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Hermit Dubz: Pursuit of Balance

Last year I praised Miniman for the idea of ​​doing Kenji Kawai's “UTA I - Making of Cyborg” from the soundtrack of the anime “Ghost in the Shell” dubben, I already meet her again: on the new album by Hermit Dubz: "Pursuit of balance" (Dubophonic Records). An idea prevails. Like Miniman, the Briton Hermit, who works in Birmingham, also uses Dubz on typical steppers sound. Funny that his record company praises him as innovative, because Hermit DubIn my opinion, z is an almost archetypal representative of the UK stepperDubs, which, as is well known, has only changed in nuances for decades. Good remains. Pure sound system food. With a fat subwoofer, music is also fun at home.

Rating: 4 out of 5.

10 replies to “Hermit Dubz: Pursuit of Balance "

Since this type of Dub has only changed in nuances in the last few decades, my perception of music probably only changes by a hundredth of a proton radius. Especially the bass lines make me "depressed". No subwoofer can help. I can't get out of my skin there. I love reggae and Dub especially and especially because of the extremely imaginative basslines bursting with gravity. And I don't hear anything about it here. Here an almost constant, boring bassline is drawn through the entire album, at most a little higher and then lower again. I ask for your understanding but you have to understand that this kind of Dub a "real DubConnoisseur “just can't be enough.

Sounds like I stayed in the caba box again last night, but I just lack a bit of respect for Uk-Dub. It's not quite as bad as that "always sounds from my mouth" but there is simply no real enthusiasm for it. I hope you don't regret René for a long time, but I feel very comfortable in the shoes of the DubConnoisseurs and have no problem putting these shoes on again and again.

"A knife, a fork, a bottle and a cork, that's the way we spell New York" …… .. can anyone of you here explain that to me?

The Connoisseur aka lemmi ;-)

Greetings

"A knife, a fork, a bottle and a cork, that's the way we spell New York" …… .. can anyone of you here explain that to me?

It is a popular nursery rhyme from around 1910. It was / is used by the children in games and activities such as rope jumping and box hopping.

If steppers, then something like: Pablo Raster & Hornsman Coyote - Sound Deliverance (ODGP266-2019). At least something else happens ...

No, those stoic basslines from Hermit Dubz don't touch me either, Alpha & Omega can do that better. The only thing I like about the album is the ethno influences.

Then much better something like this: https://hudsonsoul.bandcamp.com/album/dub-in-hifi - that's more classic Dub

Thank you RasVorei!

I'm sorry if I'm still on the tube but still can't get a connection to "Cocaine In my Brain" my limited brain. I don't see any connection to New York at all, except that it rhymes. Or maybe that's about it. Is of course not that important, but I often have that as a catchy tune in my head and troll it to myself and then I thought that if someone would ask me about the meaning, it would be very good if I had an explanation for it. In the meantime I hardly need to explain myself, because the people here have known me for a while…. ;-)

"Dub In Hifi “…… Yes, that's more classic Dub ! UKDub is also more classic for me Dub but they can't do good basslines. Exceptions prove the rule. With "Dub In Hifi “one bassline is more beautiful than the other. But not new either …………. But it doesn't matter! As far as I am concerned, you can always refresh and reinterpret the Jamaican basslines, because I am slowly starting to believe that only a handful of Jamaican bassists and Dennis Bovell and Tony Gad personally apprenticed at JAH. Everyone else should just not stop, Dub and to make reggae but there will probably be no more divine basslines. Possibly all good basslines that swung through the ether as gravitational waves from the Big Bang, from Flabba Holt to Aston Barrett to Tony Gad, have been transformed into audible vibrations. And these waves have just not passed our solar system since the seventies. At least not with the UKDub-Steppers.

Greetings ……………… lemmy

Greetings Lemi,

I guess you shouldn't question too much. It's a nursery rhyme like ours "ene mene moo ..." That doesn't make much sense, except that it rhymes. This is my humble explanation, because otherwise I can't figure it out any other way ;-)
Quoting nursery rhymes has a very long tradition among the old Taostars U Roy & I-Roy, and such a rhyme appears again and again.

Classic UKDub would be Mikey Dread, Dennis Bovell for me. Mad Professor and Adrian Sherwood's early stuff.

For me, “Jim The Boss” is a real discovery in the jungle of DubJungle. I found out about him on www. bit informed. He should work just as crazy as the old ones Dub-Heroes. Bury microphones in sand, hang them in buckets, pour water over them, wrap them in various materials, saucepans as percussion instruments, etc. With one track - "Grits" - he takes a box of muesli to imitate the snare, because he likes the sound better. That's good, classic, old Dub-Craft in its purest form. So became Dub Made when technology did not allow it to be better. Hot…
I am very happy and thankful that something like this happens again and again!

I don’t have to do it, however modern Dub-Hunt for a sound if I don't really like it afterwards and comes across as completely soulless. That is l'art pour l'art that nobody needs. I come to this conclusion more and more often. I would rather hear the old things, a classic, when everything still sounded fresh and fresh.
Im Dub it is like elsewhere, we cannot reinvent the wheel, we can only improve the wheel or make it worse, which unfortunately happens far too often.

Isn't it wonderful !!!
A box of muesli to make the sound better. That should give the geek to think about.
No, as I said, Channel One and even Studio One could deliver abysmally bad sound. My ears are already rotten, but what I don't understand is that you can make very awesome sound with a computer - now I'm back with my Celt Islam "Baghdad" (everything else doesn't interest me) or Philip Greter and Nevertheless, many do not manage to make computer sound sound good. These extremely cheap keyboard tones at Vibronics make me downright sick. Is he the musician or me? He must also get a crisis if he hears that again later. Sure, inside DubI don't always notice this immediately, but I prefer it if I notice new little highlights every time I listen (see On-U.Sound) than I notice the second time that the tune / Dub actually nerft.

Isn't Mikey Dread actually a radio DJ from Jamaica? I heard and saw him back then as the "opening act" for my first UB 40 concert. At that time I was only 16 and knew the usual suspects from the Wailers to ASWAD and UB 40. I completely forgot the music that Mikey Dread played. I just remember that it was the best reggae set I've ever heard. Plus the magic of Mikey Dread. I miss such experiences very much. There were still real surprises. I just watched a couple of concerts from Summerjam 2019 and yes, I was surprised too. However, about how cold it all leaves me. In all honesty, I have more fun when I “clash” my favorite records on Sunday afternoons.
You have to imagine this. I always thought I was an incorrigible reggae / Dub Fan and I of all people are bored with Dub Events as well as "at the largest reggae festival in Europe" almost to death. Either the worm is in them or something is wrong with me. So,

"What is it about?" ……………………… lemmi

I was at the Summerjam for nine years straight. I don't want to say that badly, the atmosphere at the campground was often great. But as soon as you step onto the island ... the vibes don't really come across. The whole festival is too commercial (yes, yes) and way too tight. Too many people on the area. Too many weird German pop acts, a lot of dancehall, some bizarre world acts with exactly one hit, but far too few roots. And Dub doesn't matter there anyway.

Is there still a small sound system area by the water? When I was last there I had the feeling that it was just decoration and they didn't play anything anymore :(

I hope that with the prices (and: yes, I know pretty much what the stage and other technology costs) at least the Jamaican artists will be properly rewarded.

It's not the Summerjam complaint here. But Buju Banton is the headliner on the poster and then he only manages 45 minutes. ? I never really understood the buju hype anyway. Well, a few tunes from him are quite ok ...... but "The Voice Of Jamaica" and so ...... I don't know. "Dub does not matter there ”. Yes, those were the days when that Dub Syndicate even played on the main stage there.
I have already mentioned this several times and I may be doing many an injustice, but my impression is that there are too few music lovers, too few connoisseurs ;-) at these festivals. Most of them are event fans and would have fun at any other festival (including the ZDF TV garden). Whether Ras is over or not, I preferred the so-called “pseudo Rastas” much more. Oh, that's already starting with the whole cop action. When you arrive at the Summerjam today, you think that the Nazis are about to fight the Is ......
Twenty years ago you could pull one off with the police officers. Yes ok, not even with all of them, but they were much more relaxed overall.
In my opinion, the German pop acts are also a kind of fascism. Nobody needs it, but they have been forced on us since Quote (also on the radio) and because we are all so tolerant, we endured it.
Was a mistake. They should all have been bagged.
Yes, I'm on the road quite nastily today. For “open minded people” I will probably come across as a narrow-minded music nazi, but you will probably be able to get excited again for a certain music genre and not always eat everything that comes on the table. I'm actually extremely tolerant. At least 15 years ago we had “open minded tent neighbors” at the reggaejam in Bersenbrück. They heard SpiceGirls and Atomic tits in an endless loop day and night on a little ghetto blaster without bass. Even if that might be arrogant now, I don't want to have anything to do with this kind of person. At a reggae festival, I would like to take a vacation from such people. In the meantime there seem to be only such people.
You say the atmosphere at the campsite was often great. Yes, that may well be true, but I have the impression that most of them only go to festivals because of the atmosphere on the campground. Since I'm not a camper, I always hated the time at the campsite. We had many with us who were hardly interested in the concerts and were completely happy to hang out at the campsite. I'm talking about my old clicks, so I don't want to say anything bad about them, but the talk about the tent completely overwhelmed me. I was there for the music and just because of the music. I'm also more of a not so sociable guy. That's why I don't need it that way.
Many also always like to get to know “new people” …………… .. that doesn't interest me.

I actually like to talk about how you can read enough here again ..................... lemmi

Greetings,

There is no better way to describe the current situation at festivals, lemmi.

Unfortunately, I've had the same impressions for years, somehow there is something completely insane with the audience. Man / woman no longer goes there to hear horny Mukke, but to switch off the head and have full sprinkling. In the meantime I can't shake the feeling that the real reggae /Dubheads actually prefer to stay at home and not give up all the stress of the cops including kindergarten (fun generation). At festivals the individual acts are always a bit shorter, that would still be acceptable, but when I see this hype about this coffee, I can only shake my head pityingly. The girl has just a handful of titles up her sleeve and half the world is pouring a drop in its pants ... unbelievable.
At Buju Banton I am also very ambivalent, as soon as this homophobic individual is out again after seven years in US prison, he is given a platform again, i.e. a stage. That may sound nasty now, but 5 kg of coke is no piece of paper, all these coking pseudo-Rastas can be stolen from me.

No, that has nothing to do with the festivals that I used to enjoy very much. It's a shame actually ... the times they're a changing ... unfortunately, that's the way it is.

Stay tuned ...

Oh by the way, at Mikey Dread, I purposely acted stupid ;-)

Otherwise I wouldn't have been able to tell my beautiful old story so well …………. lemmi

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