which are dubbed and twisted from the original tracks into a startling but subtle sound. In fact, all the instruments (including vocal snippets) fade or pop in and out to such great timing and musicality that it is an enduringly stimulating work of art.
I should be at liberty to suggest that if you dig classic dub, you will absolutely dig this.