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GROUNDATION
Dub Wars
Release date :
01-30-2006
Label :
On the corner / Nocturne
Tracklist :
1. Ruling dub
2. Don's Intro
3. Elders dub
4. The dragon
5. Elements
6. Dub rise
7. Dub them well
8. The mountain
9. Feel Jah's dub
10. The seventh dub
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REVIEW
Review written by Sébastien Jobart
on Tuesday, January 31st 2006 - 21 308 views
Apart from a discreet LP, "Dragon War", we had never been able to hear Groundation in the particular exercise of dub. That is now done with this highly convincing "Dub Wars". It must be said that we were not really worried when discovering this new opus (and its beautiful sleeve), as these Americans from a jazz background had already dazzled us with their sense of composition and taste for the beautiful note on their previous albums. Two constants in their discography that we find once again in these ten substantial dubs, drawn from "Hebron Gate" and "We Free Again", and remixed by Marcus Urani.
The band's keyboard sets up a real atmosphere, underlining a conquering bass/drums pairing with ghostly organ notes and melodies of horns. Ruling Dub, which opens the album, immediately settles us into the comfortable atmosphere of Groundation. At once powerful and airy, the sound of the Californians leans naturally towards jazz. No surprise, then, that the nyabinghi Dem Rise (Dub Rise) ends up here as a jazzy "grounation" with long horn tirades. The rhythmic frameworks (The Dragon and its good pulse) follow restful atmospheres: Elements and its intro taken from "Countryman", the haunting The Mountain but above all the exemplary The Seventh Seal, which finds a superb interpretation here.
A contemplative variation
Powerful build-ups, long polished solos: Groundation takes to the exercise with ease, which turns into a demonstration. Sophisticated, these tracks are not really in the raw spirit of Jamaican dub. They should in fact be seen more as a contemplative variation on the original albums than as dubs "stricto sensu". The vocals also have a good place: Harrison Stafford of course, but also Don Carlos, Apple Gabriel and Cedric Myton of the Congoes, prestigious guests on the two albums. Faced with such a success, it is hard not to embrace this first dub album, particularly cohesive, from one of the most delightful groups of the moment. |
Excellent , Magistral
Le clavier se detache vraiment
Ub grand bravo
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