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Dub coming your way! Leading UK Dub Duo
Alpha and Omega coming with 2 vocals and 10
Dub Shots to enhance the musical atmosphere
with their mystical vibes and to make you
move and groove from the top to the very
last drop. It's their 19th album and this
one has the potential to appeal to a broader
public the "just" the Dub lovers.
Serious Joke stands out among other current
Dub releases. On many tracks, Alpha and
Omega created a middle-eastern atmosphere by
using melody lines and structures from that
region, and integrated it into the concept
of DUB without any problem. The basses
remain very heavy, the drums stay on top,
effects are galore. The riddims are catchy
and original. Many Reggae and Dub albums are
in fact a collection of singles, but this
album is one complete thing. So when the
whole record is played, the experience is
the strongest. It's a good experience.
Another nice thing, is that on this album
you can also find the voice of Messian
Dread. As a part of a small collaboration
project in which the two Dub Producers made
a completely new riddim around just a vocal
track from the other, Alpha and Omega re-did
"Wolves", and dubbed it in their
own style.
An intense style. If there is one thing
that would describe Alpha and Omega, it
would be their intense dubs. Regardless as
to whether they use the militant rhythm of
the steppers drums, or the more relaxed two
drop, it stays intense. When you put on
Alpha and Omega, they are there. You can't
really use their music as
"sound-wallpaper", it has to be
played loud.
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