When I did the Dub- Hearing the version of "Warm The Nation" it was like a revelation to me. UKDub had stepped into the center of my field of vision and this track embodied the new sound like no other. Even today I can feel this fascination again when I listen to it again. The bassline is simply terrific, and carries the stoically driving steppers beat, which stands in extremely attractive contrast to the deliberately slow play of the melodica. And then there is this tiny melody that sounds sporadically over and over again. A big hit - as Anthony Cummins, Adam Holden, Mark Evans and Hamish Brown recognized after they named the track Dubplate to various UK sound systems. The reaction to this was so overwhelming that the four decided to start their own label - which they named Sound, n 'Pressure - to release "Warm The Nation" as a regular 12 "single and immediately record more tracks. By the time the label closed its doors again in 1995, a total of five 12 "singles were created, of which only four were released. Reggaearchive-Records, the new label that has taken on the care of the legacy of UK reggae and recently attracted attention with a beautiful label compilation by Fashion Records, now has all four singles as well as the only as Dubplate, the fifth 12 "was put into circulation in chronological order on the CD" Sound 'n' Pressure Story "(reggae archive records) and provided with extensive liner notes. In this compilation it becomes clear how independent the sound of the label was at the time. Its very own characteristic was to contrast a relatively fast steppers beat with the absolute slowness of the rest of the arrangement of a piece. The bassline hardly seems to want to detach itself from the woofers, the echoes echo endlessly back and forth between the right and left channels and the melodies voiced by melodies or keyboards flow like honey while the drums march through the track at a fast pace. Even after 15 years of UKDub, the five Sound, n 'Pressure pieces have lost little of their fascination. How nice that you have now made the leap into the age of digital availability.
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