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Hello,  as mentioned last week there's much more Dub Syndicate in my collection today some titles they did with others aswell a remixed by others album altough it's obvious Adrian Sherwood productions are a hard act to follow...  Njoy !

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Dub Syndicate (DS) first surfaced as an addition to the credits of Prince Far I's "Cry Tuff Dub Encounter Chapter III" being given credit for overdubs along with Adrian Sherwood. So just as African Head Charge was to become the vehicle for the talents of Bonjo I, so DS would provide the creative housing for Lincoln Valentine "Style" Scott as an alternative to the Roots Radics, who had proved to be such a powerfully influential force in reggae from the late seventies through the early eighties.

Drummer Style Scott joined Adrian Sherwood's influential On-U Sound dub label in the late '70s and played on Sherwood's influential releases as part of the New Age Steppers (with vocalist Bim Sherman, horn player Deadly Headley, melodica player Dr. Pablo, and a large guest lineup). Scott later formed his own band, Dub Syndicate, which soon became -- with the possible exception of African Headcharge -- On-U Sound's most popular act. Though not a group per se, Style Scott and producer Sherwood explore reggae, dub, and dancehall by collaborating with some of reggae and dub's greatest talents, including Lee "Scratch" Perry, Skip McDonald, U-Roy, and, in a bit of posthumous sampling of an old friend, Prince Far I (on 1990's Stoned Immaculate).

Debut album Pounding System (1982) and the following year's One Way System were both reissued in America by ROIR. A project with Dr. Pablo titled North of the River Thames didn't earn a domestic release, but 1985's Tunes from the Missing Channel was licensed to EMI. An import-only project with Lee "Scratch" Perry called Time Boom 'De Devil Dead followed in 1986, but 1990's Strike the Balance appeared on the Island subsidiary Mango. On-U Sound, in conjunction with the American label Restless, began an ambitious reissue effort with three volumes of the Classic Selection series (similar to African Headcharge's Great Vintage series) but continued to make new Dub Syndicate projects such as From the Secret Laboratory and Stoned Immaculate available only on import. Restless, though, did eventually give Stoned Immaculate and 1994's Echomania domestic releases.

In 1996, Dub Syndicate released both an album of new material (Ital Breakfast), and the remix album Research & Development, with reworkings of tracks from the entire Dub Syndicate catalog by Zion Train, Soundclash, Iration Steppas, and the Rootsman. Four years later, the performance album Live at the Maritime Hall was released. The next album, Acres of Space, was recorded in Jamaica and mixed by longtime collaborator Adrian Smith. Murder Tone from 2002 collected classic and unreleased tracks and was followed two years later by the new album No Bed of Roses. Pure Thrill Seekers appeared in 2005 with guest shots from Luciano, Cornell Campbell, and Gregory Isaacs. In 2006 the two-disc set The Rasta Far I was released, and two years later the Collision label released Overdubbed -- actually the first disc of The Rasta Far I -- featuring 17 Dub Syndicate tracks remixed by Smith & Mighty's Rob Smith.


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For those familiar with the work of British dubmeister and producer extraordinaire Adrian Sherwood, the thought of he and Scratch working together sets off fits of near-Pavlovian salivating. This collaboration is excellent, and Perry and Sherwood (both of whom traffic in an idiosyncratic sound and approach to production) sound perfectly suited as collaborators. What helps considerably is the effectiveness of Sherwood's band the Dub Syndicate, who rock a little harder than the Upsetters and create edgier, more brittle soundscapes for Perry to romp through and Sherwood to produce (although it should be noted that Perry had a hand in the production too). Perry's toasting and singing are not as manic as on Battle of Armagideon, but he delivers the goods on tracks like "S.D.I" and "Allergic to Lies."

Lee Perry & Dub Syndicate ‎- Time Boom X De Devil Dead (flac  453mb)

01 S.D.I. 6:28
02 Blinkers 4:57
03 Jungle 7:33
04 De Devil Dead 4:28
05 Music & Science Lovers 5:05
06 Kiss The Champion 7:13
07 Allergic To Lies 3:53
08 Time Conquer 4:31
09 Jungle (Original 7" Version) 3:46
10 Jungle (Wall of China) 2:52
11 Jungle (Big Hot Plate) 7:39
12 Jungle (Disco Plate) 6:10
13 Night Train 3:06

Lee Perry & Dub Syndicate ‎- Time Boom X De Devil Dead  (ogg 157mb)

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Bring together a sweet, wistful, and unmistakable voice with the best dub band around and Sherwood at the helm and what do you get...Reality

Bim Sherman N Dub Syndicate ‎- Reality (flac  217mb)

01 Over The Rainbow 3:49
02 Brother And Sister 3:41
03 Keep On Moving 3:34
04 Fire 4:07
05 Rock Crys Out 6:54
06 Wake Up Reality 3:42
07 Take Me 3:12
08 Go To The Mountain 3:55
09 Best Of Love 3:44
10 Too Hot 3:57
11 In Zion 4:09
12 Just Can't Let Go 3:07

Bim Sherman & Dub Syndicate ‎- Reality (ogg 81mb)

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So if Research and Development disappoints, it may be due to overinflated expectations. As it turns out, the remixes of such classic Dub Syndicate fare as "2003 Struggle" and "Dubaddisaba" (by D.J. Scruff and Soundclash, respectively) do rock hard-it's just that they don't rock that much harder than the original versions. "Jamaican Jig," remixed by Abashanti, actually rocks softer. On the other hand, Tribal Drift does a bang-up job on "Hey Ho," letting it coast along on a slightly beefed-up beat for a couple of minutes, then slingshotting it off into jungle territory. And Rootsman gets well dread on a slow, thunderous remix of "Ravi Shankar." So while it's not all it could have been, Research and Development isn't exactly a waste of time, either.

Dub Syndicate - Research And Development (flac  337mb)

01 Dubaddisababa (Takshaka Meets Friendly Fire Downtown Mix) 4:45
02 2001 Love (Iration Steppas Remix) 4:56
03 The Only Alternative (1995 Remix) 4:25
04 Bedward (Zion Train) 4:21
05 Can't Take It Easy (Ruts DC Remix) 4:35
06 Jungle (Disciples Remix) 6:16
07 Mafia (D.J. Scruff Remix) 5:37
08 2003 Struggle (Centry Remix) 4:36
09 Jamaican Jig (Abashanti Remix) 4:05
10 Hey Ho (Tribal Drift Remix) 4:54
11 Ravi Shankar (Rootsman Remix) 5:02

Dub Syndicate - Research And Development (ogg 125mb)

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