The master of the magnetic scrolls is back at the boombox with his second Jahtari EP, once again exploring the more rugged corners of the dub universe. On Side A ‘Where Is The Time’ creates a rhythmical space-time paradoxon straight away, with harmonies that stream right off a dysfunct flux capacitor module. Next up ‘Persian Pulse Width’ switches the tape heads into heavy current mode, driving a battery of damaged 8-bit-chips into a thermal meltdown.
Side B contains two special cuts of older Tapes gems: a 12″ extended dub mix of Vernon Maytone’s ‘Old Pan Sound’ that originally came out on a now hard to find 7″ on Tape’s Selah Wadadda label. And an ultra-heavy, extra-crackling cassette mix of the ghostly ‘Pipe Cleaner’ with haunting flutes by Diggory Kenrick that recently appeared as limited 7 on Meeuw Muzak. Serious voltage baked on tape here!
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Cavernous bass, melancholy melody, martial beats - how did I sleep on this classic all year?! No. 4 in The Wire's Dub & Reggae round up of 2020. Fyah! Teedubyabee
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Pleasantly surprised to come across this. Don't think I've heard anything like this any time recently but it's exactly what I'm after. Killer! Bingle Beats
Brooklyn's Tour de Force drop their first bass-heavy missile for 2016, blurring the dubby lines between reggae, jungle, and dubstep. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 5, 2016
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This captures the insane energy that makes gangsta rap get me up in the morning ready to kick ass. For cyberpunk thugs and those hackers, crackers, and phreakers out there. CBDiabla