Meat Beat Manifesto :: ..In Dub (Run Rec, Stereo CD + 5.1 Surround DVD)

Jack Dangers returns with a visit to the dub-space, a palace of infinite echo, rattling snare shots and nicely toasted vocals with the new In Dub. Featuring the toasting stylings of DJ Collage, the disk is an excellent translation of RUOK?‘s minimalist soundscapes for the electro-breaks-ragga set.

Some of the tracks bear a resemblance to their RUOK? originals (like “Spinning Round Dub”), but the majority of the disc sounds new, with only a stray bassline or vocal sample to jog the memory. Without a copy of RUOK? available, the disc sounds almost entirely new and not like a gentle rehashing of previous material. Whereas Dangers has always recycled beats and bass before (the recycling logo being on the back cover of Satyricon, ahem), in the dub-space, they take on a new life, separate from what-has-come-before.

“Super Soul Dub” benefits from the recycling the most. A familiar sample from the previous album is re-contextualized here, added to a dub bassline that shakes the bins in a most righteous manner, and a cut-up toast from the toastmaster, DJ Collage.

There is also a surround-sound version of the album, released as a DVD with visuals from Ben Stokes. Both will be worth picking up.

In Dub is out now on Run Recordings.