ReviewsFeb 16, 2015

Lee 'Scratch' Perry - Nu School Of Dub, Arranged by Dubblestandart & Robo Bass Hifi (Echo Beach)

Once every so often, the Echo Beach label has one of their releases remixed (see also DubXanne's 'Police In Dub') and in the case of 'Nu School Of Dub', 'Return From Planet Dub', a 2009 collaboration between Dubblestandart, Lee 'Scratch' Perry and the late Ari Up, was revamped by Robo Bass Hifi (the alter ego of producer Markus Kammann), who gave the original album a serious makeover full of dubstep, jungle and other "bass driven" music.

Now yours truly has never much cared for Perry's vocal qualities, but his scatological rhetoric ('Fungus Rock', 'Blackboard Jungle'), we are now really fed up with. If we allow ourselves to reprimand contemporary dancehall icons for using slack language, there's no need to make an exception for a veteran like Scratch. Standout tracks are 'Chrome Optimism', for which Jean-Michel Jarre's 'Oxygene' was revitalized, and 'I Foo China' supported by a Chinese melody, but apart from that, this is one for real Perry fanatics.

About the Author

Jah Rebel

Together with Jah Shakespear, one of the founders of Reggae.be, he first started as a critic and a reporter before in the end of 2014 becoming editor in chief. Divides his time between his two passions: music and Haile Selassie.

Genres

DubRoots

Published

Feb 16, 2015

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