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Scape
Showcase
(Scape, 2003)
*GUEST
REVIEW*
Fusion is not generally taken too seriously
by the music business. Scape, a Berlin based label manages to combine
minimal techno with dub. In theory, this fusion shouldn’t work, but this
label sampler does. Techno is normally associated with high BPM and
mechanical beats, while dub meanders along at its own pace and has a more
organic feel. Showcase contains 12 tracks of warm, glitchy dub-tronica
with just the odd hint at jazz and Tigerbeat 6. Pole is the most well
known artist here and is also the label's head honcho. Fans of Basic
Channel and their many imprints should investigate this largely instrumental
album. On-U Sound appear to have been of the first reggae labels to fuse
dub with global roots, hip hop, and electronica 20-plus years ago. It's
good to see that the rest of us are just catching up.
This is not an album for the purist dub or roots fans, but this leaves
the rest of us to enjoy it.
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ragudave
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