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african head charge - off the beaten track - on-u sound - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Reggae / Dub

1. Off The Beaten Track
2. Some Bizarre
3. Belinda
4. Language & Mentality
5. Throw It Away
6. Conspiring
7. Release The Doctor
8. Down Under Again
9. Over The Sky

Originally released in 1986, Off The Beaten Track still sounds forward thinking, forging a new middle ground between dub and electronic music. Programmed chants and unexpected sounds (barking dogs, breaking glass, gypsy violin loops) are dropped onto a fluid rhythmic bed. A landmark recording in the integration of sampling technology and live instrumentation

Features contributions from Jah Wobble (Public Image Limited), Skip McDonald (Sugarhill Gang/Tackhead) and Albert Einstein (the theory of relativity)!

Re-cut at dubplates & mastering in Berlin for maximum bass pressure. Includes printed inner with sleevenotes by Steve Barker (On The Wire), and download card for full album.