Da Dub is known to be the mother of all remixes, enjoys the Dub-Remix of popular works - regardless of the genre - great popularity (as is well known, the Easy Star Allstars who did not shy away from Michael Jackson's "Thriller" stand out here). Six years ago it was the turn of The Police to remix the songs. Under the title "DubXanne: Police in Dub" published 13 titles of the British new wave heroes of the 1980s as Dub-Versions - which was logical, by the way, since the songs by The Police had an offbeat anyway and thus signaled closeness to reggae. The label Echo Beach was responsible and landed a - for Dub- Ratios - a real hit. Now Rob Smith (formerly 50% of Smith & Mighty) has taken on the eight best tracks and put them on the new album "Police in Dub - Re-Synchronized by Rob Smith " (Echo Beach) miraculously "Re-Synchronized" in 11 tracks. What sounds like a careful “comparison” here is in most cases a full-blown remix with an official overdubs. Most of the time Rob Smith couldn't keep his hands off the drums and gave the tracks his typical, driving, syncopated, stoic repetitive drum loops - which spontaneously gave them enormous club suitability. Particularly beautiful: The Dubs of "Spirits in a Material World", "Roxanne" and "Bring On the Night" at the end of the album. Dubs of Dubs, in a way. I could have used a whole album of that.
