Roots of Chill - Dub Special

This week I thought I'd mix it up a bit and explore the roots of the so-called, "chill-out" genre. To me, chill-out is anything that makes a relaxing experience better by enhancing it but not dominating it, or without becoming boring! A few folks out there may have had the pleasure of watching a perfect sunset (or sunrise for that matter!) while listening to a tune that made the experience a time to remember. For me Dub is the perfect blend of organic and electronic, it's music that's fit for the knobtwiddlers and the musicians in all of us. Combining the best of real musicians and studio magic, Jamaica turned out some incredible sounds in the early 70's and it just kept getting better from there. This podcast isn't meant to be a history of Dub, far from it, but you can't think of chilling out without having a little dub on the sound system.

Episode 5 - Roots of Chill "Dub" Special features Prince Jammy, Dean Fraser, Gussie Clark & King Tubby, Scientist, Linton Kwesi Johnson, UB40, Patchworks, Revolutionary Dub Warriors the Mad Professor, Jah Wobble and Bill Laswell, Dubblestandart, Tosca, Steel Pulse, Augustus Pablo, Black Uhuru and Gregory Isaacs.

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Detour from Paradise - Episode 4

I'm still reeling from the overwhelming response I've gotten from the first 3 episodes of the podcast, but there's no time to rest. I've put some of my favorite tunes into episode 4 and I hope you enjoy them too. Keep an open mind on this one and I think you'll enjoy it.

Featured artists this week include Reagenz (David Moufang and Jonah Sharp), Coldcut, The Irresistible Force (aka Mixmaster Morris), Jamiroquai, Everything but the Girl, Omni Trio, Bomb the Bass (as remixed by those funky Austrian's Kruder and Dorfmeister), Kid Loco and a special unreleased track by Ulrich Schnauss.

This episode was actually compiled in Richmond, Virginia, we're I'm stuck for the next few days. I had to sit by the pool for a few hours to get into the right frame of mind to work on the podcast without my normal tropical inspiration. It's hard to get inspired when you're sitting in a hotel room. However, I did get to experience the podcast as many of you would, with no palms swaying in the breeze, or the sound of the sea gently lapping at the shore. The constant hum of the air conditioners is hardly a substitute, but at least I know how you all feel. If I listened really close, I could almost picture the blue-green waters off Sandy Point and smell the sea air...

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Enjoy!