"This is the precinct of sound!"
ON-U Sound Records has been celebrating their 30th anniversary this past year. It occurs to me that I too can celebrate my 30th anniversary with the mighty ON-U Sound Records. As I recall I purchased my very first ON-U Sound record in 1982. It was the remarkable, groundbreaking "Starship Africa" from Creation Rebel. I followed quickly with a succession of other ON-U artists the New Age Steppers, then Dub Syndicate, African Headcharge, Singers and Players, The Missing Brazillians, Mark Stewart + Maffia, TackHead, Strange Parcels, Audio Active, Little Axe, Two Badcard and so on. The founding dub master and producer of the label, Adrian Sherwood, had me hooked with his idiosyncratic detailed dub rhythms embedded in roots reggae, funk and island music. A master of sampling and the ultimate groove Mr. Sherwood has indeed made his mark on independent music for 3 decades. Sherwood's knack for finding the most obscure vocal and audio samples apparently snagged from films, recorded speeches and radio is unrivaled. Enlisting respected musicians and vocalists such as Style Scott, Erol Holt, Prince Far I, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Bim Sherman, as well as Hip Hop pioneers Keith LeBlanc, Doug Wimbish and Skip McDonald to name a few, he has produced some of the most memorable albums of the past 30 years. Generally related to DUB, the label has managed a much broader footprint in the musical landscape with numerous artists working in punk, ska as well as pop, hip-hop, techno, industrial, and funk. ON-U and Adrian Sherwood have delivered on what I see as dub's universal experimentation and neo-dadaist association with sound effects, rhythm, sampling and audio sculpture.
ON-U Sound Records has been celebrating their 30th anniversary this past year. It occurs to me that I too can celebrate my 30th anniversary with the mighty ON-U Sound Records. As I recall I purchased my very first ON-U Sound record in 1982. It was the remarkable, groundbreaking "Starship Africa" from Creation Rebel. I followed quickly with a succession of other ON-U artists the New Age Steppers, then Dub Syndicate, African Headcharge, Singers and Players, The Missing Brazillians, Mark Stewart + Maffia, TackHead, Strange Parcels, Audio Active, Little Axe, Two Badcard and so on. The founding dub master and producer of the label, Adrian Sherwood, had me hooked with his idiosyncratic detailed dub rhythms embedded in roots reggae, funk and island music. A master of sampling and the ultimate groove Mr. Sherwood has indeed made his mark on independent music for 3 decades. Sherwood's knack for finding the most obscure vocal and audio samples apparently snagged from films, recorded speeches and radio is unrivaled. Enlisting respected musicians and vocalists such as Style Scott, Erol Holt, Prince Far I, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Bim Sherman, as well as Hip Hop pioneers Keith LeBlanc, Doug Wimbish and Skip McDonald to name a few, he has produced some of the most memorable albums of the past 30 years. Generally related to DUB, the label has managed a much broader footprint in the musical landscape with numerous artists working in punk, ska as well as pop, hip-hop, techno, industrial, and funk. ON-U and Adrian Sherwood have delivered on what I see as dub's universal experimentation and neo-dadaist association with sound effects, rhythm, sampling and audio sculpture.
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Leaping out of the speakers indeed! ON-U Sound has been leaping out of my speakers for 30 years now and counting.
Thanks for 30 years and beyond in dub sound! Cheers!
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
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