Jay's been busy
Though I'd take him to task on a number of issues like making the distinction between "Rastafarian" Dub and "Tripped-out" Dub, eh? Quoting Reynolds on Dub? Er, taking The Pop Group to task for "We Are All Prostitutes" and predictions like this: "African 60s and 70s music is soon to be the new dub, the new tropicalia, the new krautrock – whatever it is that people move on to when they’re bored with rock and roll", though that last thing should be read against a west-coast perspective, we've been drowning (not unpleasantly) in repackaged African Comps for years over here.
Jess 'Arvell on Early Chungle.
As evidenced here the smart money has been on Ibiza/Kemet/3rd Party for some time. Reynolds has a well-documented Noise Factory weak-spot. I met this lot in 1994 at the time of the Kemet "The Seed" LP, a disappointing record if memory serves. They were occupying a recently abandoned warehouse in a Tottenham back-street and were in the process of converting it into a Multi-media centre. Mark X shared some SERIOUSLY scary Broadwater Farm bad-bwoy stories with us tourists from the middle-classes.
Tom Ewing's crew have had a face-lift.
I'd like to thank Tom for the linkage. Respekt to the daddies! Only hope I'm living up to expectations, which considering recent gripes seems unlikely: (a) Always trying to out-Reynolds Reynolds (OK fair enough!), (b) That my Bob Dylan thing was extremely Q magazine (that from the voice in my head) and also that various items had no appointed description, the brand of the lady's cigarette, the sofa fabric, Bob's hairdresser etc, (c) That there were typos on the Maclise poem (where?), (d) That I'm a superficial posh show-off loser vinyl bore who doesn't watch enough Telly, who really needs to get to grips with his theory and would probably do as well to approach "Record Collector" magazine for gainful employment.