Dub Colossus - Dub Me Tender '2012

Tracks list

Following the critical success of Dub Colossus’ second album, Addis
Through the Looking Glass in 2011 and two fantastic headline sets at the WOMAD
festival at Charlton Park, Dubulah made a dub-heavy album, reworking existing
Dub Colossus album tracks and including four previously unreleased tracks.

It’s a more personal approach for Dubulah, who “turns the dub
element in Ethiopian fusion up to 11 —applying heavy one-drop pressure to
hypnotic effect.” (Metro UK)

The original aim of Dub Colossus was to combine the golden years of Ethiopique
beats and Ethiojazz with the dub reggae styles of the early 70s groups like
Abyssinians and Mighty Diamonds. The dub element on Dub Me Tender, ever-present
in the group’s first two albums, has been pumped up —giving these
tracks a full Dubulah work-over, in the tradition of Joe Gibbs’ African
Dub series and Dennis “Blackbeard” Bovell.

Dub Me Tender Volume 1 was also released in a limited edition on green vinyl. It
features the cast of Addis Through The Looking Glass; the original Ethiopian
musicians are joined by the reggae singer Mykaell Riley (Steel Pulse), drummer
Nick Van Gelder (Jamiroquai), the Horns of Negus brass section, bass work from
Dr Das (Asian Dub Foundation), and double bass from Bernard O’Neill
(Syriana).

01. Dub Colossus - Dub in a Time of Cholera (4:49)
02. Dub Colossus - Dub Me Tender [Ezana Mix] (4:11)
03. Dub Colossus - Satta Massagana [Yeka Dub] (3:50)
04. Dub Colossus - Im in Dub With a German Filmstar (4:25)
05. Dub Colossus - Falling in Dub Again (4:16)
06. Dub Colossus - Uptown Top Ranking [Negus Dub] (3:59)
07. Dub Colossus - Stop! In the Name of Dub (3:58)
08. Dub Colossus - This is Not a Dub Song (5:23)
09. Dub Colossus - Crazy in Dub (5:28)
10. Dub Colossus - I Dub the Sound of Breaking Glass (5:59)
11. Dub Colossus - What Time is Dub (3:03)
12. Dub Colossus - Living in the Dub of the Common People (4:01)
13. Dub Colossus - It’s Friday I’m in Dub (4:13)
14. Dub Colossus - Bizarre Dub Triangle (4:22)

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