It's been nearly two years since the last selection dedicated to Dub Syndicate, which is far too long.
The previous selection from July 2021, The Dub Is Coming, comprised 10 songs clocking in at 46:29 and covering On-U Sound releases between 1983 and 1996. By sheer coincidence, this selection is also 10 songs with a run time of 46:30, but this time I've cast my net a little wider.
1998's Mellow & Colly was Dub Syndicate's first post-On-U Sound album, self-produced and released on Style Scott's own label, Lion And Roots, and mixed by the legend that is Scientist aka Overton Brown. Adrian Sherwood was back at the controls for subsequent albums up to and including Hard Food, posthumously issued in January 2015 following Scott's senseless murder three months previously.
Dub Syndicate's legacy lives on. The excellent 5CD box set Ambience In Dub 1982-1985 was released by On-U Sound in 2017, including Displaced Masters, a bonus disc containing outtakes and versions. The physical format is sold out but digital is available via Bandcamp at a frankly ridiculous £20.00 for 50 songs - that's 40p per track! If that's not incentive enough, the rest of their On-U back catalogue is £5.00 a pop for digital, whilst The Pounding System and Tunes From The Missing Channel have been repressed on vinyl for a very reasonable £16.00 each.
The later albums are also all worth your time though harder to find digitally. Whilst secondhand CD prices on Discogs are pretty decent, their location means some eye-watering shipping charges if you're ordering from the UK.
When I posted the previous Dub Syndicate selection, it was a grim, wet weekend and I was optimistic that Style and co. would bring back the sunshine with their good dub vibes. It worked on that occasion. I'm posting this on another grey, rain-lashed weekend and hoping today's selection works it's magic yet again. In dub we trust....
1) God Is A Man (Album Version: Dub Syndicate ft. Junior Reid (1998)
2) No Flash aka Socca (Version): Dub Syndicate (1983)
3) Yes Its Bless (Album Version): Dub Syndicate ft. Little David (2001)
4) Crucial Tony Tries To Rescue The Space Invaders (With Only 10p): Dub Syndicate (1982)
5) Red Sea (Album Version): Doctor Pablo & The Dub Syndicate (1984)
6) Kingston 14 (Album Version): Dub Syndicate ft. Gregory Isaacs (2004)
7) Jolly: Dub Syndicate (1984)
8) Green Stick: Dub Syndicate (1993)
9) Ascendent Part 4: Dub Syndicate (1983)
10) Love Addis Ababa (Album Version): Dub Syndicate (2015)
1982: The Pounding System (Ambience In Dub): 4
1983: One Way System: 9
1984: North Of The River Thames: 5
1984: Tunes From The Missing Channel: 7
1993: Echomania: 8
1998: Mellow & Colly: 1
2001: Acres Of Space: 3
2004: No Bed Of Roses: 6
2015: Hard Food: 10
2017: Displaced Masters: Unreleased Versions From The Vault: 2
You can find The Dub Is Coming here.
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