| Dubd'sco
volume one and two are dubs from two
entirely different Bunny Wailer Albums:
Blackheart Man and Bunny Wailer Sings The
Wailers.
Blackheart man is a very rootsy
album in the style of In I Father's House (a
dub from that album is on this CD as well),
Struggle, and Protest, where Sings The
Wailers finds her equivalent in an album
called Rock 'n Groove.
When you've ever seen
Bunny live, you know that he starts up with
a Roots set and then, after he's done about
half the concert, a Dancehall Set. The same
with this re-release. The lighter material
on Sings the Wailers counterweights the
heavy mystical roots vibes from Blackheart
Man, just like on his concerts.
I have not
seen an artist that made such a strickt separation
between the heavy and the lighter
material, combining it again in a perfect
balanced combination as this brethren.
Although his voice is pretty high, the roots
music remains heavy.
Bunny's Roots are as
literature: they are not easy to swallow.
You need to listen over and over, every time
you hear more things, you have to actively
listen. Even on the dubs this stays a fact.
They have to grow on you.
Bunny's Roots
reminds me of the gospel music that I was
brought up with.
I compare volume one of
Dubd'sco a bit with Living Dub from the
artist Burning Spear. Dub from the roots,
heavier as lead.
Volume two, is considerable
different: it contains the sound of these
easy to catch tunes you'll remember from
Sings the Wailers and Rock 'n Groove (when
you know them, that is). Clear, not too fast
but also not too slow, and on-going.
When
you think, that all reggae sounds the same,
check this release out, because it will
prove you otherwise. Dubd'sco volume 1 and 2
is also essential and crucial for any reggae
/ dub collection.
It is the only dub that
has ever been released from this longest
living Wailer, that is one reason. The
special Sound, that I find on volume two
(the dance part) is another reason to buy,
because you simply don't find it anywhere
else.
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