The collision of dub, founded in the antics of Jamaican engineers and DJs, with the ever-expanding varieties of techno was a given; the prodigious output of Bill Laswell certainly laid the groundwork, with Jah Wobble coming up in support. While these bridges might well have been enough, Jamaican music itself had undergone a metamorphosis with the appearance of dancehall, ragamuffin, and computer styles that more and more pushed reggae and dub into more tightly programmed arrangements. The resulting unchecked cross-pollination resulted in a flavor of dub that was new and punchy; as often as not, the basic rhythm simply kept going and going, while performers and engineers worked on the other sounds and tossed in a major dollop of synthesizer squalling for good measure.
This two-disc set provides the listener with a variety of approaches, including a couple of more traditional efforts such as Zion Train's "Follow Like Wolves." In a number of other cases, the point is less hewing to anything like traditional dub rhythms; the method is the issue (the connection made by Laswell, who applies dub methodology in whatever context he likes). Alas, more than a little space is given up to more traditional techno, trip-hop, and trance, losing the dub aspect in the process. The System 7, Astralasia, and Eat Static entries definitely don't fit with the genre.
Overall, however, this is a good selection of artists and cuts drawn from many of the more interesting labels (such as On-U Sound.) (AMG)


CD1

01. Dread Zone - House Of Dread [5:05]
02. Revolutionary Dub Warriors - Walkabout [5:39]
03. Zion Train - Follow Like Wolves (Original 12'' Mix) [5:57]
04. Asian Dub Foundation - Nazrul Dub [5:36]
05. System 7 - 7:7 Expansion (Conspiracy Mix By Youth) [10:01]
06. Astralasia - Univeria Zekt (Kobaian Love Chant) [6:53]
07. Renegade Soundwave - Brixton (Dub Mix) [7:06]
08. Tribal Drift - Ants [8:51]
09. SYT - School Of Thought [8:51]
10. Timeshard - 25th Century [6:26]
11. Black Star Liner - Fatta Connection [4:39]

CD2

01. Eat Static - Survivors [7:46]
02. Meat Beat Manifesto - Mindstream (Mind The Bend The Mind - Orbital Mix) [8:26]
03. Trans-Global Underground - International Times (Haunted Dancehall - Sabres Of Paradise Mix) [8:08]
04. Woodshed - Bills Last Stand [6:21]
05. The Rootsman - Rougher Dub (Lionheart Exclusive Mix) [6:59]
06. Knights Of The Occasional Table - Um Baby [6:02]
07. Banco De Gaia - Lai Lah (v.1.00) [7:17]
08. UVX - Shape Of Life [5:49]
09. Loop Guru - Paradigm Shuffle [4:29]
10. Underworld - Rez [9:55]

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Label: Middle Earth Recordings / Jungle Records
Released: 1995
Catalogue: MIDDLE 4 CD

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