Psychedelic Roots: a fine example....

[j j]

Psychedelic roots is a term I use to describe those mixes where the engineer/producer really goes 'out there' with the weirdness factor in the mix, past the usual echo & reverb etc found in a normal dub mix but to somewhere approaching an acid flashback or something equally unsettling ?
I class Perry's tune 'Return of the Super Ape' as psychedelic roots number & after finally having some time to listen to some tunes I will add Jah I Maz & Baba Leslie's Lloyd Barnes produced 'Freedom Is A Must/Freedom Dub' on Wackies/DKR 7" to this genre

Do you have a favourite where the mix goes into extra weird Deep Dub Dimensions :!:

j j

[SteveT]

The most obvious one to me would be the well known classic:

River - Zap Pow / River Stone - Upsetters

[Ringo]

There's an Augustus Pablo reissue with a psychedelic version on the flip entitled Dub 4 where Pablo completely deconstructs the rhythm. I forget which rhythm it is, will try and remember to dig it out.

[Well Charge]

Dr Satan Echo Chamber - the Observers
Plant Up - Prince Far I

[capullo]

Darkest Night by Keith Hudson. not the dub mix in particular but the whole atmospheric thing as such.

[kalcidis]

The dub version on the flip of Pauline's »Me & My Dread« (1 Lion 12") which is called »Revelation« is pretty fantastic and I would definitely say psychedelic. Heavy roots.

[roots tradition]

Elizabeth Archer & The Equators - Feel Like Making Love Version.

[kalcidis]

That's a great song, Roots Tradition. I wonder if it's the same Equators that recorded that niceish France-only roots album called Spécial Reggae under the guise of Mosiah.

[mark b]

Heart of Congos
Love thy neighbour

Even "Wayne Jarrets Bubble Up" Lp

As mentioned River Stone has to take it,remeber someone had it on a continues loop on a C90 cassette tape

[SteveT]

Some of the Lee Perry 12 inches are a bit spaced.

What about LSD by Trinity from Trinity Meet The Mighty Diamonds

[roots tradition]

That's a great song, Roots Tradition. I wonder if it's the same Equators that recorded that niceish France-only roots album called Spécial Reggae under the guise of Mosiah.

Highly likely kalcidis. The Mosiah release on Tonpress is credited to J. Bailey and I believe the brothers who founded The Equators were called Bailey.

[kalcidis]

Cool. Never made the connection. But then again often it feels that I wouldn't be able to discern Roots Radics from AC/DC.

[mark b]

Some of the Lee Perry 12 inches are a bit spaced.

yes the mix on Words 12 is amazing,always would of preferred it without the toast.
Its a Psychedelic masterpeice.

Also thought Horace Andys "Dancehall Style" was very spaced out

[edgar]

earth roots and water & bumpy jones - reggae in C minor. Like someone had an LSD trip during the recording session.. However it's a really really nice/good tune.

[mikus]

Great thread, love this sound.

If you have 4 mins heres my own offering to this sound, track called Dub for Alicia, a friend who sadly died at the way too young age of 27 - i recorded this just a few days after the fact... expresses the feelings i had at that moment in time. Starts off relatively straight and sentimental but...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn3ZoOrRCsA