On-U Sound, Adrian Sherwood went his own way musically, but there's some excellent Dub in the On-U catalogue and all original On-U pressings are decent, (MPO in France), perhaps try an early Dub Syndicate LP such as "Tunes From The Missing Channel" to get an idea. Prince Far I's Cry Tuff Dub series 1 - 4 Pressure Sounds reissue is fine for 1, OG Virgin Frontline for 2 and Daddy Kool for 3, 4 is the weakest, but an OG Trojan is the way to go. Scientist, any of the Greensleeves LPs, the Greensleeves and later VP/Greensleeves reissues with vocal cuts and altered credits are all fine. "Super Ape" any UK Island pressing from the seventies or eighties. “We could have been putting out records year after year, but we decided to wait until we had a full-length with this much firepower on it.Click to expand.A few UK pressed Dub suggestions: Brady and Big Hair both agree that the album was sonically better off for the wait also. During the delay, the group set up a distribution deal with massive reggae label VP Records, meaning more Dubplates in more parts of the world. “There have been opportunities since we initially thought it was coming out that have made it so much better and given it so much more momentum,” says Waggoner. Waggoner and Big Hair are ecstatic that it did, though. The LP, announced in 2015, was originally slated for an early 2016 release, but when a band consists of a dozen people, it’s pretty easy for life to get in the way of the music. “On another track it’s broken down all the way to blues.” It’s a reggae album in song structure, but throws in atypical beats and instruments, like harmonicas and vocoders. “In one track we’ve got damn near every sound in a symphony,” says Waggoner. Box Full of Steel is a diverse mix, to say the least. The Dubplates even throw a little Daft Punk into the mix with “Wolfman” and “Burning Clean.” Both tunes take reggae to the dance club with robotic vocal hooks. “There You Go,” featuring Mix Master Mike, further embraces the rap angle with turntable aerobics and golden-era hip-hop boom-clap drums. They even take some time to give a shout out to KRS-One. Jumping lyrics that resemble a hip-hop flow on tunes like “Uh-Huh” mesh well with the music, because dancehall is the “Jah father” of rap. “What we wanted to do with this was to produce every track in a way that makes people realize there’s reggae in everything.”ĭifferent styles and genres fluently dance through the LP, and for good reason, according to Waggoner. It kicks off with a jazz-blues riff that pounds away in the background of a complete dancehall tune. “‘Drunken Master’ is a blues song,” says Waggoner. Many of the songs have roots that branch out of Jamaica. The band cites concept albums like A Tribe Called Quest’s Midnight Marauders as a large influence for the structure of Box Full of Steel, but the connections to American music don’t stop at hit-filled hip-hop releases. “This is for people who want to sit down on a couch or start this record at a party and not turn it off,” adds guitarist/vocalist Brady Waggoner. “It’s not just a collection of random songs put together,” says vocalist Dave “Big Hair” Brisacher. Good thing the album already sounds like a celebration.īox Full of Steel has the Dubplates melting down beach party vibes and drinking them by the gallon - every track is its own little bash, connected by interludes. On June 23, they released the long-awaited Box Full of Steel, featuring reggae and rap icons King Yellowman and Mix Master Mike. Charleston reggae band the Dubplates hit a pretty big high point last month.
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