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Echo
Dek (Creation, 1997)
*GUEST
REVIEW*
Normally dub albums are associated with reggae artists.
However, some artists from other genres have also released dub albums.
These include Massive Attack, Gorillaz, and Primal
Scream. Primal Scream were a mainstream Scottish indie band until they released Screamadelica.
It was heavily influenced by dub and club culture and was produced by reggae fan
Andy Weatherall. Echo Dek is a reworking of Vanishing Point
by On-U Sound producer Adrian Sherwood. Vanishing
Point is a highly rated Scream album, but this remix project does not meet
the original's standard. In typical Sherwood fashion, lots of effects
and samples are used in the mix. Some tracks are interesting, but overall
the album is not together enough for my liking. Primal Scream fans and On-U
obsessives will get this album, and probably in the multi-seven-inch single
format. This is ironic, given that many of these tracks are ideal b sides.
- ragudave
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