Dub Syndicate

𝘼𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙎𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙬𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙮𝙧𝙪𝙨 𝙍𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙙𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙪𝙗 𝙪𝙥 𝙜𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙚𝙧𝙖 ’𝟴𝟵-’𝟵𝟲 𝙜𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙗𝙮 𝙊𝙣-𝙐 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙’𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙙𝙪𝙗 𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙘 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚.

Material from Dub Syndicate’s dalliance with Lee “Scratch” Perry thru their ’Stoned Immaculate’ and beyond are sifted out and rinsed in the echo chamber by Sherwood and Dub Asante band’s Cyrus Richard to renew the timeless pulse of Lincoln Valentine “Style” Scott, whose stick work links The Roost Radics to New Age Steppers and Creation rebel, via On-U Sound’s leading dub band.

The results could arguably have been made at any point over the past 40 years, running from the psychoactive lather of FX on ‘Plains of Africa (Echo, Echo, Echo)’ to the wheezing stdio vapours of ‘Intercommunications’ via breezy melodica contrails and spring reverb-loaded lustre of ‘Right Back to Your Soul’, the muddy-footed trample of Stay Tuned’, the quim-quivering swole subs in ‘Pleasurezone Transmitter’, and Scott’s sizzling drumwork deftly diffused in ‘No Lightweight Here’.

Four albums are being repressed on vinyl, with faithful reproductions of the beautiful original sleeve artwork, and new inner sleeves containing detailed liner notes and archival photos. Sherwood has also concocted a special bonus album, of brand new version excursions on rhythms from the period.