Sideshow

THIS RECORD HAS BEEN A COLLECTIVE EFFORT, SO WE SHOULD ALL GET IN A BIG ROOM AND PAT EACH OTHER IN THE BACK, BUT FIRSTLY - THE MUSICIANS WHO HAVE MADE SUCH HEAVY MUSIC WITH ME, GUY WHITTAKER ON BASS, PERCUSSION AND ENGINEERING, TIM THORNTON ON DRUMS AND PERCUSSION, ELLIE WYATT AND HER STRINGS, TINA GRACE, CORTNEY TIDWELL, PAUL ST.HILAIRE AND SAMAR FOR THEIR VOCALS AND VIBRATIONS AND MY QUADRAVERB GT AND BOSS SE50 FX UNITS - WHICH ARE NOW HELD TOGETHER WITH MASKING TAPE, BUT STILL GIVE ME THE DELAY LOVE I NEED LIKE THE FAITHFUL DUB SOLDIERS THEY ARE.

SOME OF THE TRACKS ON THIS ALBUM ARE JUST STRAIGHT UP TRACKS, OTHERS ARE LIKE COVERS OR VERSIONS OF TRACKS I LOVE - YEAH - THERE ARE A FEW SAMPLES IN THERE, YEAH THAT BASS LINE IS THE BASS LINE FROM THAT OLD RECORD - SOMETIMES DUB AND THE NATURE OF DUB IS ABOUT PAYING TRIBUTE, NOT STEALING IDES… THIS FINE LINE RUNS THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF DUB AND REGGAE, AND RUNS THROUGH THIS RECORD…WHEN I FIRST STARTED PRODUCING STUFF BACK IN THE NINETIES IT WAS OLD DUB RECORDS THAT KINDA ACTED LIKE A TEXT BOOK ON HOW TO DO IT - THE DUB PRODUCER MASTERS WOULD OFTEN RECORD STUFF *LIVE* - AND SO WOULD MAKE MISTAKES SOMETIMES - AND WHEN THEY DID YOU COULD PICK UP LITTLE THINGS LIKE "OH RIGHT - THE BASS LINE AND KIK ARE ON THE SAME CHANNEL" OR "RIGHT ! - THE FX HAVE THEIR OWN CHANNELS, AND THE SNARE HAS IT'S OWN TOO" KINDA THING…

DUB TO ME IS ABOUT SPACE, VIBE, TEXTURE, IT'S ABOUT NOT THINKING TOO HARD, BUT FEELING, FEELING A LOT, FEELING THE IRATION.. DUB IS LIKE THE CHURCH OF MUSIC TO ME - A SIMPLE INNOCENCE WITH IMMENSE POWER, I HOPE YOU FEEL THAT IN THE ALBUM ADMIT ONE… MOST OF THE TRACKS ARE LIVE VERSIONS, SOMETIMES THE 8TH OR 9TH TAKE OF THE TRACKS… BECAUSE THAT'S REAL. REAL MUSIC TAKES REAL WORK, AND WE'VE ALL WORKED REALLY HARD TO MAKE SOME MUSIC FOR YOU TO ENJOY AND GET YOUR CHILL ON WITH..