Greetings,

Been on a cratedig during the Thanksgiving Holiday. So I have been away from the decks at KRCL Smile Jamaica.

My fascination beyond Reggae is what I have called Mutant Dub for nearly 30 years: Take Reggae drum & bass and weld it on to contemporary dance, dub echo and modern pulsating electro beats.

So I hunkered down in my Secret Dubratory this week and cooked up what I call Digital Dubplate shows. Bonus roots and dubbers.

From A to Z. From Audio Active out of Jah-pon to Zombi Italian dubbers. Massive Attack, The Slits, ON U Sound, Bill Laswell and Thievery Corporation.

Dub ‘n bass will put a smile pon your face!

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Digital Dubplate: Mutant Dub A-Z Playlist:

0 – 30 min:

• Audio Active – Audio Active’s Adventures in Time and Space; Happy Shopper (ON U Sound) ’95 Jah-pon: Mutant Dub A-Z
• Bomb the Bass feat. Justin Warfield –  Bug Powder Dust; clear (Fourth & Broadway) ’95 tribute to William Burroughs
• Creation Rebel/New Age Steppers – Chemical Specialist; Threat to Creation (Cherry Red) ’81 dub to Jah Woosh Woodpecker Sound
• Dub Dynasty – Thundering Mantis; Thundering Mantis (Steppas)  2014 UK
• Ex-Centric Sound System – Ex-Centric Dub Show; Electric Voodooland (Loud) 2000 Brooklyn Afro-Dub
• Fat Freddy’s Drop – Silver and Gold; Blackbird (Fat Freddy’s Drop) 2013 New Zealand
• Gorillaz – Revolving Doors; The Fall (Virgin) 2010 UK

30-60 min

• The Herbaliser – Sensual Woman; Session 1 (!K7) 2000 UK best
• Improvisators Meets Iration Steppas – Wah Wah 12”; Inna Steppa Dub (Hammerbass) 2008 Fr.
• Jah Wobble’s Invaders of the Heart feat. Dolores O’Riordan – The Sun Does Rise; Take Me to God (Island) ’94 UK
• King Earthquake – Serious Dub; Dub Plates Chapter Two (King Earthquake) 2010 UK
• Bill Laswell – Cyclops; Points of Order (Innerhythmic) 2001 US
• Massive Attack – Be Thankful For What You Got; Blue Lines (Virgin) ’91 UK

60-90 min

• Nickodemus – Back From Africa (Derek Sessions rmx); Endangered Species Remix (ESL) 2006 NY
• The Orb feat. Nina Walsh – Ghostdancing; Cydonia (Universal) 2001 UK
• Primal Scream – Higher Than the Sun; Screamadelica (Sire) ’91 UK
• Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno – Dub Del Pacifico; Death of the Revolution (TruThoughts) 2008 UK 

90 min – 2 hr.

• Revolutionary Dub Warriors – Warrior; Deliverance (ON U Sound) ’94 UK
• The Slits – Man Next Door; In the Beginning (Jungle) ’80 Live in SF and Cincy: Paragons cover by UK female punk group
• Thievery Corporation – Exilio (Rewound); Babylon Rewound (ESL)  2004 DC
• Undivided Roots – Move Up; ON U Sound Discoplate Collection Part II (ON U  Sound) ’82 UK
• Veve’ – Maka; Veve’ (WordSound) ’98 Brooklyn

2-2 and 1/2 hr

• Desmond Williams – This Morning; Delights of the Garden (ESL) 2002 DC
• X-O-Dus – See Them a Come; 12” (Factory) ’80 UK
• Yerba Buena – Fever; Island Life (Razor & Tie) 2005
• Zombi – DE3; Escape Velocity (Relapse) 2011
• 2 Bad Card – Leaving Rome; CD Single (ON U Sound)  ’95 UK