It's quite a rarity these days for an album to be his DubVersion brings along. Sattatrees new work "Human Legalization", which appears as a double CD, has the Dub-Mix directly in the digipack. A look at the label logo gives an idea of where the love for Dub stirs: One Drop - it's Al's labeldubb who recorded and mixed the album. Logically they come too Dubs from his pen. And, of course, are sound and Dub-Mix superb: beautifully old-school, yet powerful and mixed in a classic manner. There's nothing to complain about - if it weren't for the band's live sound. Maybe I'm too dogmatic, but apart from very few exceptions (like z. B. Dub Syndicate "Pounding System", Dub Trio, Trance Hill & Umberto Echo), may Dub don't sound played live. What is absolutely consistent in the vocal version leads as Dub with me to irritations. Dub as pure studio music, it has to sound tight, pure and direct. The “airy” sound of a stage just doesn't fit into my concept. To make matters worse, the Sattatree backings alone, without the vocals, don't have enough standing. The rhythms are good as long as they serve a singing voice. On their own, however, they lack the strength and perhaps also the compositional finesse. There a Dub limited to the essentials, the few elements of which it consists must be particularly strong. 90 percent of the backings that are used in mainstream reggae are for Dubs unsuitable - this is my (daring) thesis. Which might also explain why more modern Dub is rarely the derivative of a reggae song today. A Dub is a Dub - right from the start. So I boldly summarize: “Human Legalizaion” may be a good vocal album, a good one Dub- Unfortunately it is not an album.
My verdict: Good dub-mixes, but I don't like the live atmosphere of the sound. The rhythms are also a bit weak.
my rating: 5,5 (out of 10)
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