And here it is again, the new “King Size Dub“! Currently it is “King Size Dub 24“ (Echo Beach). Five years were omitted, because the series has existed for 29 years. So 2024 will be an anniversary! The current, 24th edition presents a whopping 23 tracks - according to the label, 90 percent of them are exclusive titles. Of course, the well-known names from the Echo Beach stable are there, including Noiseshaper, Dubblestandard, Dub Spencer & Trance Hill, Dub Syndicate, Illbilly Hitec, Dubinator and – how could it be otherwise – Martha & The Muffins. But there are also a whole lot of fresh artists outside the well-known Echo Beach universe. Blundetto & Soul Sugar surprise with the modest, quiet “Don't Cry, It's Only the Rhythm” – a really beautiful tune. aDUBta delivers a dull, oppressive and somehow magical version of the Cassava Piece riddim that captivates me. Captain Yossarian counters with the funky “Expensive Shit”. Overall, I find the album to be wonderfully fresh – it once again presents the wide spectrum of DubLabel owner Nicolai is known for not being a fan of genre boundaries, and it is precisely this attitude that makes every new King Size Dub to be an exciting surprise package. I'm already looking forward to #30. No pressure, but it has to be big!
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Keeping inner resolutions is apparently not really my thing either. Actually, I only wanted to comment on albums that really excite me. There is too much mass and now there is also Ki music on the side and I just don't want to comment on that anymore. As Dub and ReggaeFan, I don't think anything is really bad. I can even listen to the AI music, but it doesn't really create any euphoria. In addition, something like internal brainwashing is taking place within me. I can't relate to the wars or
King Size Dub 24 form a clear opinion. I find that very strange, because I normally have a clear opinion about everything and everyone and "everyone", at least for me. But being fed bad news and music, which often comes across as very ordinary to me, has made me full and fat, so that I have developed a certain indifference towards music and bad news. I no longer have a clear opinion and I'm not even sure if I ever had one.
I also find it difficult to form a clear opinion about King Size 24.
I actually don't think Noiseshaper is that bad and I can listen to the version "Reality in the dark" but "do I really have enough time for something like that?" No! I haven't had a bad health prognosis from the doctor yet because I haven't asked for a "projection" but I'm now almost
60 years have passed and my paranoia about the limited lifespan is getting stronger and worse every day. And so I ask myself the same question about this version of “God Is A Man”. In my opinion (oops, I still have an opinion), it has absolutely nothing to do with the Dub Syndicate. A dull tap version that I would dance to, but I wouldn't have needed it otherwise. For me, it's just a copy of the original version from Dub Syndicate!
So far so good. It is really hard for me to celebrate everything here completely, but I also notice that I am focusing too much on DubMusic in all its facets and so I find here on King Size Dub 24 far too much good and exciting stuff that I definitely don't want to miss out on.
“Steppah” is actually also a DubTune that I can tear apart and ultimately celebrate at the same time. The Voice Of Progress by Big Youth captivates me as much as the limp bass line, which, however, exerts an inexplicable attraction on me due to its power. My experience tells me, however, that I will not play this version very often. The "Heavy Monster Dub“ is actually much too good to just skip through. This version of the DubMones sounds really fresh and puts you in a good mood.
If this is somehow a "reference" to the Ramones, I must admit that I would never have believed the Ramones to have such a cool bass line. Well, when it comes to "things" like the Ramones, I'm more of a philistine, even if I don't feel the slightest ambition to improve. Everything I've heard from them so far has affected me very negatively. The best DubFeeling on KSD24 I got from “Dub Queen”. I would rather not comment on Blundetto, but while I am at it, I have to criticise the useless bass plucking or the occasional programmed low tones. I feel that this is a complete miss of the point. Sit down! 6-! …… and I don’t mean the Swiss interpretation of the grading system. That is just bad! Boo! Shame on you for presenting me with such bass nonsense! It is actually an undermining of what reggae and Dub have accomplished so far. But that is once again completely my opinion!!!
ADubta also disappointed me here. The version is too minimalistic for me, reduced to the bass line and only gets a bit fluffier towards the end. In comparison, the original version is still far too good to try and top it with this one.
Maybe they didn't want to add one, but this version doesn't satisfy me at all.
Wow! What am I actually doing here? I don't want to comment on every single tune. But this part by the "Illibillies" is rubbish for my ears! I associate Soul Sugar with much better music than what is rippling along here. I feel the same way about Philipp Greter. I think the intro is excellent, but otherwise the tune is very "dry". Not because he is dancing, but because - in my opinion - nothing exciting happens. I would like to come to a conclusion, but two "things" are still burning under my fingernails. I think it's really great to have Klaus Schulze in the mix too. DubBoat to take but the good DubVisionist probably had too much respect for his work, because he has far too little Dub contributed, if I am not mistaken. I could have listened to an old Klaus Schulze record on my own. Without minimalDub and without the "DubVisionary.” But never mind, maybe it will develop a little more in my brain and not leave me quite so hungry.
Yes and what do we have this David Bowie DubExperiment here in DubBlog torn to pieces, if I'm not mistaken. I think I was at the forefront of cursing this album, but I remember highlighting the "Fashion Version" as the only bright spot on the album. And I feel the same way about this Fashion Version here. It's got oomph and sounds a little "aggro" and maybe that's why I like it so much because "Fashion" was one of the few David tunes that I actually liked. Somehow his music always sounded too much like "musitschkal" to me and I still can't tell the difference between a musical and a harbor tour with a proctologist. If you know what I mean... ;-)
Yes, so what now? All in all, “King Size Dub 24" doesn't really satisfy me or even leaves me "a little hungry" but there is too much good on the album to just ignore it.
It's all a question of time and time is just an illusion, said Albert Einstein, if I'm not mistaken. Which brings me back to the beginning and I no longer know what opinion I should form from it.
(But if space and time are directly linked and time is only an illusion, what becomes of space?)
There we have it again. In the end everything is DUB !!! ………….. lemmi