Posted By: josh woods
Posted On: Jan 16, 2007 Views: 1440
| aswad new chapter in dub
By far my favorite dub lp overall. This is the album that turned me
onto dub before I knew I was listening to dub. Once I started searching
back to the earlier artists such as Perry, Tubby, Dodd, ET, Scientist,
Prince Jammy, etc., I found there are a ton of mediocre dub albums out
there. Although this was released in 1982, Aswad did a wonderful job of
keeping it out of that realm of techie / synth / casio beat reggae. I
love some casio beats too but you know what I'm talking about. I
ordered a vinyl copy off GEMM from London. It cost me about $100.00
with shipping to Washington, D.C. but I never once felt like I spent too
much money for it. Do youself the favor and check it out.
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Posted By: George Armstrong
Posted On: Jun 29, 2006 Views: 1547
| Aswad-New Chapter of Dub
Aswad often gets reviewed for not being the most rootsy band. They may
not be as rootsy as Misty in Roots or the Congos but of all the reggae
bands that have come and gone I feel they were the most musically
talented. Their music and vocals were the most consistent and their
rythyms often the hardest. I think Drummie Zeb was probably the best
reggae drummer of all time standing up to the likes of Sly Dunbar, Style
Scott, Santa Davis, and Carlton Barrett to name just a few. He was
also one of the most talented vocals. Even after Brinsley Forde left
the band Aswad released fine albums. I hope the three get back together
again so I don't have to write in the past tense but can write again in
the present tense that here we have a band that is totally awesome.
They are probably my favorite reggae band of all times and I have
listened to the best. Also, Special thanks to Roger Steffans the
greatest reggae promoter of all time.
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