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Java Java Java Java

After King Tubby in the early 70s with his Dub-Mixes caused a sensation and the genre "Dub“Put it on the musical map of Jamaica, the first appeared tentatively in 1973 Dub-Albums. Their circulation was so small that they cost three to four times more in a record store than a normal vocal album. Three albums made the start (each of which claims to be the first Dub-Album at all): Lee Perry's “Blackboard Jungle Dub", Mixed by King Tubby, Herman Chin Loys" Aquarius Dub", Probably mixed by himself and: Clive Chin's" Java Java Java Java "(Impact / 17th North Parade), mixed by the second Dub-Genius of those days: Errol Thompson. Given the skills that Thompson displayed in his later collaboration with Joe Gibbs, "Java" is only rudimentarydubt and sounds like a collection of pure instrumental versions. But the instrumentals are tough, because here we encounter the rhythms of classics like “Guiding Star” by the Heptones, “King Of Babylon” by Junior Byles or the great Randy's version of “Swing Easy” with Tommy McCook's saxophone as lead . The most spectacular track on the album, however, is the namesake: "Java", a recut of the classic by Augustus Pablo. Here ET has reached a strong and fascinating one Dub stamped out of the ground, which lives entirely from the sharp contrast between the pure drum & bass track and the clattering sound of the full instrumentation - two modes, between which ET switches back and forth with virtuosity. My favorite is “Ordinary Version Dub“In which Errol Thompson stops the music to expel an unknown troublemaker from the studio. If he then (individually commented) builds up the rhythm again from its components, he becomes - by the way - the originator of the first Dub-Manifestos of music history. Not always common for the releases of 17th North Parade, by the way, the sound quality of the album is excellent. The tracks sound fresh, crisp, voluminous and balanced. The best prerequisites for a renewed hearing, also far beyond a purely historical interest.

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