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b/art's Playlist for Friday, 14 April (23:04 - 00:08)
Salmonella Dub | |
| Cut | Artist |
|---|---|
| Welded to the Radio by Wreck This Hypnotic Mess 03w.02t.99m.exc1 | |
| Salmonella Dub Live at the Controls [1] | |
| Drifting [Sonsine Mix] [2] | |
| Daisy Fields [3] | |
| For the Love of It | Salmonella Dub vs Pitch Black [4] |
| + Down Down Deeper, DOOOOWNNN | Hypnotic Relaxation Tape |
| Peyote Dub [4] | |
| + Whaaaatever YoOOOOOU NEEEED | Reverend $$$ Ike |
| Drifting Side by Side | Salmonella Dub vs James Hardway [4] |
| Johnny Dub [Rockwood Mix] [5] | |
| + Wreck This Mess Endorsement | Billy Holiday |
| Conspiracy Dub [mangled sample of Evangelist, Jack van Impe] [6] | |
| Golden Locks [Bim Sherman cover] [6] | |
| + The Name of the Show is Wreck This Mess | Curd Duca |
| Panza Dub [3] | |
| + Tikki Peace Up Program Mutiny announcement | |
| For the Love of It [Version] | Salmonella Dub vs Mad Professor [4] |
| + AccEEEEpt whAAt YoOOOOOU NEEEED | Reverend $$$ Ike |
| Dub For Straights [Drinking Problem Radio Sample] [3] | |
| + Tiny Little Insight Into the Heart of the Alcoholic: WTM: 1991 ID | |
| + Going Off Duty WTM Outro | |
| [1]
Met my guests at the usual nearby bier nook, L'Affiche, within
easy walking distance to the bunker that is Radio 100. Salmonella Dub
or at least 1/3 of them arrived and I was immediately impressed by
their enthusiasm and depth of dubness. They were here in Amsterdam
and elsewhere in Europe [Paris and London ...] to check out
distribution and the possibility to play their way around the
European continent. They were quite taken or impressed or enamored or
stoned by Amsterdam. I think what I liked was a kind of
non-attitudinal approach to their music. I got the idea that the
sound, the production, the record came ahead of other elements. And
they also seem very agile in their ability to absorb, comprehend ,
and appreciate the evolutionary nature of dub. I think this is what
keeps it happening - it evolves, molts, is speeded up, slowed down
and reprocessed so that it sounds like it has foundation and
ambitions, roots and an MO. This was proven when they began spinning
discs. I heard ancient dub influences but also some On-U and, of
course, the influence of people like the Mad Prof. Their music is
uplifting without being sappily romantic. It is heavy on the bass
without being as dreary as a sinking submarine. I think that anyone
interested in helping them organize a tour should check them out
either at salmonelladub@cosmosis.gen.nz .
What happens when I give over the controls. I lose territoriality. I lose ego. I lose stress. I gain new sounds, new friends. Salmonella Dub are one of the stimulating live acts coming out of New Zealand [Christchurch], proof of my notion that things can happen anywhere and everywhere and DO. Rhythmic, rootsy, and warm without being sexist and rubadub old style - and definitely opposed to gangsta style. They employ drum and bass as well as techno to make it speak to the realities of being young today. They are a strong quartet with fifth member, Tiki, managing the mixing board. The band has had several helping hands with the likes of the Mad Professor and David Harrow (AKA James Hardway) doing great extended reverby remixes. David Harrow is, of course, an On-U vet and it is not without coincidence that this collaboration happened. They count On-U as one of their primary influences. And, in the past, they have opened for both African Head Charge and The Mad Professor. Recent winners of the New Zealand Music Awards for Best Album: "Killervision," and Best HipHop/Reggae/Dub Release. Meanwhile, Salmonella Dub bassist, Mark Tyler was voted Best Bassist. Best Song also went to Salmonella Dub with "For The Love Of It". Then Salmonella Dub went on to win Best Live Act and Tiki Taane received the award for Best Live Engineer. They have a variegated sound that gives them an upbeat cheeriness and yet they scrape the bottomest bottoms for their bass beats. Do not mistake this for some UB40 bunch. This is killer, heavy dub. Sweet and vicious, swooping and thrusting. It is neither complacent nor ostentatiously [fake] aggressive. They are good. | |
| [2] "Drifting" 1999 single version | |
| [3] "Dubtomfoolery" 1995 EP | |
| [4] "Killervision" This is a double CD with some genuine killer cuts, some - well - commercial cuts that disappoint [but that is ok] and some great versions Pitchblack, Mad Professor, James Hardway, Dubmariner, etc. | |
| [5] "Johnny" 1999 single | |
| [6] "Calming of the Drunken Monkey" Nice material from this 1997 CD. It is full of great samples, punkiness and the full delight of discovering who you are as a musical unit. | |