Dub Cuts, by Paolo Dubfiles Baldini & Al Brown

Dub Cuts

by Paolo Dubfiles Baldini & Al Brown

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Lord Dubious Deep and heavy dubs in a Roots Radics stylee. Somewhere between emulation and innovation. Favorite track: Ghetto situation.

saleem housee New Dub master at work 💪😁
killa 🔥 Dubz re-licked no mashup
pure genius 🔥🔥🔥 homage to the original masters.

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Scott Shisler AKA Goldfinger the Selector I did a double-take when I heard Al Brown's voice... I could have sworn that I was listening to Ken Boothe!

Craig White Baldini at his best - superb contemporary dubbing from historical source material - Crucial Job! Favorite track: Ghetto love part 1.

arnold23 Boom! Best roots dub album I've heard in a long long time. Just click play, no need to skip tracks. Paolo Baldini murders each track from the mighty Al Brown tunes. Must have, no questions asked. Favorite track: Hungry dub part 1.

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1.	Paolo DubFiles Baldini/Al Brown - Dub me again 04:39		buy track
2.	Dub of books 04:00		buy track
3.	Ghetto situation 03:55		buy track
4.	Liquid dub part 1 05:06		buy track
5.	Hungry dub part 1 04:48		buy track
6.	Poor and simple version 05:12		buy track
7.	Family version 04:17		buy track
8.	Ghetto love part 1 03:20		buy track
9.	Toike Mitsuhiro - Liquid Dream 03:55	info	buy track
10.	New Family 03:29		buy track
11.	Dub on the land 04:03		buy track
12.	Dub me again part 2 04:34		buy track
13.	Tribulation Dub Part 1 04:36		buy track

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This set of Al Brown dub mixes by Paolo ‘DubFiles’ Baldini was a project that Pressure Sounds had been itching to tackle for some time. They finally got around to starting on the mixes during the lockdown period, when everyone had a little more time and headspace!! Thirteen tracks on the CD and eight tracks on the single vinyl LP.

Al Brown is a fine Jamaican singer who came closest to troubling the UK charts with his Al Green cover version ‘Here I Am Baby.’ In the early 1980’s he recorded a beautiful album, backed by Inner Force, which was inexplicably never released, and thought to be lost forever. When Al Brown’s original multi-track tapes were miraculously discovered, he handed them over to Pressure Sounds, who had them restored and beautifully mixed by Paolo ‘DubFiles’ Baldini, with a sympathetic blend of overdubs on top of the original backing tracks.

These dubbed-out mixes are firmly in the roots reggae tradition of classic Jamaican recordings from the 70s, blended with the tastefully restrained modern studio techniques of today. Tracks range from the heavy dubs of ‘Ghetto Situation’ and ‘Dub Me Again’, to the funkier ‘Liquid Dream’, featuring Toike Mitsuhiro from Japan on vibraphone. The feel is modern retro!!

Baldini explains how his mixes combine modern and older techniques, but are always urgent and raw as he mixes his dubs live in a single take. “In terms of the equipment I tried to have a ‘conservative’ approach and stay with a mixing desk and analogue outboard that were consistent with the original recordings. So we had a pleasant alternation between the tradition of analog effects (tapes and springs...) and the nascent digital technology that began to establish itself in Jamaica from 1986.” Working from his Alambic Conspiracy Studio, which is stuffed with an eye-watering selection of vintage and modern audio gear, Paulo ‘Dubfiles’ Baldini has used ancient lost tapes to create a beautifully crafted modern classic. Five extra tracks on the CD and a single vinyl lp. We are excited about this release!!

Al Brown is a fine Jamaican singer who came closest to troubling the UK charts with his Al Green cover version ‘Here I Am Baby.’ In the early 1980’s he recorded a beautiful album, backed by Inner Force, which was inexplicably never released, and thought to be lost forever. When Al Brown’s original multi-track tapes were miraculously discovered, he handed them over to Pressure Sounds, who had them restored and beautifully mixed by Paolo ‘DubFiles’ Baldini, with a sympathetic blend of overdubs on top of the original backing tracks.

These dubbed-out mixes are firmly in the roots reggae tradition of classic Jamaican recordings from the 70s, blended with the tastefully restrained modern studio techniques of today. Tracks range from the heavy dubs of ‘Ghetto Situation’ and ‘Dub Me Again’, to the funkier ‘Liquid Dream’, featuring Toike Mitsuhiro from Japan on vibraphone. The feel is modern retro!!

Baldini explains how his mixes combine modern and older techniques, but are always urgent and raw as he mixes his dubs live in a single take. “In terms of the equipment I tried to have a ‘conservative’ approach and stay with a mixing desk and analogue outboard that were consistent with the original recordings. So we had a pleasant alternation between the tradition of analog effects (tapes and springs...) and the nascent digital technology that began to establish itself in Jamaica from 1986.” Working from his Alambic Conspiracy Studio, which is stuffed with an eye-watering selection of vintage and modern audio gear, Paulo ‘Dubfiles’ Baldini has used ancient lost tapes to create a beautifully crafted modern classic. Five extra tracks on the CD and a single vinyl lp. We are excited about this release!!

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released October 7, 2022

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