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01. The Offs - Cool Down
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02. Glaxo Babies - Who Killed Bruce Lee (Version)
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03. Family Fodder - Bass Adds Bass
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04. Chantage - Same Thing Twice
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05. Ruts DC - Pleasures of the Dance
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06. Jah Scouse - Merge
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07. Peter & The Test Tube Babies - Trapper Aint Got a Bird
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08. Return Of The Panthers - Calling Captain Nemo
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09. Sir Horatio - Sommadub
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10. Red Beat - More or Less Cut
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ARTIST
VA
TITLE
Spiky Dread: Issue One: Punky Reggae & Post Punk Dub 1978-1984
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
RONGORONGO
CATALOG #
RORO 001CD
RORO 001CD
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
2/12/2013
The first release from new label Rongorongo shines a light on the grey area between punk and reggae.
Spiky Dread
is the result of a few years of hunting by
Wrongtom
and
Ed Zed
, who sifted through a plethora of punk and post-punk oddities, picking their favorite approximations of dub and reggae -- a side of punk which is largely overlooked. Opening the set, "America's greatest unknown band"
The Offs
sat snugly amongst the mutant disco and noise bands of early '80s downtown NYC with an infectious brew of punked-up funk and ska -- their "Cool Down" is a rare moment of downbeat brilliance. The following 13 tracks take in the skanking R&B of The Offs compatriots
Bad Brains
, dubbed-out Liverpudlian dancehall from
Jah Scouse
(and two-thirds of
Young Marble Giants
), a heavyweight bubbler from South London art collective
Family Fodder
, and the unlikely combination of prog, punk and reggae from Birmingham's
Dangerous Girls
, responsible for some of the best/worst rhyming couplets ever committed to tape. Acclaimed writer and punk professor
Vivien Goldman
appears here twice, penning liner notes as well as dueting on the lovers' rock cover of
Bob Marley
's "Do It Twice" by her short lived group
Chantage
, with faders manned by dub experimentalist
Adrian Sherwood
. Catch
A Certain Ratio
in dub mode in their
Sir Horatio
guise, while back down to Brighton we hear
Peter & The Test Tube Babies
tormenting their bassist with "Trapper Aint Got a Bird." Also included is
Return Of The Panthers
' apocalyptic dub rocker "Calling Captain Nemo," which has sat unreleased for 30 years since these
Cardiacs
associates split up soon after the recording session. Another Home Counties group
Red Beat
offer up a sneering skanker produced by
Killing Joke
's sonic mastermind
Mark Lusardi
. A brace of Brit-dub legends make an appearance, first on
Ruts DC
's rhythm collision with
Mad Professor
and then
Dennis Bovell
crops up with
The Slits
, whose
Animal Space
12" is as unsettling as it is slinky. Finally, the session wouldn't be complete without a trip to the mecca of UK bass music, and Bristol serves up two of its finest uneasy skankers via the dislocated dub of
Glaxo Babies
versioning their own post-punk staple "Who Killed Bruce Lee," and the frenetic steppa "Work" by
Electric Guitars
closes off the comp with a jerky response to
Two Tone
's ska revisioning.
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