DENNIS "BLACKBEARD" BOVELL - I WAH DUB

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I WAH DUB


TRACKLIST


1. Electrocharge
2. Steadie
3. Jazzz
4. Reflections
5. Blaubart
6. Oohkno
7. 'Nough
8. Binoculars


Label Caroline Distribution
Orig Year 1980
Release Date Oct 31, 2006


BASS: Dennis Bovell
DRUMS: Jah Bunny, Angus Gaye, Dennis Bovell
GUITAR: John Kpiaye, Dennis Bovell
KEYBOARDS: Dennis Bovell
PIANO: John Kpiaye, Tony Robinson, Dennis Bovell
ORGAN: Tony Robinson, Dennis Bovell
PERCUSSION: Dennis Bovell
HARMONICA: Julio Finn
MELODICA: Patrick Tenyue
POLYMOOG: Nick "Straker" Bailey VOICES: Patrick Tenyue


PRODUCED BY: Dennis Bovell
RECORDED AT: Gooseberry
MIXED BY: Dennis Bovell
MIXED AT: Gooseberry
ENGINEERED BY: Mark Lusardi, Dennis Bovell, Pat Stapley
REMIXED BY: Dave Flower
REMIXED AT: Manchester Square Studio
The British reggae producer Dennis Bovell's second album, originally released in 1980, is a largely solo effort that follows in the dubwise footsteps of its predecessor. More imaginative yet less manic than his Jamaican counterparts King Tubby and Lee "Scratch" Perry, Bovell nevertheless has the essential dub producer's knack of playing the mixing desk like an instrument, and the wit and technique to keep his musical explorations consistently spellbinding.


Blackbeard is the alias of Dennis Bovell, the visionary punky-reggae producer and pioneer embracedby the punk rock movement. His highly praised follow-up album I Wah Dub, which further cemented his role as the dub pirate, has been described by Trouser Press as a ''creation of aurally pungent tracks infused with musical witticisms from merely excellent to brilliant.''