That's an interesting self-assessment: The Dub-Producer weeding Dub from Lille locates itself as "the missing link" between Mad Professor and Zion Train! Wow, that's specific. I haven't actually missed a link so far, but now that it is there, I have to say: I would have imagined it differently. Because weeding Dub does not stand for virtuoso Dub Mixing for extensive excursions into the house genre. I see him more in the arena of the stepper. There he undoubtedly hits heavy artillery: plump beats, massive basslines and an urgent, militant aggressiveness. Sometimes his new album sounds like "Inna Digital Age" (Contol Tower Records) a bit too 8-bit moderate for me, a bit too mechanical, a bit too old school digital - but that is obviously a concept, given the album title. But what really doesn't work that well are the six interspersed vocal tunes. Weeding has here Dub simply not having a lucky hand when choosing. Sometimes the singer sounds like a high school graduate who is standing in front of the microphone for the first time, sometimes the singer has committed, but simply stupid lyrics ready. The interplay with Housman Horns, on the other hand, works really well, whose wind melodies add a little warmth to the clean computer beats. The Housman track also offers really good things Dub-Mixing. Here you can actually hear a certain proximity to earlier Zion Train recordings. More of it would have been good.
My verdict: Brutal steppers sound with an 8-bit feel. That's okay. But the singing is definitely not okay. What I liked most is the track with Housman Horns. I wished, there were more of this.
My rating: 6 (out of 10)
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