- Audio CD (April 17 2006)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Outside Music
- ASIN: B00000GV5E
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #184,644 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Superthruster |
| 2. Fatigue Chic |
| 3. Into Battle |
| 4. Ballistic Squeeze |
| 5. Drilling for Oil |
| 6. High Voltage Syndrome |
| 7. Psionce Merge |
| 8. Exodub Implosion |
| 9. Major Magic |
| 10. Softcore Surge |
| 11. Zen Concrete |
| 12. Stripped to the Bone |
Product Description
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Though most listeners identify Jamaica's legendary "riddim twins" with seminal reggae artists like Peter Tosh and Black Uhuru, the pair of mutating chameleons has also arranged, produced, and laid down nonpareil rhythm foundations for, among many others, James Brown, Bob Dylan, KRS-1, the Rolling Stones, and Carly Simon. The musically adventurous duo stopped counting their collaborations over the decades they've worked together at 500 tunes. Still looking for new territory to conquer, they join forces this time out with U.K. producer-remixer-deejay Howie B, who's worked with the likes of Brian Eno and Ry Cooder, and has released solo albums for Mo'Wax/Island/Polydor and his own Pussyfoot label. With Howie B at the helm, Sly and Robbie enter today's dance world, and, as usual, they show the youngsters a thing or ten. In fact, Howie B's trippy edits--most of the knob-twiddling was done on the spot, as the musicians played--bring a fresh kind of central-nervous-system stimulation and pair a European keyboard feel to Sly and Robbie's solid-gold reggae syncopations. As premillennium reggae flounders in the doldrums and drum 'n' bass turns into one long yawn, this set offers a new musical environment, charged with Howie B's nuanced techno oddities and grounded in the organic appeal of Shakespeare's smart-bomb bass--phat and on-target--and Dunbar's drum programming--impossible to distinguish from his legendary hands-on technique. In fact, the set has such broad potential appeal that Palm Pictures has also released a long-form, 35-minute DVD video Strip to the Bone (after the album's title single), featuring a bevy of L.A. strippers and proving that the only thing that won't bounce to Sly and Robbie is silicone. --Elena Oumano
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4.0 out of 5 stars
It's still Dub,
By Enrique Torres "Rico" (San Diegotitlan, Califas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Drum And Bass Strip To The (Audio CD)
Reggae dub veterans Sly and Robbie brought in Howie B to produce this CD in '98 to give their classic sound a more contemporary feel. The result is a meshing of styles that brings the dynamic dub duo to a new audience that is more familar with drum and bass. A very good effort is the end result of this merger. The typical dub drum and bass lines are further accentuated by the additonal guitars that come on strong, clanking as cold steel vibes or droping out completely. This is not the usual fare for long time fans of Sly and Robbie as this CD ventures into new territory. The production technuiques of Howie B are masterful and add to the mix. Rare are the moments when it sounds like just another Sly and Robbie dub album, the presence of Howie B is unmistakeable. This is a good thing too, it infuses new energy into a already great sound. It's like "new and improved" only it really is! Notable songs include "Exodub implosion" which sounds like "Exodus" by Bob Marley but with a darker techno thrust that propells the song into territories unnknown, crashing on the listeners ears like a funky cyborg nightmare. "Zen Concrete" starts out with jazzy vibes that pick up with the drum and bass lines, falling in and out, echoeing and crunching a beat. "Ballistic Squeeze" sounds like Pink Floyd with dread locks, fueled by an atomic dub cocktail and driven by sonicbeats. This is good stuff for long time fans of Jamaicans Sly and Robbie as well as those drawn to drum and bass via the production skills of Howie B.
4.0 out of 5 stars
What DO you mean not Drum &Bass?,
By Fox (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Drum And Bass Strip To The (Audio CD)
I have heard bits of this album and I'm familiar with Sly & Robbie, so I give it 4 stars. But people have to start realizing that the term 'Drum&Bass' doesn't just refer to a type of techno, its an old Dub reggae term for, literally, the drum and bass tracks that are brought up in the mix on the song. The title wasn't really misleading, its just that a lot of people forgot or don't know the lingo. The boys brought in Howie so that some new blood would be injected into the scene, I'm sure that they want to keep growing and making better dubplates on into the future. The old sounds are always going to be classic, but to put some newer, never-heard-before albums out is what musicians do!
5.0 out of 5 stars
And I thought I didn't like dub ...,
By Frans Buijsen (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Drum And Bass Strip To The (Audio CD)
The name of the album is misleading; it has preciously little to do with drum&bass. I was attracted by Howie B's name, but found a weird electronic dub album instead. But boy is this good. The incredible driving bass lines are, for me, what makes almost all the songs. All the other effects and fantastic rhythms put on top of it take this album into outer space. For me, this album is the best release of 1998.
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