2023 repress. One of King Tubby’s finest works, originally released in 1974. Recorded at Tubby’s famous 18 Drummly Ave. studio in Kingston during dub’s early development period.
Gerald Biggs developed Filthy Grin as a living sound journal to document explorations in the sonification of sculpture and body movement. Currently located in Montreal, over the past decade he [...]
While the hypothetical range of what the listener might expect from a record of free-improvised guitar playing is understandably gigantic, it’s not very often that what is heard so easily […]
rooklyn-based outfit Wetware (Roxy Farman and Matt Morandi) return with the intense follow-up album to 2018’s Automatic Drawing, an electronic dirge, simply titled: Flail. Formed in 2015 and [...]
Tabloid formed in Northern California in 2011 exploring growing repetition and sustained tones. It is comprised of Philip Geraldi (Shock Tropics, Mystics in Bali) and Luke Molloy (Piles, Anxient [...]
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Andrew Elaban – VARIEGATED TRIBUTARY / WOVEN CRESCENT
As part of Whited Sepulchre’s 4 x LP release in June, Cincinnati experimental electronic artist Andrew Elaban brings his wide-screen conduction of chance connections and orchestrated unfolding of [...]
“The title pretty much says it all. This is a stunning debut and an indication of the great things that were to come. Johnson’s debut is longer on spoken-word pieces […]
“During the period when Black Uhuru featured both Michael Rose and Puma Jones, the group increasingly incorporated elements from outside of reggae tradition into their roots-based music. [...]
Jazz-tinged reggae from London Label: Tuff Gong – GMLP6 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Jamaica Released: 1979 VG+/VG. Sleeve high end VG, some rubbing and creasing
Private-press reggae/funk crossover, with some deep dub tracks. Label: 52 West – 52/123 EP Format: Vinyl, LP Country: US Released: 1986 VG+/VG. Sleeve has some staining. Drillhole
Dennis Bovell’s first album under his own name (as opposed to his Blackbeard pseudonym) that features several genre explorations, such as early R&B, along with a heavy bonus dub record [...]
“Written in the aftermath of his longtime producer Leslie Kong’s tragically early death, 1972’s Struggling Man reflected Jimmy Cliff’s desperate attempt to shake himself [...]