Jah Wobble

In Dub (30 Hertz)

Although normally associated with reggae artists, dub isn’t the exclusive property of this area. Jah Wobble has been using the principles involved since first coming to prominence with his bass work as a member of Public Image Ltd in the early Eighties.

This is essentially a ‘primer’ of his dub work, an introduction to the wide range of range of music that he’s been involved with recording and producing in that style.

With a huge range of styles incorporated into the album, with tracks based around Egyptian rhythms, traditional English folk music, Chinese, jazz, disco, drum and bass and much more, the essentials of dub – an impression of ‘space’, along with the assorted mixing tricks of reverb, delay, and others, along with the lack of use of the mid-range – are all at work here, and in the hands of this expert work incredibly and surprisingly well, often giving a new slant on styles of music I’d not normally give shelf space to.

The double album set contains over 30 tracks from the last 20 years, with the bonus of a pair of previously unreleased tracks be his band Invaders Of The Heart, and is a welcome introduction to the work of this often overlooked musical innovator. Nik