Stranger Cole / Wanachi / Moon Dread | Capture Land / Black Root / Rastaman Suite 12"Just landed from DKR over in NYC! First time on 12" for these three under the radar gems from the Wackies vaults. A side is home to two previously compilation only cuts. Stranger Cole's beautifully deep "Capture Land" followed by Wanachi's ace funky and dubby instrumental rework of Azul's "Black Rose" that gets transformed into "Black Root" Then the real surprise treat for me is hidden away on on the B side An insanely brilliant piece of previously

Back In Stock I have to confess I was pretty blown away by this one the first time I heard it

with a killer dub from Tubby's on the flip

Blackboard Jungle Dub (version 2)11

A1 Irreversible Culture

On the A-side Diggory Kenrick adds his majestical flute playing to create a beautifully deep and mystical dub in the shape of "Autostrada Del Brennero" and then flip it over for "Brennerautobahn" where Taka Noda (a

A2 Behind Iron Bars

Intrusion Dub

the whole record still stands in a league of it's own as a vital cultural and musical artefact from two of the most important figures not only in the development of dub but modern music in general

" "ruff & tuff

Maybe no surprise that my personal favourite here is the final deep mix which is a glorious low slung dubwise chugger that manages to pack some colossal bassweight whilst never losing sight of the dancefloor

Pick of the bunch for me is the vocal dub which gets the balance just right by taking things real deep whilst keeping snippets of Waraba's vocals in the mix and dubbing them up nicely to create a unique and pleasingly refreshing global sound

Whoever it is they deliver an extraordinary and mesmerising vocal performance here