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01. WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS - Burroughs Called the Law
02. WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS - Dead Souls
03. WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS - The President (The Western Lands)
04. WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS - Uranian Willy (Part 2)
05. WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS - Virus B-23 (Cities of the Red Night)
06. WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS - 103rd Street Boys
07. WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS - I Was Fooling Around With These Tapes in Hotels
08. WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS - Prisoner of the Earth (Uranian Willy Mix)
09. WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS - Excerpts (The Cat Inside)
10. WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS - Prisoner of the Earth
11. WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS - Last Words of Hassan Sabbah (Nothing Here Now But the Recordings)
12. WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS - Uranian Willy
13. WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS - The Saints Go Marching Through All the Popular Tunes (Nothing Here Now But the Recordings)
14. WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS - I Was Fooling Around With These Tapes in Hotels (Part 2)
15. WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS - Summer Will (Nothing Here Now But the Recordings)
ARTIST
TITLE
In Dub (Conducted by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill)
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
EB 100CD EB 100CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
3/18/2014

Ever since the Swiss musicians ushered in the return of the Spaghetti Western to the world of dub with their debut album Nitro (EB 057CD), they have impressed the press and audiences alike with their passion for playing, their sure instinct for sounds, their equally humorous and respectful dubification of popular hits (including Metallica's "Enter Sandman") and their immense technical skill. Riddim heard "a new soundsphere where typical fat, stoic dub beats contrast with hand-played instruments and experimental sounds." Jazzthetik praised the "fantastically tight band, formidable interior dynamic and supremely competent mixdowns." Jazzthing wrote that "their psychedelic dub sound, which is occasionally interspersed by Western guitar riffs and true rock solos, sounds wonderfully acoustic and analog." And The Wire had to admit that "it sounds cheesy and it shouldn't work, but it does." Since their debut album, the band have released five more studio albums, including the Clash tribute album The Clashification of Dub (EB 081CD/LP), plus a live album and a remix compilation with selective dubs by Victor Rice from São Paulo, Brazil. Their new album celebrates William S. Burroughs and pays tribute to his centenary, marking a new pop-cultural highlight in their work. With the official support and assistance of the William S. Burroughs Foundation in the United States, the band has succeeded in creating a heavy, ambient masterpiece in 15 chapters. They roll through dub landscapes full of heavy reggae grooves and extraterrestrial electro sounds, carried by pumping bass lines whose hypnotic power clears the pathway to the center and gently caresses the stomach. Floating above the dragging, instrumental reggae cut-ups that gently drift into psychedelic territory, the artfully diluted grooves, breaks and virtuoso hints, and the majestic slowness of the two riddims, rises the voice of William S. Burroughs, beat poet, wanderer between worlds, junky supreme and counter-culture icon. His distinctive voice meets craggy soundscapes, harsh guitar chords and an acerbic Hammond organ which play off against each other in the mixing desk. Drenched in echo, the sounds on this dub treatment contravene the rules of space and time. They leave behind a wonderful feeling of confusion where listeners can relax and respectfully accompany the soul of their travelling companion William S. Burroughs on the path to eternity -- a highly addictive sound experience.