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Friday 29 March 2019

Strike The Balance


Some On U Sound heaviness for Friday, from 1989's Dub Syndicate album Strike The Balance, a masterpiece of late 80s Sherwood dub production. This song is proper rootsy dub, all bass and echo and delay with Bim Sherman singing and a freaked out metallic Dalek vocal running through it. Towards the end some woodwind floats over the top. The rest of the album rocks too, the chanting of Hey Ho, a cover of Je T'Aime with Shara Nelson and closer I'm The Man For You Baby. Like most of Adrian Sherwood's back catalogue, it is worth shelling out for.

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2 comments:

The Swede said...

Love that dry sound Sherwood got out of Style's drums - great tune.

JakeSniper said...

Such a great label, and I'm looking forward to getting the new Pay It All back comp.