Macro Dub Infection • Volume Two

Virgin's second volume of experimental/new school dub extrapolations doesn't reach quite as far afield as the first. The organizing principle is still dub's insidious mutation through hip-hop, trip-hop, electro, jungle, and weirdo downtempo, but most of the tracks here are bunched about the murky midpoint of what could be considered dub's contemporary milieu, where the first volume seemed to move from extremity to extremity with each track. Most of the material seems bathed in a sort of vague, analog-y distortion, a point either of overall consistency or a bit of a cop-out, depending on your perspective. There are still some gems to be found, though, including Rhys Chatham and Martin Wheeler's "Altesse," and Techno Animal's remixes of Magnet and Palace (!), Mouse on Mars' too-brief "Sehn Sud," and the Underdog aka Skull's "Flump."

D i s c  O n e
1. Maurizio • M6 (Version)
2. Bill Laswell • Sacred System Dub
3. Rome • Beware Soul Snatchers (Black Nosed Buddha Mix)
4. Rhys Chatham/Martin Wheeler • Altesse
5. Pin • Libel (The Lost Book Mix)
6. HiM • Liquid Boy
7. Zulutronic • A Presente
8. Magnet • Miles to Go (Invisible Man)
9. Plug • Keen as Mustard
10. Mouse on Mars • Sehn Sud
11. Tao • Esoteric Red
12. Alec Empire • When You’ve Reached Your Peak

D i s c  T w o
1. Skull • Flump
2. Eardrum • Psycho System
3. Porter Ricks • Nautical Dub
4. The Disciples meet The Rootsman • Conscious Yout’ (Remix)
5. Gedulah vs. Cheesecake • El-Qadim
6. André Gurov Units • Revelation of Wrath
7. Prince Paul • Brother No Blood
8. Jammin’ Unit • Handbag Dub
9. Bio Muse • Rat Day
10. Third Eye Foundation • Shot in the Head
11. Spectre • Sub Version


Label: Virgin 7243 8 41764 2 6
Series: Ambient Series - AMBT14
Format: 2 x CD, Compilation
Country: UK
Released: 1996
Genre: Electronic
Style: Leftfield, Dub, Drum n Bass