Anyone that remembers Jacob Miller will remember Inner Circle, the dub band known for the music behind the original "Cherry Oh Baby" (1971)...
Articles By Lauren Speers
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ReviewsInner Circle & the Fatman Riddim Section Heavyweight Dub/Killer Dub Published May 01, 2000
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ReviewsResinators Maximum Dub Published May 01, 2000
Dub music is by nature minimal; that is, it is often reggae stripped down to highlight the elements of drum and bass (as opposed to only spo...
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ReviewsRinôçérôse Installation Sonore Published Nov 01, 1999
It’s a shame that there’s already a compilation called French Fried Funk, because that’s exactly what this fusion of live...
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ReviewsJohn Kelly High Desert Soundsystem Published Oct 01, 1999
John Kelly was drawn into DJing in 1993 and his involvement with So-Cal’s Moontribe and their evolutionary Full Moon remote desert par...
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ReviewsLes Jardiniers Le Theme Published Oct 01, 1999
Though writing prime time TV theme songs is hardly the underground route to notoriety, Montrealers Les Jardiniers have managed to maintain a...
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ReviewsVarious Unknownwerks Volume 1 Published Oct 01, 1999
The ever-dependable folk at Astralwerks have great intentions with this series’ opener; the goal is to pluck tunes from unknown electr...
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ReviewsBurning Spear Calling Rastafari Published Oct 01, 1999
Since his first release on Studio One in 1969, Burning Spear has been electrifying and educating reggae audiences and listeners around the g...
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ReviewsDezzie Ranks More More More Published Oct 01, 1999
Jamaican-born, Toronto-based Dezzie Ranks deftly rides the line between dancehall and reggae, between a decent chat and smooth lover’s...
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ReviewsSister Carol Isis “The Original Womb-Man” Published Oct 01, 1999
Grammy-nominated Sister Carol continues to mash up the reggae world with an intelligent, conscious and extremely melodic and harmonic releas...
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ReviewsKen Boothe A Man and His Hits Published Oct 01, 1999
Boothe’s diversity in his early days at Studio One is admirable — his early covers are from artists like Otis Redding and Wilson...
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ReviewsDee Jay Punk Roc Anarchy in the USA Published Oct 01, 1999
Mr. Punk Roc is a tall (and often half-naked) wizard of turntable trickery who was once a paratrooper for the American army. His DJing is ag...
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ReviewsDieselboy A Soldier’s Story Published Oct 01, 1999
As DJ mixed CDs go, Moonshine has scored a winner here with New York’s Dieselboy’s aptly-titled A Soldier’s Story. Dieselb...
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ReviewsBob Marley and the Wailers Wailers and Friends Published Sep 01, 1999
Absolutely ska-ndalous! A compilation of 18 songs from Studio One greats like Delroy Wilson, Ken Boothe, Bob Andy, Lee Perry, Rita, and the...
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ReviewsKretek Up to a Higher Level Published Sep 01, 1999
If you were to judge an album by its cover, this record might intrigue a lot of people — a tribe of African drummers in full session,...
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ReviewsMarnie Legitimo Polvo de Ven Dinero Published Sep 01, 1999
Haunting vocals by British singer Deborah Quinoah lend a Latin touch to this unique and well-executed exercise in acid jazz-dub fusion. Cras...
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ReviewsGlenn Washington Solitary Red Rose Published Sep 01, 1999
This album is as smooth as the calm surface of a lake on a still, windless morning. Solitary Red Rose is composed of 12 new tracks that trav...
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ReviewsOku Onuora Dubbin’ Away Published Sep 01, 1999
Hailed as one of the greatest Dub Poets of Jamaica, Okua Onuora reminds us here of the beauty of his music, usually the black velvet backdro...